Show #4851 2005-10-17 (taped 2005-08-02) Regular

Contestants

Paul Tavianini — an office assistant from Burbank, California

Stuart Nadler — a writer from Brooklyn, New York

Melissa Prepster — a teacher from Kyle, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,395)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Melissa $1,800 $5,800 $11,200 $22,311
2-day champion: $41,706
$13,000
18 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Stuart $2,400 $2,000 $0 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$0
7 R, 5 W
Paul $1,200 $2,200 $14,800 $14,800
2nd place: $2,000
$15,800
18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO SPEED A WALK IN THE CLOUDS CONSTANTINE THE MATE Rx KEANU REEVES
$200 [1]
Idaho's license plates logically carry the slogan "Famous" these
Potatoes
Stuart
$200 [16]
A 1972 experiment set this more precisely at 186,282 miles per second
the speed of light
Paul
$200 [11]
In cloud names, "nimbus" means this, so get out your umbrella
rain
Stuart
$200 [26]
In 321 Constantine declared this to be the official day of rest & worship
Sunday
Paul
$200 [21]
On this TV show President Bartlet got betaseron injections from his wife for his MS
The West Wing
Paul
$200 [6]
In 1995 Keanu was chosen one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by this magazine
People magazine
Stuart
$400 [2]
In the 1860s this precious metal was discovered at Owyhee, & today Idaho leads the U.S. in its production
silver
Stuart
$400 [17]
Of 500, 1,000 or 10,000 mph, the approximate speed of a spot on the equator while the Earth spins
1,000 mph
$400 [12]
It's the 2-word "agricultural" term for the causing of precipitation by humans
cloud seeding
Melissa
$400 [27]
Sufferin' succotash!This pope reportedly cured Constantine of leprosy & converted him to Christianity
Sylvester
Melissa
$400 [22]
A "Brief History" of this physicist includes the fact that he married his nurse after leaving his wife in 1990
Stephen Hawking
Stuart
$400 [7]
On Jan. 31, 2005 Keanu was recognized with a star on the Walk of Fame on this street
Hollywood Boulevard
Stuart
$600 [3]
The Idaho section of U.S. Highway 12 bears the name of these 2 men who passed through the area in the early 1800s
Lewis & Clark
Paul
$600 [18]
In 1965 Gordon Moore famously predicted that these would double in processing speed every 18 months
computer chips
Melissa
$600 [13]
From the type of cloud it indicates, a horizontal line is this type of "symbol" (sounds like a big house or car)
stratus
Melissa
$600 [28]
Constantine's mother, St. Helena, is most famous for supposedly discovering this holy relic
the True Cross
Melissa Paul
$600 [23]
In the "Iliad" this goddess anoints herself with "ambrosial sweet" olive oil to seduce her husband Zeus
Hera
Melissa
$600 [8]
Keanu maintains his passport & citizenship from this country
Canada
Paul
$800 [4]
Idaho's Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage & legends of this "nosy" Native American tribe
Nez Perce
Melissa
$800 [19]
The 2nd-largest living bird, this flightless Australian can run at nearly 30 mph; faster than you!
an emu
Melissa Stuart
$800 [14]
Found in Southeast Asia, the clouded type of this large cat is named for the cloud-shaped patterns on its coat
a leopard
Stuart
$800 [29]
In 330, Constantine moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to this ancient Greek city, which he renamed Constantinople
Byzantium
Stuart
$800 [24]
After this Sioux chief tried to take his sick wife for help in 1877, he was killed by soldiers
Crazy Horse
$800 [9]
Keanu's first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in this language
Hawaiian
Melissa
DD $800 [5]
Calling itself the birthplace of television, Rigby, Idaho was the boyhood home of this technology pioneer
Philo Farnsworth
Melissa
$1,000 [20]
Any object said to be traveling at hypersonic velocity has a speed over 5 on this scale named for an Austrian
Mach
Paul
$1,000 [15]
The 2 galaxies closest to the Milky Way are the "clouds" named for this Portuguese explorer
Magellan
Stuart
$1,000 [30]
Now Iznik, Turkey, this city hosted an important Christian council called by Constantine in 325
Nicaea
$1,000 [25]
It was once rumored that this president's wife "Flossie" poisoned him in order to avoid corruption charges
Harding
Melissa
$1,000 [10]
Keanu's first professional theater work was in this c.1610 play about the rightful Duke of Milan
The Tempest

