Show #3030 1997-10-31 Regular

Bob Harris game 1.Alex is dressed as the Statue of Liberty in honor of Halloween.

Contestants

Mark Dickerson — a radiological controls technician from Port Orchard, Washington

Bob Harris — a writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Matt Mann — an operations manager from Carpinteria, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Matt	$200	$1,200	$-1,600	$-1,600 3rd place: his & hers Samsung Evoca 115 Compact Zoom cameras	$-600 5 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Bob	$2,300	$3,500	$9,100	$9,600 New champion: $9,600	$11,100 29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mark	$1,000	$1,900	$4,300	$50 2nd place: Ghost Expeditions trip to Hollywood, California	$4,300 13 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL GHOSTS	REAL GHOSTS?	BONES	BOBBING	FOR APPLES	UNIVERSAL MONSTERS
$100 [1] He pioneered the novel with "Robinson Crusoe" & the ghost story with "The Apparition of One Mrs. Veal" Daniel Defoe Bob	$100 [10] Not one but two of this king's six wives are said to haunt Hampton Court Palace Henry VIII Bob	$100 [4] Cavities in the skull called orbits house these organs the eye Bob	$100 [26] In 1997 this ex-Senate majority leader agreed to loan Newt Gingrich money for his ethics violation fine Bob Dole Mark	$100 [16] To ruin carefully laid plans is to do this to upset the apple cart Bob	$100 [9] (Good evening!) Men who've played me on Broadway & screen are Frank Langella in the '70s & this man in the '20s & '30s Bela Lugosi Mark
$200 [2] He wrote the ghost tale "The Turn of the Screw", while his brother William studied spiritualism Henry James Bob	$200 [11] Glamis Castle in this U.K. country has several ghosts, including an earl who gambled with the devil, & lost Scotland Matt	$200 [5] This liquid makes up about 20% of a bone's weight, as opposed to about 60% of the weight of the entire body water Bob	$200 [27] With his real-life show on home improvement, he proves you can go "Home Again" Bob Vila Bob	$200 [17] In song, Ida was as sweet as this apple "cida"	$200 [15] Monthly occurrence that caused the transformation seen here: a full moon Matt
$300 [3] In the Wagnerian version, this ghost puts into port every 7 years to seek true love the Flying Dutchman Mark	$300 [12] Screaming ghosts have been heard at the old Lalaurie House on Royal Street in this section of New Orleans the French Quarter Mark	$300 [6] Also called the kneecap, it's an example of a sesamoid bone because it's encased in tendons the patella Bob	$300 [28] Eric Clapton's hit "I Shot The Sheriff" was actually written & recorded earlier by this reggae star Bob Marley Mark	$300 [18] Singularly, it's a brandy; in the plural, a Kellogg's cinnamon toasty cereal Apple Jacks Matt Bob Mark	$300 [23] (Here's the Frankenstein Monster.) In a 1935 film Elsa Lanchester played my bride & in the prologue, this author Mary Shelley Bob
$400 [20] In his book "Without Feathers", a ghost reports that the next world resembles Cleveland Woody Allen Bob	$400 [13] This magician who died on Halloween is said to haunt the ruins of his Hollywood Hills estate Houdini Bob	$400 [7] Osteoblasts, osteocytes & osteoclasts are types of these basic units that make up bones cells Bob	—	$400 [19] If everything is just so or perfect, it's in this kind of order apple-pie order Mark	$400 [24] (Here's the Phantom.) City in which I made my home Paris Mark
$500 [21] The ghost in an Oscar Wilde tale doesn't haunt Canterbury but this home near Ascot Canterville	$500 [14] A violent ghost called the Bell Witch allegedly murdered John Bell in this "Volunteer State" in 1820 Tennessee Bob	$500 [8] This long, flat bone is made up of 3 parts with the most ribs attached to the middle part the sternum Mark	—	DD $500 [22] This PBS science series tells viewers the gravity of the situation Newton's Apple Bob	$500 [25] (The Creature.) Body of water in which I first saw Kay Lawrence, the love of my life the Black Lagoon Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIA	ALL THAT JAZZ	THE CIVIL WAR	SMALL MIDWESTERN COLLEGES	UNFINISHED BUSINESS	10-LETTER WORDS
