Show #3670 2000-07-14 (taped 2000-04-12) Regular

Tad Carithers game 1.

Contestants

Meredith Finnin — a communications specialist from New York City, New York

Tad Carithers — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Catherine Young — an editor from Halifax, Nova Scotia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Catherine	$1,400	$1,900	$900	$1,795 3rd place: Trip to Hilton Garden Inn, Flagstaff, Arizona	$900 13 R, 6 W
Tad	$1,600	$3,000	$9,800	$10,600 New champion: $10,600	$9,600 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Meredith	$-100	$1,500	$3,100	$2,100 2nd place: Forever Resorts Houseboat Vacation	$3,300 11 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ	THEY WROTE THE SONGS	CELEBS	ANCIENT GREECE	NECKWEAR	FOREIGN WORDS
$100 [22] When it comes to "War And Peace", he wrote the book Leo Tolstoy Meredith	$100 [16] "Can't Buy Me Love" & Love Me Do" John Lennon & Paul McCartney Catherine	$100 [6] This "Men in Black" star earned his "Prince" nickname in school due to his "charming" manner Will Smith Tad	$100 [12] Aristotle's prescription for women in this condition was to avoid too much salt & wine pregnant Tad	$100 [11] A fur wrap, or what you did if you illegally took one stole Tad	$100 [1] Attention! This German word for "Attention!" precedes "Baby" in a U2 album title Achtung Tad
$200 [23] In Part XI we see "The grand and inevitable event of the abandonment and burning of" this city Moscow Catherine Tad	$200 [17] "Some Enchanted Evening" & "Edelweiss" Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein Catherine	$200 [7] This supermodel has also been a "Sirens" actress & a fashion cafe businesswoman Elle Macpherson Tad	$200 [13] It was the standard wear for the men & boys exercising in the gymnasium nudity Catherine	$200 [14] The Kukui type of this Hawaiian necklace is made of candlenuts strung together lei Tad	$200 [2] This French word for "goodbye" comes from 2 words literally meaning "to God" adieu Catherine Meredith
$300 [24] First name of Ms. Pavlovna, at whose party the book opens; the author also used it for Ms. Karenina Anna Tad	$300 [18] "Honky Cat" & "Crocodile Rock" Elton John & Bernie Taupin Tad Meredith	$300 [8] In his act this magician has walked through the Great Wall of China & made the Statue of Liberty disappear David Copperfield Catherine	$300 [15] Originally 6 obols equaled one of these coins a drachma Catherine	$300 [19] The sarge will hit the woof if you lose these dog tags Tad	$300 [3] Fellah, plural fellahin, means a peasant or laborer in this language Arabic Tad
$400 [29] Pierre, a prisoner set to be executed facing one of these, watches 5 die before he is reprieved firing squad Meredith	$400 [25] "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" & "(They Long To Be) Close To You" Burt Bacharach & Hal David Catherine Meredith	$400 [9] His "Romantic Christmas" CD, made with wife Connie Selleca, sold over 500,000 copies John Tesh Tad	$400 [28] In ancient Greece this oil was used as a food, fuel, lubricant & in place of soap olive oil Tad	DD $300 [21] It shares its name with a racetrack seen in "My Fair Lady" ascot Meredith	$400 [4] This Japanese word for "teacher" is a common title for a karate instructor sensei Catherine Tad Meredith
$500 [30] Nikolay & Andrey Bolkonsky were princes; Ilya Rostov had this title, 2, 3, 4... Count Catherine Tad	$500 [26] "I Don't Know How To Love Him" & "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice Catherine	$500 [10] He modeled his "Saturday Night Live" character Linda "Coffee Talk" Richman on his mother-in-law Mike Myers Meredith	$500 [27] In 548 B.C. the Temple of Apollo burned down in this oracular city, sponsor of the Pythian Games Delphi Meredith	$400 [20] Nixon might have found one of these detachable shirt fronts tricky to wear dickie Meredith	$500 [5] The name of this clear Coors product is Russian for "winter" Zima Tad

