Show #4993 2006-05-03 Regular

Contestants

Robbi Rogers — a respiratory therapist from Corsicana, Texas

Luke Walker — an oncologist originally from Lawton, Oklahoma

Laura Brown — a psychologist from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Laura	$3,000	$4,400	$7,600	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$7,600 12 R, 3 W
Luke	$1,800	$8,600	$9,000	$2,000 2nd place: $2,000	$7,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Robbi	$0	$2,200	$22,800	$20,800 New champion: $20,800	$23,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE NEW YORK TIMESNEWS OF 2006	1984 TV DEBUTS	BODY PART-THING	VOLCANOES	SODA	FOUNTAINS
$200 [1] There was gold in the hills of this host city as the Times noted the start of the Winter Olympics there on Feb. 10 Turin Luke	$200 [13] Not only "Jeopardy!" but this game show based on a letters-&-words board game debuted in 1984 Scrabble Luke	$200 [2] A recorder has 8, a fife 6 finger holes Luke Robbi	$200 [11] Eruptions in 512 were so violent that Theodoric the Goth of Italy suspended taxes for those living on its slopes Vesuvius Robbi	$200 [18] Don't worry--Cricket Cola isn't flavored with crickets but with this "colorful" tea green tea Luke	$200 [19] The Bethesda Fountain overlooks the lake in this New York City park Central Park Luke
$400 [5] On Feb. 13, the Times reported Dick Cheney shot a man hunting, the first shooting by a sitting veep since this man Aaron Burr Laura	$400 [14] The Huxtables began their 8-year dominance of the Nielsen ratings on this sitcom The Cosby Show Luke	$400 [3] (Kelly of the Clue Crew opens a large reference book.) Thisfeatureyou'll find in some dictionaries helps you get quickly to the letter you want a thumb index	$400 [12] Lassen Peak in the southernmost part of this range was believed extinct until it erupted on May 30, 1914 the Cascades Laura	$400 [21] In November 2003 the Jones Soda Company introduced an unusual soda flavored with this bird & gravy turkey Luke	$400 [20] It's said that Goethe's granddaughter posed for the statue that tops this capital city's Austria Fountain Vienna Laura
$600 [6] "G.O.P. UNREST OVER PORTS" read a headline when this emirate's control of some U.S. ports was opposed by Congress in March Dubai Laura	$600 [28] Penelope was the real first name of this title Soleil Moon Frye character who had her own show in 1984 Punky Brewster Luke	$600 [4] This forward section of a rocket or guided missile contains the payload the nose cone Laura	$600 [15] This volcano on the southeast slope of Mauna Loa has had a hotel on its rim since 1866 Kilauea Laura Robbi	$600 [22] This "paternal" brand of root beer has been a family favorite since 1937 Dad's Laura	$600 [23] King Matyas Corvinus & his beloved Ilonka adorn the Matyas Fountain at this Hungarian city's Royal Palace Budapest Luke
$800 [7] Riots in this Ugandan capital city were reported in the Times on Feb. 26 following presidential elections there Kampala Laura	$800 [29] Fred Dryer was on the beat in 1984 tracking down bad guys as this title LAPD homicide detective Hunter Robbi	$800 [9] Raymond Moley was part of the group of smarties called this who advised FDR the Brain Trust Luke	$800 [16] Figurative name of the volcanic belt that nearly encircles the Pacific Ocean the Ring of Fire Luke	$800 [26] A famous 1967 ad campaign told folks that this was actually "the Uncola" 7 Up Luke	$1,000 [25] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Tivoli in Copenhagen, Denmark.) The famous bubble fountain here at Tivoli was co-designed by this Danish physicist who won a 1922 Nobel Prize (Niels) Bohr Laura
$1,000 [8] "A DRAMA STRAIGHT FROM THE TABLOIDS" blared the Times in a story on her appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in March Anna Nicole Smith Laura	$1,000 [30] A probationary angel & an ex-cop helped people solve problems on this Michael Landon starrer Highway to Heaven Robbi	$1,000 [10] It's what the "AR" stands for in "START I", a strategic treaty signed by Bush & Gorbachev arms reduction Luke	$1,000 [17] This Philippine volcano's 1991 eruption was one of the largest of the 20th century Pinatubo Robbi	$1,000 [27] With "twice the caffeine", it calls itself "The Espresso of Colas" Jolt Luke	DD $2,000 [24] Unveiled in 2004, the Hyde Park Fountain that memorializes her is a deceptively simple-looking oval granite ring Princess Diana Luke

