Show #5742 2009-07-21 (taped 2009-03-31) Regular

Stefan Goodreau game 2.

Contestants

Sarah Linn — a journalist from San Luis Obispo, California

Brent Philyaw — a wood finisher from Atlanta, Georgia

Stefan Goodreau — a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,917)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Stefan $3,200 $1,800 $15,400 $17,017
2-day champion: $36,934
$19,800
28 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Brent $3,800 $6,000 $6,400 $400
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
12 R, 3 W
Sarah $400 $1,800 $4,200 $8,400
2nd place: $2,000
$4,200
9 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

HARRY TRUMAN CONTRACT KILLINGS SHAM, WOW! THAT'S JUST DUCKY PARTS SAY IT IN LATIN
$200 [6]
In 1945 Harry served just 83 days in this job
vice president
Brent
$200 [26]
If the show's named after you, they can't kill you off over a contract spat, can they? Hmm... ask this "Valerie" star
Valerie Harper
Stefan
$200 [1]
In 1925 Victor Lustig sold this 984-foot Paris landmark--twice! Now that's a bargain for Victor at twice the price!
the Eiffel Tower
Stefan
$200 [8]
This ducky superhero of 1970s comic books was brought to the big screen by George Lucas in 1986
Howard the Duck
Brent
$200 [12]
"Annie Hall" quotes the joke "Boy, the food at this place is... terrible"--"Yeah I know, and such small" these
portions
Stefan
$200 [16]
"And so on"
Et cetera
Stefan
$400 [7]
It was the 4-word motto Truman kept on his desk in the Oval Office
"The buck stops here"
Sarah
$400 [27]
He co-starred as Detective Falconer on "Sisters" until he was needed for "ER"--uh oh, car bomb!
George Clooney
$400 [2]
Wow--this "Citizen Kane" star's 1938 radio show had many convinced Martians had invaded New Jersey
Orson Welles
Stefan
$400 [22]
"The Story About Ping" is a children's tale about a family of Chinese ducks who live on a boat in this river
the Yangtze
Brent
$400 [13]
In a reference like "Othello IV, ii", the big & little Roman numerals refer to these 2 things
Act & scene
Stefan
$400 [17]
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
Veni, vidi, vici
Sarah
$600 [9]
Each May 8 this state officially celebrates Harry Truman's birthday
Missouri
Stefan
$600 [28]
The actress voicing Maude, wife of this "Simpsons" guy, asked for weekly flights from L.A. to home--Bye-diddily-eye!
Ned Flanders
Stefan
$600 [3]
In 2008 his multi-billion Ponzi scheme was exposed; you won't find that shamelessness anywhere else!
Bernie Madoff
Stefan
$600 [23]
Dab-Dab the duck is a talkative companion of this literary doctor
Dr. Dolittle
Stefan
$600 [14]
Insects' body sections are made up of parts called these; the thorax has 3
segments
Brent
$600 [18]
"It's my fault"
Mea culpa
Stefan
$800 [10]
It's the month Truman began a famous speech with the line "We have just dropped a new bomb..."
August (of 1945)
Brent Sarah
$800 [29]
Jay Thomas talked smack about Rhea Perlman, his TV wife on this show; look out for that Zamboni, Eddie!
Cheers
Brent
$800 [4]
In 1983 2 Germans sold 62 bogus volumes of his "Diaries" to Stern magazine; okay, that's just wrong on so many levels
Hitler
Stefan
$800 [24]
"Ducks are a dabbling" is a line of poetry included in this Kenneth Grahame work
The Wind in the Willows
Stefan
$800 [15]
A new area parceled into lots to be sold for housing, with a name like Glen View or Canyon Acres
a subdivision
Sarah
$800 [20]
"My other self"
alter ego
Stefan
$1,000 [11]
He was the last person beaten by Harry Truman in an election
Thomas Dewey
Brent
$1,000 [30]
When Susan St. James asked for a raise on this Rock Hudson show, the "and Wife" met with an accident
McMillan & Wife
Brent
$1,000 [5]
Let me save you time & money! No dead leader's assets need moving from this country's capital of Abuja; ignore the e-mail!
Nigeria
Brent
$1,000 [25]
The title of this controversial Ibsen play refers to a pet that's been tamed & kept in an attic
The Wild Duck
$1,000 [19]
This word for the mental activity of separating a subject into parts has "part" & "mental" in it
compartmentalization
Sarah
DD $4,800 [21]
"From the chair of authority"
Ex cathedra
Stefan

