Show #4341 2003-06-16 (taped 2003-02-24) Regular

John Beck game 2.

Contestants

Becky Hudson — an administrative support person originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Tom Lucero — a lawyer from Glendale, California

John Beck — a copywriter from Torrance, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$4,800	$5,200	$14,400	$17,400 2-day champion: $48,600	$16,800 30 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Tom	$-1,000	$-1,600	$400	$800 3rd place: $1,000	$2,400 7 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Becky	$1,200	$3,200	$5,200	$7,200 2nd place: $2,000	$7,200 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1960s AMERICA	AN APPLE A DAY	GEOMETRY	THE REEL WORLD	ANNUAL EVENTS	LET'S "SPLIT"
$200 [21] After a life-changing trip to Mecca in 1965, Malcolm X had a new slogan: these "or Bullets" Ballots Tom	$200 [26] These sour wild apples are usually less than 2 inches in diameter crabapples John	$200 [16] A straight line that touches the outside of a circle at only one point is called this tangent Tom Becky	$200 [1] 1964:"Super-califragilistic-expialidocious" Mary Poppins John	$200 [11] It's the holiday you associate with the "Wearing of the Green" St. Patrick's Day John	$200 [6] A house with floors that differ by about half a story split-level John
$400 [22] For hippies, it was Manhattan's equivalent of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district Greenwich Village John Becky	$400 [27] Appropriately, the Empire apple was introduced in this U.S. state in 1966 New York John	$400 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) With this blue line, I've done this to the angle bisect it John	$400 [2] 1980:"Redrum!" The Shining John Becky	$400 [12] Japan's Shichi-Go-San, or "7-5-3", celebrates 5-year-olds wearing trousers & 7-year-olds tying this with an obi kimono Becky	$400 [7] These singing & dancing animals hosted their own Saturday morning "Adventure Hour" from 1968 to 1970 the Banana Splits John
$600 [23] Its first director was a sargent, Sargent Shriver Peace Corps John	$600 [28] The name of this world capital precedes "Beauty" in the name of an apple variety that's excellent for baking Rome John	$600 [18] The volume of one type of this solid is computed by determining the area of a circle & multiplying it by the height cylinder Becky	$600 [3] 1991:"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti" The Silence of the Lambs John	$600 [13] Susan B. Anthony Day is the day after this federal holiday Valentine's Day John Becky	$600 [8] On May 25, 2000 Sony investors suddenly had twice as many shares thanks to one of these actions stock split John
$800 [24] A comedy troupe, or what critics found forming between what was reported & what was happening in Vietnam credibility gap	$800 [29] The Jonagold is a hybrid of the Golden Delicious & this red apple variety Jonathan John Tom	$800 [19] The foundations of analytic geometry were first laid out in this Frenchman's 1637 book "Geometrie" Rene Descartes John Tom Becky	$800 [4] 1999:"I see dead people" The Sixth Sense John	$800 [14] In 1985 President Reagan signed Public Law 99-54 recognizing "Pause for the Pledge" as a part of this day's activities Flag Day	$800 [9] It could be slang for a town where divorced people live splitsville Becky
$1,000 [25] (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) This capsule sent into space in 1965 weighs 8000 pounds, only about 2,500 more than a 1965 Lincoln Continental Gemini Tom	DD $2,400 [30] This tart green apple was first cultivated by a certain Australian lady named Maria Ann Granny Smith John	$1,000 [20] On the road it's a type of "strip"; in a triangle it's a line extending from the midpoint of a side to the opposite angle median John	$1,000 [5] 1995:"You think you can catch Keyser Soze?" The Usual Suspects John	$1,000 [15] The name of this Christian observance is from the Greek for "fiftieth day" Pentecost Tom Becky	$1,000 [10] In football, you'll find them outside the offensive tackles or when the quarterback has a bad hair day split ends John

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY	MUSICIANS	BORN THE SAME DAY	LADIES OF LITERATURE	ON THE FLAG	DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS
$400 [11] Warsaw, Rome, Madrid Warsaw Becky	$400 [13] This female trio has gone from singing on the streets of Dallas to the country & pop charts The Dixie Chicks John	$400 [21] The cartooning gods smiled on Dec. 8, 1894, which produced James Thurber & Elzie Segar, creator of this sailorman Popeye Tom	$400 [1] In the original tale, Elizabeth, the bride of this man, is strangled by the monster Frankenstein John	$400 [26] The 7 points on the star of Jordan's flag are for the first 7 verses of this book the Koran Tom	$400 [6] To look through your attic for a particular item, maybe just before the sale of the same name rummage John
$800 [12] Pretoria, Addis Ababa, Algiers Algiers John	$800 [17] Seen here, this late night TV "cat" is also a noted jazz guitarist Kevin Eubanks John	$800 [22] May 9, 1936 gave England Glenda Jackson & this actor whose film roles include Daddy Warbucks & Hercule Poirot Albert Finney John	$800 [2] S'posin a fella was to meet the lady that birthed Tom Joad; he could jus' call her this Ma Becky	$800 [27] Ordering parts for your Togo flag? You'll need a star, a canton & 5 of these, to go stripes John	$800 [7] Effervescence, in liquid fizz (or bubbly) Becky
$1,200 [14] Jakarta, Manila, Beijing Beijing John	$1,200 [18] If you're humming a movie theme, chances are good it's by this "Jaws" & "Star Wars" composer John Williams John	$1,200 [23] Freud, who explored the mind, shared his May 6, 1856 birth date with this man who explored the Arctic Robert Peary	$1,200 [3] Robert Jordan could sing, "I've just met a girl named Maria / she was brutalized by Fascists" in this Hemingway novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Tom	$1,200 [28] Narciso Lopez' La Estrella Solitaria, "The Lone Star" banner, is this island country's present flag Cuba John	$1,600 [9] To benefit from another's popularity is to use this part of his clothing coattails John
$1,600 [15] Riyadh, Baghdad, Ankara Ankara Tom	$1,600 [19] Albums by this piano player born in New Orleans include the fittingly titled "Remedies" Dr. John John	DD $2,000 [24] Bishop James Pike & this man named James were both born Feb. 14, 1913 & both later disappeared James Hoffa Tom	$1,600 [4] Ladies, don't be like this Rostand heroine; make sure your suitor's great letters are really his own Roxanne Tom	$1,600 [29] Its flag, adopted in 1929, has a 3-tiered tiara & a set of keys on it Vatican City John	DD $2,000 [8] Africa's closest point to the continent of Europe lies in this country 8 miles away Morocco Becky
$2,000 [16] Paris, Berlin, Brussels Berlin John Tom	$2,000 [20] Holy trivia! He composed the theme heard here[from the "Batman" TV series] Neal Hefti John	$2,000 [25] U.S. black leader Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925, like this murdered first prime minister of the Congo Patrice Lumumba	$2,000 [5] Albertine, created by a man named Marcel, dallies with a man named Marcel in this work "Remembrance of Things Past" John	—	$2,000 [10] This religious service for college graduates is usually held on the Sunday before commencement day Baccalaureate Becky

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS BIGGIES

Founded in 1898 when several cracker companies merged, in 2000 it passed from one tobacco company to another

Nabisco (it went from R.J. Reynolds to Philip Morris)

Tom "What is Nabisco" — wagered $400

Becky "What is Nabisco?" — wagered $2,000

John "What is Nabisco?" — wagered $3,000

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