Show #5873 2010-03-10 (taped 2009-12-16) Regular

Vijay Balse game 5.

Contestants

Kyle Mathews — a host at SeaWorld and substitute teacher from Imperial Beach, California

Cyd Musni — a customer care representative from Orlando, Florida

Vijay Balse — a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India (whose 4-day cash winnings total $82,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vijay	$600	$-200	$7,900	$4,600 2nd place: $2,000	$5,000 10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Cyd	$5,800	$5,200	$16,800	$11,199 New champion: $11,199	$17,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Kyle	$2,400	$7,200	$11,200	$3,400 3rd place: $1,000	$11,200 18 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MILITARY SPECTACLES	LETTER-PERFECT BANDS	THE OTHER 2 LITTLE PIGS REBUILD	GLOBE TREKKIN'	"K" RATIONS	JERUSALEM'S NOBLE SANCTUARY
$200 [6] Seen here, the first President Bush celebrated his 80th birthday with the Golden Knights, a parachute team of this military force the U.S. Army Vijay Cyd	$200 [11] "With Or Without You","Pride (In the Name of Love)" U2 Vijay	$200 [26] They say "people who live in" these "houses shouldn't throw stones", but if it's 9 inches thick, Pig 1 says fire away! glass houses Kyle	$200 [16] If Recife, in this S. Am. country, had been around 200 million years ago, you could have walked from it to what's now Africa Brazil Kyle	$200 [1] Flutter & frog are types of this in swimming kicks Kyle	$200 [21] (Alex Trebek reports from inside a Jerusalem landmark.) The beautiful Dome of the Rock is one of the oldest surviving Islamic monuments, & it also boasts some of the oldestmihrabs which are niches, all of them designed to point to this holy city Mecca Kyle
$600 [8] Though it's carrying on an older tradition, 2010 marks the 50th birthday of the current this & Drum Corps Fife Cyd	$400 [12] "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?","Losing My Religion" R.E.M. Cyd	$600 [27] From a German word for "crust", this exterior finish of cement, sand, lime & water is both pigs' siding choice now stucco Cyd	$400 [17] Lund in this Scandinavian country isn't named for Ilsa Lund; it was founded before the year 1000 Sweden Vijay Kyle	$400 [2] This center is the center of the action for Space Shuttle launches Kennedy Kyle	$400 [22] (Alex Trebek reports from outside a Jerusalem landmark.)Thesemulticolored Turkishtilesare faithful replicas of the ones donated by this "Magnificent" Ottoman sultan in 1545 Suleyman Kyle
$800 [9] Any group of armed forces personnel who carry or escort the flag during a parade a color guard Cyd	$600 [13] "Deadbeat Club","Private Idaho" The B-52s	$800 [28] Really, Pig 1, I think your reproduction of this newspaperman'scastlewas a bit much Hearst Kyle	$600 [18] This Asian country of 240 million people also has 17,500 islands Indonesia Vijay	$600 [3] On July 24, 1959 he was the Soviet half of the "Kitchen Debate" Khrushchev Vijay	$600 [23] (Alex Trebek reports from inside a Jerusalem landmark.) The Dome of the Rock, which is now under extensive renovation, is built over this sacred stone, thought to be the place from which he ascended to heaven during his night journey Muhammad Kyle
DD $1,000 [7] The precision of spinning rifles in leather-gloved hands exemplifies this military branch's Silent Drill Platoon the Marines Cyd	$800 [14] "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)","Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" AC/DC Cyd	$1,000 [29] Pig 2 likes having all the rooms open one into the next in a line from front to back & builds this "weaponized" type of "shack" a shotgun shack Kyle	$800 [19] In 1856 American adventurer William Walker conquered this Central American country & ruled it as "president" Nicaragua	$800 [4] On the big screen he was billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" King Kong Kyle	$800 [24] (Alex Trebek reports from outside a Jerusalem landmark.) From the western courtyard at al-Aqsa, you get a good view of Silsila&Fakhriyya, two of these structures from which Muslims traditionally are called to prayer minarets Kyle
$1,000 [10] Courtesy of the U.S. Navy, it's the colorful name of the entertaining flight team seen here the Blue Angels Cyd	$1,000 [15] "Waterfalls","No Scrubs" TLC Kyle	—	$1,000 [20] In this Asian nation bordering Russia & China, many rural people live in camel skin tents called yurts Mongolia Kyle	$1,000 [5] This word meaning "praise" looks plural but is actually singular & should be used with a singular verb kudos Cyd	$1,000 [25] (Alex Trebek reports from outside a Jerusalem landmark.) When entering al-Aqsa, worshippers must clean themselves, so this type of fountain was placed; it's name comes from the Latin for "wash away" ablution Vijay