Double Jeopardy! Round

BACH'S CANTATAS DIRECT TO FILM BIBLE QUOTES BY BOOK STUPID ANSWERS "T" TIME A ROUND OF GULF
$400 [8]
"Unto Us A Child Is Born" is for this day
Christmas
Stefan
$400 [6]
This director used insights from growing up in little Italy for his film "Mean Streets"
(Martin) Scorsese
Sarah
$400 [17]
"...Two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive"
Genesis
Stefan
$400 [1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sandeman Winery in Portugal.) In Portugalcorksare made from this variety of oak tree
cork
Stefan
$400 [21]
This word for any house of worship is from the Latin for "tent"; the Mormon one is famous for its choir
tabernacle
Brent
$1,200 [27]
In 1976 a deadly tsunami swept through the Moro Gulf region of this country, killing thousands on Mindanao
the Philippines
Stefan
$800 [9]
This religious leader wrote the text to "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
(Martin) Luther
Stefan Sarah
$800 [7]
He directed episodes of "CSI" & "ER" between "Reservoir Dogs" & "Grindhouse"
Tarantino
Stefan
$800 [16]
"...The children of Israel came nigh: & he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai"
Exodus
Stefan
$800 [2]
Prune producers know to do this to plum trees each year to maintain vigorous fruiting wood
prune them
Stefan
$800 [22]
It's the nickname for any poisonous mushroom, as opposed to the edible ones
toadstool
Stefan
$1,600 [26]
The Tigris & Euphrates rivers flow together before emptying into this gulf
the Persian Gulf
Stefan
$1,200 [12]
A girl who cannot give up this hot drink is the odd subject of Cantata No. 211
coffee
Stefan Sarah
$1,200 [10]
He started the "X-Men" series before flying over to "Superman Returns"
Bryan Singer
Sarah
$1,200 [18]
"And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses"
Revelation
Stefan Brent
$1,200 [3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Grand Central Terminal, New York.) When the 2-year restoration was unveiled in 1998, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that this has truly been put back into the Grand Central Terminal
Grand
Sarah
$1,200 [23]
Hans Christian Andersen's story "Thumbelina" is also redundantly titled "Little" this
"Tiny"
Brent Sarah
DD $1,600 [28]
In 1989 over 11 million gallons of oil spilled into this sound in the Gulf of Alaska
Prince William Sound
Stefan
$1,600 [13]
A cantata for the Leipzig town council inauguration is titled "Wir Danken Dir, Gott" or we do this, God
thank you
Stefan
$1,600 [11]
Nora Ephron tried to create magic with Nicole Kidman as Samantha in this adaptation from the small screen
Bewitched
Stefan
$1,600 [19]
"Then went Haman forth that day... with a glad heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai... he was full of indignation"
Esther
Sarah
$1,600 [4]
Hofstadter's law is formulated as "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account..." this
Hofstadter's law
Brent
$1,600 [24]
Monotony, boredom, sameness
tedium
Stefan
$2,000 [14]
The title of the cantata melody heardheredescribes Jesus as "Joy Of Man's" this
desiring
Brent
$2,000 [15]
Half of a sibling duo, he directed his wife Frances McDormand to an Oscar in "Fargo"
Joel Coen
Sarah
$2,000 [20]
"Then Peter said, silver & gold I have none... in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk"
Acts
Stefan
$2,000 [5]
Giambologna's Fontana di Nettuno, seen here, is a monument in this Italian city
Bologna
Stefan Brent
DD $4,000 [25]
It can be an expanse of land or time, or a pamphlet
a tract
Stefan

Final Jeopardy!

BOOKS INSPIRED BY HISTORY

"Follow the Drinking Gourd" tells how slaves escaped to freedom guided by a song about this star group

the Big Dipper

Sarah "What is the Big Dipper" — wagered $4,200
Brent "What are the Pliades" — wagered $6,000
Stefan "What is the Big Dipper? [7 dots drawn in the configuration of the Big Dipper]" — wagered $1,617

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