Show #4671 2004-12-20 (taped 2004-09-14) Regular

Contestants

Lyle Brenner — a college professor from Gainesville, Florida

Michael Kalk — a retired programmer from Austin, Texas

Grayson Holmes — a legal assistant from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,411)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Grayson	$0	$1,800	$16,200	$2,500 2nd place: $2,000	$15,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Michael	$3,800	$5,400	$10,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$10,200 12 R, 2 W
Lyle	$4,800	$9,600	$14,900	$8,800 New champion: $8,800	$13,200 23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT	WORLD ATHLETES	BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE	LET'S GO TO THE PARK	STOCK ANSWERS	POINTS OF "LIGHT"
$200 [11] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a table with architectural drawings on it in the Frank Lloyd Wright home in Oak Park.) A colleague said Wright maneuvered his T-square with beautiful dexterity in this activity for which this room is named drafting Lyle	$200 [16] This team's Ichiro Suzuki was named 2001 American League Rookie of the Year & MVP Seattle Mariners Lyle	$200 [21] "On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when" this happened somebody sneezed Grayson	$200 [26] Exuma Cays land & sea park lies just south of Nassau in this country in the West Indies the Bahamas Lyle	$200 [5] In October 1999 Fortune Magazine reported that this auction website's stock value had soared to $18 billion eBay Lyle	$200 [1] Pennsylvania must be all aglow with this state insect, also called a firefly a lightning bug Grayson
$400 [12] The Taliesin West Center is located in Arizona; Taliesin is in this Midwest state where Wright was born Wisconsin Grayson Lyle	$400 [17] In 2003 this Fijian-born golfer displaced Tiger Woods as No. 1 Vijay Singh Michael	$400 [22] Things concocted in 1915 include Corning's Pyrex & this company's processed cheese Kraft Michael	$400 [27] This 4,000-acre Los Angeles park is named for a mining tycoon, not for film director D.W. Griffith Park Lyle	$400 [6] The Hang Seng Index is a measure of this city's stock exchange Hong Kong Grayson Michael	$400 [2] It's 186,000 miles per second the speed of light Lyle
$600 [13] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of Wright's Robie House in Chicago, IL.) Wright's Robie House is from this school of architecture whose horizontal lines imitate Midwestern terrain the Prairie School Grayson	$600 [18] In 2004 this British-born heavyweight champ retired with a career record of 41 wins, 2 losses & 1 tie Lennox Lewis Lyle	$600 [23] Bearing the name of a Belgian province, it's a cheese with a really strong aroma Limburger Lyle	$600 [28] This Philadelphia national historical park contains the site of Benjamin Franklin's home Independence Park Grayson	$600 [7] BGG is the stock symbol of this big name in small gas engines Briggs & Stratton Lyle	$800 [4] This Tennyson poem contains the line, "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die" "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Michael
$800 [14] Wright's interiors show his aim to eliminate what he called "the room as" this 3-letter word a box Michael	$800 [19] Nicknamed "The Rocket" in 1945 he became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season (Maurice) Richard Grayson	$800 [24] It's wonderful to do this to cheese, reducing it to fragments by rubbing it against an abrasive surface grating (or shredding) Michael Lyle	$800 [29] Whipsnade Park is the country branch of this great urban zoo the London Zoo Grayson	$800 [8] 2-word term for an automatic trading halt during selling frenzies, or for an electrical safety device a circuit breaker Michael	DD $1,000 [3] In 1879 the government officially named Ida Lewis of Rhode Island to this lonely job lighthouse keeper Lyle
$1,000 [15] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Robie House in Chicago, IL with a view featuring a broad roof overhang.) Steel beams let Wright build a daring example of this type of roof that extends beyond its supporting wall a cantilever Michael	$1,000 [20] In 2004 this Siberian-born 17-year-old defeated Serena Williams to take the women's title at Wimbledon (Maria) Sharapova Lyle	$1,000 [25] Salata is the dense processed form of this "recooked" Italian cheese ricotta Grayson	$1,000 [30] The USA's largest military park is Chickamauga & Chattanooga, which covers over 9,000 acres in these 2 states Tennessee & Georgia Lyle	$1,000 [9] In 1958 this "I Love Lucy" production company went public & its stock rose from $10 to $29 a share Desilu Lyle	$1,000 [10] Popular through the Middle East, this candy is called rahat loukoum ("rest for the throat") Turkish delight Lyle

