Show #5631 - Monday, February 16, 2009

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois

Bing Luke, a tax lawyer from Harlem, New York

Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,400)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

1909: 100 YEARS AGO
SEINFELD
GOVERNMENT ACRONYMS
AMERICANA
"CU"
LATER
    $200 26
On February 12 this important African-American organization was formed
    $200 2
This Jason Alexander character: "She doesn't deserve a baby shower. She deserves a baby monsoon"
    $200 21
The "E" in FEMA
(Do a heckuva job responding)
    $200 1
This national memorial in the Black Hills is also called the "Shrine of Democracy"
    $200 7
The name of this bird is an imitation of its call
    $200 11
During the Reign of Terror, she made wax masks of severed heads; 4 decades later, she opened her own wax museum
    $400 27
On June 2 Alfred Deakin became prime minister of this Commonwealth country for the third time
    $400 3
Hello, this character who said, "I'll tell you a little secret about ZIP codes--they're meaningless"
    $400 22
The "O" in ROTC
(Ten hut!)
    $400 16
The song "America, the Beautiful" says, "crown thy good with" this "from sea to shining sea"
    $400 8
It's the horizontally pleated sash usually worn with a tuxedo
    $400 12
Mozart wrote variations on the melody to this "stellar" children's song; later, Jane Taylor wrote the words
    $600 28
A D.C. medical center founded in 1909 is named for this military surgeon
    $600 4
Her dance at an office party was described as "more like a full-bodied dry heave set to music"
    $600 23
The "D" in FDIC (Don't withdraw, you can do it)
    $600 17
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Crayola factory in Easton, Pennsylvania.) In 1958, the 64-color assortment of Crayolas debuted; the box had this new built-in feature that later earned it a place in the Smithsonian
    $600 9
For 64,
it's 4
    $600 13
In 2 B.C. Emperor Augustus was given this title, "Pater Patriae"; 1,800 years later, Geo. Washington was known by it
    DD: $2,000 29
On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt
    $800 5
This "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star provided the voice of George Steinbrenner
    $800 24
The 2 A's in FAA (They rhyme)
    $800 18
This 4-word inscription first appeared on U.S. coins during the Civil War
    $800 10
From the Latin for "to till", it means to work land in order to raise crops
    $800 14
He took over Alger Hiss' job at the State Department in 1947; 14 years later he was Secretary of State for JFK
    $1000 30
On July 25 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first to cross this body of water in a plane
    $1000 6
It took 97 episodes to finally reveal that this was Kramer's first name; it was also that of "Topper"
    $1000 25
The 3 words that put some "zip" in ZIP code
    $1000 19
She wrote the poem that says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
    $1000 20
(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a cloud on the monitor.) Recognizable by the anvil shape of its upper portion, this cloud produces heavy rain & thunder
    $1000 15
Cavemen chipped this dark quartz rock into sharp tools & weapons; thousands of years later, it was used in firearms

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

Diane Bing Dan
$0 $2,600 $5,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Diane Bing Dan
$2,400 $7,800 $7,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS
TCM WITH ROBERT OSBORNE
(Alex: And all of the clues in this category will be about films showing this week, in this pre-Oscar week, on TCM.)
GAMES IN OTHER WORDS
I PROBABLY COULDN'T PAINT THAT
LET'S VISIT CYPRUS
CONTRONYMS
(Alex: That's a word that I'm sure you're not too familiar with. These are words that can be the opposite of themselves, in terms of meaning.)
    $400 7
Chikamatsu, who wrote more than 100 plays, is so revered he is known as this British bard "of Japan"
    $400 21
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) Called "Selznick's Folly", this 1939 Oscar winner cost an unprecedented $4 million to produce, had multiple directors, 50 speaking roles & 2,400 extras
    $400 12
A structure that crosses a river
    $400 1
"Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe" is one of his best-known works
    $400 26
Reflecting Cyprus' split personality & politics, these are the 2 official languages of Cyprus besides English
    $400 6
It's the mildest type of burn but the harshest type of murder
    $800 8
Collier's Ency. says his 1858 play "The Vikings at Helgeland" was "bad; but...
in a new and interesting way"
    $800 22
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) For this 1993 film, Brad Pitt practiced fly-fishing on the roof of his Hollywood apartment building, sometimes catching the hook in his head
    $800 13
One in Spanish
    $800 2
In 1938 this Mexican woman raised some eyebrows with her "Self-portrait with Monkey"
    $800 27
Until 1960 Cyprus was a colony of this European nation
    $800 17
It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons
    $1200 9
This Brit called his comedy "Hay Fever" "One of the most difficult plays to perform that I have ever encountered"
    $1200 23
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) During the filming of "My Left Foot", this actor spent the entire time in a wheelchair & learned how to paint with his left foot
    $1200 14
A surgical procedure
    $1200 3
Both Manet & this close friend had works titled "Luncheon on the Grass", but the friend's painting was 15 x 20 feet
    $1200 28
The Famagusta Gate area is a nightlife center in this capital city
    $1200 18
If you get it on your food, it's a little bonus: if a court does it to your wages, it's anything but
    $1600 10
The Berliner Ensemble founded by this man in the 1940s finally made its U.S. debut in '99 with a staging of his "Arturo Ui"
    $1600 24
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) Judy Holliday, reprising her stage role as ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, beat Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson for Best Actress in this 1950 George Cukor film
    $1600 15
Tornado
    DD: $3,000 4
During WWII posters of his paintings of "The Four Freedoms" were distributed by the Office of War Information
    $1600 29
This king stopped crusading long enough to marry Princess Berengaria of Navarre on Cyprus in 1191
    $1600 19
This adjective describes both something that moves quickly & something that doesn't move at all
    $2000 11
A N.Y. production of his play "People Are Living There" moved the setting from his native South Africa to N.J.
    $2000 25
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) This 1951 Kurosawa film famously told the story of a crime from the viewpoints of a priest, a peasant & a woodcutter
    $2000 16
Famished famished river horses
    $2000 5
What an Antwerp! He painted "Het Pelsken" around 1638; how him-esque!
    $2000 30
This archbishop was the first president of modern Cyprus, off & on from 1959 to 1977
    DD: $2,000 20
It can mean to withstand something (a storm, for instance) as well as to erode under it

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Diane Bing Dan
$4,000 $16,800 $17,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

POP CULTURE
Also the title of one of the best-selling albums of all time, it was first seen in Russian photos taken in 1959

Final scores:

Diane Bing Dan
$1 $8,800 $33,601
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $33,601

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Diane Bing Dan
$4,000 $14,200 $17,800
9 R,
3 W		 18 R
(including 3 DDs),
3 W		 26 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $36,000

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2008-12-03
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.