Show #5664 2009-04-02 (taped 2009-01-28) Regular

Contestants

Brian Boone — a writer/editor from Ashland, Oregon

Diane Wilshere — an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia

Daniel Stauss — a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Daniel $3,200 $5,400 $9,400 $18,800
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
16 R, 1 W
Diane $-400 $600 $15,800 $18,801
New champion: $18,801
$15,800
12 R, 2 W
Brian $5,000 $6,400 $1,200 $2,400
3rd place: $1,000
$8,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY GEEK CHIC SU-SU-SUSHI-O THE PLAY'S THE THING RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS THE "END" ZONE
$200 [15]
Dolphins & porpoises belong to a suborder called Odontoceti, which means they have these
teeth
Daniel
$200 [1]
This smartphone brand is gunning for the iPhone with the "Storm" touchscreen phone
the BlackBerry
Brian
$200 [26]
Often served as an appetizer, edamame are these legumes, served in the pod
soybeans
Brian
$200 [11]
This play:"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
Hamlet
Brian
$200 [6]
1989:"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Bette Midler
Brian
$200 [21]
Term meaning to give oneself up, as to the cops
surrender
Daniel
$400 [16]
During courtship & fast maneuvers, this bird can beat its wings more than 200 times per second
a hummingbird
Daniel
$400 [2]
If you want a bracelet Bravia, this company has developed the world's first flexible OLED screen
Sony
Daniel
$400 [27]
The powder form of this green condiment must be mixed with water before becoming a paste
wasabi
Brian
$400 [12]
Don't fear! This 1962 Edward Albee play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Brian
$400 [7]
2000:"Beautiful Day",2001:"Walk On"
U2
Daniel Diane
$400 [22]
To support, or to sign the back of a check
endorse
Brian
$600 [17]
Not only does it have armor to protect itself, the 3-banded variety of this can also roll into a ball
the armadillo
Daniel
$600 [3]
Plastics are being experimented on to make solar cells, as this 2nd-most abundant element in Earth's crust is costly
silicon
Daniel
$600 [28]
Before you have your sushi, try some miso soup, which usually has green onions & cubes of this in it
tofu
Brian
$600 [13]
In his Broadway debut in 2008, Terrence Howard was solid as Brick in this Tennessee Williams play
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Brian
$600 [8]
2002:"Don't Know Why"
Norah Jones
Brian
$600 [23]
My audition for this Las Vegas ensemble didn't go well; maybe male exotic dancing isn't my thing after all
Chippendales
Brian
$800 [18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates two fur patterns on the monitor.) It's easy to mistake a jaguar for a leopard, but on closer examination, jaguars often have spots inside these flowery-named markings; the leopard doesn't
rosettes
$800 [4]
The Felica card, a standard in Japan for ID cards, train passes & shopping, uses RFID, this type of frequency ID
radio
Daniel
$800 [29]
Crab, cucumber, rice & this fatty fruit are all wrapped up in a California roll
avocado
Brian
$800 [14]
In this 1949 Pulitzer-winning play, Willy & his 2 sons butt heads
Death of a Salesman
Daniel
$800 [9]
1971:"It's Too Late"
Carole King
Brian
$800 [24]
Alliterative term for accidentally causing casualties to one's own combat troops
friendly fire
Brian
$1,000 [19]
The male of this baboon relative is quite colorful--blue cheeks, a long red nose & a red, blue & violet rump
a mandrill
Diane
$1,000 [5]
New super-thin laptops like the Toshiba Portege R500 use this type of hard drive
flash
Brian
$1,000 [30]
Anago is the salt water type of this fish; unagi is the fresh water
eel
Daniel Brian
$1,000 [20]
A seedy NYC hotel-saloon & the pipe dreams of its inhabitants are elements of this "cool" 1946 Eugene O'Neill play
The Iceman Cometh
Brian
$1,000 [10]
1963:"Days of Wine And Roses"(instrumental)
Henry Mancini
Brian
DD $2,400 [25]
This 7-letter word means to presage or forebode
portend
