Show #5829 2010-01-07 (taped 2009-11-16) Regular

Contestants

Brian Chang — a pathologist from Oak Park, Illinois

Andrea Saenz — an immigration attorney from Boston, Massachusetts

Lysette Tidwell — a dog rescuer from Escondido, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lysette $2,800 $3,600 $10,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$10,000
12 R, 1 W
Andrea $0 $4,200 $16,200 $32,200
New champion: $32,200
$18,800
25 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Brian $1,000 $4,000 $21,600 $10,799
2nd place: $2,000
$13,600
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE STATE OF THE STATE MOVIE ROLES AROUND THE COURTROOM I'M GETTING THE SHAKES(PEARE) HAND ME A BOTTLE YOU'LL NEED "ONE"
$200 [24]
Underwater--or 80% of its largest city anyway, in August 2005
Louisiana
Brian
$200 [19]
2009:Austrian fashionista Bruno
Sacha Baron Cohen
Andrea
$200 [1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The judge might not literally sit on one, but his predecessors did, as in the Shakespeare line, "To pluck down justice from your awful" this
the bench
Lysette
$200 [17]
A history of Denmark by Saxo Grammaticus was one source of this 5-act tragedy
Hamlet
Lysette
$200 [6]
It's a soft rubber container with a stopper, filled with warmed liquid & used when you're ill
a hot water bottle
Andrea Brian
$200 [7]
This is "under god" in the Pledge of Allegiance
one nation
Lysette
$400 [25]
Confused--in Nov. 2008 this state was unsure who got elected as its new senator, Mark Begich or Ted Stevens
Alaska
Andrea
$400 [20]
2009:Zed, who lives in "Year One"
Jack Black
Andrea
$400 [2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) To plead a case before the court, attorneys must literally do this 3-word phrase; many just out of law school struggle to do it
pass the bar
Andrea
$400 [13]
Bassanio gets some skin in the game & asks to borrow some money from his pal Antonio to woo a woman in this play
The Merchant of Venice
Andrea
$400 [12]
Fractional term for a bottle of liquor that holds 750 milliliters
a fifth
Andrea
$400 [8]
The three musketeers' motto
all for one and one for all
Brian
$600 [26]
On fire--on Oct. 8, 1871, 90,000 people in a major city were left homeless in this state
Illinois
Lysette
$600 [21]
2009:Skynet fighter John Connor
Christian Bale
$600 [3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) Rather than have the jurors choose this person, some states automatically appoint the juror who's in the seat I'm in
the foreman
Andrea
$600 [14]
"You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, and bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst" is spoken in this play
The Taming of the Shrew
Andrea
$600 [18]
Perhaps from the Arabic for "drinking cup", it's used for serving wine in a restaurant
a carafe
Andrea
$600 [9]
Proverbially, to double your efficiency is to kill 2 birds with this
one stone
Lysette
$800 [27]
Frozen--specifically at Mt. Washington in this New England state, where it was around -47 degrees on Jan. 29, 1934
New Hampshire
Brian
$800 [22]
2009:Public enemy John Dillinger
Johnny Depp
Andrea
$800 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The officer of the court is responsible for maintaining security, guarding juries &, in most courts, giving this 2-word order when the judge enters
all rise
Lysette
$1,000 [16]
This title guy dies of a broken heart as he kneels over the body of his youngest daughter
King Lear
Brian
$800 [29]
This brand name is also a generic term for what technically are vacuum bottles that maintain temperature
Thermos
Andrea
$800 [10]
Slang for a slot machine in Vegas
a one-armed bandit
Brian
$1,000 [28]
Extremely windy, seenhereis the April 11, 1965 double tornado in Elkhart in this state
Indiana
Brian
$1,000 [23]
2008:Mary, "The Other Boleyn Girl"
Scarlett Johansson
$1,000 [5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The court reporter who sits here must record up to 250 words per minute for CVR certification, the "V" standing for this exact adjective
verbatim
DD $2,600 [15]
Menteith, Caithness & Angus are among the noblemen in this tragedy
Macbeth
Andrea
$1,000 [30]
4-letter name for a small glass bottle used to hold medicine
a vial
Andrea
$1,000 [11]
4-word term meaning the garment is suitable for all body types
one size fits all
Lysette

