Show #4807 2005-06-28 (taped 2004-12-10) Regular

Contestants

Ben Kesling — a student from Lexington, Kentucky

Pam Maine — a mutual fund accountant from Boston, Massachusetts

Sarah Johnson — a law clerk originally from Newport News, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sarah $4,200 $5,000 $5,800 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$9,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Pam $1,600 $7,800 $8,600 $600
2nd place: $2,000
$6,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Ben $3,200 $6,200 $12,600 $7,600
New champion: $7,600
$12,600
16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL PAINTINGS THE LADIES OF ROCK IN THE PANTRY THE GOOD BOOK SAYS... WHAT'S IN A NAME "X" RATED
$200 [1]
It's the famous ship depictedherein Plymouth harbor
the Mayflower
Sarah
$200 [6]
This "American Idol" winner's hit single "Miss Independent" was co-written by Christina Aguilera
Kelly Clarkson
Sarah
$200 [26]
Country Time was introduced as a drink mix of this fruit beverage
lemonade
Ben
$200 [11]
Completes the line "The spirit indeed is willing, but..."
the flesh is weak
Ben
$200 [21]
Newswoman Ellerbee must know this first name of hers means "pretty"
Linda
Pam
$200 [16]
The narration that opened this TV show began, "A mighty princess forged in the heat of battle..."
Xena: Warrior Princess
Pam
$400 [2]
Jacob Lawrence did a well-known series of paintings of Frederick Douglass & this Underground Railroad leader
Harriet Tubman
Ben
$400 [7]
At a benefit for stopping violence against women, this Hole leader slapped a woman & began wrestling with her
Courtney Love
Pam
$400 [27]
The name of this bean is Spanish for "spotted"
pinto
Pam
$400 [12]
He revealed, "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me"
Samson
Pam
$400 [22]
Latin for "happy", it was the name of several popes & a "wonderful, wonderful cat"
Felix
Ben
$400 [17]
Located in Cincinnati, it's one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities
Xavier
Ben
$600 [3]
She's the woman depictedhereat the coronation of Charles VII
Joan of Arc
Sarah
$600 [8]
Beginning with "Vision Of Love" in 1990, she has written 14 No. 1 pop hits, more than any other female composer
Mariah Carey
Sarah
$600 [28]
This "royal" herb is essential to classic Italian pesto
basil
$600 [13]
"When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and" this
myrrh
Ben
$600 [23]
This first name of a "Spartacus" star is from Old Norse for "church"
Kirk
Sarah Pam
$600 [18]
William B. Davis played the mysterious Cigarette-Smoking Man on this Fox show
The X-Files
Sarah
$800 [4]
A painting at Versailles shows this leader at Ratisbonne in 1809, after he was shot in the foot
Napoleon
Sarah
$800 [9]
She won a 2002 Grammy for best female rock vocal for the song "Steve McQueen"
Sheryl Crow
Pam
$1,000 [30]
To flavor your broth, use a cube of this, from the French for "to boil"
bouillon
Pam
$800 [14]
"Beware of false" these "which come to you in sheep's clothing"
prophets
Sarah
$800 [24]
This biblical name climbed the ladder to become the most popular baby name for boys, 1993-2003
Jacob
Pam
$800 [19]
From the Greek, it's literally someone who likes foreigners & foreign things
a xenophile
Sarah
$1,000 [5]
Laurits Tuxen's painting of this pair's 1894 royal wedding is, where else, but at the Hermitage
Nicholas & Alexandra
Ben
$1,000 [10]
Ja Rule has teamed with this pop star for 2 No. 1 hits, "I'm Real" & "Ain't It Funny"
Jennifer Lopez
Sarah
DD $3,000 [29]
Always good to keep a box of pasta on hand, like this kind whose name means "little tongues"
linguine
Pam
$1,000 [15]
In Matthew 26:15 he asks, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?"
Judas
Ben
$1,000 [25]
This feminine name evokes images of the blossoms seenhereblanketing the British countryside
Heather
Ben
$1,000 [20]
Colorless & odorless element first discovered in 1898
xenon
Ben

