Show #5982 2010-09-21 (taped 2010-07-28) Regular

Roger Craig game 7.

Contestants

Jelisa Castrodale — a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Matt Martin — a police officer from Arlington, Virginia

Roger Craig — a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware (whose 6-day cash winnings total $230,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Roger	$3,800	$6,000	$22,000	$4,599 3rd place: $1,000	$19,600 27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Matt	$800	$1,600	$6,000	$5,000 2nd place: $2,000	$6,000 10 R, 2 W
Jelisa	$4,700	$7,500	$19,700	$39,399 New champion: $39,399	$15,000 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN ON THE MAP	ZAC(H/K) ATTACK	THAT HURTS!	I KNOW "UR"	BUT WHAT AM EYE?	THE COMEDIC CALVIN COOLIDGE
$200 [17] This provincial capital on Vancouver Island is famous for its Butchart Gardens Victoria Roger	$200 [12] Zachary Quinto showed us the logic as this character in 2009's "Star Trek" Spock Roger	$200 [24] In 1954 Becton, Dickinson & Company created the first mass-produced disposable these items for vaccines syringes Jelisa	$200 [25] Adjective meaning calling for prompt action urgent Roger	$200 [1] It's the eye part highlighted here. Oh, look, all our camera operators are dying to buzz in! the lens Roger	$400 [29] Passing by one of these, Cal told his sons to be quiet & listen to their money working for them a bank Roger
$400 [18] New Jersey's 4 largest cities in population are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson & her Elizabeth Matt	$400 [13] Zach Johnson donned the green jacket as the 2007 winner of this sporting event The Masters Jelisa	$400 [23] Angelina Jolie's lips are sometimes described as this hyphenated term, as if she'd been attacked by a flying insect bee-stung Matt	$400 [22] Bearlike ursine Jelisa	$400 [2] The sclera covers about 5/6 of the eyeball & this, about 1/6; don't get it scratched! the cornea Roger	$600 [28] When a biography critical of this man came out, Cal looked out the window and said "I see his monument is still there" Washington Roger
$600 [19] It's the capital of South Australia & alphabetically first among the country's major cities Adelaide Matt	$600 [14] He was the voice of Chicken Little in a 2005 film, but he's better known for his role in "Scrubs" Zach Braff Matt Jelisa	$800 [10] At the website for this product, you can get an M18L with a laser sight that shoots 2 barbs deploying 50,000 volts Taser Jelisa	$600 [6] It's a heavy grayish element uranium Roger	$600 [3] This makes up the innermost layer of the wall of the eyeball & has 120 million rods & 6 million cones the retina Roger	$800 [27] Coolidge told a valet to ask Justice Hughes, seenhereif he was ready for this daily morning grooming act shaving Roger
$800 [20] The city of Enid in this state is believed to be named for a character in "Idylls of the King" Oklahoma Jelisa	$800 [15] He'll forever be remembered as Troy Bolton, the captain of his high school's basketball team who can sing Zac Efron Jelisa	$1,000 [11] Clearing land by cutting trees down and then setting fire to them is called this "& burn" slash Roger	$800 [7] Shorthand for an Internet address URL Roger	$800 [4] The more melanin & the closer it is to the surface, the darker the color of this 4-letter eye part the iris Matt	$1,000 [26] This beloved humorist of the day said Cal's wit was too subtle for most people Will Rogers Jelisa
$1,000 [21] Named for a Danish queen, it's the capital of the U. S. Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie Roger Jelisa	$1,000 [16] Zack de la Rocha tapped into his anger as the vocalist in this group featuring guitarist Tom Morello Rage Against the Machine Roger	DD $1,500 [9] Before "group" it means a sect separate from a larger body; by itself it refers to a small shard of wood or bone splinter Jelisa	$1,000 [8] A chemical compound of the group NH-CO-O; you're probably familiar with the "poly" form urethane Jelisa	$1,000 [5] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the eye on the monitor.) Tears are constantly produced from glands above the eye, pass across the eyeball & flow out through these two ducts that open at the inner corner of each eye lacrimal ducts Jelisa	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

