Show #4663 2004-12-08 (taped 2004-09-08) Regular

Contestants

Megan Susman — an environmental policy specialist from Arlington, Virginia

Alex Bready — a law student from Towson, Maryland

Jackie Cipa — a library assistant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jackie $800 $3,000 $1,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$1,400
8 R, 5 W
Alex $2,800 $8,400 $12,800 $12,800
2nd place: $2,000
$12,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Megan $1,200 $2,800 $22,600 $19,599
New champion: $19,599
$16,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA TV ON TV CARS '70s NONFICTION WHOSE LIME IS IT ANYWAY? "TA" TA FOR NOW
$200 [5]
"My Life on the Plains" was an 1874 book by this "boy general" & Indian fighter
Custer
Megan
$200 [1]
"Itchy & Scratchy"
The Simpsons
Alex
$200 [13]
In a 1969 Disney film, Herbie was this model of car
Volkswagen Beetle
Alex
$200 [6]
Billy Graham called them "God's secret agents"
angels
$200 [23]
Citrus fruits including limes were introduced to the West Indies by this man on his second voyage
Columbus
Megan
$200 [8]
Head to Agra, India to see this famous marble mausoleum completed around 1643
the Taj Mahal
Alex
$400 [16]
Reportedly, in 1854 Flora Temple broke the 2:20 minute mile; of course, Flora was one of these
a horse
Megan
$400 [2]
"Tool Time"
Home Improvement
Jackie
$400 [14]
This Japanese luxury brand debuted in the U.S. with the Legend sedan in 1986
Acura
Alex
$400 [7]
A bestseller by Dr. David Reuben gave us this 13-word-long self-help title
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask
Alex
$400 [25]
The use of calcium oxide lime in early theatrical lamps gives us this term for the focus of public attention
limelight
Megan
$400 [9]
2nd century Rabbi Ishmael Ben Elisha is best known for his impact on the understanding of this compilation of Jewish law
the Talmud
Jackie
$600 [18]
This Californian died still trying to get congress to reimburse him for all that gold on his mill site he lost out on
(John) Sutter
Alex
$600 [3]
"The Happy Homemaker"
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
$600 [17]
The name of this maker of the Q45 makes it sound like it will run forever
Infiniti
Alex
$600 [24]
His 1971 autobiography "Wunnerful, Wunnerful!" was a, well, wunnerful seller
Lawrence Welk
Alex
$600 [30]
To make this drink supposedly named for a British naval surgeon, all you need is gin & sweetened lime juice
gimlet
Jackie Megan
$600 [10]
(Hi. I'm Hal Sparks.) This former E! entertainment channel TV show helped further the careers of me, John Henson & Greg Kinnear
Talk Soup
Alex
DD $1,000 [19]
In 1846 he tried to sue Eliza Emerson in St. Louis for his & his family's freedom
Dred Scott
Alex
$800 [4]
"The Alan Brady Show"
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Alex
$800 [21]
This sporty Dodge model is available as n SRT-10 Roadster for 2004, starting at around $80,000
a Viper
Alex
$800 [26]
In 1977 the Fixx was in with "The Complete Book of" this by James Fixx
running
$800 [29]
Extreme heat fuses soda, lime & sand to make this everyday substance
glass
Jackie
$800 [11]
"Saucy" name for the crusty areas on your teeth made from mineral salts reacting with plaque & saliva
tartar
Alex
$1,000 [20]
If Amelia Jenks hadn't married this man in 1840, women might have worn "Jenks"
(Dexter) Bloomer
Alex
$1,000 [15]
"F.Y.I."
Murphy Brown
Alex
$1,000 [22]
This German car make got its name from the Latin translation of founder August Horch's name
Audi
$1,000 [27]
Theodore H. White's "Breach of Faith" detailed "The Fall of" this man
Nixon
Jackie
$1,000 [28]
The headquarters of this world famous insurance company & underwriter is on Lime Street in London
Lloyds
Jackie
$1,000 [12]
Now known as Ismail Samani Peak, the highest peak in this country was once named after Joseph Stalin
Tajikistan
Megan

