Show #4895 2005-12-16 (taped 2005-09-21) Regular

(Kelly: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays us from bringing you clues about thePostal Service--next onJeopardy!)

Contestants

Mark Levin — a retired dentist from Wellington, Florida

Kathy Reiff — a homemaker from Groton, Massachusetts

Maria Kokiasmenos — a law school graduate from Vernon, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Maria	$5,800	$7,000	$13,400	$4,399 2nd place: $2,000	$16,400 23 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Kathy	$1,800	$3,800	$11,200	$5,200 New champion: $5,200	$12,200 15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Mark	$-2,800	$-2,000	$-1,600	$-1,600 3rd place: $1,000	$-1,600 8 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	ABBOTT & COSTELLO'S BASEBALL TEAM	ROAD TO RHODE ISLAND	"C" FOOD	CHICKS RULE!	EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS
$200 [11] (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds up blue envelope with an eagle logo.) Express Mail, which delivers overnight, recalls the name of this service that delivered Lincoln's inaugural address to the West Coast in just 7 days the Pony Express Maria	$200 [16] He's the first baseman Who Kathy	$200 [18] Appropriately, this is Rhode Island's diminuitive nickname "The Littlest State" (or "Little Rhody") Maria	$200 [1] To get this roe, wade in the Caspian Sea & visit a sturgeon caviar Maria	$200 [6] Events during her 64-year-reign included the Opium War in China, the Crimean War & the Anglo-Boer War Queen Victoria Maria	$200 [24] "The employee has reached rock bottom & has started to" do this, like a backhoe dig
$400 [12] You have to send at least 500 pieces first class to get a discount for this type of mail, also called presorted bulk Maria	$400 [17] It's understood that he's the third baseman I Don't Know Kathy	$400 [19] Officially, the state is known as "Rhode Island and" these "Plantations" Providence Kathy	$400 [2] Cajun popcorn is made from the tails of these crustaceans crayfish Kathy	$400 [7] In the "My Ex & I Still Get Along" dept., in 1764 she installed one of her old lovers as King of Poland Catherine the Great Mark	$400 [25] "If you stand close enough to him, you can hear" this, like the Atlantic or the Indian the ocean Maria
$600 [13] (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a post office.) The United States Postal Service has endured for over 200 years, starting with this first postmaster general, who also appeared on the post office's first stamp issue Ben Franklin Maria	$600 [23] Don't question me, this is the left fielder Why Maria	$600 [20] Civil War general Ambrose Burnside held this post in Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869 governor Maria	$600 [3] It's also called silver salmon coho (salmon) Kathy Mark	$600 [8] Rania has succeeded Noor as this country's queen Jordan Maria	$600 [26] "It takes him 2 hours to watch" this CBS Sunday night staple that first aired in 1968 60 Minutes Maria
$800 [14] These federal lawmen who protect the mails used to be called special agents postal inspectors Maria Mark	$800 [29] I'm sure you'll tell me this pitcher's name soon Tomorrow	DD $1,000 [21] The work of this painter born in Rhode Island in 1755 is seen on the one-dollar bill Gilbert Stuart Maria	$800 [4] It's the name for the medium-size clams that come between littleneck & chowder clams cherrystone Maria Mark	$800 [9] In 1559, filling out an already impressive resume, she became queen consort of France as well as queen of Scotland Mary Stuart Kathy	$800 [27] "He is depriving a village somewhere of its" this, a Dostoyevsky title idiot (village idiot accepted) Mark
$1,000 [15] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some video of mail trucks.) The United States Post Office has the USA's largest civilian motorized fleet: its workhorses are 140,000 LLVs, short for these vehicles expected to last 24 years each a long life vehicle	$1,000 [30] Tell me that the name of this shortstop matters to you I Don't Care	$1,000 [22] Before the Europeans, a few thousand of these Indians lived on the Rhode Island bay that shares their name Narragansett Kathy	$1,000 [5] San Francisco's Italian immigrants are credited with creating this fish stew with tomatoes, wine & spices cioppino Maria	$1,000 [10] This queen who died in 1504 & this king, her husband, were known as "The Catholic Kings" Isabella & Ferdinand Maria Mark	$1,000 [28] "The wheel is turning, but" this rodent, Cricetus cricetus, "is dead" the hamster Maria

