Show #5811 2009-12-14 (taped 2009-11-03) Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Montgomery — a jazz radio station development director from Encinitas, California

Dave Mackie — a software developer from Cary, North Carolina

Siobhan McKenney — a systems administrator from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Siobhan $-400 $1,400 $5,400 $7,403
2nd place: $2,000
$6,400
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Dave $1,800 $1,200 $1,200 $2,399
3rd place: $1,000
$1,200
9 R, 4 W
Jennifer $1,800 $4,800 $18,800 $20,000
New champion: $20,000
$20,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CLINTON AFTER THE PRESIDENCY ALLITERATIVE FOOD & DRINK ____ OF ____ BOOKS MOUNTAIN DO LONG ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS SPORTS NUMBER, PLEASE
$200 [3]
(Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) Launched in 2006, the Clinton Climate Initiative is working with cities to improve energy efficiency & reduce these emissions like CO2that contribute to global warming
greenhouse gases
Siobhan
$200 [1]
According to a McDonald's jingle, the Big Mac gets this type of bun
sesame seed
Jennifer
$200 [13]
This classic by Victor Hugo opens on Jan. 6, 1482
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Siobhan Dave
$200 [18]
This range has more mountains that rise at least 26,000 feet than any other
the Himalayas
Jennifer
$200 [10]
(9 letters)Describes a horse listed as an entry in a race, but ultimately removed
scratched
$1,000 [26]
Number of minutes in a regulation NHL period
20
Jennifer
$400 [7]
(Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) I'm the chairman of the national center devoted to this document; I spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony on September 17, 2000--213 years to the day it was signed
the Constitution
Jennifer
$400 [2]
The name of this potato dish refers to the type of lengthwise cut, not to the dish's country of origin
French fries
Dave
$400 [14]
In this Jack London novel, Francois says,"Nevaire such a dog as dat Buck!"
The Call of the Wild
Dave
$400 [19]
Belize has a mountain range named for these pre-Columbian people who retreated there from the Spaniards
the Mayans
Dave Jennifer
$400 [11]
(8 letters)2-3-4-5-6 (different suits) in poker
straight
Siobhan
$600 [8]
(Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) For our narration of "Peter and the Wolf: Wolf Tracks", I shared a 2003 Grammy Award with Sophia Loren &this former Soviet President
Gorbachev
Jennifer
$800 [5]
Boston these were often served with Boston brown bread
baked beans
Dave
$600 [15]
In this memoir, Isak Dinesen wrote, "Denys Finch-Hatton... lived in my house between his safaris"
Out of Africa
Jennifer
$600 [20]
Seen here is what's left of fir trees after a 1980 eruption in this state
Washington
Jennifer
$600 [12]
(9 letters)Made a shrill cry, like a certain owl
screeched
Siobhan
$800 [9]
(Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) In May 2009 I was named special envoy to this impoverished Caribbean nation; on my visit in July, I spoke of the hope of accelerated aid & job creation
Haiti
Siobhan
DD $1,000 [4]
This cocktail of gin, cherry brandy & lemon juice is named for a city near the Malay Peninsula
a Singapore Sling
Siobhan
$800 [16]
This 7-volume novel is based on Marcel Proust's life
Remembrance of Things Past
Dave
$800 [21]
Frederick Cook, who claimed to have beaten Peary to the pole, also claimed to have scaled this highest Alaskan peak
Denali (or Mount McKinley)
Jennifer
$800 [23]
(8 letters)Describes a roof composed of leaves or straw
thatched
Siobhan
$1,000 [25]
(Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) The Clinton Hunter Development Initiative has planted several million fruit trees in Malawi & Rwanda to reverse this, caused by activities like clear-cutting which lead to land erosion
deforestation
Jennifer
$1,000 [6]
Traditionally served in a copper mug, this cocktail is vodka, lemon juice & ginger beer; it's got a real "kick"
a Moscow mule
$1,000 [17]
This Conrad book describes Marlow as a seaman, but a wanderer, too
Heart of Darkness
Jennifer
$1,000 [22]
You'll be surrounded by South Africa if you climb the part of the Maluti Mountains in this country
Lesotho
Dave Jennifer
$1,000 [24]
(9 letters)Leng thened by tension
stretched
Siobhan Jennifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

