Show #4852 2005-10-18 (taped 2005-08-02) Regular

Contestants

Kim Strassburger — a private tutor from Espanito, California

Dominic Owen-Williams — an office clerk originally from Jamaica, now living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Melissa Prepster — a teacher from Kyle, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,706)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Melissa	$3,000	$4,200	$10,600	$5 2nd place: $2,000	$10,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Dominic	$1,000	$3,400	$12,800	$2,800 New champion: $2,800	$12,600 14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Kim	$600	$1,000	$7,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$7,000 14 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD	'60s POP QUIZ	ANNUAL EVENTS	ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK	LET'S GO CRUISING	ODD WORDS
$200 [2] Augusta Georgia Dominic Kim	$200 [1] On the Mamas & the Papas' last Top 40 hit, "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", she got top billing Mama Cass Kim	$200 [16] Michigan claims the nation's oldest one, starting in 1849; don't miss the pig races or the midway a state fair Melissa	$200 [3] She knew it was over; Octavian had rejected her advances. The asp awaited; she'd be buried with her love forevermore Cleopatra Dominic	$200 [22] Princess Cruises now offer scuba & volleyball as well as this beloved game that uses cues to push disks shuffleboard Melissa	$200 [12] Solfatara, a gas-belching volcanic vent, is partly from the Italian for this element sulfur Kim
$400 [27] Portland Maine Melissa	$400 [5] In 1968 this film star turned pop star with the song heard here"MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark /All the sweet, green icing flowing down..." Richard Harris Melissa	$400 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds up a lantern.) Lanterns are popular in Cairo's bazaar right now, as they're a symbol of this holy month of daylight fasting Ramadan Kim	$400 [4] Mary had caught this lawyer's eye & wed him on Nov. 4, 1842. But would her growing madness doom them both? Lincoln Melissa	$400 [23] The person who handles passengers' accounts; Gopher on "The Love Boat" was an assistant one a purser Melissa Kim	$400 [13] Popular with kids, dactylonomy is the practice of counting this way with your fingers Kim
$600 [28] Huntsville Alabama Melissa	$600 [6] According to the title of a 1967 hit, it's what The Young Rascals were doing "On A Sunday Afternoon" "Groovin'" Melissa Kim	$600 [18] People who gather each New Year's Day for a swim in frigid water are called this animal's club a polar bear Dominic	$600 [9] It was WWI. Her new name meant "eye of the dawn" & she felt reborn. Oh, how she loved German military men! Mata Hari Dominic	$600 [24] This Virgin Island with its city of Charlotte Amalie is among the most popular Caribbean ports of call St. Thomas	$600 [14] A canephora is a statue of a woman bearing one of these on her head a basket Melissa
$800 [29] Guthrie Oklahoma Kim	DD $1,000 [7] In a 3-year period in the 1960s, she had 15 Top 40 hits, including the one heard here"My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine /Softer than a sigh /My love is deeper than the deepest ocean..." Petula Clark Melissa	$800 [19] In 1960 this "royal" krewe became the first to throw doubloons in New Orleans' Mardi Gras parade the Rex Krewe	$800 [10] June 20, 1791. She and Louis fled in the night. But a man recognized Louis, whose face was literally on the money Marie Antoinette Melissa	$800 [25] You can sail from Southampton on this Cunard liner that has covered 5.3 mil. nautical miles, a record for any ship the QE2 Kim	$800 [15] By definition in a style of painting called grisaille, only shades of this color are used gray Dominic
—	$1,000 [8] This Zager & Evans hit about the future is subtitled "Exordium & Terminus" "In The Year 2525" Melissa	$1,000 [20] English profs rub elbow patches at the 122-year-old annual convention of the MLA, short for this the Modern Language Association	$1,000 [11] Odysseus had been gone 20 years, even after she'd given him a son, Telemachus. Yet she knew someday, Odie would return Penelope Kim	$1,000 [26] Term for a woman who christens a cruise ship, like Kim Cattral for Norwegian Dawn & Judi Dench for Carnival Legend the godmother	$1,000 [21] From the French for "to go out", it can mean to sally forth, or a combat mission by a single military plane a sortie Dominic

