Show #3720 2000-11-03 (taped 2000-09-27) Regular

Brad Rutter game 5.

Contestants

Laurence Levy — a sweater manufacturer from Queens, New York

Jim Holton — a history professor from Lakeland, Florida

Brad Rutter — a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania (whose 4-day cash winnings total $50,002)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brad $1,500 $5,100 $13,100 $5,100
5-day champion: $55,102
$11,700
35 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jim $0 $300 $2,500 $2,400
2nd place
$3,800
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Laurence $900 $1,700 $1,100 $101
3rd place
$1,100
5 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS SANDWICHES LITERALLY SPORTS MEASURE TWICE "CUT" ONCE
$100 [2]
Peyton Randolph, the first president, brought the meetings to order in this city
Philadelphia
Brad
$100 [8]
When the first Arby's opened in 1964, its entire food menu was potato chips & this sandwich
roast beef
Brad
$100 [21]
There is no record of his activities between Stratford in 1585 & London in 1592
William Shakespeare
Jim
$100 [1]
At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn't swinging on vines
Johnny Weissmuller
Jim
$100 [26]
A 10-square-mile area covers 6,400 of these
Acres
Brad
$100 [9]
Dining utensils
Cutlery
Brad
$200 [6]
While still a delegate, Richard Henry Lee offered the June 7, 1776 resolution that led to this document
the Declaration of Independence
Brad
$200 [17]
Babe, beware: it's the cold sandwich eaten most by Americans
Ham
Brad
$200 [22]
According to itself, it's the biggest-selling copyrighted book, at over 80 million copies
"Guinness Book of World Records"
Brad
$200 [3]
In 1999 Nestor Chylak was the first of these inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame since Bill McGowan in 1982
Umpire
Brad
$200 [27]
1 gigawatt equals 1,000 of these
Megawatt
Brad Jim
$200 [10]
Someone known for telling jokes or playing pranks
Cut-Up
Brad
$300 [14]
Cyrus Griffin, the last president, went on to be one of the judges at this man's treason trial
(Aaron) Burr
Jim
$300 [18]
Possibly from a synonym for pig, it's an eastern U.S. name for the sandwich seen here:
Hoagie
Brad
$300 [23]
Barbara Cartland's over 700 novels include "Running Away to" this, "Never Lose" this & "Luck Logan Finds" this
Love
Laurence
$300 [4]
In 1994 this Dallas Cowboy scored 22 touchdowns; in 1995 he topped that with 25
Emmitt Smith
Brad
$300 [28]
I love you a bushel & one of these, or 5 of these total
Peck
Brad
$300 [11]
A flat, boneless piece of veal, for example
Cutlet
Brad
$500 [16]
John Hanson is considered by some the first U.S. president, as he was the first to serve under these
Articles of Confederation
Brad
$400 [19]
This egg derivative is almost always found in a tuna fish sandwich
Mayonnaise
Brad
$400 [24]
Seen here in 1997, this author of military thrillers signed a 2-book deal reported at over $50 million dollars
Tom Clancy
Jim
$400 [5]
In 1993 Werner Gunther of Switzerland threw one of these 72 feet 1 inch
Shot Put
Jim
$400 [29]
A 12-this shotgun has a bore of 18.52 millimeters
Gauge
Brad
$400 [12]
A murderer, or an aggressively dangerous person
Cutthroat
Laurence
DD $1,300 [15]
He was president from May 24, 1775 to October 29, 1777
John Hancock
Jim
$500 [20]
Italian for "little breads", these sandwiches are becoming popular in North America
Panini
Laurence
$500 [25]
He's the only man to win Pulitzer Prizes for fiction ("The Bridge of San Luis Rey") & drama ("Our Town")
Thornton Wilder
Brad
$500 [7]
He was riding Affirmed in 1978 when he became the youngest jockey to win the Triple Crown
Steve Cauthen
Laurence
$500 [30]
A 24-carat stone weighs 4.8 of these metric units
Grams
Brad
$500 [13]
A small, lightly armed patrol boat
Cutter
Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

