Show #5764 2009-10-08 (taped 2009-08-11) Regular

Terry Linwood game 1.

Contestants

Terry Linwood — a bookseller from Plano, Texas

Genevieve Sheehan — a private equity professional from Boston, Massachusetts

Noam Osband — a Ph.D. student in anthropology from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Noam	$1,400	$4,200	$12,000	$8,999 2nd place: $2,000	$15,000 15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Genevieve	$2,600	$600	$7,400	$8,800 3rd place: $1,000	$11,000 18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Terry	$1,200	$2,400	$15,000	$24,001 New champion: $24,001	$12,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT'S THE POINT?	SURFIN' SAFARI	WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER	HISTORIC FIGURES SPEAK	PARTS OF A SHIP	ENDS WITH THE SAME 2 LETTERS
$200 [6] The deepest part of the Mississippi River is 200 feet at Algiers Point across from the French Quarter in this city New Orleans Terry	$200 [8] This light wood used to make toy airplanes was a standard material for surfboard manufacture through the 1950s balsa Genevieve	$200 [18] During WWII, the total number of stars on the U.S. flag 48 Terry	$200 [1] I wrote a book about serving Kublai Khan, but if I hear one more kid scream my name playing in a pool, I'm gonna lose it! Marco Polo Genevieve	$200 [26] A pack of playing cards a deck Noam	$200 [13] An ovum egg Genevieve
$400 [7] Point Pelee, the southernmost point in Canada, is a peninsula in Ontario that juts into this Great Lake Lake Erie Noam Genevieve	$400 [9] Seal skin is a slang term for a very thick or heavy one of these that you'd wear surfing a wetsuit Genevieve	$400 [19] This "sweet" age is the legal drinking one in Belgium 16 Genevieve	$400 [2] I made a women's branch of my hubby's political party in 1949 but died 3 years later; still, don't cry for me, Argentina Evita Perón Terry	$400 [27] With "and scrape", it means to be excessively polite bow Terry	$400 [14] Buried by Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pompeii Genevieve
$600 [23] Point Success is one of the 3 named summits of this mountain in Washington State Mount Rainier Noam	$600 [10] This 2-word term means all your toes are on the nose of the surfboard hang ten Genevieve	$600 [20] In the Great Seal of the U.S., an eagle's right talon holds an olive branch with this many leaves 13 Terry	$600 [3] I disagree with the Supreme Court's dissolving my Standard Oil Co., but I'm not mad; here's $530 million for charity John D. Rockefeller Terry	$600 [28] Radio's Howard knows it means harsh, severe or firm stern Genevieve	$600 [15] To recede from the land, like the tide ebb Genevieve
$800 [24] This Caribbean nation's oldest lighthouse sits on Morant Point about 40 miles from Kingston Jamaica Genevieve	$800 [11] A classic surfing documentary is 1966's "Endless" this, what all surfers hope for Summer Genevieve	$800 [21] Playing blackjack at Caesar's in Vegas, the highest number the dealers have to take a hit on is a soft this 17	$800 [4] France, you refused my proposals for constitutional changes in 1969, so I quit as pres.! Bonne chance! de Gaulle Noam	$800 [29] If you faint due to the heat, you're said to do this 4-letter word "over" keel Noam	$800 [16] Any bishop, but especially the pope pontiff Noam Genevieve
DD $3,600 [25] The USA's northernmost point, it was named for the founder of the Royal Geographic Society Point Barrow (Alaska) Genevieve	$1,000 [12] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some fin models on the monitor.) Surfboards once used boat rudders as fins; the firsthigh-aspect-ratio finwas created in the '60s using a template from thetail finof this colorful fish a bluefin tuna	$1,000 [22] Number of theses Martin Luther posted on a church door in 1517 95	$1,000 [5] The Communist Party booting me in '27 wasn't so bad; I intend to live in Mexico, which has no ax to grind with me Trotsky Noam	$1,000 [30] A fortified wine from the Douro Valley port Noam	$1,000 [17] The pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims hajj Noam Genevieve