$200 [1] Ethnic Uzbeks make up 9% of Turkmenistan, 24% of Tajikistan & 71% of this country Uzbekistan Mark	$200 [19] "Take The 'A' Train" was Duke Ellington's theme & "One O'Clock Jump" was this "noble" bandleader's Count Basie Matt Bob	$200 [6] The last "Stars & Bars" flag of the Confederacy had this many stars; it must have been unlucky 13 Bob	$200 [11] St. Mary's College, just north of South Bend, is about a mile from this larger Catholic school Notre Dame Bob	$200 [16] The story of this unfinished ziggurat was once used to explain the origin of languages Tower of Babel Bob	$200 [28] Ice cream flavor seenherein an astronaut version: Neapolitan Bob
$400 [2] In 1942 this nation controlled all or part of a dozen present-day eastern Asian countries Japan Bob	$400 [22] '90s jazzmen like Joshua Redman play '30s music in Robert Altman's film set in this Missouri city Kansas City	$400 [7] Gen. Buckner unconditionally surrendered Fort Donelson to this Union general Grant Bob	$400 [12] Eureka College in Illinois is the alma mater of this U.S. president born not far off in Tampico Ronald Reagan Mark	$400 [17] After his death, his final lines in the film "Giant" were dubbed by Nick Adams James Dean Mark	$400 [26] James Boswell was Samuel Johnson's biographer Bob Mark
$600 [3] As a large & geographically distinct part of Asia, India is often called one of these a subcontinent Bob	$800 [20] A slightly lowered unit of the scale, or a label that has recorded Thelonious Monk & Herbie Hancock Blue Note	$600 [8] The announcement of the Union's victory at Vicksburg was made on this summer national holiday July 4th Bob	$600 [13] Coed schools in Ohio include Dyke, Malone & this first U.S. coeducational college Oberlin Bob	$600 [25] Despite its popular name, Schubert may not have planned it to have more than 2 movements the "Unfinished Symphony" Mark	$600 [27] Derived from Greek, it's another term for pharmacist apothecary Bob
$800 [4] Cape Baba, jutting into this arm of the Mediterranean, is Asia's westernmost mainland point the Aegean Mark	DD $1,000 [21] Sax great heardherein a 1960 recording: John Coltrane Matt	$800 [9] The only person executed after the war for his war crimes was Henry Wirz, commander of this prison Andersonville Bob	$800 [14] Beloit, in this state, is one of the USA's most respected small colleges Wisconsin Bob	$800 [24] The biggest mystery in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is how this author planned to finish it Charles Dickens Bob	—
$1,000 [5] Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the major city of this peninsula in far eastern Russia Kamchatka Mark	$1,000 [18] This 1960s style pioneered by Ornette Coleman "liberated" improvisers from set melodies free jazz Matt Bob	$1,000 [10] This blond soldier lost control of his horse during the End of the War Parade, May 23, 1865 Custer Mark	DD $2,000 [15] (Here is a video clue I recorded far, far away from here.) Beneath me is the Vasa, launched by this 17th century Swedish king for whom a St. Peter, Minn. college is named Gustavus Adolphus Bob	$1,000 [23] "A person on business from Porlock" kept Coleridge from finishing this opium-induced masterpiece Kublai Khan Matt	—

Final Jeopardy!

HALLOWEEN

Mythical Halloween being in the title of the oft-repeated animated TV special that debuted October 27, 1966

the Great Pumpkin ( It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown )

Mark "What is a goblin?" — wagered $4,250

Bob "What is the Great Pumpkin?" — wagered $500

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