Show #5551 2008-10-27 (taped 2008-09-23) Regular

Contestants

Randy Gold — a systems analyst and volunteer from Sherman Oaks, California

Debra Johnson — a voice teacher from San Antonio, Texas

Mathew Safer — a transportation planner from South Orange, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mathew	$2,600	$4,400	$16,200	$19,500 2-day champion: $44,701	$12,000 18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Debra	$600	$2,000	$6,400	$7,400 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 10 R, 3 W
Randy	$3,000	$8,300	$19,900	$7,399 3rd place: $1,000	$19,200 27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LET'S HAVE A DRINK... OF WATER	SPORTS: 1948	HEY, KIDS! LET'S LEARN THE ALPHABET!	POPE-POURRI	CHEESY COUNTRIES	GET YOUR GHOST
$200 [12] This independent agency of the U.S. government is concerned with providing clean drinking water to all Americans the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Mathew	$200 [8] This Ohio team won its last World Series to date; perhaps it's the curse of Babe Klieman, whom they traded away the Indians Mathew	$200 [6] In 1959 this company made the first automatic, plain-paper copier:"X" is for... Xerox Randy	$200 [26] In April 2008 he became only the second pope to visit the White House Benedict (XVI) Debra	$200 [1] Anejo enchilado Mexico Mathew Debra	$200 [21] A ghost sighted at a Malaysian high school in 2002 had this odd distinction, like a Washington Irving horseman headless Randy
$400 [16] This element provides about 89% of the weight of a water molecule oxygen Randy	$400 [9] (I'm Olympic champion Misty May-Treanor.) In 1948 this sport held its first tournament with a prize--it was a case of Pepsi, & I'm glad we do a bit better than that today beach volleyball Randy	$400 [7] Truthful or creditable--it also describes our beloved Abe:"H" is for... honest Randy	$400 [27] This pope was born in Wadowice John Paul II Randy	$400 [2] Monte Veronese Italy Mathew	$400 [22] The ghost of a woman in a hat was seen at Ky.'s Seelbach Hilton 'til these objects she was reflected in were removed a mirror Randy
$600 [17] This company's bottled water comes from a spring in the Gard district in Vergeze, France Perrier Randy	$600 [10] Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" captured the NCAA title in this sport college basketball Randy	$600 [14] To work dough into a uniform mixture by pressing:"K" is for... knead Randy	$600 [28] There's no guilt in knowing the XIII & last pope with this name reigned from 1721 to 1724 Innocent Debra	$600 [3] Leerdammer the Netherlands Mathew	$600 [23] Dame Margaret Rutherford saw the ghost of theatre manager John Buckstone in this city's Haymarket Theatre London Debra
$1,000 [19] An underground layer of rock or soil that holds groundwater; the Ogallala one lies under almost all of Nebraska an aquifer Mathew	$800 [11] With fans eager to watch Doak Walker play, SMU moved its home games to this venue, "The House That Doak Built" the Cotton Bowl Debra	$800 [15] A written prose speech in honor of a deceased person:"E" is for... eulogy Mathew Randy	$800 [29] On Christmas 800 the III pope of this name "lionized" Charlemagne by crowning him emperor of the Romans Leo Randy	$800 [4] Lubelski Poland Mathew	$800 [24] This title character of a musical sometimes signs notes with the initials O.G., for "Opera Ghost" the Phantom of the Opera Mathew
DD $1,500 [18] The American Dental Association is all for this process, practiced by cities since 1945 fluoridation Randy	$1,000 [13] In 1948 this unheralded Mexican American won the U.S. men's singles tennis title at Forest Hills Pancho Gonzales	$1,000 [20] Pleasant-sounding type of rockseen here:"G" is for... gneiss Mathew	$1,000 [30] One of the 2 popes who reigned during the 1960s Paul VI (or John XXIII) Randy	$1,000 [5] Kasseri Greece Mathew	$1,000 [25] A "Gray Lady" who can be heard walking through rooms haunts Sherwood Forest, the Va. home of this 10th president John Tyler Mathew

