Show #5766 2009-10-12 (taped 2009-08-12) Regular

Terry Linwood game 3.Jeff Kirby challenges ineligibly as repeat contestant.

Contestants

Emma Span — a freelance sportswriter from Brooklyn, New York

Jeff Kirby — a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California

Terry Linwood — a bookseller from Plano, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,402)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Terry $4,000 $7,600 $17,600 $33,901
3-day champion: $83,303
$17,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jeff $3,800 $6,000 $16,300 $300
3rd place: No prize for ineligibility
$15,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Emma $800 $2,000 $8,800 $8,800
2nd place: $2,000
$6,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ORGAN RECITAL OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE SPECIAL MONTHS NATIONAL INQUIRER ANAGRAMS INC. ENDS IN "SS"
$200 [26]
This organ breaks down ingested nutrients into small particles & mixes them with gastric juices to make chyme
the stomach
Jeff
$200 [1]
He hit .365 with 34 HRs & 94 RBIs in 1957 but the Yanks wanted to cut his pay; he didn't win the Triple Crown like he had in '56
Mickey Mantle
Terry
$200 [11]
Since kids get lots of them then, it makes sense that this month is Safe Toys & Gifts Month
December
Jeff
$200 [16]
In 1914 this nation occupied the city of Basra in Iraq; in 2003 it was back there again
Great Britain
Emma
$200 [21]
It cruises along:VIRAL CAN
Carnival
$200 [6]
An early type of this device was made by floating a magnetized piece of iron on cork in a bowl of water
a compass
Jeff
$400 [27]
Hepatic jaundice occurs when this organ can't process bilirubin properly
the liver
Terry
$400 [2]
Actually not so fine; it's the 2-word name for a drink to which a drug has been added, leaving the drinker helpless
a Mickey Finn
Terry
$400 [12]
As you might expect, it's I Am So Thankful Month
November
Terry
$400 [17]
Playwright Vaclav Havel became president of this nation in 1993
The Czech Republic
Jeff Emma
$400 [22]
It's PC & high tech:WHACKED-PLATTER
Hewlett-Packard
$400 [7]
It's a 4-letter word for back talk
sass
Jeff
$600 [28]
The diencephalon, part of this organ, includes the thalamus
the brain
Emma
$600 [3]
In 1963 this author became a figment of his own imagination when he played Mike Hammer in "The Girl Hunters"
Mickey Spillane
Jeff
$600 [13]
Warning about skin cancer, this month is Cancer in the Sun Month; it's also when some cancers are born
June
Terry Jeff
$600 [18]
Seen here is a young boy in 1930 wearing the national costume of this European nation of 10.7 million
Greece
Jeff
$600 [23]
Think oil:OX NIMBLE OX
ExxonMobil
Terry
$600 [8]
In mythology Flora is this, like Frigga
a goddess
Terry
$800 [29]
The epicardium is its outer layer
the heart
Jeff
$800 [4]
The first of this diminutive actor's 8 wives was Ava Gardner; they lasted about a year & a half
Mickey Rooney
Jeff
$800 [14]
It's International Daffynitions Month & National Pecan Month, no foolin'
April
Terry
$800 [19]
In the local tongue, this Mediterranean nation is known as Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah
Lebanon
Terry
$800 [24]
A drugmaker:ZIP REF
Pfizer
Terry
$800 [9]
The Sphynx cat is best known for this oddity
hairlessness (or hairless)
Emma
$1,000 [30]
Each of these organs has a visceral pleura & a parietal pleura
the lungs
$1,000 [5]
You knew we'd ask for the name of this singer/ actress/ choreographer who told Mickey how fine he was
Toni Basil
Terry
DD $1,200 [15]
National UNICEF Day is observed during this month, National UNICEF Month
October
Terry
$1,000 [20]
Former President Ernesto Zedillo of this nation was a member of its PRI, Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Mexico
Jeff
$1,000 [25]
You can bank on it:FLOWER GALS
Wells Fargo
Terry
$1,000 [10]
This pungent semi-aquatic herb of the mustard family is often combined with cucumber in a tea sandwich
watercress
Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

