Show #5608 2009-01-14 (taped 2008-11-11) Regular

Contestants

Judy Rowen — a pediatrician from Galveston, Texas

Greg Jones — a college instructor from Chincoteague Island, Virginia

Samantha Lubrani — a Spanish interpreter from Torrance, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Samantha $3,600 $3,700 $9,900 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$11,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Greg $800 $2,400 $18,600 $23,201
New champion: $23,201
$19,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Judy $4,600 $8,000 $11,600 $20,000
2nd place: $2,000
$11,600
18 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM NAME THE MOVIE ROWING OVER-THE-COUNTER CULTURE THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! JUST GOING THROUGH A PHRASE
$200 [22]
The first is Shahadah, a profession of faith in God, whom Muslims call this
Allah
Judy
$200 [17]
2007:Giant robots become various modes of conveyance; movie company makes a bazillion box office bucks
Transformers
Greg
$200 [16]
In 1896 George Harbo & Frank Samuelsen rowed across this in 55 days
the Atlantic Ocean
Greg
$200 [6]
For just $450 an ounce, you can wear rich hippie's all-natural perfume named for this 1969 event
Woodstock
Samantha
$200 [11]
The orphan stared, in shock--Sikes & Fagin stood smiling at the door. they'd escaped! & now, they were mad
Oliver Twist
Greg
$200 [1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reaches unsuccessfully for plastic sipping tubes.)Having few or no options left
grasping at straws
Samantha
$400 [23]
The second is Salat, or this, which observant Muslims are supposed to practice 5 times a day
prayer
Greg
$400 [18]
1941:Orson Welles' last word perplexes all (but what's really perplexing--no one was in the room to hear it)
Citizen Kane
Judy
$400 [24]
These ancient ships with 2 or 3 banks of rowers kept up their military use into the 1500s
galleys
Judy
$400 [7]
Hippie Skivvies of San Luis Obispo, Calif. lists this Playboy guy among its celebrity clients; he sure knows his undies
(Hugh) Hefner
Judy
$400 [12]
Fletcher held up his hand. "Y'know, taking out Bligh is a bad idea, let's go have espressos & talk out our feelings"
Mutiny on the Bounty
Judy
$400 [2]
(Two plates are shown: one with bread on it, one without)Be thankful for what you've got
half a loaf is better than none
Samantha
$600 [25]
Zakat is this third pillar & is typically 2.5% of your capital, annually
alms
Greg Judy
$600 [19]
1994:Sam Jackson quotes scripture; Travolta shoots a guy in the face
Pulp Fiction
Greg
$600 [28]
Feathering is turning the blade parallel to the water surface to reduce this
drag (wind or air resistance)
Samantha
$600 [8]
This band's website sells golf gloves, golf towels & polo shirts adorned with its lightning bolt logo
The Grateful Dead
Judy
$600 [13]
Jones thought, wait, Napoleon's a pig & I'm human! He's become way too powerful! Tonight, I'm having pork!
Animal Farm
Greg
$600 [3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew has her left arm extended)Be in the know, in touch with what's going on
having your finger on the pulse
Judy
$800 [26]
The fourth pillar is Sawm, fasting, & is typically practiced from sunrise to sunset during this Muslim month
Ramadan
Judy
$800 [20]
1997:An M.I.T. janitor does some math; the NSA does or doesn't get involved
Good Will Hunting
Greg
$1,000 [30]
GRC stands for this rowing club that plies the Clyde
Glasgow
$800 [9]
We used to make these in the sink with rubber bands & a box of Rit; Bloomingdale's carries them now--for 59 bucks
tie-dyed t-shirts
Samantha
$800 [14]
"Let's go, old sport", he said, Daisy Buchanan on his arm, she'd left Tom for him, & he was happy, Dreams do come true!
The Great Gatsby
Judy
$800 [4]
(A balance is shown)Change the balance, the deciding factor
tip the scales
Judy
$1,000 [27]
The fifth pillar is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, a once-in-a-lifetime trip known as this
the Hajj
Samantha
$1,000 [21]
2001:A paranoid schizophrenic does some math; the CIA does or doesn't get involved
A Beautiful Mind
Judy
DD $1,500 [29]
You'll go under the Watertown & Harvard Bridges sculling this river
the Charles River
Samantha
$1,000 [10]
The DEA backed off, man! Nutiva sells protein bars made from this fiber-producing variety of cannabis sativa
hemp
Samantha
$1,000 [15]
...All perfume no & his heart was going like mad & no I said no I won't no then I kicked him no
Ulysses
$1,000 [5]
(Many black rocks are shown on a table)Try every means possible
leave no stone unturned
Samantha Judy

