Show #5800 2009-11-27 (taped 2009-10-13) Regular

Contestants

Kelly Garza — a training specialist originally from Missoula, Montana

Grant Quertermous — an assistant curator from Charlottesville, Virginia

Jody Allen — a bookstore manager and actor from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jody $3,000 $7,400 $16,200 $16,500
2-day champion: $41,500
$15,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Grant $4,000 $4,600 $7,800 $5,600
2nd place: $2,000
$7,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kelly $1,000 $2,600 $5,200 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$8,200
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY HOLLYWOOD SQUARES COMPUTER ABBREV. THE ORGAN AFFECTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS A, B, C, D THEN F
$200 [11]
This state's highest point is Puu Wekiu, a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Grant
$200 [1]
Hey, lady!In 1963, as Julius Kelp in "The Nutty Professor", he played a square
Jerry Lewis
Jody
$200 [21]
Your I.T. guy knows "I.T." means this
information technology
Jody
$200 [16]
Endocarditis
the heart
Jody
$200 [6]
Hey, Mr.! It's a shallow frame drum with a single head & metal discs fitted into the walls of the frame
a tambourine
Kelly
$200 [22]
This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations
algebra (analysis accepted)
Jody Grant
$600 [13]
The Columbia River Plateau lies to the east of this range, the Puget Sound-Willamette Valley Trough to the west
the Cascades
Jody
$400 [2]
Uncool Sarah Jessica Parker & Amy Linker tried to fit in as freshmen in this early '80s sitcom
Square Pegs
Kelly
$400 [27]
Useful for connecting devices, USB is short for Universal Serial this
Bus
Jody
$400 [17]
Nephritis
the kidney
Grant
$400 [7]
Ohana makes some models of this stringed instrument in a pineapple shape
a ukulele
Kelly
$400 [23]
To shake or wave a weapon menacingly
brandish
Jody
$800 [14]
The Peace Bridge spanning the Niagara River connects this city in New York with Canada
Buffalo
Jody Kelly
$600 [3]
Thisubernerd became the breakout character of "Family Matters"
Urkel
Jody
$600 [28]
In the abbreviation JPEG, the "P" is this 12-letter adjective
Photographic
Jody
$600 [18]
Encephalitis
the brain
Jody
$600 [8]
Modern versions of these Latin American rattles contain lead shot rather than beads or seeds
maracas
Jody
$600 [24]
From the Latin for "to come round", it's what you do when you want to avoid something
circumvent
DD $1,000 [12]
In the 1850s both California & Nevada called it Lake Bigler
Lake Tahoe
Grant
$800 [4]
The geeky Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity rises up against the jocks of Alpha Beta in this 1984 big screen comedy
Revenge of the Nerds
Jody
$800 [29]
"DOS" stands for these 3 words
disk operating system
Jody
$800 [19]
Keratitis
the eyes
Kelly
$800 [9]
On film, Danny Kaye called this reed instrument "an ill wind that no one blows good"
an oboe
Grant Kelly
$800 [25]
If you're on the "horns" of one of these situations with unpleasant options, good luck with your choice
dilemma
Kelly
$1,000 [15]
Founded by Swiss immigrants, Switzerland County, Indiana lies across from Kentucky, along this river
the Ohio River
Grant
$1,000 [5]
Judd Apatow produced this 1999 TV series about weirdos & dweebs
Freaks and Geeks
Grant
$1,000 [30]
"DSL" is "digital" this "line"
subscriber
Jody
$1,000 [20]
Hashimoto's disease
the thyroid
Kelly
$1,000 [10]
In a 1791 opera, Tamino is given this musical instrument
a (magic) flute
Jody
$1,000 [26]
A European car maker, or an authoritative decree
fiat
Kelly

Double Jeopardy! Round

RENAISSANCE FAIR LADY CYCLE BABBLE POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK THEY'RE BIG ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS A CHORUS OF "BOO"S
$400 [4]
Hans Holbein decided to paint Cupid with this love goddess in 1524; maybe Aphrodite was too hard to spell
Venus
Grant Kelly
$400 [19]
"Brain bucket" is a slang term for this piece of gear
a helmet
Kelly
$400 [1]
"Come live with me and be my ____"
love
Kelly
$400 [13]
Historically, Detroit's big 3:GM, Chrysler, this company
Ford
Grant
$400 [8]
In 1723 he became the nominal publisher of the New-England Courant, his brother James' weekly newspaper
Benjamin Franklin
Kelly
$400 [7]
In English usage it means "forbidden"; in its original Polynesian it can also mean "sacred"
taboo
Grant
$800 [27]
The beautiful lassherewas drawn by this Florentine great; "La Gioconda" was less upsetting
da Vinci
Grant
$800 [23]
The most coveted prize in the Tour de France is the maillot jaune, a jersey of this color
yellow
Kelly
$800 [2]
"What happens to a dream ____? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"
deferred
$800 [18]
The big 5 food allergens:soy, wheat, milk, eggs, these legumes
peanuts
Grant
$800 [14]
This prime minister of Israel is nicknamed "Bibi"
Netanyahu
Jody
$800 [9]
A hidden bomb placed to be set off by an unsuspecting person
a booby trap
Kelly
$1,200 [28]
It's not "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", it's this wife of Henry VIII in a Renaissance portrait by Hans Holbein
Jane Seymour
Kelly
$1,200 [24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Trek Bicycle Corporation in Wisconsin.) I'm at Trek Bikes with the most popular frame design the diamond, or double this shape; it hasn't changed much since the 1880s & gives the bike its strength
triangle
Jody
$1,200 [3]
"Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the ____ though"
village
Grant
$1,200 [20]
The Big 12:a dozen athletic powerhouses, 4 of them in this state
Texas
$1,600 [16]
From 1968 to 1991 he was the executive editor of the Washington Post
(Ben) Bradlee
Kelly
$1,200 [10]
It can be a ship's food preparation area or the last car on a freight train
a caboose
Kelly
$1,600 [29]
Raphaelpainted this beautiful title woman "of the Goldfinch" in 1505
the Madonna of the Goldfinch
$1,600 [25]
Often called the race of truth, it can be for the whole team or just one cyclist against the clock
a time trial
Jody
$1,600 [5]
"I hear America singing, the varied ____ I hear"
carols
Kelly
$1,600 [21]
The Big 2 of comic book publishing:these 2
Marvel & DC
Jody
DD $2,000 [15]
In 1598 this playwright killed an actor in a duel; his punishment was branding & imprisonment
(Ben) Jonson
Jody
$1,600 [11]
A supporter of a school, team or organization; he may find others & form a club
a booster
Jody
DD $3,000 [30]
Michelangelo didn't mention multiple personalities when he painted this Delphic prophetess
Sibyl
Kelly
$2,000 [26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) In order to cut wind resistance, a cyclist may use this air pocket to draft on another rider, saving about 30% of his energy
the slipstream
$2,000 [6]
"____ boy, with cheek of tan!"
Barefoot
$2,000 [22]
The Big 4 transcontinental railroad barons:Hopkins, Huntington, Crocker, him
Leland Stanford
$2,000 [17]
Don't get Fed up--just name this man, seen here
Bernanke
Jody
$2,000 [12]
This large viper takes its name partly from a West African country where it's found
the Gaboon viper
Jody

Final Jeopardy!

PLANET EARTH

Despite its name, this ocean current outdoes any river; at maximum flow off the Carolinas, its flow is 3,500 times the Mississippi's

the Gulf Stream

Kelly "What are the Doldrums?" — wagered $5,100
Grant "What is the Labrador Current" — wagered $2,200
Jody "What is the gulfstream?" — wagered $300

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