Show #4957 2006-03-14 Regular

Contestants

John Ward — a musician from Blue Hill, Maine

Erynn Masi de Casanova — a graduate student originally from St. Petersburg, Florida

Chris Smith — an advertising creative director from Dallas, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chris $2,800 $5,400 $12,000 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$12,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Erynn $3,000 $4,400 $13,600 $6,600
2nd place: $2,000
$13,600
17 R, 2 W
John $1,400 $4,000 $19,400 $11,599
New champion: $11,599
$18,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AROUND FORT BRAGG COLLEGE SPORTS RIVALRIES CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES FUN WITH DICK & JANE POPE-EYE SWEET "P"
$200 [16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads atop a military vehicle in Fort Bragg, NC.) Don't bug out when I tell you the rough terrain container handler was made for the Army by this Peoria, Illinois equipment company
Caterpillar
Erynn
$200 [1]
The Bay Area's "Big Game" is between Cal & this school; in 1982 it featured "The Play"
Stanford
Chris
$200 [24]
Aleksandr Pushkin
Moscow
John
$200 [21]
See Jane. See Jane born in 1852. See Jane dress & swear like a cowboy. Expletive deleted, Jane! Expletive deleted
Calamity Jane
Chris
$200 [6]
When a new pope has been elected, this color smoke billows from the Vatican's chimney
white
Erynn
$200 [11]
One of Santa's 8 tiny reindeer, according to Clement Clarke Moore
Prancer
John
$400 [17]
Fort Bragg is named for a native North Carolinian West Point grad & general in this army
the Confederate Army
Chris
$600 [3]
In 2000 these 2 Big 10 schools were named ESPN.com's all-time top rivalry
Michigan & Ohio State
Chris
$400 [25]
Charles Baudelaire
Paris
John
$400 [22]
See Dick. See Dick ride steeplechase in the '50s. See Dick write "Bolt", a 1986 mystery. Write, Dick. Write
Dick Francis
Chris
$400 [7]
As pope, Benedict XVI holds the title "Successor of St. Peter, Prince of" this historic 12
the Apostles
John
$400 [12]
Birmingham, Alabama is known as this Pennsylvania city "of the South"
Pittsburgh
Chris Erynn
$600 [18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads beside a statue at Fort Bragg, NC.) Fort Bragg boasts the statue of a soldier in these elite forces; the Army's first such unit was activated here in 1952
the Green Berets (or Special Forces)
Chris Erynn
$800 [4]
Duke hoopsters get psyched to go from Durham to this city to play UNC
Chapel Hill
Chris
$600 [26]
Alfred Nobel
Stockholm
John
$600 [23]
See Dick.See Dick fight for civil rights. Right on, Dick. Right on
Dick Gregory
John
$600 [8]
In 1992 the Pope publicly announced that the Church had made a mistake condemning this man in 1633
Galileo
Erynn
$600 [13]
Appropriately, "Curtain" was the final mystery for this sleuth; he dies at the end of the book
Hercule Poirot
Chris
$800 [19]
The first of these female units that helped the U.S. during WWII arrived at Fort Bragg in 1943
the WACs
John
DD $1,000 [2]
The 2 team captains in this football rivalry's first game both died in the Spanish-American War
Army-Navy
Chris
$800 [27]
Julio Iglesias
Madrid
Erynn John
$800 [29]
See Dick. See Dick step down as U.S. House Majority Leader in 2003. Relax, Dick. Relax
Dick Armey
John
$800 [9]
The 13th century's Pope Adrian V died about 5 weeks into his reign, just like this 20th century pope
John Paul I
John
$800 [14]
15-letter word for the attribution of human qualities to objects or abstract notions
personification
Erynn
$1,000 [20]
(Kelly reads near a water tower in Fort Bragg, NC.) The skies above Fort Bragg are busy; it's home to the Golden Knights parachute team & to this division that became airborne August 15, 1942
the 82nd Airborne
Chris
$1,000 [5]
The "Iron Bowl" is between these 2 "Heart of Dixie" teams
Alabama & Auburn
Chris
$1,000 [28]
Edmund Spenser
London
John
$1,000 [30]
See Jane. See Jane marry Lord Guildford Dudley at age 15 in 1553. See Jane have a rough 1554. Heads up, Jane. Heads up
(Lady) Jane Grey
Erynn John
$1,000 [10]
In 1389 Pope Urban VI declared the Holy Year would be every 33 years--the 33 signifying this
the years of Jesus's life (the age of Jesus accepted)
Chris
$1,000 [15]
If you travel here by Winnebago, you might know that C3H8is the formula for this flammable gas
propane
Erynn

