Show #5444 2008-04-17 (taped 2008-02-06) Regular

Contestants

Val Ontell — a college librarian from San Diego, California

Eddie Gillan — a pilot from Boulder, Colorado

Chris Zane — a benefits administrator from Westminster, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chris $3,000 $6,000 $20,400 $19,400
3-day champion: $57,201
$15,600
25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Eddie $4,000 $5,600 $9,200 $18,400
2nd place: $2,000
$9,200
14 R, 2 W
Val $2,000 $1,600 $9,200 $18,398
3rd place: $1,000
$10,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ANTIBIOTICS ALSO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HOLD THE FORT MISQUOTED ____ OF ____ '80s SONG LYRICS
$200 [21]
Wycillin is a trade name for this moldy oldie of antibiotic agents
penicillin
Eddie
$200 [16]
The deepest male singing voice
bass
Chris
$200 [26]
Built by the British in 1764, Fort Erie was captured by American troops during this war
The War of 1812
Chris Val
$200 [6]
Contrary to popular belief, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam" in this 1942 film
Casablanca
Eddie
$200 [1]
The original wording of this oath said "my flag" & did not mention the U.S. by name
the Pledge of Allegiance
Eddie
$200 [8]
"So hurry up and bring your jukebox money", this "is a little old place where we can get together"
"The Love Shack"
Chris
$400 [22]
Antibiotics don't work against viruses; they do work against these, like the tubercle bacillus
bacteria
Val
$400 [17]
Legendary Chicago Bears running back Brian
Piccolo
Chris
$400 [27]
The Texas fort named for this president of the Republic of Texas is home to the U.S. Army Medical Command
Sam Houston
Val
$400 [7]
This leader said "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat", not "blood, sweat & tears"
Winston Churchill
Chris
$400 [2]
The most important function of this advisory arm is to elect the pope
the College of Cardinals
Eddie
$400 [9]
"Shot through the heart and you're to blame, you" do this
give love a bad name
Chris
$600 [23]
Cefamandole is used to treat this inflammation of a membrane of the abdominal wall caused by a ruptured appendix
peritonitis
Chris
$600 [18]
A brand of Irish lager
Harp
Eddie
$800 [29]
Pencil in the date--July 6, 1777--that's when British Gen. John Burgoyne forced the surrender of this N.Y. fort
Ticonderoga
Chris
$600 [13]
"Luke, I am your father" was a misquoted line in this "Star Wars" film, the fifth episode
The Empire Strikes Back
Eddie
$600 [3]
The Copyright Law of 1870 required that all copyright applicants send 2 copies of their work to this institution
the Library of Congress
Chris
$600 [10]
"We gonna rock down to" this place "and then we'll take it higher"
"Electric Avenue"
Chris
$800 [24]
While using metronidazole, do not consume this unless you enjoy cramps, headaches & profuse sweating
alcohol
Eddie
$800 [19]
To move your fingers or hands in a nervous fashion
fiddle
Chris
DD $1,000 [28]
Located 35 miles from Louisville, it was named for America's first Secretary of War
Fort Knox
Val
$800 [14]
This man who created Tarzan never wrote the line "Me Tarzan, you Jane"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Eddie
$800 [4]
A 1977 ticket for parking near a fire hydrant led to the arrest of the infamous NYC killer called this
Son of Sam
Chris
$800 [11]
"Jenny, I've got your number, I need to make you mine, Jenny don't change your number" ...this one
867-5309
Eddie
$1,000 [25]
This antibiotic often used to treat acne was discovered in 1948
tetracycline
$1,000 [20]
A musical direction meaning to play softly
piano
Chris Val
$1,000 [30]
This North Carolina fort "boasts" of being the "home of the airborne & special operations forces"
Fort Bragg
Chris Val
$1,000 [15]
This Brooklyn Dodgers manager said, "The nice guys are all over there. In 7th place", not "Nice guys finish last"
Leo Durocher
Val
$1,000 [5]
English title of the jester-filled 1494 poem "Das Narrenschiff"; Katherine Anne Porter used it for an allegory
"Ship of Fools"
Val
$1,000 [12]
"But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me, hey now, hey now, don't" do this
dream it's over
Eddie

