Show #5858 2010-02-17 (taped 2009-12-07) Regular

Contestants

Elizabeth Galoozis — a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mayank Keshaviah — an SAT teacher originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jeremy Apsley — a bartender from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeremy $1,200 $2,600 $14,200 $6,200
2nd place: $2,000
$17,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Mayank $400 $2,000 $7,600 $600
3rd place: $1,000
$7,600
12 R, 1 W
Elizabeth $2,400 $5,800 $11,000 $15,600
New champion: $15,600
$11,000
18 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

PERMANENTLY AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY MOVIE SEQUELS HAMNESIA PICTURE THE PREZ STUPID ANSWERS PLAYING BASEBALL FOR VOCABULARY
$200 [3]
He's at the abbey because he was Clerk of Works to the Palace of Westminster, not for writing "The Canterbury Tales"
Chaucer
Mayank
$200 [1]
She played Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl" & "Funny Lady", its sequel
Barbra Streisand
Jeremy
$200 [11]
Where am I? I can't remember anything! Hey! A locket with a frog's picture in it, maybe it'll jar my memory? Kermy?
Miss Piggy
Elizabeth
$200 [18]
He was a student at Oxford when the photo seenherewas taken
Bill Clinton
Mayank
$200 [26]
You use these broad noodles to make lasagna
lasagna noodles
Jeremy
$200 [16]
This device lets a trombonist change pitch
a slide
Mayank
$400 [7]
This biographee of James Boswell died Dec. 13, 1784 & moved into the abbey shortly thereafter
Samuel Johnson
Elizabeth
$400 [2]
The Rydell High class of 1961 is the focus of this sequel
Grease 2
Elizabeth
$400 [12]
OK, so there's a web above me that spells out "Some pig"; some pig, indeed
Wilbur
Jeremy
$400 [19]
You're on the money if you know he's the president in this photo
Andrew Jackson
Jeremy
$400 [27]
This type of bed covering gets its name from an Old French word, cuilte
a quilt
Mayank
$400 [17]
A mixture of flour & water to make pancakes
batter
Elizabeth
$600 [8]
His remains? "Is it safe?" Yes, this 1948 Best Actor Oscar winner for "Hamlet" is safe at Westminster Abbey
Laurence Olivier
Elizabeth
$600 [4]
Courteney Cox & Neve Campbell starred in this scary movie & its 2 sequels
Scream
Jeremy
$600 [13]
OK, I'm on some kind of farm... What does that say...Hoggett? & why are these sheep following me?
Babe
Jeremy
$600 [20]
He's the young Naval officer pictured here
(Jimmy) Carter
Elizabeth
$600 [28]
Just before serving this Chinese soup, drop some beaten egg into it
egg drop soup
Elizabeth
$600 [23]
An intentional stoppage by workers
a strike
Jeremy
$800 [9]
In 1841 "Pippa Passes"; in 1889 this poet passes; today, you can pass him by at Westminster
Robert Browning
Elizabeth
$800 [5]
Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively & America Ferrera reunite as jeans-sharing friends in this 2008 sequel
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Mayank
$800 [14]
Oh d-d-dear-dear! Where was it Pooh said we should meet? at least I have some haycorns in my pocket...
Piglet
Jeremy
$800 [21]
He sat down & took a load off in the photo seen here
(William Howard) Taft
Jeremy
$800 [29]
This rapper was born Tramar Dillard in Opa-locka, Florida
Flo Rida
Mayank
$800 [24]
An unraveling in your nylon stocking
a run
Elizabeth
$1,000 [10]
This "Gunga Din" writer was gunga done in 1936 & can be found in Poets' Corner
(Rudyard) Kipling
Mayank
$1,000 [6]
In a 2008 Guillermo del Toro sequel, this title superhero faced off against the Golden Army
Hellboy
$1,000 [15]
I must remember! some plans for a windmill in my pocket that I must've drawn up & a note that says "Watch Napoleon"
Snowball
Jeremy
DD $2,000 [22]
Hewas the first president to be born an American citizen
Martin Van Buren
Jeremy
$1,000 [30]
This book by Malcolm Gladwell is about the choices that are made in the blink of an eye
Blink
Elizabeth
$1,000 [25]
A single-handled jug with a spout for pouring
a pitcher
Jeremy

