Show #5759 2009-10-01 (taped 2009-08-05) Regular

Andy Srinivasan game 5.

Contestants

Jenifer Thomas — a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina

Cheryl Williams — an infectious disease epidemiologist from Atlanta, Georgia

Andy Srinivasan — a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina (whose 4-day cash winnings total $69,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andy	$2,200	$3,600	$16,200	$11,599 2nd place: $2,000	$14,800 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Cheryl	$3,000	$4,000	$4,400	$4,198 3rd place: $1,000	$4,400 9 R, 3 W
Jenifer	$2,000	$7,400	$10,400	$13,400 New champion: $13,400	$11,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AN OCTOBER FIRST FEST	ODE TO BILLY JOEL	STUPID ANSWERS: GERMAN EDITION	WHAT, ME HURRY?	I READ IT IN A BOOK ONCE	"T-H-E"
$200 [26] 1988:In a major reorganization of the Soviet hierarchy, this man becomes head of the U.S.S.R. Gorbachev Cheryl	$200 [6] Your first hit was this /'74 was the year /Say, does that microphone /Still smell like beer? "Piano Man" Jenifer	$200 [1] Even if you spill it, don't cry over die Milch, this milk Jenifer	$200 [16] So it's 6:55 P.M., so what? The Sarge told me to be on duty at 1900 hours! That's not until this civilian time 7:00 P.M. Jenifer	$200 [11] "'Some pig!' whispered Mr. Zuckerman. They stared and stared for a long time at Wilbur" Charlotte's Web Jenifer	$200 [21] Proverbially, a praiseworthy accomplishment is this "in your cap" a feather Andy
$400 [27] 1979:This religious figure makes his first official visit to the United States Pope John Paul II Jenifer	$400 [7] I recall this 2-word vid /That starred a young top model /The song was nice, but nicer still /Was watching Christie waddle "Uptown Girl" Cheryl	$400 [2] These, like Donder & Blitzen, are das Rentier reindeer Jenifer	$400 [17] No need to mail yet! It's only Feb. 16, & that payment isn't due till this day, Washington's birthday February 22 Jenifer	$400 [12] "I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it" The Silence of the Lambs Andy	$400 [22] You're giving this when you donate 10% of your income to your church a tithe Andy
$600 [28] 1946:An international military tribunal in this city sentences 12 Nazi leaders to death Nuremberg Jenifer	$600 [8] We saw your show with this man /But some of it's a blur /Loved that duet on "Your Song" /Hey, do you call him "Sir"? Elton John Andy	$600 [3] The ceremony called a bar mitzvah in English is this in German a Bar Mitzvah Andy	$800 [19] It's only 1915--I've got this many years to get my bets in on the Reds before the White Sox throw the World Series 4 Jenifer	$600 [13] "His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. 'Hey, Boo,' I said" To Kill a Mockingbird Cheryl	$600 [23] The Beatles had this head of a Christian religious community for women "jump the gun" Mother Superior
$800 [29] 1914:This country closes the Dardanelles waterway to Allied ships Turkey Cheryl	$800 [9] You sang to Virginia in this hit /Don't get mad & don't try to fix me /All I'm saying about it /Is that you just turned 60 "Only The Good Die Young" Andy	$800 [4] Ein Museum fur moderne Kunst is this specific type of place a museum of modern art Andy	DD $1,000 [18] In 2009 I filed Form 4868 & got an automatic 6-month extension on my tax return--now it's not due until this date October 15 Jenifer	$800 [14] "'Is it safe to get my diamonds?'… Szell opened the black leather case. And took out a portable hand drill" Marathon Man	$800 [24] It's the condition where the human body's temperature falls below 95 degrees hypothermia Andy
$1,000 [30] 1979:A ceremony returns a chunk of territory to this Central American country Panama Cheryl	$1,000 [10] This album won a Grammy /& made you some real bones /Its title's a reminder /Some folks should not throw stones Glass Houses Andy Cheryl	$1,000 [5] Take a guess:Blut ist dicker als Wasser is this familial proverb blood is thicker than water Jenifer	$1,000 [20] It's only 6:45 P.M. here in L.A.; I still have this many minutes to call my pal in Montreal before his 11 P.M. bedtime 75 Cheryl Jenifer	$1,000 [15] "For him evidently Mr. Kurtz was not in his grave; I suspect that for him Mr. Kurtz was one of the immortals" Heart of Darkness Cheryl	$1,000 [25] It's an old term for a drugstore an apothecary Jenifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

