Show #5598 2008-12-31 (taped 2008-11-04) Regular

Ask Alex #10: Friends.

Contestants

Shyra Latiolais — a legal secretary from New Orleans, Louisiana

Brian Gohacki — a graduate student from San Francisco, California

Scott Shive — a features editor from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $33,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Scott	$1,600	$3,800	$9,000	$4,500 3rd place: $1,000	$9,000 14 R, 2 W
Brian	$200	$4,800	$19,400	$16,399 2nd place: $2,000	$18,400 26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Shyra	$2,200	$4,400	$11,200	$20,000 New champion: $20,000	$11,200 12 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

BALLET MUSIC	MOVIE CALENDAR	THINGAMAJIGS	ALL ABOUT PRESIDENTS	FUNNY-SOUNDING FOOD	"IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD
$200 [9] He composed the music for the ballet "Ghost Town" 4 years before he teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein (Richard) Rodgers Scott	$200 [1] It seems like I've seen this Bill Murray-Andie MacDowell film about a zillion times Groundhog Day Scott	$200 [17] Heloise hints that this cosmetic tool won't get gunky if you use it on lashes before applying mascara, not after an eyelash curler Brian	$200 [3] His widow Martha once gave the O.K. for him to be re-entombed in the U.S. Capitol; a nephew later nixed the idea Washington Brian	$200 [12] This alliterative cut of beef comes from the hindquarters rump roast Brian	$200 [22] Proverbially, this "is the soul of wit" brevity Shyra
$400 [27] "Flotezart" is the fanciful title of a ballet danced to his flute music Mozart Brian	$400 [2] Michael Myers kills his sister on the title occasion of this 1978 horror film Halloween Brian	$400 [18] These sewing shears weren't named for a color but for a verb meaning to finish edges with a zigzag pattern pinking Scott	$400 [4] He met with Leonid Brezhnev on the first ever presidential visit to Moscow Nixon Shyra	$400 [13] In Britain, toad-in-the-hole is this meat item baked in a coating of batter a sausage Scott Shyra	$400 [23] A native or naturalized member of a state or nation a citizen Brian
$600 [28] The ballet called "Viva" this composer features variations on "La Traviata" Verdi Brian	$600 [6] Will Smith & Jeff Goldblum save the world from an alien invasion in this 1996 thriller Independence Day Brian	$600 [19] Football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg had the right "stuff" to invent one of these for tackling practice a dummy Brian	$600 [5] By 1905 football had gotten so violent that this U.S. president urged rule changes Teddy Roosevelt Scott	$600 [14] "Sufferin"' through this lima bean & corn mixture can be quite an endeavor succotash Shyra	$600 [24] A marauding linebacker, or CNN's Wolf a blitzer Brian
$800 [29] A Twyla Tharp ballet is danced to his Symphony No. 7 in A Major, known as his "Dance Symphony" Ludwig van Beethoven	$800 [10] Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, delivers toys to kids in this Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas Brian	$800 [20] Musicians use this thingamajig, also known as a pick, to pluck the strings of a lute or a guitar a plectrum Brian	$1,000 [8] I might worry about hanging around with him--he was nicknamed the "Hangman of Buffalo" Grover Cleveland	$800 [15] In "Shiskabugs" Bugs Bunny is almost turned into this German rabbit stew hasenpfeffer Brian Shyra	$800 [25] A notable one of these read, "Here lies Ann Mann, who lived an old maid but died an old Mann" an epitaph Scott
$1,000 [30] Originally titled "Le Palais de Cristal", "Symphony in C" is danced to music by this "Carmen" composer Bizet Scott	$1,000 [11] Unlucky things happen at Camp Crystal Lake in this 1980 scarefest Friday the 13th Scott	$1,000 [21] Some kids call this huge machine a Roley, because that's the name of the one on "Bob the Builder" a steamroller Brian	DD $1,200 [7] This "Big Bill" married the daughter of a former law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes William Howard Taft Brian	$1,000 [16] From Yiddish for "stuffed", this dish is small pieces of whitefish, carp or pike mixed with seasonings gefilte fish Shyra	$1,000 [26] Nickname of Andrew Jackson's informal "cabinet", which included Martin Van Buren the Kitchen Cabinet Shyra

