Show #3028 1997-10-29 Regular

Contestants

Liza Marshall — an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

Joe Spencer — a Ph.D. entomologist from Urbana, Illinois

Shelley Smith — a video and film editor from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Shelley	$200	$2,400	$6,800	$0 3rd place: Pinseeker Golf Clubs & Bag	$6,800 18 R, 2 W
Joe	$500	$400	$2,400	$50 2nd place: Panasonic 31" super-flat system TV & Bush Industries Home Theater Armoire	$2,400 13 R, 4 W
Liza	$1,900	$4,100	$9,100	$13,601 New champion: $13,601	$8,400 21 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

CARTOONISTS	SPORTS IN THE NEWS	1970	BROKEN ENGLISH	INVENTORS	"C" THE WORLD
$100 [1] Jim Morin's editorial cartoons for this Miami newspaper won a Pulitzer in 1996 Miami Herald Liza	$100 [2] In 1997 the Patriots & this New York football team both had Bill Parcells as their coach New York Jets Shelley Joe	$100 [9] Concerns over the environment led to the first national observance of this day on April 22 Earth Day Liza	$100 [12] Types of beans & peas are called this for the sound they make when broken snap Shelley	$100 [14] He called his steamboat launched August 17, 1807 "The Steamboat", not "The Clermont" Robert Fulton Joe	$100 [13] This Australian capital's tallest landmark, Telecom Tower, towers 600' atop Black Mountain Canberra Joe
$200 [3] This "Dilbert" creator is possibly the most successful cartoonist ever "downsized" by Pacific Bell Scott Adams Shelley	$300 [6] In 1997 Scotty Bowman of this Detroit team became the only coach in the NHL with 1,000 wins Detroit Red Wings Joe	$200 [22] After "dropping out" of a California prison, he "tuned into" Algeria, where he was granted asylum Dr. Timothy Leary	$200 [16] Regarding marriage, Jesus said, "What therefore God hath joined together, let no man" do this put asunder Joe	$200 [15] At a 1947 meeting of the Optical Society of America, he took 2 instant photos of himself Edwin Land Shelley	$200 [26] These Pacific islands named for an explorer became a British protectorate in the late 1880s the Cook Islands Liza
$300 [4] She quit her job as an advertising executive 9 months after "Cathy" premiered Cathy Guisewite Liza	$400 [10] In 1997 this former world heavyweight champ entered the Marine Reserves & quit 11 days later Riddick Bowe Liza	$300 [23] He donated some 800 of his works to a Barcelona museum Pablo Picasso Shelley	$300 [19] In a Tennyson poem, the Lady of Shalott's mirror did this "from side to side" when Lancelot appeared crack'd Liza	$300 [17] In 1864 this Swede founded the Nitroglycerin Corporation Alfred Nobel Joe	$300 [27] Henry Kissinger described this long, narrow country as a blade "pointed at the heart of Antarctica" Chile Joe Liza
$400 [7] It's the title of Bill Amend's comic strip featuring the Fox family FoxTrot	DD $500 [5] (Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel.) In '97 this Chicago Bulls player set an NBA record by leading the league in rebounds for the 6th straight year Dennis Rodman Liza	$400 [24] This Osaka event lasted March 15-Sept. 13 & had as many as 835,000 visitors in one day the World's Fair Liza	$400 [20] Alliterative term for a contest in which the last car still running wins demolition derby Shelley Joe	$400 [18] Eureka! He invented the compound pulley & proved the law of the lever Archimedes Shelley	$400 [28] Great Sand Dunes National Monument in this U.S. state changes its shape because the sand shifts Colorado Shelley
$500 [8] This "Steve Canyon" creator earned the nickname "The Rembrandt of the Comic Strip" Milton Caniff	$500 [11] This gold medal U.S. swimmer won an ESPY Award as best female athlete for 1996 Amy Van Dyken Liza	$500 [25] Walter Reuther, president of this union since 1946, died in a plane crash in May United Auto Workers	$500 [21] This word meaning to reduce to dust is etymologically related to "pollen" pulverize Liza	$500 [29] This air brake inventor developed a safe system for transporting natural gas into homes George Westinghouse	$500 [30] The name of this African country comes from camaroes, a Portuguese word for shrimp Cameroon Shelley Liza

