Show #5755 2009-09-25 (taped 2009-07-29) Regular

Andy Srinivasan game 1.

Contestants

Andy Srinivasan — a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina

Katie O'Reilly — a receptionist from Somerville, Massachusetts

Christopher Nold — an economics and film studies student from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Christopher $800 $3,200 $8,400 $14,400
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
17 R, 6 W
Katie $3,400 $5,200 $14,100 $8,900
3rd place: $1,000
$12,400
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Andy $2,000 $1,000 $9,400 $17,400
New champion: $17,400
$9,400
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BERMUDA SHORTS 2 NUMBERS PLEASE SHAKESPEARE: THE REALITY SHOW EYE CANDY PUT ME IN, COACH! "CENTER" FIELD
$200 [17]
Bermuda is a self-governing dependency of this nation
the United Kingdom
Katie
$200 [26]
In baseball, a full count
3 & 2
Christopher
$200 [1]
Tonight, this play's Balthasar, Paris & Benvolio step on our stage & we find out if, in fact, "Verona's Got Talent"
Romeo & Juliet
Katie
$200 [14]
There's no wrong way to eat one of these
a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
Christopher Katie
$200 [11]
He had 9 very productive years coaching the Bulls, winning 6 NBA titles, before moving to the Lakers in 1999
Phil Jackson
Andy
$200 [6]
It's where you might find Johnny Gilbert in the next issue of "Playgirl"
the centerfold
Katie
$400 [20]
Bermuda's leading industry is financial services; this is No. 2
tourism
Katie
$400 [27]
In the 1840s many wanted the U.S. to have all the land up to this latitude, the southern boundary of Russian America
54°40'
Christopher
$400 [2]
Ariel foils Antonio's plot against Alonso in this play, but will that lead to getting voted off the island?
The Tempest
Christopher
$400 [15]
Spice up your life with these cinnamon candies that also come in a fire version
Hot Tamales
Christopher
$400 [12]
Notre Dame's football coach from 1918 to 1930, he had a winning percentage of .881, the highest in NCAA history
Rockne
Christopher
$400 [7]
This NYC performing arts complex includes the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater & the Metropolitan Opera House
the Lincoln Center
Katie
$600 [21]
"Wide" sea of seaweed that encompasses Bermuda
Sargasso (Sea)
Christopher
$600 [28]
The first sentence of the Gettysburg Address mentions these two numbers; add them together to check Abe's math
fourscore & 7
Christopher Katie Andy
$600 [3]
This guy says to Cordelia, "Better thou hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better" or... you're fired!
King Lear
Christopher
$600 [16]
I always make sure to have enough of these to go around
Good & Plenty
Christopher Andy
$600 [13]
Bob Kersee coached this woman, his wife, to 4 world championships, 2 in the heptathlon & 2 in the long jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Katie
$600 [8]
The exact middle of something; it sounds like a gathering place for the deceased
dead center
$800 [22]
Bermuda enjoys one of the world's highest of these, abbreviated PCI; it's been estimated at over $90,000
per capita income
Christopher
$800 [29]
In "1984" Winston writes, "Freedom is the freedom to say that" this "plus" this "make four"
2 & 2
Katie
$800 [4]
Petruchio said to this "Bachelorette", "Come, you wasp, i'faith, you are too angry" & he still got a flower!
Kate
Christopher Katie
$800 [18]
Life's a beach with the tropical variety of these candies, including mango melon & pina colada
Starburst
Christopher
$800 [24]
On Jan. 16, 2008 this former Indiana coach won his record 900th basketball game, guiding Texas Tech over Texas A&M
(Bobby) Knight
Christopher
$800 [9]
Many celebrities have rehabbed at this Rancho Mirage, California facility
the Betty Ford Center
Andy
$1,000 [23]
Laborers from the Azores & the Madeira Islands helped make this the second-most common language spoken in Bermuda
Portuguese
Christopher Katie
$1,000 [30]
Number of trombones & cornets in a "Music Man" tune
76 & 110
Christopher Katie
DD $1,000 [5]
Prince Hal called him "that stuffed cloak-bag of guts"; guess he's not "The Biggest Loser"
Falstaff
Katie
$1,000 [19]
It's the fancy Italian candy seenhereoutside its famous wrapper
Ferrero Rochers
Katie
$1,000 [25]
