Show #4667 2004-12-14 (taped 2004-09-13) Regular

Contestants

Jerry Mayer — a political science professor from Arlington, Virginia

Joel Kahn — a physician from Irvine, California

Robert Bowsher — a software engineer from Hilliard, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,399)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Robert	$4,200	$7,400	$9,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$19,200 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Joel	$3,600	$7,000	$18,000	$19,000 New champion: $19,000	$14,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jerry	$600	$-200	$6,600	$1 2nd place: $2,000	$6,600 9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SOCIOLOGY	RADIO PERSONALITIES	HEADQUARTERS	BERMUDA SHORTS	MILLIONS OF REASONS	SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
$200 [1] This term for a rural white southerner was originally applied to sunburned agricultural workers a redneck Joel	$200 [2] The fans of this radio personality call themselves dittoheads to signify that they agree with his opinion Rush Limbaugh Robert	$200 [7] Surprisingly, in the 1990s, this retailer moved its HQ from its tall tower in Chicago to a lowrise in the suburbs Sears, Roebuck Joel	$200 [15] Bermuda's almost due east of this state's Cape Hatteras North Carolina Jerry	$200 [26] Metallic distinction of a CD that's sold 1 million copies platinum Robert	$200 [17] This type of "domain" could lose you your house if the government needs your land, yo eminent Robert
$400 [3] Robert & Helen Lynd based their "Middletown" studies on Muncie in this state Indiana Robert	$400 [12] (Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) I don't believe in political quid pro quo, but after his endorsement, I named a rest stop toilet for this radio personality Howard Stern Jerry	$400 [8] Since 1988 J.C. Penney has been firmly planted in Plano in this state Texas Robert	$400 [19] The cahow, or Bermuda petrel, a type of this, breeds only in Bermuda a bird Robert	$400 [27] Of 2 million, 20 million or 200 million, the length in years of one trip around the galaxy's center by our sun 200 million Robert	$400 [18] "It's" one of these "that blows nobody any good" an ill wind Joel
$600 [4] The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one a culture Robert	$600 [13] She's from Brooklyn, has a Ph.D. in physiology & is Deryk's mom Dr. Laura Robert	$600 [9] First the "E"s were sold, then its Houston HQ building was auctioned off in December 2003 for $55.5 million Enron Joel	$600 [23] Bermuda uses this basic unit of currency the dollar Joel	$600 [28] Like Chico in "Animal Crackers", who got paid more for not performing, she got millions from Virgin not to sing Mariah Carey	$600 [20] It's wack but ESPN dropped the downhill racing style of this type of bicycle from its X Games in 2004 BMX Joel
DD $1,000 [5] 10,000 years ago all societies were these, named from the way they collected animals, fruit, etc. for food hunter-gatherers Robert	$800 [14] This "idol" worshipper replaced Casey Kasem as host of "American Top 40" Ryan Seacrest Joel	$800 [10] The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit Dearborn Joel	$800 [24] The first settlement in 1609 resulted from this event, maybe the one depicted in the first scene of "The Tempest" a shipwreck Jerry	$800 [29] It was the "grateful" title of philanthropist Percy Ross' syndicated radio show & newspaper column Thanks a Million	$800 [21] Lack of movement in traffic--especially at an intersection or in politics gridlock Joel
$1,000 [6] Someone who hates humanity; Moliere's Alceste turned into a title one a misanthrope Joel	$1,000 [16] Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles NPR Robert	$1,000 [11] Where on earth is Earthlink headquartered? In this city, same as Coca-Cola Atlanta Robert	$1,000 [25] Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital Hamilton Joel	$1,000 [30] "What Are You Doing After the Orgy?" is a book by this man who played a millionaire on "Gilligan's Island" Jim Backus Robert	$1,000 [22] Completed in 1955, this bridge crosses the Hudson near Nyack the Tappan Zee

