Show #5716 2009-06-15 (taped 2009-03-17) Regular

Contestants

Jocelyn Certner — a call center supervisor from Schenectady, New York

Francois Dominic Laramée — a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada

A.J. Schumacher — a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
A.J. $2,800 $0 $2,600 $2,592
2nd place: $2,000
$7,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
François $2,600 $3,600 $19,200 $19,000
New champion: $19,000
$19,200
22 R, 5 W
Jocelyn $1,400 $3,600 $5,800 $800
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PENNSYLVANIA NFL LOGOS BRIDE & GLOOM A NEW LINE OF BARBIES? GUINNESS RECORDS CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
$200 [21]
This state capital was once called Louisbourg
Harrisburg
François Jocelyn
$200 [1]
One of the 2 teams whose logos contain handheld weapons
the Oakland Raiders (or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
A.J. François
$200 [26]
In a du Maurier book, the newly-wed second Mrs. de Winter learns that her husband murdered this first wife
Rebecca
Jocelyn
$200 [3]
Barbie kicks butt as a master of the martial art whose name is Chinese for "skill", watch out for...
Kung Fu Barbie
François
$200 [11]
Guinness was bottled in stoneware until 1834, when a tax on this was repealed
glass
François
$200 [14]
Red in the face(7)
flushed
François
$400 [22]
Among the Pennsylvania Dutch, Fastnachts are donuts & Fastnacht Day is this religious Tuesday
Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday)
Jocelyn
$400 [2]
The hair on the mustachioed fellow of this team's logo is definitely blond
the Vikings
Jocelyn
$400 [27]
Um, awkward! Jane Eyre's wedding is halted when an attorney insists that this groom is already married
Rochester
Jocelyn
$400 [7]
Barbie spends her days /Writing 3-lined poetry /She'll be published soon, meet...
Haiku Barbie
François
$400 [12]
A 1759 document records Arthur Guinness signing a 9,000-year lease on a brewery at St. James' Gate in this city
Dublin
François
$400 [15]
Entrance hall(5)
foyer
Jocelyn
$600 [23]
The site of the USA's worst accident at one of these facilities, Pennsylvania still has 5, including Peach Bottom
a nuclear power plant
François
$600 [4]
Both of the teams in this state have stars in their logos
Texas
A.J.
$600 [28]
This daughter of Brabantio elopes before the start of a Shakespeare play; her hubby will be the death of her--in Act V
Desdemona
François
$600 [8]
Barbie wrestles alligators in the slow-moving marshy waters of Louisiana; come what may, it's...
(Blue) Bayou Barbie
A.J.
$600 [13]
Records show this musical instrument made its first appearance on a Guinness label in 1862
a harp
Jocelyn
$600 [16]
Lead singer for a rock group(8)
frontman
A.J.
$800 [24]
60% of Pennsylvania is covered by this, which gives the state part of its name
woods (or forests)
A.J.
$800 [5]
2 of the colors on this champion team's logo refer to coal & ore
the Steelers
François
$800 [29]
An 1890 Ibsen play opens with this title character returning from her honeymoon, disappointed by her marriage
Hedda Gabler
François
$800 [9]
Barbie's off to Paris to attend a famous culinary arts school, founded in 1895, the next top chef, it's...
Cordon Bleu Barbie
A.J.
$800 [19]
In this year of Paul Revere's ride, Arthur brandished a pickaxe at a sheriff who tried to cut off the brewery's water
1775
$800 [17]
A school bake sale, for example(10)
fundraiser
François
DD $4,200 [25]
This city in the western part of the state has a maritime museum
Erie
A.J.
$1,000 [6]
Flipping the item on this team's logo upside down should bring bad luck according to superstition
the (Indianapolis) Colts
François
$1,000 [30]
Catherine has "no more business to marry Edgar Linton than... to be in heaven" but marries him anyway in this book
Wuthering Heights
François Jocelyn
$1,000 [10]
Barbie's gone puzzle crazy feverishly filling in boxes with the numbers 1 through 9, she's...
Sudoku Barbie
A.J.
$1,000 [20]
Records show that Guinness sent a bottle to every member of the British forces in this country for Christmas 1939
France
$1,000 [18]
Roll a flag around a pole(4)
furl
François

