Show #5492 2008-06-24 (taped 2008-03-19) Regular

Contestants

Dorothy Farrell — a researcher originally from Brooklyn, New York

Tom Koch — a real estate developer from Seattle, Washington

Sven Sinclair — an economist and actuary from Burke, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,599)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sven $2,400 $2,200 $12,400 $9,599
2nd place: $2,000
$9,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Tom $2,000 $2,600 $7,600 $2,799
3rd place: $1,000
$3,200
12 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W
Dorothy $3,000 $7,600 $13,600 $24,801
New champion: $24,801
$13,600
21 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICANS COVER YOUR TRACKS ANAGRAMMED ANIMALS LAST TANGO IN PARIS
$200 [10]
In the 1830s his telegraph proposals were helped by having Congressman F.O.J. Smith as a partner
Morse
Sven
$200 [16]
Jimi Hendrix electrified fans with "All Along The Watchtower", written by this folksy guy
Bob Dylan
Sven
$200 [21]
It likes to neck:FIG FEAR
giraffe
Dorothy
$200 [11]
It was the last continent to be discovered
Antarctica
Sven
$200 [26]
Bernardo Bertolucci directed the controversial film "Last Tango In Paris", starring this American
Marlon Brando
Dorothy
$200 [1]
Today home to priceless art treasures, it was begun as a royal fortress by Philip II in the 12th century
the Louvre
Dorothy
$400 [8]
He was playing poker in a Deadwood saloon when he was shot dead by Jack McCall in 1876
Wild Bill Hickok
Tom
$400 [17]
Alanis Morissette went viral with her soulful rendition of this will.i.am group's "My Humps"
The Black Eyed Peas
Dorothy
$400 [22]
Look for it on the web:PRIDES
spider
Dorothy
$400 [12]
Aired in 1983, the last episode of this sitcom garnered an astounding Nielsen rating of 60.2
M*A*S*H
Tom
$400 [27]
Drew Lachey & his partner Cheryl scored a perfect 30 doing the tango on this TV show
Dancing with The Stars
Sven
$400 [2]
The first endowed college of the University of Paris, it was founded by the chaplain of Louis IX
Sorbonne
Sven
$600 [7]
A cabinetmaker by trade, he developed the railway sleeping car dubbed the "Pioneer" in the 1860s
(George) Pullman
Dorothy
$600 [18]
Gary Jules made a piano ballad out of "Mad World" by this '80s Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith synth pop group
Tears For Fears
Dorothy
$600 [23]
It has its own bowl:HOLD FIGS
goldfish
$600 [13]
Santa Claus is traditionally the last celebrity in this NYC parade, held annually since 1924
the Macy's Thankgiving parade
Dorothy
$600 [28]
The tango is the national dance of this South American country & its 40 million citizens
Argentina
Tom
$600 [3]
The landmark seenhererises above this crowded avenue, one of the world's most famous streets
Champs-Elysées
Dorothy
$800 [6]
In 1881 this orator & former slave became Recorder of Deeds for Washington, D.C.
Frederick Douglass
Sven
$800 [19]
In "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle", this punk group did the Monkees' "Stepping Stone" & Sinatra's "My Way" their way
The Sex Pistols
Dorothy
$800 [24]
A furry little pet:THE RAMS
a hamster
Tom
$800 [14]
He was the last president of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Sven Tom
$800 [29]
The tango is danced in either 2/4 time or this time
4/4
Sven Tom
$800 [4]
Sacre bleu! At the top of this Paris hill is the Sacre Coeur Basilica
Montmartre
Tom
DD $1,200 [9]
In the essay "Friendship", this transcendentalist observed, "Thou art to me a delicious torment"
(Ralph Waldo) Emerson
Tom
$1,000 [20]
Marilyn Manson & Johnny Cash have something in common: they both covered this band's "Personal Jesus"
Depeche Mode
Dorothy
$1,000 [25]
A sea creature:SCOOT UP
octopus
Dorothy
$1,000 [15]
Their final performance now a tragic cliche, Wallace Hartley, Percy Taylor & 6 others last played here
the Titanic
Dorothy
$1,000 [30]
Last name of American dance instructors Vernon & Irene, who brought the tango to the U.S. around 1912
Castle
$1,000 [5]
Henri Langlois founded this Paris institution that helped introduce the world to Fritz Lang & Jean Renoir
Cinémathèque Française

