Show #4865 2005-11-04 (taped 2005-08-16) Regular

Maria Wenglinsky game 5.

Contestants

Kari Russ — an editor originally from Horseheads, New York

Shelley Fellner-Rosenberg — a psychotherapist from South Windsor, Connecticut

Maria Wenglinsky — a teacher originally from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 4-day cash winnings total $111,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Maria $4,400 $9,400 $20,600 $10,600
5-day champion: $122,300
$20,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Shelley $2,000 $2,000 $6,800 $6,400
2nd place: $2,000
$6,800
10 R, 2 W
Kari $800 $1,800 $3,600 $3,600
3rd place: $1,000
$7,800
12 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

HEAD NORTH THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY GOVERNMENT WORK BIO SUBJECTS UNUSUAL PETS "OOP" THERE IT IS!
$200 [1]
Nebraska is north of Kansas & directly south of this state
South Dakota
Shelley
$200 [7]
In 1985 this 5-medal-winning gymnast was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
Mary Lou Retton
Kari
$200 [6]
Now a Supreme Court justice, in 1964 Stephen Breyer was one of these to Supreme Court Justice Goldberg
a clerk
Maria
$200 [12]
"Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of" this aviator billionaire
Howard Hughes
Maria
$200 [26]
There may be more of these animals, including the Bengal type, kept as pets in the U.S. than living in the wild in Asia
tigers
Shelley
$200 [18]
A clumsy mistake, such as one selected by Dick Clark
a blooper
Kari
$400 [2]
All of Connecticut's almost 100-mile northern border is with this state
Massachusetts
Maria
$400 [8]
"And here's to" this mrs. who was Ireland's first woman president, serving from 1990 to 1997
Mary Robinson
Shelley
$400 [17]
Barry C. Black holds this job; his duties include teaching Senate Bible-study groups
the chaplain
Shelley
$400 [13]
"American Sphinx: The Character of" this founding father & president
Jefferson
Maria Shelley
$400 [27]
Proto-surrealist poet Gerard de Nerval reportedly walked one of these crustaceans on a leash through Paris
a lobster
Maria
$400 [19]
A small porch leading to the entrance of a house
a stoop
Shelley
$600 [3]
They're the 2 states you could be entering is you're crossing Florida's northern border
Georgia & Alabama
Maria
$600 [9]
Heard here, she was Motown's first big singing star"Nothing you could say /Can tear me away /From my guy..."
Mary Wells
Kari
$600 [23]
There are 93 of these, the main litigators on behalf of the nation
U.S. attorneys
Kari
$600 [14]
This writer's name precedes "and the Lost Boys" in the title of a biography by Andrew Birkin
J.M. Barrie
Maria
$600 [28]
To feed your gecko, PETCO offers a "Case O'" these noisy insects
crickets
Maria
$600 [20]
Soldiers who jump out of airplanes
paratroopers
Maria
DD $1,000 [4]
Nevada's northern border is shared with these 2 states
Idaho & Oregon
Maria
$800 [10]
The beat goes on for this woman who assumed the House seat left vacant by her husband's death in 1998
Mary Bono
Shelley
$800 [24]
As this type of "examiner", you'll determine if that combination scalpel & salt shaker is really a new invention
a patent examiner
Maria
$800 [15]
"Unforgivable Blackness" is subtitled "The Rise and Fall of" this first black heavyweight champion
Jack Johnson
$800 [29]
Alice Roosevelt appeared in public with one of these around her neck--the reptile, not the scarf
a boa (constrictor)
Maria Kari
$800 [21]
Endangered tall critter seen here
a whooping crane
Maria
$1,000 [5]
Part of Tennessee's northern border is with Missouri & Virginia, but the longest section is with this state
Kentucky
Shelley
$1,000 [11]
Her designs, like the one seen here, can be found on everything from teapots & greeting cards to needlework
Mary Engelbreit
$1,000 [25]
If you can read and translate Arabic, Dari or this majority language of Afghanistan, the CIA could use your help
Pushtu
Maria
$1,000 [16]
"His Invention So Fertile" is "A Life of" this reshaper of 17th century London
(Christopher) Wren
Maria
$1,000 [30]
The most popular coloration for this polecat relative is fitch, or buff with black feet
a ferret
Maria Shelley Kari
$1,000 [22]
Chingachgook creator
James Fenimore Cooper
Maria

