Show #4990 2006-04-28 Regular

Contestants

Lisa Izes — a rabbi from New York, New York

Fred Schultz — a database programmer from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Don Minyard — a forensic accountant from Hoover, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Don $800 $3,000 $13,200 $10,400
2nd place: $2,000
$8,200
13 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Fred $3,000 $5,600 $20,400 $14,399
New champion: $14,399
$19,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Lisa $0 $1,600 $5,200 $5,200
3rd place: $1,000
$5,200
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

1980s TV WHO'S THE BOSS THIRTYSOMETHING GROWING PAINS SAINT ELSEWHERE THE "FAC"s OF LIFE
$200 [2]
When Linda Evans decided to leave this series, her character Krystle Carrington slipped into a coma
Dynasty
Lisa
$200 [23]
He was a congressman from 1853 to 1855, then returned to NYC & organized his "ring"
("Boss") Tweed
Fred
$200 [20]
Minimum age to be eligible to be U.S. president
35
Fred
$200 [9]
More common in women than men, these swollen & twisted veins can be a real pain in the leg
varicose veins (spider veins accepted)
Lisa
$200 [7]
St. Cadoc founded the monastery of Llancarfan in this country
Wales
Fred
$200 [1]
Send a fax & tell me it's short for this word
facsimile
Lisa
$400 [3]
In 1982 Carol Kane won an Emmy for the "Simka Returns" episode of this sitcom
Taxi
Don
$400 [25]
In 1931 Salvatore Maranzano took this Mafia title, Capo di Tutti Capi in Italian; 4 months later, it was so long, Sal
Boss of Bosses
Fred
$400 [21]
Number of permanent teeth in an adult human mouth
32
Lisa
$400 [10]
More than 300,000 hip fractures annually can be attributed to this porous bone disease
osteoporosis
Don
$400 [8]
English-born St. Boniface became Bishop of Mainz & is known as the Apostle of this country
Germany
Lisa
$400 [11]
A mental ability, perhaps to help one join a university teaching staff
a faculty
Don
$600 [4]
We salute you if you know the Dukes of Hazzard raced about in a souped-up Dodge Charger called this
the General Lee
Fred
$800 [27]
James Curley inspired the novel "The Last Hurrah" as a political boss & mayor of this city
Boston
$600 [22]
In 1899 Smith & Wesson introduced the Model 10 gun that fires this special caliber
.38
Don Fred Lisa
$600 [18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew types away.) Using a keyboard like this one may reduce the risk of a painful condition, abbreviated CTS
carpal tunnel syndrome
Fred
$600 [15]
The man born Theodore Kolyshov was later known as Philip of this capital
Moscow
$600 [12]
A dissenting minority within a larger group
a faction
Don
$800 [5]
We saw Murphy Brown go on the air in 1988 as the star reporter for this fictitious TV newsmagazine
FYI
Fred
$1,000 [28]
Named for founder Carlo, it's the crime family of which John Gotti was boss
Gambino
Lisa
$800 [29]
Number of "Steps" in a Hitchcock thriller from 1935
39
Lisa
$800 [19]
Caused by deposits, it affects the large joint of the big toe but can also occur in the hands & wrists
gout
Don
$800 [16]
Born in Normandy, St. Jean de Brebeuf was martyred in 1649 as a missionary in what's now this country
Canada
$800 [13]
7-letter term for a small & often unimportant bit of information
a factoid
Fred
$1,000 [6]
For much of the '80s, Julie Harris played Lilimae Clements, Valene's mom on this nighttime soap
Knots Landing
Don Lisa
DD $1,800 [26]
The Kansas City political machine of Boss Tom Pendergast launched the career of this future president
Truman
Fred
$1,000 [30]
A standard piano has 52 white keys & this many black ones
36
Don
$1,000 [24]
Bursitis of the shoulder is often treated with injections of this hormone, from the Latin for "bark"
cortisone
Don
$1,000 [17]
Augustine of Canterbury died around 605; William of this other archbishopric, 550 years later
York
$1,000 [14]
From the Latin for "do everything", it's somebody employed to do a variety of jobs for someone else
a factotum
Fred

