Show #5552 2008-10-28 (taped 2008-09-23) Regular

Carl Brandt game 1.

Contestants

Carl Brandt — an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Becka Feighner — a clinic receptionist from Canton, Michigan

Mathew Safer — a transportation planner from South Orange, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,701)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mathew	$1,800	$5,800	$9,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$9,000 15 R, 2 W
Becka	$3,600	$3,000	$9,600	$1,200 2nd place: $2,000	$9,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Carl	$1,800	$3,800	$11,800	$4,399 New champion: $4,399	$10,600 20 R (including 1 DD), 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE PRESIDENTS	1980s TV	BRAND NAME SYMBOLS	WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY	USES FOR STALE BREAD	RHYME FEST
$200 [6] In his second week as president, Jimmy Carter evoked memories of an earlier president with this type of informal speech on energy a Fireside Chat Carl	$200 [14] In a variation of a theme, the 1983-84 season of this series ended with J.R.'s brother Bobby getting shot Dallas Becka Carl	$200 [19] In 1949 this greeting card company's torch & shield emblem was replaced with a crown over its name in script Hallmark Carl	$200 [1] This city was just a regional capital before Kublai Khan made it, for the first time, the political center of the nation Beijing Mathew	$200 [11] Cube the bread & saute or bake it to make these to garnish soup or salad croutons Becka	$200 [24] One of these can be down or bulletproof a vest Carl
$400 [7] The 1986 Reagan-Gorbachevsummitmade progress on arms issues but snagged over this Reagan defense plan "Star Wars" Becka	$400 [15] Tanya Roberts looked "heavenly" when she joined the cast of this series in November 1980 Charlie's Angels Becka Carl	$400 [20] This product's distinct circus wagon boxes have held 37 different caricatures since its 1902 founding Animal Crackers Carl	$400 [2] The military & administrative center of the Aztecs became this capital of the colony of New Spain Mexico City Becka	$400 [12] Make this breakfast dish--bread dipped in an egg-milk mixture & fried until golden brown on both sides French toast Carl	$400 [27] A boll weevil, or an annoying brat a pest Mathew
$600 [8] Theweddingof this younger daughter in 1966 was a break for LBJ amid the mounting problems in Vietnam Luci Baines Johnson Becka	$600 [16] Chad Lowe was the star of the sitcom "Spencer"; this man starred as detective "Spenser: For Hire" Robert Urich Carl	$600 [21] This symbol of Playboy Magazine was created by art director Art Paul in about a half hour a bunny Carl	$600 [3] An oasis that was the residence of the Ibn Saud family, it became the capital when the country was formed in 1932 Riyadh Becka	$600 [13] Stale bread is handy as an ingredient in this Thanksgiving side dish, named for its placement inside the bird stuffing Mathew	$600 [28] Type of playful prank that's the specialty of the court fool jest Becka
$800 [9] When you take a deep breath, you can thank Bush Sr.forsigninga strengthened version of this 1970 law the Clean Air Act Becka	$800 [17] Jonathan Winters showed up in the cornfield as a regular on the 1983-84 season of this countrified laugh-fest Hee Haw Carl	$800 [22] The logo of this brand of cleanser is seen here Scrubbing Bubbles Becka Carl	$800 [4] This North African city was once a Roman fortress named Babylon; the Mamelukes made it an African capital Cairo Carl	$800 [25] Use stale bread to make these to bind meatloaf or to coat chicken before baking; panko is a Japanese type breadcrumbs Mathew	$800 [29] A lidded box for toys or jewelry a chest Mathew
$1,000 [10] Through his pursuit of Alger Hiss & others, Richard Nixon gained national fame on this House committee HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) Carl	$1,000 [18] He was actually 12 when he began playing the 7-year-old "Webster" in 1983 Emmanuel Lewis Carl	DD $2,000 [23] This mode of transportation adorns boxes of Rice-a-Roni a cable car Becka	$1,000 [5] Prospering under Tatar rule & expanding as it intersected trade routes, this city became a capital in the 15th century Moscow Mathew	$1,000 [26] Make this Italian bread topped with tomatoes; its name is from the Italian for "to roast over coals" bruschetta Mathew Carl	$1,000 [30] Conjunction meaning "for fear that" lest Mathew