ORGAN RECITAL WAR FILMS ALLITERATIVE NOVEL PERSONAGES ABBREV. PRESIDENTIAL PETS GOTTA HAVE "PUL"
$400 [21]
The wood for the organ in this Salt Lake City edifice came from Utah's Parowan Mountains
the Mormon Tabernacle
Terry
$400 [1]
One of the last lines of this Vietnam War-set film is"The horror... the horror"
Apocalypse Now
Emma
$400 [6]
Dashiell Hammett referred to this private eye as the "Blond Satan"
Sam Spade
Jeff
$400 [26]
OTB, in reference to (but not at) Churchill Downs
off-track betting
Jeff
$400 [11]
His longhorn cow Ofelia never made it to the White House; she remained behind in Crawford
George W. Bush
Terry
$400 [16]
An elevated platform used by harpooners on a whaling ship, or a lectern from which a sermon is delivered
pulpit
Emma
$800 [22]
One of the world's largest church organs is in Cadet Chapel at this institution in New York State
West Point (the U.S. Military Academy)
Jeff
$800 [2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Normandy American Cemetery in France.) Of the band of brothers here at the Normandy American Cemetery, 33 are side-by-side with their actual brothers, including Preston&Robert Niland, who inspired this Tom Hanks film
Saving Private Ryan
Emma
$1,200 [8]
As a teacher, this title Dickens character witnesses mistreatment of orphans by Wackford Squeers
Nicholas Nickleby
Emma
$800 [27]
IRA, in Belfast, not finance
Irish Republican Army
Emma
$800 [12]
In 1990 this springer spaniel had a book on the bestseller list
Millie
Terry
$1,200 [18]
In 1967 Jocelyn Burnell discovered this type of star that blinks on & off at a constant frequency
a pulsar
Terry
$1,200 [23]
An album of Bach played on the 4 organs of Freiburg was released in 1974 in this type of multi-channel sound
quadraphonic
$1,200 [3]
A riverboat captain (Bogart) & a missionary (Hepburn) use this title vessel to attack an enemy ship during WWI
the African Queen
Jeff
DD $1,500 [7]
Hogwarts was started by Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff & Godric this
Gryffindor
Jeff
$1,200 [28]
NAFTA, in 1992 headlines
the North American Free Trade Agreement
Jeff
$1,200 [13]
After the Clintons left the White House, they left this feline in the care of Betty Currie; he passed away in 2009
Socks
Terry
$1,600 [19]
Usually, it's a domestic hen less than one year old
a pullet
Jeff
$1,600 [24]
An organ built at Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia has nearly 30,000 of these
pipes
Jeff
$1,600 [4]
Mel Gibson plays a veteran of the French & Indian War who wants no part in the war with Britain in this 2000 film
The Patriot
Jeff
$1,600 [9]
During his 111th birthday party he slipped away, leaving a ring & his estate to his adopted heir
Bilbo Baggins
Terry
$1,600 [29]
OTC, on Wall Street
over-the-counter
Terry Jeff
$1,600 [14]
Partly because of Malia's allergies, the Obamas chose this breed of dog to be their first pet
a Portuguese water dog
Jeff Emma
$2,000 [20]
Great physical beauty & appeal
pulchritude
Jeff
$2,000 [25]
Virgil Fox was the longtime virtuoso on the organ at this NYC church on the West Side drive of the same name
Riverside Church
$2,000 [5]
Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney & Ice Cube starred in this film that takes place at the end of the 1991 Gulf War
Three Kings
Terry
$2,000 [10]
Agreeing with her sister Jo's despair over a lack of Christmas gifts, she says, "It's so dreadful to be poor"
Meg March
Emma
$2,000 [30]
PSP, in gaming devices
PlayStation Portable
Terry Jeff
$2,000 [15]
Here's this president's wife Grace with their pet raccoon Rebecca
Calvin Coolidge
Terry
DD $3,600 [17]
From the Latin for "dust", it means to grind into dust
pulverize
Emma

Final Jeopardy!

ANNIVERSARIES & FAREWELLS

In 2009 it celebrated its 40th anniversary with a farewell tour of the British Isles, where it was built; today, it's in Dubai

the Queen Elizabeth 2

Emma "What is ?" — wagered $0
Jeff "What is ?" — wagered $16,000
Terry "What is the QE2?" — wagered $16,301

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