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY ART MOVIE QUOTES THE NEW YORK TIMESOBITUARIES UNREAL ESTATE BROKERS SOUNDS LIKE A SANDWICH I'LL HAVE A B_L_T
$400 [6]
In 1919 the impish Marcel Duchamp repainted this Leonardo work & added a mustache & goatee
the Mona Lisa
Fred
$400 [1]
It's the 1972 film with the timeless line "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli"
The Godfather
Fred
$400 [16]
The Nov. 1, 1984 obituary for this woman noted that she "presided over the world's most populous democracy"
Indira Gandhi
Fred
$400 [11]
1901:Baskerville Hall
Arthur Conan Doyle
Don Fred
$400 [20]
A female horse under the age of 4, or a lively lass
a filly
Fred
$400 [30]
A specialist in the science of life; on "Seinfeld", George claimed to be a marine one
biologist
Fred
$800 [7]
Yves Klein found this heavenly color a symbol of pure spirit & made works that were just a field of it
blue
Fred
$800 [2]
This 1968 film informed us, "Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer"
The Producers
Don Lisa
$800 [17]
His 1870 obit noted his 1861 resignation from the army & that he "immediately betook himself to Richmond"
Robert E. Lee
Fred
$800 [12]
1937:Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
Fred
$800 [22]
Nickname of Mr. Carmichael who wrote "Georgia On My Mind" & "Two Sleepy People"
Hoagy
Fred
$800 [26]
Shining brightly, or having great intelligence
brilliant
Don
$1,200 [8]
The painting seen here from 1912 isn't by Picasso, so it must be by him
Braque
Fred
$1,200 [3]
This 1980 pic:"I did join the Army, but I joined a different army. I joined the one with the condos & the private rooms"
Private Benjamin
Fred
$1,200 [18]
Part of this Egyptian's 1981 obit included, "...he was willing to ignore past Arab-Israeli hatreds"
Sadat
Don
$1,200 [13]
1949:Oceania
Orwell
Fred
$1,200 [23]
The tagline for this Brad Pitt movie based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel is "Mischief, mayhem, soap"
Fight Club
Lisa
$1,600 [28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off her skills as a movie producer.) This film technique demonstrated here can be used to create a dramatic effect
backlight (backlighting accepted)
Don
$1,600 [9]
For works using 3-dimensional colored materials, Archipenko combined the name of this art form with painting
sculpture
Don
$1,600 [4]
"I'll be taking these Huggies & whatever cash you got" is from this 1987 pic
Raising Arizona
Fred
DD $2,000 [19]
In a 1936 obit, a pupil said of her, "I pray for strength to endure the silent dark until she smiles upon me again"
Anne Sullivan
Don
$1,600 [14]
1925:East Egg
Fitzgerald
Lisa
$1,600 [24]
Short term for a rotating device that keeps orientation regardless of the movement of its base
a gyro
Don
$2,000 [29]
From the Latin for "waging war", it means aggressively hostile
belligerent
Fred
$2,000 [10]
Long after his Fauvist days, he designed a chapel at Vence, from stained glass down to the vestments
Matisse
Fred
$2,000 [5]
From 1978:"...Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?... No!"
National Lampoon's Animal House
Lisa
$2,000 [21]
A 1950 obit of this female poet said, "Greenwich Village & Vassar plus a gypsy childhood on the rocky coast of Maine"
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lisa
$2,000 [15]
1920:Gopher Prairie
Sinclair Lewis
$2,000 [25]
One chapter of this Dumas book is entitled "The Secret Cave"; another is "The Pardon"
The Count of Monte Cristo
DD $5,800 [27]
Lincoln famously compared these 2 items, saying one was "stronger than" the other
ballot & bullet
Don

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICA

In November 2005 leaders of Spain & France joined in celebrating the 50th anniversary of this country's independence

Morocco

Lisa "What is Kenya?" — wagered $0
Don "What is Algeria?" — wagered $2,800
Fred "What is Algeria?" — wagered $6,001

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