Show #4677 2004-12-28 (taped 2004-11-02) Regular

Aaron Thompson game 4.

Contestants

Dan Suzman — a college student originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland

Laurie Genevro Cole — an adjunct professor and town council member from Vienna, Virginia

Aaron Thompson — an executive assistant from Washington, D.C. (whose 3-day cash winnings total $57,899)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Aaron $2,000 $4,500 $9,400 $9,400
3rd place: $1,000
$13,200
18 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Laurie $600 $2,000 $9,600 $19,000
New champion: $19,000
$9,600
12 R, 3 W
Dan $3,400 $5,400 $13,800 $17,999
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

BACK IN '65 ONWARD CHRISTIAN SLATER COLLEGE BOWL SPECS & THE CITY LOOK WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL RHYME TIME
$200 [1]
Before crashing on Feb. 20, 1965, Ranger 8 sent back 7,137 photos of this, the last one, we guess, an extreme close-up
the moon
Dan
$200 [10]
1989: Christian & Winona Ryder plot to kill their high school classmates
Heathers
Dan
$200 [17]
When completed in 1923, this Ann Arbor school's Yost Field House was the first field house on a college campus
the University of Michigan
Aaron
$200 [26]
Its airport, named for 2 of its past mayors, is the world's busiest passenger airport
Atlanta
Dan
$200 [16]
It's the classic pansy greeting card from this company that (ahem) now sends actual flowers, too
Hallmark
Aaron
$200 [2]
Term used about a baseball team that's hot until the end of May then collapses
June swoon
Aaron
$400 [3]
It was consecrated in 1065; William the Conqueror was crowned in it in 1066
Westminster Abbey
Aaron
$400 [12]
1988: Christian & Jeff Bridges try to start up an independent automaker
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Laurie
$400 [18]
From 1953 to 1991 the University of Leipzig was named for this co-founder of scientific socialism
Karl Marx
$400 [27]
Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, this Michigan city has the highest percentage of African-Americans
Detroit
Aaron
$400 [22]
I sent back "The Cooler" & got "Something's Gotta Give" from this service founded in 1997
Netflix
Dan
$400 [7]
If you have a grudge against Clinton, you bear Bill this feeling
ill will
Dan
$600 [4]
On April 3, 1865 Union general Godfrey Weitzel accepted the surrender of this city
Richmond
Aaron
$600 [13]
1986: Christian & Sean Connery solve a mysterious murder at a medieval monastery
The Name of the Rose
Laurie Dan
$600 [19]
The athletic teams of Brown are known by this nickname; the ones at Berkeley are "golden"
bears
Aaron
$600 [28]
With 126,000 daily copies, this city's La Opinion is the USA's top-selling non-English newspaper
Los Angeles
Laurie
$600 [23]
Hey! In California you're only supposed to get one of these calls to the courthouse every 12 months
(a summons for) jury duty
Aaron
$600 [8]
A person who dresses & be have s like a member of the opposite sex
a gender bender
$800 [5]
This future college town in New Hampshire was settled in 1765 & probably named for the British Royal House
Hanover
Aaron
$800 [14]
2001: Christian & Kevin Costner dress like Elvis to rob a casino
Three Thousand Miles to Graceland
$1,000 [21]
In 1893 the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb & Blind became this
Gallaudet
Dan
$800 [29]
About 600 miles from the mouth of the river, this Tennessee city of 650,000 is the largest on the Mississippi
Memphis
Dan
$800 [24]
In the U.S. 4 bil. solicitations go out a year asking customers to acquire these & 99.5% get no response
credit cards
Laurie
$800 [9]
No one would apply this term for a drab or unattractive woman to actress Seymour
plain jane
Laurie
$1,000 [6]
A 1665 work by this Dutch artist shows his common-law wife, Hendrickje, as "Juno"
Rembrandt
Dan
$1,000 [15]
1996: Christian & Samantha Mathis try to prevent John Travolta from stealing nuclear missiles
Broken Arrow
Dan
DD $1,500 [20]
Noah Webster was a co-founder of this Mass. college that administers the Folger Shakespeare Library
Amherst
Aaron
$1,000 [30]
Home to the Air Force Academy, this city has the highest elevation of any city that's home to a U.S. service academy
Colorado Springs
Aaron
$1,000 [25]
The letter with the 2-dollar Gollum stamp & 80-cent Frodo stamp must be from my friend in this country
New Zealand
Aaron
$1,000 [11]
Woo her with an expensive Chateau Petrus & a fine gigot d'agneau
wine & dine

