Show #5704 2009-05-28 (taped 2009-02-25) Regular

Justin Bernbach game 6.

Contestants

Theresa Conlon — a writer/editor from Dallas, Texas

Anna Bingley — an English teacher and stay-at-home mom from Hatfield, Pennsylvania

Justin Bernbach — a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 5-day cash winnings total $107,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Justin $7,600 $12,400 $25,200 $20,200
6-day champion: $127,201
$24,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Anna $1,200 $1,800 $7,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Theresa $1,200 $3,000 $9,800 $4,800
2nd place: $2,000
$9,800
11 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS THE DALLAS COWBOYS CAR BRANDS BY EMBLEM FOUNDERS NEWS FROM THE 21st CENTURY ABBREV.
$200 [7]
With 10, he's the only U.S. president who appointed more justices to the Supreme Court than FDR, who appointed 9
George Washington
Anna Theresa
$200 [1]
One of the 2 Cowboys QBs who've been named Super Bowl MVP
Troy Aikman (or Roger Staubach)
Justin
$200 [26]
The brand whose emblem is seen here
Chevrolet
Anna
$200 [16]
This religion founder attained enlightenment under a bo tree & stayed near it 7 weeks to savor the experience
Buddha
Anna
$200 [6]
This governor of Louisiana gave the rebuttal to Barack Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress
Bobby Jindal
Justin
$200 [21]
M.C. is short for this, your average entertainment host
master of ceremonies
Anna
$400 [8]
From 1909 to 1912, James Schoolcraft Sherman served as this man's vice president
Taft
Theresa
$400 [2]
The blue-white-blue stripe on the team's silver helmets was changed to red-white-blue for this year
1976
Justin
$400 [27]
Itsemblemis as fancy as its name
Cadillac
Justin
$400 [17]
George Fox founded the religion nicknamed this because its followers trembled "at the word of the Lord"
the Quakers
Anna
$400 [12]
In 2008 this top U.S. general in Iraq was named to an even bigger job, running Central Command
Petraeus
Anna
$400 [22]
YTD, like on a pay stub
year to date
Justin
$600 [9]
The last Cabinet member to die while in office, Ron Brown, was a member of this president's Cabinet
Bill Clinton
Justin
$600 [3]
He & his hat coached the boys from 1960 through 1988, winning 250 games
Tom Landry
Justin
$600 [28]
Seen here, this brand's emblem is out of this world
Saturn
Justin
$600 [18]
Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor Paul Michael, helped start a foundation to battle pediatric this disease
AIDS
Anna
$600 [13]
This San Francisco Giant broke Mark McGwire's single-season home run record in 2001
(Barry) Bonds
Theresa
$600 [23]
UPC, the little box of lines on grocery items
universal product code
Justin
$1,000 [11]
The Mint issues 4 presidential dollar coins a year; 2008 brought us Monroe through him
Van Buren
Justin
$800 [4]
This "Dandy" guy still holds the team record for longest pass completion, a 95-yarder to Bob Hayes in 1966
Don Meredith
Justin
$800 [29]
Seen here, this brand's emblem is out of this world
Mercury
Theresa
$800 [19]
Tradition says this "great" rival of Julius Caesar founded a colony in Pamplona in 75 B.C.; the city's name honors him
Pompey (the Great)
Justin Anna
$800 [14]
In 2003, in one of the largest governmental reorganizations, 22 agencies were folded into this department
Homeland Security
Justin
$800 [24]
A hazmat suit isn't for formal occasions; it's for handling this (the "hazmat")
hazardous materials
Anna
DD $2,000 [10]
George H.W. Bush faced off against this opponent in a 1984 vice presidential debate
Geraldine Ferraro
Justin
$1,000 [5]
This controversial No. 81 has had 1,000-yard receiving seasons his first 3 years in Dallas, 2006-08
Terrell Owens
Anna
$1,000 [30]
Itshares its name with an Indian chief
Pontiac
Theresa
$1,000 [20]
To support the Bill of Rights, Roger Baldwin co-founded this group in NYC in 1920
the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union)
Justin Anna
$1,000 [15]
In 2003 this moral crusader reportedly lost $8 million at casinos; he said he was "pretty close to even"
Bill Bennett
Justin
$1,000 [25]
In investing, it's AMEX (& we aren't talking American Express)
the American Stock Exchange
Justin

