Show #4976 2006-04-10 (taped 2006-03-10) Regular

Contestants

John Dickas — a congressional staffer originally from Portland, Oregon

Van Tarpley — a seminary student from La Mesa, California

William Lee — a software engineer from South San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
William	$1,400	$2,600	$17,200	$32,500 2-day champion: $62,500	$13,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Van	$4,000	$9,000	$16,200	$32,400 2nd place: $2,000	$16,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John	$1,600	$5,000	$9,200	$18,400 3rd place: $1,000	$14,200 19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HIDE & SIKH	KICK THE CANNES	RED ROVER, RED ROVER	DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE	LET'S PLAY "TAG"	MARCO POLO
$200 [1] Sikhism is a fusion of 2 other religions, Islamic Sufism & the Bhakti form of this religion Hinduism Van	$200 [3] Forest Whitaker & Clint Eastwood both won awards in 1988 for bringing this "flighty" jazzman to life Charlie "Bird" Parker Van	$200 [4] 1 rover explored Mars' Bonneville Crater, named for a lake that once filled much of this state's NW corner Utah Van	$200 [22] She's the fictional woman famous for her "Nursery Rhymes" Mother Goose Van	$200 [17] The personal identification badge worn by many convention-goers a nametag William Van	$200 [8] Marco Polo was born in 1254 in this Italian city where his father Niccolo worked as a merchant Venice John
$400 [2] After cremation Sikh ashes are preferably scattered in one of the 7 sacred ones of these, like the Yamuna a river John	$400 [27] In 2004 he became the first to win the Palme d'Or for a documentary since Jacques Cousteau in 1956 Michael Moore John	$400 [5] This NASA "Lab" based in Pasadena designed the rovers used on Mars JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) Van	$400 [23] Hey, Daddy-O, this "avian" coiffure was very popular in the 1950s a ducktail Van	$400 [18] The principal character in opposition to a novel's hero an antagonist John	$400 [9] Some argued that Polo never went to China; he did omit mentioning this landmark some measure at 4,000 miles long the Great Wall of China John
$600 [7] The Sikh Guru Nanak taught the singleness & unity of God, whom he represented by this mystic syllable om John	$600 [28] People were talking when Coppola won for this 1974 Gene Hackman movie where he listens to a murder plot The Conversation Van	$600 [6] To cushion their landing, the Mars rovers had a covering of these safety devices, also found in autos air bags William	$600 [24] This 2-word term refers to a politician who has recently lost an election & is soon to leave office a lame duck Van	$600 [19] A language of the Philippines & a people who speak it Tagalog Van	$600 [10] In "Description of the World", Polo notes the then-startling use of this as fuel; he called it "black stones" coal Van
$800 [15] The Sikh religion is centered in this northwest Indian state whose main cities include Ludhiana & Jalandhar Punjab William	$800 [29] Co-Palme d'Or winners in 1980 were "All That Jazz" by Bob Fosse & "Kagemusha" by this man Kurosawa John	DD $600 [13] Some of the rover mission's payload was supplied by the NBI, an institute named for this Danish physicist Niels Bohr Van	$800 [25] Stechschritt in German, this style of army marching has been used since the time of Frederick the Great goose-stepping John	$800 [20] To become foul or stale through not flowing or moving stagnate (stagnant accepted) Van	$800 [11] On his deathbed Polo is famously said to have stated, "I did not tell" this much "of what I saw" the half Van
$1,000 [16] At this "colorful" shrine, Sikhs bathe in the Amrita Saras--the pool of immortality--for purification the Golden Temple William	$1,000 [30] The first festival in 1946 screened "The Lost Weekend" directed by this man Billy Wilder	$1,000 [14] Each Mars rover is more than 17 times as heavy as this Pathfinder rover that landed on Mars in 1997 Sojourner	$1,000 [26] The down of this large sea duck, Somateria mollissima, is used as warm filling in jackets, pillows & quilts eider Van	$1,000 [21] It's the 2-dimentional figure seen here a heptagon (septagon accepted) Van John	$1,000 [12] In the 1270s the Polo family hit this city to pick up oil from the Holy Sepulchre to bring to Asia Jerusalem Van

