Show #5471 2008-05-26 (taped 2008-02-20) Regular

Larissa Kelly game 5.

Contestants

John Owens — an ER physician from South Haven, Michigan

Heather Vance — a mastering technician from Asheville, North Carolina

Larissa Kelly — a grad student from El Cerrito, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $146,197)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Larissa	$7,200	$7,200	$16,800	$33,600 5-day champion: $179,797	$15,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Heather	$1,000	$6,600	$17,000	$399 3rd place: $1,000	$17,000 20 R, 0 W
John	$1,000	$3,000	$9,600	$7,100 2nd place: $2,000	$10,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	HEAVYWEIGHTS	ART-PODGE	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	QUOTATIONS	GET A "CL"UE!
$200 [7] This state's been "on my mind" since it entered the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870 Georgia Larissa	$200 [26] Between 1937 & 1942, he successfully defended his heavyweight title 21 times Joe Louis	$200 [6] In 1889 he completed his "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe" Van Gogh Larissa	$200 [15] Term for 1/36 of a yard an inch Heather	$200 [1] According to the proverb, this "loves company" misery John	$200 [21] This 4-letter word can precede steak, soda & sandwich club Larissa
$400 [8] In 1913 the 16th Amendment was passed allowing Congress to collect taxes on this income Larissa	$400 [27] Ingemar Johansson won the heavyweight title from him in 1959 but lost 2 rematches Floyd Patterson John	$400 [12] The family of this often-depicted U.S. president said sculptor John Rogers created the best likeness of him Abraham Lincoln Heather	$400 [16] This metric unit is equivalent to 1.057 liquid quarts a liter Larissa Heather	$400 [2] Henry Kissinger said this "is the ultimate aphrodisiac" power Heather	$400 [22] Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind heard here clarinet Heather
$600 [9] Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her Dolley Madison Larissa	$600 [28] Geographic nickname of boxer Joe Walcott; he was KO'd in '52 by Rocky Marciano "Jersey Joe" John	$600 [13] Christianity & Aztec ritual inspired the thorn necklace worn by this Latina woman in a masochistic 1940 self-portrait Frida Kahlo Larissa	$600 [17] Computer hard drives are usually measured in GBs, which are these gigabytes Heather	$600 [3] In the King James Version of John 3:16, "God so loved the world, that he gave" this his only begotten son Larissa	$600 [23] This process of replication is routinely done to human cells, but not yet to whole human beings cloning Heather
$800 [10] Guerrilla leader Francis Marion earned this nickname for his daring raids from the South Carolina marshes the Swamp Fox Larissa	$800 [29] As his last name suggests, this boxer who's twice beaten Mike Tyson is a devout Christian Holyfield Heather	$800 [14] "Lobster Trap and Fish Tail" is one of this artist's best-known mobiles (Alexander) Calder John	$800 [18] To the Ancient Greeks, 4 of these made a palm fingers Larissa	$800 [4] In an old saying, this Roman person "must be above suspicion" Caesar's wife Larissa	$800 [24] This hard worker seenherehas a lot of pull a Clydesdale Heather
DD $2,000 [11] Name that completed an 1856 Republican slogan, "Free soil, free speech, free men and..." Fremont Larissa	$1,000 [30] This British-born boxer won the WBC heavyweight title in 1992 Lennox Lewis Larissa	$1,000 [20] Painted in 1895, "Northeaster" is a well-known seascape by this American artist (Winslow) Homer Heather	$1,000 [19] (Jon of the Clue Crew tunes a piano.) Steinways leave the factory carefully tuned to standard pitch, where A is 440 of these units, but humidity & other factors make regular tunings necessary hertz Heather	$1,000 [5] C.S. Lewis wrote that this, from the Latin for "pure", "is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues" chastity Larissa	$1,000 [25] It means conducted with secrecy, like a love affair or a CIA operation clandestine John

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS & VOYAGERS	QUASI-PRESIDENTIAL CINEMA	WRITERS	CHEESY COUNTRIES	THE BODY HUMAN	"J" WALKING
$400 [1] Zheng He returned to China with this tall African animal, which was mistaken for a unicorn despite its 2 horns a giraffe John	$400 [4] The IMDB says that this Jimmy Stewart movie was banned in fascist states because of fears that it showed democracy works Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Heather	$400 [9] Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used this pen name in 1863 while with the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nev. Mark Twain Larissa	$400 [26] Lincolnshire Poacher U.K. (or England) Larissa	$400 [21] Bones range in size from the stapes in your ear to this thighbone the femur Larissa	$400 [14] A pair of these will come in handy when you need to recharge your car's dead battery jumper cables Larissa
$1,200 [3] Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville founded the colony of Louisiana & was the first European to see this lake Lake Pontchartrain Heather	$800 [5] This 2005 Samuel L. Jackson film details one man's attempts to teach his players there's more to life than hoops Coach Carter Larissa	$800 [10] This "Roses are Red" author also inspired a TV show with his "Women's Murder Club" series James Patterson John	$800 [27] Oaxaca Mexico Heather	$800 [22] In the upper part of the chest, this ringed tube about 1 inch in diameter splits to form 2 tubes called bronchi the trachea Larissa	$800 [16] Aye, matey! It's the popular term for a black pirate flag with a white skull & crossbones a Jolly Roger Heather
$1,600 [15] A river & bay were named for this explorer who sailed up to Albany looking for the Northwest Passage (Henry) Hudson Heather	$1,200 [6] Peter Weir got an Oscar nomination for directing this 1998 film about a man trapped in a real-time 24-hour-a-day documentary The Truman Show Larissa	$1,600 [12] "The Hundred Days" is one of his books detailing the naval career of Jack Aubrey (Patrick) O'Brian Heather	$1,200 [28] Brillat-Savarin France Heather	$1,200 [23] Also called the kneecap, this flat, triangle-shaped bone is at the front of the knee joint the patella Larissa	$1,200 [17] Bartenders use this small cup or glass to measure 1½ ounces of liquor a jigger Heather
$2,000 [20] While in service to Russia in 1741, this Dane died of scurvy on the island that now bears his name (Vitus) Bering Larissa	$1,600 [7] In a 1990 movie, Wayne Newton grapples with Andrew Dice Clay, who plays this title character Ford Fairlane John	$2,000 [13] In 1939 he wrote,"O tell me allabout Anna Livia!I want to hear allabout Anna Livia...Tell me all.Tell me now" James Joyce	$1,600 [29] Asiago Italy John	$1,600 [24] Acetylcholine acts as one of these chemicals that pass nerve impulses across synapses neurotransmitters	$1,600 [18] First name of Confederate Lieutenant General Early Jubal Heather
DD $2,400 [2] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Lima, Peru.) It was here, in the Plaza Mayor, that Francisco Pizarro founded Lima in 1535, calling it "Ciudad de los Reyes", meaning city of these kings John	$2,000 [8] Adam Sandler gives "sophomoric" a new meaning when he has 24 weeks to pass 12 years of school in this 1995 comedy Billy Madison John	DD $2,200 [11] Richard Wright wrote "Native Son"; this fellow African-American author wrote "Notes of a Native Son" James Baldwin John	$2,000 [30] Gruyere Switzerland John	$2,000 [25] The threads of this insoluble plasma protein help with clotting fibrin Larissa	$2,000 [19] Military term for the person in charge of paratroopers as they exit an aircraft a jumpmaster John

Final Jeopardy!

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2005 the World Health Organization appropriately decided to stop hiring people who do this

smoke

John "What" — wagered $2,500

Larissa "What is smoke?" — wagered $16,800

Heather "What is execute?" — wagered $16,601

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