Show #5763 2009-10-07 (taped 2009-08-11) Regular

Contestants

Kim Taylor — a professor and scientist from Falls Church, Virginia

Noam Osband — a Ph.D. student in anthropology from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nirav Shah — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nirav	$4,200	$7,800	$16,000	$6,000 3rd place: $1,000	$9,800 18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Noam	$2,800	$5,400	$12,900	$25,799 New champion: $25,799	$12,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kim	$600	$3,200	$24,800	$20,800 2nd place: $2,000	$24,800 24 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE TERMS	OOPS IN SPORTS	MADISON AVE. MENAGERIE	INFLATABLE	CINCINNATI	REDS
$200 [14] Atomic weight is one stat for each of these, a substance that can't be decomposed to a simpler substance an element Nirav	$200 [2] This longtime Green Bay Packer is the only QB to throw more than 300 career interceptions Brett Favre Nirav	$200 [11] In one ad, 3 frogs with a possible drinking problem croaked out the name of this beer as they stole a case of the stuff Budweiser Noam	$200 [17] In the event of a car crash, the rapid expansion of nitrogen gas is used to inflate these emergency devices air bags Kim	$200 [25] Appropriately, Cincinnati is found on this river the Ohio River Nirav Kim	$200 [1] Head to Moscow's Red Square to see this man on display in his mausoleum Lenin Noam
$400 [18] Heavier objects have more this, the tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion inertia Nirav	$400 [3] The 2009 French Open women's final ended with a whimper, Dinara Safina's seventh of these serving mistakes a double fault Nirav Noam	$400 [12] A dog of this breed became famous for saying, "Yo quiero Taco Bell" a chihuahua Noam	$400 [19] In an angioplasty, a balloon is inflated to clear a blocked one of these an artery Kim	$400 [27] In 1837 William Procter formed a business partnership in Cincinnati with this man, his brother-in-law (James) Gamble Kim	$400 [7] Despite being red, coats worn in this controversial English sport are called pinks after a tailor who invented them fox hunting Nirav
$600 [20] Rhyming term for the response by animals when they encounter a threat fight or flight Kim	$600 [4] In 1968 Roberto de Vicenzo's signing of an incorrect scorecard knocked him from a playoff at this Augusta event the Masters Nirav Noam	$600 [13] It's the 2-word catchphrase said to an apparently suicidal animated tuna who wanted to be put in a StarKist can "Sorry, Charlie!" Kim	$800 [24] This term for a small, inflatable boat dragged behind a yacht comes from the Hindi for "small boat" dinghy Noam	$600 [28] What's now Cincinnati was part of this territory, the first possession of the United States the Northwest Territory Kim	$600 [8] Colorful 1960s song heard here "Roses Are Red (My Love)"
$800 [21] Alkalis are strong these, which turn litmus paper from red to blue bases Kim	$800 [5] Honus Wagner made 825 of these in his career, including 60 in 1905; good thing he hit .363 that year errors Nirav	$800 [15] In 2001 Tom Hanks' brother Jim began voicing Geoffrey, spokes-giraffe for this children's play store Toys "R" Us Noam	DD $1,000 [23] Usually attached to an inflatable cuff, a sphygmomanometer measures this blood pressure Nirav	$800 [29] Dr. Albert Sabin developed this vaccine at the University of Cincinnati medical school polio Noam	$800 [9] It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key witnessed "the rockets' red glare" Fort McHenry Nirav
$1,000 [22] If it's not transparent, or even translucent, but quite impenetrable to light, it's this opaque Nirav	$1,000 [6] On "Reading to Succeed" night, this NBA home team's fans got a poster of a player in a "Woves" (not a "Wolves") jersey Minnesota Timberwolves Nirav	$1,000 [16] Boy, ah say, boy, this big Warner Bros. bird hawked for the Colonel & KFC; now go away, boy, ya bothah me! Foghorn Leghorn Nirav	$1,000 [26] Also called puffers, these fish are known for their ability to inflate themselves for defensive purposes blowfish Kim	$1,000 [30] In 1990 a Cincinnati museum faced obscenity charges after exhibiting the work of this photographer (Robert) Mapplethorpe Noam	$1,000 [10] The Red Sea was formed about 20 million years ago when this peninsula broke away from Africa the Arabian Peninsula Nirav Noam

