Show #5732 2009-07-07 (taped 2009-03-25) Regular

Ask Alex #23: Name.

Contestants

John Hashop — an actor from Astoria, New York

Alyssa McRae — a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joe Webb — an American lit doctoral student from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joe	$2,600	$5,200	$7,200	$7,200 2nd place: $2,000	$11,200 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Alyssa	$800	$5,300	$11,700	$20,401 New champion: $20,401	$11,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
John	$3,000	$5,000	$10,200	$7,199 3rd place: $1,000	$16,200 23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WIDE WEBS	CELEBRITY LIPSTICKS	S.O.S.	NELSON MANDELA	BACK TO BUSINESS	CROSSWORD CLUES "T"
$200 [21] Like a fisherman, the spider seenherecasts a unique web called one of these over its doomed prey a net Joe	$200 [16] "Lindsay", designed by this "Mean Girls" actress, is a clear pink cream enclosed in a recyclable case made from corn (Lindsay) Lohan Joe	$200 [26] "S.O.S." doesn't stand for "save our ship"; it was chosen as a distress signal because it's easy to send by this Morse code Joe	$200 [6] In 1993 Mandela shared this prize with white South African president F.W. De Klerk the Nobel Peace Prize Alyssa	$200 [11] This Japanese company made the Gameboy & the Game Cube Nintendo John	$200 [1] Istanbul inhabitant(4) Turk John
$400 [22] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram of a spider casting a web on the monitor.) To create webs, some spiders release a silk thread in hopes that this aeolian process will help the silk attach to something solid wind John	$400 [17] This "Dreamgirl" has hawked L'Oreal's "Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour"; experience the redundancy! Beyoncé Joe	$400 [27] S.O.S., indeed--it's the nickname of spooky David Berkowitz "Son of Sam" Alyssa	$400 [7] Mandela was already 45 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison early in this decade the 1960s Joe	$400 [12] To make the pants more durable, this company patented the use of rivets on the pocket corners in 1873 Levi's John	$400 [2] They grasp ice cubes or escargots(5) tongs Joe
$600 [23] Spiders don't just use their silk to make webs, they also use them to make these egg enclosures cocoons John	$600 [18] "Evangeline" is a sheer vibrant coral cream by this ABC show's Ms. Lilly; all the smoke monsters wear it today Lost Alyssa	$600 [28] It's the "S.O.S." in the president's cabinet Secretary of State Alyssa	$600 [8] For 18 years of his 27-year imprisonment, Nelson was held in Robben Island Prison near this South African city Cape Town	$600 [13] Spielberg, Katzenberg & Geffen are the SKG on the bottom of this movie studio's logo DreamWorks John	$600 [3] Bambi's bunny buddy(7) Thumper Alyssa
$800 [24] Found in Australia, the spiderseenhereis named for this saint, whose cross is seen on Scotland's flag St. Andrew Joe	$800 [19] Lip-wise, Kim Raver designed "Cherry Bliss": career-wise, she had 3 really rough days as Audrey Raines on this Fox drama 24 Joe	$800 [29] In sports rankings, "S.O.S." is this measure of the quality of a team's opponents strength of schedule Alyssa	$800 [9] Recounting his life & his struggles, Nelson's autobiography is titled "Long Walk to" this Freedom Joe	$800 [14] No-contract & pay as you go plans are selling points of this cell phone company started by Sir Richard Branson Virgin Mobile John	$800 [4] Any platinum-haired kid(7) towhead John
$1,000 [25] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram of a spider completing a web on the monitor.) The catching spiral is covered with a sticky substance & stops short of the center of the web, known as this 3-letter word, just like the middle of a wheel hub John	$1,000 [20] Sarah Chalke moonlighted from her day job as Dr. Elliot Reid on this medical sitcom to create the lipstick "Sarah" Scrubs Alyssa	DD $1,100 [30] If you fall into deep water without a life jacket, there's no time to send an S.O.S.--it's time to do this "S.O.S." sink or swim Alyssa	$1,000 [10] Nelson was a leading member of this long-banned political party, the ANC the African National Congress Joe	$1,000 [15] The light bulb was one of the first products by this conglomerate that also has financial & media divisions General Electric John	$1,000 [5] Suet synonym(6) tallow John

