Show #4670 2004-12-17 (taped 2004-09-13) Regular

Contestants

Harry Sering — a retail manager from Indianapolis, Indiana

Jennifer West — a library technician and stage manager from Salinas, California

Grayson Holmes — a legal assistant from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Grayson $1,800 $600 $11,400 $15,210
2-day champion: $44,411
$12,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 10 W (including 1 DD)
Jennifer $2,000 $2,400 $7,600 $800
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
14 R, 1 W
Harry $1,400 $1,000 $300 $600
3rd place: $1,000
$7,800
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NEXT STOP, VENUS ROBOTS, ANDROIDS & CYBORGS MUSIC CLASS ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES LAGER RHYTHMS CROSSWORD CLUES "D _ _ _ ER"
$200 [21]
It's the planet that's closest to Venus
Earth
Grayson
$200 [16]
In a 1989 TV movie Sandra Bullock was a new model of one of these title cyborgs; Lindsay Wagner was an old one
a bionic woman
Jennifer
$200 [11]
It's a composition for 6 instruments or voices
a sestet
Grayson
$200 [6]
Abbreviated the ABA, this national organization hands out annual "Silver Gavel" awards
the American Bar Association
Jennifer
$200 [26]
Watney's Red Barrel & Newcastle Brown Ale are 2 popular beers from this country
England
Jennifer
$200 [1]
Tee shot tool
a driver
Jennifer
$400 [22]
In 1610 this Italian discovered that Venus has phases like the Moon
Galileo
Grayson Harry
$400 [17]
Waiting out a sandstorm on Tatooine, this astromech droid made a new friend in a protocol droid
R2-D2
Grayson Harry
$400 [12]
Notations for these on a score for a guitarist include C7 & D7
chords
Grayson Jennifer
$400 [7]
In 1982 President Reagan awarded this "God Bless America" singer the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Kate Smith
Harry
$400 [27]
Beer, like red wine, can protect your heart by lowering the "bad" type of this
cholesterol
Grayson
$400 [2]
An artful fellow
dodger
Harry
$600 [23]
With few exceptions all specified surface features of Venus are appropriately named after these
women
Grayson
$600 [18]
In this 2004 film a Chicago cop thinks an NS-5 named Sonny has committed murder
I, Robot
Harry
$600 [13]
For a violinist the notation "coll'arco" means go back to using this
the bow
Jennifer
$600 [8]
It's the only Nobel Prize that can be awarded to an organization or institution rather than an individual
peace
Harry
$600 [28]
In 1988, after an over 70-year ban, this European island country allowed the brewing and selling of strong beer
Iceland
Grayson
$600 [3]
It's up when you're angry
your dander
Grayson
$1,000 [25]
Similar to an eclipse, it's the term for the rare passing in front of the Sun that Venus did on June 8, 2004
a transit
Harry
$800 [19]
His niece Penny & his dog Brain help him defeat criminal masterminds like Dr. Claw
Inspector Gadget
Grayson
$800 [14]
From the Greek for "to cut short" it's what's being done to the rhythm of the melody here
syncopating
Grayson
$800 [9]
In 1949 this automobile magazine began awarding its coveted "Car of the Year" award
Motor Trend
Jennifer
$800 [29]
This beer "that made Milwaukee famous" became famous after donating kegs to Chicagoans after the great fire
Schlitz
$800 [4]
Macbeth thought he saw one
a dagger
Grayson Jennifer
DD $1,400 [24]
Contributing to its high temperature, Venus' atmosphere is predominantly made up of this gas
carbon dioxide
Grayson
$1,000 [20]
Seen here, he celebrated his 50th anniversary in 2002 & got a new series on the WB in 2004
Astro Boy
$1,000 [15]
It's a moderate tempo, faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
andante
Grayson Jennifer
$1,000 [10]
In 1999 J.M. Coetzee became the first 2-time winner of this major British fiction prize
the Booker
Grayson
$1,000 [5]
1900s coat or 1970s car
a duster
Grayson