Double Jeopardy! Round

ON THE RADIO ROCK THE BLUES COUNTRY GANGSTER RAP "HIP" "HOP"
$400 [8]
She had a dance hit with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"; Jay-Z put a ring on her
Beyoncé
Elizabeth
$400 [13]
More than half of sedimentary rock is this type from which oil & natural gas can be obtained
shale
Mayank
$400 [18]
Since 1902 this blue September birthstone has been made synthetically with the Verneuil process
a sapphire
Elizabeth
$400 [2]
It's where you'll find Kerry's lovely lakes of Killarney
Ireland
Mayank
$400 [1]
I ran Chicago by age 26 / Showed Bugs Moran I knew a few tricks / For 6 years, it was just like heaven / Had 100 mil by 1927
Al Capone
Jeremy
$400 [7]
These tight-fitting low-rise jeans that were all the rage in the 1960s made a comeback in the '90s
hiphuggers
Elizabeth
$800 [9]
"Sober" was a 2009 hit for this woman whose hair color no longer matches her name
Pink
Mayank
$800 [14]
Trachyte & rhyolite are the most common varieties of this porous igneous volcanic rock
pumice
Jeremy
$800 [19]
The Jabra Freespeak BT250 is this type of headset for cellphones
Bluetooth
Jeremy
$800 [3]
In 2005 Lech Kaczynski became the president of this country
Poland
Jeremy
$800 [27]
Grew up poor in Texas / Wasn't rollin' in no Lexus / Ms. Parker was my matey / I was played by Warren Beatty
Clyde Barrow
Jeremy Elizabeth
$800 [22]
It's the childhood activity seen here
hopscotch
Elizabeth
$1,200 [10]
You might think that this title track of Britney Spears' 2008 CD is a reference to the madhouse that is her life
"Circus"
Elizabeth
$1,200 [15]
On average rocks consist of 46.5% this gaseous element
oxygen
Mayank
$1,200 [20]
Before it merges with the White at Khartoum, this river known as Abbai in Ethiopia runs for 850 miles
the Blue Nile
Jeremy
$1,200 [4]
In 2002 this country's drachma was replaced by the euro
Greece
Jeremy
$1,200 [28]
My gun was for hire / When I ran with Meyer / I was born in Brooklyn, not Haiti / I was played by Warren Beatty
(Bugsy) Siegel
Elizabeth
$1,200 [24]
Members of Congress introduce new bills by placing them inside this wooden box
a hopper
Mayank
$1,600 [11]
It was "Amazing" how "Heartless" he was to Taylor Swift on the 2009 Video Music Awards
Kanye West
Mayank
$1,600 [16]
In its purest form, this rock used in the cement industry contains only calcite
limestone
Jeremy
$1,600 [23]
Keep your hat on while you give us this name of Texas' state flower
the bluebonnet
Elizabeth
DD $2,000 [5]
This country's coat of arms has 3 stars for its 3 main island groups, an eagle for the U.S. & and a lion representing Spain
the Philippines
Jeremy
$1,600 [29]
Escaped Indiana jail with a wooden gun / Was the 1st public enemy No. 1 / Know who didn't play me? / That'd be Warren Beatty
(John) Dillinger
Jeremy
$1,600 [25]
Everyone on the dance floor for this party favorite heard here
"The Bunny Hop"
Elizabeth
$2,000 [12]
This "Nasty Girl" rapper's name sounds like an adjective meaning "farcical" or "absurd"
Ludacris
DD $2,000 [17]
Chert, a hard, dense sedimentary rock, is called jasper if it's brightly colored, & this if it's dark
flint
Jeremy
$2,000 [21]
Kandinsky & Klee were members of this informal expressionist painting group
the Blue Rider group
$2,000 [6]
Comprising 170 islands in 3 main groups, this kingdom in the South Pacific has been called the "friendly islands"
Tonga
Jeremy
$2,000 [30]
In '29 Staten Island wasn't fine / Didn't move quick / Got stabbed with an ice pick / But I wasn't done / This Sicilian is fortunate, son
"Lucky" Luciano
$2,000 [26]
Not surprisingly, his father Heraclides & his grandfather were both physicians & his mother was a midwife
Hippocrates
Jeremy

Final Jeopardy!

RELIGIOUS WORDS

Surprisingly, this word appears only twice in the New Testament, once in Acts & once in the First Epistle of Peter

Christian

Mayank "What is Jesus" — wagered $7,000
Elizabeth "What is Christian?" — wagered $4,600
Jeremy "What is faith?" — wagered $8,000

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