Show #5009 2006-05-25 (taped 2006-03-29) Regular

Contestants

Julie Backer — a librarian from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Robb Muhm — a pediatrician from Scottsdale, Arizona

Tricia Barreiro — an interactive project manager from Santa Monica, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,398)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tricia $2,800 $1,800 $7,000 $31
3rd place: $1,000
$7,000
12 R, 5 W
Robb $4,800 $5,600 $14,400 $24,400
New champion: $24,400
$12,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Julie $600 $4,000 $14,400 $7,400
2nd place: $2,000
$16,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ON COLONIAL MAPS NOT A BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER PARTS OF THE WHOLE THE VEEP NUTRITION "H-M"
$200 [11]
Da Nang was called Tourane when the French controlled what's now this country
Vietnam
Tricia
$200 [6]
"Citizen Kane","Going My Way","How Green Was My Valley"
Citizen Kane
Tricia
$200 [21]
In a building:tread, rise, railing, newel post
stairways (or steps)
Julie
$200 [16]
This vice president studied law at the University of Baltimore; in 1974, he was disbarred
Spiro Agnew
Julie
$200 [26]
Vitamin A is fat-soluble; B1 is this-soluble
water
Julie
$200 [1]
Moroccan ruler Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty is said to have sired 888 children with this group of 500 women
a harem
Tricia
$400 [12]
Occupied by Morocco, the area now called "Western" this was formerly "Spanish" this
Sahara
Tricia
$400 [7]
"The Best Years of Our Lives","Miracle on 34th Street","The Lost Weekend"
Miracle on 34th Street
Tricia
$400 [22]
A medically approved device:eye wires, bridge, temples
spectacles (or eyeglasses)
Julie
$400 [17]
Thomas Jefferson's first vice president, he was the grandson of famed theologian Jonathan Edwards
Aaron Burr
Tricia
$400 [27]
(Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of a diagram of the new food pyramid.) On the new USDA food pyramid, a reminder to exercise is next to this important group that includes cereals & popcorn
grains
Julie
$400 [2]
Meaning "doctor" or "wise one", it's the first name of basketball great Olajuwon
Hakeem
Julie
$600 [13]
This independent state off the Malay Peninsula was once part of Britain's colony of the Straits Settlements
Singapore
Robb
$600 [8]
"Lilies of the Field","Oliver!","A Man for All Seasons"
Lilies of the Field
Tricia Julie
$600 [23]
It keeps you from exposing too much of yourself:pull tab, slide, teeth
a zipper
Julie
$600 [18]
Once a pharmacist, he was serving in the U.S. Senate when elected vice president in 1964
(Hubert) Humphrey
Tricia Robb
$600 [28]
As one of these, vitamin E helps destroy free radicals, perhaps contributing to cancer prevention
antioxidants
Julie
$600 [3]
It's a ship's equivalent of a steering wheel
a helm
Tricia
$1,000 [15]
What was once Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, is today this capital
Jakarta
$800 [9]
"The Sting","Network","Rocky"
Network
Julie
$800 [24]
An office supply:blades, pivot, bow handle, ring handle
scissors
$800 [19]
In 1864 he was dropped from the Republican ticket & then served briefly as collector of the port of Boston
Hannibal Hamlin
$800 [29]
Oreos no longer contain this unhealthful fat that must be listed on food labels as of Jan. 1, 2006
trans fats
Tricia Robb Julie
$800 [4]
Straight from the movies, it's the special type of image seen here
a hologram
Robb
DD $2,400 [14]
Lubumbashi in the Congo was founded as Elisabethville, after a queen of this country
Belgium
Robb
$1,000 [10]
"Saving Private Ryan","Braveheart","The English Patient"
Saving Private Ryan
Robb
$1,000 [25]
It gives you an exit strategy:lintel, jamb, threshold
a door
Robb
$1,000 [20]
He was the eighth U.S. vice president & the eighth U.S. president
Van Buren
Julie
$1,000 [30]
If you get too much of this carotenoid found in carrots, your skin may turn yellowish-orange
beta -carotene
Julie
$1,000 [5]
It's a word with the same pronunciation as another but with a different meaning
a homonym
Tricia

