Show #5803 2009-12-02 (taped 2009-10-14) Regular

Dave Belote game 1.

Contestants

Kathleen Bursley — an intellectual property lawyer from Long Beach, California

Dave Belote — the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas

Shawna Brandle — a Ph.D. candidate from Rockville Centre, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Shawna $200 $1,400 $5,400 $2,999
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Dave $3,000 $6,200 $20,000 $39,999
New champion: $39,999
$17,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kathleen $3,800 $6,800 $16,600 $26,600
2nd place: $2,000
$15,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ACTRESSES' ROLES "W"ORLD HISTORY REMEMBER THESE LADIES A MUSICAL PASTICHE ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS "ITZ" AT THE END
$200 [26]
"Along Came Polly","Office Space","Love Happens"
Jennifer Aniston
Shawna
$200 [11]
In 1900 they made history with a glider that had a new feature: a horizontal front rudder for pitch control
the Wright Brothers
Shawna
$200 [21]
The dad & brother of this House Speaker have both served as the mayor of Baltimore
Nancy Pelosi
Kathleen
$200 [16]
In the 1950s Sinatra described the music of this rock legend as "deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac"
Elvis Presley
Dave
$200 [1]
After Zelda broke their engagement, he went on a bender, then to St. Paul to rewrite a novel he'd begun at Princeton
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Shawna
$200 [6]
A scatterbrained or eccentric person
a ditz
Dave
$400 [27]
"Laugh-In","Shampoo","Private Benjamin"
Goldie Hawn
Dave
$400 [12]
This duke of Bohemia spread Christianity, was martyred & is remembered in a Christmas carol as a "good king"
Wenceslas
Kathleen
$400 [22]
In her 2008 memoir "Audition", this journalist from "The View" says that Alan Greenspan is "a very nice dancer"
Barbara Walters
Dave
$400 [17]
From Old French for "entertainer", they were the strolling musicians of the Middle Ages
minstrels
Dave
$400 [2]
This author of the 1950 novel "Burning Bright" felt the wrath of grapes
John Steinbeck
Kathleen
$400 [7]
From the German for "to spray", it's a quick spray or squirt
spritz
Dave
$600 [28]
"Sleeper","Annie Hall","The Godfather"
Diane Keaton
Dave
$600 [13]
It's what the "W" stands for in WPA, a New Deal program FDR created for the unemployed in 1935
Works
Dave
$600 [23]
...And God created this French actress & animal rights activist in Paris Sept. 28, 1934
Bardot
Dave
$600 [18]
Though it wasn't particularly jazzy, the ukulele reached its peak of popularity in the U.S. in this decade
the '20s
Shawna Dave
$600 [3]
An overdose of alcohol helped kill this Welsh poet on Nov. 9, 1953
Dylan Thomas
Kathleen
$600 [8]
This cracker was introduced by Nabisco in 1934 & named to conjure up an image of wealth & glamour
Ritz
Kathleen
$800 [29]
"Boys on the Side","Never Been Kissed","Charlie's Angels"
Drew Barrymore
Shawna
$800 [14]
This English cardinal died Nov. 29, 1530, on the way to face treason charges
Wolsey
Kathleen
$800 [24]
This style maven launched her "Everyday" collection at Kmart in 1997
Martha Stewart
Shawna
$800 [19]
Timpani are multiple mounted ones of these instruments
drums
Kathleen
$800 [4]
In 1929 this Algonquin wit's "Big Blonde", about an alcoholic serial mistress, won the O. Henry Award
Dorothy Parker
Shawna
$800 [9]
This 2-time Winter Olympics site has been known for its mineral springs since Roman times
Saint Moritz
Dave
$1,000 [30]
"Henry & June","Pulp Fiction","The Truth About Cats & Dogs"
Uma Thurman
Kathleen
$1,000 [15]
Signed in 1648, the peace of this historic German region ended the Thirty Years' War
Westphalia
Dave
$1,000 [25]
In a letter to Abelard, she not-so-subtly hinted, "letters from absent friends are welcome"
Héloïse
Kathleen
$1,000 [20]
Of classical music's "three B's", the one born in Hamburg in 1833
Johannes Brahms
DD $1,000 [5]
This alcoholic playwright created the bitter alcoholic Jamie Tyrone & a "long day" for his cursed family
Eugene O'Neill
Shawna
$1,000 [10]
Nickname of Friedrich Christian Lang, director of the classic 1927 film "Metropolis"
Fritz
Kathleen