Double Jeopardy! Round

BROADWAY LYRICS	BODY PARTS	COMMON BONDS	BOOKS & AUTHORS	FIRST LADIES	"HY" THERE
$200 [2] It's "When you may see a stranger, you may see a stranger across a crowded room" "Some Enchanted Evening" Shelley	$200 [13] The superior vena cava transports blood from the head, neck, chest & arms to this organ the heart Joe	$200 [21] Legal pad, mustard, caution light things that are yellow Liza	$200 [8] Published in 1931, "Safe Conduct" is an autobiographical work by this "Doctor Zhivago" author Boris Pasternak Shelley	$200 [1] In the early 1960s her hair-do became fashionable for women Jacqueline Kennedy Shelley	$200 [26] This is by far the most useful, versatile & fascinating figure of speech in the whole wide universe hyperbole Joe
$400 [3] In "Paint Your Wagon", "the rain is Tess, the fire is Joe and they call the wind" this Maria Joe	$400 [14] The liver is located directly below this dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest & abdomen the diaphragm Joe	$400 [22] Hair, the Red Sea, a fool & his money things that are parted Liza	$400 [9] "God Knows", a 1984 novel by this "Catch-22" author, is a satire narrated by King David Joseph Heller Liza	$400 [4] She studied interior decorating at Georgia Southwestern College Rosalynn (Smith) Carter Shelley	$400 [27] Killer bees, beefalos & tangelos, for example hybrids Shelley
$600 [5] Song from "Phantom" that includes the lyrics, "Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendour..." "The Music Of The Night" Liza	$600 [15] The visible outer portion of this organ is called the pinna or auricle the ear Joe	$600 [23] Grace, Spiderman, Kreskin "Amazing" things Shelley	$600 [10] Enid Bagnold wrote this classic tale of a young equestrian & the horse she wins in a raffle National Velvet Shelley	$600 [18] This future first lady sometimes served as White House hostess for Jefferson Dolley Madison Shelley Joe Liza	$600 [30] The handsome young Greek god of marriage Hymen Shelley
DD $1,000 [6] "Fiddler on the Roof" song that begins with the lyrics heard here:"Is this the little girl I carried, is this the little boy at play..." "Sunrise, Sunset" Liza	$800 [16] These chisel-shaped front teeth are the first primary teeth to erupt incisors Liza	$800 [24] Salt, cheeks, pennies things that are pinched Joe	$800 [11] 1990 bestsellers included Sidney Sheldon's "Memories of Midnight" & this author's "Four Past Midnight" Stephen King	DD $1,000 [19] 1 of 2 first ladies named Edith Wilson (or Roosevelt) Liza	$800 [28] Greek for the upper abdomen, supposed seat of melancholy, gave us this word for anxiety about health hypochondria Shelley
$1,000 [7] In "A Chorus Line", they're the first 3 words of "What I Did For Love" "Kiss today goodbye" Shelley	$1,000 [17] As opposed to the iris or colored part, it's the white portion of your eye the sclera Joe	$1,000 [25] Cabin, hay, scarlet fevers Liza	$1,000 [12] In 1997 this author of "Watchers" & "Intensity" published a new thriller, "Sole Survivor" Dean Koontz Joe	$1,000 [20] She was born in 1864, the daughter of a Buffalo, New York attorney Frances Folsom Cleveland Liza	$1,000 [29] Someone excelling in multiple show business crafts like a writer-producer a hyphenate

Final Jeopardy!

SAME LAST NAMES

The 2 founders of a textbook publishing house, or the pair who sang the country hit "It's Your Love"

McGraw & Hill

Joe "What Rand and McNally" — wagered $2,350

Shelley "What is Judd" — wagered $6,800

Liza "What are McGraw and Hill?" — wagered $4,501

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