Show #3936 2001-10-15 (taped 2001-08-22) Regular

Introduction of Clue Crew memberJimmy.

Contestants

Ben Martin — an attorney from Washington, D.C.

Ellen Rourke — a high school social studies teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Tanya Knight — an immigration counselor from Toronto, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tanya $500 $1,000 $800 $0
2nd place: Trip to Sonesta Beach Resort, Bermuda
$-200
16 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W
Ellen $500 $2,800 $2,000 $1,601
New champion: $1,601
$2,000
9 R, 2 W
Ben $1,900 $1,900 $-100 $-100
3rd place: Trip to La Costa Resort & Spa, San Diego
$-300
14 R (including 1 DD), 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE HISTORY CHANNEL AD CAMPAIGNS KNOW YOUR MUPPETS PRESIDENTIAL LIFETIMES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI ENDS IN "X"
$100 [24]
In "Earth Movers", the prototype of this modern machine is described here
bulldozer
Tanya
$100 [19]
A long-running campaign shows fabulous places that "Don't Take" this credit card
American Express
Ben
$100 [6]
Ernie's roommate, he collects paper clips
Bert
Tanya
$100 [11]
1732-1799
George Washington
Tanya
$100 [13]
Though Michigan had a single-sex dorm known as "The Virgin Vault", this "Material Girl" lived in East Quad
Madonna
Ellen
$100 [1]
In a guessing game you might ask "Is it bigger or smaller than" this kitchen item
a breadbox
Ben
$200 [27]
On "Power Tools", this comedian muses, "There isn't a guy I know that doesn't say more horsepower would be better"
Tim Allen
Tanya Ben
$200 [20]
A Sports Illustrated subscription drive popularized the phrase "The Gift That" does this
Keeps on Giving
Ellen
$200 [7]
Originally a backstage worker on "The Muppet Show", Rizzo is one of these animals
rat
Tanya
$200 [12]
1882-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tanya Ben
$200 [14]
Before intoning "This is CNN", it was U of M for this man who overcame a childhood stutter
James Earl Jones
Ben
$200 [2]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the L.A. County Museum of Natural History.) I'm standing between two dueling dinosaurs: a triceratops & this carnivore
Tyrannosaurus rex
Ben
$300 [28]
The episode seen here is devoted to this development
the assembly line
Ellen
$300 [21]
The following clip dramatizes a famous cartoon ad for this man's products
Charles Atlas
$300 [8]
We're not sure what the creature seenhereis, but we do know his girlfriend Camilla is one of these birds
chicken
Tanya
$300 [16]
1913-1994
Richard M. Nixon
Ben
$300 [15]
The "salesman" he created wouldn't die until 11 years after this author's senior year in 1938
Arthur Miller
Tanya
$400 [4]
In Monopoly, if you land on this space that has a diamond ring on it, you'll have to pay $75
Luxury Tax
Ben
$400 [29]
It's the item described here, as improved by blacksmith William Dimmit
drill bit
Ellen Ben
$400 [22]
This company took us for a ride with "It's Such a Comfort to Take the Bus and Leave the Driving to Us"
Greyhound
Ellen
$400 [9]
Dr. Teeth & Rowlf play this instrument
piano
Ellen
$400 [25]
1843-1901
William McKinley
Tanya
$400 [17]
It'd take more than "60 Minutes" to honor this anchor/alum, also a character in "The Insider"
Mike Wallace
DD $500 [3]
It's the state capital whose flag is seen here
Phoenix
Ben
$500 [23]
Ridley Scott directed the "Share the Fantasy" ads for this tony perfume
Chanel No. 5
$500 [10]
One of the two phrases that begin with "Hi" associated with the Muppets seen here
"Hi-Ho" or "Hi-Yah!"
Ben
$500 [26]
1856-1924
Woodrow Wilson
Tanya Ellen
$500 [18]
Lawrence Kasdan wrote this Kevin Kline/Glenn Close ensemble film partially based on his years at Michigan
The Big Chill
Ellen
$500 [5]
Agate with bands of white & brown, black or red is often referred to by this name
onyx

Double Jeopardy! Round

TITLES TAKEN FROM SHAKESPEARE THEY WERE IN THAT? COUNTY SEATS AFRIKAANS TRAVEL TIDBITS SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN
$200 [14]
Sonnet 30, line 2 by Proust
Remembrance of Things Past
$200 [19]
Richard Dreyfuss can be spotted (if you're attentive) in the 1967 version of this Jacqueline Susann book
Valley of the Dolls
Tanya
$200 [7]
Tree-mendous seat of Pitkin County, Colorado
Aspen
$200 [9]
Part of the body on which you would normally wear a kappie
head
Tanya
$200 [1]
Altdorf, Switzerland boasts a statue of this archer with his son, the "apple" of his eye
William Tell
Tanya
$200 [6]
Zapata's Plan of Ayala called for redistribution of land to indigenous people in this country
Mexico
Ben
$600 [21]
"Macbeth", act V, scene v, line 26 by Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury
Ben
$800 [22]
Mel Gibson makes a punked-out cameo in this 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy
Fathers' Day
Tanya Ben
$400 [8]
In California, Marysville is the seat of Yuba & Yuba City is the seat of this county named for a mill owner
Sutter County
$400 [10]
To an Afrikaaner, a klipspringer, like a reebok, is one of these
antelope
Tanya Ben
$400 [2]
The Telecom Tower on Black Mountain in this Aussie capital boasts a revolving restaurant
Canberra
Ben
$400 [15]
In December 1946 this country rejected the USA's Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy
Soviet Union
Ben
$800 [24]
"Richard III", Act 1, scene 1, line 1 by Steinbeck
The Winter of Our Discontent
Ellen Ben
$1,000 [23]
When this future TV angel appeared in 1974's "Evil in the Deep" she was billed as Cheryl Stoppelmoor
Cheryl Ladd
Tanya
$800 [12]
This one should be easy to field: this grassland's name is from the Dutch for "field"
veld
Tanya Ben
$600 [3]
Disney has announced plans to build a theme park in this former crown colony on China's southern coast
Hong Kong
Tanya
$600 [16]
Favoring moderate terms for reconstruction, he vetoed the Wade-Davis Plan in 1864
Abraham Lincoln
Tanya Ben
DD $1,000 [20]
"The Tempest", act V, scene 1, line 183 by Huxley
Brave New World
Tanya
DD $1,000 [11]
To an Afrikaaner, this city is Kaapstad
Cape Town
Tanya
$800 [4]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Sea World in San Diego.) This spiny sea creature that I'm holding is on a lot of menus in Martinique, where it's known as oursin
sea urchin
Ben
$800 [17]
The plan of colonial union named for this city in New York called for a grand council & a president general
Albany Plan
$1,000 [13]
This 11-letter term for a South African pioneer refers back to the Boers who made that long walk
Voortrekker
Tanya
$1,000 [5]
It's fun to ride the aerial tramway from Manhattan to this East River island; catch it at 2nd Avenue & 59th Street
Roosevelt Island
Tanya Ellen Ben
$1,000 [18]
The Marshall Plan is more formally known as the ERP or this "program"
European Recovery Program
Tanya Ellen

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE NEWS

It's the reason that airlines altered many of their transpacific flight plans on March 23, 2001

the Mir space station crashing down to Earth

Tanya "What" — wagered $800
Ellen "What is a solar eclipse?" — wagered $399

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