Show #5015 - Friday, June 2, 2006

Contestants

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Richard Vehlow, a professional HVAC engineer from Troy, New York

Dan Sander, a trust officer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jonathan Spencer, a box office manager from Alameda, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)

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Jeopardy! Round

1917
'80s MUSIC
COMMUNICATIONS
YOU'RE A BEAST!
POTPOURRI
FILL IN THE BLANK
    $200 7
Impeached as governor of this big state in 1917, James Ferguson later got his wife to run & she won
    $200 2
In a 1988 hit, he was looking at the "Man In The Mirror"
    $200 26
The Sunset Strip Awards go to these big signs found all along the strip
    $200 1
The Indonesian island of Sumatra has its own subspecies of this large feline
    $200 16
In what could be the first-ever eviction, they got the heave-ho for taking an unauthorized meal break in Genesis 3
    $200 17
Bald _____ eye
    $400 8
On Dec. 7 1 U.S. representative voted against declaring war on this dual monarchy
    $400 3
This band is so special, as heard here

"Oh, 'cause I /
Gonna make you see..."
    $400 27
It's vocalizing by pigeons, or by adults adoring a baby
    $400 12
These tree-dwellers are unique among marsupials in that their pouches open from the bottom
    $400 22
Donald Trump's rather unique hairstyle has been called a "pompad-over", a combination of pompadour & this
    $400 18
Half _____ Alaska
    $600 9
On Dec. 17 128 U.S. representatives voted against this number amendment prohibiting liquor
    $600 4
Hurry up & name this Canadian power-rock trio with the 1981 album "Moving Pictures"
    $600 28
After an earlier one was severed by a fisherman, a cable to transmit these was laid under the English Channel in 1851
    $600 13
The ultimate hitchhikers, remora are also known as these fish because they attach themselves to other fish
    $600 23
In May 1998 the Supreme Court gave 24.2 acres of this island to New Jersey & 3.3 acres of it to New York
    $600 19
Cherchez _____ Nikita
    $800 10
"Jerry of the Islands" by this "White Fang" author was published a year after his death
    $800 5
Sting wrote this song that was a No. 3 hit for The Police
    $800 29
Means of transmission of the historic message "England expects that every man will do his duty"
    $800 14
From tip to tip, the ears on the French lop type of this animal can be over 15 inches long
    $800 24
In 1946 he won California's 12th district seat, in part by implying Democrat Jerry Voorhis had Communist ties
    $800 20
Breeder's _____ holder
    $1000 11
This revolutionary leader returned to Guangzhou to launch a new movement against the premier of China
    $1000 6
In 1981 this group topped the charts singing, "Here I am, the one that you love, askin' for another day"
    $1000 30
The C band for communication via these uplinks to them at 6 gigahertz & downlinks from them at 4
    DD: $1,000 15
A golden one of these animals is featured on the flag of Sri Lanka
    $1000 25
In 1984 this food co. had a Vt.-only stock offering at $10.50 per share; Unilever bought the co. in 2000 for $43.60 per share
    $1000 21
Indian _____ sausage

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

Jonathan Dan Richard
$1,200 $4,400 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jonathan Dan Richard
$4,800 $6,200 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

CARIBBEAN PORTS OF CALL
BOXING BIOPICS
(Alex: We want you to name the main subject of each one of these films.)
MEASURING DEVICES
"SOLE" TRAIN
ISN'T IT ICONIC?
DON'T YOU THINK?
    $400 21
Take a ferry across the San Antonio Channel from this Puerto Rican capital & visit the Bacardi Rum Distillery
    $400 2
"Raging Bull"
    $400 16
36 inches long, it can also mean any standard of judgment
    $400 1
No longer in general use; out of date
    $400 26
In 1873 he got a patent for using metal rivets to strengthen the pockets on his product
    $400 11
An old joke, off his saying: a note on a wall reads, "'God is dead'"--this man.
Below it: This man "'is dead'--God"
    $800 22
George Town on this "Grand" British island is the Caribbean's banking capital, with more than 500 banks
    $800 3
"Cinderella Man"
    $800 17
Leave a cup outside overnight & you've got a primitive drosometer, to measure this condensation
    $800 7
Boldly rude or disrespectful
    $800 27
More than 14 years in the making, the faces here are each about 60 feet from chin to forehead
    $800 12
The "Analects" of this Chinese sage say, "At 50, I knew the will of heaven. At 60, I was ready to listen to it"
    $1200 23
If it's a slice of America you want, grab a pizza at the Pizza Hut on this Mexican island off the Yucatan
    $1200 4
"Joe and Max"
(2 please)
    $1200 18
(Jon of the Clue Crew pours a solution into a cylinder in the Jeopardy! science lab.) Marked with intervals for measuring volume, these devices are called this academic type of cylinder
    $1200 8
This troupe's "O" show in Vegas features a 1.5 million-gallon pool
    $1200 28
The author who'd pen the word "sneetch" (but not "snikon") was a book subject, this man: "American Icon"
    DD: $1,800 13
In 1637 this French "Father of Modern Philosophy" was seeking "truth in the sciences"
    $1600 24
Although Ocho Rios is Jamaica's cruise ship capital, more & more are docking at this city known as "Mo Bay"
    $1600 5
"Gentleman Jim"
(1942)
    $1600 19
A Beckmann one of these can detect a tiny change in boiling point when one substance is mixed into another
    $1600 9
A short garment worn under a sheer bodice to conceal what's underneath
    DD: $4,000 29
Grolier says this 1930 double portrait is "perhaps the most parodied painting in American art"
    $1600 14
You'll earn 2 A's in philosophy if you name this Dane who wrote 1848's "Christian Discourses"
    $2000 25
A statue of Josephine Bonaparte stands in the center of La Savane, a garden in this Martinique port
    $2000 6
"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
    $2000 20
In 1934 the instrument that measured the strongest wind ever recorded was a revolving-cup type of this
    $2000 10
Though from the Latin for "festive", it means grave or serious
    $2000 30
This "Hero With a Thousand Faces" author co-wrote 1974's "The Mythic Image", which explored iconography
    $2000 15
In the 1150s this philosopher began writing the "Mishneh Torah", which he completed 10 years later

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jonathan Dan Richard
$3,200 $17,400 $6,200
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN LITERARY CLASSICS
In this 1832 German work, the title character is followed home by a poodle that changes into something evil

Final scores:

Jonathan Dan Richard
$199 $20,000 $6,401
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $20,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jonathan Dan Richard
$7,200 $17,400 $5,600
13 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)
25 R,
3 W
11 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $30,200

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Game tape date: 2006-03-30
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