Show #2910 1997-04-04 (taped 1996-12-12) Regular

Contestants

Niki Bates — an attorney from Dana Point, California

Joe Sill — a graduate student originally from Germantown, Maryland

Steve Cook — a medical student from San Mateo, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $2,700 $5,700 $11,900 $13,799
2-day champion: $25,800
$12,800
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Joe $500 $1,800 $4,400 $5,001
3rd place: Daewoo Electronics TV & VCR
$4,400
13 R, 1 W
Niki $800 $800 $5,000 $8,801
2nd place: Costa Cruises 7-Night Caribbean Cruise
$5,000
11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1990s FASHION AMERICAN HISTORY SCI-FI SIRENS COMPANY TOWNS EAGLE HODGEPODGE NICKNAMES
$100 [26]
In 1995 fashion magazines Elle & Vogue claimed this bright color was moving from lipstick to dresses
Red
Niki
$100 [1]
Though this president chose the general site for the executive mansion, he never lived there
George Washington
Steve
$100 [16]
The beast beauty Linda Hamilton ran up against in this 1984 movie was cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Terminator
Steve
$100 [21]
The original name of the Kellogg Company included the name of this city, its location
Battle Creek, Michigan
Steve Niki
$100 [11]
In 1782 the U.S. chose this eagle as its national bird
Bald eagle
Steve
$100 [6]
"Schnozzola"
Jimmy Durante
Steve
$200 [27]
This chain of stores received good PR when Sharon Stone wore one of its T-shirts to the Oscars
The Gap
Joe
$200 [2]
In 1836 this republic asked to be annexed to the U.S.
Texas
Steve
$200 [17]
She played the '60s sci-fi siren Barbarella
Jane Fonda
Steve
$200 [22]
This U.S. agency, "The Company", is headquartered in Langley, Virginia
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
Steve
$200 [12]
Young eagles are called eyases or these
Eaglets
Steve
$200 [7]
"The Father of Printing"
Johannes Gutenburg
Joe
$300 [28]
Because of Spike Lee's 1992 film, baseball caps bearing this letter were in vogue in 1993
X (for Malcolm X)
Joe
$300 [3]
When asked in 1779 "Have you lowered your flag?" he reportedly said, "I have not yet begun to fight"
John Paul Jones
Steve
$400 [19]
Nana Visitor is 2nd in command on DS9; Claudia Christian holds the same post on this other TV space station
Babylon 5
Joe
$300 [23]
This company has processed poultry in Springdale, Arkansas since 1958
Tyson Foods
$300 [13]
It's a synonym for sprawl
Spreadeagle
Joe
$300 [8]
"Tippecanoe"
William Henry Harrison
Niki
$400 [29]
"I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear" this was the slogan of a high-profile campaign by PETA
Fur
Steve
$400 [4]
A compromise allowed Maine's admission to the union in 1820 as a free state & this as a slave state in 1821
Missouri
Steve
$500 [20]
In this 1995 Ben Kingsley thriller, Natasha Henstridge starred as a shape-changing creature
Species
$400 [24]
This company is based in Beaverton, Oregon but it doesn't manufacture shoes there
Nike
Joe
$400 [14]
The chapters of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are called these after the nests of eagles
Aeries
Steve
$400 [9]
"The Betrayer of Norway"
Vidkun Quisling
Steve
$500 [30]
These sexy yet "infantile" dresses have been worn over bicycle shorts
babydolls
Steve
$500 [5]
The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions were passed in opposition to these 1798 acts
Alien & Sedition Acts
Niki
DD $1,000 [18]
TV character seen here, she made the cover of Ms. in 1996:[video clue]
Xena
Steve
$500 [25]
Spring Hill, Tennessee is home to this company that makes "A Different Kind of Car"
Saturn
Steve
$500 [15]
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards won the hearts of Englanders in 1988 competing in this Olympic event
Ski jumping
Steve
$500 [10]
"The Napoleon of Luzon"
Douglas MacArthur

