Show #5618 2009-01-28 (taped 2008-11-18) Regular

Contestants

Jack Feerick — a freelance writer from Churchville, New York

Linda Tomsho — a medical editor from West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

Andy Walvoord — an investment banker from Denver, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andy	$-800	$1,000	$10,200	$1,999 3rd place: $1,000	$9,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Linda	$1,400	$1,800	$9,200	$3,199 2nd place: $2,000	$8,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jack	$1,400	$5,800	$32,600	$48,600 New champion: $48,600	$24,600 27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

DIPLOMACY--A GAME	THE AUDACITY OF BOB HOPE	DON'T SAYMOBY DICK	WHERE'S THE BEEF FROM?	COLORFUL RHYME TIME	AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
$200 [16] At the start of the game Diplomacy, France controls 3 supply centers: Paris, Brest & this port Marseille Jack	$200 [11] Of golfing with this president, Bob quipped, "It's hard to play a guy who rattles his medals while you're putting" Eisenhower Jack	$200 [6] In 1851 Harriet Beecher Stowe began serializing this Uncle Tom's Cabin Andy	$200 [1] Kobe Japan Linda	$200 [17] A crimson toboggan a red sled Linda	$200 [22] It's the phenomenon being signed here a rainbow Jack
$600 [25] Turkey is one of the 7 great powers players may represent; the game is set just before this war World War I Andy	$400 [12] After playing golf with this president: "He hit a birdie--and an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark..." Gerald Ford Andy Linda	$400 [7] He began serializing his "Child's History of England", but he's a bit better known for "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens Jack	$400 [2] Hereford England Andy	$400 [18] A cobalt Native American boat a blue canoe Jack	$400 [23] The Beatles' Rocky knows the sign for this animal a raccoon Andy
$800 [26] On the Diplomacy board, this country in the middle of Europe is considered impassable Switzerland Andy	$600 [13] "It's so cold" in this city "that politicians have their hands in their own pockets" Washington, D.C.	$600 [8] Herman Melville's good buddy Nat Hawthorne published this novel about a creepy old mansion The House of the Seven Gables Jack	$600 [3] Zebu (aka Brahman) India Jack	$600 [19] Licorice eaten to satisfy hunger between meals a black snack Linda	$600 [28] You'll find this word in an Edgar Allan Poe title a pendulum Linda
DD $1,000 [24] Each army unit is represented by a cannon; each fleet unit, by this, also the name of a different game a battleship Andy	$800 [14] Bob said this guy was going to name "2 mil. Communists, he just got his hands on the Moscow telephone directory" Senator McCarthy Jack	$800 [9] English poet & critic John Ruskin published the 1st volume of "The Stones of" this decaying & sinking Italian city Venice Linda	$800 [4] Angus Scotland Jack	$800 [20] An ivory paper toy that flies in the wind a white kite Jack	$800 [29] Thisarea of land with a specific use is of grave importance graveyard (cemetery) Jack
$1,000 [27] The game is based on making & breaking these, such as the triple one that in real life united Italy, Germany & Austria alliances Jack	$1,000 [15] Bob said, "No one" of these "can fool all of the people all of the time. That's why we have two" political parties Jack	$1,000 [10] In "Casa Guidi Windows", written while she & hubby Bob lived abroad, she counted the ways she loved Florence Elizabeth Barrett Browning Linda	$1,000 [5] Holstein the Netherlands Andy Linda Jack	$1,000 [21] A coffee-colored tiara a brown crown Jack	$1,000 [30] Here is the sign for this geometry term a perpendicular Andy Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

DIPLOMACY--NOT A GAME	CHARACTERS IN MOVIES	EUROPEAN HISTORY	FOLKLORE	MEDICINE THROUGH THE YEARS	"ECO" FRIENDLY
$400 [23] This department suggests reading "Ghost Wars" & Newsweek if you want to be a foreign service officer the State Department Linda	$400 [11] George McFly, Dr. Emmett Brown, Biff Tannen Back to the Future Linda	$400 [6] Thomas Savery's contribution to British history was patenting the first of these engines in 1698 a steam engine Andy	$400 [16] According to the ballad, "'Twas on the Illinois central that" this engineer "won his fame" Casey Jones Andy	$400 [1] In China this practice, zhen ke, dates back 4,000 years; today it's mostly used there for surgical analgesia acupuncture Linda	$400 [18] Ben Bernanke earned his Ph.D. in this from MIT economics Jack
$800 [24] A marsupial might know this word for a diplomatic mailbag a pouch Jack	$800 [12] Bishop, Ripley, Rebecca "Newt" Jorden Aliens Andy	$800 [7] After WWII hundreds of thousands with no where to go lived in DP camps, short for this displaced person Jack	$800 [17] Since 1718 this pirate's ghost has been haunting Pamlico Sound searching for his missing head Blackbeard or Edward Teach	$800 [2] In 1842 Crawford Long first used anesthetic in surgery, allowing his patient to sniff this gas, C4H10O ether Andy	$800 [19] It's the specialty that deals with women's health & diseases gynecology Andy Jack
$1,200 [25] NYC councilman Eric Gioia says 10 U.N. missions owe the city $8 million in these parking tickets Andy	$1,200 [13] Ellis "Red" Redding, Andy Dufresne, Warden Norton The Shawshank Redemption Jack	$1,200 [8] In the 17th c. each member of the Polish legislature had this power & could defeat any measure & end the session a veto Andy	$1,200 [28] This Texas cowboy spent his early years running with a pack of coyotes & howling at the moon Pecos Bill Jack	$1,200 [3] First mentioned in Genesis, it's the only surgical procedure clearly described in the Bible circumcision Andy	$1,200 [20] This period in American history lasted from 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction Jack
$1,600 [26] Criminals, don't try fleeing to Malta, whose government signed this type of treaty with the U.S. May 18, 2006 extradition Linda	$1,600 [14] Dean Keaton, Fred Fenster, Roger "Verbal" Kint The Usual Suspects Jack	$1,600 [9] After a 1547 victory over Protestant armies, Emperor Charles V said, "Veni, vidi, Deus vicit", meaning this "I came, I saw, and God conquered" Jack	$1,600 [29] Old Stormalong soaped his ship to squeeze through the English channel; the soap rubbed off on these cliffs the Cliffs of Dover Jack	$1,600 [4] Early Egyptian physicians diagnosed & inspected patients by palpation, examination by this sense touch Jack	$1,600 [21] In this French-named art form, paper cutouts are used to cover a flat surface, then varnish is applied decoupage Linda
DD $3,000 [27] Henry Kissinger's practice of zipping between Mideastern capitals for talks was known as this type of diplomacy shuttle Linda	$2,000 [15] Jules Winnfield, Butch Coolidge,"The Wolf" Pulp Fiction Jack	$2,000 [10] Germany's worst terrorist gang finally disbanded in 1998, though Baader died in 1977 & this co-leader in 1976 Ulrike Meinhof Jack	DD $10,000 [30] In Native American culture, these mythical birds flashed lightning from their eyes & caused storms with their wings thunderbirds Jack	$2,000 [5] 19th c. physician William Little first described this disorder caused by brain injury before or soon after birth cerebral palsy Andy	$2,000 [22] For 2008 the Grammys added a new category to honor cajun & this style of music zydeco Andy

Final Jeopardy!

MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS

The libretto for Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" was based on this epic English poem

Paradise Lost

Linda "What is Beowulf?" — wagered $6,001

Andy "What is Beowulf?" — wagered $8,201

Jack "What is "Paradise Lost"?" — wagered $16,000

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