Show #5485 2008-06-13 (taped 2008-02-28) Regular

Contestants

Lowell Goodman — a writer from Los Angeles, California

Allen Goodman — an economics professor from Huntington Woods, Michigan

Ilana Rembelinsky — a teacher from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ilana $1,200 $4,800 $11,700 $4,199
2nd place: $2,000
$13,200
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Allen $1,400 $2,400 $9,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
14 R, 3 W
Lowell $600 $5,200 $9,600 $19,100
New champion: $19,100
$9,000
12 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD 5-LETTER WORDS HODGEPODGE MYTHOLOGY HERSHEY vs. NESTLE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
$200 [1]
Its territory extends 300 miles above the Arctic Circle
Norway
Lowell
$200 [18]
The 2 months that fit the category
March & April
Ilana Allen
$200 [26]
This "feline" variety of willow tree belongs to the same family as aspens & cottonwoods
the pussy willow
Ilana
$200 [14]
In Incan myth, it was this South American camel relative that warned man about the impending flood
the llama
Ilana
$200 [11]
Nestle began making this in 1904; they claim to make the very best of it
chocolate
Allen
$200 [6]
(Jimmy pitches one up from Williamsport, PA.) In the major leagues, this goes to about halfway up the torso; in Little League, it goes to the armpits
the strike zone
Allen
$400 [2]
It stretches from the Gulf of Guinea in the southwest to Lake Chad in the northeast
Nigeria
Ilana Allen
$400 [19]
A kind of cereal grain, triticale is produced by crossing rye & this
wheat
Ilana
$400 [27]
Psychologist Otto Rank ranked this trauma as the No. 1 cause of neurosis
birth
$400 [15]
Go to Ellen in the name books & you'll find it's a form of this name from Greek myth
Helen
Lowell
$400 [12]
In 1939 Nestle introduced an instant form of this non-milk product
coffee
Allen
$400 [7]
(Jimmy lays another clue down from Williamsport, PA.) Unlike Major League Baseball, Little League batters may use non-wood bats; most are made of this metal that has a distinctive sound when it meets the ball
aluminum
Allen
$600 [3]
Its territory includes Great Barrier Island & the Antipodes Islands
New Zealand
$600 [20]
As a noun, it's a steep-walled canyon; as a verb, it means to stuff yourself with food
gorge
Ilana
$600 [28]
10-letter word describing a woman's dress without arm coverings
sleeveless
$600 [21]
In Roman myth, this powerful tot killed 2 serpents in his cradle
Hercules
Lowell
$600 [13]
This peanut butter cup is one of Hershey's bestselling products
Reese's
Ilana
$600 [8]
(Jimmy reports from a distance from Williamsport, PA.) The distance between the bases in Little League is this many feet, two-thirds that of Major League Baseball
60 feet
Allen
$800 [4]
Swampy & indented, its Caribbean shore is aptly called the "Mosquito Coast"
Nicaragua
Lowell
$800 [22]
An organism's ecological role in the community, or a recess in the wall for a statue
niche
Ilana
$800 [29]
Augusto Pinochet, who ousted Salvador Allende in 1973, led the junta in this country until 1990
Chile
Ilana
DD $1,000 [24]
According to Greek mythology, this horn of plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea
the cornucopia
Lowell
$800 [16]
Now a Hershey's product, Mounds was introduced in 1920; this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946
Almond Joy
Allen
$800 [9]
(Jimmy gives us another clue from Williamsport, PA.) Little League games are shorter than big league ones, so as a dramatic moment, as Kyle comes to bat in the last regulation inning, the bottom of this
the sixth inning
Allen Lowell
$1,000 [5]
In 1968 the U.N. called for South Africa's withdrawal from the territory that is today this country
Namibia
Allen
$1,000 [23]
It can be an object from the past, or a personal item associated with a saint
a relic
Lowell
$1,000 [30]
In 1935 he invented a self-adhesive label, & even though he's gone, his name still sticks with us
(R. Stanton) Avery
Lowell
$1,000 [25]
Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur
Crete
Ilana
$1,000 [17]
In 1938 Nestle introduced its Crunch bar & Hershey introduced this rival
Krackel
Lowell
$1,000 [10]
(Jimmy preserves another one for us from Williamsport, PA.) I'm caught between the bases, and I've gotten myself into one of these; it's also called a pickle, because that's what I'm in
a rundown
Allen

