Show #5697 2009-05-19 (taped 2009-02-24) Regular

Champion Update #4: Ken Jennings.

Contestants

Cynthia Reedy — a science and French teacher from Norway, Maine

Andy Davis — a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts

Susan Hankins — a project accountant from Downey, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $2,200 $5,000 $25,300 $18,799
2nd place: $2,000
$25,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Andy $5,400 $11,100 $15,900 $29,799
New champion: $29,799
$13,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Cynthia $1,400 $4,400 $7,200 $7,200
3rd place: $1,000
$9,200
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A POTENT POTABLE TOUR SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDSPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR OH, SHAW! HYBRID POODLES MARCUS WELL, "B"!
$200 [18]
Take a fun-filled ride through the history of scotch next to this Scottish capital's castle
Edinburgh
Susan
$200 [11]
2002:A cyclist
Lance Armstrong
Susan
$200 [26]
George Bernard Shaw's birthplace in this world capital is just a 10-minute walk from St. Stephen's Green
Dublin
Cynthia
$200 [6]
A goldendoodle
a golden retriever
Andy
$200 [16]
In retail, Stanley Marcus' name is paired with this one of his uncle & aunt
Neiman
Andy
$200 [1]
A family member who doesn't fit in is known by this dark, woolly term
black sheep
Andy
$400 [19]
The Appleton estate in Jamaica has been blending this liquor since 1749; tour its distillery & sample some
rum
Susan
$400 [12]
1989:A cyclist
Greg LeMond
Andy
$400 [27]
Much of Shaw's play "In Good King Charles's Golden Days" is set in this British scientist's library, in 1680
Newton
Cynthia
$400 [7]
A poogle
a beagle
Andy
$400 [17]
Rabbi & encyclopedist Marcus Jastrow was an expert on this body of law that contains the Mishnah
the Talmud
Susan
$400 [2]
A Clodius parnassian is one of these beautiful insects
butterfly
Andy
$600 [20]
I'll ooze delight if you take me to the ouzo festival in Plomari in this country
Greece
Andy
$600 [13]
2005:A handsome quarterback
Tom Brady
Andy
$600 [28]
Dick Dudgeon narrowly escapes hanging in "The Devil's Disciple", set in New Hampshire during this war
the Revolutionary War
Cynthia
$600 [8]
A shih-poo
a shih tzu
Cynthia
$600 [23]
He promoted the Back-to-Africa movement in the 1920s
Marcus Garvey
Andy
$600 [3]
After you see an inspiring view described by this 12-letter word, you might need oxygen
breathtaking
Andy
$800 [21]
Savor the "California" type of this effervescent treat at the Korbel Cellars in Sonoma County
champagne
Andy
$800 [14]
1970:A hockey defenseman
Bobby Orr
Andy
$800 [29]
A mercenary fighting the Bulgarians is one of the characters in the 1894 play these "and the Man"
Arms
Cynthia
$800 [9]
A schnoodle
a schnauzer
Andy
$800 [24]
Stoic Roman emperor who ruled from 161 to 180 A.D.
Marcus Aurelius
Susan
$800 [4]
"Good living" in French; we use it for one who lives well
bon vivant
Cynthia
DD $3,500 [22]
If you like big beer gardens, head for the Hirschgarten in this German city; it seats about 8,000
Munich
Andy
$1,000 [15]
2006:A hot Miami Heat guard
Dwyane Wade
Andy
$1,000 [30]
Let's "paws" to reflect on this Shaw play, whose plot unfolds when a beast gets a thorn in his paw
Androcles and the Lion
Susan
$1,000 [10]
A pomapoo
a Pomeranian
Susan
$1,000 [25]
Physicist Sir Marcus Oliphant helped to develop the atom bomb & to discover new forms of these 2 simplest elements
hydrogen & helium
Cynthia
$1,000 [5]
In Exodus 2:3 baby Moses is cruising down the Nile River in a basket made from these
bulrushes
Susan

