Show #5666 2009-04-06 (taped 2009-02-03) Regular

Contestants

Kelly Dobbin — a tour planner from Brunswick, Georgia

Eric LaForest — a high school history teacher originally from Jacksonville, Florida

Kevin Rainforth — a substance abuse counselor from Orchard Park, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $-1,200 $-200 $600 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$600
5 R, 4 W
Eric $-400 $3,400 $9,800 $9,762
New champion: $9,762
$10,800
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kelly $3,200 $6,800 $4,600 $1,300
2nd place: $2,000
$10,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

2 "B" OR NOT 2 "B" SNLACTORS & THEIR CHARACTERS MOVABLE FEASTS GOOD O'MEN CENTRAL PARK STATUES THE LAST
$200 [6]
2 "B":An outgoing tide
ebbing
Eric
$200 [1]
Roseanne Roseannadanna
(Gilda) Radner
Kelly
$200 [14]
The 40th day after Easter commemorates this rising of Christ into heaven
Ascension
Kelly
$200 [21]
Tip O'Neill was the man of the House of Representatives, holding this post from 1977 to 1986
Speaker
Kevin
$200 [26]
Funded by subscriptions to NYC's Il Progresso newspaper & unveiled in 1892, his memorial depicts his 3 ships
Columbus
Eric
$200 [11]
Daniel Bakeman of New York, who died in 1869 at age 109, was the last surviving veteran of this war
the Revolutionary War
Eric
$400 [7]
Not 2 "B":A term for "oily" used of glands
sebaceous
Kelly
$400 [2]
The Church Lady
(Dana) Carvey
Kelly
$400 [15]
An Orthodox Church movable feast remembers Jesus' entrance into this city
Jerusalem
Kelly
$400 [22]
He got his controversial talk show on Fox News in 1996
(Bill) O'Reilly
Eric
$400 [27]
His monument, seen here, was sponsored by the Danish-American Women's Association
Hans Christian Andersen
Kelly
$400 [12]
It was for Virginia Slims, on the "Tonight Show" Jan. 1, 1971
the last ad for cigarettes
Eric
$600 [8]
Not 2 "B":Polynesian prohibition
taboo
Eric
$600 [3]
Bill Clinton, Chris Matthews &Dick Cheney
Darrell Hammond
Kevin Kelly
$600 [16]
This day when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles descends on May 31 in 2009
Pentecost
Eric
$600 [23]
John Cardinal O'Connor held this post for New York from 1984 to 2000
archbishop
Eric
$600 [28]
One hand of his statue rests on his most famous invention; the other holds a strip of code
(Samuel) Morse
Kelly
$600 [13]
Once one of the "big four" U.S. airlines, it flew its last flight, New York to Atlanta, Jan. 18, 1991
Eastern
Kevin
$800 [9]
2 "B":A biblical test word, or a distinctive characteristic
a shibboleth
Eric
$800 [4]
Amber, the one-legged, hypoglycemic reality show contestant
Amy Poehler
$800 [17]
As the Jewish religious calendar is lunar, all festivals are movable, including this one with a seder
Passover
Kelly
$800 [24]
Future playwright John Casey changed his name to this when he was won over to Irish nationalism
Sean O'Casey
Kelly
$800 [29]
The statue of this "Mood Indigo" composer & bandleader has him standing next to an open grand piano
(Duke) Ellington
Kelly
$800 [19]
People with this distinction have included Tevfik Esenc (for Ubykh) & Ned Maddrell (for Manx)
the last speaker of their language
Kevin Kelly
DD $1,000 [10]
2 "B":Site of a July 4, 1976 hostage rescue by Israeli commandos
Entebbe
Eric
$1,000 [5]
The Target Clerk & master of one-upwomanship Penelope
(Kristen) Wiig
Kelly
$1,000 [18]
Not Monday but this day of the week can be Maundy
Thursday
Eric
$1,000 [25]
A work titled "The Bush" helped make Bernard O'Dowd a major poet of this country
Australia
Kelly
$1,000 [30]
This Union general stands in Grand Army Plaza; a rear hoof of his horse is crushing a Georgia pine branch
(William Tecumseh) Sherman
Eric
$1,000 [20]
In 1966 Frederick Lee became the last holder of the British post Secretary of State for these
the colonies