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD AUTHORS THE EMMYS WATCH THE BIRDIE! EXECUTIVE JOHNS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT "AE"
$400 [11]
In a work by this dramatist, Trepliov kills a sea gull, the symbol of his broken dreams
Anton Chekhov
Tricia
$400 [6]
The 1999 Emmy telecast featured an interpretive dance by the hosts: Jenna Elfman & this "Frasier" co-star
Hyde Pierce
Julie
$400 [26]
John Waters could tell you the name of this gregarious flier
a flamingo
Robb
$400 [21]
In the 1890s this oil tycoon retired from actively running his business; he lived until 1937
John D. Rockefeller
Tricia
$400 [16]
In the Middle East:Amman
Jordan
Robb
$400 [1]
A Spanish dish made by simmering chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables & saffron
paella
Julie
$800 [12]
He studied law & worked as a stockbroker before writing the 1st of his "Voyages Extraordinaires" in 1863
(Jules) Verne
Robb
$800 [7]
No psychic in real life, she was "99% certain" she wouldn't win an Emmy for "Medium" in 2005--but she did
(Patricia) Arquette
Julie
$800 [27]
Thiscommon bird of North America is featured on a Canadian coin
a loon
Robb
$800 [22]
In 1865 he opened a factory in Philadelphia & began producing his "10-gallon" hat
(John) Stetson
Robb
$800 [17]
A nation on the Adriatic:Tirana
Albania
Tricia
$800 [2]
Call me this son of Abraham & Hagar from Genesis 16
Ishmael
Robb
$1,200 [13]
Peer Gynt, the title character of his 1867 play, is based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero
Ibsen
Robb
$1,200 [8]
This enigmatic show is such a find that it won the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series
Lost
$1,200 [28]
There are more than 100 species of this popular game bird
a quail
Robb
$1,200 [23]
This "perfect pizza" company began in 1984 in the back of a tavern in Indiana
Papa John's
Robb
$1,200 [18]
In Asia:Dhaka
Bangladesh
Robb
$1,200 [3]
An aggressive form of karate, this Korean martial art uses punches, chops & flashy kicks
tae kwon do
Tricia
$1,600 [14]
"The House of the Spirits" is the first novel by this Lima-born woman
Isabel Allende
Julie
$1,600 [9]
(Hi, I'm Beau Bridges.) I won a 1992 Emmy for playing this White House press secretary for whom a gun-control bill is named
James Brady
Julie
$1,600 [29]
Atlantic-dwelling member of the auk familyseen here
a puffin
Robb
$1,600 [24]
In 1993 the failure of the handheld Newton device helped force out John Sculley as this company's CEO
Apple
Robb
$1,600 [19]
In Indochina:Vientiane
Laos
$1,600 [4]
9-letter adjective meaning having a sense of the beautiful
aesthetic
Julie
DD $2,000 [15]
In Italy in October 2005 this author helped re-create the experiment with Foucault's pendulum
(Umberto) Eco
Julie
$2,000 [10]
Geoffrey Rush rushed to the podium in 2005 when he won for starring in "The Life and Death of" this comic actor
Peter Sellers
Julie
$2,000 [30]
Thieving member of the family Corvidae seen here
a magpie
Julie
$2,000 [25]
In 1786 this German immigrant founded his fur business
(John Jacob) Astor
Tricia
$2,000 [20]
In Central Europe:Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Tricia
DD $2,000 [5]
A large, violent whirlpool like the famous hazardous one off the northwest coast of Norway
a maelstrom
Julie

Final Jeopardy!

MILITARY HISTORY

Lasting about a month, it's the battle for which the most marines earned the Medal of Honor

Iwo Jima

Tricia "What is Guadalcanal?" — wagered $6,969
Robb "What is Iwo Jima?" — wagered $10,000
Julie "What is the Tet Offensive?" — wagered $7,000

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