Show #5955 2010-07-02 (taped 2010-03-03) Regular

Contestants

Kim Platnick — a school librarian from Dunwoody, Georgia

Aaron Wicks — a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York

Dave Edwards — an architect from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dave $1,200 $5,200 $9,000 $12,001
2nd place: $2,000
$12,000
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Aaron $4,400 $8,600 $19,800 $18,001
New champion: $18,001
$17,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Kim $800 $4,000 $6,000 $2,999
3rd place: $1,000
$8,000
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES WIMBLEDON AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES PAUNCH SHOPS ANTEBELLUM ROBERT E. LEE 3-LETTER WORDS
$200 [17]
In Luke, Elisabeth told her, "Blessed art thou amoung women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb"
Mary
Dave
$200 [6]
In 1967 color TV was introduced to the U.K. when this network sponsored a tournament on centre court
the BBC
Dave
$200 [1]
This South American country has about as many people as all the other South American countries combined
Brazil
Kim
$200 [26]
There are 290 fat calories in one of this chain's extra crispy breasts, but only 130 in the original recipe ones
KFC
Dave
$200 [16]
Robert graduated from this school in 1829 with an incredible zero demerits
West Point
Dave
$200 [11]
Take a small drink
sip
Kim
$400 [18]
"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but" this "is weak"
the flesh
Dave
$400 [7]
The Wimbledon championships are the only Grand Slam event played on this surface
grass
Kim
$400 [2]
The Dharma Chakra or "Wheel of Law" appears on the flag of this country
India
Dave
$400 [27]
Its Triple Whopper has a whopping 1,160 calories & 205 milligrams of cholesterol
Burger King
Kim
$400 [22]
Robert E. Lee was born Jan. 19, 1807 at Stratford Hall, the Lee family estate in Northern Virginia on the banks of this river
the Potomac
Aaron
$400 [12]
It's the "stiff upper" projecting rim of a pitcher
a lip
Aaron
$600 [19]
Jesus told those in the synagogue, "Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, physician" do this
heal thyself
Dave
$600 [8]
Between 1973 & 2006 this Czech-American appeared in 326 Wimbledon matches, the most of any player, male or female
Martina Navratilova
Dave Aaron
$600 [3]
The Ural mountains form a boundary between the European & Asian parts of this country
Russia
Aaron
$600 [28]
If you're thinking outside the bun, think about the 990 calories & 1,930 mg of sodium in this chain's Volcano Nachos
Taco Bell
Dave
$800 [24]
During this war Lee distinguished himself at the siege of Veracruz & other battles
the Mexican War
Kim
$600 [13]
Nada, nothing, or perhaps, to fasten your pants
zip
Aaron
$800 [20]
Before his conversion on the road to Damascus, he "persecuted the church of God, and wasted it"
Paul
Dave
$800 [9]
This sport is attached to the name of the club that sponsors Wimbledon, though activities are confined to tennis
croquet
Aaron
$800 [4]
It's the only African country in the top 10
Nigeria
Aaron
$800 [29]
Hit a Grand Slam Slugger with hash browns at one of these restaurants & you've knocked in 85% of your RDV of fat
Denny's
Aaron
$1,000 [25]
In 1859 Robert E. Lee commanded the U.S. Marines that assaulted this man's barricaded forces at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Kim
$800 [14]
It can precede cord, tide & -roaring
rip
Aaron
$1,000 [21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Jesus Museum in Israel.) The Jesus Boat is very much like those in which he sailed, as in Mark chapter 4 when there arose a great storm, & He rebuked this
the wind
Dave
$1,000 [10]
In 1985 he became the youngest player, the first unseeded player & the first German to win the men's singles title
Boris Becker
Aaron
$1,000 [5]
It claims all or part of 3 of the 10 largest islands in the world
Indonesia
Aaron
$1,000 [30]
The Melbourne, a porterhouse at this steakhouse chain, weighs in at over 1,000 calories
Outback
Kim
DD $3,000 [23]
In 1831 Lee married Mary Anna Custis, the step-great-granddaughter of this man
George Washington
Aaron
$1,000 [15]
After a 1997 golf injury, Evel Knievel got this body part replaced
his hip
Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

