Show #5815 2009-12-18 (taped 2009-11-04) Regular

Ryan Chaffee game 1.

Contestants

Bobbie Fulton — a high school French teacher from Middletown, Connecticut

Ryan Chaffee — a tutor from Los Angeles, California

Jennifer Montgomery — a jazz radio station development director from Encinitas, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $45,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jennifer $600 $2,000 $3,200 $2,399
3rd place: $1,000
$3,200
8 R, 2 W
Ryan $1,000 $7,200 $20,800 $20,800
New champion: $20,800
$18,800
28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Bobbie $5,800 $6,000 $4,000 $6,401
2nd place: $2,000
$3,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS COMIC BOOK VILLAINS THE FOOD & DRINK MAP WEIGHTS & MEASURES "BY" NOW PREY LATER
$200 [11]
The only wonder still standing, these were built as tombs for the Pharaohs
the Pyramids
Bobbie
$200 [25]
This monocled arch-enemy of Batman used his umbrella as a weapon; it often contained knockout gas
the Penguin
Ryan
$200 [1]
____ Spumante, from a town in northern Italy
Asti
Bobbie
$200 [7]
In 1873 metric weights were extended to silver coins; a half dollar weighed 12.5 grams & this, 6.25 grams
a quarter
Ryan
$200 [3]
For the Washington Post's Watergate stories, it listed Woodward & Bernstein
bylines
Bobbie
$200 [16]
Thispredator is believed to have been introduced to Australia thousands of years ago by man
the dingo
Bobbie
$400 [12]
This huge statue of Helios was sold for scrap metal after it was destroyed by an earthquake
the Colossus of Rhodes
Ryan
$400 [26]
Incendiary pumpkin bombs are among the many weapons used by this "colorful" Spider-Man villain
the Green Goblin
Ryan
$400 [2]
____ cream pie(false advertising: it's really cake!)
Boston
Ryan
$400 [9]
If you want to convert gallons to these metric measures, multiply by 3.785
a liter
Bobbie
$400 [8]
Take a nibble on this 8-part computer unit
a byte
Bobbie
$400 [17]
Found on all continents except Antarctica, this"structural" bird helps to control rodent populations
a barn owl
Jennifer
$800 [15]
Probably built by Nebuchadnezzar II for one of his wives, it was laid out on a terrace, 75 feet above the ground
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Ryan
$600 [27]
This "God of Mischief" & trickster clashed with Thor many times attempting to claim the throne of Asgard
Loki
Ryan
$600 [4]
____ duck(not because the dish is looking at you--it's named after a Chinese city)
Peking
Jennifer
$600 [10]
A fifth of whiskey contains 25.6 ounces, which is about 17.1 of these small 2-syllable measures
a jigger
Bobbie
$600 [13]
A secluded or private road
a byway
Bobbie
$600 [18]
3-letter name for the Egyptian snake that played a deadly role in world affairs back in 30 B.C.
the asp
Ryan
$1,000 [23]
Located at Halicarnassus, this monumental marble tomb was built for a king who died in 353 B.C.
the Mausoleum
$800 [28]
Captain Cold & Captain Boomerang were nemeses of this "Fastest Man Alive"
Flash
Ryan
$800 [5]
____ king crab, also called Japanese king crab
Alaskan
Bobbie
$800 [21]
Norman, Norwegian & engineer are sizes of these building blocks
bricks
Ryan
$800 [22]
2 rhyming items are in this phrase for when you'll use any means necessary to gain your objective
by hook or by crook
Ryan
$800 [19]
Thisaggressive predator of North America & Europe is the largest member of the weasel family
the wolverine
Ryan
DD $1,400 [14]
It stood over 440 feet tall on the Island of Pharos
the Lighthouse (of Alexandria)
Bobbie
$1,000 [29]
This "attractive" mutant & X-Men enemy spent his early teen years in a Nazi death camp
Magneto
Ryan
$1,000 [6]
____ artichoke, aka the sunchoke
Jerusalem
Bobbie
$1,000 [24]
Now almost 50, Conrad & his fans were back on Broadway in 2009 in a revival of this musical
Bye Bye Birdie
Ryan
$1,000 [20]
Prickly predator of insects pictured here
a hedgehog
Jennifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

