Show #5486 2008-06-16 (taped 2008-03-18) Regular

Dave Simpson game 1.

Contestants

Sujit Roy — a tour guide from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dave Simpson — a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland

Lowell Goodman — a writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lowell	$1,400	$1,600	$4,400	$8,800 3rd place: $1,000	$4,200 7 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Dave	$5,600	$9,000	$20,800	$21,600 New champion: $21,600	$19,400 27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Sujit	$-400	$0	$9,200	$9,599 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	CELEBRITY BOOKS	SOMETHING'S FISHY	TECH COMPANIES?	LET'S GO SHOPPING	OH "BOY"
$200 [11] On July 4, 1776 this head of the army was in New York preparing for a British attack George Washington Dave	$200 [1] He's written a slew of "redneck" books, including "You Might Be A Redneck If This is the Biggest Book You've Ever Read" Jeff Foxworthy Lowell	$200 [16] Holy mackerel! The northern bluefin, the largest species of this fish, may reach a length of 14 feet tuna Dave	$200 [26] Proverbially, one of these "a day" keeps the M.D. from your presence an apple Dave	$200 [21] Mariacka Street in Gdansk is famous for jewelry from this resinous material amber Sujit	$200 [6] Slang term for an American infantryman of WWI doughboy Dave
$400 [12] Both Continental Congresses met in this city; the first convened on September 5, 1774 Philadelphia Dave	$400 [2] This diet spokesperson tells all in her new book "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A Time" Valerie Bertinelli Lowell Dave Sujit	$400 [17] Varieties of this ornamental carp include lionhead & comet goldfish	$400 [27] This female warrior of myth mainly dealt with men for 1 reason--procreation; use the singular, please Amazon Sujit	$400 [22] You can buy a glass with a coonskin cap logo at the winery of this actor who wore a coonskin cap on TV Fess Parker Dave	$400 [7] This blackberry-like fruit is named for the botanist who bred it boysenberry Dave
$600 [13] Army doctor Benjamin Rush believed in the "depletion" of this, sometimes removing 80% of it from a patient blood Dave	$600 [3] She chronicled her journey through postpartum depression in 2005's "Down Came the Rain" Brooke Shields Lowell	$600 [18] It's the double talk name for the tropical food fish also known as the dolphinfish mahimahi Dave	$600 [28] An ancient Greek wanting to know Zeus' will might consult this in a grove of oak trees in Dodona oracle Dave	$600 [23] I know it's really expensive, but I want to try the Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster one of these electric guitar Dave	$600 [8] This word meaning conspicuously dashing & showy comes from the French for "flame" flamboyant Dave
$800 [14] After his defeat at Yorktown, this British commander refused to surrender his sword, feigning illness Cornwallis Dave	DD $1,000 [4] This Oscar winner made her writing debut with a book for children called "Deaf Child Crossing" Marlee Matlin Lowell	$800 [19] The most common species of this commercial fish is red; it doesn't turn orange until it's out of the water roughy Dave	$800 [29] It precedes arch in St. Louis gateway Sujit	$800 [24] To buy a piece of the Joan Rivers Classics Collection, tune into this cable network & pick up the phone QVC Lowell	$800 [9] On a film set, this title is for the first assistant to the head electrician a best boy Dave
$1,000 [15] The first of these 85 essays urging ratification of the Constitution appeared on October 27, 1787 in a NYC newspaper The Federalist Papers Dave	$1,000 [5] This novella by Steve Martin was turned into a 2005 film starring Martin & Claire Danes Shopgirl Dave	$1,000 [20] In England the dogfish species of this sea creature is often used in preparing fish & chips the shark Sujit	$1,000 [30] In 2007 President Bush said he'd do this "to the finish...that's one way to ensure that I am relevant" sprint	$1,000 [25] Takashimaya on 5th Avenue is a branch of one of this country's largest department stores Japan Lowell	$1,000 [10] The audience booed & threw potatoes at the stage when this Synge play was performed in NYC in 1911 The Playboy of the Western World

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE	REALITY TV	SYMPHONY SPACE	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	"G"-RATED COUNTRIES	MYTHOLOGICAL RHYME TIME
$400 [6] "Come on, and kiss me, Kate" is actually a line in this comedy that inspired the musical "Kiss Me, Kate" The Taming of the Shrew Lowell	$400 [7] Tim Gunn implores designers to "make it work" on this fashionable show Project Runway Sujit	$400 [22] The architect of Rome's new auditorium used lots of wood: "Wood is music itself...remember" this violin maker Stradivarius Dave	$400 [10] This Poughkeepsie school was the first of the seven sisters to be coeducational Vassar Dave	$400 [13] Situated at the far south of the Balkan peninsula, its territory includes more than 1,400 islands Greece Dave	$400 [5] War-starting Greek beauty's cantaloupes Helen's melons Sujit
$800 [8] This play's line "murder most foul" has been used as the title of mystery & crime books Hamlet Dave	$800 [30] He & Laila Ali host "American Gladiators" Hulk Hogan Lowell Sujit	$800 [23] In 2008 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra put on "Tosca" in this hall named for a royal the Royal Albert Hall Dave	$800 [18] Senator Paul Wellstone once taught at Carleton College in Northfield in this state Minnesota Dave	$800 [17] European country now united under the flag seen here Germany Sujit	$800 [1] Jupiter's aromatic spices Jove's cloves Sujit
$1,200 [9] He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway Richard III	$1,200 [29] Jo Frost is a modern-day Mary Poppins on this ABC show Supernanny Lowell	$1,200 [24] The Helsinki Philharmonic's hall shares its name with this Sibelius tone poem Finlandia	DD $1,000 [19] Despite its name, it's located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts & it's actually a university Boston College Dave	$1,200 [14] It gained its independence in 1966 & today has a long-running territorial dispute with its neighbor Suriname Guyana Dave	$1,200 [2] Falcon-headed Egyptian God's repeated song refrains Horus' choruses Sujit
$1,600 [11] In "King John", King John's first words to her are "Silence, good mother; hear the embassy" Eleanor of Aquitaine Sujit	$1,600 [28] Contestants are hooked up to a polygraph & asked increasingly personal questions on this Fox show The Moment of Truth	$1,600 [25] It's not just sports teams: the famed orchestra of Stokowski & Ormandy now plays in this city's Verizon Hall Philadelphia Dave	$1,600 [20] "The Dome" is the yearbook of this university near South Bend, Indiana Notre Dame Sujit	$2,000 [16] Sighted by Columbus in 1498, this island is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg Grenada Dave	$1,600 [3] Rainbow goddess' disease-spreading particles Iris' viruses Sujit
$2,000 [12] In "Macbeth", these 3 words immediately precede the line "and damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'" "Lay on, Macduff"	$2,000 [27] (Hey, I'm Mark McGrath.) In 2007 I hosted the CW reality show that was searching for a new member for this all-girl pop group the Pussycat Dolls Sujit	$2,000 [26] On CD you can go back to Carnegie Hall April 4, 1954 for this Italian maestro's last concert (Arturo) Toscanini Lowell	$2,000 [21] You'll find the Lacrosse Hall of Fame Museum at this university in Baltimore Johns Hopkins Dave Sujit	DD $4,000 [15] Located at the crossroads of Europe & Asia, Tbilisi is its capital Georgia Dave	$2,000 [4] Norse underworld goddess' hollow metal ringers Hel's bells

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

In 1958 he wrote, "Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires was the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost"

Truman Capote

Lowell "Who is Truman Capote?" — wagered $4,400

Sujit "Who is Capote?" — wagered $399

Dave "Who is Truman Capote?" — wagered $800

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