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH POETS LAUREATE THE TV CHARACTER SPEAKS IKE-ONOGRAPHY "BERT"DAYS FRUITS & VEGETABLES LETTER LETTER
$400 [8]
The 1st commission of Andrew Motion, appointed in 1999, was to compose a little ditty for this prince's wedding
Edward
Laurie Dan
$400 [14]
"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"
Ricky Ricardo
Dan
$400 [21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a portrait at the Eisenhower Center in Abilene, KS.) A Civil War buff who lived in retirement at Gettysburg, Ike painted a portrait of this man
(Robert E.) Lee
Dan
$400 [1]
An heir: March 14, 1958 in Monte Carlo
Prince Albert (of Monaco)
Laurie
$400 [6]
From the Latin for "root", this vegetable is commonly cut into a rose shape for hors d'oeuvres
a radish
Laurie
$400 [22]
You auto know these 2 letters: a movie rating suitable for all ages & the 1931 Fritz Lang classic film
GM
Dan
$800 [10]
Robert Bridges had it "Falling on the city brown... hushing, the latest traffic of the drowsy town"
snow
Laurie Dan
$800 [17]
"Nanu-nanu!"
Mork
Aaron
$800 [25]
As commander of this alliance, 1950-52, Ike was hampered by the depleted condition of European armies
NATO
Dan
$800 [2]
A librettist: Nov. 18, 1836 in London
(William S.) Gilbert (of Gilbert & Sullivan)
Laurie
$800 [7]
The Rome Beauty type of this keeps well in controlled atmosphere storage
an apple
Dan
$800 [23]
It's all right: Cirque du Soleil's show at Vegas' Bellagio since 1998 & the last initial of Kafka's Joseph
OK
Aaron Laurie
$1,200 [11]
In 1843, 36 years after he "wandered lonely as a cloud", he sauntered into the post
Wordsworth
Dan
$1,200 [18]
"I'm not a magician, Spock; just an old country doctor"
McCoy
Aaron
$1,200 [3]
Actress seen here, Nov. 30, 1982 in Calgary
(Elisha) Cuthbert
Aaron
$1,200 [9]
Because of its crystals, the name of the garnet is related to that of this many-seeded fruit
a pomegranate
Dan
$1,200 [24]
A medical professional: a letter you learn "The 3" of in school & the chess symbol for the knight
RN
Aaron Dan
$2,000 [13]
John Masefield got the job with lines like "All I ask is" one of these "and a star to steer her by"
a tall ship
Aaron Laurie Dan
$1,600 [19]
"Mmmmmmmmmm... Unprocessed fish sticks"
Homer Simpson
Laurie
$2,000 [5]
A pharmaceutical magnate: May 15, 1886 in St. Louis
(Gerard Barnes) Lambert
Laurie
$1,600 [15]
Coir, named from the Tamil for "cord", is a rope fiber made from the husks of these palm fruits
coconuts
Laurie
$1,600 [26]
This person can put you away for life: a contraction of should or would & a major blood group
DA
DD $4,000 [12]
Edward is the actual first name of this poet in the post from 1984 to 1998
Ted Hughes
Dan
$2,000 [20]
"Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun... it's too risky... ya get a sense of it and then you look away"
Jerry Seinfeld
Aaron
DD $2,300 [4]
A warrior ruler: July 11, 1274 in Ayrshire
Robert the Bruce
Aaron
$2,000 [16]
Sir Robert Peel helped get these grain regulations in England repealed
Corn Laws
Dan
$2,000 [27]
The Roman numeral for 5 & the chemical symbol for tungsten (remember its other name!)
VW
Aaron

Final Jeopardy!

8-LETTER WORDS

Differing by one letter, the 2 words that mean job & time away from the job

vocation & vacation

Aaron "What are vacation & vocation?" — wagered $0
Laurie "What are vocation & vacation?" — wagered $9,400
Dan "What are vacation & vocation?" — wagered $4,199

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