Show #4676 2004-12-27 (taped 2004-11-02) Regular

Aaron Thompson game 3.

Contestants

David Gibbs — an editor and graduate student from Los Angeles, California

Christian Mastrodonato — an artist from San Francisco, California

Aaron Thompson — an executive assistant from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $45,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aaron	$3,000	$3,200	$16,000	$12,799 3-day champion: $57,899	$17,600 26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Christian	$-600	$1,200	$1,200	$2,400 3rd place: $1,000	$1,200 6 R, 3 W
David	$3,000	$5,000	$9,600	$2,400 2nd place: $2,000	$11,800 16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH CARE	TIMES SQUARE AT 100	TRANSPORTATION	NOT A STATE CAPITAL	FROM SOUP TO NUTS	"SEA" DUTY
$200 [16] Often $10, it's what patients in HMOs shell out with every visit to the doctor a copay David	$200 [6] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.) In 1904, Oscar Hammerstein Ibrought Times Square this new entertainment form, with dancing girls & comedy teams Vaudeville Aaron	$200 [26] In 1783 Benjamin Franklin saw the first piloted flight of this type of transport while in Paris a hot air balloon Christian	$200 [1] Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Springfield Baltimore Aaron	$200 [21] Some people refer to chicken soup as the "Jewish" kind of this antibiotic penicillin Aaron	$200 [11] To get these is to gain the ability to walk around on a moving ship sea legs Christian
$400 [17] California workers' comp includes up to 24 visits to this professional for spinal adjustment a chiropractor Aaron	$400 [7] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Broadway.) Fittingly, O. J. Gude, who designed many Times Square electric signs, coined this term for Broadway The Great White Way	$400 [27] If you're wearing silks, you're on a horse; if you "hit the silk", you're strapped into one of these a parachute Aaron	$400 [2] Salem, Omaha, Providence Omaha David	$400 [22] About the size of a marble & named for an oyster product, they garnish Gibson cocktails a pearl onion Aaron	$400 [12] Aquatic critter of the genus Hippocampus seahorse Aaron Christian
$600 [18] In 2004 this person who once tried to fix the system wrote an article called "Now can we talk about health care?" Hillary Clinton David	$600 [8] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.) On the night of August 14th of this year, an estimated 2 million peoplespontaneouslycelebratedin Times Square 1945 Christian	$600 [28] The name of this New York-Boston train combines "acceleration" & "excellence" the Acela Aaron	$600 [3] Trenton, Concord, Boulder Boulder Aaron	$600 [23] Named for its resemblance to a cheerleading accessory, the pom pom is a white type of this fungus a mushroom Aaron	$600 [13] Hardtack sea biscuit Aaron
$800 [19] 43 million people is the figure you usually hear bandied about Number of uninsured Americans (Americans who don't have health insurance) Christian	$800 [9] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports Times Square.) In 1907, risky fireworks were replaced for New Year's Eve with this, covered with 125-watt bulbs the (New Year's Eve dropping) ball David	$1,000 [30] In railroading, maglev is short for this magnetic levitation David	$800 [4] Columbus, Philadelphia, Hartford Philadelphia David	$800 [24] A tasty dish is chicken marinated in yogurt & spices & cooked in this Indian oven tandoori oven Christian David	$800 [14] U.S. Navy construction battalion the Seabees
$1,000 [20] A 2001 government report warned of a shortage of these people, of whom 40% will soon be over age 50 Nurses David	$1,000 [10] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Times Square.) In 1904, Times Square got its name from the newspaper &this ownerushered in 1905 with abig party Adolph Ochs Christian	DD $2,400 [29] The 3 broad classes of operational aviation are general, military, & this type of civil aviation commercial Aaron	$1,000 [5] Olympia, Detroit, Madison Detroit Aaron	$1,000 [25] California leads the nation in the production of the English, or Persian, type of this nut the walnut	$1,000 [15] In "The Tempest", Ariel sings of this type of substantial transformation a sea-change David

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	MAX-IMUM OVERDRIVE	TITLE CHARACTERS	PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN	WILL YOU STILL NEED "ME"	WHEN I'M 64
$400 [1] It's that line off in the distance where the sky meets the land or the sea the horizon David	$400 [26] Silent film stars were all aflutter when the first false eyelashes were created by this makeup master Max Factor David	$400 [2] A nameless monster is often erroneously called this, the last name of his creator Victor Frankenstein Aaron	$400 [7] "Sandy" was probably not a nickname of this British World War I hero Lawrence (of Arabia) Aaron	$400 [21] You'll find them in albondigas soup meatballs Aaron	$400 [12] In all 64 minutes of this 1941 Disney classic, the high-flying title character never speaks Dumbo Aaron
$800 [15] What makes Rigel the brightest star in this constellation is that it's really 3 stars (& they're not in the belt) Orion David	$800 [27] Also known as Agent 86, he's the greatest spy in TV history!(Would you believe... second greatest?) Maxwell Smart David	$800 [3] In a 1726 Swift novel, this character saw "a human creature not six inches high" Gulliver Aaron	$800 [8] This German's military fame arises mostly from his successes in North Africa (Erwin) Rommel David	$800 [22] The science of climate & weather meteorology Aaron	$800 [13] This city that had a disastrous fire in 64 A.D. employed a corps of pumpers called siphonarii Rome Aaron
$1,200 [16] In the 1970s it was found that when CFCs break down, this is the main 1 of the 3 elements in them that harms the ozone chlorine Aaron Christian	$1,200 [28] Man von Mayerling is the tense Teutonic butler to a faded star in this classic 1950 film Sunset Boulevard David	$1,200 [4] Jane Austen described this title 20-year-old as "handsome, clever, and rich" Emma Aaron David	$1,200 [9] Long-time opposer of Spanish rule in the Americas seen here (Simón) Bolívar Aaron	$1,200 [23] It flows into the South China Sea Mekong River Aaron	$1,200 [14] At 64 miles wide, this Hawaiian site is the world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa Aaron Christian
$1,600 [17] Amoebas use temporary extensions called these to move or to surround & engulf food pseudopods	$1,600 [29] Woe is me! He played Wojo on "Barney Miller" Max Gail	$2,000 [6] Sort of a Russian Don Juan, this Pushkin character spurns Tatyana's love, only to try to win her back later Eugene Onegin	$1,600 [10] Hisinfamy began on December 7th, 1941 (Isoroku) Yamamoto Aaron	$1,600 [24] In "Hamlet", it completes the line "The lady doth protest too much..." methinks Aaron	$1,600 [19] It's the more popular & timely name for "Opus 64 No. 1", heard here "The Minute Waltz" (by Frédéric Chopin) David
DD $2,200 [18] This amino acid is the sodium salt of glutamic acid monosodium glutamate (or MSG) David	$2,000 [30] The "colorful" title of this George Peppard-Ursula Andress flm refers to a German medal The Blue Max	DD $2,400 [5] A self-sacrificing daughter named Amy is the title character of this Dickens novel Little Dorrit Aaron	$2,000 [11] You might say this German military leader of World War I was full of hot air (Paul von) Hindenburg Aaron	$2,000 [25] Reagan's attorney general (Edwin) Meese David	$2,000 [20] 64 symbolic hexagrams make up this divinatory Chinese system I Ching

Final Jeopardy!

BODIES OF WATER

This sea that extends about 1,200 miles was referred to in ancient times as the Erythraean Sea

the Red Sea

Christian "What is the Red Sea?" — wagered $1,200

David "What is the Mediterranean?" — wagered $7,200

Aaron "What is the Mediterranean Sea?" — wagered $3,201

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