Show #5813 2009-12-16 (taped 2009-11-04) Regular

Contestants

Kevin Cuddeback — an online marketing executive from Medford, Massachusetts

Bridget Lynch — a nanny from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Jennifer Montgomery — a jazz radio station development director from Encinitas, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jennifer $4,800 $8,800 $13,200 $16,401
3-day champion: $45,200
$14,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bridget $0 $1,000 $8,200 $6,200
2nd place: $2,000
$8,200
8 R, 0 W
Kevin $4,000 $7,200 $7,000 $5,000
3rd place: $1,000
$9,200
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SPACE REALITY SHOW RUNNERS-UP BIRDS WITHIN WORDS EGG LIT I'VE GOT A COMPLAINT THE 8 DAYS OF HANUKKAH
$200 [7]
Sans Muzak, a space one of these, thought of by Arthur C. Clarke, sounds goofy, but NASA is looking into it
a space elevator
$200 [1]
Colby Donaldson landed plenty of TV gigs after he was the runner-up on this: "The Australian Outback"
Survivor
Kevin
$200 [16]
So this crazy bird wandered into a saloon...
a loon
Kevin
$200 [21]
In a Dr. Seuss title, this pachyderm "Hatches the Egg"
Horton
Kevin
$200 [26]
Critic Alexander Woollcott once complained that all the things he liked to do were illegal, immoral or this
fattening
$200 [2]
On the first day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / This candelabra--we don't have a tree
a menorah
Kevin
$400 [8]
A bolide is a bright one of these that explodes during its descent through the atmosphere
a meteor
Kevin
$400 [10]
This unlikely web sensation sang like a dream on "Britain's Got Talent" but lost to a dance troupe called Diversity
Susan Boyle
Jennifer
$400 [17]
Looks like the beagle ate this bird
an eagle
Jennifer
$400 [22]
Aesop wrote of one of these who laid a golden egg each morning
a goose
Kevin
$400 [27]
Poet John Milton had this biblical strongman lamenting, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!"
Samson
Jennifer
$400 [3]
On the second day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / Some gelt, this sweet-tasting "money"
chocolate
Kevin
$600 [9]
This planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun
Mercury
Jennifer
$600 [11]
With hit records & success on Broadway, this "American Idol" season 2 runner-up is hardly "Hurtin"'
Clay Aiken
Jennifer
$600 [18]
It has a long femur
an emu
Jennifer
$600 [23]
This explorer from a 1726 novel discovers a race of little people quarreling over which end of the eggs to crack
Gulliver
Jennifer
$600 [28]
In Dec. 1997 these 2 giant "mart"s stopped selling an album by the band Prodigy after complaints about a song
Kmart & Wal-Mart
Kevin
$600 [4]
On the third day of Hanuakkah, my true love gave to me /Thisseasonal toy that you see
a dreidel
Jennifer
$800 [14]
It's similar in size to our planet, & from 1990 to 1994 it was explored by the Magellan probe
Venus
Kevin
$800 [12]
Gilles Marini had all the right moves but it was this Olympic sweetheart who danced away with the gold
Shawn Johnson
Jennifer
$800 [19]
It's hiding in the hibiscus
an ibis
Kevin
$800 [24]
East Egg & West Egg are Long Island locales in this 1925 novel
The Great Gatsby
Jennifer
$800 [29]
From the Latin for "warning", it's a legal document compelling you to court to answer a complaint against you
a summons
Jennifer
$800 [5]
On the fourth day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / These spud pancakes from her bubbie
latkes
Jennifer
$1,000 [15]
This belt of debris beyond Neptune was visually verified in 1992
the Kuiper belt
Kevin
$1,000 [13]
Joan Rivers held all the cards, trumping this poker player to win "Celebrity Apprentice"
Annie Duke
Jennifer
$1,000 [20]
You'll find this bird in Milwaukee
auk
Bridget
DD $2,000 [25]
In her "Song of Solomon", Guitar tells Milkman that he can never be an egg because eggs are white & fragile
Toni Morrison
Jennifer
$1,000 [30]
To file a federal job discrimination complaint, you can contact the EEOC, this government entity
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Kevin
$1,000 [6]
On the fifth day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / A book about this greatest Maccabee
Judas Maccabeus
Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

