Show #4901 2005-12-26 (taped 2005-10-18) Regular

Contestants

Bob McDonald — an aerospace engineer from San Pedro, California

Julie Reynolds — a writer from Washington, D.C.

Peter Rubin — a journalist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Peter $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $6,000
2-day champion: $27,400
$6,000
11 R, 3 W
Julie $1,200 $4,200 $3,000 $1,000
2nd place: $2,000
$2,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bob $4,000 $6,200 $1,000 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$5,000
17 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE OF THE UNION DREAD MAN WALKING FALL DOWN GO BOOM! WHAT'S UP, PEDIATRICIAN? JUST THE FACT, MA'AM OJ (ORANGE JUICE) THESAURUS
$200 [2]
It wasn't until around 1805 that white explorers first glimpsed this state
Idaho
Bob
$200 [1]
A lab assistant for Du Pont in 1966, he'd later set up his own Wailin' Soul music label & become a legend
Bob Marley
Bob
$200 [7]
This sandy Vegas hotel is seenheregoing bust in 1993
the Dunes
Bob
$200 [10]
Ah yes, impetigo, an infection affecting this, common in kids in summer; we can treat it with antibiotics
skin
Peter
$200 [16]
He's the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
John Bolton
Julie Bob
$200 [13]
Tropicana's Grovestand OJ doesn't have lots of mash, but "lots of" this
pulp
Bob
$400 [3]
Its name comes from a Native American word meaning "near the great hill"
Massachusetts
Julie
$400 [8]
The name of this disgraced dreadlocked '80s duo was purportedly Turkish for "positive energy"
Milli Vanilli
Bob
$400 [25]
Built in 1975 but never formally occupied, the Hilton in this capital of Lebanon is seencoming downin July 2002
Beirut
Julie
$400 [17]
Teething (& accompanying crankiness) usually starts with the 2 bottom front teeth, or "central" these
incisors
Julie
$400 [21]
A traditional boilermaker is beer & an ounce of this
whiskey
Peter
$400 [14]
This synonym for "unadulterated" or "chaste" is a big part of orange juice marketing
pure
Bob
$600 [4]
Numerous Revolutionary War battles were fought in this state
New York
Bob
$600 [9]
On "The Simpsons" this ex-Krusty the Clown sidekick tries to kill Bart on several occasions
Sideshow Bob
Julie
$600 [26]
In 2004, Greg "The Bull" Luzinskiset offthe final bull blast at Veterans Stadium in this city
Philadelphia
Julie
$800 [19]
Timmy's scary cough is just from this common 5-letter inflammation of the larynx
croup
Bob
$600 [22]
In 1969 he penned the famous line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
(Mario) Puzo
Bob
$600 [15]
Instead of "frozen focused orange juice", the USDA uses this synonym for "focus"
concentrated
Bob
$800 [5]
Famed for coal mining, it's home to very few stretches of flat land
West Virginia
Bob
$800 [11]
Saying "It takes on energy & vibes & I needed to shed that", this "Let Love Rule" singer lopped off 10 years of 'locks
Lenny Kravitz
Peter
$800 [27]
The most buildings shot in a single-implosion sequence record, shown here, was set in this Puerto Rican city in 1998
San Juan
Peter
$1,000 [20]
Thimerosal, a preservative that's 50% this element, has been almost eliminated from vaccines for little ones
mercury
$800 [23]
This god's principal weapon is Mjollnir
Thor
Peter
$800 [29]
OJ has these vitamins & minerals needed in the diet; Roget's Thesaurus lists the word with "indispensable"
essential
Bob
$1,000 [6]
One of the two states with similar, very unhip outlines seen here
Wyoming (or Colorado)
Bob
$1,000 [12]
Dreadlocked Adam Duritz fronts this band, Oscar-nominated for "Accidentally In Love" from "Shrek 2"
Counting Crows
Peter
$1,000 [28]
In 1998, the 2.2-million-square-foot Hudson's Department Store wastaken downin this Midwest U.S. city
Detroit
Julie
DD $1,600 [18]
Lots of parents with feverish kids alternate ibuprofen & this, from which Tylenol is made
acetaminophen
Julie
$1,000 [24]
This "rhythm" is the biological clock in humans, based on a 24-hour cycle
the circadian rhythm
Julie
$1,000 [30]
This orange juice- & rum-based cocktail could be called a "southern farmer's left jab"
planter's punch

