Show #5904 2010-04-22 (taped 2010-02-02) Regular

Contestants

Chris Staaf — a history professor from Dallas, Georgia

Hilary Caws-Elwitt — a librarian from Friendsville, Pennsylvania

Phil Bucska — a high school history teacher originally from Woodhaven, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Phil $1,600 $5,200 $16,000 $12,001
2-day champion: $32,401
$16,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Hilary $0 $1,200 $12,000 $3,999
2nd place: $2,000
$10,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Chris $1,800 $4,800 $10,000 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$10,000
15 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER LOOK WHO'S TALKING GREASE "FACE"/"OFF" PRIMARY COLORS JOHN TRAVOLTA FILMS
$200 [21]
No concert, pal; too long at the beach & now you have the fever & little blisters of this "poisoning"
sun poisoning
Hilary
$200 [26]
This 19th century American humorist observed, "Be careful about reading health books, you may die of a misprint"
Mark Twain
Chris
$200 [16]
A Hawaiian greasy spoon might well serve a dish called musubi made with rice, seaweed & this Hormel product
Spam
Phil Hilary
$200 [2]
Jacks, queens or kings, deck-wise
face cards
Chris
$200 [11]
Jello Biafra & Ralph Nader were both presidential candidates for this party in 2000
the Green Party
Chris
$200 [1]
John was really a "drag" in this 2007 film in which he played Edna Turnblad, a role first made famous by Divine
Hairspray
Chris
$400 [22]
It's not the night for that single malt scotch tasting; your hepatoma in this organ has flared up, bringing fever
liver
Phil
$600 [29]
This 19th century French chemist & microbiologist observed, "Fortune favors the prepared mind"
Pasteur
Chris
$400 [17]
Every March brings the national day named for this sometimes-greasy treat
a corndog
Chris
$400 [3]
A cheap imitation
a knockoff
Phil
$400 [12]
In 1971 Huey Newton announced this party was adopting a nonviolent manifesto
the Black Panthers
Hilary
$400 [4]
One of the settings for this Travolta film is Gilley's roadhouse bar
Urban Cowboy
Chris
$600 [23]
Your 8-month-old is the sick one; you'll be home pulling these chilled rings out of the freezer as the party rages
teething rings
$800 [28]
This '50s Secretary of State said you must "Take chances for peace...if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost"
(John Foster) Dulles
Chris
$600 [18]
Though we doubt he did it in a "hut", a New Zealand man set a Guinness record by eating a 12" this in 1 min., 45 secs.
a pizza
Phil
$600 [8]
To referee a game, or to oversee a wedding
officiate
$600 [13]
Formed in 1995, this fiscally conservative coalition of the Democratic Party has over 50 members--woof!
the Blue Dogs
Hilary
$600 [7]
One of the 2 films in which Travolta played mobster Chili Palmer
Get Shorty (or Be Cool )
Phil
$800 [24]
"I got shot" will do when texting your date; skip the part about the infection here, where the bullet leaves the body
the exit wound
Phil
$1,000 [27]
This leading poet of the Irish literary revival requested, "Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
(William Butler) Yeats
Chris
$800 [19]
The photoherewill settle this breakfast dish
hash browns
Hilary
$800 [9]
An introductory essay in a book
a preface
Phil
$800 [14]
In the election of 1892, the Populist Party supported "free" this mineral (also a color)
silver
Phil
$800 [6]
Before "Welcome Back, Kotter" aired, Travolta played one of this title girl's tormentors in a 1976 horror film
Carrie
Chris
$1,000 [25]
You're missing out on steak because sprouts got you with this bacterium; curse you, Dr. Escherich!
E. coli
Phil
$1,000 [20]
This sandwich with a city name is a French roll with thin slices of beef, sauteed onions & a certain dairy product
a Philly cheesesteak
Phil
DD $1,000 [10]
This word meaning lacking serious intent contains all the vowels in order
facetious
Phil
$1,000 [15]
The group known as "Code" this calls itself a "women-initiated grassroots peace & social justice movement"
Code Pink
$1,000 [5]
Travolta was romantically involved with Diana Hyland, who played his mom in this made-for-TV film about a sick kid
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Hilary

