Show #5486 - Monday, June 16, 2008

Dave Simpson game 1.

Contestants

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Sujit Roy, a tour guide from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland

Lowell Goodman, a writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CELEBRITY BOOKS
SOMETHING'S FISHY
TECH COMPANIES?
LET'S GO SHOPPING
OH "BOY"
    $200 11
On July 4, 1776 this head of the army was in New York preparing for a British attack
    $200 1
He's written a slew of "redneck" books, including "You Might Be A Redneck If This is the Biggest Book You've Ever Read"
    $200 16
Holy mackerel! The northern bluefin, the largest species of this fish, may reach a length of 14 feet
    $200 26
Proverbially, one of these "a day" keeps the M.D. from your presence
    $200 21
Mariacka Street in Gdansk is famous for jewelry from this resinous material
    $200 6
Slang term for an American infantryman of WWI
    $400 12
Both Continental Congresses met in this city; the first convened on September 5, 1774
    $400 2
This diet spokesperson tells all in her new book "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A Time"
    $400 17
Varieties of this ornamental carp include lionhead & comet
    $400 27
This female warrior of myth mainly dealt with men for 1 reason--procreation; use the singular, please
    $400 22
You can buy a glass with a coonskin cap logo at the winery of this actor who wore a coonskin cap on TV
    $400 7
This blackberry-like fruit is named for the botanist who bred it
    $600 13
Army doctor Benjamin Rush believed in the "depletion" of this, sometimes removing 80% of it from a patient
    $600 3
She chronicled her journey through postpartum depression in 2005's "Down Came the Rain"
    $600 18
It's the double talk name for the tropical food fish also known as the dolphinfish
    $600 28
An ancient Greek wanting to know Zeus' will might consult this in a grove of oak trees in Dodona
    $600 23
I know it's really expensive, but I want to try the Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster one of these
    $600 8
This word meaning conspicuously dashing & showy comes from the French for "flame"
    $800 14
After his defeat at Yorktown, this British commander refused to surrender his sword, feigning illness
    DD: $1,000 4
This Oscar winner made her writing debut with a book for children called "Deaf Child Crossing"
    $800 19
The most common species of this commercial fish is red; it doesn't turn orange until it's out of the water
    $800 29
It precedes arch in St. Louis
    $800 24
To buy a piece of the Joan Rivers Classics Collection, tune into this cable network & pick up the phone
    $800 9
On a film set, this title is for the first assistant to the head electrician
    $1000 15
The first of these 85 essays urging ratification of the Constitution appeared on October 27, 1787 in a NYC newspaper
    $1000 5
This novella by Steve Martin was turned into a 2005 film starring Martin & Claire Danes
    $1000 20
In England the dogfish species of this sea creature is often used in preparing fish & chips
    $1000 30
In 2007 President Bush said he'd do this "to the finish...that's one way to ensure that I am relevant"
    $1000 25
Takashimaya on 5th Avenue is a branch of one of this country's largest department stores
    $1000 10
The audience booed & threw potatoes at the stage when this Synge play was performed in NYC in 1911

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Lowell Dave Sujit
$1,400 $5,600 -$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lowell Dave Sujit
$1,600 $9,000 $0

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE
REALITY TV
SYMPHONY SPACE
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
"G"-RATED COUNTRIES
MYTHOLOGICAL RHYME TIME
    $400 6
"Come on, and kiss me, Kate" is actually a line in this comedy that inspired the musical "Kiss Me, Kate"
    $400 7
Tim Gunn implores designers to "make it work" on this fashionable show
    $400 22
The architect of Rome's new auditorium used lots of wood: "Wood is music itself...remember" this violin maker
    $400 10
This Poughkeepsie school was the first of the seven sisters to be coeducational
    $400 13
Situated at the far south of the Balkan peninsula, its territory includes more than 1,400 islands
    $400 5
War-starting Greek beauty's cantaloupes
    $800 8
This play's line "murder most foul" has been used as the title of mystery & crime books
    $800 30
He & Laila Ali host "American Gladiators"
    $800 23
In 2008 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra put on "Tosca" in this hall named for a royal
    $800 18
Senator Paul Wellstone once taught at Carleton College in Northfield in this state
    $800 17
European country now united under the flag seen here
    $800 1
Jupiter's aromatic spices
    $1200 9
He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway
    $1200 29
Jo Frost is a modern-day Mary Poppins on this ABC show
    $1200 24
The Helsinki Philharmonic's hall shares its name with this Sibelius tone poem
    DD: $1,000 19
Despite its name, it's located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts & it's actually a university
    $1200 14
It gained its independence in 1966 & today has a long-running territorial dispute with its neighbor Suriname
    $1200 2
Falcon-headed Egyptian God's repeated song refrains
    $1600 11
In "King John", King John's first words to her are "Silence, good mother; hear the embassy"
    $1600 28
Contestants are hooked up to a polygraph & asked increasingly personal questions on this Fox show
    $1600 25
It's not just sports teams: the famed orchestra of Stokowski & Ormandy now plays in this city's Verizon Hall
    $1600 20
"The Dome" is the yearbook of this university near South Bend, Indiana
    DD: $4,000 15
Located at the crossroads of Europe & Asia, Tbilisi is its capital
    $1600 3
Rainbow goddess' disease-spreading particles
    $2000 12
In "Macbeth", these 3 words immediately precede the line "and damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'"
    $2000 27
(Hey, I'm Mark McGrath.) In 2007 I hosted the CW reality show that was searching for a new member for this all-girl pop group
    $2000 26
On CD you can go back to Carnegie Hall April 4, 1954 for this Italian maestro's last concert
    $2000 21
You'll find the Lacrosse Hall of Fame Museum at this university in Baltimore
    $2000 16
Sighted by Columbus in 1498, this island is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg
    $2000 4
Norse underworld goddess' hollow metal ringers

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lowell Dave Sujit
$4,400 $20,800 $9,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN AUTHORS
In 1958 he wrote, "Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires was the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost"

Final scores:

Lowell Dave Sujit
$8,800 $21,600 $9,599
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $21,600 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Lowell Dave Sujit
$4,200 $19,400 $9,200
7 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 27 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $32,800

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Game tape date: 2008-03-18
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