Show #4903 2005-12-28 (taped 2005-10-18) Regular

Contestants

Kevin Gomes — a training and educational design specialist originally from Grand Island, Nebraska

Leslie Hickey — an educational director from Cleveland, Ohio

Rex Babiera — a learning consultant from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rex $2,000 $6,600 $7,800 $9,300
2-day champion: $32,200
$9,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Leslie $200 $1,400 $4,600 $2,600
2nd place: $2,000
$4,600
10 R, 3 W
Kevin $-200 $0 $3,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$5,200
7 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LET'S LEARN LATVIAN ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER OBSTACLES GOING "KNOT"S! FIX THE PROVERB
$200 [4]
(Jon of the Clue Crew holds up a pretty necklace in a shop in Riga, Latvia.) At many Latvian markets, you can find jewelry made from dzintars, this translucent fossil resin that's plentiful here
amber
Rex
$200 [2]
In 1996 "You Don't Know" this was named Video Game of the Year by the Digital Hollywood Awards
Jack
Rex
$200 [1]
This secret state police force was first established in Prussia in 1933 & later became an arm of the SS
the Gestapo
$200 [6]
In Indianapolis v. Edmond, the Supreme Court said cops may not set these up mainly to look for drugs in cars
a roadblock
Rex
$200 [14]
To marry
to tie the knot
Leslie
$200 [12]
Phoenician, wheel thy shelf!
Physician, heal thyself!
Leslie
$400 [5]
Unlike English, Latvian has 1 word for the day before yesterday, aizvakar, & 1 word for this, parit
the day after tomorrow
Leslie
$400 [3]
Also an Oscar winner, he's won 4 Grammys for comedy albums, including one for "Reality... What a Concept"
Robin Williams
Leslie
$400 [18]
The conversion of the American Indians was mostly done by the Franciscans & these "Black Robes" founded in 1534
the Jesuits
$400 [7]
An obstacle that you jump over metaphorically to attain a goal, or what Felix Sanchez jumps over for real
a hurdle
Rex
$400 [20]
Ted Shackelford played Gary Ewing on this long-running spin-off
Knots Landing
Leslie
$400 [13]
Cloves bake the ham
Clothes make the man
Rex
$600 [19]
Kino is this place where you might take a date on a Saturday night
cinema
Rex
$600 [11]
In 2003 this "Monk" star became the first actor to win an Emmy for a USA Network original show
Tony Shalhoub
Leslie
$600 [26]
This group's musical "ballad" begins, "Fighting soldiers from the sky, fearless men who jump and die"
the Green Berets
Kevin
$600 [8]
Boca Raton's Royal Palm made Forbes' 2004 list of the most expensive of these entry-restricting communities
a gated community
Rex
$600 [21]
When this knot widely used for tying packages is mis-tied, it is called a granny knot
a square knot
Rex
$600 [15]
One mind's moat is another mind's prison
One man's meat is another man's poison
$800 [28]
Es nesaprotu, "I don't speak" Latviski, "Latvian" or Krieviski, this other language common in Latvia
Russian
Rex
$800 [17]
Martin Crane on "Frasier", he won a 1986 Tony for featured actor in a drama for "The House of Blue Leaves"
(John) Mahoney
Rex
$800 [27]
Visigoth King Alaric II was killed in the 507 Battle of Vouille against Clovis I, King of this group
Franks
$800 [9]
When this word follows "pot" to describe a type of poker, it means you can bet up to the amount in the pot
limit
Kevin
$800 [22]
This evergreen wood is often used for paneling & furniture
knotty pine
Leslie
$800 [16]
Hype for the beast but repair for the west
Hope for the best but prepare for the worst
Kevin
$1,000 [29]
Oddly, this English word for corn that's from Spanish & Arawak is spelled like the Latvian word for "bread"
maize
$1,000 [25]
(Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume reads the clue.) The NAACP's Image Awards were founded during a meeting at the home of this member of Hollywood's Rat Pack
Sammy Davis Jr.
Rex
DD $1,000 [30]
In the 500s B.C. the 3 main groups in Rome were the Sabines, the Etruscans & these, who left us a language
the Latins
Rex
$1,000 [10]
Part 5 of "Les Miserables" begins with a description of these Revolutionary barriers in the streets of Paris
barricades
Kevin
$1,000 [23]
In Greek myth it was the King of Phrygia & father of Midas who tied this knot that no one could untie
the Gordian knot
$1,000 [24]
Tomb & toad wait for no moon
Time and tide wait for no man
Rex