DICKENS TITLE LETTER DROP	MOVIES AT SEA	PILLOW TALK	WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS	I KNOW UR	BUT WHAT AM I?
$400 [2] Drop a letter from Dickens' novel about pickpockets & it becomes this story of an internal organ that's sprained Liver Twist Matt	$400 [1] "Yell barracuda, everybody says, 'huh? what?'; you yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands" is said in this film Jaws Roger	$400 [9] Folks with tailbone injuries find sweet relief sitting on pillows in the shape of these sweet baked treats donuts Matt	$400 [25] A woman engaged to be married the fiancée Matt	$400 [4] The first major excavations of Ur were made after WWI by H.R. Hall of this London institution the British Museum Roger	$400 [16] I'm not a canine, I'm this burrowing squirrel of the genus Cynomys that's ubiquitous on the plains of North America prairie dog Roger
$800 [3] Bah! Humbug! It's Rob Reiner's dad on December 25 Christmas Carl Roger Matt	$800 [24] A captain & his inexperienced crew patrol the Atlantic in a sub in this 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film with a German title Das Boot Roger	$800 [10] The child carrying a pillow in a wedding procession the ringbearer Jelisa	$800 [30] In a beverage or a hue, it precedes "au lait" café Matt	$800 [5] One of the last kings to build at Ur was this "great" Persian, also called Koresh Cyrus Roger	$800 [17] I'm this colorful bird formally known as Cyanocitta cristata, not a Canadian baseball player blue jay Roger
$1,200 [13] The loss of a letter causes the evil Quilp & Little Nell to jump around on one leg a lot The Old Curiosity Hop	$1,600 [22] This 1995 film with Kevin Costner as a "manphibian" (he had gills!) cost an estimated $175 million Waterworld Matt	$1,200 [11] It's a small decorative pillow also known as a scatter cushion a throw pillow Jelisa	$1,200 [27] A daytime movie or play a matinée Jelisa	$1,200 [6] Now called Tall al-Muqayyar, modern Ur is about 10 miles from Nasiriyah in this troubled Mideast country Iraq Roger	$1,200 [18] I'm P. onocrotalus, the white species of this big-throated bird; more fish, please! pelican Roger
$1,600 [14] It's a Pip of a novel full of anticipation from Beowulf's people Geat Expectations Roger	$2,000 [23] Jack Lemmon was Ensign Pulver, in charge of laundry & morale aboard a ship called The Reluctant, in this 1955 film Mister Roberts	$1,600 [12] Homedics makes a pillow to support the part of the lower back named for these vertebrae just above the sacrum lumbar Roger	$1,600 [28] These chili peppers seenhereare popular because they can be easily seeded a jalapeño Roger Matt	$2,000 [8] Founded in the 4th millennium B.C., Ur was a capital city of this oldest Mesopotamian civilization Sumeria Roger	$1,600 [19] I'm C. latirostris, this South American crocodilian, not an island group in the Caribbean caiman Roger
$2,000 [15] Drop a letter from Dickens' last completed novel & it's about that devilish guy we both know Our Mutual Fiend	DD $5,000 [21] One tagline for this 1997 Oscar winner was "Collide with destiny" Titanic Jelisa	$2,000 [26] Don't forget this word precedes "foam" in the name of a 4-pound "wave" pillow from Serta memory Jelisa	$2,000 [29] This 2-word Native American tribe lived in the Pacific Northwest the Nez Percé	DD $4,000 [7] Ur is dominated by one of these stepped, pyramidal temple towers dating from the 3rd millennium B.C. a ziggurat Roger	$2,000 [20] I'm not a piece of farm equipment, I'm this shark of the genus Alopias that uses its long tail to stun prey a thresher Jelisa

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS & THE MEDIA

On February 8, 2010 the headline in a major newspaper in this city read, "Amen! After 43 Years, Our Prayers Are Answered"

New Orleans

Matt "What is Miami" — wagered $1,000

Jelisa "What is New Orleans?" — wagered $19,699

Roger "What is Chicago?" — wagered $17,401

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