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE	THIS MEANS TROUBLE	J.S. BACH & SONS	MR. AND MRS. SMITH	BODIES OF WATER	"PUT" SHOTS
$400 [4] One Katherine & one Anne are the only wives who appear in the play named for him Henry VIII Kathy	$400 [26] "There's trouble right here in River City" in this popular Meredith Willson show The Music Man Mark	$400 [1] Lesser-known son J.G.B. followed Dad as a virtuoso on this instrument & played it at Muhlhausen's Marienkirche the organ Mark	$400 [9] In the early 1900s, Amanda Smith of Mrs. Smith's fame made a name for herself baking these pies Mark	$400 [12] Marseille & Sete are major ports of the Gulf of Lion, an arm of this sea the Mediterranean Kathy	$400 [21] The "silly" type of this product was introduced in 1950; don't use it to glaze windows putty Kathy
$800 [5] Holding this dead daughter in his arms, King Lear says, "Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low" Cordelia Maria	$800 [30] This rock legend starred as Walter Hale in "The Trouble with Girls" Elvis Presley Kathy	$800 [2] Johann Christian, also known as John Christian, moved to this capital city in 1762 London Mark	$800 [17] An annual festival in Sydney, Australia honors Maria Smith, the originator of this famous apple the Granny Smith apple Mark	DD $1,000 [13] Ocean tides occur in this river at Limerick, about 70 miles from its mouth at the Atlantic the Shannon Kathy	$800 [22] Translate the Peter Boyle-sung lyric heard here "Puttin' on the ritz" Maria
$1,200 [6] These 2 courtiers were hired by King Claudius to spy on Hamlet Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Maria	$1,200 [29] Shirley MacLaine debuted in the 1955 film "The Trouble with Harry", directed by this man Alfred Hitchcock Kathy	$1,200 [3] The music of No. 1 son Wilhelm was balanced between this style of his father & the Rococo style that followed Baroque Maria	$1,200 [18] A book called "In Sacred Loneliness" documents 33 of the Mrs. Smiths in his life Joseph Smith	$1,200 [14] The General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge spans the northern outlet of this lake at the Gulf of Venezuela (Lake) Maracaibo Maria	$1,200 [23] A plotted revolt to overthrow a government, executed with speed a putsch Mark
$1,600 [7] In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this Amazon declares, "I was with Hercules and Cadmus once" Hippolyta Maria	$1,600 [28] This member of Fleetwood Mac had a solo Top 10 hit with "Trouble" in 1981 Lindsey Buckingham Maria	$1,600 [10] J.S. Bach was a master of this type of work & produced "The Art of" it in 1749 the fugue Kathy Mark	$1,600 [19] The UPN sitcom "All of Us" is loosely based on this Hollywood couple who also produce the show Will & Jada Pinkett Smith Maria	$1,600 [15] The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border is derived from a Guarani word meaning "great water" Iguassú Maria	$1,600 [24] From the Latin for "rotten", it's an adjective referring to foul decay putrid Kathy
$2,000 [8] Saturninus opens this play saying, "Noble patricians, patrons of my right, defend the justice of my cause with arms" Titus Andronicus Mark	$2,000 [27] This onetime child actor grew up to be the big star of 1986's "Big Trouble in Little China" Kurt Russell	$2,000 [11] This word follows "St. Matthew" & "St. John" in the titles of J.S. Bach works; fitting for a man who sired 20 children passion Kathy	DD $2,000 [20] When her husband Clyde died in 1940, she took over his seat as a House Representative from Maine Margaret Chase Smith Maria	$2,000 [16] The Kerch Strait connects this sea with a large bay to the north called the Sea of Azov the Black Sea	$2,000 [25] After Lilliput, Gulliver travels on to this flying island populated by absurd folk Laputa

Final Jeopardy!

1940s MOVIES

This 1942 film gained greater distinction following a January 1943 meeting of Allied leaders in its title location

Casablanca

Kathy "What is ?" — wagered $6,000

Maria "What is The Siege of Malta" — wagered $9,001

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