With 4 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, he won more Super Bowls than any other NFL coach
Chuck Noll
Andy
$1,000 [10]
Named for a millionaire, this art deco area covers 11 acres in the middle of Manhattan
the Rockefeller Center
Andy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MEXICAN WAR CLASSIC TV DRAMA EPISODES OBI-WAN KENOBI'S YARD SALE DR. OZ MYTHOLOGICAL SIBLINGS WORD ORIGINS
$400 [16]
An exile in Jamaica, this Mexican general who fought at the Alamo returned to his homeland to command the army
Santa Anna
Katie
$400 [1]
1963:"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
The Twilight Zone
Katie
$400 [2]
You cannot escape your destiny; you must buy my old microwave made by this company that also owns NBC
GE
Christopher
$400 [11]
(Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Stop, drop your shoulders & purse your lips to slow down & regain control if anxiety & breathlessness are aggravating each other in a vicious cycle, known as this kind of episode
a panic attack (an anxiety attack accepted)
Katie
$400 [21]
Euryale & Stheno were immortal; Medusa was the only mortal one of these monster sisters
the Gorgons
Andy
$400 [26]
The X in this holiday spelling comes from the Greek letter chi & also represents the cross
Xmas
Katie
$1,200 [18]
In 1848 the Democratic Party lost the White House to this Whig & war hero
Zachary Taylor
Christopher
$800 [3]
1976:"The Pride of Walnut Grove"
Little House on the Prairie
Andy
$800 [7]
You want to take the '80s polo shirts with this 4-letter brand's crocodile on them off my hands & out of my garage
Izod
$800 [12]
(Dr. Oz scrubs in for surgery.) Two angles of this type combine to form a right angle, just like massage & yoga combine with surgery to create this form of medicine
complementary
Christopher
$800 [22]
Zeus rewarded these twin brothers by placing them in the stars as Gemini
Castor & Pollux
Katie
$2,000 [27]
From the Norwegian for "to pull by hair", this 3-letter word means to carry with effort, or a blockhead
lug
Katie
$1,600 [19]
Signed Feb. 2, 1848, the treaty of this city north of Mexico City brought an end to the war
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Christopher
$1,200 [4]
1974:"Matt Dillon Must Die"
Gunsmoke
Andy
$1,200 [8]
Notice the curve on this heavy, one-edged cavalry sword; an excellent weapon... not as clumsy or random as a blaster
a saber
Andy
$1,200 [13]
(Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Controlled in the hypothalamus, this set of chemical processes slows down when you mindlessly slash your food intake, so you end up storing more fat
metabolism
Christopher
$1,200 [23]
Artemis is his twin sister
Apollo
Andy
$2,000 [20]
This U.S. general captured the port city of Veracruz on March 29, 1847, after 20 days of fighting
General Winfield Scott
$1,600 [5]
1967:"The Squire of Gothos"
Star Trek
Andy
$1,600 [9]
May this surgical tool seenherebe with you--for 6 bucks
forceps
Katie
$1,600 [14]
(Dr. Oz holds a heart.)Thisvalve, which prevents the backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium, is named after the pope's hat
the mitral valve
Katie
$1,600 [24]
Some myths say that Aphrodite's affair with this Greek god of war produced Eros & brothers Phobos & Deimos
Ares
Andy
DD $2,500 [17]
In 1847 U.S. Marines occupied Mexico City's National Palace, called this in the Marine Corps Hymn
the Halls of Montezuma
Katie
$2,000 [6]
1985:"Smuggler's Blues"
Miami Vice
Christopher
$2,000 [10]
Going through my paperbacks? One Jedi secret: we love her books like "Hollywood Husbands" & also her sister Joan
Jackie Collins
Andy
$2,000 [15]
(Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Perhaps because you need a stronger immune response as a kid, this gland, in which T cells mature, is the size of a heart in infants & shrinks as you age
the thymus
Christopher
$2,000 [25]
She got her brother Orestes to kill their mom, Clytemnestra, to avenge the murder of Agamemnon, their dad
Electra
Katie

Final Jeopardy!

ANIMALS

Because of the requirements in pumping blood to its brain, it has the highest blood pressure of any living animal

the giraffe

Christopher "What is thegirraffegiraffe" — wagered $6,000
Andy "What is a giraffe?" — wagered $8,000
Katie "What is a blue whale?" — wagered $5,200

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