Show #2903 1997-03-26 (taped 1996-12-11) Regular

Contestants

Scott Masters — a high school teacher from Toronto, Ontario Canada

Joel Rayburn — an Army captain originally from Crescent, Oklahoma

Matt Radulski — an industrial repair representative from Branford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $1,400 $2,500 $5,700 $3,100
3rd place: Ducane 2004SS Gas Grill
$5,500
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Joel $900 $600 $3,200 $5,701
New champion: $5,701
$3,200
13 R, 4 W
Scott $1,300 $1,900 $8,200 $4,999
2nd place: Softub Portable Spa & Lloyd Flanders Patio Furniture
$8,500
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1930 ANIMAL SONGS WORLD TRAVEL SCIENCE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY CRADLES
$100 [2]
Travelling 171 MPH in a Lockheed Vega, she set a record for women January 15, 1930
Amelia Earhart
Joel
$100 [15]
British singer Robyn Hitchcock is known for his tunes about these animals, including "Bass" & "Aquarium"
Fish
Matt
$100 [9]
The Old Medina is the oldest section of this largest city in Morocco, sweetheart
Casablanca
Scott
$100 [1]
This gas, symbol Xe, is used in stroboscopes & high-speed camera flashes
Xenon
Scott
$100 [17]
In the 1930s this cereal maker introduced Bisquick; Cheerios came along in 1941
General Mills
Matt Scott
$100 [22]
To use this common household device, remove the handset from the cradle
Telephone
Matt
$200 [3]
These cream-filled shortcakes were introduced by Continental Baking
Hostess Twinkies
Matt
$200 [30]
R.E.M.'s "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" borrows from this hit by The Tokens
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Joel
$200 [10]
Shopping for summer hats & handbags? Head for the Straw Market in Nassau in this island group
Bahamas
Scott
$200 [4]
Nearly twice as sweet as sucrose, this fruit sugar is the main sweetener in honey
Fructose
Matt
$200 [18]
The automotive safety products division of this salt maker is one of the USA's leading air bag makers
Morton (Thiokol)
Matt
$200 [23]
This landmark is called "The Cradle of Texas Liberty"
The Alamo
Matt
$300 [6]
An underwater tunnel connecting Detroit & this Canadian city opened November 3, 1930
Windsor, Ontario
Scott
$300 [29]
The Beatles urged it to "Take these broken wings and learn to fly"
"Blackbird"
Joel
$300 [11]
Gastown, a popular area of this B.C. city, is named for saloonkeeper "Gassy" Jack Deighton
Vancouver
Scott
$300 [5]
An archipelago is a group of islands & this is a ring of coral islands like Bikini in the Pacific
Atoll
Scott
$300 [19]
Some of this toy retailer's stores have in-store specialty shops, including the Lego Store & The Learning Center
Toys "R" Us
Scott
$300 [24]
U.S. city called "The Cradle of Jazz"
New Orleans
Joel Scott
$400 [7]
Written in 1930, this Stuart Gorrell - Hoagy Carmichael classic is now a state song
Georgia On My Mind
Joel
$500 [27]
In 1971 these animals couldn't drag Mick Jagger away from his lady
Wild horses
Scott
$400 [12]
Some visitors to this country drive the Trollstigveien--Troll's Path--to Geiranger Fjord
Norway
Matt
$400 [14]
Developed by Edward Jenner, the first true vaccine was designed to protect against this disease
Smallpox
Joel
$400 [20]
The smallest of the big 6 accounting firms, it's well-known for tallying the votes for the Oscars
Price Waterhouse
$400 [25]
These 2 rivers were the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia
Tigris & Euphrates
Scott
$500 [8]
In August 1930 this judge made headlines when he disappeared
Joseph F. Crater
DD $800 [28]
Animal mourned in the following: [audio clue: "Go tell Aunt Rhody..."]
"(The old) grey goose (is dead)"
Scott
$500 [13]
When in Prague, you can visit the chapel of this "Good King" of Christmas carol fame
Wenceslas
Matt
$500 [16]
They're the 2 lines of latitude lying 23 1/2 degrees north & south of the Equator
Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn
Matt
$500 [21]
This drugstore chain once known for its soda fountains leads U.S. retailers in filling prescriptions
Walgreens
Matt
$500 [26]
Incorporated in 1819, this current state capital was once the cradle of the Confederacy
Montgomery, Alabama
Matt Joel