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 19th CENTURY QUOTABLE SPORTS WRITER'S HOMES SOUTH OF THE BORDER A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE WHAT THE "ELL"?
$400 [6]
In 1830 the French captured this city, Casbah & all, & made it the military HQ for their colonial empire in N. Africa
Algiers
Melissa Paul
$400 [1]
Houston Rocket Steve Francis said of this teammate, "He's just like me, except he's 7'6" & Chinese"
Yao Ming
Paul
$400 [23]
He pondered weak & weary over many a curious volume at 230 N. Amity Street in Baltimore
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Melissa
$400 [17]
In 1985 scientist Neri Vela became the first Mexican to venture here
space
Melissa
$400 [16]
In 1935 on the big screen, she was "The Little Colonel"
Shirley Temple
Melissa
$400 [11]
Used to relieve faintness, they're made up of ammonium carbonate & some fragrant scent
smelling salts
Paul
$800 [7]
In 1812 the Earl of Selkirk established the Red River Colony in this Canadian province to begin settling the West
Manitoba
Stuart
$800 [2]
Asked if he'd earned a Clemson U. degree in this state, NBAer Elden Campbell said, "No, but they gave me one anyway"
South Carolina
Paul
$800 [24]
Last name of the literary sisters who wrote their novels at the parsonage in Haworth, now a museum to them
Bronte
Melissa
$800 [18]
Mexican star Alma Delfina is in the cast of "Te Amare en Silencio", the first original telenovela from this network
Univision
Melissa Paul
$800 [22]
The Las Vegas Hilton was the setting for this Elvis manager's memorial service
Colonel Tom Parker
Melissa
$800 [12]
FD&C Green No. 8 is one of the ingredients listed in this famous shampoo introduced in 1946
Prell
Paul
DD $1,000 [10]
In 1825 patriots crossed the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to fight for this country's freedom from Brazil
Uruguay
Melissa
$1,200 [3]
Asked about this West Central Florida NFL team's execution, then-coach John McKay said, "I'm for it"
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Stuart Paul
$1,200 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew strolls in Washington Square, New York.) As a boyhelived right here in the area & later wrote "Washington Square", whose heroine prefers it to any other habitation
Henry James
DD $1,000 [20]
This beloved film comedian got his name from a nightclub heckler who once yelled, "In the cantina you talk big!"
Cantinflas
Paul
$1,200 [28]
In 1874 this colonel led a "scientific" expedition into the Black Hills where he said it found gold
Custer
Paul
$1,200 [13]
Each Labor Day weekend, this Colorado village popular with skiers hosts its annual film festival
Telluride
Paul
$1,200 [8]
In 1873 these 2 cities united with Obuda & Margaret Island to form the capital of Hungary
Buda & Pest
Melissa
$1,600 [4]
In '91 Vin Scully said, "Andre Dawson has a bruised knee & is listed as" this 3-word term... "aren't we all?"
day-to-day
$1,600 [27]
He spent summer holidays from 1907 to 1914 remembering things past at a seaside resort in Normandy
Proust
Paul
$1,200 [19]
Known as J.C., this boxing champion won titles in 3 weight divisions & more than 100 pro fights
Julio Cesar Chavez
Paul
$1,600 [29]
He's the musical man in the title of the following
Colonel Bogey
$1,600 [14]
He was Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death in 1967
Francis Cardinal Spellman
$1,600 [9]
Pow! Kaboom! Russian explosive shells destroyed this empire's ships in Crimea in 1853
the Ottoman Empire
$2,000 [5]
Asked how he was putting in 1991 compared with '82, when he won the Masters, this "Walrus" said, "More"
Craig Stadler
Paul
$2,000 [25]
This Norwegian wrote his play "An Enemy of the People" while living in Rome
Ibsen
Paul
$2,000 [21]
Seen here, in 1988 he was President of Mexico; 10 years later he was living in exile in Ireland
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
$2,000 [30]
After Jim Bowie fell ill, this colonel took command at the Alamo
Travis
Melissa
$2,000 [15]
In 2002 he published "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers"
Daniel Ellsberg
Paul

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPE

Of nations entirely within Europe, it was the largest in area in 1571 & 1771, not on the map in 1871, & No. 6 in 1971

Poland

Melissa "What is Poland?" — wagered $11,111
Paul "What is Poland?" — wagered $0

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