Show #5758 2009-09-30 (taped 2009-08-05) Regular

Andy Srinivasan game 4.

Contestants

Stan Chiueh — a law student from Austin, Texas

Jose Treviño — a logistics analyst from Bristow, Virginia

Andy Srinivasan — a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $53,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Andy $2,800 $10,400 $23,800 $15,800
4-day champion: $69,600
$18,400
28 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Jose $1,400 $2,600 $4,600 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$4,600
10 R, 1 W
Stan $2,000 $3,800 $3,900 $2,769
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH & MEDICINE CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES THE ONION LITERARY SHIPS THE CON IS ON STAR-SPANGLED BANNERWORDS
$200 [1]
Bacteria in the mouth produce an acid that eats away at this outer part of the tooth & causes cavities
enamel
Andy
$200 [6]
The creator of this game got the idea while noticing a pizza missing a slice looked like an open-mouthed head
Pac-Man
Jose
$200 [11]
This company "Introduces 'Nothing But Tears' Shampoo To Toughen Up Newborns"
Johnson & Johnson
Stan
$200 [16]
The Nautilus plumbs the depths in this 1870 Verne work
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Andy
$200 [21]
After prison, check forger Frank Abagnale worked for the government & was played on film by this actor
(Leonardo) DiCaprio
Andy
$200 [26]
Sequential standing & sitting by sports spectators to give the impression of undulation
the wave
Jose
$400 [2]
"The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" deals with this 365-body-point technique
acupuncture
Jose
$400 [7]
Putting your initials next to your high score was an early innovation of this game
Asteroids
Andy
$400 [12]
In a 2006 opinion article, this 19th century inventor asked, "Why Doesn't My Code Get Its Own Movie?"
Morse
Stan
$400 [17]
The Rachel is the rescue ship at the end of this Melville epic
Moby-Dick
Stan
$400 [22]
The IRS says victims can claim losses, & it stands to refund up to $17 billion because of his illegal activities
Madoff
Andy
$400 [27]
The early evening when the sun is below the horizon
twilight
Jose Stan
$600 [3]
Conjunctivitis, an inflammation caused by bacteria or a virus, is also known by this colorful name
pink eye
Stan
$600 [8]
The Bank of Japan ordered an emergency minting of coins as there was a run on them when this game debuted in 1978
Space Invaders
Andy
$600 [13]
After a 2009 accident, this Tour de France champ: "Riding A Bike Isn't Something You Just Remember How To Do"
Armstrong
Andy
$600 [18]
The Jolly Roger sails the seas in this J.M. Barrie romp
Peter Pan
Jose
$600 [23]
Christopher Rocancourt swindled the rich by claiming he was a French member of this Standard Oil family
Rockefeller
Andy
$600 [28]
Fortification with a parapet on top
a rampart
Andy
$800 [4]
This type of dr. specializes in the kidneys, bladder & ureters, as well as the male reproductive organs
a urologist
Andy Jose
$800 [9]
The original name for the hero was Jumpman, & he was a carpenter, not a plumber, in this game
Donkey Kong
Andy
$800 [14]
Prague's airport named for this author was dubbed the "World's Most Alienating Airport"
(Franz) Kafka
Stan
$800 [19]
You're gonna need a bigger boat than the Orca in this Peter Benchley thriller
Jaws
Andy
$800 [24]
Police had to remove buyers who were building toll barriers after George Parker sold this New York structure to them
the Brooklyn Bridge
Andy
$800 [29]
It describes sound or video played in real time over the Internet
streaming
Stan
$1,000 [5]
Types of this surgical gripping device include gingival, hemostatic & Goldblatt
clamps
Andy
$1,000 [10]
The name of this game, shown in the updated "zone" version, is a play on the Greek word for "four"
Tetris
Andy
$1,000 [15]
Last name of John D. & Catherine T., whose "Foundation Goes On Wild Endowment Binge"
MacArthur
Andy
$1,000 [20]
The Hispaniola is found in this Stevenson high seas quest
Treasure Island
Andy
DD $3,000 [25]
In 1911 Eduardo de Valfierno stole this Renaissance portrait in order to sell 6 forgeries of it
the Mona Lisa
Andy
$1,000 [30]
Bravely, like a knight errant
gallantly
Stan