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE FABULOUS '50s	SNOWBOARDING	TOM WOLFE	MED. ABBREV.	THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS	"E" CHANNEL
$400 [4] In 1953 Eisenhower proposed to the U.N. a plan of "Atoms for" this Peace Joel	$400 [16] Snowboarding is often featured in ads for this Pepsico soda with a lofty name Mountain Dew Robert	$400 [1] It was Wolfe who first predicted that the 1970s "Will come to be known as" this "decade" the Me Decade Jerry	$400 [6] 2 of the 3 illnesses for which a DPT vaccination provides immunity diphtheria & pertussis (or tetanus) Robert Joel Jerry	$400 [30] Benjamin Guggenheim made sure to dress in his evening clothes before going down with this ship in 1912 the Titanic Jerry	$400 [22] This South American country does not border Brazil Ecuador Joel
$800 [5] The group seenhereis discussing the merits of this room they are looking at a kitchen	$800 [17] An off-balance rider is said to be "rolling down" these, from the flailing motion of the arms windows	$800 [2] In a piece of stock car racing, Wolfe introduced to written English this 3-word phrase for a solid Southern male a good old boy	$800 [7] HRT is this kind of therapy; the use of it by menopausal women has recently been questioned hormone replacement therapy Robert	$800 [29] Patriarch Meyer moved from Switzerland to the U.S. in 1847 & set up shop in this Pennsylvania city Philadelphia Robert	$800 [23] Before going bankrupt in 1989, this airline tried selling $12 plane tickets between Boston & New York Eastern (Airlines) Robert
$1,200 [8] A 1954 code trying to stop juvenile delinquency said "horror" or "terror" could not be used in titles of these comics Robert	$1,200 [18] (Sarah of the Clue Crew snowboards down Mammoth Mountain.) If you're doing well by cutting up the slopes, you could be called one of these, not to be confused with an office machine a shredder Jerry	$1,200 [3] "The Right Stuff" tells of how this man broke the sound barrier with 2 broken ribs from a drunken horseback ride Chuck Yeager Robert	$1,600 [12] I.D. stands for this specialty that focuses on illnesses like viral hepatitis infectious disease Joel	$1,200 [21] For Daniel, it was all mine, mine, mine; tin in Bolivia & this in Alaska gold Joel	$1,200 [24] Alexander Pope once cracked, "The vulgar boil, the learned roast" one of these, maybe for breakfast an egg Robert
$1,600 [9] In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America organized crime Jerry	$1,600 [19] Like skateboarders, snowboarders perform in a U-shaped structure called this a half-pipe Jerry	$2,000 [15] It's Wolfe's 1968 book about Ken Kesey & friends' cross-country journey The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Robert	$2,000 [13] A CAT scan is computerized axial this kind of imaging tomography Robert	$1,600 [28] In the 2000 film "Pollock", Amy Madigan played this art patron Peggy Guggenheim Jerry	$1,600 [25] In 1974 Spokane's Cannon Island was the site of this, which featured an environmental theme an expo Jerry
$2,000 [10] The accuracy of the Quartz clock was surpassed in 1955 by one using this element, Cs Cesium Joel	$2,000 [20] Stances include regular, goofy foot & this one that angles the toes of both feet in opposite directions duck foot	DD $10,000 [14] Wolfe coined the term "radical" this in a story on a party for the Black Panthers thrown by Leonard Bernstein chic Robert	DD $5,000 [11] CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be an RSI, this kind of injury repetitive stress injury Joel	$2,000 [27] The Guggenheim Foundation is the assignee of the patents of this rocket pioneer; it had financed him in the 1940s Robert Goddard Robert	$2,000 [26] Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge epistemology Jerry

Final Jeopardy!

AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS

The only Oscar winner also to win a Nobel Prize, this European won a 1938 Oscar for adapting his own play

George Bernard Shaw

Jerry "Who is O'Neil?" — wagered $6,599

Robert "Who is Ibsen?" — wagered $9,400

Joel "Who was [something crossed out] Shaw?" — wagered $1,000

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