Show #5560 2008-11-07 (taped 2008-09-24) Regular

Contestants

Martin Garnar — a librarian from Denver, Colorado

Lanny Springs — a retiree and high school coach from Ruxton, Maryland

Brian Muth — a headmaster from Napa, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $1,200 $3,600 $12,400 $20,700
2-day champion: $43,800
$12,400
15 R, 0 W
Lanny $3,800 $8,600 $6,800 $5,800
3rd place: $1,000
$9,800
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Martin $400 $4,500 $10,300 $15,901
2nd place: $2,000
$8,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

NAME THE BOOK ELVIS A TO Z THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER HEAD TRAUMA MINDBLOWERS "BEST" SELLERS
$200 [5]
"'He is a strange, half-savage creature of the jungle, Miss Porter'"
Tarzan of the Apes
Lanny Martin
$200 [19]
"H" is for this 1956 song for which Elvis found "a new place to dwell"--at the top of the charts
Heartbreak Hotel
Brian
$200 [1]
On Oct. 8, 1871 I didn't see her cow start the fire at her Chicago barn, but I should have put it out early
Mrs. O'Leary
Lanny Martin
$200 [22]
This hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain is also known as an apoplexy
a stroke
Martin
$200 [13]
In 1875 the first swim across this waterway took about 22 hours; in 1994 it was accomplished in about 7
the English Channel
Martin
$200 [3]
The chief attendant of the bridegroom
the best man
Martin
$400 [6]
"They reached the carriage-drive at Toad Hall to find, as the badger had anticipated, a shiny new motor-car"
Wind in the Willows
Lanny
$400 [26]
"A" is for this Las Vegas hotel where Elvis & Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967, not by a genie but by a judge
the Aladdin
Martin
$400 [2]
I didn't "aid" the thief by giving him directions to the bank, nor did I do this companion act; I didn't incite him to rob it
abet
Lanny
$600 [24]
The NFL recently set a policy for these injuries, from the Latin for "shaking"
concussions
Lanny
$400 [14]
This San Antonio Spurs star originally trained to be an Olympic swimmer, but Hurricane Hugo wrecked the pool
Tim Duncan
Lanny
$400 [4]
Proverbial 3-word term for a dog in relation to our species
man's best friend
Lanny
$600 [7]
"'Thanks, Ollie.' Those were her last words"
Love Story
$600 [27]
"V" is for this 1964 film that used the tagline "Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!"
Viva Las Vegas
Lanny
$600 [16]
I was a lookout--I didn't bust open the lock for the "breaking" part or do this crime that goes with it
entering
Brian
$800 [25]
Vegetable term for an ear that's misshapen from repeated blows
a cauliflower ear
Lanny
$600 [15]
The wife of this "Give me liberty or give me death" speechmaker was confined at home due to mental illness
Patrick Henry
Brian
$600 [10]
Day-of-the-week term for clothing worn on special occasions
Sunday best
Brian
$800 [8]
"Adam Trask was born on a farm on the outskirts of a little town which was not far from a big town in Connecticut"
East of Eden
Lanny
$800 [28]
"T" is for this Mississippi town of Elvis' birth which was once called Gum Pond but later renamed for a tree
Tupelo
Lanny
$800 [17]
I did give the guy a crowbar, but I never dreamed he would steal a car & commit this 3-word crime, also a video game
grand theft auto
Brian
$1,000 [30]
Antonio Egas Moniz won a 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing this procedure that affects the prefrontal lobes
a lobotomy
Lanny
$800 [20]
Horace Gray was the first Supreme Court Justice to hire 1 of these; he spent more time as Gray's barber than researching
a clerk
Brian
$800 [11]
Uno, a 15-inch beagle, took this Westminster Kennel Club top prize in 2008
Best in Show
Lanny
$1,000 [9]
"Habit, n. A shackle for the free" & "Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support"
The Devil's Dictionary
$1,000 [29]
"P" is for this manager who sold Elvis' entire music catalog to RCA in 1973 for about $5 million, far below its market value
Colonel (Tom) Parker
Martin
$1,000 [18]
I only introduced this British war secretary to Christine Keeler; I had no idea a scandal would ensue & he'd quit
John Profumo
Lanny
DD $1,500 [23]
Also known as dens sapientiae, these can be a pain if they have to come out
the wisdom teeth (or third molars)
Martin
$1,000 [21]
Christianity Today said this animated TV dad is more associated with Christianity than the Pope or Mother Teresa
Ned Flanders
Martin
$1,000 [12]
Brian Epstein was assigned to boot this drummer from the Beatles in 1962
Pete Best
Lanny

