Show #3026 1997-10-27 Regular

Contestants

Barbara Von Pagel — a reservations agent from Seattle, Washington

David Morgenstern — a lawyer from Chicago, Illinois

Steve Norton — a reporter from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $1,000 $2,200 $6,800 $3,500
2nd place: Zenith 35" Big Screen Color TV & Klipsch Epic Series Speakers
$6,800
16 R, 2 W
David $600 $1,500 $5,800 $10,000
New champion: $10,000
$5,100
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Barbara $800 $3,400 $3,800 $10
3rd place: Trip for Two on Amtrak
$4,300
22 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICAN FOOD BROTHERLY ROCK TAKE IN ORDER NOTED SCRIBES CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
$100 [1]
These volunteers were so named because they were ready to fight at 60 seconds' notice
Minutemen
David
$100 [2]
The meat cooked in these pits is generally beef in Texas but pork in North Carolina
barbeque
Barbara
$100 [11]
Duane & Gregg, in the '60s they recorded as Hour Glass
The Allman Brothers
Barbara
$100 [13]
Supplementary statistics stuck onto the back of a book
an appendix
David
$100 [21]
Shortly after arriving in France in 1924, he completed "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Steve
$100 [15]
Mr. Bono's baby rabbits
Sonny's bunnies
Barbara
$200 [4]
Hanged as a spy on September 22, 1776, his body probably still lies somewhere in midtown Manhattan
Nathan Hale
Steve
$200 [3]
One of Elvis Presley's favorite dishes was a sandwich filled with mashed bananas & this spread
peanut butter
David
$200 [12]
Brothers Eddie & Alex, who formed the core of this band, were born in the Netherlands
Van Halen
David
$200 [14]
The appendix is vermiform, meaning shaped like one of these
a worm
$200 [22]
While serving as an ambulance driver, he was injured at Fossalta di Piave, Italy on July 8, 1918
Ernest Hemingway
Barbara
$200 [16]
Drescher's devotees
Fran's fans
Barbara
$300 [5]
About 8,000 British prisoners were taken in this last major battle of the war
Yorktown
Barbara
$300 [6]
A slice of this bread that comes in a dotted bag can be wadded up smaller than a ping-pong ball & bounced
Wonder Bread
Barbara
$300 [20]
Jermaine to this category is this quintet with hits such as "I'll Be There" & "Dancing Machine"
The Jackson 5
Steve
$300 [25]
Worms is home to what may be this country's oldest Jewish cemetery
Germany
Barbara
$300 [27]
He's written plays based on his works, including "Dandelion Wine" & "Fahrenheit 451"
Ray Bradbury
David
$300 [17]
Eastwood's candies
Clint's mints
Barbara
$400 [8]
This 1765 act of Parliament called for taxes on such items as dice & playing cards
the Stamp Act
Steve
$400 [7]
A pioneering jazz composer shares his nickname with this rich dessert
Jelly Roll (Morton)
Steve
DD $500 [23]
Group seen here; the oldest brother is 16:
Hanson
Barbara
$400 [26]
The Danube River rises in Germany's Schwarzwald & empties into this sea
the Black Sea
Steve David Barbara
$400 [28]
This essayist wrote 3 children's stories, the last being "The Trumpet of the Swan" in 1970
E.B. White
Steve
$400 [18]
Vanna's dancewear
White's tights
Barbara
$500 [9]
This British nobleman was King George III's chief minister throughout the American Revolution
Lord North
Steve
$500 [10]
In Cincinnati the "five-way" type of this dish includes spaghetti, cheese, onions & beans
chili
Steve
$500 [24]
Brothers Tim, Andrew & Jon Farriss form half of this "Need You Tonight" sextet
INXS
Barbara
$500 [30]
The Black Sea bass is a popular catch among fishermen off this Palmetto State
South Carolina
David
$500 [29]
From 1903 to 1905, American author Winston Churchill served in the legislature of this "Granite State"
New Hampshire
David
$500 [19]
Mr. Crystal's female foals
Billy's fillies
Barbara

