Show #5526 2008-09-22 (taped 2008-07-16) Regular

Contestants

Carol Lee — a legal analyst from Brooklyn, New York

Chris Frankel — a bartender from Houston, Texas

Tom Witek — a high school math teacher from Gurnee, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$200	$4,000	$20,400	$26,801 2-day champion: $51,001	$16,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Chris	$1,200	$5,200	$13,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$10,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Carol	$-200	$2,800	$7,200	$14,399 2nd place: $2,000	$7,600 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

2008 NEWS	ANIMALS IN ITALIAN	BLAME THE FRENCH	A BIT OF EVERYTHING	GIN & JUICE	SNOOP DOGG
$200 [1] Protests disrupted its progress, & it had to be re-lit in cities including Paris & Jakarta the Olympic torch Carol	$200 [18] Don't be afraid--this animal is a pollo a chicken Tom	$200 [11] In 1998 France hosted this contest & eventually won it, beating Brazil 3-0 in the final the World Cup Carol	$200 [17] This British guy gave us a particle theory of light in 1704, but it's the "apple falling on his head" thing you may remember Newton Chris	$200 [3] Effervescence abounds with lemon juice, sugar & club soda in a "gin" this fizz (Collins accepted) Chris Carol	$200 [10] Snoop was down with OCD when he guested as Murderuss on this Tony Shalhoub detective series Monk Tom
$400 [2] These Australians got a "sorry" from their government for 2 centuries of mistreatment the Aborigines Chris	$400 [20] This animal, gatto, got your lingua? a cat Carol	$400 [12] France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is beneath this landmark the Arc de Triomphe Tom	$400 [19] Bobby McFerrin could tell you this phrase, "ne bespokoisya" in Russian, can precede "be happy" don't worry Chris	$400 [4] Gin, sweet & dry vermouth, triple sec & lemon juice make this drink, also a road for a certain demon barber a Fleet Street Chris	$400 [27] What we have here, Frank, is Snoop's "Sensual Seduction", heard on a 2008 episode of this Fla.-based crime show CSI: Miami Tom
$600 [8] In July, leaders of Israel, Syria, Algeria, etc. met in France to launch the Union for this body of water the Mediterranean Sea Chris Carol	$600 [23] Who scared the puzzola, this animal? Now we'll never get rid of the smell a skunk Tom	$600 [13] This Paris locale featured in "The Da Vinci Code" opened in 1793 the Louvre Chris	$600 [21] In 2003 the FDA said food containing these fatty acids would have to be so labeled trans fats Tom	DD $400 [7] A writer into "Self-Reliance" goes for this one-word drink with maraschino liqueur, vermouth, gin & lemon juice Emerson Carol	$600 [28] Word on the street is, in 2004 Snoop played Huggy Bear in the movie based on this '70s cop show Starsky & Hutch Carol
$800 [9] In a close nomination race, we learned about these, which include all Dem. congresspeople & governors superdelegates Chris	$800 [25] If you want to win on "Jeopardy!", don't be as quiet as a topo, one of these a mouse Carol	$800 [14] A tale of "Toul" cities would include Toulon & this metropolis of more than 350,000 people Toulouse Tom	$800 [22] When Texas became a republic in 1836, he became its first Secretary of State; capital! (Stephen) Austin Chris	$600 [5] Shorts-lovin' Ms. Duke might enjoy lemon juice, sugar, grenadine, maraschino cherry & an orange slice in a "gin" this a gin Daisy	$800 [29] Who else but Snoop could voice Alabaster Jones on this Texas-set Fox animated show? King of the Hill Tom
$1,000 [16] Former bishop Fernando Lugo was elected pres. of this South American country after 6 decades of 1-party rule Paraguay	$1,000 [26] After all the gelato, I feel as big as a balena, one of these a whale Chris	$1,000 [15] A Canadian war memorial stands atop this French ridge where fighting raged in April 1917 Vimy Ridge	$1,000 [24] The 2 senators whose husbands have won major party nominations for president (Elizabeth) Dole & (Hillary) Clinton Chris	$800 [6] He's single! & drinking crushed ice, gin, grenadine, Rose's lime juice & an egg white in a "confirmed" this a bachelor Carol	$1,000 [30] In 2006 it was Showtime for Snoop on this Mary-Louise Parker series Weeds Carol

