Show #4802 2005-06-21 (taped 2004-12-09) Regular

Contestants

Mike Bober — a political fundraiser from Arlington, Virginia

Elaine Thacker — a writer and consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Donna Brutkoski — a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Donna	$800	$3,800	$13,800	$800 2nd place: $2,000	$13,800 21 R, 3 W
Elaine	$3,400	$5,600	$10,800	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$10,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Mike	$200	$1,200	$13,200	$1,201 New champion: $1,201	$12,400 12 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC GREETING CARDS	LIBRARIES	KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS	LOONEY TUNES	WHAT'S UP, DUCK?	THAT'S "ALL", FOLKS!
$200 [26] It's the residence referred to here:Nov. 1800John & Abby -Best of luck in your new home! Can't wait to visit you there. the White House Elaine	$200 [9] In Palo Alto, the USA's 1st free-standing public children's library has a "secret" this, named for the Burnett tale a garden Donna	$200 [3] You'll "spot" this feline variety in Jeremiah 13:23 a leopard Mike	$200 [1] He popped out of a drum at the end of many a Looney Tune & said, "That's all, folks" Porky Pig Donna	$200 [21] Head to L.A.'s Chinatown to eat this classic dish named for a capital city Peking duck Mike	$200 [16] Hypersensitivity to a substance allergy Donna
$400 [27] This mobster got acard from wife Mae:Sweetheart, I'm glad your mind is on love instead of business.Happy Valentine's Day '29! Al Capone Donna	$400 [10] Galleries at his Iowa Pres. Library & Museum include "The Humanitarian Years" & "From Hero to Scapegoat" Herbert Hoover	$400 [7] I Kings 10 tells us that these were imported from Egypt at 150 shekels each; the chariots were extra horses Donna	$400 [2] Mais oui, he's the scent-imental lover seen here Pepé Le Pew Elaine	$400 [22] A stuffed duck wearing glasses & a mustache would drop down when someone on this show uttered the "secret word" You Bet Your Life Elaine	$400 [17] If you're riding around in your black & white, APB is short for this all points bulletin Donna
$600 [28] Sailor who in 1500 got the Father's Daycard:To a Great Dad, Someday you'll get your own day!Love, Diego Christopher Columbus Elaine	$600 [11] The United Nations' library is named for this Secretary-General who was killed in a 1961 plane crash Dag Hammarskjold Elaine	$600 [8] In Exodus 29 God demands a rump roast from a male one of these as tribute a sheep Donna Elaine	$600 [4] This "down under" creature whirls like a tornado & slices through trees like a rotary saw the Tasmanian Devil Donna	$600 [23] The athletic teams of this West Coast college are called the Ducks the University of Oregon Donna	$600 [18] Quick! It's a musical direction to play quickly allegro Donna
$800 [29] Author of the 1541 anniversarycard:Catherine, I can't believe it's been a year. Wishing us many more happy months together... Henry VIII Donna	$800 [12] In 1887 Melvil Dewey founded the USA's first library school at this NYC university Columbia Elaine	$800 [14] The Song of Solomon 2:15 tells of these "little" critters "that spoil the vines" foxes Elaine	$800 [5] Acme delivered to the American desert, the backdrop for the endless chases between these 2 Wile E. Coyote & the Roadrunner Elaine	$800 [24] It's on the puss of a platypus a duckbill Mike	$800 [19] This 325-mile river rises in the hilly plateau region of Potter County, Pennsylvania the Allegheny Elaine
$1,000 [30] 1840 graduate whose cardcame with a horse in a red bow:Cump, West Point made a fine young man. We're so proud. William Tecumseh Sherman Donna Elaine	$1,000 [13] In 1451 Nicholas V founded this library "for the common convenience of the learned" the Vatican library	$1,000 [15] Since Leviticus 19:19 expressly forbids this, mules are not allowed crossbreeding Elaine	DD $1,200 [6] Punning on Bugs' catchphrase, it's the title of the cartoon in which Bugs played Brunhilde & Elmer Fudd was Siegfried "What's Opera, Doc?" Elaine	$1,000 [25] This controversial social drama by Henrik Ibsen premiered in Norway in 1885 The Wild Duck	$1,000 [20] The lowest part of Tennessee is the "Mississippi" this type of plain the alluvial plain Donna