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT TIMES WORLD WAR II MOVIES BABY BOOKS THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG "T" ZONES FOWL LANGUAGE
$400 [21]
The second one of these in Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus in 70 A.D.
the Temple
Maria
$400 [16]
1953:Military corruption, romance & boxing at a Hawaiian Army camp just prior to Pearl Harbor
From Here to Eternity
Maria
$400 [11]
"Dawn's Family Feud" is No. 64 in this book series
The Baby-sitters Club
Kari
$400 [2]
Eggs, watercress & this pig product are key ingredients of a traditional Cobb salad
bacon
Kari
$400 [1]
This African republic's 2 official languages are English & Swahili
Tanzania
Maria
$400 [26]
Fowl 5-letter adjective meaning arrogant or conceited
cocky
$800 [22]
He founded his academy in the olive grove of Academus outside Athens
Plato
Maria
$800 [17]
1970:A bombardier desperately tries to prove his insanity in order to get out of bombing missions
Catch-22
Kari
$800 [12]
This book by F.X. Toole was originally titled "Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner"
Million Dollar Baby
$800 [7]
Natural ones of these sausage coverings are made from the submucosa, & that's all you want to know
casings
Kari
$800 [3]
Following 50 years of rule by Japan, this island was returned to China in 1945
Taiwan
Kari
$800 [27]
"Come On, Get Happy" was one of its theme songs
The Partridge Family
Kari
$1,200 [23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Karnak, Egypt.) Some columns at the temple to this god, whose name later includes the sun god Re or Ra are nearly 80 feet high
Amon
Maria
$1,200 [18]
2001:A love triangle & snipers' duel play out amidst the rubble of Stalingrad during a Nazi seige
Enemy at the Gates
$1,600 [14]
A 4-room apartment at the Bramford becomes available at the beginning of this Ira Levin novel
Rosemary's Baby
Shelley
$1,200 [8]
Italians cure this, the flesh of the pig's cheek & jaw, & call it guanciale
the jowl
$1,200 [4]
The UTO is the united opposition group that once opposed president Rakhmonov in this "stan"
Tajikistan
Maria Shelley
$1,200 [28]
Xanthippe's reputation as a shrewish wife led the spectator to call Socrates the "head of the sect of" this
the henpecked
$1,600 [24]
(Jeff Probst reports from Guatemala.) With a name meaning "rubber people", this first great Mexican tribe used stone in architecture & influenced the Mayans greatly
the Olmecs
Maria
$1,600 [19]
1967:Charles Bronson & Jim Brown are 2 of the 12 angry men on a secret mission behind Nazi lines
The Dirty Dozen
$2,000 [15]
This 1981 novel by Toni Morrison takes place on a Caribbean island
Tar Baby
Kari
DD $1,800 [9]
Despite its name, there's no brie or cheddar in this jellied pig loaf
headcheese
Kari
$1,600 [5]
Italy's industrial triangle is formed by Milan, Genoa & this city on the Po
Turin
Maria
$1,600 [29]
This round dance is performed by couples, properly to ragtime
the turkey trot
$2,000 [25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Athens.) The agora was partially enclosed bylong buildingscalled this, the Greek word for "portico"
a stoa
Maria
$2,000 [20]
1990:The crew of a B-17 bomber has to make one final bombing raid over Europe & then can return home
Memphis Belle
Maria
DD $2,400 [13]
"Baby Catcher" is the "Chronicles of a Modern" one of these
a midwife
Kari
$2,000 [10]
It's the alliterative term for the shredded sandwich filling seen here, a Southern favorite
pulled pork
Shelley
$2,000 [6]
It was Montezuma's capital
Tenochtitlán
Maria
$2,000 [30]
An English game of follow-the-leader on horseback was called this, after a certain fowl's flight formation
wild goose chase

Final Jeopardy!

PRECIOUS METALS

The largest single accumulation of gold known, about $90 billion from several countries, is found in this U.S. state

New York

Kari "What is Tennesee?" — wagered $0
Shelley "What is Kentucky?" — wagered $400
Maria "What is Kentucky?" — wagered $10,000

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