Show #4887 2005-12-06 (taped 2005-09-20) Regular

Contestants

Marianna Johnson — a trademark consultant originally from Marietta, Oklahoma

Charles Bagot — a poker player and dog walker from Chicago, Illinois

Vicky Stanton — a school psychologist from Sherman Oaks, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vicky	$2,000	$6,400	$13,400	$11,800 2-day champion: $19,799	$18,800 28 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Charles	$-800	$1,200	$4,000	$2,401 2nd place: $2,000	$4,000 9 R, 3 W
Marianna	$4,800	$4,400	$1,200	$1,195 3rd place: $1,000	$1,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AFRICA	THE UNIVERSITY OF...	NAME THE AUTOMAKER	LISTED ON eBay	BIBLICAL ZOO	HARD "BALL"
$200 [6] In the 1830s this group began its "Great Trek" north from Cape Colony to gain freedom from British rule the Boers Marianna	$200 [7] Aside from this school's main campus, it has branches in Southhaven & Tupelo the University of Mississippi Marianna	$200 [26] Aztek & Grand Prix Pontiac Vicky Charles Marianna	$200 [12] In 2001 a pair of jeans, made in the 1880s & later found in Nevada mud, was bought back by this company for $46,532 Levi Strauss Vicky	$200 [1] Symbolic animals in the KJV include the dragon & this single-horned animal mentioned in Numbers 23:22 a unicorn Vicky	$200 [17] A system in which eligible people vote, or the physical piece of paper itself used to record each vote a ballot Marianna
$400 [22] In 1841 this Scottish missionary established a home base at Kuruman, Bechuanaland David Livingstone Vicky	$400 [8] Home to the Wharton School, it was the first institution in the U.S. to be designated a university the University of Pennsylvania Vicky	$400 [27] Axiom & Rodeo Isuzu Vicky	$400 [13] Gross Me Out Baby One More Time Dept.: This pop singer's chewed gum closed at just over $500 in 2004 Britney Spears Vicky	$400 [2] The Old Testament talks about the jungle on the Jordan's banks & this animal roaring within the lion Vicky	$400 [18] Helper crouched by the side of the net at Wimbledon a ball boy Charles
$600 [23] In 1888 he gained control of the Kimberley Mine Cecil Rhodes Marianna	$600 [9] James Madison was Rector No. 2 of this university; James Monroe was a member of the 1st governing body the University of Virginia Vicky Marianna	$600 [28] 325i & Z4 Roadster BMW Vicky	$600 [14] In 1999 bidding on this bean-shaped organ began at $25,000 & got to $5.7 million before it was discovered & withdrawn a kidney Marianna	$600 [3] Samson caught 300 of these sly creatures, put firebrands on their tails & sent them into enemy cornfields a fox Marianna	$600 [19] During WWII a barrage series of these was anchored to inhibit low-flying aircraft attacks barrage balloons Vicky
$800 [24] On July 26, 1847 Virginian Joseph Roberts became its first president Liberia Charles	$800 [10] The teams of this school founded in 1876 are known as the Buffaloes the University of Colorado	$800 [29] Forester & Impreza Subaru Vicky	$800 [15] A 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich closed at $28,000 in '04; oh yes, this religious figure's image was said to be on it the Virgin Mary Charles Marianna	$800 [4] According to Deuteronomy 17:1, if your bullock is blemished you can't use it as this a sacrifice Marianna	$800 [20] Those in this profession, like Julie Kent, might do an arabesque penche a ballerina Vicky
$1,000 [25] This Mali trading post was rediscovered by Major Gordon Laing in 1826 Timbuktu Vicky	DD $1,000 [11] Library holdings at this university include the Constitution of the C.S.A. & the Margaret Mitchell Papers the University of Georgia Marianna	$1,000 [30] TT & A4 Audi Vicky	$1,000 [16] In 2001 the opening bid was $1,000 for a private jet from this company; it closed at a record $4.9 million Gulfstream Vicky Marianna	$1,000 [5] After crossing this, Miriam led a chorus of "The Horse and His Rider Hath He Thrown into the Sea" the Red Sea Vicky	$1,000 [21] An ancient weapon similar to a catapult used to hurl large stones a ballista Charles

