Show #5512 2008-07-22 (taped 2008-04-23) Regular

Mark Wales game 3.

Contestants

Josh Fruhlinger — an editor from Baltimore, Maryland

Joanne Infantino — a Spanish teacher from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mark Wales — a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $55,002)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$5,800	$8,600	$25,200	$26,400 3-day champion: $81,402	$22,200 26 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Joanne	$600	$3,200	$9,200	$5,200 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 13 R, 1 W
Josh	$1,600	$4,800	$12,800	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$12,800 16 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI	HOP ON POP CULTURE	RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE	NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA	MOTHER GOOSE	DEPARTMENT "S"
$200 [27] A man's harrowing escape from torture during the Spanish Inquisition is recounted in this Poe favorite "The Pit and the Pendulum" Mark	$200 [1] Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too The Sopranos Mark	$200 [16] Oct. 4, 2006STOPThis company's president & CEO Christina Gold rings opening bellSTOP Western Union Josh	$200 [6] The least populous North Dakota Mark	$200 [11] Some speculate that this "merry old soul" of nursery rhyme fame was based on a real king of 3rd century Britain Old King Cole Mark	$200 [21] These elected officials in the U.S. government take their name from the Latin for "old man" senators Mark
$400 [26] This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife tuberculosis Joanne	$400 [2] Sydney's dad, Jack, was a CIA double agent working against SD-6 on this Jennifer Garner show Alias Mark	$400 [17] On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything (Richard) Branson Joanne	$400 [7] Its name does not have a Native American origin New York Mark	$400 [12] This shepherdess found her sheep's tails all hung on a tree to dry, so she tried to "tack to each sheep its tail, oh" Little Bo Peep Mark	$400 [22] Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games snowboards Josh
$800 [29] Spoiler alert! "The Cask of" this potent potable tells of a man sealing his enemy up behind a wall... alive! Amontillado Joanne	$600 [3] (Jason Alexander of Seinfeldreads the clue.) When this "boss" of mine mistakenly told my dad I was dead, Dad responded, "What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?" George Steinbrenner Joanne	$600 [18] & then I saw him /Right there & like that /On Leap Day 2000 /'Twas... the Cat in the Hat	$600 [8] The Oregon Trail crossed it Nebraska Mark	$600 [13] Some say these 2 were actually Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, who were beheaded (or broke their crowns) in 1793 Jack & Jill Mark	$600 [23] Specifically, to give a shopper less money back than he is entitled to shortchange Mark
$1,000 [30] This French "Flowers of Evil" author translated Poe's tales into French Charles Baudelaire	$800 [4] Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show Eight Is Enough Mark	$800 [19] Sept. 24, 2007 found this Bush cabinet member away from her piano & playing the bell Condi Rice Josh	$800 [9] The largest in area Nebraska Josh	$800 [14] It's the type of nail referred to in the nursery rhyme "All for Want of a Nail" a horseshoe nail Josh	$800 [24] Term for an early 20th century female agitator for women's voting rights a suffragist Josh
DD $1,800 [28] In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here the Rue Morgue Mark	$1,000 [5] Howard Cunningham actually had 3 kids on this show, but Chuck was never seen after Season 2 Happy Days Mark	$1,000 [20] Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume Gordon Ramsay Joanne	$1,000 [10] Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks North Dakota Mark	$1,000 [15] After singing for his supper, he ate "white bread and butter" Little Tommy Tucker	$1,000 [25] Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology Sisyphus Josh

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE FISH	MOVIES BY ROLES	I'M HUNGRY!	"V" HAVE MAPS	WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS	SLEEP
$400 [20] This state's official saltwater fish, the tarpon, can be found in the Gulf of Mexico & in the Mobile Estuary Alabama Joanne	$400 [4] 1989:Heather McNamara, Heather Chandler, Heather Duke Heathers Josh	$400 [1] I bought a special log to grow the shiitake type of these; let's grill some right now mushrooms Joanne	$400 [9] Prussian Baron Friedrich von Steuben arrived at this location in the winter of 1778 to train American troops Valley Forge Joanne Josh	$400 [15] To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat whole hog Joanne	$400 [14] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew monitors a sleep study at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.) Doctors for this center linkeddreaming with this phase of sleep that includeshigher heart & respiration rates REM sleep Josh
$800 [27] A subspecies of cutthroat trout, the Bonneville cutthroat is native to this state & is its state fish Utah Joanne	$800 [5] 1942:Ugarte, Sascha, Major Strasser Casablanca Mark	$800 [2] Yummy! Bubbie made some of these potato pancakes, & it isn't even Hanukkah latkes Joanne	$800 [10] In 1814 the congress of this city met to redraw Europe Vienna Joanne	$800 [16] Jacobins in the French Revolution proudly called themselves these, now describing people who use fear to persuade terrorists Mark	$800 [23] (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a CPAP device at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.) Stanford is running a trial of theCPAP device, which provides continuous positive airway pressure to help this chronic condition where breathing is interrupted sleep apnea Josh
$1,200 [28] The reef triggerfish, this state's state fish, can be found as far south as Australia Hawaii Joanne	$1,200 [6] 1982:Mr. Hand, Stacy Hamilton, Jeff Spicoli Fast Times at Ridgemont High Mark	$1,200 [3] Let's make Craig Claiborne's recipe for an upside-down type of this fruit pie; it's a lot like tarte tatin apple pie Mark	$1,200 [11] As a 19th century emperor of this country, Minh Mang executed several French Catholic missionaries Vietnam Mark Josh	$1,200 [17] Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words ebony & phonics Josh	$1,200 [24] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew bothers a sleeper with her clue at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.) Doctors are studying not only insomnia, but parasomnia, which includes night terrors & this condition, from the Latin for "sleep" & "walk" somnambulism Mark
$1,600 [29] Maryland's state fish, the rockfish, is also known as the striped species of this bass	DD $2,000 [7] 1998:Richard Burbage, Queen Elizabeth, Viola de Lesseps Shakespeare in Love Mark	$1,600 [21] I can't pass up the mousse d'ecrevisse, made with these freshwater crustaceans crayfish Joanne	$1,600 [12] The African country of Burkina Faso was once known as "Upper" this Volta Mark	$1,600 [18] Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck a bellwether Josh	$2,000 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a brain on a computer screen at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.)Thispart of the brain that connects to the spinal cord is vital for dreaming, as it produces chemicals that keep other parts of the brain active the medulla oblongata (or the brain stem) Josh
$2,000 [30] Florida's state saltwater fish is this game fish known for its raised dorsal fin & spear-like nose a sailfish Josh	$2,000 [8] 1994:Jenny Curran, Lt. Dan,"Bubba" Blue Forrest Gump Josh	$2,000 [22] Let's go Penn. Dutch & have this dish, bits of pork mixed with cornmeal mush, then shaped into loaves & fried scrapple Mark	$2,000 [13] In 1323 Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas made this city his capital Vilnius Mark	$2,000 [19] The name of this South American snake comes from an Asian word, as it may have been mistaken for an Asian python an anaconda Mark	DD $3,000 [25] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew looks over some sleep data at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.) The Sleep Center at Stanford Hospital & Clinics discovered the gene for this disorder involving sudden sleep, from the Greek for "numb" narcolepsy Mark

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

Born in Kiev & later a U.S. citizen, this leader became prime minister in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century

Golda Meir

Joanne "Who is ?" — wagered $4,000

Josh "Who is Dubcek" — wagered $12,799

Mark "Who is Golda Mier?" — wagered $1,200

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