Show #5862 2010-02-23 (taped 2009-12-07) Regular

Contestants

Stewart Yeargin — a restaurant owner from Greenville, South Carolina

Tom Toce — an actuary from New York, New York

Ginny Bartlett — a parish administrator from Bath, Maine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ginny $1,200 $1,600 $-800 $-800
3rd place: $1,000
$-800
7 R, 4 W
Tom $3,200 $6,400 $15,800 $6,400
New champion: $6,400
$14,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Stewart $3,400 $3,000 $12,600 $3
2nd place: $2,000
$11,600
18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGES BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS' TEAMS TOWERS STATE FAIR FOODS VEGAS CASINOS IT'S 2-LETTER TIME
$200 [7]
His marriages ended in divorce, execution, death, divorce, execution & widowhood
Henry VIII
Tom
$200 [8]
Catcher Roy Campanella
Brooklyn
Tom
$200 [4]
Seen here are the world's first leaning high-rise buildings--Puerto de Europa in this country
Spain
Ginny
$200 [21]
A finalist in the 2008 Big Tex Choice Awards was a deep-fried version of this chocolaty campfire treat; who wants another?
s'mores
Stewart
$200 [26]
The casino so nice they named it twice, this place has room types called the Skyline & Broadway Deluxe
New York New York
Tom
$200 [1]
This 2-letter conjunction is used to indicate an alternative
or
Stewart
$400 [15]
At the time of his death, this second leader of the Mormon Church had married 56 women
Brigham Young
Stewart
$400 [9]
Left fielder & first baseman Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tom
$400 [5]
Societe Generale bank has built towers in the La Defense section of this city
Paris
Ginny
$400 [22]
Iowa's hot beef sundae includes a buttery scoop of these, topped with gravy & cheese & garnished with a cherry tomato
mashed potatoes
Ginny Stewart
$400 [27]
Hail, yes! There's a 4,100-seat Colosseum to showcase acts like Bette Midler & Cher at this casino
Caesars (Palace)
Tom
$600 [3]
In "Little Women" this tomboy wrote plays for her sisters to perform
Jo
Ginny
$600 [16]
This biblical king had 700 wives & 300 concubines; when did he find time to write all those songs?
Solomon
Tom
$600 [10]
Third baseman Brooks Robinson
the Orioles
Tom
$600 [6]
To stop suburban flight, elevator operators' & janitors' unions developed the Marina City Towersin this Midwest city
Chicago
$600 [23]
Get 'em while they're hot! This fried pastry with a cone-shaped utensil in its name is a favorite at state fairs
funnel cake
Tom
$600 [28]
There's a SpongeBob Square Pants 4-D ride here; still trying to figure out the King Arthur's sword angle on that
Excalibur
Stewart
$800 [19]
The object of this Japanese board game, over 3,000 years old, is to capture territory on a board of intersecting lines
go
Tom
$800 [17]
Khadijah was this Islamic leader's first wife; after her death he took others
Muhammad
Tom
$800 [11]
Pitcher Bob Feller
the Cleveland Indians
Tom
$800 [13]
The Renoir Towers rise over the Rio de la Plata in this South American country
Argentina
Stewart
$800 [24]
At the California State Fair, a sign for these fried amphibian appendages said, "Tastes like chicken"
frog legs
Tom
$800 [29]
Enjoy rock star lemonades & world famous DJs at the rehab poolside party at this hotel
the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Stewart
DD $1,000 [2]
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for it: an eastern Asian shrub, also the 7th tone of the diatonic scale
ti
Stewart
$1,000 [18]
This brutal Ugandan leader had 6 wives, long-serving concubines & a succession of casual mistresses
Idi Amin
Stewart
$1,000 [12]
Right fielder Al Kaline
the Detroit Tigers
Tom
$1,000 [14]
Seen here are the world headquarters towers (nicknamed "Debit" & "Credit") for this bank in Frankfurt
Deutsche Bank
Stewart
$1,000 [25]
A recent hit at the Florida State Fair was this sweet, crisp & hickory-flavored meat dipped in chocolate
bacon
Ginny Stewart
$1,000 [30]
Ricky Ricardo is not headlining at this hotel, but you can enjoy "the Soprano's Last Supper" with Tony Baritone
the Tropicana
Tom
$1,000 [20]
This Irish term for one's father is the title of a 1978 Tony Award-winning play by Hugh Leonard
Da
Ginny

