Show #5798 2009-11-25 (taped 2009-10-13) Regular

Contestants

Cristy Stone — an online producer from Seattle, Washington

Mike Marmesh — a veterinarian from Miami, Florida

Robert Bethune — a middle school science teacher from Rancho Palos Verdes, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Robert $2,800 $4,000 $12,800 $800
3rd place: $1,000
$11,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Mike $1,800 $3,000 $10,200 $4,700
New champion: $4,700
$10,200
14 R, 4 W
Cristy $-1,400 $200 $12,400 $2,400
2nd place: $2,000
$11,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS FOOTBALL 101 CURLS GONE WILD MAJOR RELIGION BY COUNTRY FORBES100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 ADJECTIVES
$200 [16]
She illustrated dad Jimmy's 1995 children's book "The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer"
Amy Carter
Robert
$200 [1]
Despite this nickname for a football, it's actually made of leather
pigskin
Mike
$200 [4]
Aww, a baby one of these primates is clearly having a bad hair day
an orangutan
Robert Cristy
$200 [5]
Panama
Catholicism
Robert
$200 [23]
Give a shout out to Carol Bartz, CEO of this Internet company & the 12th most powerful woman on the list
Yahoo!
Cristy
$200 [18]
4-letter antonym of "domesticated"
wild
Cristy
$400 [17]
In 2008 she expressed interest in taking over Hillary Clinton's Senate seat
Caroline Kennedy
Robert Cristy
$400 [2]
Popularized by Amos Alonzo Stagg, it's a pass thrown backwards or sideways
lateral
Mike
$400 [12]
A silent comedian in talking pictures, this Marx Brother had one of the original fros
Harpo Marx
Mike
$400 [6]
Morocco
Islam
Robert
$400 [24]
Ding dong, Elizabeth Smith, president of this company, calling at No. 85
Avon
Robert
$400 [19]
This synonym for "wide" can be found before "cloth" or "minded"
broad
Robert Mike
$600 [28]
This recent Florida governor born in 1953 has the given names John Ellis
Jeb Bush
Robert
$600 [3]
Offensive linemen hang their heads when a long pass is called back due to this no-no
holding
Cristy
$600 [13]
In 1926, women like Mrs. Margaret Wagoner Mitchell, seen here, got this type of wave by hooking up to a machine
a permanent wave
Robert
$600 [7]
Nepal
Hinduism
Robert Mike
$600 [25]
Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of this U.N. agency, made the list at No. 38
the World Health Organization
Robert
$600 [20]
Published by Viking, these 1-volume editions of authors are so called because they can be carried around
Portable
Mike
DD $600 [30]
In the 19th c. his daughter Esther was the first & so far only child of a president to be born in the White House
Grover Cleveland
Robert
$800 [8]
Often, the fastest of the defensive backs is this player, like the great Deion Sanders
a cornerback
Robert Mike
$800 [14]
This Pope poem has "two Locks... in equal Curls" which "well conspir'd to deck / With shining Ringlets the smooth Iv'ry Neck"
The Rape of the Lock
Cristy
$800 [10]
Sweden
Lutheranism
Robert
$800 [26]
She's No. 40 on the list; her husband is 44th on a different list
Mrs. (Michelle) Obama
Mike
$800 [21]
The same Latin word gave us "trepidation", meaning fear, & this adjective, meaning fearless
intrepid
Cristy
$800 [29]
In the 1980s this son of Gerald Ford was a regular on TV's "The Young and the Restless"
Steve Ford
Mike
$1,000 [9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) If the referee indicates this violation, look for a 15-yard penalty
a personal foul
Robert Cristy
$1,000 [15]
It's almost surreal seeing this Spanish-born painter's coiffure
Salvador Dali
Mike
$1,000 [11]
Laos
Buddhism
Robert
$1,000 [27]
Sheila Bair, who protects your savings account as head of this government body, made the top 10
the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Mike
$1,000 [22]
An adjective meaning "elaborate"; to Brits, it's a verb meaning "to like or enjoy"
fancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN LAKES 2009 TV FAREWELLS MMM... BACON SHAKESPEARE'S B-STORIES FOR THE BIRDS TIME TO "FLY"
