Show #5467 2008-05-20 (taped 2008-02-19) Regular

Larissa Kelly game 1.

Contestants

Larissa Kelly — a grad student from El Cerrito, California

Ameet Shukla — a physician assistant from Phoenix, Arizona

Mary Kay Schmidt — a housewife and volunteer from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary Kay	$6,000	$10,000	$18,800	$36,800 2nd place: $2,000	$17,800 24 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Ameet	$200	$1,000	$1,000	$800 3rd place: $1,000	$1,000 5 R, 3 W
Larissa	$3,800	$8,000	$42,200	$45,200 New champion: $45,200	$30,400 29 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD	MODES OF TRANSPORT	TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED	ON THE STAGE	ON THE "WAR"PATH
$200 [1] From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum Beijing Ameet	$200 [16] His "called shot" home run off Charlie Root in the 1932 World Series is baseball legend Babe Ruth Mary Kay	$200 [19] 3 types of these are rescue trucks, pumpers & ladder trucks fire trucks Mary Kay	$200 [20] His autobiography was called "I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But..." Simon Cowell Mary Kay	$200 [6] Title of a Jonathan Larson musical, or what the East Village residents in it have trouble coming up with Rent Larissa	$200 [11] Pop art poster boy who was famous much longer than 15 minutes Andy Warhol Mary Kay
$400 [2] This Sudanese capital lies on a narrow piece of land bounded by the White & Blue Nile Rivers Khartoum Larissa	$400 [17] Maybe...Yes, sir! Nailing an 11-foot putt on 17 helped seal the 1986 Masters for this Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus Mary Kay	$400 [26] The Triton was the first one of these to travel around the world underwater a (nuclear) submarine Mary Kay	$400 [21] He was "Feelin' Groovy" as an Illinois senator from 1985 to 1997 Paul Simon Larissa	$400 [7] On Skid Row, love blooms for Seymour while Audrey II has a feeding frenzy in this play Little Shop of Horrors Mary Kay	$400 [12] Homeothermic, like mammals warm-blooded Mary Kay
$600 [3] The Tsarina's Stone is the oldest monument in this city that was made Finland's capital by Russian insistence Helsinki Larissa	$600 [18] His prestidigitation (or in this case a "Jr. Skyhook") won Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals for the Lakers Magic Johnson Larissa	$600 [30] These ships were nicknamed "blubber ships" whaling ships Mary Kay	$600 [22] In an 1852 novel, he's the plantation owner & slave master Simon Legree Larissa	$600 [8] Their first commission was "Thespis" for London's Gaiety Theatre in 1871 Gilbert & Sullivan Mary Kay	$600 [13] In Super Bowl XXXIV, this Rams QB passed for a record 414 yards, beating Joe Montana's record by 57 yards Kurt Warner Mary Kay
$800 [4] This Caribbean island's capital, Fort-de-France, lies about 15 miles southeast of Mt. Pelee volcano Martinique Larissa	$800 [25] In 1994 this 45-year-old won the title with a 1-2 punch that sent Michael Moorer to Horizontal Land George Foreman Ameet	$800 [29] This nickname for early cars pointed out that they were not pulled by equines horseless carriages Larissa	$800 [23] This playwright won a Pulitzer in 1991 with "Lost in Yonkers" Neil Simon Larissa	$800 [9] This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus" Peter Shaffer Larissa	$800 [14] The 14th Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren Mary Kay
$1,000 [5] Construction began on this German city's Gothic cathedral near the Rhine in 1248 & lasted 632 years Cologne Mary Kay	$1,000 [27] In 1999 she wasn't shirtless in Seattle but rather in Pasadena after her kick won the Women's World Cup for the U.S. Brandi Chastain Larissa	$1,000 [28] He named the first Bell X-1 rocket plane for his wife, Glennis Chuck Yeager Mary Kay	$1,000 [24] He was the head of Vienna's Jewish Documentation Center from 1961 to 2003 Simon Wiesenthal Mary Kay	$1,000 [10] All the original B'way cast, except Diane Keaton, bared all in a group nude scene in this musical about hippies Hair Larissa	DD $2,000 [15] In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland & the USSR signed this 1955 treaty the Warsaw Pact Mary Kay

