Show #5608 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Contestants

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Judy Rowen, a pediatrician from Galveston, Texas

Greg Jones, a college instructor from Chincoteague Island, Virginia

Samantha Lubrani, a Spanish interpreter from Torrance, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM
NAME THE MOVIE
ROWING
OVER-THE-COUNTER CULTURE
THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS!
JUST GOING THROUGH A PHRASE
    $200 22
The first is Shahadah, a profession of faith in God, whom Muslims call this
    $200 17
2007:
Giant robots become various modes of conveyance; movie company makes a bazillion box office bucks
    $200 16
In 1896 George Harbo & Frank Samuelsen rowed across this in 55 days
    $200 6
For just $450 an ounce, you can wear rich hippie's all-natural perfume named for this 1969 event
    $200 11
The orphan stared, in shock--Sikes & Fagin stood smiling at the door. they'd escaped! & now, they were mad
    $200 1
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reaches unsuccessfully for plastic sipping tubes.)
Having few or no options left
    $400 23
The second is Salat, or this, which observant Muslims are supposed to practice 5 times a day
    $400 18
1941:
Orson Welles' last word perplexes all (but what's really perplexing--no one was in the room to hear it)
    $400 24
These ancient ships with 2 or 3 banks of rowers kept up their military use into the 1500s
    $400 7
Hippie Skivvies of San Luis Obispo, Calif. lists this Playboy guy among its celebrity clients; he sure knows his undies
    $400 12
Fletcher held up his hand. "Y'know, taking out Bligh is a bad idea, let's go have espressos & talk out our feelings"
    $400 2
(Two plates are shown: one with bread on it, one without)
Be thankful for what you've got
    $600 25
Zakat is this third pillar & is typically 2.5% of your capital, annually
    $600 19
1994:
Sam Jackson quotes scripture; Travolta shoots a guy in the face
    $600 28
Feathering is turning the blade parallel to the water surface to reduce this
    $600 8
This band's website sells golf gloves, golf towels & polo shirts adorned with its lightning bolt logo
    $600 13
Jones thought, wait, Napoleon's a pig & I'm human! He's become way too powerful! Tonight, I'm having pork!
    $600 3
(Kelly of the Clue Crew has her left arm extended)
Be in the know, in touch with what's going on
    $800 26
The fourth pillar is Sawm, fasting, & is typically practiced from sunrise to sunset during this Muslim month
    $800 20
1997:
An M.I.T. janitor does some math; the NSA does or doesn't get involved
    DD: $1,500 29
You'll go under the Watertown & Harvard Bridges sculling this river
    $800 9
We used to make these in the sink with rubber bands & a box of Rit; Bloomingdale's carries them now--for 59 bucks
    $800 14
"Let's go, old sport", he said, Daisy Buchanan on his arm, she'd left Tom for him, & he was happy, Dreams do come true!
    $800 4
(A balance is shown)
Change the balance, the deciding factor
    $1000 27
The fifth pillar is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, a once-in-a-lifetime trip known as this
    $1000 21
2001:
A paranoid schizophrenic does some math; the CIA does or doesn't get involved
    $1000 30
GRC stands for this rowing club that plies the Clyde
    $1000 10
The DEA backed off, man! Nutiva sells protein bars made from this fiber-producing variety of cannabis sativa
    $1000 15
...All perfume no & his heart was going like mad & no I said no I won't no then I kicked him no
    $1000 5
(Many black rocks are shown on a table)
Try every means possible

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

Samantha Greg Judy
$3,600 $800 $4,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Samantha Greg Judy
$3,700 $2,400 $8,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II
WHATCHA DUNE?
SCULPTURE MATERIAL
(Alex: Combined beginnings. You have to tell us what two words each [*] comes from...)
COMBEGS
A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY
A LITTLE BIT ROCK & ROLL
    $400 18
On Oct. 20, 1944 he declared, "I have returned"
    $400 11
Crescent-shaped wind-formed dunes are common on this planet, where the Global Surveyor has observed them
    $400 23
Bernini's 11 1/2-foot "Ecstasy of St. Teresa"
    $400 12
Sitcom
(Cue laugh track)
    $400 6
Anwar Sadat was a leader of this country
    $400 1
In a 1967 hit, all Aretha Franklin was askin' for was a little bit of this (Sock it to me!)
    $800 19
The Japanese plan in taking Kiska & Attu, islands in this U.S. chain, never really worked out
    $800 17
In 1991 the house of this French designer began marketing Dune, a women's perfume; a men's cologne followed in 1997
    $800 24
Samuel A. Robb's original "Old Chief Stogie"
    $800 13
Medevac, as in helicopter
    $800 7
This is the most populous democracy
    $800 2
"Baby, you're much 2 fast", sings Prince in this hit
    $1200 20
He flew 58 combat missions, was shot down once, crashed twice &, oh, yeah, later became President
    $1200 28
In 1964 Bruce Meyers built the first fiberglass-bodied kit for one of these; a VW engine was included
    $1200 25
David Smith's very reflective, metallic "Cubi" series of the 1960s
    $1200 14
Cockapoo, which goes woof, not tweet
    DD: $1,000 8
Following Saudi Arabia & Russia, the third-largest oil exporter is this Scandinavian nation
    $1200 3
Queen had a No. 1 with this song that says, "It shakes all over like a jellyfish, I kinda like it"
    $1600 21
No "bull"--the Japanese signed the surrender papers on this admiral's flagship, the USS Missouri
    $1600 29
In the 1990s he bought the Dunes hotel, demolished it & built the Bellagio on the site
    $1600 26
"Doryphorus" or "Spear Bearer" by Polyclitus, around 450 B.C.
    $1600 15
Nicad, the batteries in many laptops
    $1600 9
This once-British island naval fortress has been called the "Navel of the Mediterranean"
    $1600 4
"What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ...oh I get by with" this
    $2000 22
The U.S. Navy's F4F Wildcat fighter was succeeded by this other devilish feline, the F6F
    $2000 30
"Paul of Dune", co-written by the son of this late sci-fi author, was published in September 2008
    DD: $1,000 27
Chryselephantine statues like Phidias' "Athena" (the "Elephantine" part)
    $2000 16
Comsymp, someone pink or even red
    $2000 10
Until 1966 this African country was called Bechuanaland
    $2000 5
Otis Redding helpfully suggested, "But when she gets weary, try a little" this

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Samantha Greg Judy
$9,900 $18,600 $11,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

CHARACTERS IN PLAYS
This woman wished to be taken to "Bucknam Pellis... don't you know where it is? In the Green Park, where the king lives"

Final scores:

Samantha Greg Judy
$200 $23,201 $20,000
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $23,201 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Samantha Greg Judy
$11,600 $19,600 $11,600
14 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 18 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $42,800

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Game tape date: 2008-11-11
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