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN GEOGRAPHY MOVIE TAGLINES THE TUDORS AMERICAN NO MORE BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... WHAT "R" WE?
$400 [26]
This capital city lies on the Han River, about 22 miles east of Inchon
Seoul
Brian
$400 [2]
1984:"They ain't afraid of no ghost"
Ghostbusters
Daniel
$400 [1]
A sinister presence at court is Sir Francis Bryanwho lost that eye in one of these sporting events
a joust
Daniel
$400 [17]
Named for a Bing Crosby movie, this hotel chain is now owned by Britain's Intercontinental Hotels Group
Holiday Inn
Diane
$400 [12]
He won a Pulitzer Prize
(J.F.) Kennedy
Brian
$400 [11]
This South African monetary unit is named for a major gold mining area
the rand
Diane
DD $400 [28]
This region in the northeast, also called Tungpei, or "the northeast", is a "candidate" for having China's best forests
Manchuria
Brian
$800 [3]
1996:"There's no such thing as free cable"
The Cable Guy
Daniel
$800 [8]
Sir Reginald Pole, seen here, doesn't get to be king but was the last Catholic archbishop of this"There is another Catholic with a legitimate claim, a scion of the Plantagenets who ruled before the Tudors and would gladly rule after them."
Canterbury
Diane
$800 [18]
Founded by a guy named Harvey, this tire company formerly based in Akron is now owned by Japan's Bridgestone
Firestone
Brian
$800 [13]
He was a member of the Missouri National Guard
Harry Truman
Brian
$800 [22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a robot at SRI International at Menlo Park, CA.) Developed in the 1960s, Shakey the robot could carry out complex operations; according to the Robot Hall of Fame, he was the first mobile robot to do this, meaning to think logically
reason
Daniel
$800 [27]
This peninsula extends from the Isthmus of Kra in southern Thailand to the Johor Strait
the Malay Peninsula
$1,200 [4]
1994:"Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the circle of life"
The Lion King
Diane
$1,200 [7]
The scenehereis part of the king's campaign against these establishments
monasteries
Diane
$1,200 [19]
The "King of Beers" was usurped when this country's In Bev bought Budweiser in 2008
Belgium
Diane
$1,600 [15]
He defeated the Creek in the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend
(Andrew) Jackson
Diane
$1,200 [23]
This cat breed is named for its propensity to lie limply in its owner's arms
the ragdoll cat
$1,600 [29]
This "gem" of a river becomes a 20-mile-wide estuary between Hong Kong & Macao
the Pearl River
$1,600 [9]
1985:"17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early"
Back to the Future
Daniel
$1,600 [5]
Thisadviser who helped take down Thomas More does lots of the king's dirty work"There is this... the submission of the Lady Mary."
Thomas Cromwell
Diane
$1,600 [20]
Ruth Graves Wakefield, creator of Toll House cookies, sold her treats to this Swiss company
Nestlé
Diane
$2,000 [16]
He served several years as mayor of Greenville, Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Brian
$1,600 [24]
Male names for pistols include "rod" & this other name that also starts with "RO"
roscoe
$2,000 [30]
This country forms the entire shoreline of the Sea of Marmara
Turkey
$2,000 [10]
2008:"Heroes aren't born. They're built"
Iron Man
Daniel Diane Brian
$2,000 [6]
Henry VIII is starting to suspect everyone, even in the honeymoon period with this third wife
Jane Seymour
Diane
$2,000 [21]
In 2008 the Abu Dhabi Investment Council paid $800 million for a 75% share of this NYC art deco skyscraper
the Chrysler Building
Diane
DD $4,000 [14]
He was Ben Franklin's successor as minister to France
Thomas Jefferson
Brian
$2,000 [25]
This -ology is the medical specialty that treats joint, muscle & connective-tissue disorders
rheumatology
Daniel

Final Jeopardy!

TV CHARACTERS

She was born on February 22, 10,000 B.C. weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces

Pebbles Flintstone

Brian "Who is Pebbles Flintstone?" — wagered $1,200
Daniel "Who is Pebbles Flintstone?" — wagered $9,400
Diane "Who is Pebbles Flintstone?" — wagered $3,001

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