Show #3669 2000-07-13 (taped 2000-04-12) Regular

Contestants

Irwin Shires — a freight courier from Medina, Ohio

Karen Ronsivalle — a homemaker from Timonium, Maryland

Catherine Young — an editor from Halifax, Nova Scotia

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Catherine $1,100 $5,100 $17,900 $17,400
New champion: $17,400
$9,500
29 R (including 3 DDs), 6 W
Karen $1,100 $1,800 $4,400 $399
3rd place: a pair of Samsung TV/VCR combos
$4,400
10 R, 1 W
Irwin $700 $2,000 $8,400 $16,800
2nd place: an Art.com gift certificate
$8,400
19 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN: WRITE ON! WHO'S WHO IN SPORTS MOVIE L.A. LET'S TAKE A LITTLE TRIP HISPANICA B__D
$100 [1]
Her early novel "The Lolly-Madonna War" isn't quite as popular as her alphabet murder mysteries
Sue Grafton
Catherine
$100 [18]
He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers to World Series wins in 1981 & 1988
Tommy Lasorda
Irwin
$100 [5]
The high-rise district of Century City was once the backlot of this studio, still located nearby
20th Century Fox
Irwin
$100 [6]
In 1995 one of these craft that began passenger service in 1976 flew around the world in less than 32 hours
the Concorde
Karen
$100 [24]
To shake your maracas in Caracas, head to this country
Venezuela
Catherine
$100 [11]
When followed by "Light", it comes from Anheuser-Busch
Bud
Irwin
$200 [2]
It's the first name shared by novelists Michaels, Cartland & Taylor Bradford
Barbara
Catherine
$200 [19]
With 20, this "Bear" of a golfer is the all-time leader in major tournament wins
Jack Nicklaus
Catherine
$200 [10]
This show biz daily known for its breezy headlines is headquartered at 5700 Wilshire
Variety
Irwin
$200 [7]
In May 1932 she made a little flight from Newfoundland across the north Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Catherine
$200 [27]
Control of this 42,000-square-mile island was a central concern of the Spanish-American War
Cuba
Karen
$200 [12]
Hef's home in Chicago was famous for its round one
bed
Catherine
$300 [3]
After "Atlas Shrugged", she stopped writing fiction
Ayn Rand
Karen
$300 [20]
Born in 1956, this Swedish tennis player won 6 French Opens & 5 straight Wimbledons
Bjorn Borg
Irwin
$300 [9]
This guild whose past presidents include Ronald Reagan is headquartered at 5757 Wilshire
the Screen Actors Guild
Catherine
$300 [13]
On May 9, 1926 Byrd & Bennett left Norway with a plan to fly over this & they claimed they did
the North Pole
Catherine Irwin
$300 [28]
This Puerto Rican Pittsburgh Pirate passed away December 31, 1972
Roberto Clemente
Catherine
$300 [15]
It was the way Jessica Rabbit was "drawn"
bad
Karen
$400 [4]
Like her "Thorn Birds", "The Ladies of Missalonghi" is set in her native Australia
Colleen McCullough
Catherine
$400 [21]
Ali's 1974 fight against Foreman was the breakout event for this boxing promoter
Don King
Irwin
$400 [14]
In 1913, at Selma & Vine, this director known for epics shot the first feature made in Hollywood, "The Squaw Man"
Cecil B. DeMille
Catherine Karen
$400 [8]
In 1889 she left New York & went around the world in less than 80 days
Nellie Bly
Catherine
DD $2,000 [29]
On the Internet, type in www.(this man's name).com & you get the site for rich Colombian coffee
Juan Valdez
Catherine
$400 [16]
To win on eBay, you gotta do this
bid
Catherine
$500 [17]
This Chilean author wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", while living in exile
Isabel Allende
Catherine
$500 [22]
Nicknamed "The Admiral", this center helped lead the San Antonio Spurs to their first NBA title in 1999
David Robinson
Catherine
$500 [26]
Charlie Chaplin's studio later housed this record company founded by Messrs. Alpert & Moss
A&M Records
Catherine
$500 [25]
In 1938 this rich aviator took 4 assistants on a little round-the-world flight
Howard Hughes
Irwin
$500 [23]
This Fruit of the Loom company goes under everyday
BVD
Catherine Karen

