Show #5669 2009-04-09 (taped 2009-02-03) Regular

Contestants

Rick Robbins — an automotive restoration technician from Galva, Kansas

Priscilla Ball — a government contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,799)

Jeff Mangum — a rental car manager from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $2,600 $3,400 $16,200 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$13,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Priscilla $2,600 $10,200 $18,800 $32,401
2-day champion: $45,200
$15,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Rick $2,600 $3,600 $3,600 $6,201
2nd place: $2,000
$3,600
8 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN JOE PATERNO'S FIRST YEAR BOOKS THAT BECAME FILMS PREPOSITIONS FORTUNE-TELLING THIS, THAT THE OTHER
$200 [26]
Secretary of State Rusk visited this capital to assure South Vietnam we wouldn't sell it out
Saigon
Priscilla
$200 [1]
"Who Censored Roger Rabbit?"
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Priscilla
$200 [6]
It comes between Doctors & Borders in an international humanitarian organization
without
Rick
$200 [21]
Gaze into Uma Silbey's book about these fortune-telling spheres; there's a whole section on quartz ones
crystal balls
Priscilla
$200 [11]
A symbol of Judaism, the star of David is formed by 2 interlocking these
triangles
Priscilla
$200 [16]
The 3 Baltic states are Estonia, Latvia & this other country
Lithuania
Rick
$400 [27]
On Dec. 18 this Dr. Seuss animated classic aired for the first time
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Jeff
$400 [2]
"Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team"
Munich
Jeff
$400 [7]
If this preposition didn't exist, we'd have song titles like "More Than There" & "More Than The Rainbow"
over
Jeff
$400 [22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew tries her hand at fortune-telling.) Themiddle part of the cupstands for the near future in tasseography, the art of doing this
reading tea leaves
Priscilla
$400 [12]
In March 2007 Colorado adopted as its second state song this John Denver hit
"Rocky Mountain High"
Priscilla
$400 [17]
Linus Pauling had the same initials as this other chemist who lived in France 100 years earlier
Louis Pasteur
Jeff
$600 [28]
This leader launched his Cultural Revolution
Mao
Priscilla
$600 [3]
"Wiseguy"
Goodfellas
$600 [8]
It's the 4-letter preposition in the 4-word phrase that starts many a fairy tale
upon
Priscilla Rick
$600 [23]
"It's only a game--isn't it?" is a slogan of this board whose mysterious new version actually glows in the dark
a Ouija board
Priscilla
$600 [13]
The cooling capacity of an air conditioner is measured in these 3-letter units
a BTU
Priscilla
$600 [18]
The 2 official languages of Haiti are Creole & this
French
Priscilla
$800 [29]
U.S. Catholic bishops did away with the rule prohibiting this on Fridays
eating meat
Rick
$800 [4]
"The Murder of Bob Crane"
Auto Focus
Jeff
$800 [9]
It precedes "wraps" when keeping something a secret
under
Rick
$1,000 [25]
From the Latin for "to speak", it's a speaker of wise predictions, whether at Delphi or in Omaha
an Oracle
Priscilla
$800 [14]
This attraction at Disneyland is about 1/100th the height of its real Swiss counterpart
the Matterhorn
Priscilla
$800 [19]
Among the 30 busiest airports in the U.S. are O'Hare & this other one in Chicago
Midway
Priscilla
$1,000 [30]
The Tashkent agreement, signed in the USSR, ended a 17-day war between these 2 other countries of Asia
India & Pakistan
$1,000 [5]
A 2008 award-winning movie:"Q & A"
Slumdog Millionaire
Jeff
$1,000 [10]
To infinity & this preposition, as they say in "Toy Story"
beyond
Priscilla
DD $2,200 [24]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reads your future.) In palmistry, the fleshy pads on the hands are called mounts; a well-developed mount of this signifies a satisfying love life
a mount of Venus
Priscilla
$1,000 [15]
This bay on the U.S. Atlantic Coast is actually the submerged valley of the Susquehanna River
the Chesapeake
Rick
$1,000 [20]
The holiest cities in Islam are Mecca & this
Medina
Priscilla

