Show #5620 2009-01-30 (taped 2008-11-18) Regular

Contestants

Alan Kluegel — an attorney from Urbana, Illinois

Noelle McHugh — a graphic designer originally from Eastchester, New York

Jack Feerick — a freelance writer from Churchville, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $71,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jack	$2,000	$7,600	$28,200	$36,399 3-day champion: $108,200	$25,000 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Noelle	$2,400	$4,800	$10,000	$14,850 2nd place: $2,000	$10,000 16 R, 0 W
Alan	$3,200	$4,400	$7,400	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$10,400 15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GEORGE CARLIN	A PLACE FOR MY STUFF	IT'S BAD FOR YA	ON CAMPUS	WHAT AM I DOING IN NEW JERSEY?	PLAYIN' WITH YOUR "HEAD"
$200 [21] In 1975 George Carlin was the first host of this late night comedy show Saturday Night Live Jack	$200 [16] This word for a food-storage closet comes from a word meaning "bread room" pantry Alan	$200 [1] James Lind's 1753 "Treatise On" this vitamin C deficiency suggests eating citrus fruits scurvy Jack	$200 [11] How 'bout them football teams of Louisiana Tech & the University of Georgia that both sport this nickname the Bulldogs Alan	$200 [26] In 1976 N.J. voted to permit gambling casinos here to raise money for the disabled & elderly; the first opened in 1978 Atlantic City Noelle	$200 [6] A clovis point is a Native American one an arrowhead Alan
$400 [22] One of Carlin's comic character creations was Al Sleet, a hippie-dippie member of this profession a weatherman Jack	$400 [17] The French name of this piece of furniture indicates it should be used to store weapons, not clothes & TVs an armoire Noelle	$400 [2] The diseased lymph gland seenheremight tip you to the identity of this colorful 2-word killer of the 14th century the black plague (or black death) Noelle	$400 [12] Bill Clinton & Antonin Scalia both graduated from this D.C. university founded in 1789 Georgetown Alan	$400 [27] The state capital was named for a merchant & landowner with this 5-letter name (William) Trent Noelle	$400 [7] A devoted follower of Jerry Garcia's band a Deadhead Noelle
$600 [23] From 1977 until 2008, George starred in 14 specials on this cable TV network HBO Jack	$600 [18] The first chapter of a C.S. Lewis novel is called "Lucy Looks Into" one of these a Wardrobe Noelle	$600 [3] This lung disease isolated in 1882 has been found in an ancient mummy, so there should be hieroglyphic Christmas seals tuberculosis Noelle	$600 [13] Western hats off to you if you know this Florida university was founded in 1883 in the city of DeLand Stetson University	$600 [28] In 1879 the first practical incandescent lamp was developed in this community Menlo Park Jack	$600 [8] They call themselves Canada's oldest independent brewery, eh Moosehead Alan
$800 [24] In the 1960s George appeared with Marlo Thomas on this sitcom That Girl Jack	$800 [19] In many preschools, kids keep their things in these cozy "holes" a cubbyhole Noelle	$800 [4] John Enders was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work on this disease that ends with -myelitis polio	$800 [14] USC has a satellite campus on this island about 25 miles off L.A.'s coast Catalina Jack	DD $1,000 [29] In 1910 this ex-Princeton Pres. was elected Governor of N.J. but served only 2 years before taking a new job Woodrow Wilson Jack	$800 [9] A monarch in title who has no real authority a figurehead Alan
$1,000 [25] In 2008 at the Kennedy Center, George posthumously received the prize for humor named for this man (Mark) Twain Alan	$1,000 [20] This 3-letter word can be a coal scuttle or a trough for carrying bricks a hod Jack	$1,000 [5] This type of inflammatory bowel disease is named for one of the doctors who wrote about it in 1932 Crohn's Alan	$1,000 [15] The University of Texas at Austin has erected a statue honoring this founder of the United Farm Workers Cesar Chavez Jack	$1,000 [30] In 1994 she became the first woman governor of N.J; she'd later be in a president's cabinet & on "Jeopardy!" Christie Todd Whitman Jack	$1,000 [10] Nickname for a U.S. Marine, perhaps from the shape of his haircut a jarhead Noelle