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LIT	THEY MADE THE TOP 40	RACING BIKES	MYTHS & LEGENDS	INVENTORS & INVENTIONS	COLORFUL LANGUAGE
$400 [1] Perhaps his first collection of stories, "Twice-Told Tales", was printed in scarlet letters? Hawthorne Carol	$400 [21] 1959:This 375-voice group with "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tom	$400 [26] (Jon of the Clue Crew presents from Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) In 1997, Trek Bikes signed this former world champion; he was an unknown quantity at the time due to his cancer diagnosis the year before Lance Armstrong Tom	$400 [6] This god of the vine was the son of Zeus & Semele Bacchus (or Dionysus) Carol	$400 [16] In 1919 this wireless pioneer represented Italy in Paris & helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles Marconi Tom	$400 [11] The part of a phone book with strictly alphabetical listings & no ads the white pages Tom
$800 [2] In Bernard Malamud's "The Natural", Roy Hobbs wields Wonderboy, this object a baseball bat Chris	$800 [22] 1970:"We've Only Just Begun" &1977:"Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" the Carpenters Tom	$800 [27] (Jon of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle frame at Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) Trek uses a proprietary method of optimum compaction & low void to maximize strength & minimize weight offrames& parts made of this element carbon Tom Chris	$800 [7] One of the heroes of the "Iliad", this king of Ithaca is the son of Laertes Odysseus Carol	$800 [17] In the late 18th century, this "steamy" Scot invented a special ink for copying letters (James) Watt Tom	$800 [12] A communist & a warning of danger might each "raise" this a red flag Carol
$1,200 [3] This novel begins, "Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing" The Call of the Wild Chris	$1,200 [23] 1995:"Hand In My Pocket" (Alanis) Morissette Chris	$1,200 [28] (Jon of the Clue Crew spins pedals and wheels at Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) Popular with bike messengers & recreational riders, track bikes are called "fixed" this, so the pedals turn with the wheels, like at the dawn of cycling fixed gear Tom Chris	$1,200 [8] One legend says that Acteon's death was caused by seeing this virgin goddess naked; she set his hounds on him Artemis Chris	$1,200 [18] Created by Copenhagen yoga instructor Anne Kalso, they made their U.S. debut in April 1970 as "Minus Heel Shoes" Earth Shoes Tom	$1,200 [13] (I'm astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson.) In my latest book, "Death by" one of these, I refer to a process called spaghettification, in which differences in gravity across your body stretch you long & thin a black hole Tom
$1,600 [4] This 3-named American poet wanted the ship of state to "sail on... strong and great" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Chris	$1,600 [24] 1971:"I Woke Up In Love This Morning" the Partridge Family	$1,600 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew looks over a welder's shoulder at Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) Hydroformed alloys of aluminum used in theframekeep the weight down while maintaining this, from the Latin for "stiffness" rigidity	$2,000 [10] This Greek goddess' name has come to mean "an unbeatable opponent or rival" Nemesis Tom	$2,000 [20] This jar used to store an electric charge is credited to both E.G. von Kleist & Pieter van Musschenbroek a Leyden jar Tom	$1,600 [14] This term for nobility comes from the Spanish sangre azul blue blood Tom
$2,000 [5] Thomas Sutpen goes south to seek his destiny in this Faulkner novel with a double talk title Absalom, Absalom! Carol	$2,000 [25] 1983:"Pass The Dutchie" Musical Youth	$2,000 [30] (Jon of the Clue Crew strolls through the factory of Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) Aeordynamics & lateral stiffness are key to bikes designed for these indoor tracks whose name comes from the French velodromes	DD $5,000 [9] The judgment of Paris was fixed; this Greek goddess won the title by promising to give him Helen Aphrodite Chris	DD $5,200 [19] A national weapons lab in Livermore, Calif. is named for this physicist who invented the cyclotron in 1929 (Ernest) Lawrence Tom	$2,000 [15] Shakespeare used this facial-hair-based word for an old man in "The Taming of the Shrew" a graybeard Tom

Final Jeopardy!

SYMBOLS

This symbol incorporates the semaphore signs for the letters N & D, for nuclear disarmament

the peace symbol

Carol "What is the peace symbol?" — wagered $7,199

Chris "What is theatomicatom?" — wagered $13,400

Tom "What is the peace symbol?" — wagered $6,401

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