Show #4238 2003-01-22 (taped 2002-10-23) Regular

Contestants

Peter Thurrell — a stagehand from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Todd Simkin — a derivatives trader from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Charles Rosenthal — a manager for an executive search firm from Coral Springs, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Charles $1,400 $5,200 $11,400 $2,399
2nd place: $2,000
$11,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Todd $2,400 $4,600 $10,200 $3,201
New champion: $3,201
$10,200
14 R, 0 W
Peter $200 $2,000 $1,600 $2,000
3rd place: $1,000
$1,600
6 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL LIFE MIKE TV ZERO FUN WITH COLORS "MY" OH, MY! WHAT A PEASANT SURPRISE
$200 [16]
This term for an elephant comes from the Greek for "thick-skinned"
pachyderm
Todd
$200 [21]
This actor copped out in "The Streets of San Francisco"
Michael Douglas
Charles
$200 [6]
Zero is the innocent young farmboy in this military-set comic strip
Beetle Bailey
Charles
$200 [11]
At their Gettysburg home, Mamie Eisenhower's bathroom was pink & Ike's was this color (remember, he was a soldier)
green
Charles Todd Peter
$200 [1]
It's the medical term for nearsightedness
myopia
Charles
$200 [26]
This literary hero dedicates his deeds of valor to Aldonza, a peasant girl he calls Dulcinea
Don Quixote
Charles
$400 [17]
Panther is a term for a black one of these cats
jaguar/leopard
Todd Peter
$400 [22]
Nefarious CEOs hide under their desks when this "60 Minutes" anchor comes knocking on their doors
Mike Wallace
Charles
$400 [7]
Ok, 0 K is absolute zero on this scale
Kelvin
Todd
$400 [12]
Jean Harlow was famous for having this silvery shade of blonde hair
platinum
Charles
$400 [2]
Gore Vidal's Ms. Breckinridge
Myra
Peter
$400 [27]
In 1381 Wat Tyler led a bloody peasant revolt in this country
England
Charles
$600 [18]
The flippers of this large whale known for its "songs" may be a third as long as its body
humpback whale
Peter
$600 [23]
Contestant Michael Skupin suffered 2nd & 3rd degree burns to his hands on this show
Survivor
Peter
$600 [8]
The zero-coupon one of these sold by the Treasury doesn't make periodic interest payments like a regular one
bond
Charles
$600 [13]
Cerulean is a shade of this color
blue
Charles
$600 [3]
These members of the starling family are known for their ability to mimic human speech
mynah birds
Charles
$600 [28]
Czar Alexander II freed Russia's peasants from their "serfitude" in this year the U.S. Civil War began
1861
Charles
$800 [19]
Unlike most fish, the orange species of this has a swim bladder filled with oil & wax, not gas
orange roughy
Todd
$800 [24]
Hey Hey, this Mike was a TV Monkee in 1966
Mike Nesmith
Charles
$1,000 [10]
The zero came about in part as a way to indicate the unused levels on this beaded device
abacus
Charles
$800 [14]
It's official! In August 2002 this color joined the regular M&M line-up
purple
Todd
$800 [4]
Used in packaging, insulation & photography, it's a trademarked thin polyester film
mylar
Charles
$800 [29]
The third movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" Symphony is entitled "Merry Gathering of the Peasants"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Todd
$1,000 [20]
The dust type of this arachnid lives in homes, where it feeds on dust produced by animal & human skin
mite
Peter
$1,000 [25]
Darren McGavin, Rob Estes & Stacy Keach have all played this chain-smoking private investigator
Mike Hammer
Charles
DD $1,600 [9]
"My Hero, Zero" was 1 of the 4 tunes used during the premiere weekend of these TV shorts January 6-7, 1973
Schoolhouse Rock
Charles
$1,000 [15]
While raw sienna is still around, Crayola crayons has retired this other "raw" color
raw umber
$1,000 [5]
This nation's capital city is Yangon
Myanmar
Todd
$1,000 [30]
According to legend, this European capital was founded by a peasant named Bucur
Bucharest, Romania
Charles

Double Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL MATTERS OLD NEWSPAPERS PENNSYLVANIA SPORTS NAME SPELLING "P"LAYS ONE WORD OR TWO
$400 [1]
Many pianos have a middle or sostenuto one of these
pedal
Charles Todd
$400 [26]
The first French daily newspaper was the Journal de this city, founded in 1777
Paris
Charles
$400 [7]
As a fundraising tool, this national organization began selling cookies in Philly in 1932
the Girl Scouts
Charles
$400 [18]
Dale, who drove car No. 3
E-A-R-N-H-A-R-D-T
Todd Peter
$400 [10]
Max & Leo sing "We Can Do It" in this Broadway hit
The Producers
Charles
$400 [2]
The direction preceding "Ho!"; or, a hospital area named for film legend Mae
westward/west ward
Todd Peter
$800 [8]
This tempo, from Italian for "quick", sounds like it could be the name of one of the Marx Brothers
presto
$800 [17]
In the only trial of its kind in Pennsylvania history, Margaret Mattson was tried for this in February 1683
witchcraft
Charles
$800 [20]
1999 U.S. Open tennis champ Andre
A-G-A-S-S-I
Charles
$800 [11]
"The Slave of Duty" is the subtitle of this swashbuckling Gilbert & Sullivan work
The Pirates of Penzance
Charles
$800 [3]
A gaunt monarch; or, the act of cogitation
thinking/thin king
Todd
$1,200 [9]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) When I make my Carnegie Hall conducting debut, I'll begin with this stroke that begins each measure
downbeat
Charles Peter
$1,200 [19]
This president was the guest of honor at the opening of Pennsylvania's Centennial Exposition in 1876
Ulysses S. Grant
Charles
$1,200 [21]
Yankees lefty Andy
P-E-T-T-I-T-T-E
Peter
$1,600 [13]
The title character of this Ibsen play is based on a Norwegian folk hero
Peer Gynt
Peter
$1,200 [4]
Ordinary; or, a spot on a New England town square
commonplace/common place
Peter
$1,600 [15]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) This type of chord is named for what your index finger forms across the strings
bar chord
Todd
DD $1,200 [24]
The "free" members of this group split from the mainline Pennsylvania faction to serve in the Revolution
Quakers
Charles
$1,600 [22]
1999 100-meter dash record setter Maurice
G-R-E-E-N-E
$2,000 [14]
"They Call the Wind Maria" is a song from this musical
Paint Your Wagon
$1,600 [5]
A military prison; or, a fruit drink regularly for sale
stockade/stock ade
Charles
$2,000 [16]
Synonym for "snake" that's the name of the old-time instrument played here
serpent
Charles Todd
$2,000 [25]
Though born in Pennsylvania, he wrote the classic western novel "The Virginian"
Owen Wister
$2,000 [23]
The Minnesota Timberwolves' Szczerbiak
W-A-L-L-Y
DD $3,000 [12]
The preface to this play says English is "not thus accessible even to Englishmen"
Pygmalion
Charles
$2,000 [6]
The relationship of twin girls; or, a wimple for a nun
sisterhood/sister hood

Final Jeopardy!

THE GLOBE

Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south

Brazil

Peter "What is Brazil?" — wagered $400
Todd "What is Indonesia?" — wagered $6,999
Charles "What is Sudan" — wagered $9,001

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