Show #5828 2010-01-06 (taped 2009-11-16) Regular

Contestants

Lysette Tidwell — a dog rescuer from Escondido, California

Carter Edman — an architect from Lakewood, Ohio

Jennifer Broders — a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $59,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jennifer $2,800 $2,800 $7,600 $7,600
3rd place: $1,000
$7,600
12 R, 2 W
Carter $2,200 $4,800 $11,800 $15,800
2nd place: $2,000
$12,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Lysette $2,800 $5,400 $12,200 $24,001
New champion: $24,001
$14,200
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BAD TIME CHARLIE LET'S HAVE A "BALL" DESCRIBING THE NOVEL YOU'VE BEEN TRADED A PRAYER TO BE NAMED LATER THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
$200 [11]
Christmas 1977 wasn't very merry for this silent film star who died that day
Charlie Chaplin
Carter
$200 [6]
A voting paper
a ballot
Lysette
$200 [1]
Sal Paradise found, we got the Beat writer,'50s 'Frisco fun
On the Road
$200 [26]
On Dec. 26, 1919 the Red Sox traded this man to the Yankees for cash; the cash would not equal his 714 home runs
Babe Ruth
Jennifer
$200 [21]
It's the common word for a prayer of thanks before meals
grace
Jennifer
$200 [16]
(Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) In 1940 in aletter to the President, this then 14-year-old future world leader asked FDR for a $10 bill, yet he doesn't cash the checks we send him for Guantanamo
Fidel Castro
Lysette
$400 [12]
Notorious pirate Charles Gibbs made an 1831 exit by hanging at this New York island later famous as an entrance
Ellis Island
Lysette
$400 [7]
A sentimental or romantic song
a ballad
Lysette
$400 [2]
The big chief looms large, sanity is a relative term, a small-time crook is treated ratched-ly
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jennifer
$400 [27]
In 1996 the Hornets traded the rights to this then-H.S. scoring phenom to the Lakers for Vlade Divac; ouch
Kobe Bryant
Lysette
$400 [22]
Its Catholic version forgives trespasses & trespassers; in some Protestant versions, debts & debtors
the Lord's Prayer
Lysette
$400 [17]
(Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) American history might have been very different if this future country had agreed to the offer of statehood contained in Article XIof the Articles of Confederation
Canada
$600 [13]
Charles Arthur Floyd, better known as this, was shot dead by G-men in 1934
"Pretty Boy" Floyd
Carter
$600 [8]
Proverbially, it doesn't stand a chance in hell
a snowball
Carter
$600 [3]
Lara, but not Flynn Boyle, remembrance of things Pasternak, title physician, heal thyself
Doctor Zhivago
Jennifer
$600 [28]
In 1988 the Oilers sent this "Great One" (& 2 others) to the L.A. Kings, getting 2 players, 3 picks & $15 mil. in return
Wayne Gretzky
Lysette
$600 [23]
The Vidui prayer is recited on this holiest Jewish day & also on one's deathbed
Yom Kippur
Jennifer Carter
$600 [18]
(Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) No one knows how it got there, but there is ahandprintin the lower left-hand corner of this important national document, just beneath the concluding words, "and our sacred honor"
the Declaration of Independence
Carter
$800 [14]
As a consequence of his drug & alcohol problems, this jazz pioneer was confined to a mental hospital in 1946
Charlie Parker
Jennifer
$800 [9]
Heavy material placed in a ship's hold
ballast
Lysette
$800 [4]
Lockwood tells the tale, Yorkshire putting, Heathcliff is one wild cat
Wuthering Heights
Carter
$800 [29]
In '04 the Rangers traded this 3B to the Yanks for Alfonso Soriano & a minor leaguer; he's since had a controversy or 2
Alex Rodriguez
$800 [24]
In 2000 Venka-Tachalapathi Samuldrala became the first of this faith to open the U.S. House with an invocation
Hindu
Carter
$800 [19]
(Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) One of the Archives' treasures is a 1912 wax cylinder recording, like this one, of this American presidenttalkingabout his Progressive Party's movement for social & industrial justice"Are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Carter
$1,000 [15]
He was executed in London January 30, 1649
King Charles I
$1,000 [10]
"Giselle" or "Les Sylphides"
ballet
Lysette
$1,000 [5]
The Trask at hand, California dreamin', raising Cain (& Abel, metaphorically)
East of Eden