Double Jeopardy! Round

A WORLD OF OPERA PLAYING JOURNALIST WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? WRITERS' RHYME TIME WOEFUL WALL STREET 6-LETTER WORDS
$400 [26]
Based on the play "The Colleen Bawn", "The Lily of Killarney" takes place in this country
Ireland
Justin
$400 [19]
In "Leatherheads", George Clooney vies for the affections of reporter Lexie Littleton, played by her
Renée Zellweger
Anna
$400 [11]
It appears that on your cruise you had a case of this, what the French call mal de mer
seasickness
Theresa
$400 [1]
Actress-novelist Fannie's satchels
Flagg's bags
Justin
$400 [14]
This Houston energy company was delisted from the NYSE in 2002; later many of its execs pleaded the Fifth
Enron
Justin
$400 [6]
A coward is said to have a yellow one down his back
streak
Justin
DD $400 [27]
This explorer turns up as a character in "A Night at the Chinese Opera"
Marco Polo
Justin
$800 [20]
(I'm Richard Roth of CNN.) In a 2002 HBO film recounting events of the first Persian Gulf War, Hamish Linklater played me in "Live from" this capital
Baghdad
Justin Theresa
$800 [12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) The median nerve is being pinched as it passes through the wrist causing numbness & tingling; I'm afraid you have this
carpal tunnel syndrome
Anna
$800 [2]
McMurtry's fencing moves
Larry's parries
Anna
$800 [15]
In 2008, the "Big 3" CEOs of this industry agreed to work for $1 a year if their companies got hefty bailouts
the auto industry
Justin
$800 [7]
Officially, Prince Albert of Monaco is this "tranquil" kind of highness
serene
Justin
$1,200 [28]
When this Austrian's "La Finta Giardiniera" premiered in 1775, he was almost 19--getting old for a prodigy
Mozart
Theresa
$1,200 [21]
In "A Mighty Heart", Dan Futterman played this reporter working in Pakistan & Angelina Jolie was his wife Mariane
(Daniel) Pearl
Theresa
$1,200 [13]
I can understand why sleeping & sitting still are difficult for you; you have this condition, also known as RLS
restless leg syndrome
Theresa
$1,200 [3]
Playwright Harold's slivers of wood
Pinter's splinters
Anna
$1,200 [16]
Usually illegal, this profitable type of trading is done by people who have access to privileged information
insider
Anna
$1,200 [8]
This synonym for frugality often precedes "shop" in the names of secondhand stores
thrift
Justin Anna
$1,600 [29]
"Hunyadi Laszlo" is one of this country's best-loved operas
Hungary
Justin
$1,600 [22]
Coen Brothers movie with Jennifer Jason Leigh as reporter Amy Archer
The Hudsucker Proxy
Justin
DD $2,000 [17]
You have Graves' disease, which primarily affects this gland; despite its name, the disease is very treatable
the thyroid
Anna
$1,600 [4]
Philip's tree-hanging mammals
Roth's sloths
Anna
$1,600 [24]
The U.S. is capping compensation for execs with firms getting big taxpayer help at this not-so-measly amount
$500,000
Justin
$1,600 [9]
Meaning "of brass", this brassy adjective describes many a shameless hussy
brazen
Anna
$2,000 [30]
Here's a secret: "The Secret" is a charming comic opera by this Czech composer of "The Bartered Bride"
Bedřich Smetana
Anna
$2,000 [23]
Last name of Veronica, the crusading Irish journalist played by Cate Blanchett in 2003
Guerin
Theresa
$2,000 [18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) You have vertigo, & here's why: in your inner ear, these loop-shaped structures which help maintain balance are inflamed
the semicircular canals
$2,000 [5]
Graham's legumes
Greene's beans
Justin
$2,000 [25]
He agreed to pay $600 million in fines after creating the junk bond market in the 1980s
(Michael) Milken
Justin
$2,000 [10]
This tiny type of Yorkshire terrier is so small… it might fit in the object of the same name
teacup
Anna

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

This word for a distinguishing mark of office or honor comes from the Latin for "badge"

insignia

Anna "What is emblem ?" — wagered $7,000
Theresa "What is" — wagered $5,000
Justin "What is laurel?" — wagered $5,000

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