Show #4898 2005-12-21 (taped 2005-10-17) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Lawrence — a limousine driver from Las Vegas, Nevada

Karen Spinale — a high school teacher from Duxbury, Massachusetts

Laura McElfresh — a librarian from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,202)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Laura	$3,400	$8,200	$20,600	$8,399 2nd place: $2,000	$15,600 22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Karen	$800	$1,400	$4,600	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$4,600 9 R, 4 W
Jeff	$2,200	$4,000	$16,400	$11,400 New champion: $11,400	$12,000 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

PUBLIC HEALTH	BY THE NUMBERS	INSECTOID RHYME TIME	ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS	FOOTBALL	REJECTED SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWS
$200 [23] A 1992 law introduced by Sen. Cranston aimed to reduce the use of paint containing too much of this element lead Karen	$200 [18] Matthew 26:15:"What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for" this 30 pieces of silver	$200 [1] Long, low sound of pain from a nonworker male bee a drone moan Laura Jeff	$200 [11] Jeff Daniels wrote "Escanaba in da Moonlight", a "super Yooper comedy" set on this state's Upper Peninsula Michigan Karen	$200 [16] Today, most placekickers use the instep rather than the toe in a kicking style adapted from this sport soccer Jeff	$200 [6] The company founded by Henry Sherwin & this man wanted to use the halftime to demonstrate how paint dried Williams Laura
$400 [24] An effort lasting from 1985 to 1991 eliminated this paralytic illness from Latin America polio Karen	$400 [19] Loss of coolant around 4 A.M. led to a rough March 28, 1979 at this Pennsylvania facility near Harrisburg Three Mile Island Jeff	$400 [2] Butterfly-like insect that listens to gloomy rock music a goth moth Laura	$400 [12] In 2004 he won an Oscar for "Mystic River" & appeared off-Broadway in his own play "Embedded" Tim Robbins Karen Jeff	$400 [17] (I'm Kurt Warner of the NFL.) From 1995 to 1997 I played for the Iowa Barnstormers in this league that plays its games indoors the Arena Football League Laura	$400 [7] Rosewood School wanted to play this game where if you're tagged as a female swimming bird, you're it duck, duck, goose Laura
$600 [25] (Hi! I'm CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.) I joined CNN in 2001 & reported on the biological attacks of this bacillus in the news that October anthrax Laura Karen Jeff	$600 [20] Start your counting please/It's this many syllables/In standard haiku 17 Laura	$600 [3] A London apartment for a small biting fly a gnat flat Laura	$600 [13] This Englishwoman called her "Shakespeare for My Father" a play about her father (Sir Michael) & her search for him Lynn Redgrave Jeff	$600 [26] As his name suggests, the Bears' Willie Thrower was the first black player at this position in the NFL, 10/18/53 quarterback Karen	$600 [8] HHS wanted to explain how to use its prescription drug card for this program Medicare Laura
$800 [27] Stanford's med school has a division of this, the study & control of disease in populations epidemiology Laura	$1,000 [22] This section was added to the tax code in 1974; it's now the name (or number) for many political advocacy groups 527	$800 [4] A loud & threatening speech from a colony-based insect an ant rant Jeff	$800 [14] Her husband Jerry Stiller made a video appearance in her 1999 comedy "Down the Garden Paths" Anne Meara Jeff	$800 [29] This ex-Cowboy joined Keith Jackson & Howard Cosell on the first "Monday Night Football" telecast Don Meredith Jeff	$800 [9] This ex-FCC chairman, Colin's son, wanted to hold a town hall meeting to discuss obscenity on TV Michael Powell
$1,000 [28] Also a type of mathematical quantity, it's a term for disease-carrying critters like ticks a vector Laura	DD $1,400 [21] A reduction of arms & independence for Turkey were 2 items in this Jan. 8, 1918 pronouncement the Fourteen Points Laura	$1,000 [5] Acting instructor for an aspiring household pest a roach coach Laura	$1,000 [15] In 2004 this author of "True West" returned to the stage, acting in "A Number", a play about human cloning Sam Shepard Jeff	$1,000 [30] Now a running back for the Rams, he scored a career record 12.1 points per game playing for San Diego State Marshall Faulk Jeff	$1,000 [10] Writer Ted Kooser, given this title by the Library of Congress, was going to read his work "Delights and Shadows" poet laureate Karen

