Show #4680 2004-12-31 (taped 2004-11-02) Regular

Kerry Breitenbach game 1.

Contestants

Michael Starsinic — a mathematical statistician from Bowie, Maryland

Kerry Breitenbach — a marketing analyst from South Euclid, Ohio

Maura Gatowski — a technology manager from Beverly Hills, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Maura $800 $4,800 $3,600 $3,600
2nd place: $2,000
$3,600
12 R, 2 W
Kerry $1,400 $5,000 $12,200 $7,300
New champion: $7,300
$14,200
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Michael $3,000 $4,400 $12,400 $399
3rd place: $1,000
$13,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT... THE COMPANY LINE EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES 3-LETTER WORDS
$200 [4]
For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory
Copernicus
Michael
$200 [1]
No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves
Jim Thorpe
Kerry
$200 [26]
The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year
Arizona
Kerry
$200 [21]
In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger
McDonald's
Maura
$200 [11]
Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States
John Adams
Kerry
$200 [16]
In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper
the ant
Maura
$400 [5]
Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today
the Appian Way
Kerry
$400 [2]
No. 8: 30 steals for the Birmingham Barons; 2,306 steals for the Bulls
Michael Jordan
Maura
$400 [27]
In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state
Washington
Michael
$400 [22]
This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in & was first displayed on
Crate & Barrel
Michael
$400 [12]
"And away we go"
Jackie Gleason
Maura
$400 [17]
Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again
the cud
Maura
$600 [6]
In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Ceylon (or Sri Lanka)
Kerry
$600 [3]
No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies
Jim Brown
Michael
$600 [28]
On June 28, 1994 the Nat'l Weather Service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the Sun's radiation
the UV index
Michael
$600 [23]
This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month
Bulova
Maura
$600 [13]
Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"
Jesse James
Michael
$600 [18]
A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)
imp
Maura
$800 [7]
Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889
the International
Michael
$800 [9]
No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats"
(Lou) Gehrig
Michael
$800 [29]
Africa's lowest temperature was 11 degrees below zero in 1935 at Ifrane, just south of Fez in this country
Morocco
Kerry
$800 [24]
Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women
(Paul) Bonwit
Kerry
$1,000 [15]
Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"
Ethan Allen
Kerry
$800 [19]
In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
era
Kerry
$1,000 [8]
This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name
the Congress Party
Michael
$1,000 [10]
No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer
(Wilt) Chamberlain
Michael
$1,000 [25]
The Kirschner brothers, Don & Bill, named this ski company for themselves & the second-highest mountain
K2
Maura
DD $2,000 [14]
1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"
Hattie McDaniel (for her role in Gone with the Wind )
Michael
$1,000 [20]
A single layer of paper, or to perform one's craft diligently
ply
Maura

Double Jeopardy! Round

DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH AIRLINE TRAVEL THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION MUSICAL TRAINS "X"s & "O"s
$400 [23]
Beyond ovoid abandonment, beyond ovoid betrayal... you won't believe the ending when he "Hatches the Egg"
Horton
Maura
$400 [16]
California
Nixon
Kerry Michael
$400 [6]
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
a kennel
Michael
$400 [1]
He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death
Moses
Michael
$400 [18]
Steven Tyler of this band lent his steamin' vocals to "Train Kept A-Rollin'", first popularized by The Yardbirds
Aerosmith
Maura
$400 [11]
Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero
oratory
Kerry
$1,200 [26]
Ripped from today's headlines, he was a turtle king gone mad; Mack was the one good turtle who'd bring him down
Yertle
Michael
$800 [17]
1 of the 2 born in Vermont
Coolidge (or Chester Arthur)
Maura Michael
$800 [7]
When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks
business class
Maura Kerry
$800 [2]
Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor
Muhammed
Michael
$800 [19]
During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"
the "Mystery Train"
$800 [12]
The shorter glass seen here, or a quaint cocktail made with sugar & bitters
an old-fashioned
Kerry
$1,600 [25]
Somewhere between truth & fiction lies Marco's reality... on Halloween, you won't believe you saw it on this St.
Mulberry Street
Kerry
$1,600 [9]
In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
Ted
Kerry Michael
$1,200 [3]
Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member
the Quakers
Kerry
$1,200 [20]
This "Modern Girl" first hit the Billboard Top 10 with "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"
(Sheena) Easton
Michael
$1,200 [13]
This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate's in 2001
organza
Kerry
$2,000 [24]
"500 Hats"... 500 ways to die. On July 4th, this young boy will defy a king... & become a legend
Bartholomew Cubbins
Kerry
DD $2,000 [8]
In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline
Air France
Kerry
$1,600 [4]
With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland
(John) Knox
Kerry Michael
$1,600 [21]
This band's "Train In Vain" was a hidden track on its original 1979 "London Calling" album
The Clash
Kerry
$1,600 [14]
Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals
XC
Kerry
$2,000 [10]
In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella
Mall
Kerry
DD $3,200 [5]
In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
(St. Ignatius) Loyola
Michael
$2,000 [22]
In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train
"Night Train"
Maura Kerry
$2,000 [15]
This 1797 imbroglio began when 3 French agents demanded a huge bribe from U.S. diplomats
the XYZ Affair
Michael

Final Jeopardy!

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Objects that pass closer to the Sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure

Icarus

Maura "Who is Icarus?" — wagered $0
Kerry "Who is Apollo" — wagered $4,900
Michael "Who is Vulcan?" — wagered $12,001

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