Show #3997 2002-01-08 (taped 2001-10-29) Regular

Contestants

Rebecca Mathews — an institutional researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Christopher Glenn — an analyst for the federal government from Bridgeport, West Virginia

David Bell — an advertising executive from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$4,600	$4,400	$13,600	$22,200 2-day champion: $34,199	$10,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Christopher	$1,800	$3,000	$14,200	$0 3rd place: trip to Oahu through Yahoo! Travel	$13,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Rebecca	$2,000	$4,400	$14,800	$10,800 2nd place: Caribbean cruise on Windjammer Barefoot	$14,800 15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HONORARY DEGREES	NUMBER, PLEASE	WINE IF YOU MUST	SCRIPTURE SAYETH	BONDS' 73	CITY SEALS
$200 [21] This new doctor can put his honorary Ph.D. next to his Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas" Nicolas Cage Christopher	$200 [16] The number of days the prophet Elijah spent on Mount Horeb, or Jesus spent in the wilderness 40 Rebecca	$200 [10] Hock is a British term for the Rhine wines from this country Germany David	$200 [6] The lesser-known 24th of these begins, "The Earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof" Psalms Christopher	$200 [1] This man who shattered Roger Maris' 37-year-old record had his record broken by Barry Bonds in only 3 years Mark McGwire David	$400 [29] Mountain range depicted on the seal of Calgary, Alberta Rockies David
$400 [22] It was a beautiful day in his neighborhood when he got a Ph.D. from Middlebury Mister Rogers Christopher	$400 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the eye doctor's office.) I'm standing this many feet from the eye chart, the numerator in a common fraction used to evaluate vision 20 David	$400 [11] When uncorked, a wine is said to begin to do this, something Faith Hill sang about breathe David	$400 [7] The prophet Nahum says, "The Lord is slow to" this state--but when he gets there, look out! anger David	$400 [2] According to USA Today, it's 5.6 miles or 29,468 feet combined distance of all his home runs David	$600 [28] Though it's thought the phoenix on its seal refers to the 1906 fire, it predates the fire by almost 50 years San Francisco Rebecca
$600 [23] Maybe Springsteen was unavailable, so N.J.s Monmouth University gave a Ph.D. to this "Livin' on a Prayer" rocker instead Jon Bon Jovi Christopher	$800 [19] It's the atomic number of neptunium, the first transuranium element 93	$600 [12] Term for the juice of freshly crushed grapes (Hint: remember the category) must	$600 [8] Completes Jesus' words to the woman taken in adultery, "Go, and..." sin no more Christopher	$600 [3] 37 of the 73 home runs were hit in this stadium Pacific Bell Park David	$800 [27] This man-made wonder 30 miles east of Las Vegas is featured prominently on Vegas' seal Hoover Dam Rebecca
$800 [24] South Carolina's Lander University gave a humane letters degree to this "Groundhog Day" actress, but only once Andie MacDowell Rebecca	$1,000 [20] In "Old Friends", Paul Simon wrote "How terribly strange to be" this age that he'll be in 2011 70 Rebecca	$800 [13] In the Bordeaux region this term refers to a vineyard rather than a castle chateau David	$800 [9] This sensuous "Song" sayeth, "Thy name is like a round goblet...thing eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon" Song of Solomon David	$800 [4] Regulation inning in which Barry hit the fewest of the 73 homers, only 3; makes sense if you think about it 9th David	$1,000 [26] Its seal features a woman pointing to a fir forest with Mount Hood in the background Portland Rebecca
