Show #5619 2009-01-29 (taped 2008-11-18) Regular

Contestants

Cynthia Astle — a journalist from Dallas, Texas

Brian Lee — a graduate student from Tempe, Arizona

Jack Feerick — a freelance writer from Churchville, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $48,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jack $3,400 $4,600 $13,600 $23,201
2-day champion: $71,801
$15,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Brian $4,600 $5,800 $11,600 $18,798
2nd place: $2,000
$12,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Cynthia $-1,000 $1,800 $2,200 $2,400
3rd place: $1,000
$2,200
10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

DANTE'SDIVINE COMEDY THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM AMERICAN EDUCATION IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR EXODUS STAGE "RIGHT"
$200 [16]
Dante begins his journey on this day, the anniversary of the crucifixion
Good Friday
Jack Brian
$200 [26]
Magic Johnson
the Lakers
Brian
$200 [11]
From 1869 to 1939 education was administered by this cabinet department that manages national parks
Interior
Brian
$200 [20]
The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week
clowns
Jack
$200 [1]
Exodus 12 has instructions for this holiday; please respond with one question, not 4
Passover
Jack
$200 [6]
Profession of Pinter, Shaw & Beckett
playwrights
Cynthia
$400 [17]
Dante journeys through Hell to the rim of Purgatory with the guidance of this Roman epic poet
Virgil
Jack Brian
$400 [27]
John Elway
the Broncos
Brian
$400 [12]
It can be a school of higher education for girls, or a school for training priests, ministers or rabbis
a seminary
Jack
$600 [23]
Knoxville's Boomsday festival celebrating this Sept. holiday has one of the USA's largest fireworks displays
Labor Day
Brian
$400 [2]
In 1:22 he says, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"
the pharaoh
Jack
$400 [7]
It's the symbol seen here, more gigantic than usual
a copyright symbol
Brian
$600 [18]
"Purgatory" & "Paradise" contain 33 of these poem subdivisions; "Inferno" has 34
cantos
Jack
$600 [28]
Ted Williams
the Red Sox
Jack
$600 [13]
The NMSA is the "National" this type of "Association" for young adolescents
middle schools
Jack
DD $800 [21]
Among other things, this month is Cherry Month & Creative Romance Month
February
Jack
$600 [3]
14: 16 says, "And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea"--this one
the Red Sea
Brian
$600 [8]
"Let It Snow" begins, "Oh the weather outside is" this
frightful
Brian
$800 [19]
Capocchio & Griffolino of Arezzo are damned to Hell for being falsifiers of metal using this process
alchemy
Cynthia
$800 [29]
Isiah Thomas
the Pistons
Brian
$800 [14]
In August 1995 Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at this South Carolina military college
The Citadel
Jack
$800 [24]
By presidential proclamation, October 9 is set aside to honor this Viking & all Americans of Nordic heritage
Leif Ericson
Brian
$800 [4]
In chapter 4 Moses casts a rod to the ground, & it turns into this
a snake
Cynthia
$800 [9]
Adjective meaning animated, vivacious or lively
sprightly
Brian
$1,000 [22]
Paging Mr. Magus, this magician who offered to purchase the power of transmitting the Holy Spirit
Simon
Cynthia
$1,000 [30]
Kirby Puckett
the Minnesota Twins
Brian
$1,000 [15]
In 1838 this Massachusetts educator founded the biweekly Common School Journal for teachers
Horace Mann
Jack Cynthia
$1,000 [25]
On this November holiday created in 1937 by Al Capp in "Li'l Abner", unmarried women pursue bachelors
Sadie Hawkins Day
Cynthia
$1,000 [5]
Chapter 20 has the 10 Commandments; these 2 are each 4 words long in the King James Version
"Thou shalt not kill" & "Thou shalt not steal"
Brian Cynthia
$1,000 [10]
This U.S. government scholarship program named for a senator began in 1946
Fulbright
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY CLASSIC TV DRAMA EPISODES URBAN PLANNING PICK THE PRIME NUMBER RAISE THE FLAG THIS MEANS "WAR"
$400 [6]
The statue was based on this giant Greek statue destroyed by an earthquake around 225 B.C.
the Colossus of Rhodes
Cynthia
$400 [1]
1964:"Ponderosa Matador"
Bonanza
Jack
$400 [22]
By order of the king, this innovation came to the streets of Paris in 1184
stone paving (sewer drains accepted)
Brian
$400 [11]
2, 4, 6
2
Jack
$400 [16]
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the team from this island used a modified Olympic flag as its national banner
Taiwan
Cynthia
$400 [21]
An example of the wavering cry of this type of bird is heard here
a warbler
Brian Cynthia
$800 [7]
It's the decade the Statue of Liberty was dedicated & opened in New York harbor
the 1880s
Cynthia
$800 [2]
1997:"Welcome To The Hellmouth"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jack
$800 [23]
Hippodamus of Miletus advocated this basic pattern of crisscrossing streets forming squares
a grid
Jack
$800 [12]
9, 13, 15
13
Brian
$800 [17]
The only common first name to appear on a national flag is this one on the flag of Saudi Arabia
Muhammad
Jack
$800 [27]
Lech Kaczynski used the mayoralty of this city as a political springboard
Warsaw
Brian
$1,200 [8]
This French engineer was consulted to design the statue's skeleton & make it sound structurally
(Gustave) Eiffel
Brian
$1,200 [3]
2004:"Viva Las Vegas"
CSI
Cynthia
$1,200 [24]
Also preceding "glasses" & "knot", it's the type of accessory "flat" that may be encouraged to increase density
a granny flat
$1,200 [13]
21, 23, 27
23
Brian
DD $1,000 [19]
Both the flag & the coat of arms of this Eastern Canadian province bear the Cross of St. Andrew
Nova Scotia
Brian
DD $1,000 [29]
This phrase is derived from Oliver Cromwell's request to be painted as he was, including blemishes
warts and all
Jack
$1,600 [9]
A poem on the statue reads "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to" do this
breathe free
Cynthia
$1,600 [4]
1981:"Alexis' Secret"
Dynasty
Cynthia
$1,600 [25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a plot design, and green space appears along the road curves.) In suburban planning, additional green space created by curved streets & houses with varying setbacks is called this 4-letter word, also a small, sheltered bay
a cove
Jack
$1,600 [14]
39, 49, 59
59
Brian
$1,200 [18]
This nation's maritime self-defense force, successor to the imperial navy, uses the flag seen here
Japan
Brian
$1,200 [28]
Have some cherry pie & name this group
Warrant
Jack
$2,000 [10]
The statue was designed by this French sculptor & took 10 years to build
(Frédéric Auguste) Bartholdi
Jack
$2,000 [5]
1989:"How To Survive In Vietnam"
China Beach
$2,000 [26]
STC, like the one in Hoboken, is short for this commission that aims to keep the city green, leafy & cool
Shade Tree Commission
$2,000 [15]
81, 85, 89
89
Jack
$2,000 [20]
This European principality added a crown to its flag in 1936 to differentiate it from the identical flag of Haiti
Liechtenstein
Cynthia
$2,000 [30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a piece of materiel.) The energetic materials center at New Mexico tech is testing shape charges, a type of this that's formed for maximum impact
a warhead
Jack Brian

Final Jeopardy!

THE GRAMMYS

In 2002 the soundtrack to this George Clooney film won Album of the Year, only the third to do so

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Cynthia "What is 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'" — wagered $200
Brian "What is O Brother Where Art Thou" — wagered $7,198
Jack "What is "O Brother Where Art Thou?"?" — wagered $9,601

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