Show #4981 2006-04-17 Regular

Bob Mesko game 4-B.

Contestants

Holly Owens — a student originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Bob Mesko — an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado

Brian Lamb — a middle school teacher from Bakersfield, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$600	$3,400	$5,400	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 14 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W
Bob	$2,600	$3,600	$9,600	$6,599 New champion: $6,599	$9,600 13 R, 4 W
Holly	$4,400	$6,000	$12,600	$5,900 2nd place: $2,000	$14,800 21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	TV SUPPORTING CASTS	RIDE WITHOUT A LICENSE	THE NEW YORK TIMESPHOTOGRAPHY	LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER	STUPID ANSWERS
$200 [6] In India, flowers & wreaths are brought to the shrine of this spiritual leader on his birthday, October 2 Mahatma Gandhi Bob	$200 [1] Vivian Vance, William Frawley I Love Lucy Holly	$200 [16] If you want to go jibbing, you don't need a sailboat but an armada twin-tip pair of these snow devices skis Brian Holly	$200 [11] The ship seenhereis moving through this artificial waterway completed in 1869 the Suez Canal Brian Bob	$200 [21] To an ophthalmologist, the Latin abbreviation O.D., for oculus dexter, can refer to this body part the right eye Holly	$200 [23] It's the 1-word name of the Ben & Jerry's flavor described as "vanilla ice cream with vanilla bean specks" Vanilla Brian
$400 [7] This holiday began in 1868 when a general designated a day to adorn the graves of the Civil War dead Memorial Day Bob	$400 [2] George Wendt, Woody Harrelson, Rhea Perlman Cheers Brian	$400 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while on a bodyboard.) This brand of bodyboard sounds like you can get some disco-type moves going on it a Boogie Board Brian	$400 [12] From the Latin for "to hold in front", it's the period epitomized here Prohibition Brian	$400 [22] There's a film society & a chamber music society of this on the Upper West Side between 62nd & 65th Lincoln Center Bob	$400 [24] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Duke University Primate Center.) Technicians of the Duke University Primate Center say theanimalsgo bananas over grapes & this fruit of the genus Musa bananas Bob
$600 [8] The Punxsutawney Spirit was the first newspaper to print news about the observance of this holiday in 1886 Groundhog Day Holly	$600 [3] Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle Everybody Loves Raymond Holly	$800 [19] The pocket bikeseenherelooks like a shrunken version of this Wisconsin-based motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson Holly	$600 [13] The Times photo of this man dates from sometime around 1870; he was dead by 1876 Custer Holly	$600 [28] You're "out in" this sports area when you hold an extreme or unconventional point of view left field Holly	$600 [25] After Dec. 11, 2005 this show was movin' out of Broadway's Richard Rogers Theatre Movin' Out Brian
$800 [9] This Jewish observance marks the end of 10 days of penitence Yom Kippur Bob Holly	$800 [4] David Ogden Stiers, Loretta Swit, Harry Morgan MAS*H Holly	DD $1,000 [18] In 1980 2 Minnesota brothers formed a company to make these as an off-season hockey training device Rollerblades Brian	$800 [14] A famous trio is seenhereat this Ukranian resort city in 1945 Yalta Holly	$800 [29] It has 3 sides & contains a 90-degree angle right triangle Brian	$800 [26] Henry Adams won a Pulitzer for "The Education of Henry Adams"; this man won for "The Americanization of Edward Bok" Edward Bok Holly
$1,000 [10] In 1223 St. Francis of Assisi famously celebrated Christmas by setting up one of these displays in Greccio, Italy a crèche (or a nativity scene) Bob	$1,000 [5] Denzel Washington, David Morse, Howie Mandel St. Elsewhere Bob	$1,000 [20] In 2008 this sport, run on a bumpy dirt track, will be added to the Summer Olympics to help attract younger viewers BMX Brian	$1,000 [15] Seen here are these two artists who were married in 1929 in Coyocan Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Bob	$1,000 [30] Ironically, the publisher of this Christian sci-fi book series sponsored a NASCAR racing team in 2002 Left Behind Brian Holly	$1,000 [27] The American poet Hilda Doolittle used this 2-letter pen name H.D. Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

