Show #4031 2002-02-25 (taped 2001-11-28) Regular

Contestants

Anthony Trifilio — a construction worker from Brooklyn, New York

Jen Bobolia — a registered nurse from Boston, Massachusetts

Roger Christensen — a registered nurse and pre-med student from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Roger $1,000 $800 $6,200 $0
3rd place: trip to Florida + stay at Sonesta Beach Hotel & Spa
$11,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Jen :) $3,400 $4,800 $11,200 $6,350
2nd place: trip to Allegro Resort Pineapple Beach in Antigua
$11,200
17 R, 5 W
Anthony $1,000 $3,200 $8,000 $16,000
New champion: $16,000
$8,000
14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY FIREFIGHTING GEOGRAPH"E" GIVE THE ROLE TO GARY WED TO THE IDEA CRIMINAL CONVERSATION
$200 [1]
In 1805 this territory was created from the Indiana one, with all or parts of the lower & upper peninsulas
Michigan
Jen :)
$200 [22]
The firefighting museum in Phoenix, Arizona isn't called the Hall of Fame, but the hall of this
the Hall of Flame
Anthony
$200 [6]
Sicilians call this active volcano Mongibello
Etna
Anthony
$200 [8]
TV, 1972-1979:Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
Gary Burghoff
Roger
$200 [10]
The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy"
matrimony
Jen :)
$200 [15]
Ice can refer to diamonds; chill can mean to do this, maybe with a lawnmower (a machine gun)
to kill
Anthony
$400 [2]
In May 1980 at least 26 people were killed when this volcano in Washington erupted
Mt. St. Helens
Jen :)
$400 [23]
In 24 B.C. this Caesar instituted the "Vigiles", a group of firefighting watchmen
Augustus (Caesar)
Roger Anthony
$400 [7]
The ruins of Babylon lie on the banks of this river, the longest in southwest Asia
the Euphrates
Roger
$400 [9]
TV, 1978-1986:Arnold Jackson
Gary Coleman
Jen :)
$400 [11]
"Marry in" this color "and you will always be true", hence the requirement for "something" of it
blue
Anthony
$400 [16]
The 4 techniques a "blacksmith" uses to crack one of these are blow, burn, peel & punch
a safe
Jen :)
$600 [3]
In September 1664 this governor of New Amsterdam surrendered to the British, ending Dutch power in the New World
(Peter) Stuyvesant
Jen :)
$800 [29]
It was the colorful nickname of oil field firefighter Paul Adair
"Red"
$800 [26]
Large oceangoing vessels can travel from the North Sea inland as far as Hamburg on this river
the Elbe
Roger Jen :)
$600 [17]
Film, 1942:Lou Gehrig
Gary Cooper
Roger
$600 [12]
Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage
(baby) shoes
Roger Jen :) Anthony
$600 [19]
To tap a till is to take money out of one of these
a cash register
Anthony
$800 [4]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Gettysburg Cemetery.) In 1863, Lincoln dedicated this cemetery by saying that "we cannot consecrate--we cannot" do this to "this ground"
hallow
$1,000 [28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a heavy piece of equipment.) Used by firemen following auto accidents, it's the 3-word term for this important hydraulic rescue tool
the jaws of life
Jen :)
$1,000 [27]
In 1979 an airliner crashed on this Antarctic peak, killing all 257 aboard
Erebus
$800 [18]
Film, 1978:Buddy Holly
Gary Busey
Jen :)
$800 [13]
Once, a groom paid a sum to the bride's family & she came with a collection of money & property known as this
a dowry
Anthony
$800 [20]
Mr. Bates, the apple or the mark are terms for the victims in these "games"
con games
Anthony
$1,000 [5]
A 1963 treaty with Mexico settled a boundary dispute between Ciudad Juarez & this Texas city
El Paso
Roger
DD $3,000 [25]
This city was probably named for Edwin of Northumbria, who built a fort on the Firth of Forth in the 600s
Edinburgh
Roger
$1,000 [24]
Film, 1994:Ludwig van Beethoven
Gary Oldman
Roger
$1,000 [14]
A married couple may start off as a DINK couple, an acronym for this
double income, no kids
Jen :)
$1,000 [21]
A spinner in a car theft ring is the man who sets back these
the odometer
Anthony

