Show #5778 2009-10-28 (taped 2009-09-29) Regular

Christine Valada game 3.

Contestants

Jennifer Cutshall — a gaming management student from Las Vegas, Nevada

William English — an overnight grocery stocker from Mobile, Alabama

Christine Valada — a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,202)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Christine	$800	$800	$9,600	$18,201 3-day champion: $54,403	$9,600 14 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
William	$400	$-400	$3,600	$7,200 3rd place: $1,000	$3,600 10 R, 6 W
Jennifer	$3,300	$4,300	$9,100	$10,900 2nd place: $2,000	$9,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE	MUSIC'S MISSING PERSONS	"G.E."	THE ROMAN GOD OR GODDESS OF...	WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?	11-LETTER WORDS
$200 [22] E.O. Wilson, the man behind the EOL, is an expert on these insects, like the black & red fire types you'll find listed ants Jennifer	$200 [11] Elton John:"____ And The Jets" Bennie Christine	$200 [6] Avian term for a big fat zero a goose egg William	$200 [1] The sea, earthquakes & horses, 3 things that obviously go together Neptune Jennifer	$200 [16] The oil treatment product STP stands for "scientifically treated" this petroleum Jennifer	$200 [21] The author of a book with someone else's name on it instead ghostwriter Christine
$400 [27] Don't telephone an Arctic ground squirrel between early September & late April--it's doing this hibernating Christine	$400 [12] Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods:"____ Don't Be A Hero" Billy Jennifer	$400 [7] He coined the name "Kodak" for his camera George Eastman Jennifer	$400 [2] Wine (women & song apparently went to other departments) Bacchus Jennifer	$400 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco, CA.)Skylightsto capture sun help give San Francisco's Digital Arts Center a gold LEED rating--that's short for Leadership in this and Environmental Design Energy William	$400 [23] A vacuuming cannula is used in this body-reshaping surgery liposuction William Jennifer
$600 [28] The goal is a website for each of 1.8 million species, including this phylum's dinoflagellates & ciliates protozoa Christine	$600 [13] Dexys Midnight Runners:"Come On ____" Eileen Jennifer	DD $500 [9] It's the use of scientific methods to alter DNA to modify an organism's hereditary traits genetic engineering Jennifer	$600 [3] Wisdom, spinning & weaving; this goddess could do it all Minerva Christine William Jennifer	$600 [18] The "V" in Pantene Pro-V, a line of hair care products, stands for this vitamin Jennifer	$600 [24] If you live in Paris, Texas but get married in Paris, France, you're having this type of wedding a destination wedding Jennifer
$800 [29] It's a common error if you confused the call of the glaucous-winged type of this sea bird with the herring type gulls	$800 [14] Van Halen:"____'s Cryin'" Jamie Jennifer	$600 [8] The last chapter provides an ambiguous end for Pip & Estella in this classic novel Great Expectations Jennifer	$800 [4] Roads & travel, for that nifty messenger service of his Mercury William	$800 [19] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew speaks into a laptop running English-Arabic translation software at SRI International in Menlo Park, CA.) SRI International has developed Iraq Comm, a portable translation system--"Please answer with a question."--it begins with technology called ASR, for automatic this speech recognition	$800 [25] 1930s movies were sped up with this type of dialogue in which actors don't let each other finish overlapping Jennifer
$1,000 [30] If you have video of the black-collared, coast horned or Nevada gridiron-tailed type of this reptile, send it in lizard	$1,000 [15] Don Henley:"____ Can't Read" Johnny William	$1,000 [10] Shesuffered permanent hearing loss after becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle	$1,000 [5] Fire & metalworking, but not logic Vulcan William	$1,000 [20] It's what the "Q" stands for in Qantas, an airline's acronym Queensland Jennifer	$1,000 [26] To back up or confirm another person's version of events corroborate

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH HISTORY	TV CASTS	STATE QUARTERS	PEN & TELL HER	THE "H" IT IS	A HILL OF BEANS
$400 [2] Not the beginning of a beautiful friendship, the Agadir Incident pitted Germany vs. France in this N. African country Morocco Christine William	$400 [1] Bill Cosby, Robert Culp I Spy Christine	$400 [10] A cow, a round of cheese, an ear of corn & the state motto "Forward" Wisconsin William	$400 [21] He went ga-ga after reading Elizabeth's 1844 "Poems"; later they wed & he dedicated "Men and Women" to her Robert Browning William	$400 [9] From the Old Norse for "house dweller", it's one variety of spouse husband William	$400 [15] If you have to eat these beans named for a city, cook 'em up with corn & serve them as succotash Lima beans Jennifer
$800 [3] The law that made July 14 a holiday actually honored that date in this year, 1 year later than you might think 1790 Christine William Jennifer	$800 [5] Veronica Hamel, Betty Thomas, Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues Christine	$800 [11] Lewis & Clark paddling in a canoe with the Gateway Arch in the background Missouri William	$800 [22] With Heloise he had a secret marriage & a love child, Astrolabe; he later wrote her from an abbey Abelard Christine	$800 [17] If you haven't enjoyed being a contestant, you may leave in this fit of annoyance a hissy fit (or a huff) William	$800 [16] This bean is so-named for its widespread use in a certain U.S. military branch Navy beans Jennifer
$1,200 [4] A wartime adviser to de Gaulle, he was at the "center" of French politics as president from 1969 to 1974 Pompidou William	$1,200 [6] Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney The Closer William	$1,200 [12] A bison skull above a diverse landscape & the words "Big Sky Country" Montana Christine	$1,200 [23] Ted Hughes' 1998 "Birthday Letters" is a collection of poems regarding this late wife of his Sylvia Plath Christine	$1,200 [18] Aw, shucks, it can be a bit of chaff in grass cut for fodder, or an unsophisticated rural person a hayseed Christine	$1,200 [26] The name of this bean means "painted" in Spanish pinto Jennifer
$1,600 [27] The French adapted the name of the Irinakhoiw into this & fought them in N. America for the second half of the 1600s the Iroquois Christine	$1,600 [7] Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, C.C.H. Pounder The Shield Jennifer	DD $2,000 [13] 2 locomotives moving toward the Golden Spike Utah Christine	DD $1,200 [24] This romantic poet wrote often to fiancee Fanny Brawne; the 2009 film "Bright Star" depicts their relationship (John) Keats Christine	$1,600 [19] Perception of visual or auditory events without an external stimulus a hallucination Jennifer	—
$2,000 [28] In 1137 Louis VII married this woman whose huge dowry was the subject of contention for centuries Eleanor of Aquitaine Jennifer	$2,000 [8] Danny DeVito, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jennifer	$2,000 [14] A portion of Crater Lake, including Wizard Island Oregon Christine	$2,000 [25] In "Consolatio ad Uxorem" this Greek author of "Lives" attempts to console his wife on the death of their daughter Plutarch Christine	$2,000 [20] It was the Dutch settlers' name for the Khoikhoi people of southern Africa the Hottentots Christine	—

Final Jeopardy!

OLYMPIC CITIES

It's the only U.S. state capital to have hosted the Summer Olympics

Atlanta, Georgia

William "What is Atlanta?" — wagered $3,600

Jennifer "What is Atlanta?" — wagered $1,800

Christine "What is Atlanta? [GA scribbled out]" — wagered $8,601

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