Show #5741 2009-07-20 (taped 2009-03-31) Regular

Stefan Goodreau game 1.Champion Update #6: David Madden.

Contestants

Ellyn Feerick — a middle school English teacher from Driggs, Idaho

Stefan Goodreau — a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California

Peter Wiscombe — a computer engineer from High Point, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$3,000	$5,000	$9,400	$8,800 2nd place: $2,000	$11,400 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Stefan	$3,000	$10,600	$19,400	$19,917 New champion: $19,917	$16,200 24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ellyn	$2,000	$4,600	$5,800	$2,199 3rd place: $1,000	$7,800 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MONDAY, MONDAY	CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES	STORYTELLERS	U.S. ARMY 5-STAR GENERALS	MAGAZINES	"HOT" STUFF
$200 [26] Monday is named for this, first visited by man 40 years ago today the Moon Ellyn	$200 [21] Voted most popular at her East Nashville high school, in the '80s, she'd become the talk of the town Oprah Winfrey Peter	$200 [6] For the sake of convenience & brevity, this 19th c. author signed his early essays "RLS" Robert Louis Stevenson Stefan	$200 [1] He was the last one who also served as a U.S. president Eisenhower Stefan	$200 [11] In 1967 John Lennon appeared on the cover of the first issue of this music magazine Rolling Stone Stefan	$200 [16] Tomatoes are frequently grown in one of these where the temperature can be controlled a hothouse Peter
$400 [27] Sensibly, pondeli, the Czech word for Monday, literally means "after" this Sunday Ellyn	$400 [22] In 1994 his California high school voted him "most likely to succeed"; you watch golf? Tiger Woods Stefan	$400 [7] He wrote his first 2 novels, "A Time to Kill" & "The Firm", while serving in the Mississippi legislature John Grisham Peter	$400 [2] In 1903 & 1904 he served in the Philippines as a second lieutenant MacArthur Stefan	$400 [12] Warren Buffett topped this mag's 2008 list of billionaires; mayor Bloomberg was its most powerful billionaire in 2009 Forbes Peter	$400 [17] I prefer to use my key, but you can start a car this way, by short-circuiting the ignition hot-wiring Stefan
$600 [28] In a nursery rhyme, "Monday's child is fair of" this face Stefan	$600 [23] Ather New York high school in 1999, she was voted most likely to appear on "Jeopardy!"; we'd love to have her Natalie Portman Stefan	$600 [8] In the 1940s this writer created his "three laws of robotics" for use in his stories Asimov Stefan	$600 [3] He was the man with a plan named for him (George) Marshall Peter	$600 [13] The name of this food magazine is a French phrase often said before dining Bon Appétit Stefan	$600 [18] Flapjacks, come & get 'em under this name! hotcakes Stefan
$800 [29] Not just a bad day for the stock market, it's the Monday after the last day of the NFL season, when coaches get fired Black Monday Peter	$800 [24] At her Virginia high school, this "Speed" star was voted "most likely to brighten your day" Sandra Bullock Peter	$800 [9] His "True at First Light", about an African safari, was published in 1999, 38 years after his suicide Hemingway Stefan	$800 [4] The fifth star was a reward for his service in World War I & he retired at that rank in 1924 Pershing Peter	$800 [14] This mag now distributed with the Sunday paper debuted in 1941, subtitled "The Weekly Picture Newspaper" Parade Peter	$1,000 [20] Launched by Wired magazine in 1996, this early search engine was later acquired by Lycos HotBot Stefan
$1,000 [30] The U.S. declared war on Japan on this Monday in 1941 December 8th Ellyn	$1,000 [25] At his Longview, Texas high school in 1988, this actor was voted most handsome Matthew McConaughey Ellyn	$1,000 [10] Written in Portuguese, "O Alquimista" by Paulo Coelho has sold 30 mil. copies, many under this English title The Alchemist Ellyn	$1,000 [5] In 1949 he became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley	$1,000 [15] "Life made easier" is the motto of the magazine called "Real" this Simple Ellyn	DD $4,000 [19] This Arkansas city has been called the "Baden-Baden of America" Hot Springs Stefan