CANADIAN BAL-EH? PLAY BALL VICE PRESIDENTS' BIOS UPHOLSTERY LITERARY "EL" MEN JUST SAY NO
$400 [15]
"Not only the lovers... swoon" was said of this Shakespearean work from the National Ballet of Canada in 2009
Romeo and Juliet
Ryan
$400 [1]
In this game a penalty kick, often goes over 60 MPH--hence the goalie's fear of it
soccer
Jennifer
$400 [9]
Former Maryland governor; first VP to resign due to criminal charges
(Spiro) Agnew
Ryan
$400 [26]
In chairs burlap is often used to cover these coiled metal items that can poke
springs
Ryan
$400 [3]
First name of Sinclair Lewis' title character Gantry
Elmer
Ryan
$400 [22]
In Spanish, this 2-letter word
no
Ryan
$800 [16]
Taking the prick of the needle in a new direction, a Montreal staging of this ballet makes the princess a drug addict
Sleeping Beauty
Jennifer
$800 [2]
This bowling sport with an Italian name can be spelled with either an "E" or an "I" at the end
bocce
Ryan
$800 [10]
He lost to the son of his former boss for the 2000 GOP nomination
Dan Quayle
$800 [27]
Often, only the feet are left uncovered in a chair called this adjective implying that an excess of material is used
an overstuffed chair
Ryan
$1,200 [5]
Surname of authors Ralph & Harlan
Ellison
Ryan
$800 [23]
In French, this 3-letter word
non
Jennifer
$1,200 [28]
Alberta Ballet's "The Fiddle and the Drum" is set to the songs of this female singer born in Alberta
Joni Mitchell
Ryan
$1,200 [8]
It's 1 1/2 inches in diameter, made of celluloid & struck with a pimpled racket
a ping-pong ball
Ryan
$1,200 [11]
Senate Judiciary Committee chair, 1987-1995
(Joe) Biden
Jennifer
$1,200 [20]
"Scarborough Fair" asks for a shirt of this; in upholstery it's more humbly used to catch loose stuffing
cambric
DD $1,400 [4]
Cousins Fredric Dannay & Manfred B. Lee used this pseudonum as authors & as the name of their popular detective
Ellery Queen
Ryan
$1,200 [24]
In German, this 4-letter word
nein
Ryan
$1,600 [29]
Peterborough's Rex Harrington created the role of this author in the ballet "Alice"
Lewis Carroll
$1,600 [12]
In the NFL a player can be credited with a half one of these; Michael Strahan set a one-season record with 22 1/2
sacks
Ryan
$2,000 [14]
Debated Daniel Webster over states' rights in 1833; first VP to resign the position
(John) Calhoun
Ryan
$1,600 [19]
Tufting forms a pattern of diamonds or squares with these at the corners, marking depressions
buttons
$1,600 [6]
This comical constable in "Measure for Measure" shares a name with a body part
Elbow
Jennifer
$1,600 [25]
In Hollywood, this 5-letter word of possibility (per the L.A. Times)
maybe
Jennifer Ryan
$2,000 [30]
In 1973 Kain & Augustyn, the Fonteyn & Nereyev of Canada, won a coveted Moscow Prize for the best of these duets
the pas de deux
$2,000 [17]
In 8-ball, if you have to shoot the striped balls you must pocket this numeric range of balls, then sink the 8-ball last
9-15
Jennifer Ryan Bobbie
DD $3,000 [13]
His first name was also that of a Carthaginian general--that's gotta count for something, right?
Hannibal Hamlin
Ryan
$2,000 [18]
A huge tropicaltreethat's pollenated by bats yields this fiber, largely used for padding, as in upholstery
kapok
$2,000 [7]
The "Master of Rivendell", he founded the Last Homely House, which Frodo & Bilbo visited
Elrond
$2,000 [21]
In Morse code, beginning with dash dot & ending this way
dash dash dash

Final Jeopardy!

HEALTH & FITNESS

Dr. Kenneth Cooper added "S" to a medical adjective to coin this word for the kind of exercise he advocated in a 1968 book

aerobics

Jennifer "What are Calisthenics?" — wagered $801
Bobbie "What is aerobics?" — wagered $2,401
Ryan "What is aerobics?" — wagered $0

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