Show #4942 2006-02-21 (taped 2005-12-15) Regular

Contestants

Dom Nguyen — a freelance writer from Redwood City, California

Marah Eakin — a publicist from Brooklyn, New York

Paul Callaway — a software developer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$1,200	$6,400	$5,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$8,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Marah	$3,200	$5,800	$9,800	$8,800 New champion: $8,800	$9,800 11 R, 1 W
Dom	$2,600	$2,600	$3,800	$100 2nd place: $2,000	$3,800 14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN AUTHORS	HE WAS IN THAT?	METROPOLITAN SOBRIQUETS	P.T. BARNUM	ORGANIZATIONS	LEADER OF THE "PACK"
$200 [17] His service in the Air Force gave him the background to write about a madcap bombardier in "Catch-22" (Joseph) Heller Paul	$200 [12] In 1961 this future "Jeopardy!" announcer hit the big screen in "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" Johnny Gilbert Paul	$200 [1] "The Windy City", Illinois Chicago Dom	$200 [6] In 1881 this man's International Allied Shows joined with P.T. to promote "The Greatest Show on Earth" Bailey Dom	$200 [24] If writing to this board game's association in Greenport, N.Y., send them a double letter (it scores more) Scrabble Marah	$200 [2] Beer-related term describing the average blue-collar guy Joe Six-Pack Paul
$400 [18] James Thurber shared this middle name with the 22nd & 24th president of the U.S. Grover	$400 [13] Dennis Hopper played the son of Rock Hudson & Elizabeth Taylor in this 1956 classic Giant Paul	$400 [14] "The City of Witches", Massachusetts Salem Dom	$400 [7] Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has one quote attributed to Barnum--this one about gullible people "There's a sucker born every minute" Dom	$400 [25] Horrified at the treatment of horses, Henry Bergh founded the American version of this humane society the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Paul	$400 [3] Don Hutson, Paul Hornung & Lou Brock (no, not that Lou Brock) are in this team's Hall of Fame the Green Bay Packers Dom
$600 [19] This "Stuart Little" author wrote the "Talk of the Town" column for The New Yorker for several years E.B. White Marah	$600 [21] This boxing champ played a bartender in "The Hustler", & that's no "Raging Bull" (Jake) LaMotta Paul	$600 [15] "The Crescent City", Louisiana New Orleans Marah	$600 [9] While publishing The Herald of Freedom in Danbury in this state, Barnum was sued for libel 3 times Connecticut Paul	$800 [27] Tin Can Sailors is the name of a group of sailors who served on these ships that defend warships from attack destroyers Paul Dom	$600 [4] A brand of quick-drying, plaster-like material to fill small holes in plasterwork spackle Paul
$800 [22] The Snopes family appeared in 6 of his novels, including "The Hamlet", "The Town" & "The Mansion" Faulkner Dom	$800 [29] Wayne Knight, who played Newman on "Seinfeld", got to interrogate Sharon Stone in this revealing thriller Basic Instinct Marah Dom	$800 [16] As in a Navy song, "Crabtown On The Bay", Maryland Annapolis Paul Dom	$800 [10] Barnum offered $15,000 to Lavinia Warren & this man to delay their wedding for more publicity; they declined Tom Thumb Marah	$1,000 [28] Founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in 1881, it's the world's largest Catholic family fraternal service organization the Knights of Columbus	$800 [5] A large bushy-tailed rodent, or a person who saves small useless items a packrat Marah
$1,000 [23] "Dragon's Teeth", one of 11 novels featuring Lanny Budd, won this muckraker the Pulitzer Prize for 1942 Upton Sinclair Paul	$1,000 [30] Before "Starsky and Hutch", Paul Michael Glaser played Perchik in this movie musical (Hint: Topol got top billing) Fiddler on the Roof Marah	$1,000 [20] "The Emerald City", Washington Seattle	$1,000 [11] In 1860 this pair originally from SE Asia came out of retirement for a 6-week exhibition at Barnum's American museum Chang & Eng (the original Siamese twins) Marah	DD $3,000 [26] Founded as the Christian Mission, it changed its name to this in 1878 the Salvation Army Paul	$1,000 [8] Lupine term for a group of subs operating together in hunting down enemy convoys a wolfpack Dom

