Show #5868 2010-03-03 (taped 2009-12-15) Regular

Contestants

Suzanne Tetreault — a lawyer from Vienna, Virginia

Jordan Brand — an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York

Jesse Achtenberg — a documentary filmmaker from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jesse $2,800 $2,400 $8,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$8,400
11 R, 2 W
Jordan $3,600 $8,000 $13,000 $24,405
New champion: $24,405
$16,000
25 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Suzanne $3,000 $3,800 $12,200 $16,800
2nd place: $2,000
$11,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES' LARGEST ISLANDS MOVIE SPOILERS GEMS & JEWELRY THE AUTHOR TWITTERS APPLE SAUCE FAMILIAR PHRASES
$200 [2]
Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake
Utah
Jesse
$200 [11]
There's a Washington, D.C. memorial to an ape general when Mark Wahlberg returns to Earth in this 2001 film
Planet of the Apes
Jordan
$200 [1]
This red gem is the traditional gift for a 40th wedding anniversary
ruby
Jordan
$200 [21]
Da, "War and Peace" published in complete form 2day. Liking 1869. Is very good year
Tolstoy
Jordan
$200 [26]
While living in London in the 1750s, this Philadelphian asked his wife to send him barrels of Newtown pippins
Franklin
Jordan
$200 [16]
To avoid responsibility is to do this
pass the buck
Suzanne
$400 [4]
Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
Suzanne
$400 [12]
Bruce Willis is dead & doesn't know it in this 1999 thriller
The Sixth Sense
Suzanne
$400 [3]
Nacre is mother-of-this
pearl
Jordan
$400 [22]
Only 25 when "The Naked and the Dead" makes me famous. Feel like I'm gonna win 2 Pulitzers b4 I'm thru
(Norman) Mailer
Jesse Jordan
$400 [27]
Most trees in apple orchards are not grown from seeds; they are produced using this process
grafting
Suzanne
$400 [17]
A proverb says, "a new broom" does this
sweeps clean
Suzanne
$600 [8]
Kodiak Island
Alaska
Suzanne
$600 [13]
Faye Dunaway's daughter is also her sister in this Jack Nicholson classic from 1974
Chinatown
Suzanne
$800 [6]
This gem is named for being the color of sea water
aquamarine
Jordan
$600 [23]
What am I doing?! Screaming! Itz 1945 & I'm U.S. soldier @ bombing of Dresden! (Will write 1969 novel about it)
Vonnegut
Jordan
$600 [28]
The most damaging disease attacking apple trees is apple scab, a type of this spore-bearing organism
a fungus
Jordan
$600 [18]
It's the literal interpretation of a phrase meaning to relax or be have informally
let your hair down
Jordan
$800 [9]
Padre Island
Texas
Jesse
$800 [14]
The disabled Kevin Spacey seems to be the killer Keyser Soze in this 1995 film
The Usual Suspects
Jesse
DD $1,000 [5]
L. Frank Baum had this birthstone, the same as the name of a city he created
the emerald
Suzanne
$800 [24]
Made dean of St. Pat's @ Dublin. Will pen "Travels". Pls publish "Journal to Stella" after my death
Jonathan Swift
$800 [29]
Washington State produces more apples than any other state; this state where the Empire apple developed is 2nd
New York
Suzanne
$800 [19]
When insulted, you might turn a deaf ear or turn this, as advised in Luke & Matthew
the other cheek
Jordan
$1,000 [10]
Isle Royale
Michigan
Jesse
$1,000 [15]
In this 1992 IRA thriller starring Stephen Rea, the "girl" is really a guy
The Crying Game
Jordan
$1,000 [7]
The most prized of these fiery gems are the black ones found in New South Wales, Australia
an opal
Jordan
$1,000 [25]
Czech out my short story "A Hunger Artist"! Tweet done. Max Brod, pls burn my laptop
(Franz) Kafka
Jordan
$1,000 [30]
In 1935 Gillett's Seedlings was renamed this for the Ohio township where it was developed, not for an Italian city
the Rome beauty
Jesse Suzanne
$1,000 [20]
This3-word phrase means to stretch the limits
push the envelope
Jesse

