Show #5452 2008-04-29 (taped 2008-02-13) Regular

Tom Morris game 1.

Contestants

Gilah Pomeranz — a project manager from Yellow Springs, Ohio

Tom Morris — a retailer and student from Irvine, California

Ric Leach — a training director from Miami, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ric	$4,400	$4,400	$12,800	$1 2nd place: $2,000	$12,800 25 R, 5 W
Tom	$3,000	$6,000	$15,700	$25,601 New champion: $25,601	$19,200 20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Gilah	$1,000	$3,200	$7,200	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$6,400 10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

DIARIES & JOURNALS	SITCOM CENTRAL	INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	TIME	BRANDED	"B" YOUR BEST
$200 [26] On June 20, 1942 she wrote that no one would be "interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl" Anne Frank Ric	$200 [6] Roz Doyle was his producer & call screener at Seattle's KACL Radio Frasier Tom	$200 [21] A Modern Greek word for "bread" gave us the name of this bread that's often stuffed with delicious fillings pita Gilah	$200 [11] It was enacted in the United States to save energy in World War I, but farmers forced its repeal a year later in 1919 Daylight Savings Time Tom	$200 [16] Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles Elmer Ric	$200 [1] Yes, Bubbe, it's a headscarf worn by Russian women, or a term for a Russian grandmother a babushka Ric
$400 [27] Julie Powell's book about mastering Julia Child's recipes began as this type of online journal a blog Ric	$400 [7] Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode Home Improvement Ric	$400 [22] In a traditional Chinese dish, hard-cooked eggs get a marbled appearance by being simmered in this beverage tea Tom Gilah	$400 [12] In military time, this time is rendered 1900 hours 7 pm Gilah	$400 [17] It's "the quicker picker-upper" Bounty Ric Gilah	$400 [2] Moon walker Aldrin's moniker Buzz Ric
$600 [28] In describing a species of tortoise of this island group, Darwin wrote that "some grow to an immense size" the Galapagos Gilah	$600 [8] In 1997 Carol Burnett won an Emmy for playing Teresa Stemple, Jamie Buchman's mother on this series Mad About You Ric Gilah	$600 [23] The name of the popular pudding arroz con leche is Spanish for this "with milk" rice Tom	$600 [13] It's the second month of the year with exactly 30 days in it June Ric	$600 [18] In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear Levi's Ric	$600 [3] Whether he "did it" or not, he's the male head servant the butler Ric
$1,000 [30] This "Life of Samuel Johnson" author also wrote "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides", an early travel diary James Boswell Gilah	$800 [9] Julia Louis-Dreyfus competes with her ex's new girlfriend on this sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine Tom	$800 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew mixes a potent potable in a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Virtually Brazil's national drink, caipirinha is an icy concoction of fresh lime & cachaca, a liqueur distilled mainly from this sweet crop sugar cane Ric Tom	$800 [14] This type of year is also known as a bissextile year a leap year Tom	$800 [19] Brother began by making sewing machines; it made its first portable one of these in 1961 a typewriter Ric	$800 [4] An athletic competition combining skiing & shooting a biathlon Ric
DD $1,600 [29] An 1855 entry in this Scottish missionary's African journal mentions the discovery of Victoria Falls (David) Livingstone Gilah	$1,000 [10] She plays the amnesiac title character of "Samantha Who?" Christina Applegate Ric	$1,000 [25] If you see "lumache" on an Italian menu, find out if they're these gastropods or the pasta shaped like them snails Tom	$1,000 [15] Quick, it's the term for 1 billionth of a second a nanosecond Ric	$1,000 [20] This cross-country skiing simulator wasn't invented in Scandinavia; it's from Minnesota NordicTrack Ric Tom	$1,000 [5] Until 1973, it was known as British Honduras Belize Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS	MOVIE TAGLINES	NORTH, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN LEADERS	AVIATION	THE GOOD OLD, OLD DAYS	INSIDE THE COUNTRY
$400 [18] In 1867 Edvard Grieg founded the Norwegian Academy of Music in this city, then known as Christiania Oslo Ric	$400 [1] 1993:"He's having the worst day of his life... over and over again" Groundhog Day Tom	$400 [6] President Felipe Calderon is the head honcho in this North American nation Mexico Ric	$400 [11] The B-17 is the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this Fortress Tom	$400 [23] This student of Plato recognized 4 types of cause: material, efficient, formal & final Aristotle Ric	$400 [16] There's a lot of "love" inside this country that borders Croatia Slovenia Ric
$800 [21] Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770 Beethoven Ric Tom	$800 [2] 1987:"Part man.Part machine.All cop.The future of law enforcement." RoboCop Ric	$800 [7] Years before she became president, Michelle Bachelet of this nation was imprisoned by its Pinochet regime Chile Ric	$800 [12] Col. Paul Tibbets commanded the bomber nicknamed this over Japan in August 1945 Enola Gay Tom	$800 [24] Around 480 B.C. this North African city-state controlled most of the western Mediterranean Carthage Ric	$800 [17] All "hail" this country & its beautiful Buddhist temples Thailand Gilah
DD $1,000 [28] In 1863 he became music director of the court balls in Vienna Johann Strauss Tom	$1,200 [3] 2007:"Growing up and the bumps along the way" Juno Ric	$1,200 [8] Sandinista Daniel Ortega is having his second run as president of this Central American country Nicaragua Ric Tom	$1,200 [13] A name for a class of French fighter jets comes from this term meaning a desert optical illusion Mirage Tom	$1,200 [25] Lycia, like Nicaea, was in what's now this Eurasian country Turkey Tom	$1,200 [19] I could live simply in a "hut" in this Himalayan country Bhutan Ric
$1,600 [29] This composer of the ballet "Rodeo" scored an Oscar for his score from "The Heiress" Aaron Copland	$1,600 [4] 1973:"Where were you in '62?" American Graffiti Gilah	$1,600 [9] He's the controversial president of Venezuela Chavez Tom	$1,600 [14] In 1955 West Germany's national airline resumed flights under this revived name Lufthansa Tom	$2,000 [27] A major goddess of this first great Cretan civilization was often depicted holding snakes the Minoans Ric Tom	$1,600 [20] "Our" trip to Europe won't be complete without a visit to this small grand duchy Luxembourg Gilah
$2,000 [30] In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer's first visit to the U.S. Béla Bartók	$2,000 [5] 2004:"Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other" Crash Tom	$2,000 [10] Ronald Venetiaan is president of this South American country, formerly a Dutch colony Suriname Ric	$2,000 [15] In May 1987 a plane built by this Wichita, Kansas company landed in Red Square Cessna Tom	DD $2,500 [26] He tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian knot Alexander the Great Tom	$2,000 [22] I could "dive" & swim all day in this island republic in the Indian Ocean the Maldives Tom

Final Jeopardy!

BASEBALL TERMS

Hall of Famer Willie Stargell called it "a butterfly with hiccups"

a knuckleball

Gilah "What is a sacrifice?" — wagered $7,199

Ric "What is fly ball?" — wagered $12,799

Tom "What is a knuckleball?" — wagered $9,901

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