Show #3069 1997-12-25 Regular

Contestants

Nancy Hungerford-Levine — a college student from Milwaukie, Oregon

Fritz Torp — a high school English teacher from Santa Cruz, California

Joyce Gray — a Spanish teacher originally from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joyce	$200	$3,000	$5,100	$9,100 2-day champion: $26,301	$6,600 25 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Fritz	$700	$1,500	$3,300	$6,500 2nd place: Trip to Woodstock Inn & Resort, Vermont	$5,200 16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Nancy	$-100	$600	$5,400	$5,600 3rd place: Panasonic Large LCD Palmcorder	$7,400 13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS	WEDDINGS	"G" MOVIES	STATE CAPITALS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	ODD WORDS
$100 [3] "Two Hussars" is a short story by this author of the very long novel "War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy Nancy	$100 [21] At a formal wedding, this jacket worn by the groom may be a rental, an Oscar de la Rental a tuxedo Joyce	$100 [1] This 1993 Bill Murray hit is the perfect video to watch over & over again on February 2 Groundhog Day Joyce	$100 [8] It's Louisiana's second largest city & its capital Baton Rouge Joyce	$100 [26] This school's athletic teams are called the Hoosiers Indiana Fritz	$100 [12] Hear, hear, tinnitus refers to this medical condition ringing in the ears Nancy
$200 [4] He prefaced chapters IX & X of his novel "The Pathfinder" with quotes from "As You Like It" James Fenimore Cooper Joyce	$200 [22] Emily Post says after walking the bride down the aisle, he sits in the third pew if he's divorced the father of the bride Joyce	$200 [2] Maurice Chevalier sang "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" in this film; I remember it well... Gigi Fritz	$200 [9] South Dakota's Cultural Heritage Center in this city displays a lead plate left by French explorers in 1743 Pierre Fritz	$200 [27] Badger alumni know Michael Jackson acquired rights to this school's fight song from Paul McCartney Wisconsin Joyce	$200 [13] From the Latin word gravis, meaning "heavy", gravid describes a woman in this condition pregnant Fritz
$300 [5] Much of this "Vanity Fair" author's novel "Henry Esmond" takes place during the reign of Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray Fritz	$300 [23] It's become popular to place single-use ones on each table to let guests help capture the event cameras Joyce	$300 [16] Hey, dude, this 1959 Sandra Dee film led to the TV series that made Sally Field a star Gidget Nancy	$300 [10] In 1840 Jason Lee established a mission on the site of this future Oregon capital Salem Fritz	$300 [28] This school's East Lansing campus has the USA's largest college food service operation Michigan State Joyce Fritz	$300 [14] Subject of a Crystal Gayle or Romantics song, somniloquism is this talking in your sleep Joyce Nancy
$400 [6] She fed us "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" in 1982 & gave us "Breathing Lessons" in 1988 Anne Tyler Fritz	$400 [24] It's often held on the eve of the wedding & followed by a dinner for out-of-town guests rehearsal Joyce	$400 [19] Musical in which Marilyn Monroe, as Lorelei Lee, asked, "Is this the way to Europe, France?" Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Nancy	$500 [15] At almost 7,000 feet above sea level in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it's the highest U.S. capital Santa Fe, New Mexico Joyce Fritz	$400 [29] After the Civil War, Georgetown University chose these school colors to signify the union of the North & South blue & gray Joyce	$400 [17] Byssus is the name of the fine cloth used to keep these under wraps in ancient Egypt mummies Fritz
$500 [7] This Florentine author of "Il Principe" also wrote a history of Florence Niccolo Machiavelli Fritz	$500 [25] It's the canopy used at Jewish wedding ceremonies a huppah	$500 [20] Jane Alexander had an unbilled role as Matthew Broderick's mother in this Civil War epic Glory Joyce	DD $1,900 [11] Washington Crossing State Park lies northwest of this capital on the Delaware River Trenton, New Jersey Fritz	$500 [30] In accordance with the founder's will, this Houston university was tuition-free from 1912 to 1965 Rice Joyce	$500 [18] Someone who's described as nasute has a large one of these features a nose Joyce