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHINESE HISTORY MOVIES OF THE MONTH DEATH SENTENCES LET'S GET ECONOMICAL EUROPEAN COMPOSERS ENDS IN "X"
$400 [5]
On Oct. 1, 1949 the Chinese communists proclaimed themselves this type of republic
the People's Republic
Erynn
$400 [11]
(1989)"Born on the Fourth of ___"
July
Chris
$400 [16]
His famous quip "The report of my death was an exaggeration" was reported in the New York Journal in 1897
Mark Twain
Chris
$400 [26]
Economists can define a recession as a period when unemployment rises & the GDP, which stands for this, declines
gross domestic product
Chris
$400 [1]
His son Carl Philipp Emanuel was famous for his "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments"
Johann Sebastian Bach
John
$400 [3]
An evil spell, it's from a Pennsylvania Dutch word for "witch"
a hex
John
$800 [7]
In the 1700s foreigners' most desired Chinese products were these 2, one to wear & one to drink
silk & tea
Chris
$800 [12]
(2003)"Pieces of ___"
April
Erynn
$800 [17]
Revelation 6:8 says, "Behold, a pale" one of these "and his name that sat on him was Death"
horse
Chris
$800 [30]
From the Arabic for "to make known", it's a tax nations impose to restrict trade on imports & exports
a tariff
Erynn
$800 [2]
Haydn called this "Magic Flute" composer the greatest composer he knew "either personally or by reputation"
Mozart
Erynn
$800 [4]
Thutmose IV dreamed the god Horus told him to clear the sand from this statue
the Sphinx
John
$1,200 [8]
In the 840s Wu-Tsung, a fanatical Taoist, suppressed Buddhism & laicized thousands of these men
monks
Erynn
$1,200 [13]
(1981)"First Monday in ___"
October
$1,200 [18]
In Plato's "Apology", he's quoted as saying, "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings"
Socrates
Chris
$1,200 [29]
Born in Scotland in 1723, this economist concluded that people always act in their own best interests
Adam Smith
Erynn
$1,200 [21]
At 17 he composed an overture for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; he later wrote the "Wedding March" for it
Mendelssohn
John
$1,200 [6]
Last name of the Dodger pitcher who won the Cy Young Award 3 times in the 1960s
Koufax
John
$1,600 [24]
Wei Chung-Hsien dominated the court in the 1620s but couldn't start his own dynasty, as he was one of these
a eunuch
Chris John
$1,600 [14]
(1987)"The Whales of ___"
August
John
$1,600 [19]
"Death destroys a man: the idea of death saves him", he wrote in "Howards End"
Forster
Erynn John
$2,000 [27]
In 1976 this author of "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960" won the Nobel Prize for Economics
Milton Friedman
$1,600 [22]
This "Peter and the Wolf" composer wrote the music for the classic film "Alexander Nevsky"
Prokofiev
John
$1,600 [9]
This city in a wine-producing area was the seat of the French government briefly during both WWI & WWII
Bordeaux
Erynn
$2,000 [25]
This "Great" program launched by Mao in 1958 cost millions of lives in an attempt at industrial development
the Great Leap Forward
Chris
$2,000 [15]
(2001)"Sweet ___"
November
Erynn
DD $3,000 [20]
Keats' "Ode to" this includes the line, "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!"
a nightingale
John
DD $2,200 [28]
In this 1867 work Karl Marx declared that free enterprise would lead to severe depressions
Das Kapital
Chris
$2,000 [23]
In 1838 Paganini sent this "Symphonie Fantastique" composer 20,000 francs to further his career
Berlioz
John
$2,000 [10]
Described in the "Iliad" as a hero of great size, he led the Salaminian warriors in the siege of Troy
Ajax
Erynn

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

The word "toxic" comes from the ancient Greek for this weapon

an arrow

Chris "What is Poison gas?" — wagered $11,999
Erynn "What is spear?" — wagered $7,000
John "What is a spear" — wagered $7,801

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