Show #5626 2009-02-09 (taped 2008-12-02) Regular

Contestants

Devin Flanigan — a researcher from Los Angeles, California

Ken Nail — a web site coordinator from Charlottesville, Virginia

Julia Dominick — a homemaker from Struthers, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Julia $1,800 $7,300 $12,100 $7,199
2nd place: $2,000
$10,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Ken $2,600 $4,200 $5,400 $3,599
3rd place: $1,000
$5,400
12 R, 4 W
Devin $0 $600 $8,500 $8,500
New champion: $8,500
$10,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. BELOVED FILMS RELIGIOUS MATTERS HODGEPODGE TALL IN THE FAMILY SOUNDS LIKE ONE LETTER
$200 [6]
Apostles Peter & Paul may have been put to death when Christians were blamed for this disaster in Rome in 64 A.D.
fire
Devin
$200 [1]
In this 1982 film, Henry Thomas played Elliott, who befriended a visitor 3 million light years from home
E.T.
Julia
$200 [9]
This Protestant reformer had a debate at Leipzig with Johann Eck about the papacy in 1519
Martin Luther
Julia
$200 [14]
Encyclopedia Britannica says this basic shape of roof is used "where the climate is arid"
flat
Ken
$200 [20]
Now the world's tallest man, 7'9" Bao Xishun, wed 5'6" Xia Shujuan in a 2007 ceremony in this "Inner" Chinese province
Mongolia
Ken
$200 [16]
An ocular organ
an eye
Julia
$400 [7]
Around 500 Indian astronomer Aryabhata was one of the first to mark this as the start of a day
midnight
Devin
$400 [2]
Brooms holding buckets march as an appropriate Paul Dukas piece plays in a segment of this classic film
Fantasia
Julia
$400 [10]
Buddha's 1st Noble Truth is all life is suffering--there are more of these in the world than there is water in the ocean
tears
Devin
$400 [15]
In poker, 3 & 5 of hearts, 10 of clubs, jack of hearts, king of hearts is called a busted this
a flush
Devin
$400 [21]
If you want tall kids, look for a mate in Haarlem or Heerlen--a 2006 study said this country's folks are the tallest
the Netherlands
$400 [17]
Object used to start a game of football or golf
a tee
Ken
$600 [8]
The Vandals celebrated New Year's Eve in 406 by swarming across this frozen river into Roman lands
the Rhine
Ken Devin
$600 [3]
A fugitive Cary Grant blends in with the crowd at Grand Central in this Hitchcock thriller
North by Northwest
Ken
$600 [11]
In this religion, Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, is said to be the ancestor of Japan's imperial family
Shinto
Ken
$600 [22]
Per the ingredients listed on the label, it provides the color in Coca-Cola
caramel
Devin
$600 [25]
On "Everybody Loves Raymond", this 6'8" comic played the title character's quirky brother
Brad Garrett
Julia
$1,000 [29]
Female creature seen here
ewe
Julia
$800 [18]
French kings in the chaotic years around 700 were called Faineants, meaning this; it's what Truman once called Congress
Do-Nothings
$800 [4]
"Come back", calls young Joey to the title hero played by Alan Ladd in this 1953 Western
Shane
Ken
$800 [12]
According to Hindu belief, the soul, or atman, is part of this one universal, unchanging spirit
Brahman
$800 [23]
In 1932 Yip Harburg was in Central Park trying to come up with a song lyric when a man asked, "Buddy, can you" do this
spare a dime
Julia
$800 [26]
The okapi is a member of this tall animal's family (the only other member, in fact)
a giraffe
Julia
DD $2,100 [28]
It can precede cucumber, cow or floor
sea
Julia
$1,000 [19]
This king called "the Great" beat the Danes in 886 to keep all of England from being conquered
Alfred
Ken
$1,000 [5]
Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall & Marilyn Monroe embark on a plan to snare rich husbands in this instructional film
How to Marry a Millionaire
Ken
$1,000 [13]
In 1984 this Unification Church leader was sent to prison in the U.S. for tax evasion
Sun Myung Moon
Julia
$1,000 [24]
This Ohio doctor got a retrial for wife murder partly because a judge told a journalist he was "guilty as hell"
Dr. Sam Sheppard
$1,000 [27]
The Cascade range of Central Oregon has a trio of 10,000-foot peaks familially called the North, South & Middle these
Sisters