Double Jeopardy! Round

MOUNTAINS EMMY-WINNING SITCOM EPISODES GONE "-ICIAN" A DEVIL'S DICTIONARY FILL IN THE TITLE SNAKES & ADDERS
$400 [6]
On June 15, 1991 a volcanic eruption tore the top off Mount Pinatubo in this country
the Philippines
Priscilla
$400 [1]
"Welcome to Korea"(Directing, 1976)
M*A*S*H
Priscilla
$400 [16]
Esthetician is another word for this skin care professional
a cosmetician
Jeff Rick
$400 [11]
Could it be this name for the devil, from the Hebrew for "adversary"?
Satan
Jeff
$400 [21]
"I.M."by Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Priscilla
$400 [26]
These snakes, such as the reticulated type of Asia, have tiny hind limbs
pythons
Priscilla
$800 [7]
Mount Ansel Adams is found on the southeast boundary of this national park
Yosemite
Priscilla
$800 [2]
"The Return of Barney Fife"(Actor, 1966)
The Andy Griffith Show
Rick
$800 [17]
Stonewall Jackson was an expert this, great at maneuvering on the battlefield
tactician
Priscilla
$800 [12]
Sweeney Todd was this title type of barber
demon
Rick
$800 [22]
"T.S."by Albert Camus
The Stranger
Jeff
$800 [27]
This adder earns its name by inflating its body & hissing (call it P. Addy)
a puff adder
Priscilla
$1,600 [9]
Of South America's 10 highest peaks, 9 of them rise all or in part in this country
Argentina
Jeff Priscilla
$1,200 [3]
"Mary Richards Goes to Jail"(Writing, 1975)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Priscilla
$1,200 [18]
A master of the triangle trade (percussion-wise)
a musician
Jeff
$1,200 [13]
The name of this rebellious archangel comes from the Latin for "light bringing"
Lucifer
Jeff Rick
$1,200 [23]
"R.R."by Richard Yates
Revolutionary Road
$1,200 [28]
The mangrove snake's vertically elliptical eye pupils give rise to this other name for it (does it hiss or meow?)
the cat-eyed snake
Jeff
$2,000 [10]
This highest Australian peak was named for a Polish patriot who aided America during the Revolutionary War
Kosciusko
Priscilla
$1,600 [4]
"The Contest"(Writing, 1993)
Seinfeld
Jeff
$1,600 [19]
Someone who handles fireworks (carefully, we hope)
a pyrotechnician
Jeff
$2,000 [15]
The current form of this 14-letter name for one of the 7 chief devils comes from Goethe's "Faust"
Mephistopheles
Jeff Priscilla
$1,600 [24]
"J.S.S."by Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories
$1,600 [29]
Grim name of Australian adders of the genus Acanthophis
death adders
DD $3,000 [8]
When Mount Everest's summit was reached in May 1953, this became the world's highest unclimbed peak
K2
Priscilla
$2,000 [5]
"Today I Am a Clown"(Voice-over Performance, 2004)
The Simpsons
Jeff
$2,000 [20]
Sir, step away from the cream pie. I repeat, step away from the pie. I am an RD, short for this
registered dietician
Priscilla
DD $4,000 [14]
When used with "the", this last name of a British author is an exclamation meaning "the devil!"
Dickens
Jeff
$2,000 [25]
"D.O.A.M."by Nikolai Gogol
Diary of a Madman
$2,000 [30]
These snakes of the genus Lycodon get their familiar name from "what big teeth they have"
wolf snakes
Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

NAME'S THE SAME

This cartoon character debuted in 1930, the same year the object he shares a name with was discovered

Pluto

Rick "Who is Pluto?" — wagered $2,601
Jeff "Who is Pogo?" — wagered $16,199
Priscilla "Who is Pluto?" — wagered $13,601

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