Show #5861 2010-02-22 (taped 2009-12-07) Regular

Contestants

Matt MacGregor — a poker room supervisor from Westminster, Colorado

Ginny Bartlett — a parish administrator from Bath, Maine

Elizabeth Galoozis — a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Elizabeth $4,000 $6,400 $16,200 $9,599
2nd place: $2,000
$19,200
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ginny $400 $1,200 $8,000 $16,000
New champion: $16,000
$8,000
12 R, 2 W
Matt $1,200 $6,200 $11,400 $6,599
3rd place: $1,000
$12,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"NORTH"ERN GEOGRAPHY BEHIND THE SCENES U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL SUITE TALK INSTRUMENTAL WORDS
$200 [9]
The geographical center of North America is near the town of Rugby in this state
North Dakota
Ginny Matt
$200 [8]
Charlton Heston is on amoped, not a chariot, during a break in the filming of this epic
Ben-Hur
Ginny
$200 [26]
"125th Anniversary of the Light Bulb" is on the reverse of the coin honoring him
Edison
Elizabeth
$200 [1]
Ernest Hemingway:"Adios a las Armas"
A Farewell to Arms
Matt
$200 [21]
How suite it is at the Iberville Suites, in the French Quarter of this city
New Orleans
Ginny
$200 [6]
Nero knows that wasting time is sometimes referred to as doing this "around"
fiddling
Elizabeth
$400 [10]
In 1878-79 Baron Nordenskjold became the first to traverse this route along Europe & Asia's Arctic coast
the Northeast Passage
Elizabeth
$400 [17]
He's the directorseenherein 1975
Spielberg
Ginny
$400 [27]
A 2001 commemorative depicting this animal was based on the design of a nickel that was produced 1913-1938
the buffalo
Matt
$400 [2]
Harper Lee:"Matar un Ruiseñor"
To Kill a Mockingbird
Matt
$400 [22]
The Harlequin Suite at this city's Dorchester Hotel goes for 5,400 pounds a day (that's about $9,000!)
London
Elizabeth
$400 [7]
Instrumental name for the style of glasses Buddy Holly is wearing here
hornrims
Ginny
$600 [11]
Its highest peak is Slieve Donard, which rises 2,796 feet in the Mourne Mountains of County Down
Northern Ireland
Matt
$600 [18]
On these tof "Confidential Agent", Charles Boyer & Humphrey Bogart play chess, as this actress looks on
Lauren Bacall
Ginny
$800 [29]
A coin honoring the Marine Corps' 230th anniversary features this motto of the Corps on the reverse
Semper fi
Matt
$600 [3]
Stephenie Meyer:"Luna Nueva"
New Moon
Matt
$600 [23]
This 2-named NYC hotel that dates to 1893 offers 900-square-foot luxury suites that overlook Park Avenue
the Waldorf Astoria
Ginny
$600 [14]
2-word term for one who gives a kidney or lung
an organ donor
Elizabeth
$800 [12]
In 1968 vast oil reserves were found in this Alaskan coastal region between the Arctic Ocean & Brooks Range
the North Slope
Matt
$800 [19]
Seen here in 1955 director Nicholas Ray instructs these two young stars in the finer points of rebellion
James Dean & Natalie Wood
Elizabeth
$1,000 [30]
A silver dollar commemorating desegregation in education showed Central High in this city on the reverse
Little Rock
Elizabeth
$800 [4]
Stephen King:"La Milla Verde"
The Green Mile
Elizabeth
$800 [24]
This 2-named NYC hotel offers a 1,900-square-foot Central Park Suite, overlooking Central Park, natch
the Ritz-Carlton
Matt
$800 [15]
A glass of champagne to you if you know that this term can also refer to a furrow or groove on a column
a flute
Elizabeth
$1,000 [13]
In 1876 the people of this Minnesota city, now home to Carleton College, foiled a raid by Jesse James & his cohorts
Northfield
Elizabeth
$1,000 [20]
James Coburn, James Garner & Steve McQueen are seenhereduring a break in the filming of this movie
The Great Escape
Ginny
DD $2,000 [28]
1992 commemorative coins honored the quincentennial of his greatest achievement
Christopher Columbus
Matt
$1,000 [5]
Khaled Hosseini:"Cometas en el Cielo" (not a literal translation)
The Kite Runner
Elizabeth
$1,000 [25]
Queen Elizabeth II stayed in the Ahwahnee's Mary Curry Tresider Suite when she visited this Calif. national park
Yosemite
Matt
$1,000 [16]
It comes before "vine" in the common name of Campsis radicans
trumpet