Double Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION TV's EATERIES & DRINKERIES BROOKLYN IS BOOKLAND SCIENCE A TO Z MAKE YOUR WAY TO NORWAY RHYMES WITH DORA THE EXPLORER
$400 [26]
Developed in the 1830s, this cab named for its inventor put the driver on an elevated seat in the rear
a hansom
Ken
$400 [1]
Jack's(Jack Tripper's)Bistro
Three's Company
Julia
$400 [11]
The narrator of this Styron novel lives in Yetta Zimmerman's Brooklyn rooming house
Sophie's Choice
Devin
$400 [20]
Cape ivy is this type of herbaceous plant that lives for more than 2 years
perennial
Julia
$400 [21]
Norway's longest land border is with this country with which it shares a long history as well
Sweden
Julia
$400 [6]
If Dora makes rough, harsh breathing noises while taking a nap, she might just be this new character
Dora the Snorer (Snora the Explorer accepted)
Julia
$1,600 [28]
The MD in MD-80 stands for this company that merged with Boeing in 1997
McDonnell Douglas
Ken Devin
$800 [2]
Monk's, The Dream Cafe (great Pakistani menu!)
Seinfeld
Julia
$800 [12]
Brooklyn's in the title of this 1964 novel by Brooklyn-born Hubert Selby Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Julia
$800 [16]
"N":Whitefly eggs first develop into these, from the Greek for "bride"
nymphs
Ken
$800 [22]
Oslo is no longer named for the IV king of this name, but a city of 65,000 still is
Christian
Devin
$800 [7]
If Dora is installing new Pergo in your home, she'd be this new character
Dora the Floorer
Julia
$2,000 [27]
Ernst Henne was "the fastest man on two wheels", hitting 173 mph in 1937 on a motorcycle from this company
BMW
Julia Ken
$1,200 [3]
The Pie Hole(the pies there will bring you back to life)
Pushing Daisies
Devin
$1,200 [13]
In a book by this author, "The Assistant" works in a Brooklyn grocery store
Bernard Malamud
$1,600 [18]
"M":Named for a 19th century French doctor, it's a disease of the inner ear causing vertigo
Ménière's disease
Julia
$1,200 [23]
Karl Johans Gate, an Oslo shopping street, is seen in a recentphoto& through thefeverish eyesof this artist
(Edvard) Munch
Julia
$1,200 [8]
If Dora starts a business refinishing antique furniture, might we suggest this name for the yellow pages?
Dora the Restorer
Devin
DD $3,500 [29]
On the BBC's "Cranford", set in the 1840s, the title village freaks out because this is coming
a train (or railway)
Devin
$1,600 [4]
Luke's Diner(where Luke & Lorelai talk)
Gilmore Girls
Julia
$1,600 [14]
This Chaim Potok novel of fathers & sons in 1940s Brooklyn has been "selected" for the category
The Chosen
Devin
$2,000 [19]
It's an opening in a bone; the spinal cord enters the spinal column through the magnum one
the foramen
Devin
$1,600 [24]
The name of this leader of Norway during World War II has come to mean "traitor"
Quisling
Ken
$1,600 [9]
If Dora is writing a "K" for a strikeout, she'd be this character who records points
Dora the Scorer
Ken
$2,000 [5]
MacLaren's(suit up & go there tonight)
How I Met Your Mother
Devin
$2,000 [15]
"There were songs and dancing on the Brooklyn streets in those long ago summers" in this Betty Smith novel
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Devin
DD $4,000 [17]
"H":It's the tendency of an organism to bend toward or away from sunlight
heliotropism
Devin
$2,000 [25]
Named for a region in Norway, this type of skiing turn was popularized by Sondre Norheim in 1868
Telemark
Ken
$2,000 [10]
If Dora is using the kitchen device seen here, this would be her new name
Dora the (Apple) Corer
Devin

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAYS

Some believe a Roman celebration of the coming of spring, including fertility rites, led to the holiday we observe on this date

February 14

Ken "What is Valentine's Day" — wagered $1,801
Devin "What is May 1?" — wagered $0
Julia "What is May 1?" — wagered $4,901

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