Double Jeopardy! Round

MADAM SENATOR STEVE BUSCEMI FILMS SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER PUBLISHING YOU CAN SAIL THE 7 SEAS IN THE NAVY
$400 [6]
Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins represent this state that elected Margaret Chase Smith to both houses
Maine
Andy Stan
$400 [21]
Steve's rockhound goes to save the world with Ben Affleck & Owen Wilson in this 1998 flick
Armageddon
Andy
$400 [16]
Pigs do it in the mud; some people do it "in self-pity"
wallow
Andy
$400 [26]
Many books, like a 1688 illustrated "Paradise Lost", were once sold by this method used by magazines that come in the mail
subscription
Andy Jose
$400 [11]
Oh, my! A George Takei TV character shares his last name with this sea between the Philippine Islands & Borneo
Sulu
Andy
$400 [1]
On July 18, 1792 this "Father of the American Navy" bought his "Stairway to Heaven"
John Paul Jones
Andy
$800 [7]
In a brutal 2008 race, Kay Hagan beat this woman to take over as senator from North Carolina
(Elizabeth) Dole
Stan
$800 [22]
It was goodbye, Mr. Chips when Peter Stormare disposed of Steve in grisly fashion in this 1996 film
Fargo
Andy
$800 [17]
Paul wrote one "to the Romans"
an epistle
Andy
$800 [27]
The Literary Guild is one of these (not the kind that meets at Mindy's house this Sunday)
a book club
Andy
$800 [12]
Ports on this sea include Riga & Stockholm
Baltic
Andy Jose
$800 [2]
The grandfather & father of this P.O.W./politician are the USA's only father & son to each be a full admiral
John McCain
Stan
$1,200 [8]
Debbie Stabenow was named the "Great Lakes Legislator of the Year" for this state
Michigan
Stan
$1,200 [23]
As Donny, Steve didn't live to see the end of this 1998 Coen Brothers film... but The Dude abides
The Big Lebowski
Stan
$1,200 [18]
Be careful what you write about another person; if it's defamatory & untrue, it's this crime
libel
Andy
$1,200 [28]
Xlibris is a P.O.D. service, P.O.D. standing for this do-it-yourself method
print on demand
Jose Stan
$1,200 [13]
This sea's widest north-south extent is between Libya & Croatia
the Mediterranean
Stan
$1,200 [3]
Despite his Army-sounding 1st name, he was a Naval officer in WWII before leading the Peace Corps from 1961 to 1966
Sargent Shriver
Andy
$1,600 [9]
Gov. Mel Carnahan died but was nevertheless elected senator, so his wife Jean filled the vacancy for this state
Missouri
Stan
$1,600 [24]
Steve took to the skies as Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene in this Nicolas Cage pic
Con Air
$2,000 [20]
A pain in the neck, or a twist in a rope or thread
a kink
$1,600 [29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some folded sheets of paper.) In Shakespeare's lifetime, many of his plays were printed in quarto, folding a sheet twice to make four leaves; "Henry VI, Part 3" appeared in this format, folding three times to make eight leaves
octavo
Jose
$1,600 [14]
It's the biblical seadepicted here
the Red Sea
Stan
$1,600 [4]
In the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, he ignored Admiral Parker's signal to disengage, putting a telescope to his blind eye
Nelson
Andy
$2,000 [10]
The great-great-grandfather of this Republican senator from Texas signed the Texas Declaration of Independence
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Stan
$2,000 [25]
Hi, I'm Steve, I'll dress like Buddy Holly & be John & Uma's waiter in this 1994 film
Pulp Fiction
Stan
DD $5,000 [19]
It's the part of a racetrack between the last turn & the finish line
the homestretch
Andy
$2,000 [30]
A book may be released under one of these, also a mark made in something soft; Bantam Classics is one
an imprint
Jose
DD $7,500 [15]
"Abel"-bodied sailors navigate this Down Under sea that has a max depth of about 17,000 feet
the Tasman Sea
Stan
$2,000 [5]
At the Battle of Mobile Bay, this Union Naval officer won fame by saying, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"
(David) Farragut
Andy

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC HEADLINES

On Sept. 30, 2008 Daily Variety reprised this 5-word headline from Oct. 30, 1929

Wall Street Lays An Egg

Stan "What is Black Friday: Stock Market Crash" — wagered $1,131
Jose "What was Stock Market Crashes?" — wagered $4,500
Andy "What is the stock market?" — wagered $8,000

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