Show #5595 2008-12-26 (taped 2008-10-21) Regular

Jim Stevens game 5.

Contestants

Mikey Stewart — an economist from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cathy Flanagan — an administrator from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Jim Stevens — a math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $94,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$3,000	$7,000	$15,400	$24,401 5-day champion: $119,001	$15,400 18 R, 0 W
Cathy	$1,200	$4,200	$7,400	$12,201 3rd place: $1,000	$7,400 13 R, 3 W
Mikey	$-1,000	$-200	$12,200	$18,060 2nd place: $2,000	$12,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION TODAY	SINGERS' RHYME TIME	NUMERICAL PHRASES	GLASS & GLASSMAKING	"MO" BETTER	FAMOUS RAYS
$200 [9] The courts have wrestled with whether this writ that "shall not be suspended" applies to Guantanamo habeas corpus Cathy	$200 [10] Motown legend Stevie's foolish mistakes Wonder's blunders Jim	$200 [14] He, she & they are this kind of pronoun third person Cathy	$200 [1] Photochromic glass used in eyeglasses does this when exposed to sunlight darken Jim	$200 [24] God's name of Yahweh was first announced to this man Moses Mikey	$200 [6] In 1954 industrial designer Raymond Loewy redesigned the iconic shape of this soft drink's bottle Coke Cathy
$400 [11] It's paired with conviction in Article II, Section 4, & unpopular presidents start to hear talk of it impeachment Jim	$400 [13] Reggae man Bob's "hogs" Marley's Harleys Jim	$400 [20] Numerical term for a burglar who specializes in breaking into buildings through upstairs windows second-story men	$400 [2] In 1882 Edward Johnson, a partner of this inventor, put the first string of glass lights on a Christmas tree Edison Jim	$400 [25] It's a bike race over muddy terrain motocross Cathy	$400 [7] One of the great jazz trios had Oscar Peterson on piano, Ed Thigpen on drums & Ray Brown plucking this bass Cathy
$600 [12] A 2008 ruling affirmed the right "to be confronted with" these--if they're dead, too bad for the prosecution witnesses Cathy Mikey	$600 [17] Blues-rock singer Bonnie's wooden boxes Raitt's crates Jim	$600 [21] Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park includes part of the Painted Desert & a stretch of this historic road Route 66 Jim	$600 [3] To achieve this color of glass, cobalt oxide is added during the manufacturing process blue Jim	$600 [26] This word was suggested by Marcel Duchamp for art in a 1932 exhibit that included Alexander Calder mobiles Cathy	$600 [8] He's the highly successful American businessman seen here Ray Kroc Mikey
$800 [15] An influential 1890 article was titled "the right to" this, now seen as covered (though unnamed) by the Bill of Rights privacy Mikey	$800 [18] "U Remind Me" singer's spouting oil wells Usher's gushers Jim	$800 [22] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a sumo training stable in Tokyo, Japan.) Sumo wrestlers spend years to train & develop sumokan, intuitive awareness in the ring that's translated as this numerical term a sixth sense Mikey	$800 [4] The largest hand-blown one of these, with 117 hand-blown figures, is in a cathedral in Kentucky a stained-glass window Jim	$800 [27] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew performs an experiment in mechanics.) Drop a matchbox, & it falls over, but open the box, & it stands, because the drawer sliding shut uses the stabilizing power of this, defined as mass times velocity momentum Cathy	$800 [29] This actor played "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"; his brother Vincent was Canada's Governor-General Raymond Massey Cathy
DD $1,000 [16] In June 2008 the Supreme Court said that this amendment grants an individual, not just a collective, right the Second Amendment Mikey	$1,000 [19] Mr. Collins' vibratos Phil's trills Cathy	$1,000 [23] Originating in France, it's a numerical term for the journalistic profession the fourth estate Cathy	$1,000 [5] As a gift to the Kennedy Center, Sweden donated 18 15-foot-long crystal chandeliers made by this company Orrefors Mikey	$1,000 [28] Instead of taking over his dad's upholstery business, he went on to become France's greatest comic dramatist Moliere Jim	$1,000 [30] He's the mystery writer seen here--not looking much like a private eye Raymond Chandler Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

GERMANIA	1890s CINEMA	PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS-UP	DOUBLE LETTERS	FAMOUS RAYS	THE OLD REALTOR'S ALMANAC
$400 [24] Enjoy a concert in the Beethovenhalle in this former German capital Bonn Cathy	$400 [1] In an 1898 film by G.A. Smith, this character enters & leaves a room via the chimney Santa Claus Mikey	$400 [11] 1960:Richard Nixon Kennedy Mikey	$400 [3] This Hawaiian dress was adapted from dresses originally distributed by missionaries a muumuu Cathy Mikey	$400 [16] Arthur Eddington helped confirm general relativity by showing that this force affects rays of light gravity Mikey	$1,600 [21] A handy chart shows the sale prices of similar homes in the area, known by this one-syllable term comps
$800 [25] Before the Euro, Germany used this official currency with a 2-word name the Deutsche Mark Mikey	$800 [9] In "Wonderful Dancing Girls", 2 ballet dancers dance on this, years before Fred Astaire in "Royal Wedding" the ceiling Cathy	$800 [15] 1952 & 1956:Adlai Stevenson Eisenhower Jim	$800 [4] A doll that has more realistic body parts than some other dolls is said to be anatomically this correct Jim	$800 [20] Thephotosthat revealed DNA's shape were taken with these rays; there's a distinct pattern when they go through a helix X-rays Mikey	$2,000 [23] There are tips on how to tell when a home's owner is in this first step toward foreclosure default Cathy
$1,200 [28] The German title of this 18th Century opera is "Die Zauberflote" The Magic Flute Cathy	$1,200 [7] A film of this president reviewing troops was shot in Pittsburgh on August 28, 1899; he was shot in 1901 McKinley Jim	$1,200 [14] 1828:John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Mikey	$1,200 [5] This word for excessive & sometimes false praise is also the name of a cape in Washington State flattery	$1,200 [17] Particle physics was established with research on these rays from outer space, from the Greek for "universe" cosmic rays Mikey	DD $4,000 [26] Let's check the commission chart--a standard 6% of the $500,000 price & half goes to me as seller's agent so I get this sum $15,000 Mikey
$2,000 [27] This city on the Main River was where the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned beginning around 1356 Frankfurt	$1,600 [2] 1899's "Frank Melville's Trick" one of these circus animals shows the title creature stepping over 2 ponies an elephant Jim	$1,600 [12] 1912:Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Mikey	$1,600 [6] This small colorful pet fish was named for the naturalist who introduced it to English aquariums in the 1800s a guppy Mikey	$1,600 [18] (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) In geometry, it's the 2-letter last name for the ray seen here the Ba ray	—
DD $6,400 [22] It's a bird! It's a plane! It's this German equivalent of a Superman an Ubermensch Mikey	$2,000 [10] "Casey At The Bat" ends with Casey & his teammates piling onto & pummeling this person at the plate the umpire Mikey	$2,000 [13] 1928:Al Smith Herbert Hoover Mikey	$2,000 [8] From the Latin for "flesh", it's dead or decaying flesh popular with hyenas & buzzards carrion Jim	$2,000 [19] In 2005 NASA pinpointed GRB050709, the "GRB" for this type of burst brighter than a billion suns a gamma-ray burst Jim Mikey	—

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

A recent biography of this 13th century man is subtitled "From Venice to Xanadu"

Marco Polo

Cathy "Who is Marco Polo?" — wagered $4,801

Mikey "Who is Marco Polo?" — wagered $5,860

Jim "Who is Marco Polo?" — wagered $9,001

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