Show #5897 2010-04-13 (taped 2010-01-20) Regular

Contestants

Andrew Sidden — a bartender from Miami Beach, Florida

Arthur Christy — a forensic scientist from Suffolk, Virginia

Morgan Saxby — a research associate from Charlottesville, Virginia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $66,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Morgan $1,000 $1,000 $10,600 $18,801
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Arthur $2,400 $5,800 $15,400 $21,201
New champion: $21,201
$15,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Andrew $1,800 $3,000 $9,400 $15,402
3rd place: $1,000
$9,400
18 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NATURE WHAT THE CURRENT TV TITLE MEANS THE BUSINESS OF PLEASURE REMEMBER APRIL THE TRUCK STOPS HERE ONE O, THEN 2 O's
$200 [1]
Yellow jackets are a social type of this stinging insect
wasps
Arthur
$200 [6]
A Beverly Hills ZIP code
90210
Morgan
$200 [16]
Alex Vaikus is president of this company; from 1988 to 2009, Christie Hefner was his boss
Playboy
Andrew
$200 [11]
Donald Duck's nephews are Huey, Dewey & Louie; her nieces are April, May & June
Daisy Duck
Andrew
$200 [26]
There are 8 private showers at the Flying J truck stop in Troutdale just east of this largest Oregon city
Portland
Andrew
$200 [21]
All rise! Don't judge me, but it's where a law judge judges
courtroom
Arthur
$400 [2]
During a chase, these cats take about 3 1/2 strides per second, though the sprints only last about 300 yards
cheetahs
Andrew
$400 [7]
The loose-fitting 2-piece garment, often green cloth, worn by surgeons
Scrubs
Arthur
$400 [17]
David Peacock is president & CEO of this In Bev subsidiary, maker of Bud & Michelob
Anheuser-Busch
Morgan
$400 [12]
In April of 1960, Dick Clark testified before a congressional committee on the type of bribery known as this
payola
Morgan
$400 [27]
Travel Centers of America has a stop at Exit 48 on I-24, near Music Row in this Tennessee town
Nashville
Arthur
$400 [22]
To accept reservations in excess of the number that can be accommodated
overbook
Andrew
$600 [3]
Despite its length, the neck of the giraffe has only 7 of these bones, but they are elongated
vertebrae
Andrew
$600 [8]
Nickname for the GE building in NYC where NBC is located
30 Rock
Andrew
$600 [18]
Gary Loveman is prez of Harrah's Entertainment, which runs this Roman-themed Vegas casino & many others
Caesar's Palace
Andrew
$600 [13]
On April 2, 1792 passage of the Coinage Act established this government agency
the U.S. Mint
Morgan
$600 [28]
Go nuts at Crazy Fred's Truck Stop in Kingman, Arizona, west of Flagstaff & Winona on this historic route
Route 66
Morgan
$600 [23]
Most of Tripura, India gets more than 79 inches of rain during this June to September season
monsoon
Andrew
$800 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some pictures of spiders on the monitor.) Venomous spiders include the brown widow, recognized by an hourglass-shaped mark; aspider with aviolin-shaped marktells you it's this poisonous species
a brown recluse
Morgan Arthur
$800 [9]
Unadulterated joy
Glee
Morgan
$800 [19]
Michael Klein is president of LFP, publisher of Hustler magazine; this guy is his big boss
Larry Flynt
Andrew
$800 [14]
In "Home Thoughts from Abroad" this British poet pined, "Oh, to be in England now that April's there"
Robert Browning
$800 [29]
There's an Iron Skillet coffee shop at the Petro truck stop in the Texas town made famous in a Marty Robbins song
El Paso
$800 [24]
To move fast as if someone put a lit match in your shoe
hotfoot
Arthur
$1,000 [5]
The killer whale is actually this largest member of this family
dolphins
Morgan Arthur
$1,000 [10]
Peripheral or marginal
Fringe
Morgan
$1,000 [20]
In 2007 Jared Gurfain, pres. of Viridian Spirits, gained permission to sell Lucid, a type of this green liquor
absinthe
Arthur
DD $1,000 [15]
This work written around 1387 begins, "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote"
The Canterbury Tales
Morgan
$1,000 [30]
There's a Mr. Waffle Auto & Truck Plaza on I-85 at Cowpens, northeast of Greenville in this state
South Carolina
Morgan Arthur Andrew
