Show #5980 2010-09-17 (taped 2010-07-27) Regular

Roger Craig game 5.

Contestants

Ryan Hedlund — a civil engineer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Shaama Pandya — an economic consultant from Washington, D.C.

Roger Craig — a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware (whose 4-day cash winnings total $166,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Roger	$3,000	$10,800	$26,800	$29,000 5-day champion: $195,801	$23,200 26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Shaama	$400	$1,400	$4,400	$8,799 3rd place: $1,000	$3,000 6 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Ryan	$3,800	$4,600	$11,600	$12,251 2nd place: $2,000	$9,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

REALITY SHOWS A LA SHAKESPEARE	SEPTEMBER'S HERE ALREADY	SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE...	TALK LIKE A PIRATE	HELLO CLEVELAND!	AIRLINE CARRY ON NO-NOS
$200 [1] Heroes & villains abound! Colby, Coach & Rupert doth return to the fray but Boston Rob, the tribe hath spoken Survivor Roger	$200 [15] I'm off to London to see the spring 2011 collections shown as part of this "week" Fashion Roger	$200 [16] Exploding pancreas, chronic finger loss & dermatitis from contact with this climbing vine, rhus radicans poison ivy Shaama	$200 [9] Among the crimes the ATF investigates be this one, from the Latin for "to burn" arson Ryan	$800 [20] Born in nearby Orange, this 19th c. president & assassination victim is buried in Cleveland's Lake View cemetery Garfield Ryan	$600 [24] Hey, ninjas: put your shurikens or throwing these into your checked bag throwing stars Roger
$400 [2] In truth, Rod Blagojevich, thou displeasest me mightily & thy hair scares even me... thou art fired! The Apprentice Roger	$400 [13] You can still get in on the celebrations of this anniversary of Mexico's independence 200th Shaama Ryan	$600 [25] Spontaneous nose inversion, foot attack & this "fowl" 10-letter skin disease whose incubation period averages 2-3 weeks chicken pox Roger	$400 [3] It be the title of the princes of the former ruling house of Austria, like Franz Ferdinand archduke Roger	$1,000 [21] Cleveland sits at the mouth of this river that caught fire in 1969; it's also the seat of the county of the same name Cuyahoga Roger	$800 [12] Baseball bat? No. Bat for this, England's national summer sport? Also no cricket Roger
$600 [6] Rudy, though thou sheddeth 213 lbs. in our 8th season, I am sorry to inform thee, thou art not... The Biggest Loser Ryan	$600 [14] You Marylanders who didn't vote in this on the 14th, don't complain about the bums who take office primary Roger	$800 [17] Kidney vertigo, eyebrow singe & this, a yellow discoloring of the skin caused by too much bilirubin in the blood jaundice Shaama	$600 [4] The Nebraska legislature be tree lovers & made this day, April 22, a legal holiday Arbor Day Ryan	DD $4,200 [19] John D. Rockefeller co-founded this company in Cleveland in 1870 Standard Oil Roger	$1,000 [11] No Bruce Lee moves--this martial arts weapon, 2 sticks joined by a chain, can't go in your carry-on nunchucks Ryan
$800 [7] DJ Pauly D! Arise from thy tanning bed! Ronnie hath come to blows on the boardwalk! Do not tarry! "The Situation" is dire! Jersey Shore Roger	$800 [22] I'm 2 weeks late with my 73rd birthday gift for this L.A. Olympics organizer & ex-baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth Roger	$1,000 [18] Hip implosion, spleen shivers & this "heliocentric" condition, aka heat hyperpyrexia, when body temp. hits 105 degrees sunstroke Roger	$800 [5] It be the horse noted for grace & intelligence, seen here Arabian Shaama	—	—
$1,000 [10] Rogues! Fugitives! Hear me! The Chapmans will track & capture thee from Hawaii to Colorado! This is our (A&E) quest! Dog the Bounty Hunter Roger	$1,000 [23] Remember the 25th is Mozambique's Armed Forces Day, commemorating the fight against this colonial power Portugal Roger	—	$1,000 [8] The atomic weight of this element used to fill vacuum tubes be 39.948; remember the gist o' the category, ye scurvy scalawags! argon Ryan	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE FICTION FILMS	19th CENTURY QUOTATIONS	YANKEE MAGAZINE	THE "EYE"s HAVE IT	METALS	THE VOTES ARE IN