Double Jeopardy! Round

BALLET THE TV CHARACTER IN COMMON FICTIONAL FEMALES IT'S ONLY MONEY IT'S CANADA, EH "I" OPENERS
$400 [27]
In the 1948 ballet "Fall River Legend", this character is hanged although in real life she was acquitted
Lizzie Borden
Chris
$400 [6]
Lindsay Wagner &Michelle Ryan
the Bionic Woman
Val
$400 [1]
Her lines include "What a curious feeling!", "How queer everything is today!" & "I didn't know that cats could grin"
Alice
Eddie
$400 [16]
Banks get new money from 2 Treasury bureaus: Engraving & Printing for bills, & this one for coins
the U.S. Mint
Chris
$400 [21]
In 1870 the Hudson's Bay Company & Britain ceded these "territories" to Canada
the Northwest Territories
Chris
$400 [11]
In baseball, it's the area enclosed by the 3 bases & home plate
the infield
Val
$800 [28]
This Stravinsky character first played by Tamara Karsavina has the face & arms of a girl & a body of feathers
the Firebird
Val
$800 [7]
Raymond Burr &Monte Markham
Perry Mason
Chris
$800 [2]
Ursula & Gudrun Brangwen are the title "women" of this D.H. Lawrence novel
Women in Love
Val
$800 [17]
The first of these monetary units was issued in 1360 by King Jean II, right after his release from English captivity
francs
Eddie
$800 [22]
More than 1/3 of Canada's population resides in this province
Ontario
Chris Val
$800 [12]
From what they feed on, moles & shrews are classified as this type of mammal
insectivores
$1,600 [29]
He was married to Maria Tallchief when he choreographed her in his 1948 ballet "Orpheus"
George Balanchine
Val
$1,200 [8]
Barbara Bel Geddes &Donna Reed
Ellie Ewing
Chris
$1,200 [3]
Theodore Dreiser's own sister Emma had a fling with a married man, helping inspire this title woman
Sister Carrie
Val
$1,200 [18]
Government taxing & spending are part of this "policy", from the Latin for "basket" or "treasury"
fiscal
Eddie
$1,200 [23]
Hans Weber was chief scientist on Canada's expedition to study this ocean's Alpha Ridge
the Arctic Ocean
Chris Eddie
$1,200 [13]
The longest of the Old Testament books known as the Prophets is named for him
Isaiah
Chris
$2,000 [30]
The first ballet, "Ballet Comique de la Reine", was commissioned by this French queen for her sister's wedding in 1581
Catherine de' Medici
Chris Val
$1,600 [9]
Teri Hatcher &Erica Durance
Lois Lane
Chris
$1,600 [4]
Frederick Winterbourne had many thoughts of this "flowery" Henry James girl
Daisy Miller
Val
$1,600 [19]
In options trading, to sell is to "put" & to buy is to do this
call
Chris
$1,600 [24]
Clarence Birdseye discovered his freezing method for food on a trading expedition to this "canine" Canadian location
Labrador
$1,600 [14]
It can be a short pastoral poem, or a longer epic one like Tennyson's "of the King"
an idyll
Chris
DD $3,000 [26]
The 1890 premiere of this ballet included Enrico Ceccheti as the Bluebird & Carlotta Brianza as Aurora
Sleeping Beauty
Chris
$2,000 [10]
Richard Thomas &Robert Wightman
John Boy
$2,000 [5]
Left at the altar as a girl, this Dickens character still wears her wedding dress
Miss Havisham
Eddie
$2,000 [20]
While serving in this post, Montgomery Blair helped introduce money orders
Postmaster General
Eddie Val
DD $5,000 [25]
Conservative Joe Clark was Canadian prime minister between this man's 2 nonconsecutive terms
Pierre Trudeau
Chris
$2,000 [15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates the right-hand column of the periodic table.) On the periodic table, the six gases in this column, beginning with helium & ending with radon, are described as this, because they don't readily react with other elements
inert
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

WWII

In English, it's the word that Mussolini was the first to use to describe the partnership between Berlin & Rome

axis

Eddie "What is axis" — wagered $9,200
Val "What is an axis?" — wagered $9,198
Chris "What is unholy?" — wagered $1,000

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