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LITERATURE	TAKE ME TO YOUR DIRECTOR	VOLCANO, ISLAND OR PENINSULA	BUSINESS JARGON	OTHER PLANETS' MOONS	6-LETTER WORDS
$400 [16] In the early 1900s Argentine writers Benito Lynch & Ricardo Guiraldes wrote novels about the lives of these cowboys the gauchos Elaine	$400 [11] She followed in her father's footsteps when she directed "The Virgin Suicides" Sofia Coppola Donna	$400 [21] Pinatubo volcano Elaine	$400 [22] The show-buz newspaper Variety calls this studio "The Mouse" Walt Disney Donna	$400 [6] Jupiter's Callisto is covered with these, but unlike those on our moon they've mostly collapsed on themselves craters Donna	$400 [1] From the Arabic for "journey", it's an overland journey in Eastern Africa for hunting or exploring safari Mike
$800 [17] "L'art d'etre grand-pere" is a not so miserables poetry collection by this author Victor Hugo Donna	$800 [12] Born NYC 1928; directed "2001" 1968; died England 1999 Stanley Kubrick Mike	$800 [27] Jutland peninsula Donna	$800 [23] Type of winged being who backs a startup venture with much-needed cash an angel Elaine	$800 [7] Due to its thick one of these, Saturn's Titan was once thought to be the solar system's biggest satellite atmosphere	$800 [2] In "My Darling Clementine", the two places where the miner forty-niner excavated for a mine a canyon & a cavern Mike
$1,200 [18] This Aussie's books include "Outback" as well as "Schindler's List" Thomas Keneally	$1,200 [13] (Anthony Daniels reads the clue.) C-3PO was modeled after a robot from the 1926 film "Metropolis" directed by this human Fritz Lang Elaine	$1,200 [28] Hainan island Elaine	$1,200 [24] The trucking industry hates deadheading, when trucks are driven this way empty Mike	$1,200 [8] The moon Phobos is only about the same distance from this planet as Chicago is from London Mars Mike	$1,200 [3] From the Latin mansio, "house", this adjective describes degrading work, perhaps done by a servant menial Elaine
$1,600 [19] Jacobean who wrote the ghoulish & violent plays "The White Devil" & "The Duchess of Malfi" John Webster	$1,600 [14] Chris Columbus discovered a whole new world when he directed Elisabeth Shue in these "Adventures" Adventures in Babysitting Donna	$1,600 [29] Kamchatka peninsula Donna	DD $2,000 [25] 8-letter anatomical plural meaning visitors viewing a website eyeballs Mike	DD $2,000 [9] This solid material covers the surface of Jupiter's Europa, so scientists hope to find life there ice Mike	$1,600 [4] Later versions of this light, sharp-pointed sword are used only for thrusting & have no cutting edges rapier Mike
$2,000 [20] Czar Boris Godunov inspired an 1825 drama by this writer, Russia's equivalent of Shakespeare Pushkin Donna	$2,000 [15] In 1948 Roberto Rossellini directed this future wife as Joan of Arc Ingrid Bergman Donna	$2,000 [30] Soufriere Hills volcano Donna Elaine	$2,000 [26] Major underwriters in this type of banking are the "bulge bracket" investment banking Donna	$2,000 [10] In June 2004, astronomers got pictures of this Saturn-lite with the same name as a "Friends" character Phoebe Elaine	$2,000 [5] The two main types of this fungus that attacks plants are powdery & downy mildew Mike

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. COLLEGE TOWNS

This 2-word city is named for the founders' wives (they had the same name) & the natural groves found there

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Elaine "What is Charlotte?" — wagered $10,799

Mike "What is [something Alex reads as way]?" — wagered $11,999

Donna "What is ?" — wagered $13,000

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