Show #4798 2005-06-15 (taped 2004-12-01) Regular

Contestants

John Smith — a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California

Missy Carlson — a teacher and a speech coach from Naperville, Illinois

Ben Nuckols — a journalist from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$3,200	$4,800	$11,600	$0 2nd place: $2,000	$11,800 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Missy	$2,000	$3,000	$12,800	$23,300 New champion: $23,300	$12,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John	$800	$1,800	$-2,600	$-2,600 3rd place: $1,000	$-600 11 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY	CELEBRITY RHYME TIME	DO US A FLAVOR	CHURCHES	WORLD FLAGS	THE DREADED OPRAH CATEGORY
$200 [7] Of a village, a convent or a factory, it's where "Cavalleria rusticana" is set a village Ben	$200 [2] Kudrow's credit cards Lisa's Visas Ben	$200 [25] Centuries ago this spice was used to dye cloth a deep yellow; today, it gives a yellow hue to Risotto Milanese saffron Missy	$200 [21] At Ulm, Germany, here is the church & here is this structure, a towering 528 feet the steeple John	$200 [12] The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia has 4 stars on a blue background, the blue standing for this ocean the Pacific Missy	$200 [1] Saleswoman Oprah has tote bags specially for the items you saw on this popular segment of her show Oprah's Book Club Ben
DD $200 [10] In 1935 black soprano Anne Brown originated this Gershwin role Bess Ben	$400 [3] Ms. Spelling's tall tales Tori's stories Missy	$400 [26] Its seeds are used in curing gherkins; the leaves, or weeds, are used on salads & meats dill John	$400 [22] Thomas Dorsey, "The Father of" this type of music, developed it in the 1930s at Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist gospel John	$400 [17] Flags of both Japan & Bangladesh feature disks of this color red Ben	$400 [13] Healthy Oprah lost 33 lbs. in one of these military-sounding programs with Sgt.--er, trainer Bob Greene a boot camp John
$400 [8] Virgil Thomson's 1933 opera "Four Saints In Three" of these actually has 4 of them Acts John	$600 [4] Jane or Keri's old-fashioned booty boosters Russell's bustles Missy	$600 [27] Most varieties of this herb essential to Italian pesto have green leaves, but the opal variety has purple leaves basil John	$600 [23] Relics at Rome's Santa Croce in Gerusalemme include thorns from the crown & a piece of this paid to Judas silver Ben	$600 [18] The 4 bo leaves on Sri Lanka's flag represent this religion Buddhism Ben	$600 [14] Career woman Oprah has said marriage wouldn't work with this beau she calls "a traditional black man" Stedman Graham Ben
$600 [9] Sung by Rodolfo to Mimi, "Che Gelida Manina", "Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen", is a beloved aria in this opera La bohème Ben	$800 [5] Buzzi's voting structures Ruth's booths John	$800 [29] The 3 main types of beans that yield this flavoring are Tahitian, Mexican & Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla Missy	$800 [24] On April 18, 1975 President Ford inaugurated the USA's bicentennial celebrations in this appropriate church the Old North Church Missy John	$800 [19] Its flag colors stand for Bohemia & Moravia the Czech Republic Missy	$800 [15] Educator Oprah taught a graduate course on leadership at this university based in Evanston Northwestern University Missy John
$1,000 [11] Debussy wrote an opera about Pelleas & this woman, his brother's wife Mélisande	$1,000 [6] Ms. Spears' little buses Britney's jitneys Ben	$1,000 [30] This spice is used to make chili powders &, along with caraway seed, kummel liqueur cumin	$1,000 [28] Kiev's St. Sophia was inspired by a cathedral built in this city Istanbul	$1,000 [20] Revolutionaries in New York plotting the overthrow of Spanish rule in this Caribbean country based its flag on the USA's Cuba John	$1,000 [16] Mogul Oprah co-founded this media company, a breath of fresh air with its women's cable network Oxygen Ben

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT HAPPENED IN '05	Q BUT NOT U	VACATION POSSIBILITIES	GIMME MY HUNCHBACK	PREHISTORIC CRITTERS	"AS" YOU LIKE IT
$400 [1] 1605:Part One of this Spanish classic is first published Don Quixote Ben	$400 [14] A cotton swab, or a member of A Tribe Called Quest Q-tip Ben	$400 [3] You could take a family car trip & play the game of spotting these; Alaska's Gold Rush one would be a big score license plates Ben	$400 [17] It should ring a bell that he was the title character in "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" Quasimodo Ben	$400 [26] As the "avis" suggests, Argentavis' distinction was being able to do this, even at over 250 pounds fly John	$400 [9] A fibrous mineral formerly used to make fireproof articles asbestos John
$800 [2] 1505:Christ's College is founded at this university Cambridge Missy John	$800 [18] This Internet abbreviation provides a newcomer with additional information on a topic FAQ Missy	$800 [4] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a horse corral in Montana.) Hubbard's Six Quarter Circle Ranch is a member of the association of these ranches, which welcome tenderfoots a dude ranch Missy	$800 [22] In "Young Frankenstein", Marty Feldman played this bumbling hunchback assistant Igor Missy	$800 [28] The best guess on the purpose ofspinosarus' sailwas that by turning it the beast could regulate this body temperature Missy	$800 [12] A paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration characterized by bronchospasm & wheezing asthma Missy
$1,200 [8] 1005:Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of this nation Scotland Missy	$1,200 [19] To keep things on the down low & secret, keep it "on" this 2-letter expression the q.t. Ben	$1,200 [5] Several companies offer religious tours around the Near East called "In" these "Of St. Paul" the Footsteps	$1,200 [23] The 2003 musical "The Fabulist" tells the tale of this hunchbacked slave of Ancient Greece who told tales of his own Aesop	$1,200 [29] The sharklike acanthodians were the first vertebrates with these; earlier ones had vacuum-cleaner mouths jaws John	$1,200 [13] A village in Berkshire, England or a scarf with broad ends an ascot John
$1,600 [10] 1605:This man is discovered under the English Parliament along with barrels of gunpowder Guy Fawkes Missy	$1,600 [20] This abbreviation used in math proofs means "which was to be shown" QED	$1,600 [6] The now peaceful vista shownhereat the Somme might be part of a tour of places that enter history as these World War I battlefields Ben John	DD $1,800 [24] As portrayed by Shakespeare, this 15th century king was a murderous hunchback Richard III Missy	$1,600 [27] Fossils in Niger indicate the "super" type of this animal was the size of a bus; it often drowned its prey a crocodile	$1,600 [15] In TV, this ratio of the width of an image to its height can be 4 to 3 an aspect ratio Ben
$2,000 [11] 405:St. Jerome completes this Latin version of the Bible the Vulgate	$2,000 [21] World Book says the exportation of petroleum & petroleum products provides 95% of this nation's income Qatar Ben	$2,000 [7] Skiing Ruthie's Run in this Colorado resort city, watch for moguls, both the human & terrain kind Aspen Ben	$2,000 [25] He's the title hunchback & court jester of an 1851 Verdi opera Rigoletto Missy John	DD $2,000 [30] If Horton climbed his family tree, he'd go from elephant to stegodon to stegolophodon to this mastodon John	$2,000 [16] A secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for the instruction of Hinduism an ashram John

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY ATHLETES

In 1938, at age 25, she became the youngest person made a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav

Sonja Henie

Ben "Who is Babe Didridkson" — wagered $11,600

Missy "Who is Sonia Henie?" — wagered $10,500

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