Show #5298 - Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Contestants

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Megan Lynch, a book editor from Brooklyn, New York

Kevin Martin, an emergency room physician from Bowling Green, Ohio

Kirk Jordan, a third grade teacher from Long Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY MEDICINE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER
FROM THE LATIN
QUOTH THE RAVIN'
EDGAR ALLAN POE
    $200 1
In 1885 the first successful vaccine for this was tested on a boy who had been bitten by a dog
    $200 6
In Forbes magazine's 2007 list of billionaires, this Omahan was again ranked No. 2, behind Bill Gates
    $200 11
El Sol de Tehuacan,
The Acapulco Times
    $200 26
This type of sphere with a map of the Earth depicted on it has a name from the Latin for "sphere"
    $200 16
This character has gone "Psycho" long before he says, "She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"
    $200 21
According to an 1833 description, Poe dressed entirely in this color
    $400 2
In 1852 George Cammann gave physicians a version of this instrument that they could listen to with both ears
    $400 7
In 1990 United Brands changed its name to this to take advantage of its name recognition as a banana producer
    $400 12
The Brunswickan,
The Edmonton Examiner
    $400 27
This kind of book is quite handy; it's name comes from the Latin for "hand"
    $400 17
Kathleen Quinlan finds comfort talking to shrink Bibi Andersson in "I Never Promised You" this
    $400 22
Poe's "MS. Found in" one of these won a short story contest in 1833
    $600 3
The invention of the ophthalmoscope in 1851 by Hermann von Helmholtz aided inspection of this body part
    $600 8
Legend has it that the design of this company's Monsieur Bibendum logo was inspired by a pile of rubber tires
    $600 13
The Daily Punjab,
The Balochistan Post
    $600 28
If "You've Got" this flexible armor, you know its name comes from macula, a Latin word for "mesh of a net"
    $600 18
As John Nash in this movie, Russell Crowe does quite a bit of talking to people who don't exist
    $600 23
In 1842 Poe reviewed this author's "Barnaby Rudge", which features (hmmm) a human-like raven
    $800 4
In 1865 Joseph Lister began using carbolic acid as this, from the Latin for "against putrefaction"
    $800 9
Her red spoon logo was introduced in 1954 & now appears on more than 200 products
    $800 14
The Cape Times,
The Volksblad
    $800 29
The name of this fin on a shark's back comes from the Latin for "back"
    $800 19
In "Quills", this author muses, "My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane... They might improve it"
    $800 24
Poe's wife, who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied
    $1000 5
This German's discovery of x-rays in 1895 had visible effects in diagnosing medical problems
    $1000 10
In 1978 he was fired as the president of Ford, only to become the new president of Chrysler
    $1000 15
Haaretz,
Yedioth Ahronoth
    $1000 30
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M University.) Texas A&M's Coastal Engineering Lab studies the coastal type of this, from Latin for "to gnaw"
    $1000 20
This Johnny Depp character tells his psychiatrist, "Don Octavio, you are a great lover like myself'
    DD: $1,500 25
The first obituary of Poe, which spoke of the frailties of genius, appeared in this newspaper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Kirk Kevin Megan
$4,600 $1,000 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kirk Kevin Megan
$5,600 $5,600 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART & ARTISTS
FOOTBALL
(Alex: Joe Buck will...)
TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME
THEY NAMED A FOOD FOR ME
U.S. BODIES OF WATER
WHAT THE "H"?
    $400 17
Helen Frankenthaler's "soak and stain" technique was inspired by this artist's drip paintings
    $400 6
To see this team's home games at FedEx Field, you can take a shuttle bus from the Landover, Md. Metro stop
    $400 26
It's 1922 & the Black Shirts force King Victor Emmanuel III to appoint this far-right fielder as Prime Minister
    $400 1
He's not just a dessert any more; there's also a mozzarella & eggplant version of this layered Bonaparte treat
    $400 12
Admiralty Inlet & the Hood Canal are the 2 main branches of this irregular inlet in the NW corner of Washington State
    $400 5
Olympic event won twice by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
    $800 18
Picasso painted this work as a protest against the bombing of a town in the Spanish Civil War
    $800 20
This Cowboys wide receiver of the 1990s entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007
    $800 27
It's going back, back... & it's over this 73-mile-long wall built in the 120s A.D.; "the Emperor" has done it again!
    $800 2
We wonder if this Victorian consort was as rich & creamy as the horseradish sauce said to be named for him
    $800 13
Although only about 1.5 square miles in area, Lake Conneaut, south of Erie, is this state's largest natural lake
    $800 8
It's the island republic of almost 9 million highlighted here in red
    $1200 19
One of his last paintings before his 1903 death in the South Pacific was a landscape of Brittany in winter
    $1200 21
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Green Bay, WI.) He coached the Packers from 1919 to 1949, & his statue is here at the stadium named for him
    $1200 28
It's 1902 & Teddy Roosevelt is putting this "Jr." on the bench... the Supreme Court bench, & he'll be there for 29 years
    $1200 3
The raspberry sauce named for this opera singer may top many dishes, not just her eponymous peach dessert
    $1200 14
The Gila River joins this river near Yuma, Arizona
    $1200 9
It's the "HT" in HTTP & HTML
    $1600 24
In her 1949 painting "Diego and I", Diego Rivera is depicted on her forehead
    $1600 22
The cup representing Canadian football supremacy has this colorful name; a descendent of the tea guy donated it
    $1600 29
It's 1649 & this king is lookin' kind of tired out... yep, here comes Oliver Cromwell to give him the hook
    $1600 4
Do "tell": this Italian composer was quite a gourmet, & an omelet with foie gras & truffles is named for him
    DD: $2,000 15
One of the world's longest multiple-arch dams helped form this state's Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
    DD: $4,000 10
In the 18th century B.C., he wrote down his famous list of dos & don'ts
    $2000 25
This 19th century inventor's notable portraits included those of the Marquis de Lafayette & William Cullen Bryant
    $2000 23
Seen here, he's carrying on the tradition of great Chicago Bears linebackers
    $2000 30
It's July 10, 1553 & this lady will pinch hit for Edward VI, who's been taken out of the game; Cousin Mary is on deck
    $2000 7
Perhaps this French author consumed the consomme named for her alongside her lover Chopin
    $2000 16
This river, which connects Lake St. Clair & Lake Erie, provides part of the border between Michigan & Ontario
    $2000 11
Used in marching bands, it's a large bass tuba that encircles the player's body

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kirk Kevin Megan
$8,800 $10,800 $4,500

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE 5 W's
The names of the president & premier of the world's most populous nation are homophones of these 2 words

Final scores:

Kirk Kevin Megan
$1,900 $17,800 $8,999
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $17,800 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Kirk Kevin Megan
$12,800 $10,800 $8,000
16 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R,
3 W		 11 R,
2 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $31,600

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Game tape date: 2007-07-24
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