$1,000 [25]
A seaplane float, or a floating structure used to support a temporary bridge
pontoon
Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS SPORTS LEGENDS PLAY FASTER! JOAQUIN "MY" BABY BACK HOME
$400 [1]
1997 for biography:This late author's "Angela's Ashes"
(Frank) McCourt
Morgan
$400 [4]
In 2008 this strikeout king became president of the Texas Rangers ballclub
Nolan Ryan
Andrew
$400 [21]
Largo is a slow tempo of around 50 bpm, which is short for these
beats per minute
Arthur
$400 [26]
His siblings are River, Rain, Liberty & Summer
Joaquin Phoenix
Andrew
$400 [7]
"My doctor said" to take this liquid antacid from Johnson & Johnson
Mylanta
Andrew
$400 [13]
In 1979 the exiled Ayatollah Khomeni made a triumphant return to this country after 14 years of exile
Iran
Morgan
$1,200 [3]
1945 for music:This composer for his "Appalachian Spring"
(Aaron) Copland
Arthur
$800 [9]
Since the mid-1990s she received a record 57 perfect 6.0 scores in major figure skating competitions
(Michelle) Kwan
Morgan
$800 [22]
At a setting of 70, you're in this tempo; Samuel Barber wrote one "for Strings"
adagio
Andrew
$800 [27]
Temperamental but talented baseball pitcher Joaquin Andujar hails from this Caribbean nation
the Dominican Republic
Andrew
$800 [8]
It's the real first name of "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace
Myron
Arthur
$800 [14]
There was much rejoicing in 2005 as taikonauts from this country returned from space
China
Arthur
$1,600 [5]
2006 for public service in covering Hurricane Katrina:Mississippi's Sun-Herald & this New Orleans paper
the Times-Picayune
Morgan
$1,200 [15]
On Nov. 25, 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard reclaimed his welterweight title when this champ told the ref, "No mas, no mas"
(Roberto) Duran
Arthur
$1,200 [23]
A metronome setting of 100 is this tempo that includes the author of "Inferno"
andante
Morgan
$1,200 [28]
The San Joaquin River flows through the San Joaquin Valley & joins with the Sacramento before reaching this bay
San Francisco Bay
Morgan
$1,200 [10]
It's a trade name for biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate
Mylar
Andrew
$1,200 [18]
The man known as the Lockerbie Bomber stirred emotions when he returned to this, his native country, in 2009
Libya
Arthur Andrew
DD $2,000 [2]
1978:This late language lover for his New York Times commentary
(William) Safire
Morgan
$1,600 [16]
This Steelers quarterback was the last player to win back-to-back Super Bowl MVP awards, in 1979 & 1980
Terry Bradshaw
Arthur
$1,600 [25]
140 bpm brings you to this word, the basic musical indication for "fast" or "lively"
allegro
Andrew
$1,600 [30]
Responsible for economic & monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia is a prominent official in the EC, this organization
European Commission
Morgan Arthur
$1,600 [11]
This white fatty material insulates brain nerves in sheaths & enables enhanced transmission of impulses
myelin
Morgan
$1,600 [19]
Gen. Wainwright surrendered Corregidor as commander of U.S. forces in this country, but came home a hero
the Philippines
$2,000 [6]
1940 for drama:This playwright's "The Time of Your Life"
William Saroyan
$2,000 [17]
The first African American in the Tennis Hall of Fame, she was also the first to play on the LPGA tour, in 1963
(Althea) Gibson
Morgan Arthur
$2,000 [24]
This very fast tempo is also a word used by magicians to command the amazing to happen
presto
Andrew
$2,000 [29]
It was the surname of Cuban-born composer Joaquin & his writer-daughter Anais
Nin
Morgan
$2,000 [12]
Agamemnon was from this region that was an important center in ancient Greece
Mycenae
Morgan
DD $2,000 [20]
In 2000 Nawaz Sharif was forced out of this country where he'd been prime minister; in 2007 he came back
Pakistan
Arthur

Final Jeopardy!

BRAND LOGOS

Its original logo, designed in 1976, showed Isaac Newton sitting under a tree

Apple Computer

Andrew "What is apple computers" — wagered $6,002
Morgan "What is Apple" — wagered $8,201
Arthur "What is Apple?" — wagered $5,801

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