Double Jeopardy! Round

MY GIRL BRICK HOUSE RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH PLEASE MR. POSTMAN A, B, C I HEAR A SYMPHONY
$400 [8]
In 1961 Marvin Gaye married Anna, sister of this Motown mogul
Berry Gordy
Megan
$400 [1]
A brick house in Portland, Maine that dates to 1785 was built by General Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of this famed poet
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Megan
$400 [11]
The gods must be crazy to spend their time on this highest mountain in Greece
(Mount) Olympus
Jackie
$400 [10]
The Netpost mailing service features Christmas cards with this 3-word wish for the globe
Peace on Earth
Jackie Alex
$400 [5]
Next to Bob Lanier & Gilbert Perreault, sports reference books list C for this position
center
Jackie Alex
$1,200 [28]
Beethoven's 6th isn't called the "Bucolic" symphony, but this
Pastoral
Megan
$800 [22]
She is 12 years older than longtime beau Tim Robbins
Susan Sarandon
Alex
$800 [2]
The Kit Carson home in Taos, New Mexico is a house & museum made of these clay bricks
adobe
Megan
$800 [12]
Until 1959, this peak was the highest mountain in the United States
Mount Whitney
Megan
$800 [13]
In an April Fools' joke, National Public Radio reported that the Postal Service would soon let you keep this, no matter where you moved
your ZIP code
Alex Megan
$800 [6]
In phrases like "a man" or "a door", a is this part of speech
an article
Jackie
$1,600 [27]
The strings in the symphony heard here, by this playful Austrian, give it the nickname "The Bear"
Joseph Haydn
$1,200 [23]
Diana Krall's CD "The Girl in the Other Room" features songs cowritten with this man, her new husband
Elvis Costello
Megan
$1,600 [4]
Patrick Henry & Thomas Jefferson both lived in the 2-story brick governor's palace in this colonial capital
Williamsburg
Alex
$1,200 [19]
The names of this highest mountain in Western Europe & this highest mountain in the Pacific both mean "White Mountain"
Mont Blanc and Mauna Kea
Alex Megan
$1,200 [14]
This "privilege" allows members of Congress to send out official mail without paying postage
franking
Megan
$1,200 [7]
It's the symbol for the letter A in braille
a dot
Alex
$2,000 [26]
Mozart's 38th is called by the name of this city that stood in for Vienna in the filming of "Amadeus"
Prague
$1,600 [24]
There are zero degrees of separation between him & his girl, wife Kyra Sedgwick
(Kevin) Bacon
Megan
$2,000 [9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Robie House in Chicago, IL.) I'm inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, whose windows, rather than stained glass, are called by this aesthetic term
art glass
Jackie
$1,600 [20]
The deepest river gorge in the United States, Hells Canyon, was carved over millions of years by this river
The Snake (River)
Megan
$2,000 [16]
To stamp collectors, FDC stands for this
First Day Cover
Jackie
$1,600 [17]
In the Stock Market abbreviation B&A, A is Asked & B is this
Bid
$2,000 [25]
She met Ryan Phillippe at her 21st birthday party & married him 2 years later
Reese Witherspoon
Jackie
DD $4,000 [3]
This Boston landmark made famous the night of April 18, 1775 is made of bricks from the kilns of nearby Medford
the Old North Church
Megan
$2,000 [21]
The Yarlung Zangbo in this lofty region is the world's highest river & its 17,657-foot valley is the deepest
Himalayas
Alex
DD $5,000 [15]
Formerly called book rate, this type of mail lets you send books, videos, CDs & DVDs at a slower, reduced rate
Media Mail
Megan
$2,000 [18]
If you're in "A&R" for a record company, you know it stands for these "and Repertoire"
Artists
Megan

Final Jeopardy!

THE CABINET

He's been both the youngest & the oldest U.S. Secretary of Defense in history

Donald Rumsfeld

Jackie "Who is McNamara?" — wagered $1,400
Alex "Who is Cohen?" — wagered $0
Megan "Who is Dulles?" — wagered $3,001

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