Double Jeopardy! Round

GLOBIN' FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES SCIENCE CLASS 4-LETTER FILMS REVOLUTIONARIES "HOLY" COW!
$200 [11]
Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River, is found in this Canadian province
British Columbia
Catherine
$200 [13]
Amy Fisher is the "Long Island Lolita", so this mechanic should be the "Massapequa Humbert Humbert"
Joey Buttafuoco
Irwin
$200 [18]
-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit
absolute zero (or zero kelvins)
Catherine Karen
$200 [6]
In 1998 Woody Allen went buggy as the voice of Z in this animated film
Antz
Irwin
$200 [30]
The FLQ was a terrorist group of revolutionaries in the 1960s & 1970s trying to get this province liberated
Quebec
Catherine
$200 [1]
Let's 'ear it for this man who defeated Mike Tyson by an 11th round technical knockout in 1996
Evander Holyfield
Irwin
$400 [12]
This African country claims the world's largest number of registered ships
Liberia
Karen
$400 [14]
A category on "FAMOUS HOUSEGUESTS" would have to include this dude whose real first name is Brian
Kato Kaelin
Irwin
$400 [19]
Specific term for the scientific study of seashells
conchology
$400 [7]
This movie featured the theme music heard here
Jaws
Catherine
$400 [29]
Country in which Stephen Biko founded his black consciousness movement
South Africa
Irwin
$400 [2]
It can be a jihad or a crusade
holy war
Catherine
$600 [21]
Of Kawasaki, Osaka or Yamato, the one that's not a suburb of Tokyo
Osaka
Irwin
$600 [15]
This first million-dollar winner on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" shares his name with the director of "Halloween"
John Carpenter
Catherine
$800 [24]
This Russian chemist used his periodic law to predict the properties of 3 then unknown elements
Dmitri Mendeleev
Catherine
$600 [8]
Debbie Allen played dance teacher Lydia Grant in this 1980 film; maybe you remember its name
Fame
Karen
$800 [25]
While in Mexico this revolutionary Russian worked on a treatise on revolutionary art with Diego Rivera
Leon Trotsky
Catherine Irwin
$600 [3]
Reigning from 891 to 894, Guy of Spoleto was the seventh man to hold this imperial title
Holy Roman Emperor
Catherine
$800 [22]
You'll find this strategic body of water directly southeast of Iraq
the Persian Gulf
Catherine Irwin
$800 [16]
We'd never really thought about Arkansas having nightclub singers till we first heard of this woman in 1992
Gennifer Flowers
Catherine
$1,000 [26]
In this type of solar eclipse, the Sun appears as a ring of light around the Moon
an annular eclipse
Irwin
$800 [9]
Kevin Kline played both the U.S. president & a man who looked just like him in this 1993 comedy
Dave
Karen
$1,000 [27]
In the 1950s Georgios Theodoros Grivas fought to get this island to unite with Greece
Cyprus
Catherine
$800 [4]
One derivation of this much-sought relic's name may be from the Latin "sang real" or "royal blood"
the Holy Grail
Catherine Irwin
$1,000 [23]
Found in southern Africa, it's the largest African country that once was a colony of Portugal
Angola
Catherine
$1,000 [17]
Millions watched Rick Rockwell pick this bride from a parade of 50 contestants & marry her almost immediately
Darva Conger
Karen
DD $4,000 [20]
This 11-letter word refers to DNA to which a gene from another life form has been added
recombinant
Catherine
$1,000 [10]
In this 1991 film, Jason Patric & Jennifer Jason Leigh played narcotics officers who become hooked on drugs
Rush
Irwin
DD $4,000 [28]
In 1942 Emilio Aguinaldo tried to get the U.S. out of this country, calling for an American surrender
Philippines
Catherine
$1,000 [5]
The papal court, officially
the Holy See
Catherine

Final Jeopardy!

THE MARS PATHFINDER MISSION

The only landscape feature the mission named for a real person, this rock seemed to have a bowl haircut

Moe (Moe Howard of the Three Stooges)

Karen "What is Ringo Starr?" — wagered $4,001
Irwin "What is Moe?" — wagered $8,400
Catherine "What is Ringo???" — wagered $500

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