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONSTELLATIONS	ACTORS' DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS	"D" MEN OF HISTORY	GODS AROUND US	EPIGRAPHS	FROM THE FRENCH
$400 [21] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a constellation on the monitor.) Look for the Big Dipper to find this third largest constellation: the handle forms its tail; other stars form its paws Ursa Major Alan	$400 [1] "Dances With Wolves"(1990) Kevin Costner Noelle	$400 [6] In 1581 this world-circumnavigating sailor was made the mayor of Plymouth, England Sir Francis Drake	$400 [11] In his oath one of these pledges that "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God & my country" A Boy Scout Jack	$400 [16] "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way" is the epigraph to this classic by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Noelle	$400 [26] Ironically, shopping options for women who wear these sizes, French for "small", are shrinking petite Alan
$800 [22] This hunter constellation is well-armed: he's got a raised club, a shield & a sword dangling from his belt Orion Noelle	$800 [2] "Star Trek III:The Search For Spock"(1984) Leonard Nimoy Jack Alan	$800 [7] Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth man to hold this title, died mysteriously in 1706 the Dalai Lama Jack	$800 [12] The likeness of God used in this 1975 Monty Python comedy is a picture of British cricket star W.G. Grace ( Monty Python and ) The Holy Grail Noelle	$800 [17] "The heart is half a prophet", Philip Roth's epigraph to "Goodbye, Columbus", is a proverb from this language Yiddish Jack Noelle	$800 [27] This egg dish that's often fat & fluffy has a name derived from a middle French word for "knife blade" an omelet Noelle
$1,200 [23] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a constellation on the monitor.) Marking its head, Antares is the brightest star in this constellation; the two starshererepresent the sting in its tail Scorpio Alan	$1,200 [3] "Paradise Alley"(1978) Sylvester Stallone Jack	$1,200 [8] This man who lost the 1948 presidential election was referred to as "the little man on the wedding cake" (Thomas) Dewey Alan	$1,200 [13] A deaf student becomes involved with a speech teacher in this Tony-winning play by Mark Medoff Children of a Lesser God Jack	$1,200 [18] The epigraph of this Willa Cather novel about life on the Nebraska prairies is "Those fields, colored by various grain!" O Pioneers! Noelle Alan	$1,200 [28] This collective term for fowl innards often found in gravy is from an Old French word for a game stew giblets Jack
$1,600 [24] No bull--the Pleiades are found in this constellation of the zodiac Taurus Jack	$1,600 [4] "A Bronx Tale"(1993) (Robert) De Niro Alan	$1,600 [9] This U.S. mayor who died in 1976 was called the "last of the big-city bosses" (Richard) Daley Alan	$1,600 [14] The song "Day By Day" is from this 1970s musical Godspell Jack	$1,600 [19] The 2-word epigraph to his "Howards End": "Only connect"." Forster Alan	$1,600 [29] The world of high fashion & high society may be called the "beau" this, literally French for "fine world" monde Jack
$2,000 [25] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a constellation on the monitor.) The constellation Andromedalies chained to a rock; this hero is next to her in the heavens waiting to rescue her Perseus Jack	$2,000 [5] "Antwone Fisher"(2002) Denzel Washington	DD $3,000 [10] The topic of the paper he gave to the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society in 1794 was color blindness John Dalton Alan	DD $5,000 [15] On January 1 in Ancient Rome, citizens gave each other small coins with an image of this god on them Janus Jack	$2,000 [20] For "The Razor's Edge", he chose the apt "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over" Somerset Maugham Jack	$2,000 [30] Antiquers know this French term for "Chinese-style" furniture such as 18th c. Chinese Chippendale chinoiserie (chinois accepted) Jack

Final Jeopardy!

WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

This nickname given a bomber at a 1935 test flight reflected the early belief that it wouldn't need fighter protection

the Flying Fortress

Alan "What is the zero?" — wagered $7,300

Noelle "What was the Flying Fortress?" — wagered $4,850

Jack "What was a Flying Fortress?" — wagered $8,199

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