Show #5950 2010-06-25 (taped 2010-03-02) Regular

Contestants

Matthew Levine — an account executive from Victoria, British Columbia

Lisa Cerrato — a managing editor from Somerville, Massachusetts

Janet Bradlow — an insurance agent from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Janet $3,600 $6,000 $14,000 $10,399
2-day champion: $38,000
$14,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Lisa $-1,000 $2,600 $3,800 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$3,800
9 R, 5 W
Matthew $200 $400 $17,600 $5,595
2nd place: $2,000
$17,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

IT HAPPENED IN JUNE NAME THAT SPORTS CONFERENCE KEEP ON TRUCKIN' CHICK LIT WE PREDICT YOU'LL DEAL WITH THE ZODIAC BODY LANGUAGE
$200 [16]
On June 16, 1858 this man gave his "House Divided" speech in Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Matthew
$200 [6]
Michigan, Ohio State
the Big Ten
Matthew
$200 [22]
In 2010 the D.O.T. issued rules banning this new form of communication by truckers while driving
texting
Janet
$200 [17]
Rebecca is an unrepentant spender in Sophie Kinsella's "Confessions of" this
a Shopaholic
Janet
$200 [11]
Nothing, or perhaps everything, is fishy about Neptune being one of the 2 planets said to rule this sign
Pisces
Matthew
$200 [1]
A kleptomaniac could be accused of having "sticky" these
fingers
Janet
$400 [18]
Acrobat Charles Blondin crossed this North American landmark on a tightrope on June 30, 1859
Niagara Falls
Lisa
$400 [7]
Oregon, Oregon State
the Pac-10
Matthew
$400 [23]
"Massive" rhyming term for your standard tractor-trailer truck
big rig
Lisa
$400 [27]
6 Californians read & discuss "Persuasion", "Emma" & 4 other novels in Karen Joy Fowler's novel her "Book Club"
Jane Austen
Matthew
$400 [12]
The 10th sign of the zodiac, this cardinal earth sign really gets your goat
Capricorn
Janet Lisa
$400 [2]
Intimidation using looks or words is called this kind of "beating"
brow beating
Lisa
$600 [19]
In June 2006 this newsman ended his 44-year career at CBS
Dan Rather
Janet
$600 [8]
Baylor, Oklahoma
the Big 12
Matthew
$600 [24]
In 2008 Atlanta truckers protested the rising price of this type of fuel, their lifeline
Diesel
Janet
$600 [28]
Andrea Sachs, assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine, is the protagonist of this novel by Lauren Weisberger
The Devil Wears Prada
Matthew
$600 [13]
"The Astrology Encyclopedia" says the key phrase for this sign is "I balance"
Libra
Janet
$600 [3]
If you're earning money rapidly, you're said to be making it this body part "over" this partner body part
hand over fist
Janet
DD $1,000 [20]
According to calculations by Eratosthenes, it was June 11, 1184 B.C. that this mythic city was sacked & burned
Troy
Janet
$800 [9]
Alabama, Georgia
the SEC
Matthew
$800 [25]
Also called splash guards, these on a truck help prevent splashing on following cars
mud flaps
Janet
$800 [29]
A sisterly rivalry to give Henry VIII a male heir is the basis for this Philippa Gregory historical novel
The Other Boleyn Girl
Lisa
$800 [14]
A person born under this May 22-June 21 sign is said to have a 2-sided personality & to often change moods quickly
Gemini
Janet
$800 [4]
This 2-word phrase means space to work comfortably & mentions a certain joint
elbow room
Lisa
$1,000 [21]
This leader did some sightseeing around a newly defeated Paris on June 23, 1940
Adolf Hitler
Lisa
$1,000 [10]
Boise State, Fresno State
the Western Athletic Conference
Lisa Matthew
$1,000 [26]
Truckers know these have a range of about 25 miles in motor vehicles & federally limited power of 4 watts
C.B. radios
Janet Matthew
$1,000 [30]
Her classics of the genre include "Lipstick Jungle", "4 Blondes" &, of course, "Sex and the City"
Candace Bushnell
Lisa
$1,000 [15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two zodiological signs on the monitor.) The symbol for Virgo & this sign are sometimes confused, but the difference is the tail pointing outward
Scorpio
Janet Matthew
$1,000 [5]
To seriously apply oneself or redouble one's efforts is to this body part "down"
knuckle

