Show #5675 2009-04-17 (taped 2009-02-04) Regular

Contestants

Joe Pieper — a research engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Colette Windish — a French professor from Mobile, Alabama

Kevin Joyce — a customer service representative from Leominster, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $76,299)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $2,400 $5,400 $36,600 $35,000
3-day champion: $111,299
$31,400
33 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Colette $1,800 $2,600 $-800 $-800
3rd place: $1,000
$3,000
8 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Joe $-1,200 $-400 $3,200 $3,500
2nd place: $2,000
$4,200
10 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

JOE THE PLUMBER THE OFFICE GAMES BIBLICAL NON-PROPHET JUST A "SEC"! THE REPORT OF MY DEATH... IT'S NOT SO
$200 [6]
Joe never goes on a job without his trusty this, aka a force cup or plumber's helper
a plunger
Joe
$200 [14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits around shooting rubber bands at stacked plastic cups with Jimmy & Kelly.) Even with a rubber band, this 4-letter term means to pull back the string to bend the bow--yes!--a word used by archers & artists
draw
$200 [9]
Hosea, Haggai, Hannah
Hannah
Kevin
$200 [1]
To cut into 2 equal parts
to bisect
Kevin Colette
$200 [15]
In 1897, responding to a rumor, he wrote, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"
Mark Twain
Kevin
$200 [20]
Though 4,500 miles long, it's not visible from space, as its materials are similar in color to the surrounding soil
the Great Wall of China
Kevin
$400 [7]
The cleanout plug is out, & Joe uses this long , flexible "reptilian" tool to clear debris
a snake
Joe
$400 [26]
In office basketball, a type of talk used against opponents, or the type of can used as a goal
trash
Kevin
$400 [10]
Nahum, Samson, Ezekiel
Samson
Kevin
$400 [2]
A sacrilegious act; it may be done to a shrine
a desecration
Colette
$400 [16]
In 1969 the world was abuzz with rumors of this rock star's death; a barefoot album photo said it was so
Paul McCartney
Kevin
$400 [21]
One of the body parts made of keratin that don't grow after death; it's an illusion as the body shrinks from dehydration
fingernails
Colette
$600 [8]
It's not a 1920s gal, it's this item Joe must replace that covers the opening inside the base of the tank
a flapper
Kevin
$600 [27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew faces off with Sarah.) In Post-It fencing, the same two words as in regulation fencing are used to warn your opponent to assume the position before a match--this phrase
En garde!
Colette
$600 [11]
Jeremiah, Belshazzar, Malachi
Belshazzar
Colette Joe
$600 [3]
To cut apart a dead animal's body to examine the structure & relation of parts
dissection
Joe
$600 [17]
In 1972, after it was rumored that this billionaire recluse was dead, a telephone press conference was arranged with him
Howard Hughes
Joe
$600 [22]
In the early 20th century, Mary Mallon infected about 50 people, not thousands, with this disease
typhoid
Kevin Colette
$800 [25]
Joe knows how to "assemble" 2 words into this 1-word toilet part by combining comedienne Lucille & a male chicken
a ballcock
Kevin
$800 [28]
In office bowling, roll a soda can at empty cups; just like in real bowling, a perfect game is this many strikes
12
Kevin Colette Joe
$800 [12]
Obadiah, Jonah, Bildad
Bildad
Kevin
$800 [4]
In a row, like Presidents Fillmore, Pierce & Buchanan
consecutive
Joe
$800 [18]
In 1813 this "Ancient Mariner" poet was in a coffee room when he learned that he had earlier hanged himself
Coleridge
Kevin
$800 [23]
To hide the success of radar in WWII, the British govt. said this root vegetable helped increase pilots' vision
carrots
Kevin
$1,000 [13]
Uriah, Elijah, Zechariah
Uriah
Colette
DD $1,000 [5]
To pursue with harassing treatment because of race or religious beliefs
to persecute
Joe
$1,000 [19]
In 1981 many in the media mistakenly reported that this Press Secy. died in the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
(James) Brady
Kevin
$1,000 [24]
The "functional" type of this, MRI for short, shows we use all of our brain, not just 10%
magnetic resonance image
Joe