Double Jeopardy! Round

"G" IN THE GOOD BOOK WRITTEN COMMUNICATION MIXED DRINKS WORLD WAR I THE CENTRAL POWERS THE ALLOYS
$400 [1]
From the Latin for "nation", this word refers to a non-Jew
a gentile
Elizabeth
$400 [2]
IMing, 4 short
instant messaging
Ginny
$400 [26]
Here's a twist, sometimes it's dry:AIR MINT
martini
Matt
$400 [8]
On April 6, 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany, but war wasn't declared on this dual monarchy until December
Austria-Hungary
Matt
$400 [14]
Tony La Russa managed this National League Central Division team to the 2006 World Series title
the Cardinals
Matt
$400 [13]
Duralumin is over 90% this
aluminum
Ginny
$800 [3]
In Luke 2, "The child grew", and" this "of God was upon him"
grace
Elizabeth
$800 [4]
Medium of classic communications like Robert Benchley's from Venice: "STREETS FULL OF WATER PLEASE ADVISE"
a telegram
Elizabeth
$800 [27]
Beg, "borough" or steal to get one:THAT MANNA
Manhattan
Elizabeth
$800 [9]
In 1915 the Allies failed by land & by sea to win control of this strait between the Aegean & the Sea of Marmara
the Dardanelles
Elizabeth
$800 [22]
In the 2008-09 season, this team from the NBA's Central Division went 66-16
Cavaliers
Matt
$800 [15]
Auto pioneer Elwood Haynes also invented an alloy he called stellite because it shone like this
a star
Matt
$1,200 [10]
"Balm"-y region in present-day Jordan
Gilead
Elizabeth
$1,600 [6]
Under NCAA rules a "letter of" this commits a student-athlete to a school for one year
intent
$1,200 [28]
Tequila time:TIARA GRAM
margarita
Elizabeth
$1,200 [16]
Some gift! Nashville's Rotary Club gave this sergeant & hero a home, but he got saddled with the mortgage
Sergeant York
Ginny
$1,600 [24]
At a retirement ceremony, this team gave Reggie Miller thanks, esteem & a $250,000 Bentley
the (Indiana) Pacers
Elizabeth
$1,200 [19]
6-letter name of a silver-gray alloy popular for tankards
pewter
Ginny
$1,600 [11]
You've got a lot of this, a symbol of bitterness sometimes paired with wormwood
gall
Elizabeth
$2,000 [7]
In a "Post No Bills" sign on a wall, bills is short for these, promoting upcoming events
handbills
Ginny
$1,600 [29]
What a tool:REVS RID CREW
screwdriver
Elizabeth
$1,600 [17]
As a result of the war, Germany had to give North Schleswig to this nation
Denmark
Matt
DD $2,000 [23]
They're the favorite team of the U.S. president; Harold Baines is his favorite player
(Chicago) White Sox
Matt
$1,600 [20]
Make your own artwork at London's church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields & its center for these rubbings
brass
Ginny
$2,000 [12]
The ninth book of the New Testament is Paul's letter to them
the Galatians
Matt
DD $3,000 [5]
On June 27, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent these demanding documents to the White House
subpoenas
Elizabeth
$2,000 [30]
It's also a glossy mag:PLATONIC MOOS
cosmopolitan
Elizabeth
$2,000 [18]
In the 1916 battle of this French fortress city, France had more than half a million casualties
Verdun
$2,000 [25]
The last season for the AFC's Central Division was 2001 & this team with Kordell Stewart at QB won it
the Pittsburgh Steelers
Matt
$2,000 [21]
Take a hunk of permalloy, wrap a wire around it, send current through the wire & the hunk becomes one of these
an electromagnet
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

KINGS & LITERATURE

Though called "the most hapless of monarchs", this king is in the title of Shakespeare's only trilogy

Henry VI

Ginny "Who is Henry VI" — wagered $8,000
Matt "Who is Richard III?" — wagered $4,801
Elizabeth "Who is Henry V?" — wagered $6,601

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