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY AMERICA SPORTS, ILLUSTRATED TOOTSIE ROLLS SCIENCE CROSSWORD CLUES "E" CURRENT BIOGRAPHY: 1970 THE WAY IN
$400 [6]
Citizen soldiers of the Revolutionary War couldn't have dreamed of this U.S. ICBM first deployed in 1962
the Minuteman
Dave
$400 [11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an archery target on the monitor.) In target archery, an arrow that hits the outer white ring is worth 1 point, the inner blue scores 6, & a shot in the center yellow scores this many
10
Shawna Dave
$400 [1]
It's the principal ingredient on the label of a Tootsie Roll (don't think too hard)
sugar
Dave
$400 [16]
An outbreak of disease(8)
an epidemic
Shawna
$400 [21]
The biography for this Cuban leader says he likes classical music, baseball & skin diving
Fidel Castro
Kathleen
$400 [30]
Before taking a drink, you might say "down" this, also an opening in the deck
the hatch
Shawna
$1,200 [8]
1958's Cooper v. Aaron was one of several Supreme Court decisions aimed at ending this policy in schools
segregation
Dave
$800 [12]
Thrown straight from the shoulder with a sharp, snapping motion, it's the quick lead punch seen here
a jab
Kathleen
$800 [2]
Year of the patriotic adseen here
1918
Dave
$800 [17]
Simple substance, my dear Watson(7)
an element
Shawna
$800 [22]
The oldest of 6 kids in a Catholic family; her father, John F. Fitzgerald, was a mayor of Boston
Rose Kennedy
Dave
$800 [29]
This 4-letter entrance is also the total paid attendance at a concert or sporting event
gate
Kathleen
$1,600 [9]
On April 21, 1976 FDA administrator Harry Meyer got the first vaccination in the campaign against this piggish strain
swine flu
Kathleen
$1,200 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a football diagram on the monitor.) Designed to confuse the defense with a quick change of direction, this type of football play has a backwards-sounding name
a reverse
Dave
$1,200 [3]
Tootsie Roll's Chicago plant also produces more than 4 billion of these gumdrops annually--that's a lot of connecting
Dots
Shawna
$1,200 [18]
Negative particle(8)
an electron
Kathleen
$1,200 [23]
His "canon comprises more than 900 published pieces" including "Sophisticated Lady"
Duke Ellington
$1,200 [28]
This word precedes "of Perception" in an Aldous Huxley book title, & it gave Jim Morrison an idea
Doors
Shawna
$2,000 [10]
In 1922 he & Ub Iwerks started a business to make animated cartoon "Laugh-O-Grams", but it went bankrupt
(Walt) Disney
Dave
$1,600 [14]
Canine name for the type of golf hole seen here
a dogleg
Dave
$1,600 [4]
Tootsie Roll's recipe for this treat has graham cracker crumbs, 2 lbs. of cream cheese & 8 oz. of Tootsie Rolls
the Tootsie Roll cheesecake
$2,000 [20]
A real piece of work(3)
an erg
Dave
$1,600 [24]
"One Generation After", his tenth book, marked the 25th anniversary of his liberation from Buchenwald
(Elie) Wiesel
Shawna
$1,600 [27]
An opening to board a ship, or an exclamation meaning "Move, I'm coming through!"
gangway
Dave
DD $3,000 [7]
In 1985 this company said that it hadn't seen the "deep emotional" ties people had to its traditional product
Coca-Cola
Dave
$2,000 [15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a tennis court on the monitor.) It's the name for the tennis court area highlightedhereor for the guards on a basketball team
the backcourt
Shawna Kathleen
$2,000 [5]
We "fell" for these candies introduced in 2008; they're Tootsie Pops without the stick
Tootsie Pop Drops
DD $3,000 [19]
A catalyzing protein, like amylase(6)
an enzyme
Kathleen
$2,000 [25]
This publisher & philanthropist's bio mentions his 1969 swearing in as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
Walter Annenberg
Kathleen
$2,000 [26]
An Internet site that offers e-mail & a search engine is called one of these entryways to the web
a portal
Kathleen

Final Jeopardy!

PHRASE ORIGINS

Used in 1947's "U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey", this 2-word term became widely used again in NYC on 9/11/01

ground zero

Shawna "What isStar Wars?Air Defense?" — wagered $2,401
Kathleen "What is ground zero?" — wagered $10,000
Dave "What is ground zero?" — wagered $19,999

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