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLAYWRIGHTS	HBO	FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS	CHICKEN SOUP	FOR THE SOLE	USE A GOOD "STOCK"
$400 [1] While working at the International Shoe Company, he met a man named Stanley Kowalski, a name he would later use in a play Tennessee Williams John	$400 [11] Larry David (playing a version of himself) gets into uncomfortably funny situations on this show Curb Your Enthusiasm John	$400 [16] Hieronymous Bosch:"The Garden of Earthly __" Delights Joe John	$400 [21] This fowl character was convinced the sky was falling after being hit on the head with an acorn Chicken Little John	$400 [30] In a Eugene Field nonsense poem, this trio "sailed off in a wooden shoe" Wynken, Blynken & Nod Alyssa	$400 [6] 2-word term for a small gift given at Christmas stocking stuffer Joe
$800 [2] One of this Norwegian playwright's early jobs was serving as theatre poet at the National Theatre in Bergen Ibsen Joe	$800 [12] Bill Paxton juggles 3 wives & 7 kids on this series Big Love John	$800 [17] Edouard Manet:"Luncheon on the ___" Grass John	$800 [22] This Republican Party slogan from 1928 also mentioned "a car in every backyard" "A chicken in every pot" John	$800 [29] A character in an Oliver Goldsmith story lends her name to this term for a smug, well-be have d person goody two-shoes	$800 [7] A person subjected to general ridicule a laughingstock John
$1,200 [3] Her 1941 screen adaptation of her 1939 drama "The Little Foxes" received an Oscar nomination Lillian Hellman John	$1,200 [13] The Eulogy is the official newsletter of this dearly departed HBO series Six Feet Under Alyssa	$1,600 [19] Francisco Goya:"The Third of ___, 1808" May John	$1,200 [23] There are no water or electric utilities in the town of Chicken in this state, but mail comes by plane twice a week Alaska Alyssa	$1,200 [28] In Vanity Fair Rupert Murdoch described this man as "a very political old monk shuffling around in Gucci shoes" the Dalai Lama Alyssa	$1,200 [8] It became the capital of its country in 1634 Stockholm Alyssa
$1,600 [4] This dramatist's "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" was a reworking of his first play William Inge John	$1,600 [14] This show follows the trials & tribulations of a 2-man digi-folk band from New Zealand Flight of the Conchords Alyssa	$2,000 [20] Paul Gauguin:"The Vision After the Sermon (___ Wrestling with the Angel)" Jacob John	$1,600 [24] Ben Vereen's role in "Roots" Chicken George Joe	$2,000 [27] The deliberate destruction of equipment, it may come from workers throwing wooden shoes into machines sabotage Joe	$1,600 [9] Get a "lode" of this rich vein of gold & silver discovered in western Nevada in 1859 the Comstock Lode Joe
$2,000 [5] In 1959 she became the first black female playwright to have a drama produced on Broadway Lorraine Hansberry John	$2,000 [15] Based on an Israeli series, this show follows psychoanalyst Paul Weston through his week In Treatment John	DD $6,000 [18] Henri Rousseau:"The ___Gypsy" Sleeping John	$2,000 [25] It's a series of lunches or dinners that politicians feel compelled to attend the rubber chicken circuit	DD $4,000 [26] On Oct. 12, 1960 he used a shoe to great effect while giving a speech to the U.N. General Assembly Nikita Khrushchev Joe	$2,000 [10] Collective term for farm animals held as an asset livestock Alyssa

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN REGIONS

This arboreally named area was made famous by a prince in the region noted for impaling enemies on stakes

Transylvania

Joe "What is the Dracula Tree-Forest?" — wagered $0

John "What is The Bloody Forest" — wagered $3,001

Alyssa "What is Transylvania?" — wagered $8,701

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