Show #5624 2009-02-05 (taped 2008-11-19) Regular

Contestants

Nick Leggatt — a teacher from Dallas, Texas

Herbie Tinsley — a quality control analyst originally from Youngstown, Ohio

Gail Flemmons — a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gail $2,000 $5,000 $10,200 $20,398
2-day champion: $46,399
$10,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Herbie $1,600 $2,000 $12,000 $10,400
2nd place: $2,000
$10,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Nick $3,600 $6,600 $14,200 $4,199
3rd place: $1,000
$16,200
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL QUOTES ROCK FORMATIONS FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS FUNDRAISING DELAWARE THE "FIRST" STATE
$200 [1]
She commanded Samson, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth"
Delilah
Nick
$200 [26]
Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987
Nirvana
Herbie
$200 [6]
Hobble, wrap, micro mini
skirt
Herbie
$200 [21]
Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
board
Nick
$200 [16]
Home to a major U.S. Air Force base, this capital was founded in 1683
Dover
Herbie
$200 [11]
In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java
first mate
Gail
$400 [2]
This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails"
Thomas
Nick
$400 [27]
This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero"
Led Zeppelin
Nick
$400 [7]
Action, kid, opera
gloves
Gail Nick
$400 [22]
This service's code says donors to a 501 (c)(3) organization can generally take a tax deduction
the IRS
Gail
$400 [17]
Delaware has this many representatives in the U.S. House
1
Gail
$400 [12]
Ryan Howard's day job with the Phillies
first baseman
Herbie
$600 [3]
In Exodus Moses & Aaron inform pharaoh that the lord has this very strong 4-word suggestion
"Let my people go"
Gail
$600 [28]
Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums
The White Stripes
Herbie Nick
$600 [8]
Puritan, Peter Pan, choir-boy
collars
Gail
$600 [23]
Chilly alliterative term for phoning someone to ask for money without any prior notice
cold call
Gail
$600 [18]
Designated in 1999, the tiger swallowtail is Delaware's official one of these insects
butterfly
Herbie
$600 [13]
In 1975 Donald Johanson found a group of 13 hominid fossils he dubbed this, like the Nixons or Trumans
the first family
Gail
DD $1,000 [4]
Herod thought that Jesus was this man "whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead"
John the Baptist
Gail
$800 [29]
This punk group was the brainchild of entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren, who asked John Lydon to be its lead singer
The Sex Pistols
Nick
$800 [9]
French, Cuban, wedge
heels
Gail Nick
$800 [24]
Donations in the form of equipment or time instead of money are called "in" this 4-letter word
in kind
Gail
$800 [19]
Nicknamed "Pete", this former gov. of Delaware once worked in the chemical co. his ancestors founded in 1802
du Pont
Gail
$800 [14]
This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack
first strike
Gail Nick
$1,000 [5]
In Proverbs this king writes, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"
Solomon
Nick
$1,000 [30]
This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt
The Eagles
Nick
$1,000 [10]
Hobo, envelope, beaded
purses
Gail
$1,000 [25]
In fundraising DM stands for this mail, which aims to scare up new donors
direct mail
$1,000 [20]
Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609
Henry Hudson
$1,000 [15]
In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster
first violin
Herbie

Double Jeopardy! Round

BASIC SCIENCE REAL TO REEL THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK BULL THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
$400 [17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up a sugar cube.) At sea level, at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 1 cubic centimeter of air, the size of a sugar cube, contains45 billion billionof these, from the Latin for "little mass"
a molecule
Gail Herbie
$400 [2]
This 1984 movie recounted the friendship of an American journalist & a translator in war-torn Cambodia
The Killing Fields
Gail
$400 [18]
Born in 1803 in Tennessee, Sarah later attended school in this state due east, husband James' birthplace
North Carolina
Herbie
$400 [1]
John Travolta & Debra Winger demonstrated the fine art of riding a mechanical bull at Gilley's in this 1980 film
Urban Cowboy
Nick
$400 [12]
This instrument heardherereminds me of something; hmm...I'm starting to remember
a harp
Herbie
$400 [3]
All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place
National Public Radio
Nick
$800 [24]
The name of this green pigment found in plants is partly from the Greek for "green"
chlorophyll
Nick
$800 [4]
In "Changeling" she plays a mom who takes on the LAPD after her son disappears & a different boy is returned to her
Angelina Jolie
Herbie
$800 [19]
In the 1840s First Lady Sarah, seeing James enter rooms unnoticed, made this song a regular feature of his entrances
"Hail To The Chief"
Gail
$800 [25]
This energy drink was originally developed by a Thai businessman in 1962 & sold under the name Krating Daeng
Red Bull
Nick
$800 [13]
This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment
a banjo
Nick
$800 [8]
Plan for your golden years by putting money in an IRA, one of these
an individual retirement account
Gail
$1,200 [23]
Newton's first law, about bodies at rest & in motion, is also called the law of this
the law of inertia
Herbie
$1,200 [5]
African captives revolt aboard their slave ship & then have to stand trial in this movie based on an 1839 event
Amistad
Herbie
$1,200 [20]
During the Civil War, Mrs. Polk's Tennessee home had this official status & both Union & CSA leaders visited
neutrality
Herbie
$1,200 [26]
In 1996 Standing Rock College of Fort Yates, N.D., a Native American school, changed its name to this for a Sioux chief
Sitting Bull (College)
Nick
$1,200 [14]
George Harrison enjoyed this instrument seen here
a sitar
Nick
$1,200 [9]
A PAC, one of these, might help your electoral chances
a political action committee
Gail
$1,600 [22]
Graphite is a soft form of this element
carbon
Herbie Nick
$1,600 [6]
In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states
Awakenings
Nick
$1,600 [29]
In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville
a telephone
Herbie
$1,600 [27]
In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade
a bulldozer
Herbie
$1,600 [15]
On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys
a harpsichord
Gail
$1,600 [10]
Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military
a private first class
Herbie
DD $4,000 [21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.) Symbolized lambda, the total distance covered by one complete cycle of oscillation from peak to peak or trough to trough is called this
a wavelength
Herbie
$2,000 [7]
In this movie Meryl Streep as Aussie mom Lindy Chamberlain exclaimed, "The dingo's got my baby!"
A Cry In The Dark
$2,000 [30]
In 1888 Mrs. Polk pushed a button in Nashville & these came on at the Cincinnati Centennial Expo
the lights
Nick
DD $2,000 [28]
"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco
Durham
Nick
$2,000 [16]
It ain't slang for money, dough or cashola, but it is the instrument seen here
a lute
Herbie
$2,000 [11]
To a home viewer, a DVD is one of these
a digital video disc
Nick

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN FICTION WRITERS

He was also the U.S.'s best-paid sportswriter, with stories of people like Chicago O'Brien & Jack the Bookie

Damon Runyon

Gail "Who was Damon Runyon?" — wagered $10,198
Herbie "Who is Riley?" — wagered $1,600
Nick "Who was Ring Lardner?" — wagered $10,001

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