Double Jeopardy! Round

INTERNATIONAL THRILLER	"WALK" INTO THE TOP 40	GOD SAVE THE QUEEN	FRENCH SAUCES	EARLY MAN	IN THE DICTIONARY
$400 [9] JFK AIRPORT - NEW YORK0720 HOURS(Agent Sarah of the JCC phones in.) I was tailed through this borough where JFK International is, but I lost them, & I'm on schedule to meet the man with the package Queens Paul	$400 [11] We're asking about this 1985 hit by Katrina & The Waves & "don't it feel good"? "Walking On Sunshine" Paul	$400 [26] In addition to being the mother of Catherine of Aragon, this Spanish queen was also mother to Joan the Mad Isabella	$400 [18] Veloute, made of stock thickened with a flour & butter roux, is named for this fabric--it's that smooth velvet Paul	$400 [6] An important specimen is coded KNM-ER 1470, KNM for the "National Museums" of this African country where it lived Kenya Dom	$400 [1] The OED says the origin of "quaff" is unknown, but it's probably this kind of word imitative of sound an onomatopoeia Dom
$800 [10] NILE VALLEY, EGYPT0915 HOURS(Agent Jimmy of the JCC checks in via camel phone.) I've been set up--Ahmad said he'd bring the package & meet me in this suburb of Cairo, but he never showed Giza Paul Marah	$800 [12] Title command of a No. 1 hit for the 4 Seasons in 1963 & a Top 20 for Grand Funk in 1974 "Walk Like A Man" Dom	$2,000 [27] This British queen who reigned from 1702 to 1714 was the last monarch of the royal House of Stuart Queen Anne	$800 [19] Sauce a la duxelles calls for mushrooms; sauce perigueux, for these ritzier fungi truffles Paul	$800 [7] This type of man, reconstructed here, lived in Europe until about 30,000 years ago Neanderthal Paul	$800 [2] This 5-letter word refers to a joyous or triumphant song & is derived from Paia, a title for Apollo a paean Dom
$1,200 [16] NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA1140 HOURS(Agent Sarah of the JCC puts some information on the grapevine.) I talked to Menzies--the package is headed for the Bay Area's busiest airport with this 3-letter code SFO Dom	$1,200 [13] "Holly came from Miami F.L.A., hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A." in this classic "Walk On The Wild Side" Marah	—	$1,600 [21] The name of the sauce chaud-froid means this; it's prepared one way but served the other hot-cold Marah	DD $1,200 [8] Homo erectus reached this island between 1 & 2 million B.C.; Homo Dutch traderensis, in 1596 A.D. Java Paul	$1,200 [3] A Victorian author who rewrote Shakespeare to be less offensive lent his name to this word meaning "to censor" bowdlerize
$1,600 [17] SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE1635 HOURS(Agent Jon of the JCC practices spycraft with Agent Kelly.) The location of the package is in a code in this English-language newspaper based in France the International Herald Tribune Paul	$1,600 [14] "Here comes Johnny" with this Dire Straits tune "Walk Of Life" Paul	—	$2,000 [22] Also called balsamella, this basic French white sauce is made by adding milk to a roux béchamel Paul Dom	$1,600 [24] 6-mil.-year-old Sahelanthropus tchadensis may be the first this, a term covering us & our humanlike ancestors hominid	$1,600 [4] From the Latin bullire, "to bubble", comes this cheery adjective meaning "overflowing with enthusiasm" ebullient Dom
$2,000 [23] ATHENS, GREECE2130 HOURS(Agent Cheryl of the JCC checks in.) Yes, I found Nikkos, but I just missed the package--it left last night out of this city, Athens' main port since 1834 Piraeus	$2,000 [15] "Put on my blue suede shoes... touched down in the land of the Delta blues" begins this 1991 song "Walking In Memphis" Marah	—	DD $4,000 [20] A bigarade is a bitter one of these; bigarade sauce is often used on duck (Seville) orange Paul	$2,000 [25] Australopithecus has the foramen magnum, the hole in the skull for this, facing down rather than back as it did earlier the spinal column	$2,000 [5] Though it sounds like a chaste astrological sign, this word now means an ill-tempered woman virago Dom

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS PAINTERS

His twin daughters both married generals, & his portrait of one of his sons-in-law is seen here

Jacques-Louis David

Dom "Who was Manet?" — wagered $3,700

Paul "Who was Renoir" — wagered $5,200

Marah "Who is Monet" — wagered $1,000

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