Show #5644 2009-03-05 (taped 2009-01-21) Regular

Contestants

Sara Harold — a mother and homemaker from San Diego, California

Clay Brown — a Presbyterian pastor from Mooresville, North Carolina

Tim McMahon — a lawyer originally from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tim	$3,800	$4,400	$7,800	$1,199 2nd place: $2,000	$10,800 24 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Clay	$2,600	$2,400	$7,200	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$8,200 11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Sara	$0	$2,600	$6,000	$11,500 New champion: $11,500	$4,600 9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS' E-MAILS	MIT DEN BEATLES	THAT'S THE FACT, JACK!	I'M IN SUCH A STATE!	PLURALIZE IT!	COMMON BONDS
$200 [21] To: Junglechick.From: Mr_Simian.Subject: Pronouns.FYI, I do use "I" when referring to myself in a 1914 novel Tarzan Tim	$200 [26] The Beatles honed their chops playing clubs in the Reeperbahn, a red-light district in this German port city Hamburg Tim	$200 [6] In 2008 this company's 77-year run as the world's largest automaker came to an end GM Tim	$200 [1] I'm darn proud knowin' no other part of North America is closer to Asia than this state, you betcha! Alaska Tim	$200 [11] When a sheep hangs out with the family, they're just a bunch of... sheep Tim	$200 [16] A guitar, a marionette, a too-good offer have strings attached Sara
$400 [22] To: Maneating_Harpooner, From: l Sailor. Captain A's off his nut. Call me scared Ishmael Sara	$400 [27] One of 2 official Beatles German-language releases, "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" was the lads' take on this 1964 smash "I Want To Hold Your Hand" Clay	$400 [7] This Norse god hammered Hrungnir to death Thor Tim	$400 [2] I'm pleased to find this state has the Miss. Alluvial Plain & that the Miss. River empties into the Gulf of Mexico there Louisiana Tim	$400 [12] One crisis, but 6 these, like in a Nixon book title crises Clay	$400 [17] A rhino, a steering wheel, a Marsalis brother (things with) horns Clay
$600 [23] To: RButlerdidit. From: Melanies-man. Subject: Your marriage.Your Southern wife loves me. Is that a problem? Ashley Wilkes	$600 [28] Astrid Kirchherr & Klaus Voormann are characters in this movie dramatization of The Beatles' time in Germany Backbeat Tim	$600 [8] In July 1918 this world leader was executed in the Ural Mountains Tsar Nicholas II	$600 [3] The fact that some vehicles have gone more than 600 mph on its Bonneville Salt Flats amazes me Utah Clay	$600 [13] An ox has a hard life, so when you see a group of them, please call them this, not "oxes" oxen Tim	$800 [19] A zoo, Bengal, Detroit's Comerica Park tigers Sara
$800 [24] To: Louis Louis.From: Fangsalot.Subject: Dinner.I made you a vampire, let's have Italian tonight--his name is Gino Lestat Sara	$800 [29] To please their rabid German fans, the boys re-recorded this hit as "Sie liebt dich" in 1964 "She Loves You" Tim	$800 [9] This element's symbol is Po polonium Tim	$800 [4] If I don't have a bourbon in hand when I visit this state's Cumberland Falls State Park, I'm vexed Kentucky Clay	$800 [14] When an alumnus parties with the rest of the Class of '83, they're a bunch of drunk these alumni Clay	DD $1,000 [18] A boxer, a surgeon, Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" gloves Clay
$1,000 [25] To: (general island mailing).From: Asthmaboy. Subject: My name.I'm not happy with the "porcine" name you boys gave me Piggy Sara	$1,000 [30] While making "Let It Be", The Beatles recorded "Geh Raus", a German-language spoof of this No. 1 hit "Get Back" Tim	$1,000 [10] Exodus 2:10 says "and she called his name" this (it's Exodus, folks) Moses Tim	$1,000 [5] I'm of one mind to say it's the only state with a unicameral state legislature Nebraska Tim	$1,000 [15] Look, it's a winged celestial being called a cherub! That makes it one of these, an unusual plural cherubim Tim	$1,000 [20] A car, the mafia, Sherwood Forest hoods Tim Sara

