Show #4989 2006-04-27 Regular

Contestants

Don Minyard — a forensic accountant from Hoover, Alabama

Jaime Thomson — an administrative assistant from Denton, Texas

Michael Lapthorn — an exhibition designer from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,200	$3,400	$6,800	$6,790 3rd place: $1,000	$7,800 11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jaime	$2,800	$7,400	$15,600	$14,100 2nd place: $2,000	$16,400 23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Don	$0	$3,200	$8,400	$15,300 New champion: $15,300	$8,400 17 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

DEAL OR NO DEAL	CITIES IN SONG	WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS	WHAT A GOOD IDEA!	SLOW DOWN	YOU MOVE, TO FAST
$200 [9] The USA said "Deal!" on April 30, 1803 when it agreed to pay France $15 million for this the Louisiana Purchase Jaime	$200 [6] This city, "Here I come. They got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one" Kansas City Jaime	$200 [1] This evergreen tree was named for Scottish botanist David Douglas, who collected samples in America the Douglas fir Jaime	$200 [14] Tofu or not tofu: in 2004 Grady High School in Atlanta introduced a lunch line for those who eat this kind of diet vegetarian Don	$200 [15] I'm not going to adopt the same diet as this hungry animal chameleon Michael Jaime	$200 [23] Move to this mountain if you want to be like Moses, who fasted there for 40 days & nights Mount Sinai Michael Don
$400 [12] President Reagan said, "No deal!" to this group of striking federal employees & fired nearly 12,000 of them in 1981 the air traffic controllers Michael	$400 [7] It's the city where you'd find "The House Of The Rising Sun", the ruin of many a poor boy New Orleans Michael	$400 [2] In 1866 rancher Charles Goodnight introduced this vehicle used for transporting provisions & cooking equipment a chuck wagon Jaime	$400 [18] Chocolate lovers might say that the best idea of 1928 was the peanut butter cup invented by this man Reese Don	$400 [19] Hereare the interior workings of this instrument piano Jaime	$400 [24] Move to Yakutat Bay in this state if you want to fast before hunting, like the Lingit Indians once did Alaska Don
$600 [13] FDR not only said "Deal!", he said "New Deal!" in this year when he first accepted the nomination for president 1932 Don	$600 [8] Jan & Dean sang about "The Little Old Lady From" this city; "She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard" Pasadena Don	DD $400 [5] An Old French word for "throat" gives us this word meaning to stuff one's face gorge Jaime	$600 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from St. Petersburg, Russia.) In laying the foundation for St. Petersburg's Alexander Column, it's said this potent potable was mixed with the mortar to keep it from freezing vodka Don	$600 [20] This gas is causing the explosive reaction seen here CO 2 (carbon dioxide) Michael	$600 [25] Move to the adobe dwellings of these southwest Indians & ritual fasters whose name means "village" the Pueblos Jaime
$800 [16] In 1917 the U.S. said "Deal!" when it acquired the Virgin Islands from this Scandinavian country Denmark Don	$800 [10] In this 1968 hit Dionne Warwick claimed that "L.A. is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car" "Do You Know The Way To San José" Michael Don	$600 [3] A Roman hill where the emperors built their homes gives us this 6-letter word for a king's home palace Michael Jaime Don	$800 [29] This man was a mechanic in a bed factory when he invented the 1st elevator with an automatic safety brake Otis Don	$800 [21] The animal seenhereis loaded up with this saccharine secretion nectar Michael Jaime	$800 [26] Move to Central Anatolia in this country to fast during the holy month known there as Ramazan Turkey Jaime
$1,000 [17] In 1783 Ben Franklin said "Deal!" & signed the peace treaty of this city, ending the Revolutionary War Paris Jaime	$1,000 [11] This West Texas town was the home to Rosa's cantina and wicked Felina, "the girl that I loved" El Paso Jaime	$800 [4] Often part of baptism, this 4-word "manual" phrase is derived from Acts 8:17-18 laying on of hands	$1,000 [30] This brand of carpet introduced in 1986 uses Teflon to repel the coffee you just spilled Stainmaster Jaime	$1,000 [22] This royal bird is seenhereperforming the action that gives it part of its name the kingfisher Michael	$1,000 [27] Move to this "Sleeping Land" of Russia to become an Evenki shaman & fast after you've received your first vision Siberia