Double Jeopardy! Round

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE A SALUTE TO SALLY FIELD LAKES VWLLSS VGTBLS AMERICAN LIT HAUNTED HOUSEKEEPING
$400 [6]
The number of U.S. colonies of Apis mellifera, this type of bee, declined by about 50% from 1945 to 2005
honeybees
Kelly
$400 [8]
These days Sally plays Nora, matriarch of the Walker family on this ABC drama
Brothers & Sisters
Eric
$400 [1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Niagara Falls.)Niagara Falls gets is enormous power because the Niagara River's water is rushing between these 2 Great Lakes, which are only 36 miles apart but have a 300-foot difference in elevation
Lakes Erie and Ontario
Kevin
$400 [21]
GGPLNT
eggplant
Eric
$400 [16]
At the end of his novel "Typee", the hero escapes on a whaler
Melville
Eric
$400 [26]
Get a duster with a telescoping handle; these arachnid structures can be high up in the dark rafters
spider webs
Eric
$800 [7]
A German theory that these devices might disorient bees isn't widely accepted, so don't dump your Sprint plan just yet
a cell phone
Eric
$800 [9]
America first fell in love with Sally when she played this role shortly out of high school
Gidget
Kelly
$800 [2]
Lanao is the largest lake on this island that also ends "anao"
Mindanao
$800 [22]
RTBG
rutabaga
Kelly
$800 [17]
This author introduced Natty Bumppo in "The Pioneers"
James Fenimore Cooper
Kevin Eric Kelly
$800 [27]
On creaking door hinges, use a spray like Pyroil, made from this compound known for its use in implants
silicone
Eric
$1,200 [13]
British scientists refer to bee vanishings as Mary Celeste syndrome, after one of these found deserted in 1872
a ship
Kelly
$1,200 [10]
In this landmark TV movie, Sally played a woman with more than 16 personalities, but she only won 1 Emmy
Sybil
Kelly
$1,200 [3]
Minnesota, Wisconsin & New York have lakes called this--thesoundthat follows is a hint
Loon Lake
Kevin
$1,200 [23]
LK
leek
Kelly
$1,200 [18]
Among his historical novels are "Burr" & "1876"
(Gore) Vidal
Eric
$1,200 [28]
In the guest room, drown out the howling with a device for this "noise", with the same intensity at all frequencies
white noise
Eric
$1,600 [14]
This U.S. ice cream maker with a faux Euro name created a special vanilla flavor to raise awareness of bees' plight
Haagen-Dazs
Eric
DD $1,200 [12]
In 2002 Sally made her Broadway debut in this playwright's "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?"
(Edward) Albee
Kelly
$1,600 [4]
The last house where Kurt Cobain lived was by this lake with a presidential name
Lake Washington
$1,600 [24]
KL
kale
Kelly
$1,600 [19]
Time put his violent western tale "Blood Meridian" on a list of the 100 best novels since 1923
Cormac McCarthy
Eric
$2,000 [15]
One major cause of bee losses is the spread of Varroa destructor, a bee-killing type of this tiny parasite
a mite
Kevin Kelly
$1,600 [11]
We must really like her; Sally has won Oscars twice: once for "Norma Rae" & once for this movie
Places in the Heart
Kelly
$2,000 [5]
Bacalar in Mexico is called Laguna de los Siete Colores, or lake of these; you can see a couple of them here
seven colors
Kevin Kelly
DD $5,000 [25]
KR
okra
Kelly
$2,000 [20]
In Faulkner's "The Bear", Ike McCaslin hunts down this legendary bear
Old Ben

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE HISTORY

An experiment with mirrors on Mt. Wilson & Mt. San Antonio, Calif. determined what became an accepted figure for this

the speed of light

Kevin "What is sea level" — wagered $599
Kelly "What is pi?" — wagered $3,300
Eric "What is sea level??" — wagered $38

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