Show #5528 2008-09-24 (taped 2008-07-16) Regular

Contestants

Rebecca Molloy — an attorney from St. Paul, Minnesota

Brian Levinson — a writer from Queens, New York

Elza Reeves — a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Elza $2,800 $5,800 $7,000 $10,000
3rd place: $1,000
$8,200
12 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Brian $1,600 $5,400 $18,600 $20,001
New champion: $20,001
$18,600
23 R, 1 W
Rebecca $2,000 $3,200 $10,000 $20,000
2nd place: $2,000
$9,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

70 YEARS AGO: 1938 TV VARIETY SHOWS HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG JELLY BELLY FLAVORS LET'S GET BIBLICAL STARTS WITH FEB, TREBEK
$200 [16]
In an April vote in this country, 99.75% approved of Hitler marching in & taking over
Austria
Rebecca
$200 [21]
This comedienne ended her telecasts by tugging her ear, a personal message to her grandmother
Carol Burnett
Rebecca
$200 [26]
A "baby catcher" is another term for this type of doctor
an obstetrician
Brian
$200 [11]
PB (no J)
peanut butter
Brian
$200 [1]
"Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples" is found in this O.T. "song" book
the Song of Solomon
Elza
$200 [6]
Tell your sweetie--this is St. Valentine's feast day
February 14th
Brian
$400 [17]
Striving for broader organization, this rival of the AFL met in Pittsburgh for its first convention
the CIO
Brian
$400 [22]
Daughter Chastity made her TV debut on this singing duo's "Comedy Hour" in the early 1970s
Sonny & Cher
Brian
$400 [27]
A "Jack Bauer" is a doc who is still up & working after this many hours
24
Brian
$400 [12]
A south-of-the-border pepper
jalapeno
Elza
DD $400 [2]
In the book of Matthew, all the other disciples call Jesus "Lord", but this man calls him "Rabbi"
Judas
Elza
$400 [7]
This date brings Punxsutawney Phil's big moment
February 2nd
Brian
$600 [18]
In 1938 this country nationalized its oil industry as PEMEX; in 2008 there was talk of privatization
Mexico
Elza
$600 [23]
This newspaper columnist's CBS variety show aired on Sunday nights for 23 straight years
Ed Sullivan
Elza
$600 [28]
If you have "acute lead poisoning: air-conditioned" you have multiple these
gun-shot wounds
Brian
$600 [13]
Frothy espresso coffee
cappuccino
Brian
$600 [3]
Of the books in the King James Bible, this New Testament book is alphabetically first
Acts (of the Apostles)
Rebecca
$600 [8]
It's the latest date in February on which the first Sunday of the month can fall
the 7th
Rebecca
$800 [19]
This founder of modern Turkey died & was succeeded as president by Ismet Inonu
Ataturk
Rebecca
$800 [24]
Everybody loves somebody, & everybody loved this singer's NBC variety series that ranked in the top 10 in '68 & '69
Dean Martin
Brian
$800 [29]
A "banana" is a patient with this bile-processing malady also known as icterus
jaundice
Elza
$800 [14]
"Toasted" campfire favorite
marshmallow
Brian Rebecca
$800 [4]
Like an ox, Jeremiah wore this neck bar, to symbolize Babylonian captivity
a yoke
Elza
$800 [9]
Computer displays in some 2004 Pontiacs showed the wrong day of the week because engineers forgot about this date
February 29th
Elza
$1,000 [20]
Strychnine-laced whiskey ended the life of this legendary blues guitarist before his 30th birthday
Robert Johnson
Brian
$1,000 [25]
In 1968 comedian Pat Paulsen began a campaign for president on this duo's comedy/variety hour
the Smothers Brothers
Elza
$1,000 [30]
If you are described as 45C, your doc is saying that you're one of these short of a full load
a chromosome
$1,000 [15]
"Alcoholic" (not!) soft drink
(A&W) root beer
Elza Rebecca
$1,000 [5]
In Exodus 18 he gets advice from his father-in-law Jethro
Moses
Brian
$1,000 [10]
Before a correction to the calendar in 1752, Washington's birthday was February 11; today it's this
February 22nd
Rebecca