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRIT-POURRI	TV INSPIRATIONS	SHAKESPEARE'S OPENING LINES	MIND YOUR BUSINESS	THE CORONER STORE	DOUBLE TALK
$400 [26] In 1906 Socialist Keir Hardie became this current party's first leader in Parliament the Labor Party Jaime	$400 [21] Neil Simon's brother Danny roomed with a friend after a divorce, inspiring a Broadway hit & this sitcom The Odd Couple Don	$400 [6] Prologue:"In Troy there lies the scene" Troilus and Cressida Michael Jaime	$400 [12] Since losing its light bulb patents, it has brought to life atomic reactors used to power submarines General Electric Don	$400 [11] Taller athletes can be at risk of fatal cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of this the heart Don	$400 [1] The true one of these unfortunate birds had the scientific name Raphus cucullatus a dodo Don
$800 [27] "Everything for everybody everywhere" was a modest motto of this London department store Harrod's Jaime	$800 [22] This series was inspired by the life & legal career of actress Amy Brenneman's mother Judging Amy Don	$800 [7] Duke Orsino:"If music be the food of love, play on" Twelfth Night Michael	$800 [13] Sumner Redstone heads up this company whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nick & Paramount Viacom Don	$800 [17] The inquest finds the cause of death to be hypoxic encephalopathy, a lack of oxygen to this organ the brain Jaime	$800 [2] It's Hawaiian for snacks or appetizers often served on a platter pupu Michael
$1,200 [28] This "royal" London hub from which the Hogwarts Express departs was the scene of tragedy on July 7, 2005 King's Cross Jaime	$1,200 [23] Allison DuBois, the heroine of this series, is based on a real-life psychic named... Allison DuBois Medium Jaime	$1,200 [8] Antonio:"In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you" The Merchant of Venice	$1,200 [14] Jeno Paulucci founded this company in 1947 to sell cans of chicken chow mein the Chun-King Company Jaime Don	DD $1,000 [18] Coroner's verdict: the accident led to exsanguination, death by a complete loss of this blood Jaime	DD $1,000 [5] A classic 1900 book says he "was not gray; he was a little black dog with long, silky hair" Toto Michael
$1,600 [29] In 1759 Francis Gastrell, enraged by a stream of visitors to his house in this town, destroyed the house Stratford-on-Avon	$1,600 [24] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the JFK Library & Museum.) A famous 1961photoof President Kennedy at his desk is echoed in the opening credits of this popular television series The West Wing Jaime	$1,600 [9] Leonato:"I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina" Much Ado About Nothing	$1,600 [15] In 1908 Camillo Olivetti opened a plant in Italy to manufacture these typewriters Michael	$1,600 [19] Looking like a bubble on a hose, this aortic dilatation caused by a weakening of the vessel wall led to the death an aneurysm Jaime	$1,200 [3] This disease of the peripheral nerves is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 beriberi Don
—	$2,000 [25] Creator Marc Cherry has said that Bree Van de Kamp on this series is based in part on his mom Desperate Housewives Don	$2,000 [10] Valentine:"Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus; home-keeping youth have ever homely wits" Two Gentlemen of Verona	$2,000 [16] In 1937 this French leather-goods maker produced its first silk scarf Hermes Jaime	$2,000 [20] An acute disease of the lungs marked by difficult breathing & fever, lobar this, did the guy in pneumonia	$1,600 [4] Chichi & this other term from the French both refer to elaborate, showy decoration froufrou Michael Jaime

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN HISTORY

In an 1863 essay Harriet Beecher Stowe called this woman whom she had met with "The Libyan Sibyl"

Sojourner Truth

Michael "Who is Harriet Tubman?" — wagered $10

Don "Who was Sojourner Truth?" — wagered $6,900

Jaime "Who is ?" — wagered $1,500

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