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHILOSOPHERS MUSIC MAKERS FOLDING THE NEWSPAPER--& MAGAZINE THEY RULED! "RED" SCIENCE RHYME SCHEME
$400 [6]
Alfred Whitehead said that Europe's philosophical tradition "consists of a series of footnotes to" this Greek
Plato
Lysette Andrea Brian
$400 [7]
This "Double Fantasy" songwriter was said to be legally blind without his glasses
John Lennon
Lysette
$400 [23]
2009:This Denver paper
The Rocky Mountain News
Andrea
$400 [18]
At one time, hewas first secretary of the Sverdlovsk Party Committee
Yeltsin
Brian
$400 [9]
Found in warm coastal waters, it's an explosion of fish-killing, toxin-secreting dinoflagellates
red tide
Andrea
$400 [1]
Favorable regard, often high
esteem
Andrea
$1,200 [14]
In the 19th century he attacked Denmark's Lutheran church, questioning its true Christianity
Kierkegaard
Brian
$800 [8]
Earl Scruggs, once a member of the Foggy Mountain Boys, gained fame playing this instrument
a banjo
Andrea
$800 [24]
2008:This New Mexico city's Pulitzer-winning Tribune
Albuquerque
Brian
$800 [19]
In 1979, this leader had to flee his own country
the Shah
Brian
$800 [10]
An erythrocyte
a red blood cell
Andrea
$800 [2]
A steady flow, as "of consciousness"
stream
Andrea
$1,600 [15]
The first years of the life of this 5th c. philosopher are mostly known from his autobiographical "Confessions"
Saint Augustine
Andrea
$1,200 [26]
"Walk On By", made famous by Dionne Warwick, was written by Hal David & him
Burt Bacharach
Lysette
$1,200 [25]
2009:This hyphenated Seattle paper (it survives online)
the Post-Intelligencer
$1,600 [21]
Thisking of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his nephew in 1975
King Faisal
$1,200 [11]
This salad ingredient, Capsicum annuum grossum, has been allowed to ripen on the vine
a red pepper
Brian
$1,200 [3]
A topic or motif
theme
Andrea
DD $2,000 [13]
Ralph Waldo Emerson once employed this thinker as a gardener & handyman
Thoreau
Brian
$1,600 [27]
This jazz singer & pianist is Mrs. Elvis Costello
Diana Krall
Lysette
$1,600 [29]
2008:This revived newspaper that once brightened up New York City
The Sun
Andrea
$2,000 [22]
Thisformer law professor was prime minister of his country for parts of three decades
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
$1,600 [12]
A small, dim star; Proxima Centauri is one
a red dwarf
Andrea Brian
$1,600 [4]
To use a coupon, or to make up for
redeem
Lysette
$2,000 [16]
According to his "razor"-sharp philosophy, a problem should be stated in its simplest & most basic terms
(William of) Occam
Andrea
$2,000 [28]
Known as a jazz Renaissance man, he screamed up the '80s charts with tunes like "Rockit"
Herbie Hancock
Lysette
$2,000 [30]
2009:This Conde Nast foodie magazine (Bon Appetit is staying around ...for now)
Gourmet
Andrea
DD $8,000 [20]
He was the longest serving prime minister of his country & is seenherein his trademark outfit
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Brian
$2,000 [17]
Due to the Doppler effect, it's an increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a moving celestial body
redshift
Brian
$2,000 [5]
This monetary unit was 1/100th of a French Franc
a centime
Andrea

Final Jeopardy!

TV HISTORY

When this animated TV show premiered, it was sponsored by One-A-Day vitamins & Winston cigarettes

The Flintstones

Lysette "What is Heckle + Jeckle?" — wagered $10,000
Andrea "What is The Flintstones?" — wagered $16,000
Brian "What was Felix the Cat?" — wagered $10,801

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