Show #5780 2009-10-30 (taped 2009-09-29) Regular

Christine Valada game 5.

Contestants

Chris Rodrigues — a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts

Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello — a public health professional from Brooklyn, New York

Christine Valada — a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $68,703)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Christine $2,800 $3,400 $7,000 $4,000
2nd place: $2,000
$7,000
11 R, 2 W
Roopa $2,000 $4,400 $12,000 $3,992
3rd place: $1,000
$14,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Chris $400 $3,000 $16,000 $7,999
New champion: $7,999
$16,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BRIDGES BROTHERHOOD & SISTERHOOD MILITARY DUDES TURN ON TUNE "IN" DROP OUT
$200 [1]
In medieval castles a windlass was the mechanical winch used to raise & lower this
a drawbridge
Chris
$200 [7]
Marla Gibbs, Nichelle Nichols & this bus-riding heroine have all been Alpha Kappa Alpha honorary members
Rosa Parks
Chris
$200 [17]
Barbarossa led the third of these campaigns in the Holy Land, which began in 1189 & lasted until 1192
a Crusade
Chris
$200 [10]
Turn on "Parks and Recreation" to see this "SNL" alum in her own sitcom
Amy Poehler
Roopa
$200 [21]
This racket sport is named for the Duke of Beaufort's country seat
badminton
Christine Roopa
$200 [2]
Known as "The Body", this pro wrestler-turned-governor dropped out of a Minnesota community college
Jesse Ventura
Christine
$400 [3]
On Oct. 27, 1989, after the Loma Prieta earthquake, a record 162,414 vehicles crossed this bridge
the Golden Gate Bridge
Christine
$400 [8]
The Fenian Brotherhood fought for the independence of this country
Ireland
Chris
$400 [18]
Prince Philip was decorated during WWII for his combat service in this branch of the British military
the Navy
Chris
$400 [11]
Turn on Fox to see David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel solve crimes on this series
Bones
Roopa
$400 [22]
Haitian troops occupied this nation from 1822 to 1844
the Dominican Republic
Roopa
$400 [15]
Both named Steve, these 2 now fabulously wealthy college dropouts founded Apple Computer
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
Christine Chris
$600 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an architectural rendering on the monitor.) During construction, you can see the free arm bridge decks, from which this type of bridge gets its name, are anchored at one end, supported by piers &meetin the middle
a cantilever bridge
$600 [9]
Carmen, Tibby, Lena & Bridget are this quartet created by Ann Brashares
the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Roopa
$600 [19]
In the 3rd century B.C., this man & his army crossed the Alps & invaded Italy from the north
Hannibal
Christine
$600 [12]
Turn on The CW to hear the unseen Kristen Bell narrate this juicy series
Gossip Girl
$600 [25]
From the Arabic, it's a killer for hire
an assassin
Chris
$600 [16]
After dropping out of high school, he ran McDonald's & became a Mc Mi Mc Mi Mc Mi Mc Mi Mc Mi Mc Mi Mc MiMcMillionaire
Kroc
Chris
$800 [5]
Almost 24 miles long, a bridge over this body of water near New Orleans is the world's longest bridge over water
Lake Pontchartrain
Christine
$800 [20]
This religious organization is the main political opposition in Egypt
the Muslim Brotherhood
$800 [26]
In WWII Hap Arnold commanded this new U.S. fighting force abbreviated USAAF
the United States Army Air Force
Chris
$800 [13]
Turn on Oxygen to see her & hubby Dean McDermott in the reality series "Home Sweet Hollywood"
Tori Spelling
Roopa
$800 [28]
The name of this type of cat seenheresuggests that it originated in Africa
an Abyssinian
Christine Roopa
$800 [23]
This fur mogul & high school dropout has been called America's first multimillionaire
(John Jacob) Astor
Roopa
$1,000 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an architectural rendering on the monitor.) Built so that cars can drive over them or through them, the bridge structureshereare named for these support triangles that provide rigidity
trusses
$1,000 [27]
Manuel Belgrano was a prominent military leader in this S. American country's fight for independence from Spain
Argentina
$1,000 [14]
Turn on this show on USA Network to see Jeffrey Donovan as a blacklisted spy
Burn Notice
Christine
DD $1,000 [29]
Perhaps this type of pasta tastes good to your tongue because its name means "little tongue"
linguine
Roopa
$1,000 [24]
Arriving from Scotland in 1848 as an elementary school dropout, he sold his company in 1901 for $480 million
Carnegie
Christine