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS TV COUNTRY ADD A LETTER LITERARY CHARACTERS BEFORE & AFTER PERKIN' UP
$400 [1]
He leads the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra in recordings of his own film music
John Williams
Hilary
$400 [3]
On Jan. 22, 2010 this late night host said goodbye to NBC after 17 years on the network
Conan O'Brien
Phil
$400 [13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this painful wrenching of the ligaments around a joint
a sprain (for Spain)
Chris
$400 [8]
This title M.D. is taught to communicate with animals by his pet parrot, Polynesia
Dr. Dolittle
Phil
$400 [18]
'50s sitcom dad to Ricky & David who became president of South Africa in 1994
Ozzie Nelson Mandela
Phil Chris
$1,200 [25]
Novartis makes these hyphenated caffeine pills that have been helping college kids study for years
No-Doz
Hilary
$800 [2]
That's this man leading thebandin "The Stars and Stripes Forever" for president Hoover
(John Philip) Sousa
Phil
$800 [4]
This "Sunday Night Football" & "Monday Night Football" commentator retired in 2009 at age 73
John Madden
Phil
$800 [14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to the country highlighted here & you'll get this acronym for a device usable offshore
scuba (for Cuba)
Phil
$800 [9]
In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", she leads her brothers & sister, Peter, Edmund & Susan, into Narnia
Lucy
Hilary
$800 [19]
The eighth U.N. secretary-general who's an Oscar-winning song from "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Ban Ki-Moon River
Phil
$1,600 [24]
Whether sugarfree or cola, this energy drink "gives you wiiings"
Red Bull
Phil
$1,600 [27]
On Dec. 22, 1808 Beethoven conducted his 5th & 6th symphonies &, from the keyboard, his 4th this
piano concerto
$1,200 [5]
In 2008 this commentator & Sean Hannity parted ways
(Alan) Colmes
Chris
$1,600 [16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this word describing a fully equipped business opportunity
a turnkey (for Turkey)
Hilary
$1,200 [10]
This mustachioed detective loves exercising his "little grey cells" & first appears in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
(Hercule) Poirot
Hilary
$1,200 [20]
Ms. Sheindlin's legal TV show stars in "Meet Me in St. Louis" & "Summer Stock"
Judge Judy Garland
Chris
$2,000 [23]
For a real jolt, try crackheads, dark chocolate covering these Italian-sounding coffee beans
espresso beans
Hilary
$2,000 [26]
In 1905 he led the London Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of the "Pomp And Circumstance" march No. 3
Elgar
Hilary
$1,600 [6]
In 2009 "King of the Hill" started a run on this "athletic" portion of the Cartoon Network schedule
Adult Swim
Phil
DD $2,000 [15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to the country in red & you get this word for a female
a woman (for Oman)
Phil
$2,000 [12]
Her last name is Meeber; Dreiser said she was full of "the illusions of ignorance and youth"
Sister Carrie
Chris
$1,600 [21]
"Happy Days" spin-off that was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. congress
Laverne & Shirley Chisholm
$2,000 [7]
A red beverage introduced for public sale bore the same name as this HBO show, in which the drink is seen
True Blood
$2,000 [17]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless"
benign (for Benin)
Phil
DD $3,600 [11]
Ironically, Henry Fleming gets this title reward in an 1895 novel after being struck by a comrade during a retreat
the Red Badge of Courage
Hilary
$2,000 [22]
A nickname for Alaska & Sweden about perpetual daylight becomes the father of modern China
the Land of the Midnight Sun Yat-sen
Hilary

Final Jeopardy!

TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINOLOGY

In 1992 New York got the first one: 917

an overlay area code

Chris "What is area code?" — wagered $9,999
Hilary "What is an area code?" — wagered $8,001
Phil "What is a fax code?" — wagered $3,999

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