Show #5450 2008-04-25 (taped 2008-02-12) Regular

Contestants

Ric Leach — a training director from Miami, Florida

Steve Burns — a sales representative from Boulder, Colorado

Lance Durbin — a transportation manager originally from Kettle Falls, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lance	$3,000	$2,400	$12,400	$24,300 2nd place: $2,000	$12,400 19 R, 6 W
Steve	$0	$2,800	$13,600	$2 3rd place: $1,000	$15,600 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ric	$2,800	$8,200	$18,000	$27,300 New champion: $27,300	$16,000 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. COUNTIES	WOMEN IN SPORTS	YELLOW THERE!	FEMALES, WOMEN & LADIES	3-LETTER THE BETTER	SARDI'S
$200 [1] Pennsylvania's Berks County is a shortened form for this British county that also has a Reading Berkshire Ric	$200 [26] Like fathers, like daughters: in June 2001 it was Joe Frazier's daughter Jacqui against this boxer's daughter Laila Muhammad Ali Ric	$200 [13] Tony Orlando told us to "tie" one of these "'round the ole oak tree" a yellow ribbon Ric	$200 [3] Though not a continuation of the series, 2001's "Quidditch Through the Ages" was a short book by this woman J.K. Rowling Steve	$200 [19] You get one of these by skin exposure to ultraviolet rays a tan Lance	$200 [5] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sardi's in New York, NY.) When her one-woman show made her a Broadway star in 1984, a caricature of this woman became part of the view here at Sardi's Whoopi Goldberg Lance
$400 [2] Including such cities as Burbank & Redondo Beach, it's the USA's most populous county, with almost 10 million residents Los Angeles County Lance Ric	$400 [27] In 1994 Conchita Martinez became the first woman from this country to win a Wimbledon singles title Spain Ric	$400 [15] As a human guinea pig, Jesse Lazear helped Walter Reed prove this was spread by mosquitoes yellow fever Lance Ric	$400 [4] She was the mother of Princesses Stephanie & Caroline Princess Grace Lance	$400 [20] To wager; wanna? to bet Steve	$400 [6] (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Sardi's in New York, NY.)One of the newest caricatures here at Sardi's is that of John Lloyd Young, who won a Tony for playing Frankie Valli in this musical Jersey Boys
$600 [11] This Illinois county has the largest African American population of any U.S. county, with about 1.5 million Cook County Ric	$600 [28] On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias Lance Steve	$600 [16] This "colorful tool" is Alabama's state bird the yellowhammer Lance	$600 [10] Check out this empress' 190-carat Orlov Diamond at Russia's Armory Museum Catherine the Great Steve	$600 [21] It's a member of the armed forces captured in combat & held by the enemy a POW Ric	$600 [7] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sardi's in New York, NY.)Thisco-star of a popular sitcom is honored here at Sardi's; his caricature went up when he was in his first Broadway musical, "Spamalot" David Hyde Pierce Lance
$1,000 [25] Orange County, New York wasn't named for the fruit but for the ruling family of this European nation the Netherlands Steve	$800 [29] In the 1998 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest ever to win the women's figure skating gold metal Tara Lipinski Lance	$800 [17] Around 4000 B.C. communities of people settled in the Yellow River Valley in what is today this country China Ric	$800 [12] This primatologist & author was murdered in 1985, probably by a vengeful poacher Dian Fossey Lance Steve	$800 [22] A cushion, or a groovy bachelor apartment a pad Steve	$800 [8] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sardi's in New York, NY.) You can see this actor presented with his caricature at Sardi's in the film "The King of Comedy"; he latersignedit with the name of his character, Rupert Pupkin Robert De Niro Lance
DD $1,400 [24] Lake of the Woods County is this state's northernmost Minnesota Ric	$1,000 [30] Last name of golfing sisters Charlotta & Annika Sörenstam Steve	$1,000 [18] A sushi favorite, hamachi is this type of fish the yellowtail Steve Ric	$1,000 [14] By the time this 1877 title woman realizes she's been looking at life & love wrong, she catches a train, literally Anna Karenina Lance	$1,000 [23] It comes between "game" & "match" in tennis tournament play set Ric	$1,000 [9] (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Sardi's in New York, NY.) The caricature of this director & choreographer has graced Sardi's since the '70s, when the original production of "Chicago" was on Broadway Bob Fosse Ric