PIZZA PAPA JOHNS DOMINOES LITTLE SEIZERS NAME-RO UNO SEE "P-K"
$400 [1]
Sal's famous pizzeria is a focal point of this Spike Lee film
Do The Right Thing
Aaron
$400 [26]
He had 4 daughters, Bessie, Alta, Alice & Edith, & one son, John D, Jr.
Rockefeller
Aaron
$400 [6]
We have great expectations you know this 3-letter term for a dot on a domino
a pip
Dave
$400 [12]
Sea anemones use these both to paralyze & to gather in passing prey
tentacles
Aaron
$400 [7]
This philosopher was born in Stagira in Macedonia around 384 B.C.
Aristotle
Dave Aaron
$400 [18]
Uh-oh!Someonehad some trouble with this toy
a pogo stick
Aaron
$800 [2]
"Cold Pizza" was a morning show that debuted in 2003 on this sports cable network
ESPN
Dave
$800 [27]
He had 2 daughters & 2 other sons in addition to the one who became president in 1825
John Adams
Dave
$800 [17]
Dominoes originated in this country in ancient times; the game didn't reach Europe until the 18th century
China
Aaron
$800 [13]
There's a 1/2-ounce African dwarf species of this colorful bird that dives into rivers to seize lunch
a kingfisher
Dave Kim
$800 [8]
In 1983 this Bulgarian-born artist surrounded 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with floating pink fabric
Christo
Dave
$800 [19]
Trythiswith lox... or caviar... or...
pumpernickel
Aaron
$1,200 [3]
Scar-Jo's hubby, he was one of the title "guys" in "Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place"
Ryan Reynolds
$1,600 [29]
This poet's third daughter, Deborah, was born in 1652, shortly after he went totally blind
John Milton
Dave Kim
$1,200 [23]
A domino with both ends having the same value is called a double or this, which is 1 letter longer & also a garment
a doublet
Kim
$1,200 [14]
The white-handed species of this Asian lesser ape uses its white hands to grab fruit & eggs
a gibbon
Aaron
$1,200 [9]
In 1659 he produced his first major comedy, "Les Precieuses Ridicules" for Louis XIV
Molière
Dave
$1,200 [20]
It's the type of pillow seen here
patchwork
Kim
$1,600 [4]
This TV show centers on Fry, a pizza boy who was cryogenically frozen in 2000 & reawakened in the year 2999
Futurama
Dave
$2,000 [30]
This "Rabbit, Run" author & father of 4 also wrote "A Child's Calendar", with a poem for every month
John Updike
Aaron
DD $2,000 [24]
Domino pieces are sometimes called these because they were originally made of ivory
bones
Kim
$1,600 [15]
The pea type of this lives on bivalves & grabs food from bivalves with its pincers
a crab
Dave
$1,600 [10]
This female folk singer who died in 2008 was called the "voice of the civil rights movement"
Odetta
Aaron
$1,600 [21]
It's a good idea to have plenty of this spice on hand
paprika
Aaron
$2,000 [5]
Early in her career Julia Roberts played Daisy in this tasty film
Mystic Pizza
Kim
DD $3,000 [28]
One of his sons, John IV, wrote the memoir "The Other Side of Eden"
John Steinbeck
Dave
$2,000 [25]
Early pieces had white faces on ebony backing, resembling a priest wearing a domino, a dark this
robe
Dave
$2,000 [16]
3 inches long with a 2 1/2-inch fluffy tail, the African pygmy this feeds on seeds--nuts are out of its league
a squirrel
Kim
$2,000 [11]
The second president of Indonesia, he ruled from 1968 to 1998
Suharto
Aaron
$2,000 [22]
Your friend who is wearing this type of necklace is probably just back from Hawaii
puka shell
Dave

Final Jeopardy!

5-LETTER LITERARY TERMS

The "History" by Herodotus has been called the earliest surviving European work of this form, from Latin for "straightforward"

prose

Kim "What is a diary" — wagered $3,001
Dave "What is prose" — wagered $3,001
Aaron "What is an epicc" — wagered $1,799

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