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT TIMES	YOURS FOR A SONG	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	STICK OUT YOUR MOTHER TONGUE	COMMON BONDS	OH "HOLY" NIGHT
$400 [11] This "Apostle to the Gentiles" was a special guest at the Council of Jerusalem around 49 A.D. Paul Grayson	$400 [6] Bing Crosby (with the Andrews Sisters) & Bruce Springsteen have recorded popular versions of this favorite "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" Grayson	$400 [1] Major Major Major is a major character in this book Catch-22 Grayson	$400 [16] This language with 175 million speakers developed in the ancient Galician region in northwest Spain Portuguese Grayson Michael Lyle	$400 [21] Giant pandas; the movie "Citizen Kane"; a clear-cut issue things that are black and white Grayson Lyle	$400 [26] Parsifal sought it the Holy Grail Lyle
$800 [12] Aristotle said this man's "Oedipus Rex" was the greatest play ever; lucky it was one of his few to survive in full Sophocles Michael Lyle	$800 [7] "Suds" lovers might know this song's original title was "Unrequited Love" "The Beer Barrel Polka" ("Roll Out The Barrel" also accepted) Lyle	$800 [2] Floral first name of Henry James' Miller & F. Scott Fitzgerald's Buchanan Daisy Lyle	$800 [17] "The Barber of Seville" premiered in this language February 20, 1816 Italian Lyle	$800 [22] A bride's rock; the core of a pencil; briquets things that are made from carbon Grayson	$800 [27] It's another name for the Eucharist ceremony Holy Communion Grayson
$1,600 [14] The name of this Central American people who predated the Mayans means "The Rubber People" the Olmecs Michael Lyle	$1,200 [8] Classic song heardherethat Sir Isaac Newton might have liked "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" Michael	$1,200 [3] Benjamin Suddlechop & Sweeney Todd operated barber shops on this street Fleet (Street) Grayson	$1,200 [18] "Ransack" comes from rannsaka, in the language called "Old" this, also a group known for ransacking Norse Michael	$1,200 [23] "The queen";"the brave";"for thee" last words of national anthems	—
$2,000 [15] Cicero dubbed this man the "Father of History" Herodotus Grayson	$1,600 [9] It's the patriotic march heard here "The Liberty Bell March" Grayson	$1,600 [4] This title James Hilton character taught classics at Brookfield School Mr. Chips Grayson	$1,600 [19] The dialects of Dutch spoken in Belgium are usually called this language Flemish Lyle	$2,000 [25] A dagger; South America; a rambling speaker (at last) things that come to a point Grayson	—
DD $2,500 [13] This ancient city was also known as Ilium Troy Lyle	$2,000 [10] The title of the followingis an alternation of a French word meaning this wake up Grayson	$2,000 [5] Zenobia Pierce is the wife & cousin of this Edith Wharton title character Ethan Frome	$2,000 [20] Part of the Baltic group is Lettish, which is also called this Latvian Michael	DD $2,800 [24] David's stone; hash; a hammock things that are slung Grayson	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE ACADEMY AWARDS

Last names of the 2 famous families in which 3 generations have won Oscars

Huston and Coppola

Michael "What are Douglas and Barrymore?" — wagered $10,200

Lyle "What are Fonda and Barrymore?" — wagered $6,100

Grayson "What are Huston and [unreadable]?" — wagered $13,700

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