Double Jeopardy! Round

LET'S GO TO HARVARD	ENTERTAINERS	POSITION PAPERS	DEAF & BLIND	LITERARY TERMS	MILITARY RHYME TIME
$400 [1] Picture that... Anthro 2050 is an introduction to the hieroglyphs of this American Indian people of Guatemala the Mayans Van John	$400 [23] He wrote the 2005 memoir "Dean & Me (A Love Story)" Jerry Lewis William	$400 [2] The Supreme Court in Clinton v. Jones declared a "___ing president" is not immune from lawsuits sitting John	$400 [20] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) The Silent Warrior deaf football team uses a bass drum in place of this 4-letter word that signals the snap hike John	$400 [15] A Shavian isn't a clean-shaven man; it's a devotee of this bearded playwright George Bernard Shaw William	$400 [3] A verdant one of "The few, the proud..." a green Marine Van John
$800 [8] English 115b takes us to the 1390s in a study of this "most famous work of English literature before Shakespeare" The Canterbury Tales William	$800 [24] In 2005thisactress was very supportive in her roles in "Capote" & "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" Catherine Keener William	$800 [11] "Chopsocko U.S. bow for Sony's fantasy" wrote Daily Variety of "___ing Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Crouching John	$800 [21] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) On the campus named for this remarkable woman, a statue issigningthe word for blind while readingthe word for deaf Helen Keller William	$800 [16] Type of poetry that's the literal translation of the French term "vers libre" free verse Van	$800 [4] A larger firing lever on a gun a bigger trigger John
$1,200 [9] I look forward to Comparitive Lit 153, a course dedicated to this author, & to re-reading his "Humboldt's Gift" Saul Bellow	$1,200 [25] This "monetary" rapper says the guy who shot him 9 times was like a basketball player with fancy moves who can't finish 50 Cent John	$1,600 [13] The Gospel according to Mark has a leper ___ing as he beseeches Jesus to make him clean kneeling Van	$1,200 [26] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) Students at Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind have talking computers &these note-taking writers named for a famous Frenchman Braille writers Van	$1,200 [17] It's the 5-syllable adjective for a novel, such as "Clarissa", that's written in the form of letters epistolary William	$1,200 [5] A long defensive ditch near the Marne a French trench William
$1,600 [10] Phys. 287a, "Intro. to" this recent theory, delves into "perturbative formulation of... eleven-dimensional supergravity" string theory John	$1,600 [29] In 1993 this E Street Band drummer became the bandleader on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Max Weinberg William	$2,000 [14] In 1986 Amsterdam passed a law about abandoned premises to address the longtime issue of ___ing squatting John	$1,600 [27] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) Blind students learn hands-on about animals with help from this science, which is Greek for "arrangement of skin" taxidermy Van John	$2,000 [19] Popular in Victorian England, the stories known as "penny" these were just as sensational as dime novels dreadfuls Van	$1,600 [6] An over-excited hidden sharpshooter a hyper sniper John
$2,000 [22] Government 90pk examines the philosophy of this man; I already have my copy of "Leviathan" Thomas Hobbes William	$2,000 [30] Ernest was the real first name of this bandleader & mambo king who died in 2000 Tito Puente John	DD $5,000 [12] In "The Federalist" Alexander Hamilton said that "___ing armies" threaten domestic liberty standing John	$2,000 [28] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) Thisyouthful soul gospel groupwas formed at what's now Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind in 1939 & original members still perform together in the 21st century The Blind Boys of Alabama	DD $5,800 [18] Edmund Spenser coined the term prothalamion for a poem that celebrates the impending one of these events a wedding William	$2,000 [7] A general-purpose vehicle on an almost vertical slope a steep Jeep William

Final Jeopardy!

MEMORIALS

Opened in 2002 in Lower Manhattan, a memorial to this 1845-1849 tragedy used Kilkenny limestone

the Great Potato Famine in Ireland

John "What is the Potato Famine?" — wagered $9,200

Van "What is the Irish Potato Famine?" — wagered $16,200

William "What is the Irish famine?" — wagered $15,300

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