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTURE MOVIE QUOTES CLEVELAND ROCKS! HAIR TODAY "GON" TOMORROW AMERICAN WOMEN
$400 [9]
Palladio used a temple facade for these Italian country houses, like the rotunda one of around 1560
villas
Kevin
$400 [1]
(1964)Peter Sellers:"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Dr. Strangelove ( or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb )
Rex
$400 [6]
The original theme song to this TV sitcom set in Cleveland mentioned the nearby towns of Parma & Solon
The Drew Carey Show
Leslie
$400 [11]
Sporting a squash-blossom hairdo (think a Princess Leia look) means a Hopi Indian woman is this
single
Rex Leslie Kevin
$400 [20]
It can be the basket below a hot-air balloon or a flat-bottomed boat used on a canal
a gondola
Rex
DD $2,000 [26]
Babette was the middle name of this American woman who moved to France in 1907
Alice B. Toklas
Kevin
$800 [10]
The house seenhereis by Adolf Loos, who hated this, a word related to adorn, & wrote an essay against it
ornament
$800 [2]
(1984)Pat Morita:"Wax on, right hand, wax off, left hand"
The Karate Kid
Kevin
$800 [7]
Ohio's largest newspaper, it's been providing the news for Cleveland residents since 1842
The Plain Dealer
Kevin
$800 [13]
It's the "tantalizing" synonym for backcoming hair to increase fullness
to tease
Leslie
$800 [21]
Mathematics branch dealing with the angles & functions of triangles
trigonometry
Rex
DD $1,200 [17]
With help from feng shui, Norman Foster reinvented the office tower with a 1980s building in this then-colony
Hong Kong
Rex
$1,200 [3]
(1976)Laurence Olivier:"Is it safe?"
Marathon Man
$1,200 [8]
Kim Deal, Faith Hill & Vanilla Ice have been spotted at this attraction on the shores of Lake Erie
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Rex
$1,200 [15]
When someone speaks about a Fu Manchu, he's usually referring to this hairy feature
a mustache
Rex Leslie
$1,200 [22]
This East Coast Native American language was used by both the Blackfoot & the Cheyenne
Algonquin
Kevin
$1,600 [18]
This medieval style exemplifiedherewas weightier than Gothic, which followed it
Romanesque
Rex
$1,600 [4]
(1995)Alicia Silverstone:"As if!"
Clueless
Kevin
$1,600 [12]
The opening of this in 1959 made Cleveland an international seaport
the St. Lawrence Seaway
Leslie Kevin
$1,600 [16]
The hairs on this part of a fly contain a majority of its "taste buds"
its legs
Rex
$1,600 [23]
This aromatic herb used in cooking bears clusters of small green & white flowers
tarragon
$2,000 [19]
Known for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, in 2003 he got the job of redesigning the World Trade Center site
Daniel Libeskind
$2,000 [5]
(1987)Patrick Swayze:"Nobody puts Baby in a corner"
Dirty Dancing
Leslie
$2,000 [14]
In 1967 voters elected him Cleveland mayor, making him the first black mayor of a major U.S. city
Carl Stokes
$2,000 [25]
There's very little hair on an adult elephant; the longest & thickest are the eyelashes & those found on this
the tip of the tail
Rex
$2,000 [24]
The delightful stylings of this Rococo master are seen here
Fragonard

Final Jeopardy!

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS

This play says "Then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at--Elysian Fields!"

A Streetcar Named Desire

Kevin "What is A Streetcar Named Des" — wagered $3,200
Leslie "What is Bus Trip?" — wagered $2,000
Rex "What is A Streetcar Named Desire?" — wagered $1,500

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