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIA	SITCOMS	THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT	WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?	DOG TOWNS	"Z" BOYS
$400 [3] The source of the Lena River, one of Russia's longest, lies less than 10 miles from this huge Siberian lake Lake Baikal Melissa	$400 [4] Jason Bateman is Michael Bluth, the stable family member in this Emmy-winning Fox comedy Arrested Development Kim	$400 [26] This Minnesotan ran for the 1968 Democratic nomination & ran in 1976 as an independent Eugene McCarthy Melissa Dominic	$400 [12] Cremora cream (creamer accepted) Kim	$400 [19] The great city of Dane is near Madison in this last state carved out of the Northwest Territory Wisconsin Melissa	$400 [1] This "Follies" producer who helped create the showgirl tradition used the slogan "Glorifying the American girl" Ziegfeld Kim
$800 [10] Legend says an empress in 2640 B.C. discovered how to produce this, & put the Chinese on the "road" of trade silk Kim	$800 [5] Mike O'Malley & Anthony Clark play brothers-in-law on this CBS sitcom Yes, Dear Melissa	$800 [27] My name is Inigo de Onaz y Loyola! You know me better under this name! Prepare to pray! St. Ignatius Loyola Kim	$800 [13] Sizzlean bacon Dominic	$800 [20] Fly into the Akita Airport to lap up the sights in Akita on the East Sea in this country Japan Kim	$800 [2] This German optician's name is on digital camera lenses, though he died in 1888 (Carl) Zeiss Dominic
$1,200 [11] More than 16 million Vietnamese live in this river's delta the Mekong Melissa	$1,200 [6] Based on a BBC show, this sitcom takes place at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Supply Company in Scranton, Penn. The Office Melissa	$1,200 [28] In 1792 this British captain finally managed to bring breadfruit to the Americas Bligh Dominic Kim	$1,200 [16] Rock group Achtung Babies U2 Melissa	$1,200 [21] The Casa of the "Royal Dog of the Americas" would be in this city twice occupied by American troops in the 1840s Chihuahua Dominic	$1,200 [9] This "Germinal" novelist defended the Impressionists in newspaper articles Emile Zola Dominic
DD $2,000 [14] It consists of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Ra's Al Khaymah, Ash Shariqah, Umm Al Qaywayn & Al Fujayrah the United Arab Emirates Dominic	$1,600 [7] This title character was dad to Mearth, played by Jonathan Winters Mork Melissa	DD $1,400 [29] In his effort to unite his nation, he won battles at Calatafimi & Milazzo in 1860 Garibaldi Dominic	$1,600 [17] Peltex products fur coats	$1,600 [22] We hope you retrieve the name of this breed, also a city in the Philippines & a region of Northeast Canada Labrador Kim	$1,600 [24] This agrarian reformer who sided with Pancho Villa is considered a Mexican national hero (Emiliano) Zapata Dominic
$2,000 [15] This ancient Sumerian city's ruins were first excavated in the 1850s, when the Ziggurat of Nanna was discovered Ur Dominic	$2,000 [8] This actress played the perenially perky Corky Sherwood on "Murphy Brown" Faith Ford Kim	—	$2,000 [18] The mineral red spinel rubies	$2,000 [23] When Lassie wants to visit Collie, she takes a boat on the Indian Ocean to Bunbury on the west coast of this country Australia	$2,000 [25] This N.Y. free-jazz saxophonist heardherewrote tribute songs to Ennio Morricone, Sonny Clark & Ornette Coleman John Zorn

Final Jeopardy!

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

He was nominated for Best Actor 5 times in the 1950s, the most for any man in one decade

Marlon Brando

Kim "Who is Charlton H" — wagered $7,000

Melissa "Who was John Wayne?" — wagered $10,595

Dominic "Who was Jimmy Stewart" — wagered $10,000

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