Double Jeopardy! Round

"FLYING" CHAUCER'S HARVARD UNIVERSITY YOUR BETTER ELEMENTS PUT ON A TIE BEHIND THE MUSIC
$400 [11]
Bullwinkle's buddy is one
a flying squirrel
Jen :)
$400 [22]
Chaucer's life & career took a complicating turn in 1386 when he was appointed to this house of Parliament
the House of Commons
Roger Jen :)
$400 [17]
The first intercollegiate athletic contest in the U.S. was a crew race between Harvard & this school in 1852
Yale
Roger Jen :)
$400 [1]
This element that makes you organic is part of your proteins as well as your fats
carbon
Anthony
$400 [16]
On an invitation, "black tie" & "white tie" each refer to this type of tie
a bow tie
Roger
$400 [6]
One "Behind the Music" covered this year in which the U.S. re-elected Nixon & tried to deport John Lennon
1972
Roger Jen :) Anthony
$800 [12]
The fins of the 50-ish true species of these are used like wings as they glide above water
flying fish
Jen :)
$1,200 [27]
In Chaucer's masterpiece "The Canterbury Tales", this bawdy wife tells of her 5 husbands & her desire for a sixth
the Wife of Bath
$800 [18]
Harvard Law School was the setting for much of this 1973 film for which John Houseman won an Oscar
The Paper Chase
Anthony
$800 [2]
The eighth most abundant element in the earth's crust & the seventh most abundant in you is this special K
potassium
Roger
$800 [23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew purties up.) Howdy, partner! It's the 4-letter name for the WesternfavoriteI'm wearing
a bolo
Jen :)
$800 [7]
This '50s high school love story that's thrilled people since the '70s got its own episode
Grease
Roger
$1,200 [13]
An illegal football move, or a police formation used to move into crowds effectively
a flying wedge
Anthony
$1,200 [19]
The term "campus" began at Princeton Univ. to distinguish its grounds from this pedestrian Harvard area
Harvard Yard
Jen :) Anthony
$1,600 [4]
The spleen spends its time taking this element out of the hemoglobin in red blood cells
iron
Anthony
$1,200 [26]
An ascot is often secured in place with one of these rather than a knot
a tie tack (or tiepin)
Jen :)
$1,600 [9]
"Behind the Music" noted the tragic irony when this activist "Cat's In The Cradle" singer died en route to a benefit concert
Harry Chapin
Jen :)
$1,600 [14]
An external wall support often used in Gothic cathedrals
a flying buttress
Roger
$1,600 [21]
To get to Boston from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts you'll have to cross this river
the Charles
Roger
DD $2,000 [3]
Iodine, used externally in antiseptics, is found internally in hormones in this gland
the thyroid
Roger
$1,600 [25]
This hyphenated term can mean a vehicle drawn by a quartet of horses as well as a long necktie in a slipknot
a four-in-hand
$2,000 [10]
One of the most poignant BTM episodes reunited this teen idol with his paralyzed friend Roland Winkler
Leif Garrett
Jen :)
$2,000 [15]
A phantom ship eternally cruising the Cape of Good Hope
the Flying Dutchman
Anthony
$2,000 [20]
This German-American who designed Harvard's Grad Center headed the Architecture Dept. from 1938 to 1952
Walter Gropius
$2,000 [5]
Seen here in a mound, you've got less than a pound of it in your body
sulfur
Jen :)
$2,000 [24]
This common tie pattern of wide diagonal stripes is named for a military unit
a regimental tie
Anthony
DD $3,000 [8]
This show that empowered women in the summer of '97 always closed with Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"
Lilith Fair
Roger

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSICAL MUSIC

This orchestral instrument is the first one heard in Stravinsky's "Orpheus" & the second heard in Liszt's "Orpheus"

the harp

Roger "What is the Flute?" — wagered $6,200
Anthony "What is The Harp" — wagered $8,000
Jen :) "What is the bassoon?" — wagered $4,850

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