Show #3984 2001-12-20 (taped 2001-10-22) Regular

Champion's winnings matched to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund ($10,000 minimum).Performances by the L.A. Spirit Chorale.

Contestants

Bara Blender — a publications consultant originally from Milltown, New Jersey

Loyd Gattis — a graduate student originally from Norman, Oklahoma

Karim Moore — a civil engineer from Laurel, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Karim	$5,000	$6,000	$10,400	$1,800 2nd place: a ski trip for 2 to Aspen Snowmass, CO provided by Ski.com	$9,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Loyd	$1,400	$4,600	$9,200	$5,200 New champion: $5,200	$10,200 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bara	$1,800	$3,000	$11,300	$1,799 3rd place: a trip for 2 to San Diego, CA and the Zoo	$11,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI	1995	TEAM NAME'S THE SAME	THE CHILDREN'S HOUR	A "C.D." CATEGORY	THE MOUNT RUSHMORE STATE
$200 [17] This decoration's origins may go back to Medieval Europe, where it was the main prop in a play about Adam & Eve a Christmas tree Bara	$200 [6] This "Star Trek" spin-off that took off in 1995 docked in 2001 Star Trek: Voyager Karim Loyd Bara	$200 [1] San Francisco & New York the Giants Loyd	$200 [16] The children on his hit TV show were Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa & Rudy Bill Cosby ( The Cosby Show accepted) Loyd	$200 [11] A small lozenge to treat hoarseness a cough drop Karim	$600 [26] This river & its branches drain the entire state except for a portion in the northeast the Missouri
$400 [19] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) The Christmas tune I'm about to sing is based on this song that may have been written by Henry VIII:"What child is this, who laid to rest on Mary's lap is sleeping?" "Greensleeves" Loyd	$400 [7] The Nobel prize went to 3 men for their studies on the depletion of this layer of the atmosphere the ozone Bara	$400 [2] Texas & New York the Rangers Karim	$400 [18] Hotels in this Asian capital city include the Children's Castle & Okubo House Tokyo Loyd	$400 [12] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.)Thisis the spicy treat that fits the category a chili dog Karim	$800 [27] In 1973 this village was seized by 200 armed Indians to protest federal Indian policies Wounded Knee
$600 [20] This kind of calendar used to count the days until Christmas often has a treat behind each window an Advent calendar	$600 [8] In a fairy tale wedding, this country's Princess Stephanie married her bodyguard Monaco Bara	$600 [3] Sacramento & Los Angeles the Kings Loyd	$600 [23] It's the avian term for the stage in a family's cycle when the children have grown up & left home an empty nest Loyd	$800 [14] The leader of the free world traditionally spends some free time at this Maryland retreat Camp David Karim	—
$800 [21] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) It's the familiar Latin title of the following song:"O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant / O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem" "Adeste Fideles" Loyd	$800 [9] Over 200 people from around the world made speeches for this organization's 50th anniversary the United Nations Loyd	$800 [4] Edmonton & a former Houston team the Oilers Karim	$800 [24] He's the former heavyweight champ who named all his sons after himself George Foreman Loyd	$1,000 [15] In the 1920s & '30s the legendary Stanley Walker ran this department of the Herald Tribune the City Desk Bara	—
$1,000 [22] This "Our Town" playwright wrote the libretto for the opera "The Long Christmas Dinner", based on his own play (Thornton) Wilder Bara	$1,000 [10] This Wisconsin city's 2 major papers, the Journal & the Sentinel, brewed up a merger Milwaukee	$1,000 [5] Ottawa & a former Washington, D.C. team the Senators Karim	$1,000 [25] In the Bible, his sons gave their names to the tribes of Israel Jacob Karim	DD $1,200 [13] Rodney Ansell, Australia's barefoot bushman, inspired this movie character Crocodile Dundee Karim	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS	SHAKESPEARE	CATHEDRALS	COMMON BONDS	TV TALK SHOW HOSTS	A SEEDY CATEGORY
$400 [16] In 1976 he was the first incumbent president to take part in a campaign debate with a rival candidate Gerald Ford Karim	$400 [21] Shakespeare's synonyms for this body part include sconce, noll, poll, pash & pate head Karim Loyd	$400 [27] Worms in this country has a famous cathedral; so does Ulm (but we'd never start a sentence with Ulm) Germany Loyd	$400 [3] Boston, Bibb, iceberg lettuce Loyd	$400 [1] This "Politically Incorrect" host once described his show as "The McLaughlin Group on acid" Bill Maher Karim	$400 [8] Crazy as it sounds, technically an acorn is one of these, a one-seeded fruit with hard walls a nut Bara
$800 [17] In 1921 Harding appointed this man Secretary of Commerce; 8 years later he was the president Hoover Karim Bara	$800 [22] Looking for a title for your mystery novel? Lift this play's "murder most foul" or "not a mouse stirring" Hamlet	$800 [28] Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence was begun in this architectural style, like Chartres Gothic Bara	$800 [4] Vampire, Masterson, Louisville Slugger bats Karim	$800 [2] He was a writer & supervising producer for "The Simpsons" before hosting his own late-night talk show Conan O'Brien Karim	$800 [9] Among the duties of these hard-working insects is dispersing the seeds of plants like bloodroot an ant Bara
DD $1,500 [18] (Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Waldorf Astoria.) A circle of five stars marks the doorway of the suite that this U.S. president once lived in Eisenhower Bara	DD $1,000 [23] In a 1936 production Orson Welles moved the setting of this play from the heath to Haiti Macbeth Loyd	$1,200 [26] This cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of New York City St. Patrick's Bara	$1,200 [13] Dessert, tuning, pitch forks Loyd	$1,200 [5] She's the co-host of "The View" seen here Star Jones Karim	$1,200 [10] The rare production of a seed without this process taking place is called apomixis pollination (or fertilization) Bara
$1,600 [19] At his second inauguration, Coolidge took the oath of office from this former president, a first William Howard Taft Karim	$1,600 [24] Her Uncle Pandarus encourages her affair with Troilus Cressida Loyd	$1,600 [29] Construction of this D.C. cathedral began in 1907 & was still going on in the 1990s the National Cathedral Loyd	$1,600 [14] An angel, an airplane, many large museums winged Karim	$1,600 [6] This singer who hosted a variety series in the '50s had her own talk show from 1974 to 1980 Dinah Shore Bara	$1,600 [11] From the liquid they produce, the sesame & sunflower are known as this type of "seed" oil seeds
$2,000 [20] Before becoming president, hewas a professor at Harvard John Quincy Adams	$2,000 [25] "As You Like It" is partially set in the forest of this Arden	$2,000 [30] He's the blessed saint honored by that big cathedral in Moscow Basil Bara	$2,000 [15] Thunder, the tide, a bowling ball rolling Karim	$2,000 [7] In 1967 his Philadelphia-based show became the first syndicated talk show to win an Emmy Mike Douglas Bara	$2,000 [12] Unlike seeds of gymnosperms like conifers, the seeds of the flowering plants, also called these, are enclosed angiosperms

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

This 2000 film was the first drama to have an authorized Led Zeppelin tune on its soundtrack

Almost Famous

Loyd "What is Detroit Rock City?" — wagered $4,000

Karim "What is Battlefield Ea" — wagered $8,600

Bara "What is Shakespeare in Love?" — wagered $9,501

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