$1,000 [25] "Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye" when this singer doctored up an honorary degree from Iona Don McLean David	DD $2,000 [18] In Roman numerals this number's i.d. is ID 499 David	$1,000 [14] The Asti region of Italy is known for this "foamy" or "sparkling" wine spumante Rebecca	$1,000 [15] Proverbs asketh, "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above" these gems rubies Rebecca	$1,000 [5] It was this team's Dennis Springer that Bonds hit No. 73 off of Los Angeles Dodgers Christopher	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION	PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES	BAD LITERARY TRIPS	QUASI-RELATED PAIRS	'73 BONDS	THE BARBARY WARS
$400 [3] The Flexible Flyer isn't an airplane but a classic brand of this winter vehicle sled Christopher	$400 [1] Milhous Richard Nixon Christopher	$400 [13] Take in the lush Caribbean scenery as a guest of this fiendish doctor from Ian Fleming Tours Dr. No Christopher	$400 [20] Dickens' orphaned Oliver & S.C. Johnson's stain remover brand Twist & Shout Christopher	$400 [11] A major wedding of the year was $6 Million Man Lee Major's to this angel Farrah Fawcett-Majors	$800 [29] In a 3-hour battle on August 1, 1801 this ship under Lt. Andrew Sterrett, not Lt. Uhura, beat the Tripoli Enterprise Christopher
$800 [7] This brand of stagecoach, the finest in the West, got its name from the New Hampshire capital where it was made Concord	$800 [2] David Dwight Eisenhower David	$800 [15] Taste the tranquility of small-town Maine with a week at Jerusalem's Lot, called this for short Salem's Lot Christopher	$800 [21] It's the quasi-related pair seen here rock & roll	$800 [12] In 1973 Brian Mulroney married Mila Pivnicki; in 1984 he became this country's prime minister Canada Rebecca	$1,200 [26] In 1802 Congress authorized this president to use force to protect U.S. ships from the Tripoli pirates Jefferson Christopher
$1,200 [8] In the name of a British car, Aston was a hill where it was tested & this man was a company founder Martin Christopher Rebecca	$1,200 [4] Alan Chester A. Arthur	$1,200 [17] We'll fly you to a rainy fjord to experience stifling middle-class morality in this playwright's "Ghosts" Ibsen Rebecca	$1,200 [22] Companies like United Van Lines & Bekins, & the "trembling" sect that's an offshoot of the Quakers movers & Shakers Rebecca	$1,200 [14] He married Shakira Baksh in 1973; she appeared with him in "The Man Who Would be King" in 1975 Michael Caine Rebecca	$1,600 [27] To visit the site of the embattled shores of Tripoli you have to go to this country, but the State Dept. warns against it Libya David
DD $2,000 [9] Urban legend has this Chevy model flopping in Spanish-speaking lands (its name translates as "Doesn't go") Nova Christopher	$1,600 [5] Abram James Garfield	$1,600 [18] With stops in the Urals & Siberia, you'll see more of Russia than you've ever imagined in this Pasternak novel Dr. Zhivago Rebecca	$1,600 [23] West Virginia Senator Robert's family & actresses Arthur & Benaderet Byrds & bees Christopher	$1,600 [16] The royal wedding of the year was that of Capt. Mark Phillips & this princess Princess Anne Rebecca	DD $6,800 [28] He lost his ship the Philadelphia & his brother James, but was still a hero right or wrong Stephen Decatur David
$2,000 [10] (Sarah of the Clue Crew on a New Orleans steamboat.) I'm aboard New Orleans' only steamboat, which shares this name with a Mississippi city & an Indian group Natchez	$2,000 [6] Clark Herbert Clark Hoover	$2,000 [19] You'll sail to Bremerhaven with several bitter, deluded bigots in this Katherine Anne Porter novel Ship of Fools Rebecca	$2,000 [24] "Mr. Roboto" rock group & authors I.F. & Irving sticks & stones Christopher	$2,000 [25] This author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" married for his fifth & last time in 1973 Philip Dick Rebecca	—

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYWRIGHTS

King Louis XIV was the godfather of this playwright's first child, born in 1664

Molière

David "Who is Moliere" — wagered $8,600

Christopher "Who is Shakespeare?" — wagered $14,200

Rebecca "Who is Shakespeare?" — wagered $4,000

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