Show #5857 2010-02-16 (taped 2009-12-07) Regular

Contestants

Christy Brown — a residence hall director from Austin, Texas

Jeremy Apsley — a bartender from Cleveland, Ohio

Yevgeny Shrago — a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Yevgeny	$6,000	$11,000	$26,800	$22,799 2nd place: $2,000	$23,200 26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jeremy	$600	$1,600	$15,400	$30,400 New champion: $30,400	$12,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Christy	$800	$3,600	$8,800	$2,199 3rd place: $1,000	$8,800 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	WOMEN'S SPORTS HISTORY	THE "S" FILES	SEWARD'S FOLLIES	ALASKA	ASSEMBLY LINE
$200 [1] San Pellegrino, as in sparkling natural mineral water Italy Christy	$200 [12] Around 1875, this woman beats her future husband, marksman Frank Butler, in a shooting match Annie Oakley Jeremy	$200 [16] This plant is one of the symbols of Ireland the shamrock Jeremy	$200 [22] In 1867 William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from this nation for $7.2 million Russia Yevgeny	$200 [6] About half of Alaska's 600,000 residents live within this city's metropolitan area Anchorage Yevgeny	$200 [11] (Alex looks over the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) I know it looks like a scene from a sci-fi film, but these robots are doing this important but hazardous job that helps keep some of the metal parts together welding Christy
$400 [2] Birkenstock, as in shoes Germany Yevgeny Jeremy	$400 [13] 1950:12 year-old Kathryn Johnston becomes the first girl to play in this sports organization Little League (Baseball) Yevgeny	$400 [17] Augustin Edouard was a prolific French artist specializing in this type of pictureseen here a silhouette Yevgeny	$400 [23] Seward was elected to the Senate in 1848 as a member of this now-defunct political party the Whigs Yevgeny	$400 [7] They're the Canadian province & the Canadian territory that border Alaska British Columbia & the Yukon Territory Christy	$400 [27] (Alex walks the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) This Ford plant turns out one vehicle every minute; Henry Ford's original streamlined plant in the early 1900s turned out one of this famous model every 90 minutes the Model T Christy
$600 [3] Baccarat, as in crystal France	$800 [15] 1937:Entering a mostly male domain, Conchita Cintron begins her career as one of these in Mexico a bullfighter Christy	$600 [19] It's believed that this highly infectious disease killed Pocahontas smallpox Yevgeny	$600 [24] Devout abolitionists, Seward & his wife sheltered fugitive slaves as a part of this network the underground railroad Jeremy	$600 [8] This archipelago of more than 300 islands stretches 1,200 miles from Alaska towards the Kamchatka Peninsula the Aleutians Yevgeny	$600 [28] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) In 2009, Ford's Dearborn truck assembly line added an extra shift of workers to restock inventories depleted by the success of this federal program Cash for Clunkers Christy
$800 [4] Burberry, as in fashion Britain Yevgeny	$1,000 [18] 1932:At the AAU National Track & Field Meet, she wins the team championship single-handedly (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias Yevgeny	$800 [20] Bordering Arizona, it's Mexico's second largest state in area Sonora Yevgeny Jeremy	$800 [25] Seward served both Lincoln & Johnson in this cabinet post Secretary of State Yevgeny	$800 [9] More than half of all fish consumed in the U.S. are caught in this sea between Siberia & Alaska the Bering Sea Yevgeny	$800 [29] (Alex leans against a partly completed car at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) Here's something you definitely want to have in your home workshop--it's a power assist arm to do the heavy lifting; today it's being used to install over 100 pound instrument clusters; it also helps prevent job-related injuries like RSS, which is this kind of stress syndrome repetitive Yevgeny
$1,000 [5] CITGO, as in gas (go south) Venezuela Yevgeny	DD $1,600 [14] 1567:She is said to have been the first woman to play golf Mary, Queen of Scots Yevgeny	$1,000 [21] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an illustration of a prism.) When light passes through a prism & is bent by refraction, it splits into its various colors, the visible one of these the spectrum Jeremy	$1,000 [26] Before his time on the national stage, Seward was born in, attended Union College in & was governor of this state New York Christy	$1,000 [10] Northeast Alaska is dominated by ANWR, short for the Arctic this, which covers 19 million acres the National Wildlife Refuge Yevgeny	$1,000 [30] (Alex reports from the line at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) To increase manufacturing efficiency, the engine will fit not only the truck here, but a whole variety of others, which makes it this kind of interchangeable part, from the Latin for "unit of measurement" modular