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHYSICS	THE ANGEL GABRIEL	HISTORIC NEWS PHOTOS	SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL	BODY LANGUAGE	COMMON BLONDES
$400 [3] In a perfectly inelastic collision, this is what would happen to the 2 objects that meet they would stop	$400 [1] In Christianity, Gabriel is considered to be one of these high-ranking angels like Michael & Raphael an archangel Clay	$400 [13] Month & year of the famous first seen here July 1969 Tim Sara	$400 [18] The Banzai Pipeline rolls in as part of the venue for the Vans Triple Crown of this sport surfing Tim Clay Sara	$400 [5] Equip with a gun arm Tim	$400 [26] "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Some Like It Hot" Marilyn Monroe Sara
$800 [4] In refraction, radiation passes from one medium into another; this is when radiation bends around an obstacle's edge diffraction	$800 [2] Shortly before Muhammad's death, Gabriel took him to this city to meet Abraham & Jesus Jerusalem Tim	$800 [14] This governor is seenherein 1963 blocking a doorway George Wallace Clay	$800 [19] Brought to the mainstream via the South Bronx, this "floor show" has such moves as poppin', lockin' & windmills breakdancing Tim	$800 [6] One stage of a journey leg Tim	$800 [27] "Foul Play","Private Benjamin" Goldie Hawn Tim
$1,200 [23] With 8 drops in 75 years, the fluid pitch seenhereexemplifies this physics quality of stickiness or flow resistance viscosity Tim	$1,200 [10] In the N.T., Gabriel appears to Zacharias & tells him that his wife Elizabeth will give birth to this person John the Baptist Clay	$1,200 [15] The 1936 photograph of Florence Owens Thompson seenherecame to symbolize this national crisis the Great Depression Tim	$1,200 [20] Popular with Latin dance bands, this instrumentis made from a gourd maracas Tim	$1,200 [7] Hug & kiss, maybe in a car neck Sara	$1,200 [28] "Charlie's Angels", "Vanilla Sky" (Cameron) Diaz Tim
$1,600 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates pedulums in action.) Two of the three pendulums have the same resonant frequency, in this case, the same length; when one swings, the matching onewill begin to swing, too, which is known as this type of vibration sympathetic vibration Tim	$1,600 [11] In his second appearance in the Old Testament, Gabriel announces the coming end of the Jewish exile here Babylon Sara	$2,000 [17] Senator Joseph McCarthy is seen here with this young associate in 1954 Roy Cohn Clay	$1,600 [21] Also slang for losing a defender & scoring in basketball, this food coating is applied by using a plastic bag Shake 'n Bake Tim	$2,000 [9] To tolerate or endure to stomach Sara	—
$2,000 [25] (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a spring and a monitor.) A spring & earthquakes generate these waves with a geographic-sounding name in which the vibrations parallel the direction longitudinal	$2,000 [12] In the Old Testament, when this man has a vision he can't understand, God sends Gabriel to explain it Daniel Tim	DD $3,000 [16] The historic career-ending photo seenherewas taken in this year 1974 Tim	$2,000 [22] The first one of these was invented in China in 132 A.D.; a water spillage type was invented in 19th century Italy a seismograph	DD $3,000 [8] Cool, with it, stylish hip Sara	—

Final Jeopardy!

FRANCO-AMERICAN HISTORY

After a large French army was wiped out by yellow fever on this island in 1802, Napoleon decided to sell Louisiana

Hispaniola (or Haiti)

Sara "What is Hispaniola???" — wagered $5,500

Clay "What is New Orleans?" — wagered $7,000

Tim "What is Avery Island?" — wagered $6,601

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