Show #4947 2006-02-28 Regular

Contestants

Jimmy Orsag — a journalist from Rochester, Pennsylvania

Julie Seitter — a voice talent from Littleton, Massachusetts

Jessica Epstein — an assistant dean originally from Mercer Island, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jessica	$800	$1,000	$5,400	$10,800 3rd place: $1,000	$7,000 16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Julie	$1,000	$800	$5,600	$11,100 2nd place: $2,000	$7,600 10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jimmy	$2,400	$4,400	$11,600	$11,602 New champion: $11,602	$11,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRIMATES	YOU'RE THE MAYOR	COMMON BONDS	BIO HAZARD	AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTERTAINERS	"S"-ENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
$200 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads with a lemur from the Duke U. Primate Center in Durham, NC.) The Duke University Primate Center is part of a project to return captive-bred lemurs to Betampona Reserve on this island, their native habitat Madagascar Jimmy	$200 [16] Now in his fifth term, Richard M. Daley has the daily duty of running this metropolis Chicago Jessica	$200 [1] Suspension, cantilever, cable-stayed bridges Jessica	$200 [21] Roy Jenkins, a leader in the UK's Labour Party, wrote a bio of this great wartime Conservative leader Churchill Jimmy	$200 [3] In grade school he was nicknamed "Prince", as in Prince Charming; later he added "Fresh" to that moniker Will Smith Jessica	$200 [8] Broadcast on the Dumont Network in 1946, "Faraway Hill" is considered the first TV show in this daytime genre a soap opera Jessica
$400 [18] Like the giant panda, the gray gentle lemur is known for eating the shoots of this plant bamboo Jimmy	$400 [26] In 2005 he was re-elected mayor of New York City by an almost 20 percent margin (Michael) Bloomberg Jessica	$400 [2] Basie, Dracula, Monte Cristo Counts Jimmy	$400 [22] Ibn Ishaq scored in the 8th century with his biography of this Muslim leader Mohammed Jessica	$400 [7] She's been bringing down the house in films like "Bringing Down the House" & "Chicago" Queen Latifah Julie	$400 [9] Important newspapers published in this country include Diario de Cadiz & Diario de Mallorca Spain Jessica
$600 [19] This unusual primate with a "double talk" name is the only surviving member of its family the aye-aye	$600 [27] The most populous U.S. city with an elected female mayor is this 2nd-largest Texas city, with Laura Miller Dallas Jessica Jimmy	$600 [4] Baseball cap features, Buffalo athletes, credit-card mailings bills Jimmy	$600 [23] "An American Rhapsody" is a biography of this American composer George Gershwin Jessica	$600 [13] This singer who died in 2006 began his Parade of Stars telethon in 1980; it has raised over $200 million for the UNCF Lou Rawls Jimmy	$600 [10] The dog Laika, the first living creature in space, rode there aboard this Russian spacecraft Sputnik Julie
$800 [20] The sifaka gets its name from this, which it does while moving through the forest by vertical clinging & leaping its warning call	$800 [28] Former state governor Jerry Brown reigns as the mayor of this California city Oakland Julie	$800 [5] Feet, eyebrows,McDonald's arches Jimmy	$800 [24] It's the 2-word title of Hillary Clinton's bestselling 2003 autobiography Living History Jessica Jimmy	$800 [14] In 1968 she received a special Tony Award for her starring role in "Hello, Dolly!" Pearl Bailey	$800 [11] In the Bible that traitorous hussy Delilah had this man's pride & joy shaved, & then turned him over to the enemy Samson Jessica
$1,000 [30] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads with two primates from the Duke U. Primate Center in Durham, NC.) The Duke University Primate Center studies primates often neglected by evolution research: they evolved before monkeys & apes, so they aren't called simians, but these prosimians	$1,000 [29] Sworn in as this city's 97th mayor in 2000, John F. Street is a graduate of its Temple University Philadelphia Jimmy	DD $1,000 [6] A starched shirt, a week-old cadaver, a strong drink things that are stiff Jimmy	$1,000 [25] A co-biography of these two men tells of "The Battle of Waterloo and the Great Commanders Who Fought It" Napoleon & the Duke of Wellington Julie	$1,000 [15] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads beside the pipe organ in the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) Singers who have given recitals in Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church include this African-American contralto, a famous victim of prejudice Marian Anderson Jessica Jimmy	$1,000 [12] The daughter of the Titans Hyperion & Theia, she was the goddess of the Moon Selene