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS	TRACK & FIELD	GOING DUTCH	AMERICANA WORMS	IN MY CABINET	ENDS IN AN F SOUND
$400 [6] This New Englander wrote "Bag of Bones", about a sufferer from writer's block--how would he know? Stephen King Charles	$400 [11] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Duke University track in Durham, NC.) In the '60s, hechanged the high jump when he ditched the old straddle method for the flop now named after him Dick Fosbury Vicky	$400 [17] In 1656 Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens made the first pendulum type of this device a clock Vicky	$400 [16] Also called the looper & measuring worm, it's actually the caterpillar of a moth an inchworm Marianna	$400 [26] Jefferson, Knox, Hamilton George Washington Charles	$400 [1] One of the highlights of "Singin' in the Rain" was Donald O'Connor's dance number "Make 'Em" do this Laugh Charles
$800 [7] This veteran crime novelist who wrote "Cuba Libre" says, "Never use a verb other than 'said' to carry a dialogue" Elmore Leonard Charles	$800 [12] The steeplechase features 35 hurdles, 7 of them followed by these hazards, each 12 feet long water Vicky	$800 [18] This Dutchman discovered New Zealand in 1642 Tasman Vicky	$800 [22] This liquor, sometimes promoted with a worm in the bottle, is made from the agave cactus tequila Vicky	$800 [27] Fowler, Kennedy,McNamara Johnson (LBJ) Charles Marianna	$800 [2] Genesis 37 says that he was Jacob's "son of his old age" Joseph Marianna
$1,200 [8] Raised in Chile, she visits Spain & California in her 2005 retelling of the Zorro story (Isabel) Allende Vicky	$1,200 [13] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Duke University track in Durham, NC.)This American who won 122 straight 400-meter hurdles worked out the dynamics of hurdling as a college physics major (Edwin) Moses Vicky	$1,600 [20] This Dutch humanist scholar dedicated his "Praise of Folly" to Sir Thomas More Erasmus Vicky	$1,200 [23] The alligator snapper turtle of the Southern U.S. lures fish by wiggling this organ that looks like a worm its tongue Vicky	$1,200 [28] Bennett, Baldridge, Meese Reagan Vicky	$1,200 [3] In computer animation, it means to transform an image, such as changing a man into a mouse morph Vicky
$1,600 [9] She created Bridget Jones for a newspaper column "and it just snowballed from there" (Helen) Fielding Charles	$1,600 [14] A 10.8-second 100-meter dash is worth 906 points in this event for men the decathlon Vicky	$2,000 [21] Sister Wendy saidtheskull this Dutchman painted around 1626 seems to address us in some way Frans Hals Vicky Marianna	$1,600 [24] This American's poem "The Conqueror Worm" contains the line "It writhes! It writhes!" Edgar Allan Poe	$1,600 [29] Dulles, Brownell, Benson Dwight David Eisenhower Charles Marianna	DD $1,200 [4] In the human body this clear watery fluid acts to remove bacteria from the tissues lymph Vicky
$2,000 [10] America's Eudora Welty wrote "The Robber Bridegroom" & this Canadian woman wrote "The Robber Bride" Margaret Atwood Vicky	$2,000 [15] (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Duke University track in Durham, NC.) One of the most important parts of a vault when forward momentum starts to shift is this one where the pole is placed in the box the plant Vicky	DD $4,200 [19] In 1677 this Dutchman described microscopic bodies as "little animals" Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Vicky	$2,000 [25] This news correspondent who was killed in WWII once said he wrote from the "worm's eye view" Ernie Pyle	$2,000 [30] Hull, Perkins, Ickes FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)	$2,000 [5] In 1960 the Trieste, this type of deep-sea diving craft, made the deepest dive ever--35,800 feet bathyscaphe Vicky

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES OF THE 1930s

A famous 1936 speech by this man began, "At long last, I am able to say a few words of my own"

King Edward VIII

Marianna "Who was Roosevelt" — wagered $5

Charles "Who was Edgar Bergen?" — wagered $1,599

Vicky "Who was Walt Disney???" — wagered $1,600

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