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHILOSOPHY ACTRESSES INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE ASTEROID NAMES "Z" IN THE COUNTRY NAME VERY PUNNY
$400 [1]
From the Greek for "inquirer", it's someone who doubts the claims of philosophical knowledge
skeptic
Elza
$400 [4]
Before "Sex and the City", she played San DeE* in "L.A. Story"
Sarah Jessica Parker
Brian
$400 [10]
In Germany the old thumbs-up doesn't show approval, it simply means this, maybe as the start of a series
1
Rebecca
$400 [26]
Mythological son who waxed then waned as he fell into the sea
Icarus
Rebecca
$400 [5]
The one in Central America
Belize
Brian
$400 [19]
The folks who made Bugs Bunny cartoons were rabbit punsters who came up with titles like 1945's this "Trigger"
Hare
Rebecca
DD $800 [2]
Conscious awareness is sometimes called this, the Latin word for "I think" used by Descartes
cogito
Elza
$800 [15]
In the 2008 adventure "Nim's Island", she played reclusive author Alexandra Rover
Jodie Foster
Brian
$800 [11]
This traditional Far East substitute for a handshake is more common in Japan & Korea than in China
a bow
Rebecca
$800 [27]
Daughter of the Ptolemys, spelled with a K
Kleopatra
Brian
$800 [6]
The smaller of the 2 in South America
Venezuela
Rebecca
$800 [20]
A vulture boarding a plane holding 2 dead animals was told sorry, only 1 of these per passenger
carrion
Rebecca
$1,200 [3]
To Abelard this was not the name of a movie studio but a quality that unites all objects of a certain type
universal
Elza
$1,200 [16]
Wednesday in "The Addams Family", she played Trixie in the live-action "Speed Racer" film
Christina Ricci
Brian
$1,200 [12]
In Ranchi in this country, once food has been placed on your thali, it's jutha & you can't offer to share it
India
Brian
$1,200 [28]
2007 Oscar winner for stripper/scrivener Diablo Cody
Juno
Rebecca
$1,600 [8]
The one that's a former Yugoslav Republic & is now an independent state
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Elza
$1,200 [21]
The I.M. Force knows 7-year-old Chris Elliott amused his family calling a Michigan Ave. traffic jam "Michigan" this
Impossible
$1,600 [24]
Aristotle separates intellectual from moral virtue in "Nicomachean" these
Ethics
Brian
$1,600 [17]
She lawyers up as Patty Hewes on the TV show "Damages"
Glenn Close
$1,600 [13]
In Brazil, don't wear green & this together, as they're the main colors of the flag
yellow
Brian
$1,600 [29]
The mightiest of the Greeks' A-Team at the siege of Troy
Achilles
Brian
DD $2,000 [7]
One of the 3 in Africa that don't begin with "Z" but still have "Z" in their name
Tanzania (or Mozambique or Swaziland)
Rebecca
$1,600 [22]
A group of cattle fired into Earth orbit was this, a twist on an Emerson quote about the Battle of Concord
the herd shot round the world
Brian
$2,000 [25]
This -ism of assessing ideas by their practical consequences is the title of a William James work
pragmatism
Rebecca
$2,000 [18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.) Famous folks who attended here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison include this theatre & drama major who received a 2004 distinguished alumni award
Jane Kaczmarek
$2,000 [14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew puts his arms akimbo.) One of our common relaxation poses is a sign of aggression in this Asian archipelago, the world's fourth most populous country
Indonesia
Brian
$2,000 [30]
Sun god of the ancient Egyptians whose name was joined with Re
Amun
Rebecca
$2,000 [9]
Of the "stans" with a "Z" in their names, the one where it's the second letter
Uzbekistan
Elza
$2,000 [23]
A man sent a pun, then 9 more hoping one would make a friend laugh; unfortunately, this happened
no pun in ten did

Final Jeopardy!

NOVELS

This title character of an 1851 work doesn't show up until Chapter 133

Moby-Dick

Elza "Who is Moby Dick?" — wagered $3,000
Rebecca "Who is Moby Dick?" — wagered $10,000
Brian "Who is Moby-Dick" — wagered $1,401

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