Double Jeopardy! Round

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS EROTIC THRILLERS HISPANIC AMERICANS U.S. BODIES OF WATER 3-LETTER WORDS
$200 [21]
Norbert Pearlroth met this man in 1923 & researched his "Believe It Or Not!" feature for 52 years
Robert Ripley
Barbara
$200 [7]
Nobel chemist Wilhelm Ostwald didn't believe in these, let alone their protons & electrons
atoms
Barbara
$200 [1]
Her erotic thriller filmography includes "Sliver", "The Specialist" & "Basic Instinct"
Sharon Stone
Barbara
$200 [3]
In 1962 he used his life savings to form the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, Calif.
Cesar Chavez
Barbara
$200 [8]
This lake nestled in the Adirondacks may take its name from its peaceful waters
Lake Placid
Steve
$200 [15]
It can mean quick to learn, or be short for a rental residence
apt (or apt. for "apartment")
David
$400 [26]
Search engines like Alta Vista help you explore the vast maze of this information system
the Internet
Steve
$400 [12]
David Brewster established the law of polarization by reflection & invented this optical toy
the kaleidoscope
Barbara
$400 [2]
Kathleen Turner turns on William Hurt in this classic of the genre
Body Heat
David
$400 [6]
This folk singer & activist visited North Vietnam in 1972 & Bosnia in 1993
Joan Baez
Steve
$400 [9]
Shoshone Falls in Idaho lies on this winding river
Snake River
Barbara
$400 [18]
Mantra for a unit of electrical resistance
ohm
Steve Barbara
$600 [28]
London's Public Record Office is the British equivalent of this repository on Washington's Constitution Ave.
the National Archives
Steve Barbara
$600 [19]
Norman Borlaug is said to have saved more lives than anyone else, mainly by breeding this grain
wheat
David
$600 [4]
Former "90210" troublemaker who put on the "Blindfold: Acts of Obsession"
Shannen Doherty
Barbara
$600 [16]
Mexican-American Bill Richardson replaced Madeleine Albright in this diplomatic post
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
David
$600 [10]
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs from this bay to the city of Valdez
Prudhoe Bay
Steve
$600 [20]
Being alliterative, Eve may eye this ostrich relative
emu
Steve
$800 [24]
Namesake of a British rock band, he invented the seed drill to sow tidy rows
Jethro Tull
Barbara
$800 [5]
Linda Fiorentino lost out on an Oscar nomination for "The Last" this because it debuted on cable
Seduction
David
$1,000 [27]
Once Lt. Castillo on "Miami Vice", in 1996 he won 2 Bravo Awards for positive portrayals of Latinos
Edward James Olmos
David Barbara
DD $600 [14]
We hate to kiss & tell but the Kissimmee River flows through several lakes before emptying into this one
Lake Okeechobee
Barbara
$800 [22]
Feel sorry for a street in France
rue
Barbara
$1,000 [25]
A method of staining bacteria is named for him, but the metric unit of weight isn't
Hans Christian Gram
$1,000 [13]
"Picture" this 1981 film in which Bruce Dern is "drawn" to model Maud Adams
Tattoo
DD $1,500 [17]
Seen here, this model "flowered" as a personality on MTV & MTV Latino:
Daisy Fuentes
David
$800 [11]
It's where David Farragut damned the torpedos & sped ahead to win a victory in 1864
Mobile Bay
Steve David Barbara
$1,000 [23]
A sticky substance itself, doubled up they're amorous glancing eyes
goo
Steve

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS BUILDINGS

Richard Burbage & Sam Wanamaker, about 400 years apart, were responsible for its building & rebuilding

The Globe Theatre

Barbara "What is St. Paul's Cathedral?" — wagered $3,790
David "What is the Globe Theatre?" — wagered $4,200
Steve "What is St. James Cath." — wagered $3,300

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