Show #5583 2008-12-10 (taped 2008-10-15) Regular

Contestants

Barb Schwartz — a veterinary technician from Kissimmee, Florida

Matt Jacobs — a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut

Geoff Moore — a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $55,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Geoff $2,800 $7,000 $15,200 $8,199
3rd place: $1,000
$15,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Matt $1,800 $5,900 $11,100 $10,323
New champion: $10,323
$10,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Barb $2,800 $2,000 $5,000 $9,999
2nd place: $2,000
$8,000
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FAULT LINES MOVIE ADJECTIVES THIS & THAT FISH, BIRD OR MAMMAL FUN WITH NUMBERS "LETTER"-LETTER WORDS
$200 [7]
Of this blundering 1854 "charge", French General Pierre Bosquet said, "it is magnificent, but it is not war"
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Geoff
$200 [1]
1974:"____ Saddles"
Blazing
Barb
$200 [13]
Title 4 of the U.S. code says you can fly one of these 24 hours a day; if you fly it at night, you have to illuminate it
the American Flag
Geoff Barb
$200 [15]
The cormorant
a bird
Matt
$200 [17]
The Beatles asked, "Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm" this
64
Matt
$200 [26]
T, as opposed to t
a capital letter
Geoff Matt
$400 [8]
In 2004 he took "responsibility for what happened at Enron" but not for "criminal conduct that I was unaware of"
(Ken) Lay
Matt
$400 [2]
1988:"The ____ Lightness of Being"
Unbearable
Matt
$400 [14]
Have the nerve to name this character played by Bert Lahr in "The Wizard of Oz"
the Cowardly Lion
Geoff
$400 [19]
The macaque
a mammal
Geoff Barb
$400 [9]
Remember these? Referring to the speed they're played at, it's the popular term for the items seen here
45's
Geoff
$400 [27]
A college sports participant, or a popular late-night talk show host
Letterman
Matt
$600 [10]
This onetime Presidential hopeful said he didn't "anticipate the cynicism of the Willie Horton case"
(Michael) Dukakis
Geoff
$600 [3]
1983:"Something ____ This Way Comes"
Wicked
Barb
$600 [23]
In 2007 a Canadian woman gave birth to this extremely rare type of quadruplets
identical quadruplets
Geoff
$600 [20]
The stickleback
a fish
Barb
$600 [6]
To excel in this category, you should know that XL in Roman numerals equals this
40
Geoff
$600 [28]
"Dear Alex, mail this to 10 of your pals & make $1 ,000 or your mustache will grow back" is found in this type of communication
a chain letter
Geoff
$800 [11]
"A total deflation in my gut", noted one astronomer after seeing blurred photos taken by this device in 1990
the Hubble Telescope
Geoff
$800 [4]
1981:"The Gods Must Be ____"
Crazy
Barb
$800 [24]
It's the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
zeta
Matt Barb
$800 [21]
The pangolin
a mammal
Barb
$800 [16]
We're betting you know it's the 2008moviebased on a true story seen here
21
Geoff
$800 [29]
For TV stations, KABC, WDIV, KTVT
call letters
Matt
$1,000 [12]
In 1990 Joseph Hazelwood, former capt. of this ship, said he felt like "Jean Valjean, with 100 inspectors chasing me"
the "Exxon Valdez"
Barb
$1,000 [5]
2004:"Eternal Sunshine of the ____ Mind"
Spotless
Matt
$1,000 [25]
The classical Muses included Melpomene of tragedy, Clio of history & this muse of the waltz & lambada
Terpsichore
Barb
$1,000 [22]
The wahoo
a fish
Geoff
DD $1,500 [18]
It's the next number in the Fibonacci Sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 ...
34
Matt
$1,000 [30]
It's the type of video format seen here
letterbox
Geoff

Double Jeopardy! Round

OTHER FAULT LINES ABBA LYRICS STORIED HOTELS AIRLINE CODES RUSSIAN AROUND GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES
$400 [17]
This fault line is said to originate under the waters of the Sea of Cortez; it then stretches north for 1,000 miles
the San Andreas fault
Barb
$400 [6]
"…you can jive having the time of your life ooh see that girl watch that scene diggin'" her
Dancing Queen
Matt
$400 [11]
I get chills when I read this Stephen King novel that takes place at the Overlook, a spooky hotel in the Rockies
The Shining
Geoff
$400 [1]
With a hub in Detroit:NW
Northwest
Geoff
$400 [26]
Henry VIII had 6 wives; this "terrible" Russian ruler had 7
Ivan
Matt
$400 [16]
This interjection used after someone sneezes means "health" in German
Gesundheit
Geoff
$800 [18]
Alaska & this state have more earthquakes than any other state
California
Barb
$800 [7]
"My, my, at" this place "Napoleon did surrender"
Waterloo
Matt
$800 [12]
A bustling hotel is the settingfor Chapter XVII of this Salem native's 1852 novel "The Blithedale Romance"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Geoff
$800 [2]
Down under:NZ
Air New Zealand
Geoff
$800 [27]
A 16-foot, 7-ton statue of this first leader of Soviet Russia is found in Seattle
Lenin
Matt
$800 [20]
It's how you say "good morning" in German
guten Morgen
Geoff
$1,600 [24]
The 3 main types of faults are normal, reverse & strike-this
(strike-)slip
$1,200 [8]
It precedes "Here I go again; my, my, how can I resist you?"
Mamma Mia
Barb
$1,200 [13]
In "The Razor's Edge", Elliott throws elegant parties at Claridge's in this European capital
London
Barb
$1,200 [3]
From the Caribbean:JM
Air Jamaica
Geoff
DD $1,000 [29]
A pen-pal of Voltaire, she kept him informed of her victories, & he called her "the star of the north"
Catherine the Great
Geoff
$1,200 [21]
Also a literary style, this 3-word German phrase can mean "turmoil"
Sturm und Drang
Matt
$2,000 [25]
This type of valley, like the "great" one in Africa, is bounded by parallel faults
a rift
Barb
$1,600 [9]
"If you change your mind I'm the first in line, honey I'm still free" do this
take a chance on me
Matt
$1,600 [14]
In a 1908 novel, "A Room With a View" is obtained at the Pensione Bertolini in this Italian city
Florence
Geoff
$1,600 [4]
Out of Asia:KE
Korean Air
Geoff Barb
$1,600 [28]
Leo Tolstoy got a firsthand look at war at Sevastopol during this war
the Crimean War
Geoff
$1,600 [22]
German term for a novel about the education & coming of age of a young protagonist
Bildungsroman
DD $3,000 [19]
There's rich mining to be had around this country's Atacama fault
Chile
Barb
$2,000 [10]
"So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me…" this
S.O.S.
Geoff
$2,000 [15]
In chap. 1 of this novel, Jonathan Harker spends the night at the Hotel Royale in Klausenburgh but doesn't sleep well
Dracula
Barb
$2,000 [5]
Demot Manion is CEO:EI
Aer Lingus
$2,000 [30]
She was really rushin' around when she was launched into orbit by the Russians in 1963 aboard Vostok 6
Valentina Tereshkova
$2,000 [23]
In German, what's mine is mein & what's yours is this rhyming word
dein
Geoff

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICANA

An 1890 act of Congress says these can be redesigned no more than once every 25 years

coins

Barb "What are coins?" — wagered $4,999
Matt "What are American flags?" — wagered $777
Geoff "What are presidential seals" — wagered $7,001

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