Show #5451 2008-04-28 (taped 2008-02-13) Regular

Contestants

Hilary Teeman — a book editor from New York, New York

Tania Clucas — an education specialist from North Pole, Alaska

Ric Leach — a training director from Miami, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ric	$1,200	$3,600	$15,200	$5,500 2-day champion: $32,800	$18,400 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Tania	$3,400	$5,600	$12,400	$101 3rd place: $1,000	$12,400 15 R, 2 W
Hilary	$3,000	$5,800	$12,200	$200 2nd place: $2,000	$11,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	ATHLETES	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	LANGUAGES	NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES	FILL THE "BIL"
$200 [6] The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude Vietnam Ric Tania	$200 [21] 2 of the 3 things an athlete throws for distance in a decathlon (2 of) a javelin, a discus & a shotput Ric	$200 [16] It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers a light year Hilary	$200 [1] The official languages of Wales are Welsh & this English Ric	$200 [26] She's on the cover of every issue of O Magazine (it is her magazine, after all) Oprah Winfrey Ric	$200 [11] A flat surface on which outdoor advertisements are posted a billboard Tania
$400 [7] In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule Spartacus Hilary	$400 [22] In 1972 this perky Soviet athlete won the gold medal for women's individual balance beam (Olga) Korbut Tania Hilary	$400 [17] Founded in 1875, the International Bureau of Weights & Measures is headquartered in Sevres near this capital Paris Hilary	$400 [2] Related to Italian, it has about 5 million speakers in S. Italy & on a large Mediterranean island Sicilian Hilary	$400 [27] 2 of the top 4 U.S. papers by circulation have this 5-letter word in their names Times Hilary	$400 [12] He has a riddle contest with Gollum in "The Hobbit" Bilbo Ric
$800 [9] During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London Wilhelmina	$600 [23] In Feb. 2006 during the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies here, athletes heard "Volare" & "That's Amore" Torino (Italy) Ric	$600 [18] Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have degrees Tania	$600 [3] World Book says that only about 350 Gaulish words have become part of this modern language French Tania	$600 [28] In 1945 John Johnson launched this monthly, which he considered the black equivalent of Life magazine Ebony magazine Ric	$600 [13] "Bluesy" city of Southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico Biloxi Tania
$1,000 [10] In 1923 France & Belgium occupied this German industrial region named for a Rhine tributary the Ruhr	$800 [24] Michelle Wie has made a name for herself in this sport golf Hilary	$800 [19] One magnum of champagne equals this many standard bottles 2	$800 [4] This language spoken in Reykjavik is also called Islenska Icelandic Ric	$800 [29] By their names, it's the frequency of the News in Dayton & the Mail in London daily Ric	$800 [14] It's the capital of Spain's Vizcaya province Bilbao Tania
DD $1,200 [8] Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI the Ottoman Empire Hilary	$1,000 [25] In 2008 he became the winningest U.S. skier ever with his 28th World Cup victory Bode Miller Hilary	$1,000 [20] One weight still used from the old apothecaries' system is this ounce a troy ounce Tania	$1,000 [5] The Chinese in Hong Kong & Macao mainly speak this Chinese dialect Cantonese Hilary	$1,000 [30] This alternative music magazine was founded by Bob Guccione Jr. in 1985 Spin Tania	$1,000 [15] A high amount of this bile pigment can produce jaundice bilirubin Tania

Double Jeopardy! Round

"C" IN PHYSICS	MIDDLE INITIAL J.	NONFICTION	THIS & THAT	CANADIAN PROVINCES	ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
$400 [16] Fog & dew are the results of this process by which a gas or a vapor becomes a liquid condensation Ric	$400 [11] These two characters seenhereboth have the middle initial J. Rocky & Bullwinkle Hilary	$400 [6] In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school" West Point Hilary	$400 [21] On the large beads on these, you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary the rosary Ric	$400 [1] Every province except this one has a majority population whose ancestors came from the British Isles Quebec Ric	$400 [26] It's often atop a statue:ONE PIG a pigeon Ric
$800 [17] In a battery, electrical current runs between the anode & this other electrode a cathode Tania	$800 [12] Her debut album was 1992's "What's the 411?" Mary J. Blige Ric	$800 [7] "Working Days" is a compilation of the journals he kept while writing "The Grapes of Wrath" John Steinbeck Ric	$800 [22] Common in Roman architecture, this term for a row of arches now often means a place to play video games an arcade Ric	$800 [2] The Cypress Hills extend across SE Alberta & the SW part of this province Saskatchewan Ric	$800 [27] It's big in Africa (heck, it's big everywhere):CHRISTO an ostrich Ric
$1,200 [18] (Sarah of the Clue Crew puts a thin glass tube in a dish of liquid, and the liquid crawls up inside the tube.) Appropriately, blood & other liquids tend to rise up a small tube because of a phenomenon called this action capillary Tania	$1,200 [13] In 1977 he became the first driver to win the Indy 500 a fourth time A.J. Foyt Ric	$1,600 [9] This gonzo journalist told the "Strange and Terrible Saga" of flying with angels--Hell's Angels Hunter S. Thompson Tania	$1,600 [24] In "Casablanca", it's whom Claude Rains intends to "round up" after the Nazi major is shot the usual supects Hilary	$1,200 [3] The southernmost point of Canada lies in this province Ontario	$1,200 [28] He'll send you a large bill:CAP LINE pelican Tania
$1,600 [19] Ernest Lawrence received the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of this particle accelerator the cyclotron	$1,600 [14] His first product was his mom's horseradish in 1869; the ketchup came in 1876 (Henry J.) Heinz Ric	$2,000 [10] "Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest & the tragedy that befell others around him (Jon) Krakauer Hilary	DD $2,000 [23] The 2 continents separated by the Dardanelles Europe & Asia Ric	$1,600 [4] Lake Winnipeg in this province is the largest body of water entirely within any Canadian province Manitoba Ric	$1,600 [29] I may gulp when I say its name:LOW LAWS a swallow Ric
$2,000 [20] (Kelly of the Clue Crew puts her spin on an experiment.) When the turntable is still, the marble moves in a straight line; when the turntable moves, even though it doesn't look that way, the marble continues to move in a straight line, illustrating this wind-related effect the Coriolis effect Tania	$2,000 [15] In 1987 this historian & author of "The Discoverers" left his job as Librarian of Congress (Daniel J.) Boorstin Tania	DD $4,000 [8] David Herbert Donald won a 1988 Pulitzer Prize for "Look Homeward: A Life of" this author Thomas Wolfe Ric	$2,000 [25] In court you're an affiant if you make one of these sworn written statements an affidavit Hilary	$2,000 [5] Canada's 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge links this province to New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Ric	$2,000 [30] It's probably long-tailed:HEAT SNAP pheasant Tania

Final Jeopardy!

ROYAL WIVES

Her marriage to Henry VIII lasted less than a year, but she had the last laugh, surviving him by 10 years

Anne of Cleves

Hilary "Who is Catherine?" — wagered $12,000

Tania "Who is Katherine Neville?" — wagered $12,299

Ric "Who is Anne Boleyn?" — wagered $9,700

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