Show #5537 2008-10-07 (taped 2008-08-20) Regular

Erik Nelson game 4.

Contestants

Kitty O'Rourke — a nurse from Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Darren Munk — a web application developer from Camarillo, California

Erik Nelson — a graduate student from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $70,203)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Erik	$2,800	$7,800	$15,400	$24,201 4-day champion: $94,404	$15,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Darren	$1,400	$4,600	$24,200	$17,599 3rd place: $1,000	$21,800 22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Kitty	$1,200	$4,400	$12,000	$24,000 2nd place: $2,000	$12,000 15 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY	IN THE BALLPARK	SOFT "C"	JOIN THE CLUB	A MOTHER GOOSE PICTORIAL	NOW THAT'S SAUCY!
$200 [1] Portugal Spain Erik	$200 [6] On Sept. 9, 1965 Sandy Koufax pitched his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game at this West Coast venue Dodger Stadium Darren	$200 [4] For 15 years Jim Otto hiked his way through every game for the Oakland Raiders at this position center Darren	$200 [11] The Philadelphia men who founded the first U.S. club for this sport in 1828 were probably straight arrows archery Erik	$200 [26] The diet of this title gal is seen here; mmm mmm! Little Miss Muffet Erik	$200 [13] Italian for "pounded", this basil-y sauce originated in Genoa pesto Darren Kitty
$400 [2] Monaco France Erik	$400 [7] The sinking of the Titanic pushed the opening of this Boston ballpark off the front pages of Boston newspapers Fenway Erik	$400 [5] Sabine Ulibarri's novel "Mi Abuela Fumaba Puros" translates to "My Grandma Smoked" these Cigars Darren	$400 [12] It quacks me up that the NDSCS is a club for people who collect stamps featuring these ducks Kitty	$400 [27] Gaze upon arepresentationof the tragic end of this character Humpty Dumpty Erik	$400 [14] French term for a thickener of soups & white sauces, made from flour & butter roux Darren
$600 [3] Qatar Saudi Arabia Erik Darren Kitty	$600 [10] This Denver baseball stadium is known for its red brick exterior & on-site microbrewery Coors Field Erik	$600 [19] Juice from a Granny Smith cider Kitty	$600 [17] If you belong to a Parrot Head club, we bet you're devoted to this singer Jimmy Buffett Darren	$600 [28] Title guy with high self esteem whose famous act is shown here Little Jack Horner Darren	$600 [20] The tomatoey sauce duglere is to be served over this, perhaps a nice brill fish Erik
$800 [8] Lesotho South Africa Erik	$800 [15] Call 888-848-BIRD for information about this Baltimore ballpark Camden Yards Erik	$800 [22] Restriction of expression, often by a government censorship Kitty	$800 [18] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a California dog show.)Babu, an eager dog show entrant, is a chow chow breed registered with this organization founded on September 17, 1884 & abbreviated AKC the American Kennel Club Erik	$800 [29] Title duo whose end results we'veillustrated Jack & Jill Kitty	$800 [24] Don't hold the mayo in this sauce, whose name is something to avoid in dentistry tartar Erik
$1,000 [9] East Timor Indonesia Darren	$1,000 [16] This team's Great American Ball Park has a riverboat deck that offers views of the park & of the Ohio River the Cincinnati Reds Darren	$1,000 [23] The suspension of active hostilities in a war zone a cease-fire Darren	DD $1,200 [21] Circle K Intl., a collegiate branch of this service org., circles the globe with members on some 450 campuses the Kiwanis Club Erik	$1,000 [30] This title guy requested the items shown here Old King Cole Kitty	$1,000 [25] A "truthiness"-loving TV pundit shares his name with this meat glaze, butter, shallots, wine & lemon juice sauce colbert Erik

Double Jeopardy! Round

HYDRO LOGICAL	JOHNNY GILBERT RAPS & ROCKS ON	NAME THE VEEP	ROGER THAT!	KILLER OPERAS	HIDDEN BIRDPLAY
$400 [26] It's the process by which water goes from a liquid to a gas evaporation Erik	$400 [2] "Hey! Hey! Hey hey hey! Macho, macho man, I've got to be, a macho man" The Village People Darren	$400 [9] Artis Gilmore, John Garner, Horace Grant John Nance Garner Erik Darren	$400 [17] While a student at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, he won championships in the mile run Roger Bannister Kitty	$400 [1] In "The Devils of Loudon", Grandier the priest is killed this way, a la Joan of Arc burning at the stake Darren	$400 [14] Most Orkney Islanders overstep their bounds a stork (in mo st Ork ney) Kitty
$800 [27] 13-letter collective name for any & all forms of water that fall from the sky precipitation Erik Darren	$800 [3] "A few times I've been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that, because I ain't no hollaback girl" Gwen Stefani Kitty	$800 [10] Eustace Collins, Erving Toney, Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry Erik	$800 [18] This French guy's ex-wives included Brigitte Bardot & Jane Fonda (he never married Catherine Deneuve) Roger Vadim Kitty	$800 [4] "Lulu" has a lulu of an ending: the heroine is killed by this notorious London murderer Jack the Ripper Kitty	$800 [22] After the party, keg returns are easier an egret (in k eg ret urns) Darren
$1,200 [28] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays a geological diagram on the monitor.) It's the 2-word furniture term for the boundary between saturated & unsaturated zones of soil the water table Darren	$1,200 [6] "To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, light up a stage & wax a chump like a candle... ice ice baby" Vanilla Ice Erik	$1,200 [11] Riley B.B. King, William Rufus DeVane King, Bernard King William Rufus DeVane King Erik	$1,200 [19] As the government photographer of this war, Roger Fenton portrayed the Charge of the Light Brigade as glorious the Crimean War Darren	$1,200 [5] Aargh! In "Zampa", Zampa the pirate is dragged into the sea & drowned by one of these marble artworks a statue Erik	$1,200 [23] She could never handle his wandering through caves all by himself a swan (in hi s wan dering) Kitty
$1,600 [29] The main source of thermal pollution is water that's been used industrially as this a coolant Kitty	$1,600 [7] "C'mon, take a bottle, shake it up, break the bubble, break it up, pour some sugar on me, in the name of love" Def Leppard Darren	$1,600 [12] James Brown, George Clinton, Sylvester Stone George Clinton Erik	DD $2,000 [20] He founded the town of Providence, which became a haven for Quakers & Anabaptists Roger Williams Darren	$1,600 [15] In "Il Trovatore" Leonora escapes the clutches of a count by drinking poison from this piece of jewelry a ring Erik Kitty	$1,600 [24] Using a bib is helpful when feeding a baby an ibis (in b ib is ) Darren
$2,000 [30] Multiply chlorinity, the amount of chlorine in seawater, by 1.80655 to get this figure salinity Erik	$2,000 [8] "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts" Right Said Fred Darren	$2,000 [13] Levi P. Morton, Samuel L. Miller, George F. McGinnis (Levi) Morton Darren	$2,000 [21] Sir Roger Penrose, with Stephen Hawking, proved that all matter within one of these collapses to a singularity a black hole Darren	$2,000 [16] In an opera based on a Pushkin poem, Lensky challenges this title character to a duel--big mistake Eugene Onegin Erik	DD $4,000 [25] Nothing is solved with rushing around like a crazy man a thrush (in wi th rush ing) Darren

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN LITERATURE

An 1870 novel by this man mentions Moby Dick as well as a sea monster called a Kraken

Jules Verne

Kitty "Who is Jules Verne?" — wagered $12,000

Erik "Who is Jules Verne?" — wagered $8,801

Darren "Who is Swift" — wagered $6,601

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