Show #3175 1998-05-22 Regular

Contestants

Denise Williamson — a property manager originally from Rowland's Castle, Hampshire, England

Steve Wright — a construction worker from Marietta, Georgia

Louis Cohen — a language teacher from Waterford, Connecticut (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,202)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Louis $1,500 $5,000 $12,200 $16,001
3-day champion: $48,203
$12,100
30 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve $100 $2,000 $8,000 $1
3rd place: Ducane 2004SS Gas Grill
$8,000
19 R, 2 W
Denise $900 $900 $5,700 $11,400
2nd place: Trip to Hotel Melia Don Pepe, Costa Del Sol, Spain
$3,900
9 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY CATEGORY IN TRAINING "C" CREATURES THE CHAIN GANG HOT SPOTS OF THE '80s DRUNK ON WORDS
$100 [11]
In 1980 this octogenarian hit the country charts with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
George Burns
Steve
$100 [12]
Mode of transport stabilized by training wheels
bicycle
Louis
$100 [14]
A lack of food can cause this animal's hump to go limp & even flop over
camel
Louis
$100 [19]
In any of this chain of theme parks, like the one "Over Texas", you might run into Looney Tunes characters
Six Flags
Louis
$100 [2]
On April 12, 1982 Great Britain imposed a blockade on this island group
Falkland Islands (or Malvinas)
Louis
$100 [1]
Strangely, Ben Franklin's list of over 200 synonyms for "drunk" omits "as high as" one of these
a kite
Steve
$200 [27]
It's the country that country stars Anne Murray & Shania Twain came from
Canada
Louis
$200 [13]
Training device seen here:
a flight simulator
$200 [15]
Although most don't have nearly that many, its name means "100-footed"
centipede
Denise
$200 [23]
This video store chain began renting video games in January 1994; "Wow, What A Difference"
Blockbuster
Steve
$200 [3]
Students who met in this square April 18, 1989 to mourn Hu Yaobang's death stayed to demonstrate
Tiananmen Square
Louis
$200 [7]
This 2-word expression is often followed by "like a Christmas tree"
lit up
Denise
$300 [28]
On the country charts in the '70s, this singer, seen here, came back to country in 1997:"Think of that summer..."
Olivia Newton-John
Steve
$300 [20]
Period during which recruits learn combat skills
basic training
Louis
$300 [16]
Not only can this lizard change color, its eyes move independently of each other
chameleon
Louis
$300 [24]
Now owned by the Gap, this clothing store originally sold safari clothing
Banana Republic
Louis
$300 [4]
The Achille Lauro was in this sea when it was hijacked October 7, 1985
Mediterranean Sea
Louis
$300 [8]
Now meaning "sleepy", this term once described sailors knocked out on watered-down rum
groggy
Louis
$400 [29]
This late "Winds Of War" star had a Top 10 country hit in 1967 with "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
Robert Mitchum
Louis
$400 [21]
In days of olde, it was the training level between page & knight
squire
Steve
DD $500 [17]
Commercial breeding of this critter, seen here, began in 1923 when 11 were imported to California
chinchilla
Louis
$400 [25]
In 1996 they averaged about 54,000 quick oil changes a day
Jiffy Lube
Louis
$400 [5]
Accusing this nation of backing terrorism, the U.S. ordered its embassy in D.C. closed May 6, 1981
Libya
Louis
$400 [9]
This term compares a tipsy person to a recently stuccoed wall
plastered
Steve
$500 [30]
Sheena Easton made it to the country charts when she did the duet "We've Got Tonight" with this man
Kenny Rogers
Steve
$500 [22]
From the Latin for "new", it's where the trainee nuns are quartered
novitiate
Louis
$500 [18]
This bird named for its call is famous for laying its eggs in other birds' nests; that's crazy!
cuckoo
Steve
$500 [26]
This world capital was the site of the world's first Hard Rock Cafe
London
Louis
$500 [6]
This newly independent country's first prime minister, Marxist Robert Mugabe, took office in 1980
Zimbabwe
Louis Steve
$500 [10]
"Bombed" came into slang usage for drunk before this other adjective inspired by the Luftwaffe
blitzed
Louis Denise