Double Jeopardy! Round

LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS IT'S GETTING WINDY INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCOTSMEN ADD A LETTER
$400 [1]
In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this country
Colombia
Lanny
$400 [16]
"Mandibles"
Jaws
Brian
$400 [11]
Residents of Greensburg, Kansas had about 20 minutes warning before one of these destroyed their town in 2007
a tornado
Brian
$400 [6]
When it's just you & this person, be prepared to show a letter of consent or order of custody
your child
Brian
$400 [21]
This Scottish poet rhymed "purple" with "curple" (meaning "the rump")
(Rabbie) Burns
Brian
$400 [26]
Put a letter on your mitten & you become this, love-struck
smitten
Martin
$800 [2]
In October 1520 this Portuguese explorer became the first European to reach Chile & Tierra del Fuego
Ferdinand Magellan
$800 [17]
"Capital of Bavaria"
Munich
Lanny
$800 [12]
NOAA forecasts include wind speeds like 25-30 mph "with" these sudden bursts of wind "up to 50"
gusts
Lanny
$800 [7]
Though not big enough to get a star on our flag, they're the cabins aboard cruise ships
staterooms
Brian
$800 [22]
His "Wealth of Nations" is widely considered the first great work in political economy
Adam Smith
Martin
$800 [27]
After you take a beating, add a letter to it & I'll give you one of these tongue-lashings
a berating
Lanny Martin
$1,600 [4]
This Indian civilization, probably the first in the Americas, lived in eastern Mexico from about 1200 to 400 B.C.
the Olmec(s)
Brian Martin
$1,200 [18]
"Forever"
Always
$1,200 [13]
It blew into southern Louisiana Sept. 1, 2008 but fortunately didn't turn out to be Katrina II
Gustav
Martin
$1,200 [8]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Machu Picchu in Peru.) Nationals of the European Union, Australia, Canada & the U.S. who visit Peru for less than 90 days aren't required to carry one of these documents unless they're here for business
a visa
Lanny Martin
$1,200 [23]
In the 1760s he improved upon the Newcomen steam engine by making a separate condenser, his first invention
(James) Watt
Brian Martin
$1,200 [28]
Adding a letter to scone turns a baked good into this bracket for candles
a sconce
Martin
$2,000 [5]
In 1990 she defeated Daniel Ortega to become president of Nicaragua
Violeta Chamorro
$1,600 [19]
"Achieve My Apprehension Where Possible"
Catch Me if You Can
$1,600 [14]
The hot "khamsin" blows about 50 days a year & gets its name from the word for 50 in this language
Arabic
$1,600 [9]
City on the south side of the most congested U.S.-Mexico crossing; half the northbound cars wait 90 minutes
Tijuana
Lanny
$1,600 [24]
This Scottish reformation leader published his "Faithful Admonition" to Protestants in England in 1554
John Knox
Martin
$1,600 [29]
Add a letter to ignite & it becomes this brown coal
lignite
Brian
DD $3,000 [3]
Shipwrecked English sailors founded a settlement in 1638 in what is now this Central American nation
Belize
Lanny
$2,000 [20]
"Helios' Kingdom"
Empire of the Sun
Lanny
DD $3,000 [15]
These winds are no longer needed for commerce, but they do make for great windsurfing in Barbados
the trade winds
Martin
$2,000 [10]
A U.S. embassy may provide services through this "section" whose name recalls an ancient Roman office
consular (consulate accepted)
Brian
$2,000 [25]
After recovering from a nervous breakdown, this Scottish philosopher wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature"
David Hume
$2,000 [30]
Haddock is a fish; add a letter & it becomes this large citrus fruit
shaddock

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

One of the 2 presidents to win the national popular vote 3 times but only be elected president twice

(1 of) Grover Cleveland & Andrew Jackson

Lanny "Who isNixon" — wagered $1,000
Martin "Who is Grover Cleveland?" — wagered $5,601
Brian "Who is Cleveland" — wagered $8,300

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