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II TAM O'SHATNER AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES "G.G." ROBERT BURNS 2 PARTS OF SPEECH
$400 [8]
This Nazi was known as the "Angel of Death"; in 1985 his remains were found in a grave in Brazil
Mengele
Pam
$400 [12]
William Shatner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in front of this theater that opened in 1927
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Sarah
$400 [1]
The National Earthquake Information Center is in this "colorful" city just west of Denver
Golden, Colorado
$400 [26]
Longtime Chicago Bear Harold "Red" Grange was also known by this "spectral" nickname
the Galloping Ghost
$400 [6]
Burns never said he wrote this now traditional Scottish song of parting, he rewrote an earlier song
"Auld Lang Syne"
Ben
$400 [21]
Complete
a verb & an adjective
Sarah
$800 [17]
Germany's ME-262 jet fighter was made by this manufacturer
Messerschmitt
Ben
$800 [13]
Shatner plays Boston attorney Denny Crane on this spinoff of "The Practice"
Boston Legal
Pam
$1,200 [3]
The growth of this state capital in Eagle Valley was stimulated by the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859
Carson City
Ben
$800 [27]
In 1935 this pollster founded the American Institute of Public Opinion
George Gallup
Sarah Pam
$800 [7]
This was Burns' day job, hence the rustic touch to his poetry
a farmer
Ben
$800 [22]
Main
a noun & an adjective
Sarah
$1,200 [18]
The battle for this island in the Ryukyus resulted in 12,500 U.S. deaths, the heaviest toll in the Pacific war
Okinawa
Sarah Pam Ben
$1,200 [14]
Shatner had a recurring role on this 1960s TV show named for a doctor
Dr. Kildare
$1,600 [4]
This raisin center of more than 400,000 people in California's San Joaquin Valley has grapes on its seal
Fresno
Pam
$1,200 [28]
The literary works of this onetime film critic include "This Gun for Hire" & "The Power and the Glory"
Graham Greene
Ben
$1,200 [9]
The Kilmarnock Volume by Burns includes the famous "To a Louse" & this title that's one letter different
"To a Mouse"
$1,200 [23]
Sting
a noun & a verb
Sarah
$1,600 [19]
On May 7, 1945 Germany signed the Articles of Surrender in this city, the coronation place of French kings
Reims
Pam
$1,600 [15]
Shatner played Capt. Byers, an aide to Spencer Tracy, in this war crimes trial drama
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pam
$2,000 [5]
Montana State University has a branch in this city named for frontiersman John
Bozeman
Sarah
$1,600 [29]
Born near Melbourne, this Aussie feminist is best known for her revolutionary work "The Female Eunuch"
Germaine Greer
Sarah
$1,600 [10]
The hornpipes & strathspeys Burns mentions in a poem are these
dances (or tunes)
Pam
$1,600 [24]
Dull
a verb & an adjective
Sarah
$2,000 [20]
In terms of tonnage involved, the 1944 battle for this Philippine gulf was the greatest in history
Leyte (Gulf)
Ben
$2,000 [16]
One of William Shatner's early movie roles was as Alexi in this 1958 film based on a Dostoyevsky novel
The Brothers Karamazov
Ben
DD $3,000 [2]
This New Mexico city was founded in 1706 & named for a viceroy of New Spain
Albuquerque
Sarah
$2,000 [30]
Born in France in 1807, he played a leading part in the unification of Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
$2,000 [11]
Hat's off to this Burns poem based on the legend of Alloway Kirk
"Tam O'Shanter"
DD $1,800 [25]
Hard
an adjective & an adverb
Sarah

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY AUTHORS

In 1956 she published "Venice Observed" & her brother Kevin starred in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

Mary McCarthy

Sarah "Who is Francis Bacon?" — wagered $5,800
Pam "Who is ?" — wagered $8,000
Ben "Who is Ellen Spacey?" — wagered $5,000

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