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS	COLORFUL FILM TITLES	19th CENTURY EUROPE	MAGAZINE HEADQUARTERS	THINGS IN THE YALE LIBRARY	THINK "TANK"
$400 [24] Coney Island was once an actual island, but since a creek silted up, it's part of this one Long Island Jessica Julie Jimmy	$400 [2] "A Clockwork ___" Orange Jessica	$400 [17] In 1845 seven Catholic cantons in this country formed a league known as the Sonderbund Switzerland Jessica Julie	$400 [14] Automotive News, a weekly from Crain's, is based in this city Detroit Jessica	$400 [11] Perhaps this poet could see all the "Leaves of Grass" with his last pair of spectacles, now at Yale (Walt) Whitman Julie	$400 [1] Sometimes found with a hinged lid, it's a large beer mug a tankard Jimmy
$800 [25] This country's Rottnest Island got its name because the quokka, a type of wallaby, looked like a rat Australia	$800 [3] "Little ___ Book" Black Julie	$800 [18] On January 18, 1871 this Prussian was crowned the first kaiser of the German Empire Wilhelm (I) Jessica Jimmy	$800 [20] Mad magazine has left its digs on this appropriate avenue for Broadway Madison	$800 [12] "Pond"er this: Yale is the proud owner of 2 pieces of wood from his cabin at Walden Thoreau Jessica	$800 [4] On a PBS kids' show, Thomas is a title one of these a tank engine Julie
$1,200 [26] Guernsey is one of Britain's islands called these; Santa Catalina is one of California's Channel Islands	$1,200 [6] "Soylent ___" Green Julie	$1,200 [19] On October 15, 1839 she proposed to a prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Queen) Victoria Jessica	DD $1,600 [21] If you loved that National Geographic piece on porpoises, write to them in this city Washington, D.C. Jessica	$1,200 [13] In 2003 Yale displayed the private photo albums of this imperial family that met its doom in July 1918 the Romanovs (of Russia) Jimmy	$1,200 [5] According to an Erma Bombeck book title, "The Grass Is Always Greener Over" this the septic tank Jimmy
—	$1,600 [8] "Foxy ___" Brown Jimmy	DD $2,000 [27] As of 1825 Spain had lost all of its possessions in the New World except these 2 islands Cuba & Puerto Rico Julie	$1,600 [22] In 2005 it was announced that the Atlantic Monthly would leave this city where it was founded in 1857 Boston Julie	$1,600 [15] Yale has Gertrude Stein's miniature chairs, needlepointed by this companion of hers from designs by Picasso Alice Toklas Jessica	$1,600 [7] Egyptian Pharaoh of the XVIII Dynasty whose tomb was opened in 1922 Tutankhamen Jessica
—	$2,000 [9] "___ Sonja" Red Jimmy	—	$2,000 [23] Those wild office parties at The Economist take place in this city London Julie	$2,000 [16] Romantics swoon over the rose once kissed by this composer of the "Hungarian Rhapsodies" Franz Liszt	$2,000 [10] Meaning ill-tempered & quarrelsome, it may come from Middle English meaning "dissension" cantankerous Jimmy

Final Jeopardy!

TREES

To honor a Cherokee leader who died in 1843, a European botanist proposed this name for a tree

Sequoia

Jessica "What is Sequoia?" — wagered $5,400

Julie "What is a Sequoia?" — wagered $5,500

Jimmy "What is Sequoia?" — wagered $2

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