Show #5810 2009-12-11 (taped 2009-11-03) Regular

Contestants

Jason James — a legal fellow from Vienna, Virginia

Siobhan McKenney — a systems administrator from Austin, Texas

Leigh Rosenecker — a stay-at-home mom from Morgantown, West Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,398)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Leigh $1,800 $2,600 $14,200 $8,602
2nd place: $2,000
$14,200
16 R, 2 W
Siobhan $1,000 $5,000 $19,800 $10,799
New champion: $10,799
$15,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jason $2,200 $3,600 $4,800 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$6,200
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FLAGS ELVES GEOGRAPHIC AMERICANISMS SPEAK OF THE DEVIL INGRID BERGMAN "INTER" MEZZO
$200 [10]
The flag of this South American sports powerhouse is seen here
Brazil
Jason
$200 [2]
Alabaster Snowball, administrator of the Naughty & Nice List, is one of his elves
Santa Claus
Leigh
$200 [1]
Immortalized in "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett", it's what "Texas tea" is
oil
Jason
$200 [15]
Henry Fielding:Make this stuff "your god and it will plague you like the devil"
money
Jason
$200 [7]
Ingrid was born August 29, 1915 in this capital city
Stockholm
Jason
$200 [13]
We now pause for this short break between dramatic acts
intermission
Leigh
$400 [20]
This Southern Hemisphere country's flag is seen here
New Zealand
Siobhan
$400 [3]
Originally, these 3 elves who promote Kellogg's Rice Krispies had a brother named Pow
Snap, Crackle, & Pop
Jason
$400 [24]
This brand of baseball bat was invented by an apprentice woodworker in Kentucky in 1884
the Louisville Slugger
Jason
$400 [16]
Shakespeare:"The devil can cite" this "for his purpose"
scripture
Siobhan Jason
$400 [8]
Ingrid played this French saint 4 times: twice on stage & twice on film
Joan of Arc
Leigh
$400 [14]
The 10, between Jacksonville & Santa Monica
an interstate
Siobhan
$600 [21]
Scan the horizon for this Scandinavian country
Norway
Leigh Jason
$600 [4]
In the Harry Potter books, Winky, Kreacher & Dobby are this type of elf belonging to wizarding families
house elves
Jason
$600 [25]
"West Virginia coleslaw" is this form of nicotine
chewing tobacco
Siobhan
$600 [17]
Baudelaire:"The devil's finest trick is to pursuade you that he does not" this
exist
Siobhan
$600 [9]
Ingrid won 3 Acting Oscars, 1 for playing this title woman who might be a missing royal
Anastasia
Siobhan
$600 [28]
She speaks fluent Ku, so she might be one of these people who facilitate communication
an interpreter
Leigh
$800 [22]
The flag of this former constituant nation of the Soviet Union is seen here
Russia
Siobhan Jason
$800 [5]
J.R.R. Tolkien described these elven body parts as being "leaf-shaped"
ears
Jason
$800 [26]
These strong, hot winds of Southern California take their name from a canyon
the Santa Anas
Siobhan
$800 [18]
The Book of Common Prayer:"From all the deceits of the world," this "and the devil, good Lord, deliver us"
the flesh
$1,000 [12]
In 1982 Ingrid won a posthumous Emmy Award for playing this Middle East leader
Golda Meir
Leigh
$800 [29]
Fess up, bub, or we may have to do this to you, interview you officially about a crime
interrogate
Leigh
$1,000 [23]
It's the peninsular nation whose flag is seen here
South Korea
Siobhan
$1,000 [6]
Elf characters get a +2 for dexterity in this role-playing game whose players get a -2 for social skills
Dungeons & Dragons
Jason
$1,000 [27]
It's not footwear for an urban cowboy, it's a device clamped to the wheel of a parked car with overdue tickets
a Denver boot
Jason
$1,000 [19]
John Donne:"In best understandings, sin began, / Angels sinn'd first, then devils, and then" him
man
Siobhan
DD $1,400 [11]
At Ingrid's funeral service, a lone violin played this song from a film she starred in
"As Time Goes By"
Jason
$1,000 [30]