Double Jeopardy! Round

MOUNTAINS	THE ROCKIES	CAT SKILLS	THE ANDYS	ATLAS	THE "ALP"s
$400 [1] This California mountain is the USA's 17th highest; it was No. 1 until 1959 Mount Whitney Lance Ric	$400 [6] In 1967 he literally & figuratively set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival Jimi Hendrix Steve	$400 [11] Cats have a "nictitating membrane", a third one of these, which is used to clear dust from the cornea an eyelid Steve	$400 [16] In 1852 cable car inventor Andrew Hallidie came to San Francisco in search of this precious substance gold Lance	$400 [18] This fire-stealer was Atlas' brother Prometheus Steve	$400 [26] The upper part of the head including the hair the scalp Lance
$800 [2] This country's Mount Kosciusko lies in the Snowy Mountains Australia Lance	$800 [7] On Dec. 10, 2007 surviving members Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page of this band reunited in London Led Zeppelin Steve	$800 [12] Eating almost 3,000 kilos of meat a year, this cat is the largest land mammal with an all-meat diet a tiger Lance Ric	$800 [17] Born in Raleigh, N.C. in 1808, this president was impeached in 1868 Andrew Johnson Ric	$800 [22] In myth Atlas is said to be the first of 10 kings of this legendary land Atlantis Lance	$800 [27] An unusual or abnormally rapid beating of the heart a palpitation Lance
$1,200 [3] The Notre Dame Mountains aren't in Indiana; they lie south of the St. Lawrence River in this province Quebec Lance	$1,200 [8] This mockumentary hard rock band sang, "I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day" in their song "Big Bottom" Spinal Tap Lance	$1,200 [13] AKA vibrissae, these cat features can register minute shifts in air currents whiskers Ric	$1,600 [20] In 1868 this Scot said of his $50,000 a yr., "Beyond this never earn... spend the surplus... for benevolent purposes" Carnegie Steve	$1,200 [23] Saying he needed a pad for his head, this hero tricked Atlas into reassuming his job of holding the heavens Hercules Ric	$1,200 [28] He has had 19 Top 40 hits as a soloist & with his band The Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert Lance
$1,600 [4] Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, is in this country Tanzania Steve	$1,600 [9] After finding Nirvana, Dave Grohl won a Grammy for "The Pretender" with this band the Foo Fighters Lance	$1,600 [14] Cats have more of these dorsal bones than humans; in between them are discs of pliable fibrocartilage vertebrae Lance	DD $2,000 [19] In April 2006 Joshua Bolten succeeded Andrew Card in this White House post Chief of Staff Steve	$2,000 [25] Atlas fathered this nymph who liked to entertain shipwrecked sailors like Odysseus Calypso Steve	$1,600 [29] Accountants, lawyers & other professionals, not just doctors, can be charged with this type of negligence malpractice Steve
$2,000 [5] Thisvolcanic peak 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon last erupted in 1865 Mount Hood Steve	$2,000 [10] In the film "Some Kind of Monster", drummer Lars Ulrich's dad tears one of this "Enter Sandman" band's songs to shreds Metallica Lance	$2,000 [15] The clouded variety of this large feline of Southeast Asia is known to perch & hide in trees a leopard Steve	$2,000 [21] This metaphysical poet wrote poems praising Cromwell & imploring his own "coy mistress" (Andrew) Marvell Ric	DD $3,000 [24] Atlas was part of this group in the war against the gods of Mt. Olympus the Titans Ric	$2,000 [30] This Honduran capital city began as a mining town in the late 16th century Tegucigalpa Ric

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

Besides James & John, more U.S. presidents have had this first name than any other

William

Lance "What is William?" — wagered $11,900

Steve "What is Andrew?" — wagered $13,598

Ric "What is William?" — wagered $9,300

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