Show #5698 2009-05-20 (taped 2009-02-24) Regular

Contestants

Laura DiSilverio — a retired Air Force officer and writer from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Erik Krauss — an educator from South Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Andy Davis — a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andy	$7,400	$10,600	$16,600	$20,000 2-day champion: $49,799	$17,400 24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Erik	$400	$4,000	$16,800	$17,000 2nd place: $2,000	$16,800 18 R, 2 W
Laura	$600	$1,800	$8,200	$7,400 3rd place: $1,000	$8,200 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS	VAMPIRES ARE EVERYWHERE	OFFICIAL LANGUAGES	20th CENTURY NEWS	THAT'S CRIMINAL!	"ROAD" TEST
$200 [11] The 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games were held in this capital of Idaho Boise Laura	$200 [6] This cereal with a spokesvampire provides 25% of your recommended daily riboflavin intake Count Chocula Laura	$200 [26] In Iceland:This Icelandic Erik	$200 [1] "A.M. Chicago" was renamed after her in 1985, a year before the show became syndicated across the country Oprah Winfrey Erik	$200 [12] Leaving a Palm Beach County jail in this state, a man attempted a carjacking but got foiled by a gun-totin' chaplain Florida Erik Laura	$200 [17] This bird-brain starred in such cartoons as "Zipping Along", "The Wild Chase", &, of course,"Beep Beep" the Road Runner Andy
$400 [22] Events for athletes confined to these include a shot put & 100-, 200- & 400-meter races a wheelchair Laura	$400 [7] Before getting his own show, Angel was a vampire cursed with having a soul on this TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Andy	$400 [27] In Bulgaria:This Bulgarian Andy	$400 [2] This man's 1997 trial in Denver had a closed-circuit TV feed back to Oklahoma City Timothy McVeigh Erik	$400 [13] A 2008 U.K. thief who fell asleep in a child's bed with all his stolen goods was dubbed this fairy tale girl "Burglar" Goldilocks Andy	$400 [18] You're driving in 2 lanes! That makes you one of these highway swine a road hog Laura
$600 [23] The volunteer board of directors includes Scott Hamilton & this perfect 10 Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci Laura	$600 [8] Count von Count on this TV show suffers from arithmomania Sesame Street Andy	$600 [28] In Latvia:This Latvian Erik	$600 [3] In 1989 Chris Gueffroy became the last person to be shot & killed while trying to cross this structure the Berlin Wall Andy	$600 [14] In 1999 a bank employee asked a would-be robber for this 2-letter document, which he left at the scene ID Andy	$600 [19] June 2 is the national day for this ice cream flavor Rocky Road Andy
$800 [24] The Special Olympics oath is "Let me" do this "but if I cannot" do this, "let me be brave in the attempt" win Laura	$800 [9] Vampires in her book series originate from an Egyptian queen cursed with a bloodthirsty spirit Anne Rice Andy	$800 [29] In Macedonia:Albanian & this Macedonian Erik Laura	$800 [4] In 1989 Craig Thomas took over for Dick Cheney as a representative from this state Wyoming Andy	$800 [15] An angry Tokyo man asked 2 folks what they were staring at, then robbed 'em; OK, he was dressed like this Milne bear Winnie the Pooh Andy	$800 [20] When a Broadway show is touring, it's said to be this 3-word phrase, also a 1957 novel on the road Laura
$1,000 [25] The idea for the Special Olympics grew out of a summer camp for the disabled started by this Kennedy sister (Eunice) Shriver Erik	$1,000 [10] This film character is African vampire Prince Mamuwalde; "His bite was outta sight" Blacula Andy	$1,000 [30] In Liechtenstein:This German Erik	DD $1,400 [5] On Nov. 2, 1983 the U.S. declared that hostilities on this invaded island had ended Grenada Andy	$1,000 [16] In 2008 a man stole a Z3 from this car company, haltingly drove it 2 blocks & fled; he couldn't drive stick BMW Andy Laura	$1,000 [21] "Mad Max" fans know this trendy term for a person who makes frequent business trips a road warrior Andy

