Show #5105 - Friday, November 17, 2006

2006 Celebrity Jeopardy! game 8.
From Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Contestants

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Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City

Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death

Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me

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Jeopardy! Round

BROAD WEIGH
RADIO CITY
THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT
(Martin: Ha, I see what you've done.)
JERSEY BOYS
STAR WARS
RETURN OF THE FUNGI
    $200 1
600-pound Mahala Mullins won fame by selling this illegal "lunar" liquor in the Tenn. mountains
    $200 6
WWNO & WNOE were 2 sources of important info in this city following the disaster brought on by Katrina
    $200 5
Of 25,000, 250,000 or 1 million miles, the one closest to the length of the equator
    $200 13
Though in Arabic his first & middle names mean "little warrior", there's nothing little about this 7'1" Miami center
    $200 4
Regarding Brad Pitt's new hairdo, in 2005 this ex said, "Billy Idol called--he wants his look back"
    $400 2
She gained 30 pounds before playing serial killer Aileen Wuornos for the 2000 film "Monster"
    $400 8
In this city, KFWB hosts "Traffic on the Ones" to help you avoid getting stuck on the freeways
    DD: $400 14
(Before the clue is given, Daniel Reichard, John Lloyd Young, Christian Hoff, and J. Robert Spencer from the Broadway hit Jersey Boys perform.)

"Big girls don't cry-y-y (they don't cry) /
Big girls don't cry (I wonder why) /
(Silly boy) Told my girl we had to break up /
(Silly boy) Thought that she would call my bluff /
(Silly boy) Then she said to my surprise /
'Big girls don't cry'"

"Jersey Boys" tells the rags-to-rock-to-riches story of this legendary group
    $400 9
"The Late Shift" depicted these 2 real-life hosts jockeying for the late-night crown
    $600 3
After winning an Emmy playing Ellenor Frutt on "The Practice", this actress said, "This is for all the fat girls!"
    $600 10
For "The Simple Life", Paris Hilton wanted Kimberly Stewart to replace this BFF with whom she was feuding
    $800 7
Vantile Mack, the 257-pound "Giant Baby", & 628-pound Jane Campbell were seen at this showman's American Museum
    $800 11
Justin Timberlake won no fans by sniping that this 2006 American Idol "can't carry a tune in a bucket"
    $1000 12
The feud between this actress & Shirley MacLaine, her onscreen mom in "Terms of Endearment", is legendary

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 8):

Martin Joely Mario
-$800 $0 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Martin Joely Mario
-$800 $1,400 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
(Alex: Don't be intimidated.)
FAME BECOMES ME
(Alex: Hello!)
THE FRENCH
SAX & THE CITY
'TIL DEATH
THE "END"
(Alex: Notice "E-N-D" in quotation marks. That word will come up, those letters, in each correct response.)
    $400 1
This percentage in the 2004 presidential election was 64%, up 4% from 2000--who says we're apathetic?
    $400 6
On his final "Tonight Show" on May 22, 1992, he said, "I am taking the applause sign with me (&) putting it in the bedroom"
    $400 11
In "The Enterprise Incident" episode of "Star Trek", he pretended to kill Kirk using the Vulcan Death Grip
    $400 14
The first one in the Bill of Rights deals with the freedom of speech
    $800 2
Of the 3 branches of government, the one including the Supreme Court
    $800 7
This Chicago mobster claimed his famous nickname came from a WWI wound
    $800 12
Forest Lawn is one of these in Glendale, 15 minutes from Hollywood--for some, a one-way trip
    $800 17
This is the 2-word rhyming phrase for a minor car crash
    $1200 3
51 men have held this post that tells members of the House when they get to talk
    $1200 8
Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk? Then you'll know he was once the outlaw Josey Wales
    $1200 13
On his deathbed, Andrew Jackson addressed his slaves, saying he'd see them here
    $1200 18
Many out-of-work actors make ends meet as mixologists, this profession
    $1600 4
Alaskans vote every 10 years on whether to hold one of these conventions, like the USA's in 1787
    DD: $2,000 9
He's owned the New York Post, 20th Century Fox & DirecTV; one of you 3 probably worked for him at one point
    $1600 15
Located at the Polunsky Unit in Polk County, the cells in Texas' one of these are each 60 square feet with a window
    $1600 19
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service lists the spotted owl & the Florida panther as this type of at-risk species
    $2000 5
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Merrimack Restaurant in New Hampshire.) This Colorado senator was one of the many politicos to come to the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire ahead of the big primary
    $2000 10
In 1981 he became Assoc. Attorney General of the U.S.; in 1994, he was a mayor; he's a bit coy about his 2008 plans
    $2000 16
The title character in this Arthur Miller play first enters carrying his sample cases
    $2000 20
Keep on schedule with the Hebrew, Muslim, Julian or Gregorian one of these

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Martin Joely Mario
-$1,600 $7,800 $8,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE TONY AWARDS
The only tie in the Best Musical category came in 1960, between "The Sound of Music" & this show about a NYC mayor

Final scores:

Martin Joely Mario
$98 $5,000 $13,200
3rd place: $25,000 to the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame 2nd place: $25,000 to Dream Foundation Winner: $50,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Martin Joely Mario
-$1,600 $7,800 $7,800
4 R,
5 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $14,000

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Game tape date: 2006-10-07
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