Show #3981 2001-12-17 (taped 2001-10-22) Regular

Champion's winnings matched to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund ($10,000 minimum).

Contestants

Christine Martin — an elementary school teacher from Atlanta, Georgia

John Nienow — a doctor from Santa Ana, California

Dana Greenblatt — a graduate student originally from Toledo, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dana $1,800 $2,700 $10,800 $20,801
2-day champion: $36,401
$12,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
John $1,400 $1,400 $10,400 $400
3rd place
$11,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Christine $2,200 $4,600 $9,400 $18,400
2nd place
$9,400
14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HEY HEY WE'RE THE MONGOLS MIME TIME DESERTS LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" FAMOUS WOMEN I NEED A LATIN LOVER
$200 [22]
The terms Inner & Outer Mongolia refer to the areas' positions as viewed from this country
China
Christine
$200 [14]
The world's most famous mime, he learned much of his craft from teacher Etienne Decroux
Marcel Marceau
Dana
$200 [11]
In 1974 this country detonated its first nuclear device in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan state
India
Christine
$200 [6]
Hansel's helper(6)
Gretel
John
$200 [1]
Formerly Frances Smith, she teamed with her husband Roy in film & TV westerns
Dale Evans
Dana
$200 [13]
From the Latin for "Holy eve", you had to "keep" one of these the night before you became a knight
a vigil
$400 [23]
The Mongols were on the verge of capturing this Austrian city in 1241 when their leader Ogodai died
Vienna
Dana
$400 [27]
Business people are encouraged to think outside this; a popular mime routine involves it, as seen here
the box
Christine
$400 [12]
The Libyan Desert is considered the most arid part of this much larger desert
the Sahara Desert
Dana John
$400 [7]
Adjective for Gatsby or Santini(5)
Great
John
$400 [2]
Based in Chicago, this TV talk show host is one of the richest women in the U.S.
Oprah Winfrey
John
$400 [15]
From the Latin for "judge", business owners & strikers will sometimes submit to this process to settle disputes
arbitration
John
$600 [24]
The main object of tradition mongol worship was the "Eternal Blue" this
Heaven (or Sky)
$600 [28]
One horrific lowlight of the modern mime-bashing era was Dustin Hoffman shoving a mime in this film
Tootsie
John
DD $500 [20]
I'll "bet" you know that most of this U.S. state is covered by the Great Basin Desert
Nevada
Dana
$600 [8]
Fruits "of Wrath"(6)
Grapes
Christine
$600 [3]
(Let's hear from Sarah in New Orleans.) Saint Louis Cathedral contains a statue of this saint, known as "The Maid of Orléans"
Joan of Arc
Christine
$600 [16]
From the Latin for "to hear", it's something regarded as a prophetic sign of how someone will fare in the future
an omen
Dana John
$800 [25]
This word for the Mongol way of life is from the Greek for "wandering in search of pasture"
nomadic
Christine
$600 [19]
A little bit of snow actually falls on this largest Asian desert in the winter
the Gobi
Dana
$800 [9]
He lingered in Lilliput(8)
Gulliver
Christine
$800 [4]
Temperatures rose across this island nation when Vigdis Finnbogadottir became its first female president in 1980
Iceland
John
$800 [17]
The name of these bright red cherries added to cocktails & baked goods is from the Latin for "bitter"
maraschino
John
$1,000 [26]
A group of Mongols known by this metallic term invaded Russia in the 13th century
the Golden Horde
$1,000 [21]
This South American desert is the world's largest natural source for sodium nitrate, which is used in fertilizers
the Atacama
Christine
$1,000 [10]
Sue Grafton said "G is for" this(7)
Gumshoe
$1,000 [5]
Now a Brandeis University professor, this woman's testimony almost prevented a Supreme Court appointment in 1991
Anita Hill
Dana
$1,000 [18]
From the Latin for "tide", it's an arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river
an estuary

Double Jeopardy! Round

3 OR MORE WIVES WORLD OF FOOD ADJECTIVES ATOM EVE CLASSICAL CLASSICS
$400 [21]
Harlene Rosen, Louise Lasser, Soon-Yi Previn
Woody Allen
Dana
$400 [11]
A side dish at the first Thanksgiving, today it's sold in buckets at the movies
popcorn
Dana
$400 [4]
This adjective for a sullen child can also be used to describe full lips
pouty
Christine
$400 [1]
The nucleus of an atom contains neutrons & these positively charged particles
protons
John Christine
$400 [16]
Eve's name, given to her because she was the mother of all living, is a play on this language's word for "life"
Hebrew
Christine
$2,000 [26]
This man's sixth symphony is known as the Pastoral Symphony
Beethoven
John
$800 [22]
Sasha Czack, Brigitte Nielsen, Jennifer Flaven
Sylvester Stallone
Dana
$800 [12]
Of Dutch origin, today the Krispy Kreme ones are hot
doughnuts
Christine
$800 [5]
This silvery metal is used as an adjective for an album that has sold a million copies
platinum
John
$800 [2]
It's made of specific combinations of atoms; 2 hydrogen atoms bond to 1 oxygen atom to form a water one
a molecule
Christine
$800 [17]
In Genesis 3:1-5 Eve has a conversation with the creature
the snake (serpent)
John
$1,200 [23]
Peggy Harper, Carrie Fisher, Edie Brickell
Paul Simon
Dana
$1,200 [13]
Whether mince or steak & kidney, these say "I'm British"
pies
John
DD $1,000 [7]
This adjective in the title of a Bronte novel describes the tumultuous atmosphere of the setting
wuthering
John
$1,200 [3]
An ion is an atom that contains a charge as a result of gaining or losing one or more of these
an electron
Dana
$1,200 [18]
After the fall, God's punishment of Eve included the pain of this
childbirth
Christine
$1,600 [24]
Joan Baim, Marsha Mason, Diane Lander, Elaine Joyce
Neil Simon
John
$1,600 [14]
It's a cured cooked sausage named for a city on the Main in Germany
frankfurter
$1,200 [6]
This 6-letter word means "having no equal" or "one of a kind"; therefore, it is redundant to modify it with very or totally
unique
John
DD $1,500 [10]
This type of mechanics, a field of physics, deals with the forces inside an atom
quantum
Dana
$1,600 [19]
Adam & Eve's 3 sons mentioned by name
Cain, Abel & Seth
Christine
$2,000 [25]
Anna Kashfi, Movita Castenada, Tarita Teripia
Marlon Brando
$2,000 [15]
This style of southeast Chinese cuisine features bird's nest & shark's fin soups among its dishes
Cantonese cooking
$2,000 [8]
These 2 comparative forms of "far" are used interchangeably, but one refers to distance, the other to time
further and farther
Dana
$1,600 [9]
(Hi, I'm Rudy Marcus, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.Atoms having the same nuclear charge but different masses are called these
isotopes
Dana
$2,000 [20]
Eve, & the Adam, ate fruit from the tree called this, which God specifically said not to do
the Tree of Knowledge (of Good and Evil)
Dana

Final Jeopardy!

AWARDS

In 2001 the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious, was presented at this historic home in the U.S.

Monticello

Christine "What is Monticello?" — wagered $9,000
John "What is Falling Leaf" — wagered $10,000
Dana "What is Monticello?" — wagered $10,001

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