Show #5805 2009-12-04 (taped 2009-10-14) Regular

Dave Belote game 3.

Contestants

Sheryl Silverstein — a patent attorney from Encinitas, California

Chris D'Orso — an assistant director of admissions from Sound Beach, New York

Dave Belote — the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $60,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dave $3,200 $4,400 $25,600 $21,200
3-day champion: $81,800
$22,800
28 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Chris $600 $1,200 $6,000 $6,000
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
8 R, 1 W
Sheryl $400 $2,400 $6,400 $12,400
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ART & ARTISTS MOVIE NAME DROPPERS SHOE BRANDS AMERICANA MY SPACE "FACE" BOOK
$200 [2]
Along with Picasso & Braque, Juan Gris was a leading member of this movement
Cubism
Dave
$200 [26]
"There's Something About ____"
Mary
Dave
$200 [13]
It's Greek for "victory"
Nike
Dave
$200 [21]
In 1885 America got its first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, in this "Windy City"
Chicago
Dave
$200 [7]
Mark your calendar--Encke's one of these has a mere 3.3-year orbital period (Halley's needs 76)
a comet
Chris
$200 [1]
To mar or spoil the appearance of something
to deface
Sheryl
$400 [9]
Sculptures of his at the Musee d'Orsay include "Balzac" & "L'hiver"
Rodin
Sheryl
$400 [27]
"A Fish Called ____"
Wanda
Dave
$400 [14]
A small South African antelope
Reebok
Chris
$400 [22]
Waterloo, N.Y. is the birthplace of this holiday, having first honored the Civil War dead May 5, 1866
Memorial Day
Dave
$400 [8]
One measure of this constant in a vacuum is 299,792,458 meters per second
the speed of light
Sheryl
$400 [3]
A style of type with thick, heavy lines to draw attention
boldface
Dave
$600 [10]
Frida Kahlo married him in 1929; they divorced in 1939 & remarried in 1940
Diego Rivera
Sheryl
$600 [28]
"My Cousin ____"
Vinny
Dave
$600 [15]
Cougar
Puma
Chris
$600 [23]
The Democratic campaign song in the 1932 election was these "Are Here Again"
Happy Days
Sheryl
$600 [18]
The Magellanic Clouds are actually the 2 of these large assemblages nearest to us
galaxies
Dave Sheryl
$600 [4]
JFK & other newsmakers have often been seen on "FTN", this news program
Face the Nation
Dave
$1,000 [12]
In 1824 this British landscape painter's "The Hay Wain" received a gold medal at the Paris Salon
John Constable
$800 [29]
"____ Getting Married"
Rachel
Chris
$800 [16]
The opposite or the contrary
Converse
$800 [24]
In the 1920s Shipwreck Kelly made a name for himself sitting high atop these
flagpoles
Sheryl
$800 [19]
O-type stars are hot, massive blue stars that radiate strongly in this part of the spectrum from 10 to 400 nanometers
ultraviolet
Chris
$800 [5]
To connect a peripheral machine with a computer
interface
Dave
DD $1,200 [11]
This "Joy of Life" Fauvist studied law, but turned to painting when recuperating from an operation (Good choice!)
Henri Matisse
Sheryl
$1,000 [30]
"Deconstructing ____"
Harry
Dave
$1,000 [17]
Walk correctly
Stride Rite
Dave
$1,000 [25]
This Panhandle State's Cimarron County borders 4 states
Oklahoma
Dave
$1,000 [20]
Living up to its name, the 10th space probe in this series was the first manmade object to leave the Solar System
Pioneer
Dave
$1,000 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew turns around roughly in place.) This marching maneuver used by military formation can also mean a complete change of opinion
an about-face
Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