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II WHATCHA DUNE? SCULPTURE MATERIAL COMBEGS A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY A LITTLE BIT ROCK & ROLL
$400 [18]
On Oct. 20, 1944 he declared, "I have returned"
MacArthur
Samantha
$400 [11]
Crescent-shaped wind-formed dunes are common on this planet, where the Global Surveyor has observed them
Mars
$400 [23]
Bernini's 11 1/2-foot "Ecstasy of St. Teresa"
marble
Greg
$400 [12]
Sitcom(Cue laugh track)
situation comedy
Greg
$400 [6]
Anwar Sadat was a leader of this country
Egypt
Greg
$400 [1]
In a 1967 hit, all Aretha Franklin was askin' for was a little bit of this (Sock it to me!)
respect
Judy
$800 [19]
The Japanese plan in taking Kiska & Attu, islands in this U.S. chain, never really worked out
the Aleutians
Judy
$800 [17]
In 1991 the house of this French designer began marketing Dune, a women's perfume; a men's cologne followed in 1997
Christian Dior
$800 [24]
Samuel A. Robb's original "Old Chief Stogie"
wood
Greg
$800 [13]
Medevac, as in helicopter
medical evacuation
Greg
$800 [7]
This is the most populous democracy
India
Samantha
$800 [2]
"Baby, you're much 2 fast", sings Prince in this hit
"Little Red Corvette"
Samantha
$1,200 [20]
He flew 58 combat missions, was shot down once, crashed twice &, oh, yeah, later became President
George H.W. Bush
Greg
$1,200 [28]
In 1964 Bruce Meyers built the first fiberglass-bodied kit for one of these; a VW engine was included
a dune buggy
Judy
DD $1,000 [27]
Chryselephantine statues like Phidias' "Athena" (the "Elephantine" part)
ivory
Greg
$1,200 [14]
Cockapoo, which goes woof, not tweet
a cocker spaniel & a poodle
Greg
DD $1,000 [8]
Following Saudi Arabia & Russia, the third-largest oil exporter is this Scandinavian nation
Norway
Samantha
$1,200 [3]
Queen had a No. 1 with this song that says, "It shakes all over like a jellyfish, I kinda like it"
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Greg Judy
$1,600 [21]
No "bull"--the Japanese signed the surrender papers on this admiral's flagship, the USS Missouri
Halsey
Greg
$1,600 [29]
In the 1990s he bought the Dunes hotel, demolished it & built the Bellagio on the site
Steve Wynn
Greg
$1,200 [25]
David Smith's very reflective, metallic "Cubi" series of the 1960s
stainless steel
$1,600 [15]
Nicad, the batteries in many laptops
nickel and cadmium
Samantha
$1,600 [9]
This once-British island naval fortress has been called the "Navel of the Mediterranean"
Malta
Greg Judy
$1,600 [4]
"What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ...oh I get by with" this
"a little help from my friends"
Samantha
$2,000 [22]
The U.S. Navy's F4F Wildcat fighter was succeeded by this other devilish feline, the F6F
the Hellcat
$2,000 [30]
"Paul of Dune", co-written by the son of this late sci-fi author, was published in September 2008
Frank Herbert
Judy
$1,600 [26]
"Doryphorus" or "Spear Bearer" by Polyclitus, around 450 B.C.
bronze
$2,000 [16]
Comsymp, someone pink or even red
Communist sympathizer
Judy
$2,000 [10]
Until 1966 this African country was called Bechuanaland
Botswana
Greg
$2,000 [5]
Otis Redding helpfully suggested, "But when she gets weary, try a little" this
tenderness
Greg

Final Jeopardy!

CHARACTERS IN PLAYS

This woman wished to be taken to "Bucknam Pellis... don't you know where it is? In the Green Park, where the king lives"

Eliza Doolittle

Samantha "Who is Lady Macbeth?" — wagered $9,700
Judy "Who is Eliza Doolittle?" — wagered $8,400
Greg "Who is Eliza Doolittle?" — wagered $4,601

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