Jennifer
$1,000 [30]
In 1993 the 49ers sent this QB (along with a safety & a 3rd round pick) to the Chiefs for a 1st rounder
Joe Montana
Lysette
DD $1,000 [25]
A prayer of this saint included the line "Who am I, worm of the Earth..."; always with the animals
St. Francis of Assisi
Carter
$1,000 [20]
(Alex reports from the National Archives.)The Constitutionwas signed by representatives of each of the 13 Colonies, except for this one, which opposed increasing federal power; because it was the last to ratify, it is now our 13th state
Rhode Island
Jennifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON ANIMALS IN MOVIES? STATELY BOTANICAL GARDENS VEGETABLES REMEMBER 2009? IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME
$400 [26]
Radically opposed to slavery, William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent figure in this 12-letter movement
abolitionism
Carter Lysette
$400 [11]
This 2002 movie starred Eminem as Rabbit
8 Mile
Lysette
$400 [16]
Hilo Tropical Gardens, Koko Crater Botanical Garden
Hawaii
Lysette
$400 [1]
Red & Savoy are types of heads of this
cabbage
Jennifer
$400 [6]
In May Stanley McChrystal replaced David Mc Kier Mc Kier Mc Kier Mc Kier Mc Kier Mc Kier Mc KierMcKiernanpcommanderisry
Afghanistan
Jennifer Carter
$400 [18]
Wear your maghio (bathing suit) to the paralia (this) to swim in the okeanos
the beach
Carter
$800 [27]
Although nominally a pacifist, Garrison supported this man's raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859
John Brown
Jennifer
$800 [12]
He played Gator McKlusky in "White Lightning" as well as in "Gator"
Burt Reynolds
$800 [17]
Chesapeake Arboretum, Williamsburg Botanical Garden
Virginia
Carter
$800 [2]
Eggs Sardou is poached eggs served with the hearts of these
artichokes
Jennifer
$800 [7]
The G8 summit was moved from Sardinia to the town of L'Aquila, which had been devastated by this 3 months earlier
an earthquake
Lysette
$800 [19]
Protos means "first"; this holiday is proti ianouariou or protohronia
New Year's
Carter
$1,200 [28]
After the Civil War Garrison kept defending rights, of Blacks, women & also of Asian immigrants, mainly from this country
China
Carter
$1,200 [13]
In this film Denzel Washington is a '40s detective whose muscle is named Mouse
Devil in a Blue Dress
$1,200 [23]
Navajo Nation Zoological & Botanical Park, Desert Botanical Garden
Arizona
Lysette
$1,200 [3]
This veggie that looks like a giant scallion is a national symbol of Wales
a leek
Jennifer
$1,200 [8]
In November 2009 President Obama hosted a town hall meeting with students live from this Chinese city
Shanghai
Carter
$1,200 [20]
This part of a car is porto gaz
the trunk
Lysette
$1,600 [29]
A ferocious enemy of slavery, in 1831 Garrison started this newspaper, also a nickname of Simon Bolivar
The Liberator
Lysette
$1,600 [14]
Jon Cryer's aquatic name in "Pretty in Pink"
Duckie
Lysette
DD $2,000 [24]
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Cape Fear Botanical Gardens
North Carolina
Lysette
$1,600 [4]
The most common type of this in the U.S. is the Calabrese, whose green stalks are topped by green florets
broccoli
Carter
$1,600 [9]
On Sept. 3 Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest at the Glendale branch of this cemetery
Forest Lawn
Lysette
DD $1,400 [21]
Knowing Greek is helpful in studying anatomy; for instance, pnevmonas is this organ
the lungs
Carter
$2,000 [15]
Tim Matheson's aquatic name in "Animal House"
Otter
Carter
$2,000 [25]
Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Flamingo Gardens
Florida
Lysette
$2,000 [5]
You can pronounce these leaves a la European to rhyme with "long sleeve", or the regular American way
endive
Carter
$2,000 [10]
Army troops seized a pajama-ed Manuel Zelaya, president of this Central American nation, & sent him into exile
Honduras
Jennifer
$2,000 [22]
To drink, you may want metaliko nero, this non-potent potable
mineral water
Carter

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS

Before he was found dead January 1, 1953, the last single he released was "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive"

Hank Williams

Jennifer "Who was Hank Williams?" — wagered $0
Carter "Who is Hank Williams, Sr." — wagered $4,000
Lysette "Who is Hank Williams Sr?" — wagered $11,801

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