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY SEQUELS	2008 BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES	DUTCH & FLEMISH PAINTERS	MYTHING VOWELS	"FRAN"S	LIST
$400 [1] She didn't write the original, but Helen Halstead did write a sequel to this novel--"Mr. Darcy Presents his Bride" Pride and Prejudice Noam Genevieve	$400 [21] When does 22 equal 600 million? This film's 22 ABBA hits helped it rake in $600 million Mamma Mia! Noam	$400 [26] He painted his first major work, "The Potato Eaters", in 1885 while living with his parents in Nuenen Van Gogh Terry	$400 [16] Roman:MNRV Minerva Genevieve	$400 [11] Goya or Pizarro Francisco Terry	$400 [6] Animals on the endangered species list may be listed as "E", endangered, or "T", this threatened Genevieve
$800 [2] "The Lost World" was Michael Crichton's sequel to this No. 1 bestseller Jurassic Park Noam	$800 [22] Would you believe I have 99 reasons this comic spy film made $230 million?Would you believe 86? Get Smart Terry	$1,200 [28] In 1632 Charles I gave this Dutch master known for his beard a house in London & a summer residence in Kent Van Dyck Terry	$800 [17] Toltec Indians:QTZLCTL Quetzalcoatl Terry	$800 [12] Marked by uncontrollable excitement or emotion frantic Genevieve	$800 [7] This alphabetical roster of top-level celebs is the title of a book series by Zoey Dean the A-list
$1,200 [3] In "Closing Time", the sequel to this novel, Yossarian lives in Manhattan, not far from Milo Minderbinder Catch-22 Noam	$1,200 [23] Mr. Bond could take a little comfort in the fact that this film about his quest for vengeance took in $570 million Quantum of Solace Noam	$1,600 [29] As a diplomat in the 1620s, this 3-named artist helped negotiate a treaty between England & Spain Peter Paul Rubens	$1,200 [18] Norse:LK Loki Terry	$1,200 [13] An admirer of all things French francophile Genevieve	$1,200 [8] Lists were roped-off enclosures where mounted medieval knights did this joust Terry
$2,000 [5] Irwin Shaw continued the story of the Jordache family in this 1977 sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man" Beggarman, Thief	$1,600 [24] With an estimated budget of $37 million & a gross of $351 million, expect a few sequels to this vampire flick Twilight Noam	$2,000 [30] In 1917 this "square" Dutch Neoplasticist founded the art magazine De Stijl (Piet) Mondrian Noam	$1,600 [19] Egyptian:SRS Osiris Terry	$1,600 [14] This 1961 Salinger work was adapted from 2 New Yorker stories Franny and Zooey Genevieve	$1,600 [9] In a restaurant this menu might include a nice Poully-Fuisse the wine list
DD $3,000 [4] "Catriona", a sequel to this Stevenson novel, follows the further adventures of David Balfour Kidnapped Noam	$2,000 [25] Reality & Hollywood collide in this Ben Stiller-directed film that made $185 million Tropic Thunder Noam	DD $3,000 [27] His 1653 work "Aristotle with a Bust of Homer" was one of the few sent abroad during his lifetime Rembrandt Terry	$2,000 [20] Greek:LS(This one's rough, so we'll tell you he's the keeper of the winds) Aeolus Terry	$2,000 [15] Gray-cloaked Catholic monastic order the Franciscans Genevieve	$2,000 [10] I pulled a groin running out that grounder--put me on the 15-day this disabled list Noam

Final Jeopardy!

ASTRONOMY

Sir William Herschel coined this word in 1802 writing, "They resemble small stars so much..."

asteroid

Genevieve "What is "Asteroid"?" — wagered $1,400

Noam "What are meteors?" — wagered $3,001

Terry "What is asteroid?" — wagered $9,001

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