Show #4797 2005-06-14 (taped 2004-12-01) Regular

Contestants

Ben Nuckols — a journalist from Baltimore, Maryland

Patrice Escalle — a student from Mill Valley, California

Lisa Osterman — a geologist from Bethesda, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lisa $1,800 $4,000 $8,400 $3,599
3rd place: $1,000
$10,000
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Patrice $1,200 $2,600 $6,600 $4,600
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ben $800 $1,400 $6,600 $13,200
New champion: $13,200
$10,200
19 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 50 STATES NAME THAT MOVIE ODDPODGE THE FUN '40s HOWDY, PARTNER! MIXED DRINKS
$200 [1]
Colorado has the motto "Nothing without providence"; this state that should have it just has "Hope"
Rhode Island
Patrice
$200 [10]
1942:"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine"
Casablanca
Lisa
$200 [15]
In 1913 the tax on a $15,000 individual income was just this percent
1%
Ben
$200 [25]
This Yankee great jolted the owners in 1941 when he held out for $35,000
Joe DiMaggio
Lisa
$200 [20]
19th century printing partner of Nathaniel Currier
Ives
Patrice
$200 [6]
DEMON ALE
lemonade
Ben
$400 [2]
To stand in the center of this state, go 5 miles northeast of Ames & stand there--how exciting...
Iowa
Lisa
$400 [11]
1956:"Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!"
The Ten Commandments
Ben
$400 [16]
Kidnapped & held as a 5th century slave in Ireland for 6 years, he returned to convert them all to Christianity
St. Patrick
Ben
$400 [26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from beside a Blue Angels plane.) During a visit to this city in 1946 the Blue Angels took their name from a nightclub found there
New York
Ben
$400 [21]
After his partner's death in 1809, he partnered with Nicholas Biddle to complete the expedition report
(William) Clark
Patrice Ben
$400 [7]
A DECEIT
iced tea
Patrice
$600 [3]
Tourists in this state are well fortified: there's Fort Riley, Fort Larned & Fort Leavenworth to visit
Kansas
Lisa
$600 [12]
1970: "They'll lose their fear of the Germans. I only hope to God they never lose their fear of me"
Patton
Lisa
$600 [17]
In 1954 she was nominated for an Oscar for "Mogambo"; in 1956 she was celebrated in Monaco
Grace Kelly
Patrice
$600 [27]
In 1941, the All-American Archie made his debut in comic books, as did this all-Amazon heroine
Wonder Woman
Ben
$600 [22]
Born in 1895, this lyricist partnered with composers Friml, Romberg, Kern & Rodgers
Hammerstein
Ben
$600 [8]
ERE TO ROB
root beer
$800 [4]
Major Native American tribes in this state include the Athabaskan, Tlingit & Haida
Alaska
Patrice
$800 [13]
2002:"Here's my first question. Do you think it's kind of dangerous handing out guns at a bank?"
Bowling for Columbine
Patrice
$800 [18]
Once called "Pile o' Bones", this city with a population near 200,000 is the capital of Saskatchewan province
Regina
$800 [28]
A big war during the '40s was the one between the 2 major music royalty collectors, ASCAP & this
BMI
$800 [23]
He partnered with Edward Williams in 1866 to "Cover the Earth" with paint
Sherwin
Ben
$800 [9]
I CAN COP CUP
cappuccino
DD $1,000 [5]
Of states with Lake Michigan shoreline, it has the least, 41 miles
Indiana
Patrice
$1,000 [14]
1969:"You know, Billy. We blew it"
Easy Rider
$1,000 [19]
Utah, Idaho & Oklahoma are the last 3 states that still can carry out execution by this method
firing squad (shooting accepted)
Patrice Ben
$1,000 [29]
It was made of wood & 5 stories high, Howard Hughes told the Senate if it didn't fly, he'd leave the country
the Spruce Goose
Lisa
$1,000 [24]
In 1673, he & his exploring partner Joliet became the first Europeans to visit the area of Chicago
Marquette
Lisa
$1,000 [30]
WARN ME RETAIL
mineral water

