Show #3062 1997-12-16 (taped 1997-09-30) Regular

First game to use the "Bonus" category.

Contestants

Nancy Schwartz — an insurance company manager from Thousand Oaks, California

Tim Surdyk — an undergraduate student from Seattle, Washington

Holly Highsmith Abrams — a project marketing manager from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Holly	$2,100	$3,600	$3,400	$3,270 2nd place: Trip to Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada	$3,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Tim	$1,200	$1,800	$11,400	$9,800 New champion: $9,800	$11,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Nancy	$300	$1,400	$1,600	$1,600 3rd place: Motorola StarTac Cellular Phone	$2,600 10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY AMERICA	CROSSWORD CLUES "M"	'80s ROCK	SEWING	WILDE	OATHS
$100 [8] In August 1974 he returned to his home in San Clemente, California, reportedly in a deep depression Richard Nixon Tim	$100 [2] Cow's meow(3) moo Nancy	$100 [1] In 1988 they released the concert tour documentary "Rattle And Hum" U2 Nancy	$100 [24] Sewing aids include a cushionlike "roll" to press these & a "ripper" to remove them Seams Holly Tim	$100 [14] Oscar Wilde was born in this city in 1854 & given the middle names Fingal O' Flahertie Wills Dublin Tim	$100 [15] This oath was once sworn before the goddess Panacea, whose name means "cure all" Hippocratic Oath Holly
$200 [9] When completed in 1936, it was the world's tallest dam Hoover Dam Tim	$200 [3] Hiawatha's honey(9) Minnehaha Holly	$200 [4] They had 2 No. 1 hits in 1980: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" & "Another One Bites The Dust" Queen Holly	$200 [27] The direction of threads in a fabric is called this, like the pattern of fibers in wood Grain Holly Nancy	$200 [20] Wilde's first stage success was the tale of this woman's fan in 1892 Lady Windermere Holly	$200 [16] The president of Iran takes his oath of office "In the presence of" this book "and the people" The Koran Tim
$300 [10] During every decade from the 1920s to 1960, some member of this family was governor of Louisiana Long Tim	$300 [12] False face festivity(9) masquerade Holly Nancy	$300 [5] In 1986 she was in "Control" with a hit album that included "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" Janet Jackson Holly	$300 [28] French term for the technique of "applying" a fabric design to a contrasting fabric appliqué Holly	$300 [21] Passing through customs in New York, Wilde declared, "I have nothing to declare except" this My genius Holly	$300 [17] In 1996, on behalf of 10,000 others, Teresa Edwards took this oath of sportsmanship in Atlanta Olympic Oath Holly
$400 [11] In 1912, in Savannah, Georgia she organized the first troop of Girl Scouts Juliette Gordon Low Nancy	$400 [25] Enormous, like a woolly mammal(7) mammoth Nancy	$500 [7] After going "Roundabout" this group returned to the charts in 1983 with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" Yes Tim	$400 [29] To make the turnback type of this, start by putting a wide hem on a sleeve a cuff Tim	$400 [22] Wilde served almost 2 years in gaol in this town 38 miles from London Reading Holly	$400 [18] Term for Cold War-era oaths required of federal employees, union leaders & teachers Loyalty oath Tim
$500 [13] In 1987, 30 years after they were expelled, the Teamsters were permitted to rejoin this group AFL-CIO Holly	$500 [26] Gloomy, like the blues(5) moody Nancy	DD $600 [6] In 1984 they leaped to the top of the charts with the song heard here: ("Jump") Van Halen Holly	—	$500 [23] This fellow playwright & wit said that in hard times Wilde maintained his "gaiety of soul" George Bernard Shaw Tim	$500 [19] This 1789 oath by the National Assembly served notice on Louis XVI & left the ball in his court Tennis Court Oath

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN CAPITALS	AROUND THE BODY	VERBS	NOTABLE WOMEN	CONSTRUCTION	BONUS MOVIE
$200 [4] This city on the Danube was originally a Celtic settlement called Vindobona Vienna Nancy	$200 [1] A big broken one of these may be stabilized by an intramedullary rod Bone Holly	$200 [21] Snakes, steam kettles & displeased audiences do this incessantly hiss Nancy	$200 [2] Coretta Scott met this future husband while at the New England Conservatory of Music Martin Luther King Jr. Nancy	$200 [19] By definition, it's what a full bathroom has that a half bath doesn't a bathtub Holly	$400 [8] He played Mr. Banks, the "Father of the Bride" Steve Martin & Spencer Tracy Holly
$400 [7] Some Moscow-set movie scenes have been filmed in this Finnish capital Helsinki Holly	$400 [3] Hearing happens in the cochlea; your sense of this in the nearby semicircular canals & vestibule Balance Tim	$400 [23] As a verb, this musical instrument means to proclaim loudly Trumpet Tim	$400 [13] Training by the Suzuki method your child can become a famous one of these, like Midori Violinist Holly	$400 [26] Going to the very core of construction, it's the underlying base or substructure of a building Foundation Holly	$400 [9] Dan Aykroyd starred in this film based on characters from "Saturday Night Live" Coneheads & The Blues Brothers Holly Tim
$800 [11] Napoleon met his Waterloo just 12 miles from this capital Brussels Tim	$800 [6] In the duodenum, your stomach contents mix with juices from the liver, gallbladder & this organ Pancreas Tim	$600 [24] To descend a mountain while secured with a double rope rappel Nancy	$600 [16] In 1956 she made $3 million as the last of the original United Artists partners to sell their stock Mary Pickford Tim	$600 [27] These overlapping blades or slats may be fixed or adjustable in a window to let in air & light louvers Holly Tim	$600 [14] Late '80s Kevin Costner film whose subject was baseball Bull Durham & Field of Dreams Holly Tim
DD $1,000 [10] On Sept. 1, 1939 it became the first capital city targeted in an attack by Germany in WWII Warsaw, Poland Tim	DD $1,000 [5] Take a deep breath & name the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood Pulmonary artery Nancy	$800 [25] Water does this to become snow, & thoughts do it to become an idea Crystalize Holly Tim	$800 [17] 1 of the 2 Harriets in the Women's Hall of Fame, they both are associated with slavery Harriet Tubman (or Harriet Beecher Stowe) Tim	—	$1,000 [20] Woody Allen film with "sex" in the title A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy & Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) Holly
$1,000 [12] Fed by steaming hot springs, the name of this capital means "Bay of Smokes" Reykjavik, Iceland Tim	$1,000 [22] Above the larynx, this 3-segment passage leads from the back of the nose down to the esophagus Pharynx	—	$1,000 [18] Upset over the Senate's treatment of Anita Hill, this Illinoian ran for the U.S. Senate in 1992 & won Carol Moseley Braun Tim	—	$1,600 [15] She won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress Katharine Hepburn & Barbra Streisand Tim

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

Among those who eulogized him on July 29, 1997 was his successor, David Souter

William Brennan

Nancy "Who was" — wagered $0

Holly "Who was Thurgood Marshall" — wagered $130

Tim "Who was J.P. Stevens?" — wagered $1,600

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