Show #4096 2002-05-27 (taped 2002-02-04) Regular

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Contestants

Peter Sprigg — a cultural analyst from Gaithersburg, Maryland

Wendy Gluckman — a small business consultant from Bogart, Georgia

Daniel Mendelsohn — a lawyer from Santa Monica, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Daniel $1,800 $3,400 $11,000 $21,999
2nd place: $2,000
$10,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Wendy $4,000 $10,000 $17,000 $22,001
New champion: $22,001
$17,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Peter $3,400 $3,400 $8,200 $12,000
3rd place: $1,000
$8,200
15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THEY'RE INDIGENOUS KILLER MUSICALS INSURANCE 5 DWARFS COOL! THAT'S LIKE, SO TOTALLY "RAD"
$200 [11]
Australia is home to the Torres Strait islanders & to the larger indigenous group usually called this
Aborigines
Wendy
$200 [1]
As act one of this musical draws to a close, the lookout says, "Dear mother of God--iceberg right ahead!"
Titanic
Peter
$200 [18]
It's a payment on an insurance policy or a ranking, especially for a brand of saltine
Premium
Wendy
$200 [12]
It's the Japanese art of tree dwarfing
bonsai
Peter
$200 [26]
"Fowl" term for an abrupt withdrawal from the use of an addictive substance
cold turkey
Daniel
$200 [2]
It's the "Centennial State"
Colorado
Wendy
$400 [13]
The Aleuts are the closest relatives of these people
Eskimos/Inuits
Wendy
$400 [3]
"The Capeman", this songwriter's musical about a killer, opened to protests, not to "Sounds of Silence"
Paul Simon
Daniel
$400 [19]
Insurers deal with this, the probability of loss; it's also the name of a Parker Brothers game
Risk
Peter
$400 [17]
The steenbok of Africa is a dwarf variety of this animal
antelope
Peter
$400 [27]
In 1947 Herbert Swope coined this 2-word phrase describing the political struggle between the U.S. & USSR
"Cold War"
Daniel
$400 [7]
It's the crisp, edible root of the plant Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family
radish
Peter
$600 [14]
In 2001 Borneo's Dayaks were still engaged in this practice--the bloody, not the corporate kind
headhunting
Wendy
$600 [4]
The Richard Rodgers musical "Rex" starred Nicol Williamson as this king who made some women lose their heads
Henry VIII
Daniel
$600 [20]
You're showing it if you're old enough to know it's the date a policy becomes payable
maturity
Wendy
$600 [23]
Variations of these long-eared critters include the 28-pound Flemish giant & the 2-pound Netherland dwarf
rabbits
Daniel
$600 [28]
Cartoons featuring this mute penguin included "Snow Place Like Home" & "Polar Fright"
Chilly Willy
Daniel
$600 [8]
I predict you'll know the name of this French astrologer who lived from 1503 to 1566
Nostradamus
Wendy
$800 [15]
The Havasupai were & are mainly based in what's now this U.S. state
Arizona
Peter
$800 [5]
In a 1966 musical, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, husband of this title "Auntie", falls off an Alp
Auntie Mame
Daniel
$1,000 [22]
It's discrimination in issuing property insurance based on the property's location
redlining
Wendy
$800 [24]
A companion to the Dog Star Sirius, the Pup was the first star identified as one of these colorful objects
white dwarf
Daniel Peter
$800 [29]
The Weathermaker of 1928 was an air conditioner from this company adapted for home use
Carrier
Wendy
$800 [9]
It's the straight line extending from the center of a circle to the circumference
radius
Peter
$1,000 [16]
Indigenous Hawaiians use this 5-letter word for non-indigenous Hawaiians
haole
Wendy
$1,000 [6]
The murder mystery musical "Something's Afoot" parodies the plot of this author's "Ten Little Indians"
Agatha Christie
Wendy
DD $3,000 [21]
Constitutions have amendments, wills have codicils, policies have these (like horses)
riders
Wendy
$1,000 [25]
In Dickens' "Old Curiosity Shop", Quilp the dwarf has his evil eye on this "Little" character
Little Nell
Daniel Wendy
$1,000 [30]
In Arctic or subarctic tundra, it's perennially frozen subsoil, also called pergelisol
permafrost
Wendy
$1,000 [10]
This electronics chain first opened in 1921 on Brattle Street, near the site of the Boston Massacre
RadioShack
Peter