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY "X"	ORGANIC CHEMISTRY	ACTING PRESIDENTS	INVENTORS & INVENTIONS	HISTORIC POST-IT NOTES	WORDS FOUND IN MAGAZINE NAMES
$200 [9] In 1938 Chester Carlson didn't copy off the guy sitting next to him when he invented this process Xerography/Xeroxy Catherine	$200 [23] Aspartic & glutamic are 2 of these acids, the building blocks of proteins Amino acids Catherine Meredith	$200 [4] Peter Sellers had 3 roles in this film, U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Captain Lionel Mandrake & this title character Dr. Strangelove Tad	$200 [12] In 1893 he built the Black Maria, the first building designed to make commercial motion pictures Thomas Edison Tad	$200 [1] In 218 B.C. this things-to-do note seen here:"Feed elephants, don't forget, shovel!" Hannibal Tad	$200 [17] Dollar amount found in Money One (mONEy) Catherine
$400 [10] In 1954 he was appointed chief minister of the Nation of Islam's main temple in Harlem Malcolm X Tad	$1,000 [26] In the alkane family, me than e is followed by ethane, propane & this, C4 H10 Butane Catherine	$400 [5] President Harrison Ford personally battles hijacker Gary Oldman in this 1997 thriller Air Force One Tad	$400 [19] In 1812 the U.S. Congress denied his petition for the renewal of his patent for the cotton gin Eli Whitney Catherine	$400 [2] The note seen here is by one of these brothers:"Meet Clantons & McLowerys @ Corral" Earp Tad	$400 [18] This makes waste in Martha Stewart Living Haste (martHA STEwart living)
$600 [11] Founded in 1831, it's the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in what was the NW Territory Xavier University Meredith	—	$600 [6] Thanks to the magic of digital technology, this man (a method actor?) played the president in 1997's "Contact" Bill Clinton Tad	$600 [20] Bette Nesmith Graham called her correction fluid "Mistake Out" before selling it under this brand name Liquid Paper Catherine	$600 [3] Scientist who did something about notes from his wife like the one seen here:"The milk is sour again, mon cheri" Louis Pasteur Meredith	$600 [22] Synonym for "identical" found in Sesame Street Magazine Same (seSAME street) Tad
$800 [13] This "affair" caused a quasi-war between France & America in 1798 "X Y Z" Affair Meredith	—	DD $1,000 [7] In a 1995 film he played Andrew Shepherd, "The American President" who romanced Annette Bening Michael Douglas Tad	$800 [21] In 1855 Joshua Stoddard patented this musical instrument often associated with circuses & merry-go-rounds Calliope Meredith	$800 [14] Military man who may have found the note seen here on his desk in April of 1951:"Truman called - sounds steamed!" General Douglas MacArthur Tad	$1,000 [25] South African monetary unit racing through Car And Driver Rand (caR AND driver) Catherine
$1,000 [16] On Aug. 22, 1963 Joe Walker took this rocket plane to a new record altitude of 66 1/2 miles X-15 Tad	—	$1,000 [8] As President Beck, this actor tells America that the sky is falling in 1998's "Deep Impact" Morgan Freeman Tad	$1,000 [24] In 1943 the U.S. Supreme Court credited this immigrant, not Marconi, as the inventor of radio Nikola Tesla	$1,000 [15] Essayist & experimenter who wrote the 1626 note seen here:"Remember to Freeze Chicken!" Sir Francis Bacon Catherine Meredith	—

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS BOOKS

In 1998 the author of this controversial 1970 book was finally invited to play in a Yankees old-timers' game

"Ball Four" (by Jim Bouton)

Catherine "What is Ball Four?" — wagered $895

Meredith "What is Meech?" — wagered $1,000

Tad "What is Ball Four?" — wagered $800

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