Show #3321 1999-02-01 Regular

Contestants

Jenn Reilly — a teaching assistant from Lowell, Massachusetts

David Tate — an operations research analyst from Vienna, Virginia

Paul Reisser — a physician from Thousand Oaks, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Paul $600 $2,200 $6,700 $6,700
2nd place: Trip to St. James's Club, Antigua
$5,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
David $1,700 $2,500 $7,700 $13,700
New champion: $13,700
$7,700
21 R, 1 W
Jenn $0 $500 $-100 $-100
3rd place: Pair of Burett Swiss Sports Watches
$1,700
10 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

BLACK HISTORY MAKING A LIST SCARY AUTHORS TELEVISION SAINT PAUL THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
$100 [8]
Harry Truman ended it in the Army in 1948; the Supreme Court ended it in public schools in 1954
Segregation
David
$100 [21]
In 1995 he published a "Book Of Top Ten Lists And Zesty Lo-Cal Chicken Recipes"
David Letterman
Paul
$100 [3]
"The Dead Zone","The Dark Half","It"
Stephen King
David
$100 [18]
Michael Richards won 3 Emmys for playing this "Seinfeld" character
Cosmo Kramer
Jenn
$100 [1]
Born to Jewish parents in Tarsus, Saint Paul is called "The Apostle To" these non-Jews
Gentiles
Paul
$100 [13]
We shorten this to ad; the British shorten it to advert
Advertisement
David
$200 [9]
The black population of these U.S. areas, the destination of "white flight", doubled in the '70s & '80s
Suburbs
Paul Jenn
$200 [22]
In 1981 this duo topped the charts with "Kiss On My List"
Hall And Oates
Jenn
$200 [4]
"The Lady Of The Shroud","The Mystery Of The Sea","Dracula"
Bram Stoker
Jenn
$200 [19]
The producers found the name of this first mate of the S.S. Minnow in a telephone book
Gilligan
Jenn
$200 [2]
As Saul, Saint Paul heard the voice of Jesus while on the road to this city
Damascus
David
$200 [14]
A dustman doesn't put you to sleep, he collects this
Garbage
David
$300 [25]
In 1829 journalist John Russwurm gave up on abolitionism & left the U.S. for this independent African nation
Liberia
David
$300 [28]
A line from this 1993 movie is "The list is life"
Schindler's List
Jenn
$300 [5]
"Memnoch The Devil","The Queen Of The Damned","Interview With The Vampire"
Anne Rice
Jenn
$300 [20]
On an April 10, 1957 episode of his parents' sitcom, he sang "I'm Walkin'", his first record
Ricky Nelson
Paul
$300 [10]
From the Greek for "message", it's the name given Saint Paul's letters to Christian churches & groups
Epistles
Paul Jenn
$300 [15]
By the British term, this would be Fun Fair Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines
$400 [26]
This "conductor" usually carried a gun, not a whistle
Harriet Tubman
Paul
$400 [29]
Nos. 1,3 & 77 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th c. English-language novels are this Dubliner's works
James Joyce
Paul
$400 [6]
"The Hellbound Heart","Rawhead Rex","The Books Of Blood"
Clive Barker
$500 [24]
In 1992 Paul Sorvino, who played detective Phil Cerreta, left this series to sing opera
Law & Order
$400 [11]
Following his conversion, Saint Paul spent a period of reflection on this peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
$400 [16]
In the past in London, this device has been called an ether or wireless
Radio
Paul
$500 [27]
An Alabama city gave its name to this group of 9 youths falsely accused of rape in 1931
The Scottsboro Boys
$500 [30]
This 1941 film topped the AFI's much-debated 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films
Citizen Kane
David
$500 [7]
"The Dunwich Horror","At The Mountain Of Madness","The Lurking Fear"
H.P. Lovecraft
David
DD $800 [23]
(Hi, I'm Regis Philbin.) On February 26, 1998, I was accused of killing Kathie Lee Gifford in an episode of this Dick Van Dyke series
Diagnosis Murder
Jenn
$500 [12]
Saint Paul was a supportive witness to the stoning of this first Christian martyr
Saint Stephen
David
$500 [17]
A chucker-out isn't a polo player, it's this job in a bar
Bouncer
Jenn

