Show #5927 2010-05-25 (taped 2010-02-09) Regular

Buddy Wright game 5.

Contestants

Tom LaPorta — a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida

Amy Watts — a college reference librarian originally from Knoxville, Tennessee

Buddy Wright — an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $88,804)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Buddy	$2,200	$4,000	$8,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$13,400 21 R, 5 W (including 3 DDs)
Amy	$600	$2,600	$3,400	$3,400 2nd place: $2,000	$3,400 10 R, 3 W
Tom	$-400	$2,400	$12,400	$16,300 New champion: $16,300	$12,400 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE	BASEBALL ROOKIES OF THE YEAR	DRINK VARIATIONS	"ALLO" DARLIN'	WHATCHA DOIN'?	FANCY A BRITISH DATE?
$200 [5] In 1974 Tanzania decided Dodoma should be this, as it's in the middle of the country the capital Tom	$200 [26] Shortstop Derek Jeter(American League, 1996) the New York Yankees Tom	$200 [15] The chi chi, made with vodka instead of rum, is a variation of this pineapple & coconut cocktail a piña colada Buddy	$200 [19] Speedy horse gait a gallop Buddy	$200 [10] Hanging out at one of these establishments a bowling alley Amy	$200 [1] Pinkie Cleugh on Sept. 10, 1547 was the last of the battles between the royal armies of England & this neighbor Scotland Tom
$400 [6] A hat with a rounded crown shares its name with this city right in the middle of England Derby Buddy	$400 [27] Pitcher Tom Seaver(National League, 1967) the Mets	$400 [16] Appropriately, a Bloody Maria is a Bloody Mary, but substitutes this booze for the vodka tequila Buddy	$400 [21] Edible marine bivalve with a fluted shell a scallop Amy	$400 [11] Getting to the point by carrying out this office task sharpening a pencil Amy Tom	$400 [2] Women students were permitted at this university for the first time on April 29, 1884 Oxford Buddy
$600 [7] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) It's about equally far from the eastern as the western border & from the northern border as the southern coast to this second-largest Burmese city Mandalay	$600 [28] Second baseman Pete Rose(National League, 1963) the Reds Buddy	$600 [17] If you don't put the salt into a salty dog, you've got the cocktail with this other canine name a greyhound Amy	$600 [22] As it's composed of iron & carbon, steel is one of these an alloy Buddy	$600 [12] Doing my taxes the old-fashioned way using one of these"dinosaurs" an adding machine Buddy	$800 [4] First erected around 1097, these British buildings accidentally burned down on October 16, 1834 the British Houses of Parliament
$800 [8] Named for a cartographer, the Lambert Centre, 120 miles S. of Alice Springs, is the official centre of this country Australia Buddy	$800 [29] First baseman Willie McCovey(National League, 1959) San Francisco Giants	$800 [18] A black one of these is vodka & coffee liqueur; add milk or cream to make a white one a Russian Tom	$800 [23] Gulp--this species with a distinctive tail is seen here swallow Tom	$800 [13] Playing this game with a friend ping pong Buddy	DD $1,000 [3] On Nov. 5, 1956 British forces landed as Port Said during this crisis; in December they went home Suez Crisis Buddy
$1,000 [9] Formerly known as Schrottersburg, Plock is smack in the middle of this country, Germany's eastern neighbor Poland Buddy	$1,000 [30] Catcher Carlton Fisk(American League, 1972) the Boston Red Sox Amy	$1,000 [20] If you change the olive to a cocktail onion in the original martini, you've made this drink variation a Gibson Buddy Amy	$1,000 [25] They connect the ovaries to the uterus the Fallopian tubes Tom	$1,000 [14] I'm at a wedding about to do this make a toast Amy	$1,000 [24] On Feb. 10, 1763 France ceded this large territory to Britain Canada

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN ARTISTS	BANDS IN MOVIES	BIB-LICKAL EVENTS	ORGANIZATIONS & AWARDS	ELEMENTAL LATIN	BEAT "OU"
$400 [26] In 1891 he held an auction of his paintings to finance his move to Tahiti Paul Gauguin Amy	$400 [1] "Shout" if you know Otis Day & The Knights performed in this 1978 film Animal House Amy	$400 [16] A Psalm for this wise son of David predicts that "his enemies shall lick the dust" Solomon Buddy	$400 [21] When the Academy of Television first handed out these awards in 1949, there were only 6 categories the Emmys Buddy	$400 [11] Aurum gold Buddy	$400 [6] This second-person pronoun refers to the singular & the plural you Amy
$800 [27] Born in 1758, John Hoppner was rumored to be the illegitimate son of this soon-to-be British king George III	$800 [2] Morris Day & The Time stole the show in this 1984 production Purple Rain Buddy	$800 [17] The Moabites feared that "the children of" this will "lick up all... about us, as the ox licketh up grass" Israel Tom	$1,200 [23] The Hugo Awards are presented annually by members of the WSFS, the World this Society Science Fiction Tom	$800 [12] Ferrum iron Amy	$800 [7] Old-time song with the lyrics "Fly's in the buttermilk. Shoo, fly, shoo" "Skip To My Lou" Buddy
$1,200 [28] This Fauvist's wife Amelie, who posed for his "Woman with the Hat", ran a Paris hat shop to earn money for the family Henri Matisse	$1,200 [3] Los Lobos had a No. 1 hit with this song, also the title of a 1987 movie biography La Bamba Buddy	$1,200 [18] Micah says, "They shall lick the dust like a serpent" & "move out of their holes like" these annelids "of the earth" worms Tom	$1,600 [24] The Caldecott & Newbery Medals are administered by a division of the ALA, this organization the American Library Association Tom	$1,200 [13] Cuprum copper Buddy	$1,200 [8] I'm going back someday to this still or slow-moving section of marshy water, especially the "Blue" one a bayou Tom
$1,600 [29] This Cretan's 1582 work "Martyrdom of St. Maurice" was his last commission from Spain's King Philip II El Greco Buddy	$1,600 [4] In 1968 The Monkees could be found in this film, also a body part Head Buddy	$1,600 [19] God tells this king through Elijah that dogs will "lick thy blood" & "eat Jezebel by the Wall of Jezreel" Ahab	DD $2,000 [22] The Great Egret Award is given to those who've made long-term contributions to this group or a local chapter the Audubon Society Buddy	DD $2,000 [14] Natrium sodium Buddy	$1,600 [9] Seen in theater names of the '20s & '30s, this word refers to a jewel or exquisite trinket a bijou Amy
$2,000 [30] The cadaver in his "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" was that of Aris Kindt, an executed robber Rembrandt	$2,000 [5] Bauhaus appropriately sang "Bela Lugosi's Dead" in this sanguine film starring Bowie & Deneuve The Hunger Tom	$2,000 [20] Dogs lick the sores of this beggar in Luke 16; he then dies, as did a man in John 11 with the same name Lazarus Tom	$2,000 [25] Since 1930 the AAU has presented this memorial award for outstanding amateur athlete of the year the Sullivan Award Buddy Amy	$2,000 [15] Hydrargyrum mercury	$2,000 [10] This double-talk word refers to elaborate decoration or the rustling of a woman's silk dress froufrou Buddy

Final Jeopardy!

FAMILIAR PHRASES

This 3-word phrase originated with a signal sent by General Sherman; today it means to be in charge temporarily

hold the fort

Amy "What is hold the rein" — wagered $0

Buddy "What is damn the torped" — wagered $8,400

Tom "What is "Hold the Fort"?" — wagered $3,900

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