Double Jeopardy! Round

MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME	LORDS A-LEAPING	LADIES DANCING	MAIDS A-MILKING	FIVE GOLDEN "RING"s	THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
$200 [1] This chocolatier offers its trademark ballotins of goodies for that special "lady" Godiva Joyce	$200 [16] Made a lord in 1970, he played Lord Hamlet on film & Lord Marchmain in "Brideshead Revisited" Sir Laurence Olivier Joyce	$200 [11] She danced the can-can at the 1964 World's Fair before she giggled her way to fame on "Laugh-In" Goldie Hawn Joyce Fritz	$200 [25] Our maids separate this product from milk with centrifugal force & save some for their coffee cream Joyce	$200 [20] It's no match for Wisk laundry detergent "ring around the collar" Joyce	$200 [6] Come on, get this answer; their theme was "Come On, Get" this Happy Fritz
$400 [2] In the 19th century these scented pouches made by Eugene Rimmel had great cachet as valentines sachets Joyce	$400 [17] In 1935 John Buchan became Lord Tweedsmuir & his novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" was filmed by this director Alfred Hitchcock Nancy	$400 [12] She used to dance with the Cincinnati Ballet, as her husband Matthew Broderick could tell you Sarah Jessica Parker Nancy	$400 [26] Like most Americans, our maids rely on milk to be their leading source of this bone-building material calcium Fritz	$600 [22] At first baby can only gum this rubber toy but he'll be biting it soon enough a teething ring Fritz	$400 [7] The sign "Careful. Nervous Mother Driving" was on this type of vehicle a school bus Joyce
$600 [3] From its delightful smell, a small bouquet is sometimes called this a nosegay Joyce	$600 [18] As British Secretary of State for India, he annexed Burma; as British PM, his son lost it to Japan Lord Randolph Churchill Fritz	$600 [13] Now on "Friends", she's the young lady who danced with Bruce Springsteen in his "Dancing In The Dark" video Courteney Cox Fritz	$600 [27] Maids often put milk through this process which breaks up milk fat & spreads it evenly through the milk homogenization Joyce Nancy	$800 [23] In the old days, if you found this item at the dinner table you'd assume what it held had already been used a napkin ring Nancy	$600 [8] The only Partridge child whose real first name & character name were one & the same Danny Joyce
$800 [4] Elaborately carved, these pieces of tableware are traditional love tokens in Wales (wooden) spoons Joyce	$800 [19] Lord Beaverbrook gained fame, wealth & political power through his ownership of several of these newspapers Joyce Fritz	$800 [14] This singer, dancer & ex-Laker Girl won an Emmy for choreographing "The Tracey Ullman Show" Paula Abdul Nancy	$800 [28] Following FDA standards, our maids fortify their milk with these 2 vitamins A & D Nancy	$1,000 [24] It's the popular name of the chain of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean the Ring of Fire Nancy	$800 [9] On Nov. 21, 1970 this song, which was featured on their first album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 "I Think I Love You" Joyce
$1,000 [5] For a 55th anniversary gift, it's traditional to keep love green with this gem emeralds Joyce	DD $2,000 [30] The last words of this earl who wrote instructive letters were "Give Dayrolles a chair", not a sofa Lord Chesterfield Nancy	$1,000 [15] Former Rockette Vera-Ellen was Danny Kaye's dancing co-star in this ever-popular holiday film White Christmas Nancy	$1,000 [29] It's what our maids call the unpasteurized milk they sell to health-food stores raw milk Nancy	DD $1,500 [21] Symbol of success & achievement associated with the object seen here:[a carousel] a brass ring Joyce	$1,000 [10] For the animated series "Partridge Family: 2200 A.D.", she did the voice of Laurie Susan Dey Joyce

Final Jeopardy!

JOURNALISM

In an 1897 editorial that stated, "Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever" this question was answered

"Is there a Santa Claus?" ("Yes, Virginia...")

Fritz "What is "Is there a Santa Claus?"" — wagered $3,200

Joyce "What is "Is there a Santa Claus?"" — wagered $4,000

Nancy "What is "is there a Santa Claus?"" — wagered $200

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