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE UNITED NATIONS	DIRECT TV	BOOK OF...	MEN OF SCIENCE	FOOD NAMED FOR PEOPLE	ANTONYMS
$400 [5] The 1st formal U.N. peacekeeping force was formed in 1956 to deal with a dispute over this Middle Eastern waterway the Suez Canal Jeremy	$400 [11] Cast members Mike Farrell & David Ogden Stiers both directed episodes of this hit show MAS*H Jeremy	$400 [1] A 19th century Egyptologist gave the title "Book of" this to a collection of spells written to be put in tombs The Book of the Dead Jeremy	$400 [16] In 1986 Dr. Alec Jeffreys became the first scientist to use this to identify suspected criminals DNA Jeremy Christy	$400 [26] This lettuce is named for the horticulturist, not the garment that protects babies from spills Bibb Christy	$400 [21] Paired antonyms in a rhyme mandating wedding attire something old, something new Yevgeny
$800 [6] On the United Nations' flag, a wreath of these symbolizes peace olive branches Jeremy	$800 [12] Richard Schiff directed 2 episodes of this political series on which he played Toby Ziegler The West Wing Jeremy	$800 [2] E.L. Doctorow wrote a novel titled "The Book of" him, like a biblical book set in Babylon Daniel Yevgeny	$800 [17] Albert Hoffman, who died aged 102 in 2008, was best known for synthesizing this 3-letter hallucinogen LSD Jeremy	$800 [27] This fettucine dish became famous when Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks crowned the chef the King of the Noodles fettucine Alfredo Jeremy	$800 [22] Resource-conscious fishermen practice catch & this release Yevgeny
$1,200 [7] Meeting at The Hague, it's the U.N.'s judicial organ the World Court Jeremy	$1,200 [13] Pamela Fryman directed "A Lungful of Alan", an episode of this sitcom that co-stars Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men Christy	$1,600 [4] Once almost as popular as the Bible was John Foxe's "Book of" these people who suffered for their (Protestant) faith The Book of Martyrs Christy	$1,200 [18] Rocket pioneer Robert Goddard discovered the best liquid fuel was a combination of gasoline and this, aka LOx liquid oxygen Yevgeny	$1,200 [28] In the late 1800s a doctor created this ground steak, which he said was a prescription for good health Salisbury Yevgeny	$1,200 [23] This cheese-shredding son of Zebedee was taller than St. James the Less St. James the Greater
$1,600 [8] The newest member of the United Nations is this country that separated from Serbia in 2006 Montenegro Yevgeny Christy	$1,600 [14] Both parts of the 2004 pilot of this enigmatic ABC show were directed by creator J.J. Abrams Lost Christy	$2,000 [9] In 1528 Castiglione described the perfect royal attendant in "Libro del Cortegiano", "Book of" this person (the) Courtier Yevgeny Christy	$1,600 [19] The flask that this British scientist invented in the 1890s was a predecessor of the Thermos James Dewar	$1,600 [29] Escoffier created & named an exceedingly thin & dry toast for this Australian opera singer (Nellie) Melba Jeremy	$1,600 [24] This 4-letter antonym of "deranged" comes from the Latin for "healthy" sane Christy
$2,000 [10] The signing of the U.N. Charter took place in this West Coast city in June 1945 San Francisco Yevgeny	$2,000 [15] "The Nerdvana Annihilation" & "The Loobenfeld Decay" episodes of this sitcom were directed by Mark Cendrowski Big Bang Theory Yevgeny	DD $3,800 [3] First published in 1830, it tells of a migration from Jerusalem to America led by the prophet Lehi The Book of Mormon Yevgeny	$2,000 [20] The first mention of this scientist's theoretical cat was in 1935's "The Present Situation in Quantum Physics" Schrödinger Christy	DD $5,000 [30] This raw, thinly sliced beef is named for a Renaissance painter whose red colors were deep & rich Carpaccio Jeremy	$2,000 [25] A Hemingway character says he went bankrupt"gradually and then" this way suddenly Jeremy

Final Jeopardy!

THE AFI's 50 GREATEST FILM HEROES

Of the 50 on the list, the only character that wasn't portrayed by a human

Lassie

Christy "Who is E.T.?" — wagered $6,601

Jeremy "Who is Lassie?" — wagered $15,000

Yevgeny "Who is E.T.?" — wagered $4,001

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