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE VIETNAM WAR CLASSIC TV DRAMA EPISODES JACQUES IN THE BOX ASIAN RIVERS ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER "A" PLUS
$400 [21]
Around 1964 the North Vietnamese began to turn this famous supply route into a real road that trucks could use
the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Grayson Harry
$400 [23]
"Ewing vs. Ewing"
Dallas
Jennifer
$400 [1]
In the third movement of his "Titan" symphony Mahler used the theme of this French children's song
"Frère Jacques"
Harry
$400 [6]
From the Lake Hula area to the Sea of Galilee about 10 miles south, it falls more than 600 feet
the Jordan River
Grayson
$400 [7]
(I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.) This ex-"Phantom" plays Count Fosco in my latest musical "The Woman in White", which opened in London in Sept. 2004
Michael Crawford
Jennifer
$400 [16]
The name of this third male human to be mentioned in Genesis means "breath" in Hebrew
Abel
Grayson
$800 [22]
Eisenhower didn't really send troops; by the time he left office in 1961 he'd sent in 900 personnel called these
advisors
Jennifer
$800 [24]
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
Star Trek
Harry
$800 [2]
On July 14, 2002 he was shot at while riding in a Paris parade celebrating Bastille Day
(Jacques) Chirac
Grayson
$800 [12]
The Syr Darya, one of central Asia's major rivers, flows through 3 countries whose names end in this syllable
stan
Harry
$800 [8]
This musical was the happy result of a 1974 visit to Argentina by Lloyd Webber's collaborator Tim Rice
Evita
Jennifer
$800 [17]
The first band with a palindromic name to be listed in the Rolling Stone "Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll"
ABBA
Harry
$2,000 [28]
Begun Jan. 21, 1968, the Battle for this Marine outpost may have been an NVA diversion before the Tet Offensive
Khe Sanh
$1,200 [25]
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow"
Baretta
Harry
$1,200 [3]
On August 27, 1783 Jacques Alexandre Charles & the Robert brothers launched the first balloon filled with this gas
hydrogen
Grayson Jennifer
$1,200 [13]
At Al Qurnah, Iraq, it joins the Euphrates to form the Shatt al Arab
Tigris (River)
Grayson
$1,200 [9]
(Andrew Lloyd Webber reads the clue.) The only show in Broadway history that ran longer than "The Phantom of the Opera" is this other musical of mine
Cats
Grayson
$1,200 [18]
From the Spanish for "poplar grove", it's the county where you'll find Oakland, California
Alameda
Grayson
$2,000 [27]
"The Brothers Caine"
Kung Fu
$1,600 [4]
Father Jacques Marquette & this cartographer explored the Mississippi River during June & July 1673
(Louis) Jolliet
Jennifer Harry
DD $2,000 [14]
A 1947 partition divided the water in the basin of this 1,800-mile-long river on the border of Pakistan
Indus River
Grayson
$1,600 [10]
Ashley the Smoking Car is a character in this Lloyd Webber musical (hint: don't lose your train of thought)
Starlight Express
Grayson
$1,600 [19]
The large dino known as a Brontosaurus has been reclassified with this name meaning "deceptive lizard"
Apatosaurus
Grayson
DD $7,500 [26]
"Jessica Behind Bars"
Murder, She Wrote
Harry
$2,000 [5]
He painted "Napoleon Distributing the Eagles"
(Jacques-Louis) David
Grayson
$2,000 [15]
The 710-mile-long Kapuas River, Indonesia's longest, is on this third-largest island in the world
Borneo
Grayson Harry
$2,000 [11]
(Andrew Lloyd Webber reads the clue.) Emmy Rossum plays Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera" movie; this actress originated the role on stage
Sarah Brightman
Grayson
$2,000 [20]
Multiply 6.022 times 10 to the 23rd power to get this scientific "number"
Avogadro's number
Harry

Final Jeopardy!

ANNUAL EVENTS

A high-bounce ball inspired businessman Lamar Hunt to give an annual event this name

the Super Bowl

Harry "What is the Super Bowl?" — wagered $300
Jennifer "What is Lollapalooza?" — wagered $6,800
Grayson "What is the Super Bowl?" — wagered $3,810

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