Double Jeopardy! Round

BALLET DANCERS THAT'S FOUL! "E" IN SCIENCE WHAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST? THE '70s CHANGE A LETTER
$400 [26]
Nicknamed Misha, he was nominated for a 1989 Tony Award for Best Actor in a drama for "Metamorphosis"
Baryshnikov
Jordan
$400 [1]
In football, if you hit an opposing defender below the waist from behind, you'll get hit with this personal foul
clipping
Jordan
$400 [15]
Term for a substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
element
Jesse
$400 [11]
Books of the Bible:Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers...
Deuteronomy
Jordan
$400 [13]
This "Great" king ran the Danes out of his country in 878, beginning a period of peace in Wessex
Alfred the Great
Jesse
$400 [6]
Change a letter in "good" & you get this word meaning "incite"
goad
Jordan
$800 [27]
This British-born ballerina danced until 1979, when she was 60 years old
Dame Margot Fonteyn
$800 [2]
If a baseball player fields a fair ball with his hat, all runners get to advance this many bases (hint: it's a lot)
3
Suzanne
$800 [16]
Abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes this seizure-inducing neurological disorder
epilepsy
Jesse
$800 [12]
British monarchs:George V, Edward VIII, George VI...
Elizabeth II
Jesse
$800 [14]
In 476 Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus & this half of the Roman Empire fell
the Western Empire
Jordan
$800 [7]
Change one letter in "bathe" & you get this wood-shaping tool
lathe
Jordan
DD $1,000 [28]
He was born in Kiev around 1889 to parents who were celebrated dancers from Poland
Nijinsky
Jordan
$1,200 [3]
You'll get a foul if you pull your elbow off the elbow pad in this "over the top" sport
arm wrestling
Jordan
$1,200 [17]
It's defined as the capacity or power to do work
energy
Suzanne
$1,200 [23]
Liz Taylor's marriages:Todd, Fisher, Burton...
Burton
$1,200 [20]
In the early 1770s Carl Scheele discovered this gas, but Joseph Priestley published his paper first & got the credit
oxygen
Jordan Suzanne
$1,200 [8]
Change a letter in "ballet" & you get this lodging for a soldier
billet
Suzanne
$1,600 [29]
This Russian ballerina's London home, Ivy House, was famous for its ornamental lake with swans
Anna Pavlova
$1,600 [4]
Karch Kiraly knows it's a foul to touch the net in this sport in which he's an Olympic gold medalist
beach volleyball (or indoor volleyball)
Jesse
$1,600 [18]
Marine invertebrates like starfish & sand dollars are this type of animal, from the Latin for "urchin skin"
echinoderms
Jordan
DD $2,000 [24]
Vice presidents:Nixon, Johnson, Humphrey...
Spiro Agnew
Jordan
$1,600 [21]
In the 1870s Geronimo enraged the U.S. govt. by going "off" this, an expression now used to mean "out of control"
the reservation
Jordan
$1,600 [9]
Change a letter in "half" & you get this word meaning "robust"
hale
Jordan
$2,000 [30]
In 1953 she was given the title Wa-Xthe-Thomba, "woman of two worlds", in honor of her Osage heritage
Maria Tallchief
Jesse
$2,000 [5]
It'll cost you a point if you touch the playing surface with your free hand while playing this racket sport
ping-pong (or table tennis)
Suzanne
$2,000 [19]
Chemical formula C10H15NO, it's used to treat asthma
ephedrine
Jordan
$2,000 [25]
World's tallest building:The Eiffel Tower, surpassed by the Chrysler Building, surpassed by...
the Empire State Building
Jordan
$2,000 [22]
In 1079 this Persian astronomer & poet calculated the year to be 365.2421 days, an extremely accurate figure
Omar Khayyám
$2,000 [10]
Change a letter in "homely" & you get this word that means just the opposite
comely
Suzanne

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH HISTORY

Dying in 2009 at age 113, British WWI vet Henry Allingham was the last original surviving member of this group, formed 1918

the Royal Air Force

Jesse "What was the British cavalry?" — wagered $8,400
Suzanne "What is the Royal Air Force?" — wagered $4,600
Jordan "What is the RAF?" — wagered $11,405

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