Show #5933 2010-06-02 (taped 2010-02-10) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Johnson — a transcriber from Louisville, Kentucky

Gerry Cuddyer — an elections administrator from South Boston, Massachusetts

Cathy Melocik — an editor for a business school from Wilder, Vermont (whose 2-day cash winnings total $46,002)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cathy $2,000 $11,000 $19,400 $9,999
3rd place: $1,000
$18,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Gerry $2,200 $2,000 $8,400 $14,401
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
12 R, 4 W
Jeff $1,200 $3,800 $14,400 $17,400
New champion: $17,400
$13,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL LYRICAL GUNPLAY BOSTON ILLEGAL? ICKY RHYMES READ ON I JUST WANNA LOOK AT THE PICTURES
$200 [15]
Kensington Gardens, the Old Vic Theatre
London
Cathy
$200 [26]
"I shot" this law enforcement officer "but I swear it was in self-defense"
the sheriff
Cathy
$200 [5]
Desiring raises, the Boston teacher's union found out in 2007 that a proposed one of these was illegal
a strike
Cathy
$200 [1]
Something done or completed in a hurry, like my divorce from Britney Spears
quickie
Jeff
$200 [7]
This term for love-themed works also refers to the group of languages derived from Latin
romance
Cathy
$200 [20]
Thisstatue bears the name of the beloved children's story it was based on
The Little Mermaid
Jeff
$400 [16]
The Reina Sofia Museum, the Prado
Madrid
Gerry
$400 [27]
"I shot a man in" this place "just to watch him die"
Reno
Jeff
$400 [9]
The Boston Port Bill, part of 1774's Intolerable Acts, wanted to recoup payment for the illegal destruction of this potable
tea
Gerry
$400 [2]
Having the quality of molasses
sticky
Jeff
$400 [8]
This type of work holding up human follies to humorous criticism was once divided into "gentle" or "indignant"
satire
Gerry
$400 [21]
Scoop, Muck & Lofty are allfriendsofthisTV character
Bob the Builder
Cathy
$600 [17]
Kurfurstendamm (an elegant shopping boulevard), the 630-acre Tiergarten
Berlin
Cathy Gerry
$600 [28]
The Beatles:"But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot, and" this title guy "collapsed in the corner"
Rocky Raccoon
Cathy
$600 [10]
It's illegal in Southie for a gun club to allow its members to shoot at targets that resemble these
people (humans)
Cathy
$600 [3]
It's a temporary red mark on the skin from kissing (hee hee!)
a hickey
Jeff
$600 [11]
From the Latin for "shepherd", it's a literary work idealizing rural life
a pastoral
Gerry
$600 [22]
It's a plant in the mint family; among the many uses of the leaves is making Chartreuse liqueur
basil
Cathy
$800 [18]
The Capitoline Museum, the Baths of Caracalla
Rome
Cathy
$800 [29]
This group:"Janie's got a gun, her dog day's just begun, everybody is on the run"
Aerosmith
Cathy
$800 [12]
If you put this big trash receptacle in an alley, it had better have a number issued by the commissioner of public works
a dumpster
Cathy
$800 [4]
Characterized by concealed difficulty; be careful!
tricky
Gerry
DD $1,000 [13]
It's an exalted verse poem dealing with a single dignified theme; Pindar & Keats were expert practitioners
an ode
Cathy
$800 [23]
The Elgin Bridgeis in this Lion City, also a country of Asia
Singapore
$1,000 [19]
St. Stephen's Green, Trinity College
Dublin
Jeff
$1,000 [30]
Hendrix:"Hey" this guy, "I heard you shot your old lady down ...yes, I did, I shot her"
Joe
Cathy
$1,000 [25]
Don't do this on a Boston sidewalk; it's illegal due to the archaic notion that the act was a way to transmit tuberculosis
spit
Cathy
$1,000 [6]
Cool cocktail of gin, lime juice & club soda
a rickey
Cathy
$1,000 [14]
3-word French term for a novel with thinly disguised depictions of real people
roman à clef
Jeff
$1,000 [24]
This human rights organization, whose logo is seen here, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977
Amnesty International
Cathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOODROW WILSON'S WAR TV SHOW SETTINGS BY STATE -OLOGIES "F"OODSTUFFS THERINGCYCLE 5-LETTER WORDS
$400 [2]
In May 1917 Wilson signed an act requiring U.S. males between the ages of 21 & 31 to do this on June 5
register with Selective Service (for the draft)
Cathy
$400 [1]
"Magnum, P.I."
Hawaii
Jeff
$400 [8]
Seismology studies the seismic waves produced by these plate shifts
earthquakes
Jeff
$400 [21]
All-purpose & self-rising are types of this pantry staple
flour
Cathy
$400 [30]
In "Das Rheingold" 2 giants, Fasolt & Fafner, build a castle for the king of the gods, whom Wagner calls this
Wotan
$400 [16]
The top of a hill, or the ornamental tuft appearing on the top of the head of a bird
crest
Gerry
$800 [3]
In one of the first major U.S. actions, this military branch's 5th & 6th regiments drove the Germans out of Belleau Wood
the Marines
Gerry Jeff
$800 [5]
"Friday Night Lights"
Texas
Gerry Jeff
$800 [12]
In this branch of mineralogy, you learn all about precious stones: identifying them, cutting them, appraising them
gemology
Cathy
$800 [22]
The name of this semisoft candy can be used as a verb to mean "to cheat" or "to alter data"
fudge
Jeff
$800 [26]
Made by a dwarf, the magical Tarnhelm allows its owner to change form or become invisible when worn here
on the head
$800 [17]
As a verb, it means to remove the husk from an ear of corn or the top shell of an oyster or clam
shuck
Cathy
$1,200 [4]
Take a number! In 1918 Wilson proclaimed his "Four Ends", "Four Principles", "Five Particulars" & 14 of these
Points
Gerry
$1,200 [9]
"Designing Women"
Georgia
Gerry
$1,600 [14]
2 similarly named -ologies: one studies the make-up of the universe; the other, the world of make-up
cosmology & cosmetology
Gerry
$1,200 [29]
In 2005 the European Union gave Greece protected designation of origin status for this cheese
feta
Cathy
$1,200 [23]
In "Die Walkure" she disobeys her father & is put to sleep on a rock on a mountain top
Brunhilde
Jeff
$1,200 [18]
A decorative sticker, it is partly derived from calquer, meaning "to trace"
decal
Cathy
$2,000 [7]
Ironically, Wilson narrowly won re-election in 1916 using this 6-word campaign slogan
"He kept us out of war"
Gerry
$1,600 [10]
"The Wire"
Maryland
Cathy
DD $2,000 [13]
The origin of this -ology, the study of word origins, goes back to the Greek for "true word"
etymology
Cathy
$1,600 [28]
Don't struggle with the name of this flatfish family whose members include dab & English sole
flounder
Gerry
$1,600 [24]
In November 1848 Wagner wrote a poem about this hero's "death"; it served as the starting point for the complete cycle
Siegfried
Cathy Jeff
$1,600 [19]
From the Latin for "price", it's compassionate treatment or clemency
mercy
Cathy
DD $3,000 [6]
In March 1917 Wilson ordered the arming of U.S. merchant ships to defend them from these "wolves of the sea"
U-boats
Jeff
$2,000 [11]
"Burn Notice"
Florida
Gerry
$2,000 [15]
K-State has a Dept. of this, from Greek for "movement"; it deals with the anatomy & mechanics of body movement
kinesiology
Jeff
$2,000 [27]
Spanish missionaries introduced this type of fruit to California, hence the mission type of it
a fig
Cathy
$2,000 [25]
The final scene of this fourth part of the "Ring" cycle takes place at the Hall of the Gibichungs
The Twilight of the Gods (or Gotterdammerung )
Jeff
$2,000 [20]
2 words combine to make this old term used in radio communications to indicate agreement or compliance
wilco
Cathy Gerry

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORICAL PHRASES

Before it meant a space between opposing armies, it referred to an execution site outside the walls of London

no man's land

Gerry "What is no man's land" — wagered $6,001
Jeff "What No Man's Land" — wagered $3,000
Cathy "What is a Maginot Line?" — wagered $9,401

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