Double Jeopardy! Round

"P" IN SCIENCE TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES THEATRICAL ANGELS ON YOUR INDONESIA DOUBLE SAINT NAMES WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
$400 [7]
This order of mammals is divided into prosimians & anthropoids
primates
Dorothy
$400 [21]
No. 58:"Elizabeth, I'm coming"
(Fred) Sanford
Tom Dorothy
$400 [26]
In an Andrew Lloyd Webber show, naive little Christine thinks that this title character is the "Angel of Music"
the Phantom of the Opera
Sven
$400 [1]
In the Indonesian equivalent of smorgasbord, this grain is served with an array of meats & condiments
rice
Sven
$400 [16]
Ships he captained included the Alfred, the Ranger & the Bonhomme Richard
John Paul Jones
Tom
$400 [11]
This snug-fitting one-piece garment used by dancers was invented by & named for a French aerialist
a leotard
Sven Tom
$800 [8]
Today, most commercial varieties of this antibiotic are produced by the mold P. chrysogenum
penicillin
Sven
$800 [22]
No. 92:"Oh, my nose!"
Marcia Brady
Dorothy
$800 [27]
Nancy Walker & Efrem Zimbalist Jr. starred in a 1956 revival of "Fallen Angels", a comedy by this sophisticated Brit
Noel Coward
Tom
$800 [2]
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is on this island
Java
Tom
$800 [17]
Flemish painter responsible for "The Judgment of Paris"
Peter Paul Rubens
Sven
$800 [12]
Urdu for "dusty", this olive drab cloth was first used in the uniforms of the British army in India in 1857
khaki
Dorothy
$1,200 [9]
This stage of complete metamorphosis occurs immediately after the larval stage
pupa
Sven
$1,200 [23]
No. 24:"De plane!De plane!"
Tattoo
Tom Dorothy
$1,200 [28]
A Rodgers & Hart musical about a man so picky he insists on a heavenly bride is called "I" did this "To An Angel"
Married
$1,200 [3]
In 1816 the weather in New England was affected by Tambora, one of these in what's now Indonesia
volcano
Dorothy
$1,200 [18]
He started the American Fur Company in 1808
John Jacob Astor
$1,200 [13]
This word often used as a toast comes from the Old Norse for "drinking vessel"
Skål
Tom
$1,600 [6]
The antielectron predicted by Paul Dirac in 1928 was found by Carl Anderson in 1932 & named this
a positron
Dorothy
$1,600 [24]
No. 82:"You eeeediot!"
Ren
$1,600 [29]
Zany characters abound in "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel", a play by this "Tuesdays With Morrie" author
(Mitch) Albom
Sven
$1,600 [4]
Indonesia shares New Guinea with Papua New Guinea & this island with Malaysia
Borneo
Tom
$1,600 [19]
He bought a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" before his date with infamy in front of NYC's Dakota in 1980
Mark David Chapman
Tom Dorothy
$2,000 [15]
Self-examination; literally, "a looking into oneself"
introspection
Sven
DD $4,600 [10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew inserts a needle into a balloon.) The balloon doesn't break because it's made up of this type of substance, from the Greek for "many parts"; the needle merely separates the large molecules
a polymer
Sven
$2,000 [25]
No. 35:"Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"(2 characters)
Stan & Kyle
Dorothy
$2,000 [30]
A heavenly visage, or a 1919 show featuring music by Victor Herbert
Angel Face
$2,000 [5]
Indonesia's a home to this almost 6-foot flightless bird related to the emu
the cassowary
$2,000 [20]
He began "The Master of Ballantrae" in 1887 before sailing off with his family to the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sven Tom
DD $5,800 [14]
A phrase for a poverty-stricken rural community is derived from this title of an Erskine Caldwell novel
Tobacco Road
Tom

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD ORGANIZATIONS

It was founded after Portuguese students were jailed for toasting freedom during Salazar's dictatorship

Amnesty International

Tom "What is ?" — wagered $4,801
Sven "What is International Students Union" — wagered $2,801
Dorothy "What is Amnesty International" — wagered $11,201

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