Double Jeopardy! Round

SECOND-LARGEST U.S. CITIES AWARDS YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS COMEDY FILMS BRITISH MONARCHS "OLD" LIT
$200 [13]
The Penguins, the Pirates & the Steelers represent this city, Pennsylvania's second-largest
Pittsburgh
Scott
$200 [18]
This wild west showman's 1872 Congressional Medal of Honor was revoked in 1917 but restored in 1989
"Buffalo Bill" Cody
Joel
$200 [6]
This club's first emblem was a 3-leaf clover; a fourth leaf for "health" was added later
4-H
Matt
$200 [9]
Reminiscent of "Big", the 1996 film "Jack" featured this comic as a 10-year-old boy in a man's body
Robin Williams
Joel
$200 [1]
When Edward VII died at this London palace May 6, 1910, he had reigned only 9 years
Buckingham Palace
Joel
$600 [25]
Because of gambling, Little Nell's grandfather loses this title business to the evil dwarf Quilp
The Old Curiosity Shop
$400 [14]
This second-largest city of Minnesota is the twin of the largest
St. Paul
Scott
$600 [27]
In 1971 this West German chancellor won the Nobel Peace Prize for easing East-West tensions
Willy Brandt
Scott
$400 [7]
It often goes by its initials ROTC
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Matt
$400 [10]
"The Producers", starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, was his first feature film as a director
Mel Brooks
Matt
$400 [2]
He defeated Saladin's forces in the battle of Arsuf in 1191, during the third Crusade
Richard the Lionhearted (Richard I)
Scott
$800 [23]
Though T.S. Eliot wrote it, the title says it's this character's "Book of Practical Cats"
Old Possum
Joel
$600 [15]
The "Oil Capital of the World", it's also Oklahoma's second-largest city
Tulsa
Joel
$800 [22]
For her work directing the Salvation Army effort in WWI, she received the Distinguished Service Medal
Evangeline Booth
$600 [8]
A team from Williamsport, PA. won this athletic organization's first World Series in 1947
Little League
Joel
$600 [19]
In this classic, Cary Grant plays a paleontologist involved with Katharine Hepburn & her pet leopard
Bringing Up Baby
$600 [3]
This Scotsman, the first Stuart king of England, was called "The Wisest Fool in Christendom"
James I
Scott
$1,000 [24]
In a 1979 Allan Gurganus bestseller, 99-year-old Lucy Marsden "tells all" as this title character
The Oldest Living Confederate Widow
Joel
$800 [16]
This city is home to the University of Oregon
Eugene
Joel Scott
$1,000 [26]
This Civil War historian won a 1954 Pulitzer Prize for his book "A Stillness At Appomattox"
Bruce Catton
Matt
DD $1,000 [11]
For over 75 years this group has taught applied economics with the help of the business community
Junior Achievement
Matt
$800 [20]
Referring to the uniforms in this film, Goldie Hawn asks, "Is green the only color these come in?"
Private Benjamin
Scott
$800 [4]
George IV first visited this seaside resort in 1783 & later built his royal pavilion there
Brighton
Joel
DD $1,500 [17]
The natural features that gave this Montana city its name now provide hydroelectric power
Great Falls
Scott
$1,000 [12]
Named for a Knight Templar, this club for young men is sponsored by the Masons
DeMolay
$1,000 [21]
A Kalahari Bushman recovers a Coke bottle with hilarious consequences in this film from South Africa
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Scott
$1,000 [5]
King Edward VI was persuaded to will his crown to this "lady" rather than to one of his half-sisters
Lady Jane Grey
Matt Joel

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY LEADERS

In 1914 Jan Smuts wrote of this man's departure, "The saint has left our shores, I hope forever"

Mahatma Gandhi

Joel "Who was Gandhi?" — wagered $2,501
Matt "Who is Kruger?" — wagered $2,600
Scott "Who is Churchill?" — wagered $3,201

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