Double Jeopardy! Round

INTERNET FAVORITES YOU TUBE FLICK ARRR! EPIC CURIOUS INFO PLEASE "YA"HOO!
$400 [22]
Our writers visit search.eb.com, which brings you to the website for this reference work that's been around since 1768
Encyclopedia Britannica
Ginny
$400 [5]
The circle of Willis, a ring of arteries in this organ, is a fail-safe system to ensure it a steady blood supply
the brain
Tom Stewart
$400 [9]
Johnny Depp got gold caps for his turn as Captain Jack Sparrow in this 2003 film
Pirates of the Caribbean
Stewart
$400 [3]
Wiglaf is a loyal companion of this Anglo-Saxon epic hero
Beowulf
Tom
$400 [14]
Number of feet in a mile
5,280
Tom
$400 [1]
An expensive sailing vessel used for pleasure
a yacht
Tom
$800 [23]
Dating back to the 1920s, this broadcaster precedes .co.uk in a news website
BBC
Stewart
$800 [10]
This 1991 film retold the story of Peter Pan & was named for Peter's pirate nemesis (Dustin Hoffman)
Hook
Ginny Tom
$800 [4]
An American epic, this 1985 Larry McMurtry tale of a cattle drive sweeps from Texas to Montana
Lonesome Dove
Ginny
$800 [15]
Number of U.S. presidents named George
3
Stewart
$800 [2]
A Hebrew name for God
Yahweh
Stewart
$1,200 [24]
The online news dispensary called this "Report" isn't named for menial work but for its creator Matt
The Drudge Report
Stewart
$1,200 [11]
Westley (Cary Elwes) becomes the Dread Pirate Roberts & rescues Buttercup (Robin Wright) in this flick
The Princess Bride
Tom
$1,200 [6]
About 1,600 years old, the Mahabharatais an epic written in this language
Sanskrit
Tom Stewart
$1,200 [16]
Last No. 1 hit for the duo of Simon & Garfunkel
"Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Ginny
$1,200 [19]
This city of 60,000 southeast of Seattle bears the name of a Native American tribe
Yakima
Tom
$1,600 [25]
4chan.org is a collaborative community known for posting these on the net, usually in .jpeg or .gif form
photographs (or images)
Tom
$2,000 [13]
In a 2004 film Steve the Pirate plays this title sport on Vince Vaughn's Average Joe's team
Dodgeball
Stewart
DD $2,000 [7]
"Gerusalemme liberata" depicts these military conflicts that took place 500 years before the work was written
the Crusades
Stewart
$1,600 [17]
David Obey chairs this U.S. House committee with responsibility for spending
Appropriations
Ginny Stewart
$1,600 [20]
Japanese-style grilled chicken kebabs; yum!
yakitori
Stewart
$2,000 [26]
In 2000 the website named for this recently used weapon was acquired by Court TV
The Smoking Gun
DD $3,000 [12]
Kevin Kline starred as the pirate king in the film adaptation of this operetta
The Pirates of Penzance
Tom
$2,000 [8]
This epic poet was satirized in ancient times with a mock epic called "Battle of the Frogs and the Mice"
Homer
$2,000 [18]
It's the better-known name of the ICPO, International Criminal Police Organization
Interpol
Tom
$2,000 [21]
Worn so that only the eyes are visible, it's a traditional veil worn by some Muslim women
a yashmak

Final Jeopardy!

MONARCHS

In 2001 Bulgaria elected as prime minister its former child monarch, the only person now living to have held this royal title

czar

Stewart "What is crown prince" — wagered $12,597
Tom "What is crown prince?" — wagered $9,400

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