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTS	THE NEW YORK TIMESTHEATER REVIEWS	QUASI-RELATED PAIRS	POSTHUMOUS WORKS	TO "L" WITH SCIENCE	ROAD TEST
$400 [14] Richard Rogers has gained notice with designs for these facilities, like the new area terminal at Madrid's Barajas airports Erik	$400 [26] (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) In 1982 I said this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is "likely to lurk around Broadway for a long time" & it did, closing 18 years later Cats Andy	$400 [6] Fruit-juice beverage & Ms. Davis of "The Starter Wife" punch & Judy	$400 [21] "Billions and Billions" is a collection of writings by this noted astronomer Carl Sagan Erik	$400 [1] A tree branch, or a solar flare seen at the edge of the Sun a limb Andy	$400 [8] Traverse the Seward Highway in this state & you'll find some of the best fishing in America Alaska Erik
$800 [15] In 1970 Paolo Soleri began building Arcosanti, an experimental town near Prescott in this state Arizona Laura	$800 [27] (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) In this 1980s play, playwright Tony Kushner sent a spindly gaycharacterdeep into the audience's heart to ask who we are Angels in America Andy	$800 [7] Quaker colony founder William & a bank employee Penn & teller Erik	$800 [22] This author's book "Daisy-Head Mayzie" was tied in with an animated TV special Dr. Seuss Andy	$800 [2] Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats & oils lipids Laura	$800 [9] John D. Rockefeller Jr. financed miles & miles of beautiful carriage roads in this state's Acadia National Park Maine Andy
$1,200 [18] In 1932 this engineer & dome designer founded the Dymaxion corporation Buckminster Fuller Erik	$1,200 [28] (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) Though its heroine is a "cockeyed optimist", the 2008 revival ofthisWWII-set Rodgers & Hammerstein show makes you think about the costs of war South Pacific Laura	$1,600 [11] Conductor Stokowski & the lower part of the ear Leopold & lobe Erik	$1,200 [23] "The Salmon of Doubt" is a comic journey through the galaxy of this Dirk Gently creator Douglas Adams Andy	$1,200 [3] (Kelly of the Clue Crew activates a light stick.) When you activate a light stick, the chemicals will then react to produce this type of cold light luminescence Andy	$1,200 [12] The Trail of the Mountain Spirits scenic byway winds past Wild Horse Mesa & Gila Hot Springs in this state New Mexico Erik
$1,600 [19] In 1791 Washington commissioned him to design the District of Columbia, but fired him a year later (Pierre) L'Enfant Erik	$1,600 [29] (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) I wrote that Tommy Tune never met a costume he didn't like when he directed thetheatricalfolliesnamed for this humorist Will Rogers Andy Erik	$2,000 [17] Small natural streams & a brownish-gray color brooks & dun Erik	$2,000 [25] Max Brod didn't listen to this writer who asked him to destroy "Amerika" & his other stories after his death Kafka Erik	$1,600 [4] Less-invasive surgeries use endoscopes, arthroscopes or these other fiber-optic scopes laparoscopes Laura	$1,600 [13] Kipling wrote, "on the road to" this place, "where the flyin' fishes play" Mandalay
$2,000 [20] In 1881 this skyscraper pioneer formed a partnership with Dankmar Adler in Chicago (Louis) Sullivan Erik	$2,000 [30] (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) In the 1990 production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Kathleen Turner was radiant but the most memorable performance was by Charles Durning as this dying volcano of a patriarch Big Daddy Laura	DD $5,000 [10] Agricultural buildings for housing livestock, partnered with an aristocrat barns & noble Andy	DD $5,000 [24] Found at the car wreck that killed him, this writer's "The First Man" provides a glimpse of his childhood in Algeria Albert Camus Andy	$2,000 [5] 5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome locus	$2,000 [16] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Asia on the monitor.) Much more than fabric traveled on this caravan route that started in Chang'an, China, & ended in modern-day Lebanon The Silk Road Andy

Final Jeopardy!

ENGLISH HISTORY

It was the "they" in the medal issued by Elizabeth I reading, "God breathed and they were scattered"

the Spanish Armada

Laura "What are theScotSpanish?" — wagered $800

Andy "What is the Spanish Armada?" — wagered $3,400

Erik "What is the Spanish Armada?" — wagered $200

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