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE VICTORIANS	MOVIE BIO DOUBLE	THE BOOK OF JOHN	THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME	BIBLICAL BOTANY	"SEE" HERE
$400 [1] The plight of the poor was shown in works like "Horrible" this city & "The Bitter Cry of Outcast" this city London Kim	$400 [10] Willem Dafoe in 1988, Jim Caviezel in 2004 Jesus Noam	$400 [26] This "Pilgrim's Progress" author wrote his autobiography, "Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners", while in prison John Bunyan Kim	$400 [16] Types of this shape include right, oblique & isosceles a triangle Noam	$400 [21] The first Temple of Solomon was built from this wood of Lebanon cedar Nirav	$400 [6] A tenant with a rental contract a leasee Kim
$800 [2] Prominent feature of women in pre-Raphaelite paintings; model Lizzie Siddal's was said to have filled her coffin long hair Kim	$800 [11] Cate Blanchett in 1998, Judi Dench in 1998 Queen Elizabeth I Noam	$800 [27] He departed from legal thrillers with "Bleachers", about the impending death of a high school football coach John Grisham Nirav	$800 [17] A honeycomb is an example of a tessellation; these shapes fit together perfectly to cover a frame in the beehive a hexagon Noam	$800 [22] Socrates could warn you about turning "the fruit of righteousness" into this poisonous herb hemlock Kim	$800 [7] Last name of thefolk figuredepicted here Appleseed Kim
$1,200 [3] The Broadwood co. led the world in making these instruments & no, they didn't prudishly cover the legs pianos Kim	$1,200 [12] Henry Fonda in 1939, Raymond Massey in 1940 Abraham Lincoln	$1,600 [29] His "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions" says, "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" John Donne Nirav	DD $1,500 [18] Each side of this Virginia structure is 921 feet long; it's almost a mile in circumference the Pentagon Noam	$1,200 [23] Jacob took idols & hid them under this mighty tree where, we assume, little idols don't grow an oak Kim	$1,200 [8] Style of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with vegetables fricassee Kim
$1,600 [4] The year Her Majesty came to the throne, Birmingham & Manchester were first linked by this the railway Kim	$1,600 [13] Robert Downey Jr. in 1992, Eddie Izzard in 2001 (Charlie) Chaplin Kim	$2,000 [30] He followed up "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" with "Children Are from Heaven" John Gray Kim	$1,600 [19] Start counting sides: it's the shape seen here a nonagon Nirav Kim	$1,600 [24] In Exodus, the Lord told Moses, not the 3 kings, to bring this gum resin that was used in embalming frankincense Kim	$1,600 [9] One who directs the work of laborers an overseer Noam
$2,000 [5] "The Great White Hand or the Tiger of Cawnpore" was one of many novels written about this 1857-58 uprising the Indian Mutiny Kim	$2,000 [15] Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2005, Toby Jones in 2006 Truman Capote Nirav	DD $7,000 [28] In 2008 he tinkered & tailored with "A Most Wanted Man", his latest thriller John le Carré Nirav	$2,000 [20] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of conic sections on the monitor.) A cut parallel to the base of a cone gives us a circle; an angular cut above the base creates an ellipse; & an angular cut through the base makes this shape a parabola Nirav Noam	$2,000 [25] Absinthe lovers are forewarned in Amos about "Ye who turn judgment to" this bitter, aromatic plant wormwood Kim	$2,000 [14] In ancient times the Sanhedrin was made up of mostly people from this Jewish group the Pharisees Kim

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY

He was the only member of the Warren Commission who would later face would-be assassins himself

Gerald Ford

Noam "Who is Ford?" — wagered $12,899

Nirav "Who is J. Brady?" — wagered $10,000

Kim "Who is Ronald Reagan?" — wagered $4,000

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