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY FICTION	DRINKING SONGS	HOMOPHONIC NAMES	ROCKS & STONES	"PAR" FOR THE...	CORSICA
$400 [26] This slave escapes with her son Harry across the ice floes of a river to reach the Ohio shore safely Eliza	$400 [11] An Eagles song begins, "It's another" this mixed drink "starin' slowly 'cross the sky" "Tequila Sunrise" Brian	$400 [6] Singer Natalie & Wisconsin senator Herb Cole or Kohl Scott	$400 [16] Balanced Rockis a sandstone mass in the Garden of the Gods in this Western state Colorado Brian	$400 [1] In geometry, a plane curve a parabola Brian	$400 [21] When visiting the capital, Ajaccio, be sure to see the birthplace of this emperor who was known as "The Corsican" Napoleon Scott
$800 [27] A miser becomes rich in the Washington Irving story titled him "and Tom Walker" the Devil Brian	$800 [12] In "American Pie", "good old boys were drinking" these 2 things whiskey & rye Brian	$800 [7] Musician John & world leader Vladimir Lennon or Lenin Shyra	$800 [17] Much of the stone of Yellowstone is tuff, formed from the ash or dust of these events volcanic eruptions Scott	$800 [2] Some species of this birdlike fish secrete amucus sacaround their bodies at night for shelter a parrotfish Brian	$800 [22] With a weak justice system, Corsica became known for this vengeful type of feud with an Italian name a vendetta Brian
$1,600 [29] Jane Austen's sketch "Elinor and Marianne" developed into this 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility Shyra	$1,200 [13] A Busta Rhymes song title is "Pass" this French cognac Courvoisier Shyra	$1,200 [8] Sandra of teenage movies & Chuck of political rap Dee or D Scott	$1,200 [18] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a carved artwork in Peru.) Hand-carved sculptures of this stone, a translucent variety of gypsum, are a mainstay of Peruvian handicrafts alabaster Scott Brian	$1,200 [3] Similar grammatical form when dealing with several ideas is called this type of construction parallel Scott Brian	$1,200 [23] In 1958 Corsica was occupied by those supporting the insurrection of colonists in this North African country Algeria Brian
$2,000 [30] This amateur detective solves the mystery of "The Purloined Letter" C. Auguste Dupin	$1,600 [14] Where's the Tabasco? In 1974 Willie Nelson was having this type of "morning" a "Bloody Mary Morning" Shyra	$1,600 [9] Beautiful movie stars Janet & Gong Leigh or Li Brian	$1,600 [19] Knapping, chipping rock to shape tools, is usually done to this hard type of quartz flint Brian	$1,600 [4] Excessively frugal or stingy parsimonious Shyra	DD $2,000 [24] The Strait of Bonifacio separates Corsica from this island to the south Sardinia Brian
DD $3,000 [28] Arrius is told that this Jewish slave aboard the Roman ship Astroea is "our best rower" (Judah) Ben-Hur Brian	$2,000 [15] The Kinks met Lola "in a club where you drink" this & "it tastes just like cherry cola" champagne Brian	$2,000 [10] Philosopher George (though not the California city named for him) & Vice President Alben Berkeley or Barkley Scott	$2,000 [20] Also beginning with C-A, it's the one-word name for the form of calcium carbonate seenhereas Iceland's spar calcite	$2,000 [5] To measure how far away a star is using this, take 2 measurements, 6 months apart parallax Scott	$2,000 [25] In 259 B.C. Corsica was conquered by Rome in the first of these wars against Carthage the Punic Wars Brian

Final Jeopardy!

ADVERTISING ICONS

This advertising icon who debuted in the 1950s is known as Pron-Tito in Spanish-speaking countries

Speedy Alka-Seltzer

Scott "Who is Quick?" — wagered $4,500

Shyra "Who is Speedy?" — wagered $8,800

Brian "Who is Frito Bandito?" — wagered $3,001

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