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM "TRICK" OR "TREAT" JACKETS REQUIRED ARTSY THE SHAKESPEAREAN ROOM
$400 [6]
Black spot is a serious fungal disease that affects these flowers; rugosas have good resistance
roses
Christine
$400 [7]
"Cinema Paradiso"(1989)
Italy
Roopa
$400 [9]
To soak fabric in cleaning solution before putting it in the washing machine
pretreat
Chris
$400 [19]
Now meaning any sport coat, it was originally crimson colored when introduced in Great Britain in 1890
a blazer
Roopa
$400 [15]
The "Mona Lisa" isn't oil on canvas but oil on this
wood
Chris
$400 [1]
(Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Confrontation at Elsinore Castle. Laertes wishes vengeance for his father's death in this play, & the King says yes to those demands
Hamlet
Christine
$800 [8]
Polarized lenses are one method used in these items that make some movie theater experiences more exciting
3-D movies
Chris
$1,200 [29]
"Fanny and Alexander"(1983)
Sweden
$800 [10]
3 scores by one hockey player in one game
a hat trick
Chris
$800 [22]
Just became a professor? Better get a wool sport coat of Highland this, with suede elbow patches
tweed
Roopa
$800 [16]
A student under Benjamin West, this American also did portraits of Presidents Adams & Jefferson
(Gilbert) Stuart
Christine
$800 [2]
(Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Accusations of anti-semitism were raised today by this usurer, adding Antonio called him "a cut-throat dog"
Shylock
Chris
$1,200 [12]
William Jennings Bryan called this theory a "program of infidelity masquerading under the name of science"
evolution
Chris
$1,600 [26]
"Departures"(2008)
Japan
$1,200 [11]
It can be a place offering privacy & quiet, or a military withdrawal of forces to a more favorable position
a retreat
Roopa
$1,200 [23]
For warmth, you can't beat this double-breasted navy blue wool jacket worn by U.S. sailors
a pea coat
Chris
$1,200 [17]
This 19th century movement of Courbet, Millet & Daumier rejected academic styles in favor of everyday subjects
Realism
Chris
$1,200 [3]
(Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Suicide on the "Julius Caesar" battlefield! Reports say this man had Strato hold his sword, quote, "while I do run upon it"
Brutus
Chris
$1,600 [20]
With cups that rotate horizontally, an anemometer measures the speed of this, anemos in Greek
wind
Roopa
$2,000 [27]
"Closely Watched Trains"(1967)
Czechoslovakia
$1,600 [13]
On this HBO show Gabriel Byrne plays a therapist with as many issues as his patients
In Treatment
Chris
$1,600 [24]
A Spanish dance shares its name with this jacket that's usually waist-length & collarless
a bolero
Roopa
DD $1,400 [18]
In the 1690s, Jesuit brother Andrea Pozzo appropriately painted a "Triumph of" this saint
Ignatius Loyola
Chris
$1,600 [4]
(Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Tragedy at sea, as the King of Naples' ship sinks at the beginning of this play, Gonzalo was said to remain calm
The Tempest
Roopa
$2,000 [21]
Don't blame me--the most common cause of earthquakes is movement along these lines
fault lines
Chris
$2,000 [14]
8-letter word meaning a written work dealing formally & systematically with a subject
treatise
Christine
$2,000 [25]
This jacket named for an Indian prime minister is adapted from a type of coat worn by maharajahs
Nehru
Roopa
$2,000 [28]
Surrealist Max Ernst invented this technique of rubbing a pencil over paper laid on a surface
frottage
DD $2,000 [5]
(Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Breaking news... decapitation & regicide in Scotland! Macbeth is dead, & Macduff hails this man as the new king!
Malcolm
Roopa

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL NAMES

He's the only president whose first & last names contain the same pair of double letters

Millard Fillmore

Christine "Who is" — wagered $3,000
Roopa "Who is Coolidge" — wagered $8,008
Chris "Who was William H" — wagered $8,001

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