It's an often troubled time between 2 monarchs' or popes' reigns
an interregnum
Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD MICHIGAN MUSICIAN MISHMASH MOONS "C"OMPANIES MMM, STEAK 4-LETTER WORDS
$400 [26]
Historians don't know who fired first in Lexington, but later that day, the King's troops shot first in this town
Concord
Leigh
$400 [1]
She was born as a Bay City roller on Aug. 16, 1958, but left her home town & her last name far behind
Madonna
Leigh
$400 [17]
Deimos strikes terror orbiting this planet
Mars
Jason
$400 [6]
Legend says Dr. John S. Pemberton, a Confederate Army veteran, developed the syrup for what became this
Coca-Cola
Siobhan
$400 [11]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.) Taken from the central section, this large choice steak cut is named for a type of old-time restaurant that also served dark ale
Porterhouse
$400 [16]
With no trans fats & less saturated fat than butter, tubs of this rendered pig fat are making a comeback
lard
Jason
$800 [27]
Signing the Decl. of Ind., he said, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately"
Benjamin Franklin
$800 [2]
In 1971 Detroit native Glenn Frey formed this band in L.A. with Don Henley; pretty good career move, Glenn
The Eagles
Leigh
$800 [18]
Charon paddles around this dwarf planet
Pluto
Siobhan Jason
$800 [7]
In 1853 these brothers, John & Benjamin, got a royal warrant to provide chocolate & cocoa products to the Queen
Cadbury
Siobhan
$800 [12]
A steak with a cool to warm red center of 120 degrees F. has been cooked to this "unusual" level
rare
Siobhan
$800 [19]
It's the steering wheel of a ship
helm
$1,200 [28]
He said, "Caesar had.. .his Brutus--Charles I, his Cromwell, and George III may profit by their example"
Patrick Henry
$1,200 [3]
This superstar was born in Saginaw in 1950 & by 1961, signed with Motown's Berry Gordy; isn't he lovely?
Stevie Wonder
Leigh
$1,600 [24]
Io is seduced into orbiting this planet
Jupiter
Leigh Siobhan
$1,200 [8]
5 entrepreneurs set up a factory to manufacture liquid chlorine bleach & named it this in 1914
Clorox
Jason
$1,200 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.) An Old French term designating its position atop the rear haunch gives this popular cut its name
(top) sirloin
Leigh Siobhan Jason
$1,200 [20]
It means to bite or chew, or to wear away with the teeth
gnaw
Jason
$1,600 [4]
Anthony Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, but got a Flea infestation in L.A. in 1983 & formed this band
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Leigh
$2,000 [25]
Titan towers as this planet's main moon
Saturn
Leigh
$1,600 [9]
This maker of high-end leather handbags & wallets uses the logoseen here
Coach
Leigh
$1,600 [14]
Taylor's Steakhouse in L.A. serves a boneless version of this choice cut also known as a Spencer steak
rib eye
$1,600 [21]
Before you shoot an arrow, you do this to it, which sounds like something cars do on low octane
nock
Siobhan
$2,000 [5]
Dearborn-born in 1945, this singer/songwriter sure liked "Old Time Rock & Roll" in 1979
Bob Seger
Leigh
DD $3,000 [23]
Naiad swims around this planet
Neptune
Siobhan
$2,000 [10]
Nice'n Easy & Herbal Essences are brands from this hair products company
Clairol
Leigh
$2,000 [15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.) A cut from the long, flat diaphragm muscle is used in fajitas; it's known as this type of steak, like a woman's garment
skirt (steak)
Siobhan
DD $5,000 [22]
An accent over the last letter turns a word meaning disabled into this fabric with metallic threads
lamé
Siobhan

Final Jeopardy!

OPEC

This African nation of 150 million is the only member of OPEC that's also a member of the British Commonwealth

Nigeria

Jason "What is Kenya?" — wagered $4,799
Leigh "What is Morocco?" — wagered $5,598
Siobhan "What is Botswana?" — wagered $9,001

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