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN PLACES	THE BRIT PIC	LITERARY THRILLERS	HERBS & SPICES	BIG-SCREEN ARTISTS	2-LETTER WORDS
$400 [16] This capital, population 280,000, is one half of the "Twin Cities" St. Paul Robbi	$400 [11] She is the British baroness seenhereas she looked in the 1980s Margaret Thatcher Robbi	$400 [1] This wartime thriller about a German sub inspired a classic 1981 foreign movie Das Boot Robbi	$400 [26] In the 1600s mustard makers in this French city organized a guild to control the quality of their product Dijon Luke	$400 [6] 1965:Charlton Heston Michelangelo Robbi	$400 [19] This & behold: it means "see" & is frequently used in Biblical expressions lo Laura
$800 [17] The Golden North Salmon Derby is one of the annual events celebrated in this state capital Juneau (Alaska) Laura	$800 [12] She's the widow at Windsor seenherein 1897 Queen Victoria Robbi	$800 [2] A young lawyer defends a black Vietnam hero who murdered white rapists in this first John Grisham legal thriller A Time to Kill Robbi	$800 [27] This spice is also known as black sugar & sweetroot licorice Robbi	$800 [7] 1956:Kirk Douglas Vincent van Gogh Robbi	$800 [20] You can call your pop this, used in Italian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin da Luke
$1,200 [18] Montana's largest city, it was founded in 1882 & named for a president of the Northern Pacific Railway Billings, Montana	$1,200 [13] Early 19th-century bestselling author depicted here Jane Austen Laura	$1,200 [3] 2005's "Marker" is the 25th medical thriller from this bestselling physician/author Robin Cook Luke Robbi	$1,200 [28] Also known as Jamaica pepper, it sounds like a hodgepodge of other flavorings allspice Luke	$1,200 [8] 2001:John Leguizamo (in a musical) Toulouse-Lautrec Robbi	$1,200 [21] It's the first-person singular present indicative of be am Laura Luke
$2,000 [25] In 1802 a French chemist built gunpowder mills near this Delaware city; they became DuPont, now based there Wilmington	$1,600 [14] 15th-century plucky Plantagenet plotterpictured here Richard III Robbi	$2,000 [5] FBI agent Alex Cross tangles with villains known as the Wolf & the Weasel in his "London Bridges" James Patterson Robbi	$1,600 [29] This red-hot, pungent powder made from various tropical chiles originated in French Guiana Cayenne Robbi	$1,600 [9] 2000:Ed Harris Jackson Pollock Robbi	$1,600 [22] The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, it's also a math term pi Robbi
DD $2,400 [24] Named for an Army chaplain, this city near Phoenix boasts more than 300 sunny days per year Scottsdale Robbi	$2,000 [15] Thisgeneral & war hero slowed down long enough to be captured (on film) around 1945 Montgomery Robbi	DD $3,000 [4] (Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia.) A 1981 thriller by this author opens with the discovery of 3 faceless corpses here in the title setting, Moscow's Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith Robbi	$2,000 [30] Plants producing this spice in England came from a crocus bulb smuggled from the Holy Land in the 14th century saffron Laura Luke	$2,000 [10] 1996:Anthony Hopkins Picasso Robbi	$2,000 [23] A small hawk, or a moon of Jupiter Io Robbi

Final Jeopardy!

PEOPLE IN SPACE

In 2005, as the shuttle Discovery prepared for landing, NASA played a Dexys Midnight Runners song in her honor

Eileen Collins

Laura "Who is ?" — wagered $7,599

Luke "Who is Eileen Smith?" — wagered $7,000

Robbi "Who was Christa McAuliffe?" — wagered $2,000

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