SAILING TROPICAL ISLANDS CHEF SALAD EGYPTIAN FILM FESTIVAL FILL IN THE BIBLICAL ____ AMERICAN HERITAGEPREFERRED PLURALS
$200 [1]
The sail in the foreground here: you might say of a new crewman that you like the cut of his
a jib
Brad
$200 [26]
The island of Martinique was mainly formed by one of these & in 1902, partly destroyed by one
a volcano
Brad
$200 [3]
For years Julia Child has been cooking up a tempete under this moniker
"The French Chef"
Brad
$200 [11]
The budget of this 1956 film with Charlton Heston ran into DeMilliones
The Ten Commandments
Brad
$200 [13]
Psalm 23:1:"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not ____"
want
Jim
$200 [21]
Moose
moose
Brad
$400 [2]
The object seen here: you move it to port to turn the boat to starboard
a tiller
Jim Laurence
$400 [27]
Sepilok is a sanctuary on Borneo established primarily for these rare creatures
orangutans
$400 [4]
3 of the 6 restaurants owned by Emeril LaGasse are in this city
New Orleans
Jim
$400 [12]
In 1963 she was comin' at ya as Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor
Jim
$400 [14]
Psalm 8:2:"Out of the ____ of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
mouths
Brad
$400 [22]
Mother-in-law
mothers-in-law
Brad
$600 [5]
Soccer players as well as sailors know this term for the device seen here:
a cleat
Brad Jim
$600 [28]
In 1874, after a 9-month trek, the body of Dr. Livingstone made it to this island off mainland Tanzania
Zanzibar
Brad Jim
$600 [8]
This celeb has published his "Own Cookbook" & "The Hole in the Wall Gang Cookbook"
Paul Newman
Brad
$600 [15]
In 1932 he starred as "The Mummy" in the daddy of all mummy movies
Boris Karloff
Jim Laurence
$600 [16]
Matthew 4:10:"Get thee hence, ____"
Satan
Brad
$600 [23]
Mongoose
mongooses
Brad Laurence
$800 [6]
On a boat, it's not a sheet on a dead shipmate, but the part of the rigging seen here:
a shroud
$1,000 [30]
A boat can take you round the Raa & Baa Atolls of the Maldives in this body of water
the Indian Ocean
Laurence
DD $1,000 [9]
Jennifer Paterson, half of this popular cooking team, passed away in 1999
Two Fat Ladies
Brad
$800 [17]
In a 1981 film, it's what Harrison Ford was looking for in the Egyptian city of Tanis
the Lost Ark (of the Covenant)
Brad
$800 [19]
Job 3:11:"Why did I not give up the ____ when I came out of the belly?"
ghost
$800 [24]
Phylum
phyla
Brad
$1,000 [7]
Seen here, it gets its name because weapons were placed there on warships:
the gunwale
Brad
DD $2,000 [29]
Antigua is part of this island group named for its position sheltered from the trade winds
the Leeward Islands
Brad
$1,000 [10]
On this Food Network show, Takeshi Kaga plays an eccentric gourmet who pits his own cooks against others
Iron Chef
Brad
$1,000 [18]
In 1978's "Death on the Nile", he was in style as Hercule Poirot
Peter Ustinov
Jim
$1,000 [20]
1 Thessalonians 1:3:"Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and ____ of love"
labor
$1,000 [25]
Genus
genera
Brad

Final Jeopardy!

RICH & FAMOUS

"Worth" magazine says with 1.7 million ranchland acres in 5 states, this mogul is the USA's largest private landowner

Ted Turner

Laurence "Who is Ross Perot?" — wagered $999
Jim "Who is George Lucas?" — wagered $100
Brad "Who is Buffett? Thanks Miss Clouser" — wagered $8,000

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