Show #5453 2008-04-30 (taped 2008-02-13) Regular

Tom Morris game 2.

Contestants

Mike Milligan — a software test engineer from Columbia, Maryland

Debbie Rothschild — a stay-at-home mom from New York, New York

Tom Morris — a retailer and student from Irvine, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tom $2,200 $6,400 $14,400 $24,400
2-day champion: $50,001
$14,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Debbie $2,000 $4,000 $15,000 $1,000
2nd place: $2,000
$15,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Mike $2,200 $4,800 $10,000 $50
3rd place: $1,000
$10,000
12 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WILL...OF...FORTUNE! BRITISH ROCKERS ANIMAL COMMON BONDS BATTLES STUPID ANSWERS 3-LETTER WORDS
$200 [26]
Thisnewspaperguy's estate south of San Francisco boasted 50 miles of ocean frontage & a 1,665-square-foot indoor pool
Hearst
Debbie
$200 [1]
Mick Jagger & this group have had a satisfying career with hits like "Satisfaction" & "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
The Rolling Stones
Tom
$200 [16]
Schipperke, Borzoi, Bichon frise
dogs
Debbie
$200 [10]
The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end & the start of Sparta's rise
Athens
Debbie
$200 [21]
Founded in 1929, this New York museum is dedicated to modern art
The Museum of Modern Art
Tom Debbie
$200 [5]
It's the center part of a wheel, or the center of an activity
hub
Debbie
$400 [27]
This veteran actor loves to say his name as "Boston Legal" lawyer Denny Crane
William Shatner
Debbie
$400 [2]
In 2008, at the 50th Grammy Awards, this Amy Winehouse hit won Song of the Year
"Rehab"
Debbie
$400 [17]
Jersey, Red poll, Angus
cows (or cattle)
Tom
$400 [11]
This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War
the Charge of the Light Brigade
Tom
$400 [22]
Carvings of a bell & a star are featured on her gravestone in Porum, Oklahoma
Belle Starr
Mike
$400 [6]
In Psalms, "thy" this "and thy staff they comfort me"
rod
Mike
$600 [28]
In 1666this Quaker who founded an American colony went to Ireland to manage his father's estates
William Penn
Tom
$600 [3]
This Beatles song begins, "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me"
"Let It Be"
Debbie
$600 [18]
Bushmaster, Coral, Hognose
snakes
Tom
$800 [13]
England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year
1066
Tom
$600 [23]
In 1976 Marcel Marceau had the only spoken line in this otherwise silent movie
Silent Movie
Mike
$600 [7]
A sweet potato lookalike
yam
Debbie
$800 [29]
In an opera, he was fortunate--& skilled--enough to shoot an arrow into an apple (& later, into the evil Gessler)
William Tell
Mike
$800 [4]
Born in Belfast, he sang lead for the group Them before scoring hits on his own like "Brown Eyed Girl"
Van Morrison
Mike
$800 [19]
Bufflehead, Eider, Teal
ducks
Mike
DD $1,000 [12]
In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians
Marathon
Tom
$800 [24]
Physician Robert Graves first identified this disease in 1835
Graves' Disease
Tom
$800 [8]
To a criminal, this slang term can mean "diamonds" or "to kill", so be specific when taking out a contract
ice
Tom
$1,000 [30]
Thisorator & Nebraska representative opposed the gold standard & urged the free coinage of silver
William Jennings Bryan
Tom
$1,000 [15]
In hits like "Tuesday Afternoon" from "Days of Future Passed", this band blended rock and classical sounds
The Moody Blues
Mike
$1,000 [20]
Green tree, Leopard, Bull
frogs
Debbie
$1,000 [14]
"2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner & 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812
the Battle of Lake Erie
$1,000 [25]
Since 1970 the General Synod has governed this church of England