$400 [21]
Created in 1968, this lake named for an Egyptian president took 13 years to be near full capacity
Lake Nasser
Robert
$400 [27]
After 15 seasons & lots of changes, this venerable medical drama about a Chicago hospital finally flatlined
ER
Robert
$400 [11]
Our head writer once received a BLT that was missing the B, bacon, leaving only the L & T, these 2 items
lettuce & tomato
Robert
$400 [1]
Bottom arrives, prepared to lead Quince, Flute & Snout on stage
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cristy
$400 [16]
St. Hugh of Lincoln was famous for having one of these graceful birds as a pet
a swan
Robert
$400 [6]
These insectivorous plants are only found natively in North & South Carolina
the Venus Flytrap
Robert
$800 [22]
This country's Hendrik Verwoerd Reservoir, aka the Gariep, was created by the damming of the Orange River
South Africa
Robert Cristy
$800 [23]
In the finale to Season 8 & to this sitcom, James Belushi visits Heaven
According to Jim
Mike Cristy
$800 [12]
A McDonald's Egg Mc Mu Mc Mu Mc Mu Mc Mu Mc Mu Mc Mu Mc MuMcMuffinmadehericanesehist
Canadian bacon
Mike
$800 [2]
An island provides the backdrop as the succession to the leadership of Naples is decided
The Tempest
$800 [17]
It's the songbird & finch family member seen here
a cardinal
Mike
$800 [7]
This Pennsylvania Dutch molasses & sugar dessert could be used to attract flies away from other food
the shoo-fly pie
Robert
$1,200 [29]
Lake Nyasa is the southernmost in a chain of lakes located in this "Great" valley
the Rift Valley
Robert
$1,200 [24]
2 brothers locked up in a jail tried to escape & solve a murder mystery but this show got the chair after 4 years
Prison Break
Cristy
$1,200 [13]
He once flew from Memphis to Denver for the fool's gold sandwich--PB&J & a pound of bacon on Italian bread
Elvis Presley
Robert
$1,200 [3]
Jessica has regrets about her dad but looks forward to marrying Lorenzo & converting to Christianity
The Merchant of Venice
Cristy
$1,200 [18]
Seen here is one of these birds that, for a time, had a TV "Family"
the partridge
Mike
$1,200 [8]
It's a legendary spectral ship said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
the Flying Dutchman
Cristy
$1,600 [28]
Missionary-explorer David Livingstone was found on the shore of this, the world's longest freshwater lake
Lake Tanganyika
Robert
$2,000 [26]
An expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy ended after 5 seasons for this "Stargate" spinoff
Stargate Atlantis
$1,600 [14]
Bacon rind that's been diced & fried is called this, which lends its name to a bread made from it
crackling
Mike
$1,600 [4]
Sir Toby Belch & his friends trick Malvolio into acting crazy & getting sent to an asylum
Twelfth Night
Cristy
$1,600 [19]
The common fowl seenhereis this state bird
a Rhode Island Red
Mike
$1,600 [9]
This song is also known as "Jimmy Crack Corn"
the "Blue Tail Fly"
DD $4,000 [30]
Lake Shepard in this West African nation's Maryland County is unusual in that it is part freshwater, part salt water
Liberia
Robert
DD $3,000 [25]
After 72 years & more than 15,700 episodes, this soap opera went dark in 2009
Guiding Light
Cristy
$2,000 [15]
This Italian version of bacon comes from the pork belly; its name refers to a fat belly
pancetta
Mike
$2,000 [5]
Bolingbroke appears before the king & accuses Thomas Mowbray of treason
Richard II
$2,000 [20]
100 of these European birds were released in Central Park in 1890; today, there are 200 million in North America
starlings
Robert
$2,000 [10]
A spinning regulator that smoothes the operation of a motor
a flywheel
Cristy

Final Jeopardy!

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation

Kentucky

Mike "What is Tom Osbor" — wagered $5,500
Cristy "What is Alabama" — wagered $10,000
Robert "What is Ala." — wagered $12,000

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