Double Jeopardy! Round

A BOOK OF POEMS	MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR	POLITICS	TIBET YOUR LIFE	GANDHI, FDR OR CHURCHILL	"E"ASY DOES IT
$400 [1] This collection had a follow-up, "The New Spoon River" Spoon River Anthology Randy	$400 [7] Angels talking about George Bailey/I can't stand to watch that Mr. Potter/An angel gets his wings It's a Wonderful Life Randy	$400 [18] (I'm CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien.) Barack Obama can claim favorite son status all over the country; born in Hawaii, he went to college in New York & then moved to this state as a community organizer Illinois Mathew	$400 [5] Located on a tributary of the Yarlung Zango River, this city is at an altitude of almost 12,000 feet Lhasa Mathew	$400 [11] He died in 1965 Churchill Randy	$400 [23] Carl Sagan pioneered & promoted SETI, the search for this kind of intelligence extraterrestrial Randy
$800 [2] In Arabic "rubai'i" refers to a type of 4-line verse, & this is a book of them, like Omar Khayyam's a rubaiyat Randy	$800 [8] Josh Brolin took the money/Wait, this is the end? Where'd Josh Brolin go? No Country for Old Men	$1,200 [20] (I'm Campbell Brown, CNN.) One of John McCain's weapons in appealing to a younger demographic is this type of Internet diary kept by his daughter Meghan a blog Randy	$800 [6] In the 8th c. the scholar & mystic Padmasambhava fashioned the Tibetan variety of this faith Buddhism Debra	$800 [12] He became a lawyer in London in 1891 Gandhi Debra	$800 [24] One who implements a will an executor Mathew Randy
$1,200 [3] In 1923 he published the collection "New Hampshire" Robert Frost Debra	$1,200 [9] Just wanted to see Jack Lemmon strain spaghetti through his tennis racket/ The Apartment Mathew Debra Randy	$1,600 [21] Type of benefit, like Social Security, to which you have an automatic right if you meet certain criteria an entitlement Randy	$1,200 [14] Asia's mightiest rivers begin in Tibet, including the Yangtze & this river that flows through Vietnam the Mekong Randy	$1,200 [13] He won a Nobel Prize Churchill Mathew Randy	$1,200 [25] Trekkies might know that F-14A Tomcats were first assigned to this aircraft carrier in 1974 the Enterprise Randy
$1,600 [4] "The Lamb" & "The Shepherd" are found in these William Blake "songs" from 1789 Songs of Innocence Mathew	$1,600 [10] Robert Walker can't be serious about the plan he's proposing to Farley Granger, can he/Well, I guess he was Strangers on a Train	$2,000 [22] (I'm Candy Crowley, senior political correspondent.) A politicalcartoondepicting redistricting in Massachusetts gave us this term for a practice that's still around today gerrymandering Randy	$1,600 [16] Tibet borders Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, India & also this region disputed between India & Pakistan Kashmir Mathew Debra	$1,600 [28] He never was the political head of his home country Gandhi Mathew	$1,600 [26] Born in Norway, he patented the first practical outboard motor for boats (Ole) Evinrude Randy
$2,000 [30] Critic Hippolyte Babou suggested the title of Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal", which translates as this The Flowers of Evil Debra	$2,000 [15] Nick Nolte/Sunken treasure, bla bla/Aha, there's Jacqueline Bisset underwater The Deep Randy	DD $4,000 [19] In music, it's the lowest tone of a scale; in politics it's a rousing convention speech a keynote Mathew	DD $3,000 [17] After the Dalai Lama fled in 1959, this lama became titular spiritual leader of Tibet the Panchen Lama Mathew	$2,000 [29] He married his distant cousin FDR Debra	$2,000 [27] The mouthpiece of a wind instrument embouchure Debra

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL MOTORING

It's the largest nation in area where all cars legally drive on the left

Australia

Debra "What is Australia?" — wagered $1,000

Mathew "What is Australia?" — wagered $3,300

Randy "What isCanadaJapan?" — wagered $12,501

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