Double Jeopardy! Round

42nd STREET SHOW BOAT 1776 CATS BIG RIVER "GUY"s & "DOLL"s
$200 [14]
Around this organization's HQ on the East River from 42nd to 48th, watch out for double-parked diplomats
United Nations
David
$200 [2]
This type of ship can hold over 5,000 sailors
Aircraft carrier
David
$200 [11]
This famous Moscow ballet company's roots go back to 1776
Bolshoi
Paul
$200 [23]
He's 9-Lives' finicky spokescat
Morris
Paul
$200 [17]
You'll pass Chelsea, London & Westminster Bridges as you travel down this river
Thames
David
$200 [1]
She was the wife of our fourth chief of state
Dolley Madison
David
$400 [20]
G.K. Chesterton said that this site ablaze with ads would be paradise if only one could not read
Times Square
David
$400 [3]
It's the specific kind of cargo ship seen here
Tanker
Paul
$400 [12]
Gathering at a Virginia tavern for conviviality, 5 young men formed this Greek letter fraternity, the USA's oldest
Phi Beta Kappa
Paul
$400 [24]
This fun-loving feline of the funny pages shares his name with a "Wuthering Heights" character
Heathcliff
David Jenn
$400 [18]
In one theory, the name of this Pennsylvania river comes from Suckahanee, "water"
Susquehanna
Jenn
$400 [4]
A lump or blob of a semiliquid substance--ice cream for example
Dollop
David
$600 [28]
Park Ave. & 42nd Street has a branch of this 75th Street art museum known for its biennial
Whitney
$600 [8]
This type of boat earns its name from the specific aid it gives larger ships
Tugboat
David
$800 [15]
The German title of this 1776 Von Klinger play lent its name to a literary movement headed by Goethe und Schiller
Sturm und Drang
$600 [25]
On 1960s TV, he was the "Wonderful, Wonderful" cat
Felix the Cat
Paul
$800 [21]
A real Crimea river, the Chernaya, runs just east of this city that was besieged in 1854 & 1855
Sevastopol
Paul
$600 [5]
Cult leader Jim Jones died in this nation in 1978
Guyana
Jenn
$800 [29]
The sculpture seen here is from the 42nd Street facade of this building
Grand Central Station
David
$800 [9]
The John A. Macdonald is this kind of ship that's useful in the most challenging climes
Icebreaker
David
$1,000 [16]
"First In Freedom", this U.S. colony was first to authorize its delegates to vote for independence
North Carolina
David
$800 [26]
This freewheeling hippie-cat of underground comics was created by R. Crumb
Fritz the Cat
DD $1,000 [19]
As Germany has the Rhineland, you'd expect this country to have the "Po-Land"
Italy
Jenn
$800 [6]
It's the type of "natural" currency seen here
Sand dollar
Jenn
$1,000 [30]
Disney spent about $35 million refurbishing the New Amsterdam Theatre, once home to these "follies"
Ziegfeld Follies
David
$1,000 [10]
The Princess Anne is one of these unusual water vehicles
Hovercraft
David
DD $1,500 [13]
This Scottish economist theorized that labor, not land, is the main source of wealth
Adam Smith
Paul
$1,000 [27]
archy's feline friend
mehitabel
Paul
$1,000 [22]
The Yellow River winds across China; this one with a similar name forms most of the China-N. Korea border
Yalu
Jenn
$1,000 [7]
This holiday commemorates an unsuccessful attempt to blow up James I on November 5, 1605
Guy Fawkes Day
Paul

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS

On Jan. 15, 1892 the first rules for this sport were published in the Triangle, the Springfield, Mass. YMCA newspaper

Basketball

Paul "What is Basketball?" — wagered $0
David "what is basketball?" — wagered $6,000

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