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROYALTY MOVIE STAR BY ROLES MEN OF THE "C" BANKING LORD BYRON GET OUT YOUR PHRASEBOOK
$400 [14]
In 1895 this queen was imprisoned in Hawaii's Iolani Palace, where she once ruled
Lili'uokalani
$400 [2]
Susan Orlean, Joanna Kramer, Karen Silkwood
Meryl Streep
Peter
$400 [1]
Charles Dawes was his vice president in the 1920s
Coolidge
Bob
$400 [10]
The largest of these savings institutions for people with a common bond is for U.S. Navy & Marine personnel
a credit union
Peter
$400 [22]
In a poetic drama, this biblical brother becomes a willing pupil of Lucifer
Cain
Peter Bob
$400 [9]
If it's time to get out of Dusseldorf, you can get directions to this by asking, "Wo ist der Flughafen?"
the airport
$800 [15]
Machiavelli was a big fan of this king of Aragon born in 1452
Ferdinand
Peter
$800 [3]
Edna Spalding, M'Lynn Eatenton, Mrs. Gump
Sally Field
Bob
$1,200 [8]
He's the French Postimpressionist who painted "Mont Sainte-Victoire" & "The Card Players"
Paul Cezanne
$800 [16]
An account that goes to a designated person on the depositor's death is said to be "in" this for that person
trust
Julie
$800 [23]
In Ravenna Byron wrote "The Prophecy of" this man, whom he called "the great poet-sire of Italy"
Dante
Peter Bob
$800 [13]
Stroll into a Czech restaurant with spouse, say, "Stool pro dva", & you're asking for this kind of seating
seating for two
Bob
$1,200 [19]
She became queen of England in 1702 after a riding accident led to the death of William III
Queen Anne
Bob
$1,200 [4]
Mary MacGregor, Patsy Cline, Frances Farmer
Jessica Lange
Bob
$1,600 [11]
He was crowned King of France in 987, beginning a dynasty
Hugh Capet
Peter Bob
$1,200 [25]
Inspired by his cousin's wife, Byron wrote, "She walks in" this, "like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies"
beauty
Peter
$1,200 [17]
Not "por favor" but "si us plau" means "please" in this language spoken in & around Barcelona
Catalan
Bob
$1,600 [20]
Mswati III became the king of this country in 1986 when he was 18
Swaziland
DD $2,000 [5]
Melvin Udall, Jimmy Hoffa, Eugene O'Neill
Jack Nicholson
Bob
DD $2,000 [7]
He was one of 3 taken aboard the U.S.S. Hornet July 24, 1969 & immediately put into quarantine
Michael Collins
Bob
$1,600 [18]
"Mer er Kalt" means "I'm cold" in this language that gave us the word "geyser" for a hot spring
Icelandic
$2,000 [21]
Charles X ascended to the throne of Sweden in 1654 when this cousin & queen abdicated
Christina
$2,000 [6]
Nigel Powers, Harry Palmer, Dr. Wilbur Larch
Michael Caine
Julie
$2,000 [12]
A Medici, he was the first Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo
$2,000 [24]
The Gaelic "Go n-eiri an bothar leat", used for "have a good trip", is literally the wish may this "rise to meet you"
the road
Peter

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

He moved to Vienna in 1766; in 1778 he presented his native Italy with the first opera staged at La Scala

Antonio Salieri

Bob "Who was Verdi?" — wagered $999
Julie "Who was Verdi?" — wagered $2,000
Peter "Who is Verdi?" — wagered $0

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