Show #4884 2005-12-01 (taped 2005-09-13) Regular

Vik Vaz game 4.

Contestants

Adam Weinstein — a graduate student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Jenn Carlson — a proposal writer from Foxborough, Massachusetts

Vik Vaz — a medical student from Austin, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $72,002)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Vik $0 $1,800 $15,700 $11,399
2nd place: $2,000
$14,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Jenn $400 $-600 $-600 $-600
3rd place: $1,000
$-600
6 R, 4 W
Adam $400 $3,200 $10,000 $20,000
New champion: $20,000
$10,000
13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BILL OF RIGHTS COMEDIC CATCHPHRASES "I" DO TRAVEL & TOURISM WHAT A GEM! THE WORLD AIDS CRISIS
$200 [1]
This amendment guarantees that a citizen shall not "be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"
the 5th Amendment
Adam
$200 [9]
"Well, isn't that special?"
Dana Carvey
Adam
$200 [17]
If you've got the vapors & they're purple, they're from this element, symbol I
iodine
Jenn
$200 [6]
A Philadelphia post office museum that honors him offers his special "B. Free" cancellation
Benjamin Franklin
Adam
$200 [8]
Chrysoberyl is also known by this name because it resembles the pupil of a feline
cat's eye
Adam
$200 [30]
(Ashley Judd reads.) World AIDS Day, December 1, was first established by this U.N. body in 1988
the WHO (World Health Organization)
Jenn
$400 [2]
In this year FDR proclaimed December 15 as Bill of Rights Day; it was the 150th birthday of the document
1941
Vik Adam
$400 [10]
"Mom always liked you best"
Tom Smothers
$400 [18]
United as the Lombard League, cities in this country fought fiercely against Frederick I, the Holy Roman Emp.
Italy
Vik
$400 [14]
While in Regina, Saskatchewan, visit the Centennial Museum of this law enforcement group
the Mounties
Adam
$400 [22]
Emeralds owe their beautiful green color to tiny amounts of this element, Cr, in their crystals
chromium
Adam
$400 [29]
(Ashley Judd reads.) The ravage of AIDS is well known in Africa, but few realize that Asia faces a growing crisis, with this country having the most cases after S. Africa
India
Vik
$600 [3]
The 4th Amendment guarantees the right of the people "against unreasonable searches and" these
seizures
Jenn
$600 [11]
A group:"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Monty Python
Vik
$600 [20]
To ward off this kind of shock, diabetic patients should always carry lumps of sugar
insulin (shock)
Jenn
$600 [7]
In June 1943 Boston Airport was renamed this to honor a native son who served in the Massachusetts Legislature
Logan Airport
Jenn
$600 [23]
The name of this ornamental stone is a combination of Latin & Persian for "azure stone"
lapis lazuli
Vik
$600 [28]
(Ashley Judd reads.) In a 2004 CNN special on AIDS, I was joined by this athlete who revealed his HIV status in 1991
Magic Johnson
Vik
$800 [4]
In 1787 Jefferson wrote to this "Father of the Bill of Rights", "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to"
Madison
Vik
$800 [15]
"It's always something!"
Gilda Radner
$800 [21]
This vocal group with hits like "If I Didn't Care" was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989
The Ink Spots
$800 [12]
Flavors to sample in this Atlantic island group, once the Somers Islands, include many dishes made from local onions
Bermuda
Vik Jenn
$800 [25]
This purple gem is associated with St. Matthias, who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of Jesus' apostles
amethyst
$800 [27]
(Ashley Judd reads.) The use of these drugs, sold under chemical rather than brand names, is crucial to affordable HIV/AIDS treatment
generic drugs
Vik
$1,000 [5]
The original 1st Amendment, unratified, said there should be 1 of these officials for every 30,000 people
a congressman
Vik
$1,000 [16]
"I'm a victim of soicumstance!"
Curly of the Three Stooges
Jenn
$1,000 [19]
This vomit-inducing syrup originally came from the root of a South American shrub
ipecac
Adam
DD $1,200 [13]
This cruise line's flagship is its sixth to bear the name Rotterdam
Holland America
Vik
$1,000 [24]
This organic gem is a soft, dark brown to black piece of fossilized wood
jet
Vik Jenn
$1,000 [26]
(Ashley Judd reads.) AIDS has been identified not just as an epidemic but as this, taken from the Greek word for "all"
a pandemic
Adam