Double Jeopardy! Round

ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS POP MUSIC BUGS WEAR IT WELL LITERARY TRILOGIES "I" AYE
$400 [7]
Add 1 letter to "Titan" to get this Renaissance titan known for his nudes
Titian
Allen
$400 [3]
In 1977 they were one of the biggest bands in the world & Steve Miller told us to fly like one of them
The Eagles
Ilana
$400 [18]
Give it a month & the may beetle becomes known by this 7-letter name
a junebug
Ilana
$400 [13]
Since its 1992 introduction, this cool brand of sneakers with big thick soles has been "drawing" business
Skechers
$400 [1]
He completed a sci-fi trilogy in 1945, a few years before taking us to Narnia
C.S. Lewis
Lowell
$400 [19]
This verb form is used for commands
imperative
Ilana
$800 [8]
This Leonardo fresco painted in a Milan convent dining hall began crumbling & fading during the artist's lifetime
The Last Supper
Ilana
$800 [4]
"You Oughta Know" that "Hands Clean" was the first single from her 2002 CD "Under Rug Swept"
Alanis Morissette
Lowell
$800 [24]
Because of their long snouts, these cotton destroyers are sometimes called snout beetles
boll weevils
Ilana
$800 [14]
Also known as painter pants, these multi-pocketed pants are named for another profession
carpenter pants
Ilana
$800 [2]
"The Romantic Comedians" begins an Ellen Glasgow trilogy that "carries us back to" this Southern state
Virginia
Ilana
$800 [20]
Ron Kovic could have called his book "Born On" this--it's the same thing
Independence Day
Ilana
$1,200 [9]
The first stone for this Roman basilica was laid in 1506, following the plan of Italian architect Donato Bramante
St. Peter's
Lowell
$1,200 [5]
In 1973 Bette Midler revived this 32-year-old Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the top 10
"The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Allen
$1,200 [25]
A giant species of this "hundred-legged" insect grows to 12 inches in length & eats lizards
a centipede
Ilana
$1,200 [30]
The formless chemise dubbed this by Balenciaga & Givenchy was popular in 1957
the sack dress
Allen
$1,200 [15]
This existentialist never finished the fourth volume of "Les Chemins de la Liberte", so it's a trilogy
Sartre
Allen
$1,200 [21]
Alexander Woollcott said everything he likes to do is these 2 things, or fattening
illegal or immoral
Allen
DD $2,000 [10]
Lorenzo Ghiberti is best known for the magnificent bronze doors he created for the baptistery in this city
Florence
Lowell
$1,600 [6]
This single-named "Konvicted" singer moved to the U.S. from Senegal when he was 7
Akon
$1,600 [26]
Although there are about 2,000 species of these "white ants", only 2 live in Europe
termites
DD $1,500 [28]
In the late '60s, this long cover-up with a Turkish name became popular not only for women but for men too
a caftan
Ilana
$1,600 [16]
His trilogy that began with "The Hamlet" & ended with "The Mansion" was written over a 30-year period
William Faulkner
$1,600 [22]
From the Latin for "to nod", it's a verbal hint of something improper
an innuendo
Ilana
$2,000 [11]
Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco is better known by this name found in the title of Robert Browning's poem about him
Andrea del Sarto
$2,000 [12]
"Hey Ya!" by OutKast says to "Shake it like" one of these
a Polaroid picture
$2,000 [27]
A gnat's compound eye has multiple lenses called these, like the surfaces of a cut gem
facets
Ilana
$2,000 [29]
These shoes that sometimes have a 3" cork sole sound like they were made to be worn waiting for a train
platform shoes
Ilana
$2,000 [17]
Robertson Davies called the third book in his Cornish Trilogy "The Lyre of" this mythological figure
Orpheus
Ilana
$2,000 [23]
Eugene O'Neill wrote about a "Strange" one
Interlude
Allen

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAYS

The Society for Human Resource Management says, of the 10 federal holidays, it's the least observed by the private sector

Columbus Day

Allen "What is Presidents' Day" — wagered $9,600
Lowell "What is Columbus Day?" — wagered $9,500
Ilana "What is President's Day?" — wagered $7,501

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