Double Jeopardy! Round

I'M GETTING "C" SICK	A BEN KINGSLEY FILM FESTIVAL	UNREAL ESTATE	CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY	I SAY, HERMIONE	LET US GO TO THE OPERA
$400 [1] I consider myself a unique, special person, so I'm appalled that I'm sniffling with the "common" one of these a cold Becka	$400 [6] 2005:Pickpocket patriarch Fagin Oliver Twist Carl	$400 [12] We learn of the loss of Belle Reve, ancestral home of the DuBois family, in this classic 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire Mathew	$400 [21] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a rotating crayon conveyor at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood on February 6, 1996, when this man stopped by to help make the 100 billionth Crayola Mr. Rogers Mathew	$400 [26] It's the last name of Harry Potter's pal Hermione Granger	$400 [11] "Il Matrimonio Segreto" got the longest one of these ever: Leopold II ordered the whole opera repeated an encore Mathew
$800 [2] I'm not a rooster, so I hope I'm not coming down with this disease also known as varicella chicken pox Mathew	$1,200 [8] 1991:Syndicate accountant Meyer Lansky Bugsy Carl	$800 [13] Of Dragonwyck, Gryphonwyck or Unicornwyck, the mysterious mansion in Anya Seton's 1944 bestseller Dragonwyck	$800 [22] (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a packaging machine at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) In the early 1900s, this"American Gothic" artist entered a Crayola coloring contest & won; he later said that's what gave him the encouragement he needed to pursue a career in art Grant Wood Carl	$800 [27] In mythology Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus & her, & must have hoped to look like mom Helen of Troy Becka Carl	$800 [17] Tchekalinsky, Tomsky & Prince Yeletsky are roles in "The Queen of Spades" by this composeretsky Tchaikovsky Carl
$1,200 [3] Kitty clawed me, so I may have this mild disease, also the title of a Ted Nugent album cat scratch fever Mathew	$1,600 [9] 2003:Iranian immigrant & new home owner Colonel Behrani The House of Sand and Fog Carl	$1,200 [14] In a Jane Austen novel, this medieval abbey sparks Catherine Morland's Gothic fantasies Northanger Abbey Becka Carl	$1,200 [23] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with machinery at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney &this cousin of his began their partnership in 1885 to sell carbon black & other pigments; Crayolas didn't come until 1903 (Harold) Smith Becka	$1,600 [29] In "Gigi" Hermione Gingold is Maurice Chevalier's partner for this duet; ah, yes... "I Remember It Well"	$1,200 [18] Donna Elvira is one of the women seduced by the title character of this Mozart opera Don Giovanni Carl
$1,600 [4] Uh-oh... I feel itchy. Hope I wasn't bitten by this outdoor pest, the red larva of a harvest mite a chigger Mathew	DD $2,000 [7] 1993:Bookkeeper Itzhak Stern Schindler's List Carl	$1,600 [15] Lady Grove is an estate purchased by Uncle Edward in this "timely" British author's 1909 novel "Tono-Bungay" H.G. Wells	$1,600 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a melting vat at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney's wife Alice coined the name "Crayola" by combining "cray", French for chalk, & "ola", short for oily, because Crayolas are made from this paraffin wax	$2,000 [30] Hermione suffers from the jealousy of her husband Leontes in this late Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale Mathew	$1,600 [19] This title Wagner hero blows a mighty horn call & then kills Fafner, who's in the shape of a dragon Siegfried Mathew Carl
$2,000 [5] A blain is an inflammatory swelling; my exposure to icy weather may have given me this kind of "blain"--brrr! a chilblain Carl	$2,000 [10] 2000:Homicidal British gangster Don Logan Sexy Beast	$2,000 [16] The hero of this Thackeray novel woos & wins the widow who inhabits Castle Lyndon Barry Lyndon Carl	$2,000 [25] (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a melting tray at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) The makers of Crayola introduceddust-free school chalk; it was so successful that it won a gold medal at the 1904 World Exposition in this city St. Louis Mathew	DD $3,000 [28] At age 19 in 1925, Hermione Bulwer-Lytton was acting vicereine of this country India Becka	$2,000 [20] This Beethoven opera features the wonderful quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar" Fidelio Carl

Final Jeopardy!

ASIAN NATIONS

Of the world's 11 countries whose English names start with "A", the only 2 whose names don't end with "A"

Afghanistan & Azerbaijan

Mathew "What are Azerbaijan + ?" — wagered $9,000

Becka "What are" — wagered $8,400

Carl "What are Maza lov [Illegible]" — wagered $7,401

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