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE BO-"D" THE MUSICAL '80s HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDIBLE COMMON BONDS LOOK OUT FOR PIRATES! FROM E TO SHINING E
$400 [1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) From the Latin for 12, because it's 12 finger-widths long, this small intestine sectionextends from the stomach to the jejunum
the duodenum
Cynthia
$400 [6]
This former Eagle won a Grammy for best male vocal performance for "The Boys of Summer"
Don Henley
Andy
$400 [11]
The State House shines from this hill in Boston
Beacon Hill
Andy
$400 [21]
Mung, snap, string
bean
Andy
$400 [26]
In 2008 pirates twice boarded ships at Port-au-Prince in this country
Haiti
Andy
$400 [16]
Resembling a horse
equine
Andy
$800 [2]
This large sheet of muscle provides most of the power that moves air in & out of the lungs
the diaphragm
Andy
$800 [7]
This 1984 Lee Greenwood anthem became a favorite of Ronald Reagan
"God Bless The USA"
Andy
$800 [12]
(Hi. I am Aisha Tyler.)Before coming to Los Angeles for fame & moderate fortune, I grew up in the Haight area of this city that has a friendly rivalry with L.A.
San Francisco
Susan Andy
$800 [22]
Pot, rolled, rib
roasts
Susan
$800 [27]
In 2008, pirates boarded a yacht anchored off this French island--where's Napoleon when you need him?
Corsica
Susan Andy
$800 [17]
To pronounce words in an articulate or a particular manner
enunciate
Andy
$1,200 [3]
Primarily composed of calcium, it's the main tissue beneath the enamel of a tooth's surface
dentin
Susan
$1,200 [8]
Bette Midler's 1989 hit "Wind Beneath My Wings" was featured in this film co-starring Barbara Hershey
Beaches
Cynthia
$1,200 [13]
NYC area adjoining & 1 letter different from So Ho
NoHo
Susan
$1,200 [23]
Florentine, Scotch, Sardou
egg dishes
DD $1,500 [28]
In November 2008 pirates based in this East African nation captured a Saudi Arabian oil tanker & demanded $25 mil.
Somalia
Susan
$1,200 [18]
An astronomical event, or to surpass
eclipse
Susan
$1,600 [4]
The outer layer of the spinal meninges, its name means "hard" in Latin
the dura
Cynthia
$1,600 [9]
Freddie Mercury wrote this group's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" in the bathtub at the Munich Hilton
Queen
Andy
$1,600 [14]
The Gaslamp Quarter is the happening part of this Southern California city
San Diego
Susan
$1,600 [24]
Florentine, snickerdoodle, snap
cookies
Cynthia
$1,600 [29]
Modern pirates are known to attack with automatic weapons & RPGs, these
rocket-propelled grenades
Susan
$1,600 [19]
8-letter term meaning legally qualified to be elected to office
eligible
Susan Andy
DD $2,000 [5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, NY.) Imaging done at Brookhaven shows a change in a drug addict's ability to respond to this neurotransmitter responsible for feelings of pleasure & reward
dopamine
Cynthia
$2,000 [10]
Torture me with this metal band that gave us the album "The Number of the Beast"
Iron Maiden
Andy
$2,000 [15]
Frick Park borders Squirrel Hill in this Pennsylvania city
Pittsburgh
Susan
$2,000 [25]
Rolled, steelcut, Scotch
oats
Susan
$2,000 [30]
The International Maritime Bureau advises ships in this gulf just south of Yemen to keep 24-hour piracy watches
the Gulf of Aden
Susan
$2,000 [20]
It's a flat shoe with a cloth upper & a rope sole
espadrille
Susan

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

Ayn Rand wrote to him, "I felt that 'The Fountainhead' had not quite completed its destiny until I had heard from you about it"

Frank Lloyd Wright

Cynthia "Who was F.L. Wright?" — wagered $0
Andy "Who is Frank Loyd Wright" — wagered $13,899
Susan "Who was E. Hemingway?" — wagered $6,501

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