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEANA	TV MEDICAL SHOWS BY HOSPITAL	HABITAT FOR YOU, MANATEE	RIPLEYS	BELIEVE	"IT" OR "NOT"
$400 [4] You might have to window shop in this Swiss city's elegant Bahnhofstrasse: prices are lethal there Zurich Stefan	$400 [1] Seattle Grace Grey's Anatomy Ellyn	$400 [11] This U.S. state where you're the official marine mammal Florida Stefan	$400 [26] Robert Ripley's 1st "Believe It or Not!" had sports oddities like "A. Forrester...ran 100 yards" this way in 14 seconds backwards Ellyn	$400 [16] I saw 3 of these objects, first reported near Mt. Rainier in June 1947, hovering over my house last night UFOs (or flying saucers) Stefan	$400 [21] In "The Wizard of Oz", Glinda was a good one a witch Ellyn
$800 [5] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from The Hague in the Netherlands.) This upper house of the Dutch Parliament meets here; like this corresponding U.S. body used to be, it's selected indirectly rather than directly by the people a senate Peter	$800 [2] St. Eligius St. Elsewhere Stefan	$800 [12] This 4,000-mile river the Amazon Peter	$800 [27] Ripley Castle in this nation has been home to the Ingilby family for 700 years & 26 generations England (the United Kingdom acceptable) Peter Ellyn	$800 [17] My luggage was lost & I'm convinced it's now in this region named for a British Atlantic isle the Bermuda Triangle Stefan Ellyn	$1,200 [23] From a method of shining army shoes, this word is paired with "polish" to mean extreme cleanliness spit Peter
$1,200 [6] Marcel Proust is buried in this vast Parisian cemetery the Père-Lachaise Cemetery	$1,200 [3] Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital House ( M.D. ) Peter	$1,200 [13] This continent, for the species Trichechus senegalensis Africa Stefan	$1,200 [28] You can actually sleep with the fishes at Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach in this state South Carolina Peter	$1,200 [18] Last time I was fishing in Scotland I hooked this large, ancient plesiosaur & she got away with my best lure Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster) Stefan	$1,600 [24] Adjective meaning tediously repetitive... or repetitious... or lacking in variety monotonous Stefan
DD $2,000 [7] Its name is from a jebal, or mount, named for Tariq ibn Zizad, the general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain Gibraltar Peter	$1,600 [9] Sacred Heart Scrubs	$1,600 [14] Moises the Manatee'shome, this island commonwealth Puerto Rico	$1,600 [29] Ornithologist S. Dillon Ripley served as the head of this D.C. institution from 1964 to 1984 the Smithsonian Ellyn	$1,600 [19] Hold onto your bug spray--I saw one of these insect/human creatures Richard Gere sought in a movie mothman	DD $2,000 [22] Mesmerizing, like the Greek god of sleep hypnotic (or hypnotizing) Ellyn
$2,000 [8] Steg & Schaan are towns in this landlocked principality Liechtenstein Stefan	$2,000 [10] In the 1980s:San Francisco Memorial Hospital Trapper John, M.D. Peter	$2,000 [15] The wetlands of this Mexican state, also the home of the Zapatistas Chiapas	$2,000 [30] On June 6, 1849 Major Ripley Arnold founded what became this city near Dallas Fort Worth Ellyn	$2,000 [20] I saw one of these hare/antelope hybrids in Johnny's dressing room just now & he called it by name! a jackalope Stefan	$2,000 [25] It's reparation made by giving compensation for damages restitution Stefan

Final Jeopardy!

POETS ON POETS

Longfellow began a poem about this earlier poet, "Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom"

Dante Alighieri

Ellyn "Who is Petrach?" — wagered $3,601

Peter "Who was Shelly?" — wagered $600

Stefan "Who is Dante?" — wagered $517

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