the Anglican Church (aka the Church of England)
Tom
$1,000 [9]
One female gamete
an egg
Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHEELS OF FORTUNE DIDN'T DIRECT IT MUSIC APPRECIATION COLORFUL SCIENCE LITERARY TITLE PAIRS KILLER "AP"s
$400 [18]
The hood ornament, the Spirit of Ecstasy, can retract with a button push on some cars made by this company
Rolls-Royce
Debbie
$400 [1]
Francis Coppola:"The Conversation","The Deer Hunter","The Cotton Club"
The Deer Hunter
Tom Debbie Mike
$400 [6]
In 1717 this oratorio composer found a position writing music for the future Duke of Chandos
Handel
Mike
$400 [8]
A likely problem at traffic signals, the defect called deuteranopia usually causes confusion of red & this color
green
Tom
$400 [23]
1871:"...and the Pussycat"
The Owl
Debbie
$400 [13]
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing
an apparition
Tom
$800 [19]
Budget shoppers go for the $200,000 CL65 AMG; you might want the $500,000 SLR McLaren from this German brand
Mercedes(-Benz)
Tom
$800 [2]
Martin Scorsese:"Platoon","Cape Fear","The Last Temptation of Christ"
Platoon
Debbie
$800 [7]
A French term for a "rocking chair", berceuse is also a synonym for this type of piece often sung softly while rocking
a lullaby
Tom Mike
$800 [9]
A prism breaks sunlight into the visible part of this, containing all the colors of the rainbow
the spectrum
Tom
$800 [24]
1961:"...and the Ecstasy"
The Agony
Tom
$800 [14]
It's an inflammation of the vermiform organ found in the abdomen
appendicitis
Tom
$1,200 [20]
This car company's Enzo is named for its founder; there was a crash in 2006 of a $1 mil. model in Malibu
Ferrari
Tom
$1,200 [3]
Stanley Kubrick:"The Sting","The Killing","Killer's Kiss"
The Sting
Tom Debbie Mike
DD $1,000 [29]
It's the part of a wind instrument that's called an embouchure
the mouthpiece
Debbie
$1,200 [10]
This reddish metal is a main ingredient of both brass & bronze
copper
Tom
$1,200 [25]
1937:"...and Daniel Webster"
The Devil
Mike
$1,200 [15]
It's a lack of interest in, or emotion for, something that others find exciting
apathy
Mike
$1,600 [21]
You'll want to soup up the 911 Turbo Cabriolet by this company, as the base price is just $136,500
Porsche
Mike
$1,600 [4]
David Lean:"Ben-Hur","Lawrence of Arabia","The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Ben-Hur
$1,200 [28]
Italian for "half", this prefix often precedes forte & soprano
mezzo-
Debbie
$2,000 [12]
2 colors called this aren't praising each other, they're directly opposite each other on a color wheel
complementary
Mike
$1,600 [26]
1953:"...and Sympathy"
Tea
Debbie
$1,600 [16]
Sounding like something found in a kitchen, it's a prosthetic used in filmmaking, like a fake nose
an appliance
$2,000 [22]
As the founder was born under the sign of Taurus, this sports car company uses the bull as itssymbol
Lamborghini
Tom
$2,000 [5]
Sam Raimi:"Army of Darkness","The Quick and the Dead","Terminator 3"
Terminator 3
Tom Debbie
$2,000 [30]
The name of this small harpsichord may come from the Latin for "rod" or for "maiden"
a virginal
DD $2,400 [11]
In violet, this distance is a short 3,800 to 4,500 angstroms
wavelength
Tom
$2,000 [27]
1961:"...and Zooey"
Franny
Debbie
$2,000 [17]
It's the point farthest from the Earth in the orbit of a body traveling around it
apogee
Mike

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS

In 1952 Glen Bell was selling burgers; he then added these to the drive-in menu for 19¢, & the rest is history

tacos

Mike "What are French Fries?" — wagered $9,950
Tom "What are tacos?" — wagered $10,000
Debbie "What are french fries?" — wagered $14,000

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