Double Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE HOUSE WITH SIMPLE MACHINES INTERNATIONAL NEWS MONEY & FINANCE DISSING HISTORIC FIGURES ALAN "MILL"S
$400 [26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew pulls up on a Venetian blind.) When I pull down on the cord, the blinds go up; at the top is a single fixed one of these simple machines, which reverses the direction of force
a pulley
A.J.
$400 [1]
In 2009 this country's president Lula da Silva offered to mediate in the icy U.S.-Venezuelan relationship
Brazil
François
$400 [11]
In Civil War times, the U.S. had to print 3-cent & 50-cent bills; these were being hoarded for their intrinsic value
coins
A.J.
$400 [6]
The fire-fiddling was one thing, but spending 2 billion sesterces on your court & gifts; emperor, you're nuts!
Nero
François
$400 [21]
After playing a doctor on "M*A*S*H", he turned up as Dr. Gabriel Lawrence on "ER"
Alan Alda
Jocelyn
$400 [16]
These arthropods can have cylindrical bodies of more than 100 segments
millipedes
A.J.
$800 [27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew rolls a bowling ball.) The work required to lift a 16-pound bowling ball 12 inches is 16 foot-pounds; the force required is only 5.3 pounds using this simple machine to raise it to the same height
a ramp (inclined plane)
A.J.
$800 [2]
This country's CCTV censored Barack Obama's Inauguration Day speech upon mention of communism
China
François
$800 [12]
In 2001 the NYSE went from trading stocks in 16ths to this, also known as the Arabic system
decimal
A.J.
$800 [7]
Giving Cortes all that gold in 1519 wasn't your best move, emperor, & thanks for that "revenge"!
Montezuma
François
$800 [22]
His character taught Abigail Breslin that dance routine for the "Little Miss Sunshine" pageant
Alan Arkin
Jocelyn
$800 [17]
This company can take you from breakfast to dinner with brands like Wheaties cereal & Jeno's pizza
General Mills
Jocelyn
DD $1,000 [29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew chops carrots.) A knife, which is two sloping surfaces tapering to a point to split things open, is an example of this simple machine
a wedge
A.J.
$1,200 [3]
On Jan, 20, 2009, after a payment dispute, Russia resumed sending natural gas to Europe through this country
Ukraine
François
$1,200 [13]
You might take investing tips from this network's "On the Money" or "The Call"; Jon Stewart probably doesn't
CNBC
François
$1,200 [8]
You had aces & 8's on Aug. 2, 1876 at the saloon! If you're gonna let yourself get shot, at least be holdin' garbage!
"Wild Bill" Hickok
A.J.
$1,200 [23]
This actor does bad good: Prof. Snape in the "Harry Potter" films & Hans Gruber in "Die Hard"
Alan Rickman
François
$1,200 [18]
Yeehaw! She choreographed the ballet "Rodeo"
Agnes de Mille
$1,200 [28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presses garlic.) A garlic press consists of two second-class levers, in which the handles provide the effort, the garlic is the load & the pivot point serves as this
a fulcrum
A.J.
$1,600 [4]
In 2007 this eastern African country abolished the death penalty for all crimes; yes, including genocide
Rwanda
François
$1,600 [14]
Take money out of your paycheck before taxes to pay for health & dependent care with an FSA, a flexible this
Spending Account
Jocelyn
$1,600 [9]
You were a French spy in WWI Belgium, but didn't tell 'em you were working for Germany, too; lady, that'll get you snuffed
Mata Hari
A.J. Jocelyn
$1,600 [24]
Ron Silver played him, Claus von Bulow's lawyer, in "Reversal of Fortune"
Alan Dershowitz
$2,000 [20]
A type of cereal & forage grass
millet
François
$2,000 [5]
In January 2009 the Sri Lankan army said 95% of the war with this local rebel group was over
the Tamil Tigers
François
$2,000 [15]
To sell stock at the current price, investors use a market order; to specify a price, it's this type of order
a limit (or stop-loss) order
A.J.
$2,000 [10]
You angered the Scottish nobles, then Elizabeth I, until the end came in 1587--is it cruel to say you just lost your head?
Mary, Queen of Scots
François
$2,000 [25]
This economist seenherewas influenced by Ayn Rand
(Alan) Greenspan
François
DD $3,000 [19]
At sea level, atmospheric pressure is 1,013 of these units
millibars
Jocelyn

Final Jeopardy!

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

Her 48-year span between her first & last Oscars, 1933 & 1981, is the longest for a performer in Academy history

Katharine Hepburn

A.J. "Who is ?" — wagered $8
Jocelyn "Who is Shirley Temple?" — wagered $5,000
François "Who is Audrey Hepburn?" — wagered $200

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