Show #5629 2009-02-12 (taped 2008-12-02) Regular

Contestants

Mark Halpin — a scene designer from Cold Spring, Kentucky

Kelley Halstead — a physician from Brooklyn, New York

Deepak Tamasker — an attorney originally from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Deepak $400 $3,800 $11,400 $10,400
2-day champion: $23,401
$14,600
16 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Kelley $600 $2,200 $5,400 $400
3rd place: $1,000
$5,400
11 R, 2 W
Mark $1,400 $4,000 $16,600 $10,399
2nd place: $2,000
$17,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

HAPPY 200th, LINCOLN & DARWIN TOP 40 SONGS' MISSING LINKS BRANDED "G"EOGRAPHY THEY GOT IT ON eBAY! BRIT SPEAK
$200 [1]
Born in Shrewsbury Feb. 12, 1809, Charles Darwin was sent at 16 to study medicine in this Scottish city
Edinburgh
Mark
$200 [19]
I Won't Back ___On The Corner
Down
Mark
$200 [14]
"There's a" variety of this brand of eye lubricant "for that" or if you prefer the old slogan, "It gets the red out"
Visine
Deepak
$200 [11]
The 42,000 square miles of this country are dotted with Mayan ruins
Guatemala
Mark
$200 [22]
Somebody paid $2,000 for an "18th century" kit for killing these; contents included hammer, stakes & a crucifix
vampires
Kelley
$200 [6]
Will someone pass me the bag of crisps--I have a hankering for this snack
potato chips
Deepak
$400 [2]
Born in Kentucky Feb.12, 1809, Abe Lincoln lived from age 7 to 21 in this state before the move to Illinois
Indiana
Deepak
$400 [23]
Born To Be ____Thing
Wild
Mark
$400 [15]
Hershey's boasts that these cups are the No. 1 selling candy in America
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Kelley
$400 [12]
This country in Transcaucasia was in the news in 2008 fighting a much bigger nation
Georgia
Deepak
$400 [27]
A Colo. woman paid $455 for water from a cup this guy drank from in 1977; he left the building soon after
Elvis
Mark
$400 [7]
If mum takes little Alistair to a childminder, he's going to what Americans would call this type of "center"
a day care center
Mark
$600 [3]
It's what Lincoln called his youngest & favorite son, Thomas; it can also mean "a little bit"
Tad
Mark
$600 [24]
Blowing Kisses In The ____Beneath My Wings
Wind
Mark
$600 [16]
In the classic ad jingle, these hot dogs are even enjoyed by kids with chickenpox
Armour hot dogs
Deepak Kelley
$600 [13]
Hagatna is the capital of this U.S. island in the North Pacific
Guam
Kelley
$600 [28]
Now that's recycling! A Seattle man got a $3,850 bid for this, worn only once, that had belonged to his ex-wife
her wedding dress
Mark
$600 [8]
A landlord would refer to one of these as a flat
an apartment
Deepak
$800 [4]
The first chapter of "On the Origin of Species" features this bird, which Darwin bred in a dovecote he built
a pigeon
$800 [25]
Die Another ____Tripper
Day
Mark
$800 [17]
Lilac spring is among the air freshener scents "Created by nature" & "captured by" this brand
Glade
Deepak
$800 [20]
A country on the west coast of Africa used to be known as Spanish this; now it's Equatorial this
Guinea
Kelley
$800 [29]
An online casino paid $1,209 for a Dorito in the shape of this man's big pointy hat, or mitre
the pope
Kelley
$1,000 [10]
For sports & working out, you need a good pair of trainers, which are these
(running) shoes
Mark
$1,000 [5]
Maiden name of Darwin's wife; she came from the pottery-making family & was shattered by his talk of evolution
Wedgwood
Mark
$1,000 [26]
U Got ____ ____Of Love
The Look
Deepak
$1,000 [18]
Toyota dropped this provocative name for its new Celica sports model days after a December 2004 natural disaster
a Tsunami
Deepak
$1,000 [21]
King Constantine of this Balkan country was forced from his throne in 1917 & again in 1922
Greece
Deepak
$1,000 [30]
An offer to impart this drew only 8 bids & $3.26; heck, the DVD of the 1983 Monty Python flick goes for more than that
the meaning of life
DD $1,200 [9]
Long before it was the name of a computer, it was Brit speak for a raincoat
a mackintosh
Deepak