PUNCTUATION	DASH	PERIOD	QUESTION, MARK	EXCLAMATION "POINT"!	COLIN POWELL
$400 [6] Read all about me at www.jeopardy.com this punctuation mark showguide_bioalex.php forward slash Cheryl Jenifer	$400 [26] This former NBAer fell backward for a victory after a sprint against 67-yr.-old ref Dick Bavetta at the 2007 All-Star game Charles Barkley	$400 [21] The rocks of the Carboniferous period provide the Earth with this, some of it bituminous coal Andy	$400 [11] In a Shakespeare play, he says, "Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall!" Mark Anthony Jenifer	$400 [1] A meeting arranged in advance an appointment Andy	$400 [16] The son of Jamaican immigrants, Colin was born in this section of Manhattan in 1937 Harlem
$800 [7] Distinct from parentheses, these areusedaround editorial insertions that clarify a text, like "sic" brackets Cheryl	$800 [27] Not for harvesting machines, this annual NFL scouting event is known for its 40-yard dash the combine Andy	$800 [22] The Cenozoic's Tertiary period is logically followed by this period Quaternary Andy	$800 [12] He wrote,"I am a great & sublime fool. But... I am God's fool, & all his works must be contemplated with respect" Mark Twain Andy	$800 [2] A type of embroidery resembling tapestry needlepoint Jenifer	$800 [17] In 1962 Colin was one of the 16,000 military advisers dispatched to South Vietnam by this president John F. Kennedy Jenifer
$1,200 [8] Independent clauses within a sentence can be separated with a conjunction or with this a semicolon Andy	$1,200 [28] Aussie John Landy shaved 1.5 seconds off this Brit's mile record in 1954, but lost to him in a race 2 months later Roger Bannister	$1,200 [23] As evidenced by Dover, England, the Cretaceous period's name derives from this type of limestone chalk	$1,200 [13] When asked if he has any writers, this piano-playing comic says, "Yes, I have 535 writers. 100 in the Senate & 435 in the House…" (Mark) Russell Andy	$1,200 [3] Numerical term for maneuvering a vehicle around by a series of back & forth arcs a three-point turn Andy	$1,200 [18] Colin was on a drill team known as the Pershing Rifles when he was in ROTC, short for this Reserve Officers Training Corps Andy
DD $1,400 [10] Suspension points is another term for this indication of a pause an ellipsis Jenifer	—	$2,000 [25] A period is one of 4 major units of geologic time; these are the other 3, & they all start with "E" eon, era & epoch Jenifer	$1,600 [14] Tothispainter, the battle of horizontal & vertical was a metaphor for existential conflicts Rothko Cheryl	$1,600 [4] A spot with a wide perspective; Lyndon Johnson used it as the title of his memoir of the presidency vantage point Cheryl Jenifer	$1,600 [19] In 1983 Colin was an assistant to Secy. of Defense Caspar Weinberger when the U.S. invaded this island nation Grenada Andy
$1,600 [9] An "Oxford" or "series" this is the one before "and" in a series of items a comma Jenifer	—	DD $3,000 [24] Meaning "all Earth" in Greek, this hypothetical supercontinent tore apart during the Triassic period Pangaea Andy	$2,000 [15] Mark Haddon penned the bestselling novel "The Curious Incident of" this the Dog in the Night-time	$2,000 [5] Hyphenated term for being so close to a target that the projectile travels in a straight line to it point-blank Andy	$2,000 [20] In 2009 this controversial radio host called Colin part of the "stale... worn-out GOP that never won anything" (Rush) Limbaugh Andy

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

For 200 years, much of this large current country was known as "Rupert's Land", in honor of a cousin of Charles II

Canada

Cheryl "What is Australia" — wagered $202

Jenifer "What is Canada?" — wagered $3,000

Andy "What is Germany?" — wagered $4,601

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