Double Jeopardy! Round

AT THE BALLET SPORTSMEN PAY UP! VINCENT "VAN" GO
$400 [26]
In one version of this fairy tale ballet, the prince summons cobblers throughout the kingdom, but to no avail
Cinderella
Patrice
$400 [1]
In 2003 Michael Phelps became the first man in this sport's history to break 2 individual world records in 1 day
swimming
Ben
$400 [6]
You may have to make a down payment on a house in the form of a cashier's one
a check
Patrice
$400 [14]
In "John Brown's Body", Steven Vincent Benet tried to give a complete picture of this war
the Civil War
Lisa
$400 [7]
Here we are now, entertain us with this term for a state of freedom from pain, worry & the external world
nirvana
Ben
$400 [21]
The nonrigid airships seen at sporting events were used in WWII to escort convoys by looking for submarines
blimps
Ben
$800 [27]
Act II of this classic ballet takes place in the Kingdom of Sweets
The Nutcracker
Ben
$800 [2]
Fans were thrilled when he won his first major at the 2004 Masters
Phil Mickelson
Ben
$800 [8]
The traditional subsitute if you can't pay your restaurant tab; sadly, most places now have machines to do it
dishwashing
Ben
$800 [15]
She's been described as "the foremost woman poet of America"
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lisa
$800 [10]
It's an 1819 Sir Walter Scott novel
Ivanhoe
Patrice
$800 [22]
Actual U.S. boat names include "Freudian" this, a single-masted fore-&-aft-rigged sailing vessel
Sloop
Ben
$1,200 [28]
The roles of Odette & Odile are often performed by the same ballerina in this ballet
Swan Lake
Lisa
$1,200 [3]
Becker & Edberg were idols of this Swiss man who won Wimbledon in 2003 & 2004
Roger Federer
Ben
$1,200 [9]
In 2002 eBay paid more than $1 billion for this service for sending money online
PayPal
Patrice
$1,200 [16]
"Canine" nickname of 1930s killer Vincent Coll
"Mad Dog"
$1,200 [11]
It can be a large covered vehicle or a group of merchants traveling together in a desert
caravan
Patrice
$1,200 [24]
"Veil, Duster and Tire Iron" is a memoir by Alice Ramsey, the first woman to cross North America this way
by car
Ben
DD $1,600 [29]
Agnes de Mille's success with this 1942 Copland ballet led to her assignment as the choreographer for "Oklahoma!"
Rodeo
Lisa
$1,600 [4]
This larger-than-life Georgetown coach recruited Patrick Ewing & won the 1984 NCAA title
John Thompson
Ben
$1,600 [19]
i.e. "No Credit", the phrase "cash on" this probably comes from saloons using it as a table or countertop
on the barrel
Lisa Ben
$1,600 [17]
With Curt Gentry, he wrote "Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders"
(District Attorney) Vincent Bugliosi
$1,600 [12]
Originally a French military term, it describes an artist who opposes accepted ways of doing things
avant-garde
Ben
$2,000 [25]
The WNBA is the Women's National Basketball Association; the NWBA is the National this Basketball Assoc.
Wheelchair
$2,000 [30]
With music by Stravinsky, this ballet tells of a clown puppet who gets his heart broken, dies & becomes a ghost
Petrushka
$2,000 [5]
(Hi, I'm Trent Green of the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL.) When the Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 1970, they were led by this quarterback
Len Dawson
Ben
$2,000 [20]
Federal rules that took effect in 2004 guarantee workers making under $23,600 the right to this type of pay
overtime
Lisa
$2,000 [18]
He was The New York Times' senior film critic from 1969 to 1993
Vincent Canby
Ben
$2,000 [13]
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union is headquartered in this Illinois city
Evanston
Ben
DD $3,600 [23]
Of countries entirely within Asia, it was the first with a railway system
India
Ben

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN CAPITALS

In an August 1989 protest, a 2-million-person human chain stretched from Tallinn to Riga to this city

Vilnius

Patrice "What is Bratilsav" — wagered $2,000
Ben "What is Vilnius?" — wagered $6,600
Lisa "What is Vilnuis" — wagered $4,801

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