A LONG, LONG TIME AGO THE EMMYS PORTRAIT OF A LADY JIMMY HEN TRICKS ARE YOU "EXP"-ERIENCED?
$400 [23]
This dynasty began its rule of China in 1368
Ming
Dave
$400 [2]
Tina Fey thanked the "dozens and dozens of viewers" when this show won the Emmy for Best Comedy in 2007
30 Rock
Siobhan
$400 [7]
Botticelli's "Primavera" has severalladiesin a sacred grove, including this Roman love goddess
Venus
Siobhan
$400 [27]
He was Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1976
Jimmy Carter
Siobhan
$400 [16]
The Tropicana Casino offered a $10,000 challenge to vie against a chicken in this game of X's & O's
tic-tac-toe
Dave
$400 [1]
To take advantage of someone or something through manipulation
exploit
Jennifer
$1,600 [28]
1494's Treaty of Tordesillas set a line of demarcation between these 2 countries' overseas empires
Spain & Portugal
Dave
$800 [3]
He won an Emmy for playing detective Jim Rockford
James Garner
Dave
$800 [8]
Aptly, her name translates as "a beautiful woman has come"--check outher bust
Nefertiti
Jennifer
$800 [21]
One rumor about this famous disappearee is that he was buried in the New York Giants' end zone
Jimmy Hoffa
Siobhan
$800 [17]
In "The Nun's Priest's Tale", this author tells us of the fowl Chanticleer, who tricks the fox into releasing him
Chaucer
Jennifer
$800 [12]
Adjective meaning suitable for sacrifice in the interests of gaining an objective, often a military one
expendable
Siobhan
$2,000 [22]
This Italian ruling family provided the Church with 4 popes, including Leo X & Leo XI
Medicis
Jennifer
$1,200 [4]
The TV Academy dug this Ray Romano sitcom--it won Emmys as Best Comedy Series in 2003 & 2005
Everybody Loves Raymond
Jennifer
$1,600 [10]
Suzon is the name of the barmaid in his masterpiece seen here
Manet
Jennifer
$1,200 [20]
This noted oddsmaker was seen on "The NFL Today" from 1976 to 1988
Jimmy the Greek
Jennifer
$1,200 [26]
Padres fans know this feathered trickster has been called "the Sir Laurence Olivier of mascots"
the San Diego Chicken
Jennifer
$1,200 [13]
To speed up or facilitate the progress of an issue
expedite
Jennifer
$1,600 [5]
Bruce Willis won an Emmy for his guest shot on this sitcom as a lawyer who was eager to date Rachel
Friends
Siobhan
$2,000 [11]
Hisportraitof "Madame Henriot" makes quite an Impression... ism
Renoir
Siobhan Dave Jennifer
$1,600 [19]
With Tammany Hall backing, this dapper politician won election as NYC mayor in 1925
Jimmy Walker
$1,600 [25]
The hen Camilla was known to "sing" along with this other love-struck Muppet who serenaded her
Gonzo
Siobhan
$1,600 [14]
Gosh darn it! It's a rude or offensive word expressing anger or annoyance
expletive
Jennifer
$2,000 [6]
Nominated 7 times for playing George Jefferson's wife Weezie, she won once
Isabel Sanford
DD $4,000 [9]
Sir John Everett Millais captured the madness of this tragic character seen here
Ophelia
Jennifer
DD $4,000 [18]
After his daring April 1942 raid, he & his crew bailed out over China
Jimmy Doolittle
Jennifer
$2,000 [24]
In this hyphenated Russian's opera "The Golden Cockerel", the magic bird has the power of clairvoyance
Rimsky-Korsakov
$2,000 [15]
To clarify the meaning of something in a learned way
explain (or expound)
Dave

Final Jeopardy!

SPACE NEWS

In 2009 NASA named the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill for this man

Stephen Colbert

Dave "Who is Stephen Colbert?" — wagered $1,199
Siobhan "Who is Stephen Colbert?" — wagered $2,003
Jennifer "Who is Stephen Colbert?" — wagered $1,200

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