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL SCIENCE	GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT	SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES	A WHITE CATEGORY	MAMMALS	"T" TIME
$400 [1] This alliterative event happened 14 billion years ago the Big Bang Mary Kay	$400 [7] Peter Fonda was in "Ulee's Gold"; "Fool's Gold" stars this daughter of Goldie Hawn Kate Hudson Larissa	$400 [12] In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me" Julius Caesar Mary Kay	$400 [15] The London district of Whitechapel is associated with this infamous killer Jack the Ripper Mary Kay	$400 [21] It makes sense that these proud & powerful mammals live in groups called prides lions Larissa	$400 [2] Lay-deez annnd gentlemen! To "walk" this slender item means to tread carefully tightrope Ameet
$800 [3] A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals water Ameet Larissa	$800 [8] "First Blood" was a Rambo movie; this 2007 film had Daniel Day-Lewis searching for oil There Will Be Blood Larissa	$800 [14] "She speaks yet she says nothing", pines one character for his unattainable love in this tragedy Romeo & Juliet Mary Kay	$800 [16] The mass of a typical one of these stars is about 70% that of the sun white dwarf Larissa	$800 [22] Common in Dixie, a razorback is a wild one of these hog Larissa	$800 [13] Left pinky makes "A" & right index makes "J" in this activity typing Ameet
$1,200 [4] Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types igneous Larissa	$1,200 [9] Ian McKellen was Gandalf in "LOTR"; Ian Mc Ew Mc Ew Mc Ew Mc Ew Mc Ew Mc Ew Mc EwMcEwanteelwhichsira Knightley film was based Atonement Larissa	$1,200 [17] It was actually Christopher Sly, not Kate, who says, "I'll not budge an inch" in this comedy The Taming of the Shrew Larissa	$1,200 [20] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Steinway & Sons factory in New York.) Steinway stopped using this material in keys decades ago, & in 1993 the company patented a piano key material made of a substitute for it ivory Ameet	$1,200 [23] The name of this order of mammals comes from the Latin verb "rodere", meaning to gnaw rodent Ameet	$1,200 [28] A synonym for "journey", it's also an upper-crust nickname for a guy with Roman numeral III in his name trip Ameet
$2,000 [6] This branch of medicine is devoted to the care & diseases of the elderly geriatrics Larissa	$1,600 [10] "North Country" starred Charlize Theron; "No Country for Old Men" featured this Spaniard as a relentless killer Javier Bardem Mary Kay	$2,000 [19] In this comedy, Thurio says to Valentine, "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt" The Two Gentlemen of Verona Larissa	$1,600 [25] This black & white dairy cow originated in an area of Holland Holstein Larissa	$1,600 [24] The giant species of this "armor-plated" animal has more teeth than any other land mammal armadillo Mary Kay	$1,600 [29] Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots taro Mary Kay
DD $8,000 [5] The IRAS telescope, which revealed 5 new comets, made its observations in this part of the light spectrum infra-red Larissa	$2,000 [11] Everyone knows the "Chronicles of Narnia"; this 2008 film "Chronicles" the Grace family stumbling onto a world of fairies The Spiderwick Chronicles Larissa	DD $7,000 [18] A wife tries to console her husband in this tragedy by telling him, "What's done is done" Macbeth Larissa	$2,000 [26] Anne Catherick is all dressed up as the title character of this Wilkie Collins novel The Woman in White Larissa	$2,000 [27] The African & Sumatran species of this animal have 2 horns; the Indian & Javan species have one rhinoceros Mary Kay	$2,000 [30] The scarlet variety of this high flier seen here tanager Larissa

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S AUTHORS

In 1896 he said his mother had lost her childhood at 8; he "knew a time would come when I also must give up the games"

J.M. Barrie

Ameet "Who is ?" — wagered $200

Mary Kay "Who is J.M. Barrie?" — wagered $18,000

Larissa "Who is J.M. Barrie?" — wagered $3,000

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