21st CENTURY SENATORS POLKA YOUR EYES OUT FORESTS PRIME NUMBER, PLEASE NONFICTION "LING" O
$400 [6]
On July 7, 2009, this man seenherewas sworn in as a U.S. senator eight months after the election
Al Franken
Dave
$400 [1]
In the "Beer Barrel Polka", this 4-word line comes before "we'll have a barrel of fun"
Roll out the barrel
Dave Sheryl
$400 [26]
Established in 1891 as the USA's first national forest, Shoshone National Forest lies in Wyoming adjacent to this natl. park
Yellowstone
Dave
$400 [21]
Traditionally, it's the age at which a boy has his Bar Mitzvah
13
Sheryl
$400 [11]
This actress' memoir "Wishful Drinking" talks about coming of age on the set of "Star Wars"
Carrie Fisher
Dave
$400 [16]
Sport popular in Canada that's mistakenly called shuffleboard on ice
curling
Sheryl
$800 [7]
In the clearing stands this California senator, seen here, & a fighter by her trade
(Barbara) Boxer
Dave
$800 [2]
Of 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 time, it's the tempo used in polkas
2/4
Dave Chris Sheryl
$800 [27]
Through efforts by the VFW, a memorial forest in N.C. is named for this "Trees" poet who was killed in WWI
Joyce Kilmer
$800 [22]
This popular cleaner is named for the number of tries it took scientists to come up with the correct formula
409
Chris
$800 [12]
"High Crimes" tells of "The Fate of" this mountain "in an Age of Greed"
Mount Everest
$800 [17]
Hans Christian Andersen's poignant avian tale about beauty & judgment
"The Ugly Duckling"
Dave
$1,200 [8]
We'll gamble you'll know this Nevadan seen here
Harry Reid
Dave
$1,200 [3]
Between 1955 & 1982 a good polka was often on the program of this bandleader's wunnerful TV program
Lawrence Welk
Dave
$1,200 [28]
Hells Canyon, North America's deepest canyon, lies in this Idaho national forest named for Chief Joseph's tribe
Nez Percé
$1,200 [23]
Barry Bonds currently holds the single-season home run record with this many*
73
Chris
$1,200 [13]
2008's "Giants" covers "The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and" this man
Abraham Lincoln
Sheryl
$1,200 [18]
"Digit"-al baby fish
a fingerling
Sheryl
$1,600 [9]
In 2009, this veteran senator was the life of his new party
Arlen Specter
Sheryl
$1,600 [4]
The "Circus Polka" composed by Igor Stravinsky for the Ringling Brothers was originally intended to be danced by these
elephants
Sheryl
$1,600 [29]
Wheeler Peak in Nevada has a grove of the oldest type of tree, these pines; they're 3,000 if they're a day
bristlecone pines
Dave
$1,600 [24]
Boeing is hoping to put this new plane, also called the Dreamliner, into service in 2010
787
Dave
$1,600 [14]
David Remnick covered "The Last Days of the Soviet Empire" in his "Tomb"
Lenin
Dave
$1,600 [19]
Spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
rifling
Dave
$2,000 [10]
Shown here, Roland Burris from this state had some problems with his Senate seating arrangements
Illinois
Dave
$2,000 [5]
The Germans & the Poles claim the polka, but more than likely it was created in Bohemia in this present country
the Czech Republic
Dave
DD $2,800 [30]
Mineral springs in this Belgian forest have made the town of Spa a popular health resort for 500 years
the Ardennes
Dave
$2,000 [25]
It's the next prime number year; the last one was 2003
2011
Sheryl
DD $4,000 [15]
Thomas L. Friedman explains "Why We Need a Green Revolution" in "Hot, Flat, and" this
Crowded
Dave
$2,000 [20]
An abandoned child, like Tom Jones in the novel
a foundling
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

THE 13th CENTURY

In 1298 this explorer created his "Description of the World"

Marco Polo

Chris "Who was da Gama?" — wagered $0
Sheryl "Who was Marco Polo?" — wagered $6,000
Dave "Who was Prince Henry?" — wagered $4,400

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