Double Jeopardy! Round

NAME THAT POEM IT'S CURTAINS FOR YOU FAMOUS AMERICANS CIVIL WAR RHYME TIME THE SMITHSONIAN JAZZ BAND AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM
$400 [1]
Dylan Thomas:"Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"
Vik Jenn
$400 [16]
A tormentor is a side curtain in a theater to prevent the audience from seeing into these "avian" areas
the wings
Vik
$400 [10]
Since being introduced in 1974, his famous "maneuver" has saved thousands of choking people, & pets, too
(Henry) Heimlich
Vik
$400 [15]
Lincoln's offspring
Abe's babes
Jenn
$1,200 [19]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a misshapen trumpet inside the Smithsonian Institution.) When a trumpet of this "Big Beboper" was accidentally bent, he liked the sound & kept playing with horns like this one
(Dizzy) Gillespie
Adam
$1,200 [22]
On March 30, 1981 this man told reporters he was "in control here in the White House"
(Alexander) Haig
Vik
$800 [2]
Whitman:"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself"
"Song of Myself"
Vik
$800 [17]
Jack Lambert was part of the NFL defensive squad put together by Chuck Noll & called this
the Steel Curtain
Adam
$800 [9]
Henry Ford, seen on the right in thephoto, was long-time friend with this creative genius, the man on the left
(Thomas Alva) Edison
Vik
$800 [14]
Union commander's Gregorian hymns
Grant's chants
Adam
$1,600 [21]
On the drums, you'd have the owner of the kit seen here, this man who played with Shaw, Dorsey & his own band
Buddy Rich
$1,600 [23]
On July 5, 2000 Pres. Clinton announced that Ehud Barak & this leader would meet him for a Camp David summit
Yasser Arafat
Vik
$1,600 [3]
Andrew Marvell:"Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime"
"To His Coy Mistress"
Vik
$1,200 [18]
Botanical term for the ideological barrier that separated Mao's Communist China from the West
the Bamboo Curtain
$1,200 [6]
In 1950 this U.N. mediator became the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Ralph Bunche
Vik
$1,200 [12]
Famous photographer's female subjects
Brady's ladies
Vik
$2,000 [20]
Thetromboneyou see belonged to this player known by his initials; he also composed for "The Mod Squad"
J.J. Johnson
DD $3,500 [24]
In 1978 a stern President Carter invoked this 1947 law to force coal miners back to work after a 3-month strike
(the) Taft-Hartley (Act)
Vik
DD $2,000 [5]
T.S. Eliot:"Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Vik
$2,000 [25]
Her short-story collection "A Curtain of Green" includes "Why I Live at the P.O."
Eudora Welty
$1,600 [7]
Famous for his chairs, in 1946 this designer had the first one-man furniture exhibit at MoMA
(Charles) Eames
$1,600 [11]
Doomed charge commander's dense bushes
Pickett's thickets
Vik
$2,000 [4]
Keats:"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases"
"Endymion"
Vik
$2,000 [8]
This department store founder was president of the Philadelphia YMCA from 1870 to 1883
(John) Wanamaker
Adam
$2,000 [13]
Winning Gettysburg general's accomplishments
Meade's deeds
Adam

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY

10 million people live in this country that is almost bisected by the second-longest river in Europe

Hungary

Adam "What is Hungary?" — wagered $10,000
Vik "What is Romania?" — wagered $4,301

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