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEOPLE MEDICINE WORD ORIGINS BODIES OF WATER CHILDREN'S LIT SONGS FROM MUSICALS
$200 [12]
Though born Jewish, Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris holds this high position in the Catholic church
Cardinal
Joe
$200 [11]
The juvenile rheumatoid type of this disorder is also known as Still's disease
arthritis
Niki
$200 [15]
This food that tastes similar to a sweet potato derives its name from the Portuguese word inhame
Yam
Steve
$200 [3]
In antiquity this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha or Oaros
Volga
Joe
$200 [1]
Anna Sewell subtitled this classic "The Autobiography of a Horse"
Black Beauty
Niki
$200 [26]
"At The Ballet","What I Did For Love","One"
A Chorus Line
Joe
$400 [13]
This Czech-born ex-wife of a real estate mogul married Riccardo Mazzucchelli in 1995
Ivana Trump
Steve
$400 [14]
Cystitis, an inflammation of this urinary organ, is usually caused by bacteria
Bladder
Niki
$400 [21]
This synonym for wonderful is a blend of fantastic & fabulous
Fantabulous
Steve
$400 [4]
The Gulf of Suez & the Gulf of Aqaba are extensions of this sea
Red Sea
Niki
$400 [2]
He published "The Gremlins" 20 years before "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory"
Roald Dahl
Joe
$400 [30]
"Something's Coming","Jet Song","Gee, Officer Krupke!"
West Side Story
Joe
$600 [19]
Born in Barcelona in 1946, he's the youngest of the "Three Tenors"
Jose Carreras
Steve Joe
$600 [16]
Poor bone marrow function is the leading cause of the aplastic type of this hemoglobin deficiency
Anemia
Steve
$800 [24]
The name of this tiny, 1-celled organism is from the Greek for "oblong", because of its shape
Paramecium
Joe
$600 [6]
This largest African lake is the largest source of the Nile River
Lake Victoria
Steve
$600 [5]
This Louise Fitzhugh classic about a young female snoop was made into a 1996 movie
Harriet the Spy
Steve Niki
$600 [28]
"Make Believe","Cotton Blossom","Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
Show Boat
$800 [20]
Like Neil Kinnock in 1983, he was 41 when he became leader of Britain's Labour Party in 1994
Tony Blair
Niki
$800 [17]
Glossalgia is defined as pain localized in this organ
Tongue
Steve
DD $1,000 [22]
The name of this vulture found in the Andes is derived from the Quechua language
Condor
Steve
$1,000 [8]
The Bay of Campeche is a southern extension of this gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Niki
$800 [9]
Inspired by "Bluebell in Fairyland", he wrote his own fairy play "Peter Pan"
James M. Barrie
Niki
$800 [27]
"With One Look","The Greatest Star of All","As If We Never Said Goodbye"
Sunset Boulevard
$1,000 [23]
The 1994 movie "JLG by JLG" is a self-portrait by this film director & pioneer of the French New Wave
Jean-Luc Godard
Niki
$1,000 [18]
Streptococci cause this childhood "fever" characterized by a bright red rash & high temperature
Scarlet fever
Steve
$1,000 [25]
This word for a street urchin who wears raggedy clothes was the name of a demon in the poem "Piers Plowman"
Ragamuffin
Steve
DD $2,000 [7]
For most of the year, ice floes & icebergs prevent navigation in this bay between Greenland & NE Canada
Baffin Bay
Steve
$1,000 [10]
She's famous for her books about Ramona Quimby, as well as "The Mouse and the Motorcycle"
Beverly Cleary
Steve
$1,000 [29]
"Easy To Be Hard","Good Morning, Starshine","Let The Sunshine In"
Hair
Joe

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

This artist sculpted the famous statuary group that stands in front of the town hall in Calais

Auguste Rodin ( The Burghers of Calais )

Joe "Who is Rodin?" — wagered $601
Niki "Who is Rodin?" — wagered $3,801
Steve "Who is Rodin?" — wagered $1,899

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