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	TIMEFOR A MOVIE REVIEW	THE CONNECTICUT CONNECTION	THERE IS A SANTA CLAUSE	WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE	THE "BYRD"s & THE "BEA"s
$400 [3] Born in Cologne, this "Tales of Hoffman" composer became a French citizen in 1860 Offenbach Laura	$400 [1] This 1941 film is "everyone's default choice for the world's greatest movie" Citizen Kane Jeff	$400 [26] This Connecticut newspaper has been reporting the news since 1764 The Hartford Courant Laura	$400 [8] St. Nick smoked a long pipe & wore a broad-brimmed hat in his 1809 "Knickerbocker's History of New York" Washington Irving Karen	$400 [13] (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the WW II Memorial in Westerplatte, Germany.) I'm in Westerplatte, where early on September 1, 1939, a German battleship opened fire on this country's forces & began World War II Poland Karen	$400 [21] & then there's this actress, truly a "Golden Girl" when she won an Emmy in 1988 Bea Arthur Laura
$800 [4] This composer's daughter Cosima married Hans von Bulow in 1857 & Richard Wagner in 1870 Franz Liszt	$800 [2] "72 years after he emerged from his jungle lair, this remains one of the movies' immortal tales of unrequited love" King Kong Laura Karen	—	$800 [9] This 1934 song about the imminent arrival of an omniscient Santa was written by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" Laura	$800 [14] 2 days before D-Day, Allied troops entered this formerly Fascist capital city Rome Karen	$800 [22] This admiral led a third Antarctic expedition, discovering Thurston island in 1939 Richard Byrd Jeff
$1,200 [5] (Jon of the Clue Crew walks up the nave of the Marienkirche in Lubeck, Germany.) In 1705 this 20-year-old composer walked 200 miles to hear Dietrich Buxtehude play organ at Lubeck's Marienkirche J(ohann) S(ebastian) Bach Laura	$1,200 [18] "Film noir was a tired genre before writer Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski made this" 1974 film Chinatown Jeff	—	$1,200 [10] Not a horror movie slasher, the Weihnachtsmann visits this country bordered to the north by Denmark Germany Jeff	$1,200 [15] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Helsinki, Finland.) On November 30, 1939, the U.S.S.R. attacked Finland in what became known as this alliterative conflict--& got quite a fight the Winter War	$1,200 [23] Jesus uttered 9 of these, from the Latin for "blessedness", in the sermon on the mount the Beatitudes Karen
$2,000 [7] In 1931 this "Pomp"ous English composer was made a baronet (Sir Edward) Elgar Laura	$2,000 [20] This 1927 Fritz Lang "epic poem of urban dystopia and class warfare set the standard for imagining the future" Metropolis Laura	—	$1,600 [11] The elf-like Jultomten in this country has kids breathless in anticipation from Malmo to Sveg Sweden Jeff	$1,600 [16] A lull in WWII in 1939 was dubbed this, punning on the word "Blitzkrieg" Sitzkrieg Laura	$1,600 [24] This West Virginian has cast more votes in the Senate than any other senator in history Robert Byrd Jeff
DD $6,000 [6] In 1726 this German composer became a naturalized British subject (George Frideric) Handel Laura	DD $6,000 [19] "This (1994) multipart crime epic... still has the impact of an adrenalin shot to the heart" Pulp Fiction Jeff	—	$2,000 [12] In the 1860s this cartoonist first drew Santa with the soft furry hat we know & love (Thomas) Nast Karen	$2,000 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) In 2005 here in Riga, President Bush honored the end of World War II, but also regretted this February 1945 pact that lead to the Iron Curtain the Yalta Pact Jeff	$2,000 [25] Called "The Mama of Dada", this ceramicist's relationship with Roche & Duchamp inspired the novel "Jules et Jim" Beatrice Wood

Final Jeopardy!

LINES FROM LINCOLN

Though it's not accurate, this meaning of the word "Mississippi" appears in one of Lincoln's most famous lines

father of waters

Karen "What is ?" — wagered $4,500

Jeff "What is I was born in Mississippi?" — wagered $5,000

Laura "What is divided?" — wagered $12,201

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