Double Jeopardy! Round

DUELS MOTOR SPORTS COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD LET'S MAKE A DALE SHORT STORIES ACRONYMBLE
$400 [16]
In 1804, 3 years after his son had been killed in a duel, this man was fatally shot on the same spot by Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Daniel
$400 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) To keep the rubber on the road, racecar tires adapt an early U.S. slogan & say "Don't Put" this "on Me"
tread
Wendy
$400 [6]
The U.S. state known as the "Land of Shining Mountains" borders this country
Canada (the state is Montana)
Daniel
$400 [11]
In the '70s governors of this state included Dale Bumpers & a future president
Arkansas
Wendy
$400 [1]
Rats cut through an Inquisition prisoner's ropes, allowing him to escape this Poe title torture
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
Daniel
$400 [21]
Certain Americans of British ancestry:WASP
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
Peter
$800 [17]
Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel over command of GA.'s military in May 1777, 10 months after signing this
Declaration of Independence
Daniel
$800 [27]
The day A.J. Foyt became the first 4-time winner of this race, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to drive in it
Indianapolis 500
Daniel
$800 [7]
This European grand duchy was founded in 963 when Count Siegfried acquired land in the area
Luxembourg
Daniel
$800 [12]
Dalia Messick became Dale to make it in the male-dominated comics world & created this female reporter
Brenda Starr
Peter
$800 [2]
(Hi-Ho, Kermit the Frog here!) Published in 1865, this "Celebrated" story catapulted Mark Twain to fame
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Wendy Peter
$800 [22]
A senior citizen's group:AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
Daniel Peter
$1,600 [19]
In 1598 this playwright & "To Celia" poet narrowly escaped the gallows for killing an actor in a duel
Ben Jonson
Daniel
$1,200 [28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) Winston Cup stock car racing is named for a brand of this product, which I won't use when filling up
cigarettes
Wendy
$1,200 [8]
The Czech Republic is bordered on the north by Poland, on the east by Slovakia & on the west by this country
Germany
Daniel
$1,200 [13]
Dale Gardner made his first space flight on this shuttle in 1983; he quit the program after it exploded in 1986
Challenger
Peter
$1,200 [3]
This James Thurber character envisions himself as the world's greatest pistol shot, among other things
Walter Mitty
Peter
$1,200 [23]
A government organization:OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Peter
DD $2,000 [18]
In 1806 this future president killed Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson denounced him in the press
Andrew Jackson
Daniel
$1,600 [29]
Seating over 140,000, this state's Talladega Superspeedway claims the title of biggest motor sports facility
Alabama
Wendy
$1,600 [9]
The name of this most populous country in Africa contains the name of one of the countries it borders
Nigeria (for Niger)
Wendy Peter
$1,600 [14]
After you've won friends & influenced people next follow his advice on how to stop worrying & start living
Dale Carnegie
Peter
$1,600 [4]
While in prison for embezzlement, he published his 1st short story, "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking"
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
$1,600 [24]
For Internet geeks:WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
Wendy
$2,000 [20]
In 1829 Arthur Wellesley, who sported this title, challenged Lord Winchelsea to a duel; both missed their targets
Duke of Wellington
$2,000 [30]
This other name for Grand Prix racing refers to the specifications of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile
Formula 1
Wendy
DD $3,000 [10]
With over 20 million, this country had more casualties during World War II than any other
Soviet Union
Wendy
$2,000 [15]
This minstrel tunes up in the tales of Robin Hood
Allan-a-Dale
Wendy
$2,000 [5]
His 1921 collection "The Trembling of a Leaf" contained "Miss Thompson", which was later dramatized as "Rain"
Somerset Maugham
$2,000 [25]
To a nuclear physicist:GUT
Grand Unified Theory

Final Jeopardy!

TV HISTORY

The 1979 sequel to this miniseries is set in Henning, Tennessee, beginning in 1882

Roots

Peter "What is Roots?" — wagered $3,800
Daniel "What is Roots?" — wagered $10,999
Wendy "What is Roots?" — wagered $5,001

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