POETIC LINES	MYSTERY HISTORY	RICHARD WAGNER	COFFEE TABLE BOOKS	"J"EOGRAPHY	U.S. GOVT. ABBREV.
$400 [16] In the words of Edgar A. Guest, "It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it" this a home Holly	$400 [1] This actress played Jessica Fletcher, a writer in Cabot Cove, Maine who wrote & solved mysteries Angela Lansbury	$400 [11] In 1850 Wagner published an attack on the influence of this ethnic group in music the Jews Brian Holly	$400 [21] Speeding off the shelves is "The Fast Lane", the NHRA's official 50th anniversary book on this type of racing drag racing Brian	$400 [6] Arhus, Denmark's second-largest city, lies on this peninsula Jutland Bob	$400 [26] Not popular with criminals:DEA the Drug Enforcement Administration Brian
$800 [17] 2 of his less famous lines are "A tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray" Joyce Kilmer Bob	$800 [2] It's the 2-word name for the van driven around by the kids on "Scooby Doo" the Mystery Machine Holly	$800 [12] The Libestod, or "Love-Death", is from this opera named for doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde Bob	$1,200 [23] Disney's first "animated screenplay" is this film's art book, which includes a foreword by James Earl Jones The Lion King	$800 [7] This city was once known as El Paso del Norte but was renamed for a Mexican president Juarez Holly	$800 [27] A big part of the paper chase:GPO the Government Printing Office
$1,200 [18] When this schooner wrecked, cruel rocks "gored her side like the horns of an angry bull" the Hesperus	$1,200 [3] One of the 3 people who have hosted the PBS series "Mystery!" (1 of) Vincent Price, Gene Shalit, or Diana Rigg Bob	$1,200 [13] Wagner had to flee Munich after raiding this German state's treasury to maintain his lifestyle Bavaria Brian	$1,600 [24] One book covers the "Bohemia" of this Long Island beach area that attracted F. Scott Fitzgerald & Winslow Homer the Hamptons Holly	$1,200 [8] During the Civil War, General Sherman reduced this state capital to ashes, causing it to be called "Chimneyville" Jackson Brian Bob	$1,200 [28] A source of future pilots:AFROTC the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Brian Holly
$1,600 [19] This "small" title character of a Eugene Field poem told his toy dog & soldier, "and don't you make any noise" Little Boy Blue	$1,600 [4] In a 1990s novel, Stephanie Barron had the sense & sensibility to turn this author into a sleuth Jane Austen Holly	$1,600 [14] Operas named for Grail Knights include "Parsifal" & this one whose famed prelude is heard here Lohengrin Brian	DD $2,000 [22] "Intimate Portrait of a Very Good Year" is devoted to photographs of this singer in 1964 Frank Sinatra Brian	$1,600 [9] Until the '60s, French was the official language of this British island in the English Channel Jersey Holly	$1,600 [29] They build bridges to the future:ACE the Army Corps of Engineers Holly
$2,000 [20] In "Harlem", he penned, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" Langston Hughes Bob	$2,000 [5] Agatha Christie was staying in Aswan when she wrote this 1937 mystery about a young woman's murder Death on the Nile Brian Holly	$2,000 [15] This future Mrs. Wagner was still married to Hans von Bulow when she gave birth to Wagner's daughter Cosima (Liszt)	$2,000 [25] "The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis" highlights the houses in this California city 114 miles from L.A. Palm Springs Brian	$2,000 [10] The names of a period of the Mesozoic Era & a Spielberg thriller both come from this 4-letter Alpine range (the) Jura (Mountains) Bob	DD $2,200 [30] Sort of like the Peace Corps, only local:VISTA Volunteers in Service to America Holly

Final Jeopardy!

LEADING MEN

1 of 2 actors who have earned acting Academy Award nominations in the last 5 consecutive decades

(1 of) Jack Nicholson or Michael Caine

Brian "Who is Newman?" — wagered $5,399

Bob "Who is Marlon Brando" — wagered $3,001

Holly "Who is Paul Newman?" — wagered $6,700

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