Double Jeopardy! Round

GONE WITH THE WIND: THE NOVEL FROM SCREEN TO STAGE GENOME-ENCLATURE CHAMBER MUSIC BUILT IN THE U.S.A. CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
$400 [26]
In chap. I, Scarlett says, "I've never gotten so tired of any one word in my life as" this, "unless it's 'secession"'
war
Deepak
$400 [11]
Broadway is going green--a lovely ogre shade of green--with the musical based on this animated 2001 film
Shrek
Mark
$400 [1]
A study reported in March 2008 says these siblings don't have the exact same genomic sequence, as was thought
identical twins
Kelley
$400 [19]
A violinist, cellist & pianist from Denmark rhymingly call themselves this "con Brio"
a Trio
Mark
$400 [14]
At least 20 died & many suffered decompression sickness building this East River landmark that opened in 1883
the Brooklyn Bridge
Deepak Kelley Mark
$400 [6]
Talk amongst yourselves(7)
discuss
Kelley
DD $2,000 [28]
In the last chapter, Scarlett plans a return to Tara & yearns to see this woman, now her "last link with the old days"
Mammy
Deepak
$800 [12]
It was a literary trilogy, then a film trilogy, then--heavens to Gollum!--a musical that opened in Toronto in 2006
The Lord of the Rings
Mark
$800 [2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a graphic on the monitor.) An exact copy of biological material, it can be of a DNA segment, a cell or a complete organism
a clone
Kelley
$800 [22]
This composer's "Musical Offering" is based on a theme given him by Frederick the Great in 1747
Bach
Kelley
$800 [15]
Billed as the Eighth Wonder of the World when it opened in 1965, it housed victims of Katrina in 2005
the Astrodome
Kelley
$800 [7]
Happy or Doc(5)
dwarf
Deepak
$2,000 [27]
The first 2 men mentioned by name in the novel are these twins, recently expelled from the Univ. of Georgia
the Tarleton twins
$1,200 [13]
Timeless Irving Berlin tunes--& a snowfall--are highlights of this holiday musical based on a 1954 film
White Christmas
Deepak
$1,200 [3]
Take a swim in this term for all the possible variations of genes within an interbreeding population
the gene pool
Mark
DD $1,000 [25]
A 1996 sonata by Lowell Lieberman is for flute & this, also a popular pairing at weddings
a harp
Mark
$1,200 [16]
This D.C. landmark is 2-toned because it was partially built but lost funding for close to 15 years, until the centennial
the Washington Monument
Kelley
$1,200 [8]
Rastafarian hair style(10)
dreadlocks
Mark
$1,600 [20]
"Step In Time" to see this musical set in part at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London
Mary Poppins
Mark
$1,600 [4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a graphic on the monitor.) To determine a unique identifier, scientists look at patterns formed by multiple alleles in a person's DNA the process is called this, like taking inked impressions of a crime suspect
genetic fingerprinting
Deepak
$1,200 [23]
Happily, he found the time to finish the "trout" quintet, heard here
Schubert
Mark
$1,600 [17]
The first official flag of the U.S. was agreed upon in this building that has also served as the city dog pound
Independence Hall
$1,600 [9]
It puts a spin on Hanukkah(7)
a dreidel
Mark
$2,000 [21]
Elton John wrote the music for this Broadway show in which a working-class British lad dreams of being a ballet dancer
Billy Elliot
Deepak
$2,000 [5]
The true power behind DNA & genes, this can be messenger, transfer or ribosomal
R(ibo) N(ucleic) A(cid)
Deepak
$1,600 [24]
The "American" quartet is an 1893 work by this Czech composer known for his interest in the New World
(Antonin) Dvorak
Mark
$2,000 [18]
You can tour numerous Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Oak Park in this state
Illinois
Deepak
$2,000 [10]
"Sweet" Appalachian folk instrument(8)
a dulcimer
Mark

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The Air Force's C-130 "Hurricane Hunters" are the only U.S. military aircraft allowed to enter this country's airspace

Cuba

Kelley "What is North Korea?" — wagered $5,000
Deepak "What is China?" — wagered $1,000
Mark "What is Iran?" — wagered $6,201

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