Double Jeopardy! Round

A LITTLE BITTY COUNTRY HISTORIC NAMES GREEK LETTERS ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE "WATER" THE MOVIES
$200 [1]
Luxembourg's language, Letzeburgesch, is a dialect of this, with some French thrown in
German
Steve
$200 [6]
In 1930 he led a march to the sea to collect salt to protest a monopoly by the government of India
Mahatma Gandhi
Louis
$200 [17]
Greek letter you need to know to figure out the area of a circle
pi
Louis
$200 [22]
This city's famed "Art Theatre" opened in 1898 with a production of "Czar Fyodor Ivanovich"
Moscow
Steve
$200 [11]
This poisonous viper is also called a cottonmouth
a water moccasin
Steve
$200 [16]
Richard Attenborough was Kris Kringle in this 1994 remake of a Christmas classic
Miracle on 34th Street
Denise
$400 [2]
If you need this in Luxembourg, it's called "benzine" & sold by the liter
gasoline
Louis Denise
$400 [7]
In 1979 this vice premier became the first top Communist leader from China to visit the U.S.
Deng Xiaoping
Steve Denise
$400 [18]
This fourth Greek letter is in the title of Helen Reddy's second No. 1 hit
delta ("Delta Dawn")
Louis
$400 [23]
The 2-letter name of this form of Japanese drama means "talent" or "skill"
no
Steve
$400 [12]
This series of Monet works was painted near the end of his life when he was almost blind
Water Lilies
Louis
$400 [19]
This actress did her own singing in "Grease 2" & "The Fabulous Baker Boys"
Michelle Pfeiffer
Steve
$800 [4]
In 1354 Charles of Luxembourg raised the country to this status; it became "grand" in 1815
duchy
Louis
$800 [9]
The eagle on Iraq's coat of arms is associated with this 12th century Muslim warrior
Saladin
Louis
$600 [28]
It's the final name in watch brands
Omega
Steve
$600 [24]
Several of his plays, including "Long Day's Journey Into Night", had their world premieres in Stockholm
Eugene O' Neill
Steve
$600 [13]
The 23rd Psalm says the Lord "Maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me" beside these
still waters
Louis
$600 [20]
Oscar-winning epic seen here:
Lawrence of Arabia
Louis
DD $1,000 [3]
It was in the Ardennes region in the north of Luxembourg that the U.S. fought the big WWII "Battle of" this
the Bulge
Denise
$1,000 [10]
It's been said there are more monuments to this Egyptian pharaoh of the 13th c. B.C. than to any other
Ramses II (the Great)
Louis
$800 [29]
Explore American Samoa & you'll come across this island that'll suit you to a "T"
Tau
Steve
$800 [25]
This existentialist's play "The Flies", or "Les Mouches", debuted in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943
Jean-Paul Sartre
Denise
$800 [14]
In 1970 Simon & Garfunkel sang, "Like" this "I will lay me down"
a bridge over troubled water
Louis
$800 [21]
David Bowie was Pontius Pilate in this controversial 1988 film about Jesus' self-doubts
The Last Temptation of Christ
Louis
$1,000 [5]
Luxembourg is one-third of this economic union that was set up November 1, 1960
Benelux
Louis
DD $2,000 [8]
In an 1880 letter, Queen Victoria referred to this successor of Disraeli as a "half-mad fire brand"
William Gladstone
Denise
$1,000 [30]
Computer games & programs undergo this test period to work out bugs before their final retail release
beta testing
$1,000 [26]
The Abbey Theatre is so-named because it's located on lower Abbey Street in this capital city
Dublin
Steve
$1,000 [15]
This Irish city founded by Viking raiders in the 800s is best known for its glassware
Waterford
Steve
$1,000 [27]
Lily Tomlin's soul enters Steve Martin's body in this 1984 comedy
All of Me
Steve

Final Jeopardy!

SONGWRITERS

It was once said of this man who lived to be 101: He "has no place in American music. He is American music"

Irving Berlin

Denise "Who is Irving Berlin?" — wagered $5,700
Steve "Who is Eubie Blake" — wagered $7,999
Louis "Who was Irving Berlin?" — wagered $3,801

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