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS	FILMMAKING 101	MARSUPIALS	FOREIGN EXCHANGE	WRITE ON, TOM!	DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
$400 [1] In 1905, before he took up Cubism, this Spaniard painted his friend Gertrude Stein, who wore her favorite brown velvet coat Picasso Cyd	$400 [9] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew starts the clue, but hands it off to Kelly.) In this basic camera shot, the camera moves from left to right... or from right to left pan (panning) Vijay	$400 [2] This marsupial has powerful hind legs & feet for hopping & leaping; the gray species can clear more than 30 feet in a bound kangaroos Kyle	$400 [11] Fiji's currency features this monarch on the obverse Queen Elizabeth II Kyle	$400 [29] Jack Ryan helps avert a nuclear war in "The Sum of All Fears" by this author; thanks, Jack! (Tom) Clancy Vijay	$400 [30] This clasp holds a girl's hair in place a barrette
$800 [3] Augustus John, known for his portrait of this Welsh poet, introduced the poet to his future wife Caitlin Dylan Thomas Vijay	$800 [13] Well, "hello" this wheeled platform on which a camera can be mounted for moving shots dolly Cyd	$800 [5] The Virginia type of this New World marsupial is about the size of a house cat an oppossum Cyd	$800 [12] In 1980 this country issued 2 versions of its 500-franc coin, one in French, one in Flemish Belgium Cyd	$800 [24] 2002's "A Long Way from Home" detailed this NBC news anchor's experiences growing up in South Dakota Tom Brokaw Cyd	$1,200 [25] A dessert called fool is traditionally made with this tart fruit gooseberries
$1,200 [4] This British prime minister hated Graham Sutherland's 1954 portrait of him so much that his wife destroyed it Churchill Cyd	$1,200 [14] The slate that gets the action going on a film is also called this, from the sound it makes a clapper	DD $1,600 [6] The name of this marsupial, also called a native bear, may come from the language of the Katang, an Aboriginal tribe the koala Cyd	$1,200 [16] Jabal al-Noor, where the Koran began to be revealed to Muhammad, is on the reverse of its 20-riyal currency Saudi Arabia Kyle	$1,200 [23] Never afraid to wear white after Labor Day, this author penned "A Man in Full" in 1998 (Tom) Wolfe Cyd	$1,600 [26] It's a small sofa a settee Vijay Kyle
$1,600 [10] Around 1927 this American known for his mobiles created a portrait of Josephine Baker out of wire (Alexander) Calder Cyd	$1,600 [15] Despite the fact that it usually rolls by quite quickly, the display of credits at the end of a movie is called this a crawl Kyle	$1,600 [7] Thisill-tempered marsupial is named for its native island habitat a Tasmanian devil Cyd	$1,600 [17] The ouguiya of Mauritania & the Malagasy ariary of this country are the world's only non-decimal currencies Madagascar Vijay	$1,600 [20] In 1997 this "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" playwright was knighted (Tom) Stoppard Vijay	$2,000 [27] Watch the birdie--this birdie with a colorful name a yellowhammer Cyd
$2,000 [21] In 1797 Goya painted this duchess, his mistress, pointing to the words "solo Goya", or "Goya alone" the Duchess of Alba Vijay	$2,000 [19] (Sarah of the Clue Crew produces some sounds effects with common items.) Sound effects, like a horse's hooves done with coconut shells, or a snapped bone done with celery, are created by this type of artist named for a sound editor at Universal Studios Foley Cyd	$2,000 [8] There's a hairy-nosed species of this marsupial that's a tailless burrower a wombat Cyd	$2,000 [18] In 2006 Serbia issued several coins honoring this electricity pioneer Tesla Cyd	$2,000 [22] This ex-head of Homeland Security wrote "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege... and How We Can Be Safe Again" Tom Ridge Kyle	DD $3,700 [28] A writer of 14-line poems a sonneteer Vijay

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PLACES IN LITERATURE

This fishing port is the setting for Kipling's "Captains Courageous" & the wreck of the Hesperus was nearby

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Vijay "What is Cape Cod?" — wagered $3,300

Kyle "What isMarthaBoston?" — wagered $7,800

Cyd "What is San Francisco?" — wagered $5,601

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