VENICE A PERFORMER'S EDUCATION I WAS HIS SECRETARY OF STATE BRAND NAMES COMPOSE YOURSELF "D.P."
$400 [16]
For more than 1,000 years, the highest official in Venice held this title, from the Latin for "leader"
doge
Kevin
$400 [23]
She got an English degree from the Univ. of Texas, so it makes sense she played the Englishwoman Bridget Jones
(Renée) Zellweger
Bridget
$400 [6]
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Bridget Kevin
$400 [11]
Since the 1920s an Indian maiden has represented this brand o'butter
Land O'Lakes
Jennifer
$400 [21]
This Polish composer who died in 1849 wrote almost exclusively for the piano
Chopin
Kevin
$400 [1]
Vlasic makes kosher these
dill pickles
Bridget
$800 [17]
This U.N. organization began coordinating the preservation of Venice after the floods of 1966
UNESCO
Kevin
$800 [27]
Maybe it was while earning a B.A. at Yale that he learned the rules of "Fight Club"
Edward Norton
Jennifer
$800 [7]
Alexander Haig
Ronald Reagan
Kevin
$800 [12]
We don't know the first name of this brand whose logo is seen here
Mr. Bubble
Kevin
$800 [22]
This composer of symphonies, operas & ballets studied to be a lawyer in St. Petersburg
Tchaikovsky
Jennifer
$800 [2]
In 1993 this chain put crunchy thin crust on its menus nationwide
Domino's Pizza
Bridget
$1,200 [18]
Venice's commercial power was crushed when a land route to Asia lost value after this country found a sea route
Portugal
$1,200 [28]
This "Starter Wife" had the "Will & Grace" to graduate summa cum laude from Brandeis
Debra Messing
Jennifer
$1,200 [8]
Warren Christopher
Clinton
Jennifer
$1,200 [13]
Still available today, a shampoo brand that was popular in the '70s is called "Gee, Your Hair Smells" this
Terrific
Kevin
$1,200 [24]
This composer's political satire "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize
George Gershwin
$1,200 [3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an illusion on the monitor.) Shadows make the images on the left appear convex, & the right seem concave; turning them upside down reverses the effect due to this, the ability to see objects in three dimensions
depth perception
Kevin
$1,600 [19]
The name of the city section where ships were built gives us this word for where military supplies are stored
arsenal
Kevin
$1,600 [29]
This actor went to UCLA but really wanted to direct films like "Reality Bites" & "Zoolander"
Ben Stiller
Bridget
DD $2,000 [9]
George Marshall
Harry Truman
Jennifer
$2,000 [15]
The name of this decaf coffee is a contraction of the French words for "without caffeine"
Sanka
Jennifer
$1,600 [25]
In the 1840s this composer's piano playing was the toast of Europe, taking him to more than 20 countries
Franz Liszt
Kevin
$1,600 [4]
The Fifth Amendment says no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property without" this
due process
Bridget
$2,000 [20]
This island reef that's a beach resort of Venice has become a term for a public outdoor pool or beach
the Lido
$2,000 [10]
Edmund Muskie
Carter
Bridget
DD $2,200 [14]
In the 1830s these 2 druggists in Worcester made a sauce & put their names on it
Lea & Perrins
Kevin
$2,000 [26]
This American ballet music composer also wrote the score for the film "Of Mice and Men"
Aaron Copland
$2,000 [5]
It sure looks pleasant enough, but the plant seenherehas this satanic name
devil's paintbrush

Final Jeopardy!

1970s BESTSELLERS

The preface to this novel says its title is a trademark phrase of General Mills, used on a cereal product

Breakfast of Champions

Kevin "What is Captian Crunch?" — wagered $2,000
Bridget "What is ???" — wagered $2,000
Jennifer "What is Breakfast of Champions?" — wagered $3,201

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