$400 [24] Although its title is a holiday, this 1996 Will Smith film went into general release one day before that holiday Independence Day Ryan	$400 [22] He once said, "I have constructed 3,000 different theories in connection with the electric light" Edison Ryan	$400 [16] A 1983 article on this yankee-style soup says long ago it was made with salt pork, not clams chowder Roger	$400 [26] An overnight plane flight a red-eye Shaama	$800 [4] (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) When you holdferrofluidover a magnet, it spikes & marks the lines of the magnetic field because ferrofluid contains nanoparticles of this metallic element, symbol Fe iron Ryan	$2,000 [21] In 1950 58% of this country voted in favor of the return from exile of King Leopold III Belgium Roger
$800 [12] (Hi, I'm CCH Pounder.) You may not recognize me out of character, but one of my greatest acting experiences was playing Neytiri's mother, Moat, in this blockbuster Avatar Roger	$800 [23] On Dec. 2, 1859 this abolitionist told his hangman, "I am ready at any time. Do not keep me waiting" John Brown Roger	$800 [17] An article called "A Tip Of The Hat To Danbury", in this state, tells how JFK helped kill an industry with his bareheaded ways Connecticut Roger	$800 [25] One of the 2 James Bond films that fit the category GoldenEye (or For Your Eyes Only ) Ryan	$1,600 [6] In 1906 G.E. produced its first light bulb using this metal as a filament; it's still used today tungsten Shaama	DD $3,000 [7] In 1967 this colony voted to reject Spanish rule & to remain rock solid under British sovereignty Gibraltar Shaama
$1,200 [9] A 1965 student film evolved into his first feature film as a director, 1971's "THX-1138" (George) Lucas Roger	$1,200 [13] This 1848 Whig candidate: "I will not say I would serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me" (Zachary) Taylor Roger	$1,200 [18] Athletes who've been featured naturally include Bob Cousy, a star on this team from 1950 to 1963 (Boston) Celtics Roger	$1,200 [1] A dilapidated old building an eyesore Ryan	$2,000 [8] This plating metal is what makes stainless steel corrosion resistant & stainless chromium Roger Ryan	—
$1,600 [10] Alan Young, who co-starred in the 1960 version of this film based on an H.G. Wells book, had a bit role in the 2002 remake The Time Machine Roger Ryan	$1,600 [14] In this 1841 essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson remarked, "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist" Self Reliance Roger	$1,600 [19] A travel article says Arlington, Vermont is like something he would have painted--which he did, & lived there, too Norman Rockwell	$1,600 [2] This facial wear made Israel's Moshe Dayan instantly recognizable worldwide an eye patch Roger	DD $3,000 [5] Logically, it was the radioactive transuranium metal discovered right after neptunium plutonium Ryan	—
$2,000 [11] Lock Martin, a 7'7" doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast as the robot Gort in this 1951 sci-fi film The Day The Earth Stood Still Ryan	$2,000 [15] (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Jordan.) The color of the sandstone in this ancient city in Jordan explains why, in the 19th century, John William Burgon called it "a rose-red city half as old as time" Petra Roger Shaama	$2,000 [20] A 1965 article tells us "He sowed--others reaped" is the epitaph of Ephraim Bull, who first bred this New England grape the Concord grape Ryan	$2,000 [3] The last name of author Stephenie or the first name of gangster Lansky Meyer Roger	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

RIVERS

These 2 rivers, each more than 1,000 miles long, rise in the Armenian Plateau in Turkey

the Tigris & the Euphrates

Shaama "What are Tigris + Euphrates?" — wagered $4,399

Ryan "What are the Tigris & Euphrates?" — wagered $651

Roger "What is Tigris & Euphrates?" — wagered $2,200

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