Double Jeopardy! Round

JOE THE SENATOR GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS BORROWED BOOK TITLES AMERICANA FAMOUS PAIRS ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND
$400 [1]
This Delaware man served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009, then got kicked upstairs
Joe Biden
Joe
$400 [15]
1999: Nobody hates his "Bigger and Blacker"
Chris Rock
Kevin
$400 [20]
This Steinbeck novel title comes from Genesis; Cain went there, to the land of Nod, after the murder
East of Eden
Kevin Colette
$400 [10]
Matronly nickname for AT&T & its telephone system
Ma Bell
Kevin
$400 [26]
Ice cream partners pre-Ben & Jerry:Baskin & ____
Robbins
Joe
$400 [4]
A toothed strip of plastic for arranging hair turns into an ancient burial chamber
comb & tomb
Kevin
$800 [2]
In 1950 he attracted national attention by accusing the State Department of harboring Communists
Joe McCarthy
Joe
$800 [16]
1973:This addled duo's "Los Cochinos"
Cheech & Chong
Kevin
$800 [21]
The title of this Robert Penn Warren novel comes from a nursery rhyme
All the King's Men
Colette
$800 [11]
This capital's Frontier Days celebration has been held every year since 1897
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Joe
$800 [27]
Encyclopedia publishers:Funk & ____
Wagnalls
Kevin Colette
$800 [5]
One turn in chess becomes passionate affection
move & love
Kevin
$1,200 [3]
This Connecticut senator was chairman of the Government Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2003
Lieberman
Kevin
$1,200 [17]
1964:This future sitcom star's "I Started Out as a Child"
(Bill) Cosby
Kevin
$1,600 [23]
This Hemingway title comes from poet John Donne's meditations about the inter-connectedness of people
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Joe
$1,600 [13]
This 2-word expression of surprise may have originally referred to General Winfield
Great Scott!
Kevin
$1,200 [28]
The Bad Boys of Magic: Penn & ____
Teller
Kevin
$1,200 [6]
To peruse a book or magazine, & a Jerry Garcia fan
read & dead
Joe
$1,600 [7]
On Sept. 26, 1797 Joseph Anderson began repping Tennessee along with this future president
(Andrew) Jackson
Kevin
$1,600 [18]
1972:This late satirist's "FM and AM"
(George) Carlin
Kevin
$2,000 [25]
This Southern saga published in 1936 gets its title from a line in a poem called "Cynara"
Gone With the Wind
$2,000 [14]
In 1837 fine dining came to NYC when 2 Swiss brothers "steaked" their claim & opened this restaurant
Delmonico's
Kevin
$1,600 [29]
He was her man but he done her wrong:Frankie & ____
Johnny
Kevin
$1,600 [8]
A word meaning to grant something becomes a bee colony home
give & hive
Kevin
$2,000 [24]
Joseph Hill, a strong health care advocate as a senator, was named for this antiseptic surgery pioneer
(Joseph) Lister
Kevin
$2,000 [19]
1994:His "Live from Hell" (cue scream)
(Sam) Kinison
Kevin
DD $3,800 [22]
This title of John Grisham's first novel is from a passage in Ecclesiastes
A Time To Kill
Colette
DD $6,400 [12]
"Enter a higher state" is a tourism slogan for this state
Colorado
Kevin
$2,000 [30]
Partners in crime:____ & Loeb
Leopold
Kevin
$2,000 [9]
Pig feed suddenly gets delivered with less than usual speed
slop & slow
Kevin

Final Jeopardy!

BROADWAY HISTORY

On Oct. 30, 2008 Playbill changed its logo color to green for a special edition marking this show's 5th anniversary on Broadway

Wicked

Joe "What is Wicked?" — wagered $300
Kevin "What is Rent?" — wagered $1,600

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