Double Jeopardy! Round

SUPER CALI GO BALLISTIC! EXPO "ALL" A CROCUS
$400 [17]
The 2006 film "Superman Returns" contains a dedication to this actor who died in 2004
Christopher Reeve
Matthew
$400 [1]
Events in 1849 certainly helped California earn this official state nickname
The Golden State
Matthew
$400 [16]
Ballistics, the science of projectiles, comes from the Greek "ballein", to do this to something
throw
Janet Lisa
$400 [6]
In 1986 the world came to this Canadian city for an expo; in 2010 the world was back
Vancouver
Janet Matthew
$400 [9]
A small one is a cascade; a large one, a cataract
a waterfall
Matthew
$400 [23]
Crocuses grow from corms, sometimes called "solid" these objects from which tulips grow
bulbs
Janet
$800 [18]
The title superhero of this 2008 film shares his name with a signer of the Declaration of Independence
Hancock
Matthew
$800 [2]
This great fracture of California's crust is the principal fault of a 600-mile network of faults across the state
the San Andreas Fault
Matthew
$800 [22]
A projectile's trajectory is subject to gravity, lift & this force that's heavily dependent on nose shape
drag
$800 [7]
It's the structure representing a country; at the 1937 Paris Expo, you could see "Guernica" at the Spanish one
a pavilion
Matthew
$800 [12]
A booth where items are displayed for sale
a stall
Matthew
$800 [24]
A king by the name of Crocus was a leader of the Alamanni Tribe when it attacked forces of this empire in 260 A.D.
Rome
Lisa Matthew
$1,200 [19]
This hero-studded film is set during Nixon's fifth term, as the world is on the brink of nuclear war
Watchmen
Lisa
$1,200 [3]
This 25,000-square-mile California desert includes Joshua Tree National Park
the Mojave
Matthew
$1,200 [28]
This 2-word term that includes part of the gun refers to a bullet's speed as it leaves; 2,000 F.P.S. is not uncommon
muzzle velocity
$1,200 [8]
Nearly 20,000 homes were demolished in preparation for this Chinese city's 2010 expo
Shanghai
Janet
$1,200 [13]
Ocular orb
an eyeball
Matthew
$1,200 [25]
Crocus is a shade of this color, as are primrose & jonquil
yellow
Janet
$1,600 [20]
Cutlery was the chosen weapon of the Blue Raja, played by Hank Azaria in this 1999 superfilm spoof
Mystery Men
Matthew
$1,600 [4]
At 14,495 feet, this peak is California's highest point
Mt. Whitney
Matthew
DD $2,000 [29]
An early forensic ballistics debate was central to the 1921 murder trial of these 2 Italian-American anarchists
Sacco & Vanzetti
Janet
DD $2,000 [10]
A 1906 Milan fair celebrated the opening of the Simplon Tunnel under these
the Alps
Matthew
$1,600 [14]
Type of commercial site the Westfield Group specializes in running
a shopping mall
Matthew
$1,600 [26]
Botanically, the crocus is a member of this 4-letter plant family named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow
iris
Lisa
$2,000 [21]
A scene at the end of "Iron Man" finds Samuel L. Jackson as this one-eyed S.H.I.E.L.D. director
Nick Fury
Lisa
$2,000 [5]
Named after a companion of St. Paul, this "San" county is the largest in area in the lower 48
San Bernardino County
Matthew
$2,000 [30]
Internal ballistics studies the conversion of a propellant's chemical energy into a projectile's energy of this type
kinetic
$2,000 [11]
A 21-hour production of this Goethe tale was a highlight of the 2000 expo in Hanover, Germany
Faust
Janet
$2,000 [15]
On a Volga River cruise, Uglich & Yaroslavl might be these 3-word stops
ports of call
Matthew
$2,000 [27]
Early cultivation of crocus is depicted in frescoes found in this Mediterranean island's Knossos Archaeology Site
Crete
Janet

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE & MUSIC

The band called "They Might Be Giants" ultimately gets its name from a phrase said by this title hero in a 1605 work

Don Quixote

Lisa "Who is Robinson Cur" — wagered $3,800
Janet "Who is Pi" — wagered $3,601
Matthew "Julius Caesar" — wagered $12,005

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