Show #4119 2002-06-27 (taped 2002-02-26) Regular

Contestants

Jeremy Horowitz — a lawyer from Santa Monica, California

Missy Montemayor — a health insurance supervisor from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

John Overholt — a librarian from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $1,800 $3,600 $14,000 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$11,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Missy $2,600 $1,800 $11,200 $1,200
2nd place: $2,000
$10,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jeremy $3,800 $7,000 $13,800 $27,100
New champion: $27,100
$13,800
22 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHINA TOWN A FEW GOOD MEN 5 "EASY" PIECES WOLF THE SHINING JACK NICHOLSON
$200 [26]
Prince Charles was on hand when China took control of this territory on July 1, 1997
Hong Kong
Jeremy
$200 [15]
The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize went to Le Duc Tho who declined it & this Secretary of State who accepted
Henry Kissinger
Jeremy
$200 [3]
Proverbially, it follows "Easy come"
easy go
John
$200 [21]
It's the collective noun used to describe a group of wolves
a pack
Jeremy
$200 [8]
To make your mirrors shine, use window cleaner & a crumpled piece of this, maybe from the Sunday edition
newspaper
John
$200 [1]
Christopher Lloyd & Danny De Vito played mental patients alongside Jack in this 1975 Oscar winner
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jeremy
$400 [27]
The name of this largest city in China is synonymous with kidnapping for naval servitude
Shanghai
Missy
$400 [16]
(Cheryl gives the clue from the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum.) In 1927 Babe Ruth & this fellow Yankee accounted for 107 home runs, one-quarter of the American League total
Lou Gehrig
John
$400 [4]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Voodoo Museum in New Orleans.) Charles Gandolfo, the late owner of the museum, was a voodoo consultant on this 1987 Dennis Quaid film
The Big Easy
John
$400 [22]
Heard here, it's a sure way to let someone know you think he or she is cute
a wolf whistle
Missy Jeremy
$400 [9]
It's empty or foolish talk, or whiskey made illegally
moonshine
Jeremy
$400 [2]
Jack appeared on this TV show twice, including the "Opie Finds a Baby" episode
The Andy Griffith Show
Missy
$600 [28]
After about 8 months, Chinese authorities ended martial law in his city in January 1990
Beijing
$600 [17]
Graduates of Georgia's Emory University include this controversial former Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich
Jeremy
$600 [5]
A radio format of popular music in a soothing, undemanding style
easy listening
Missy
$600 [23]
By the mid-20th C. the few wolf populations left in the lower 48 were mainly in this state, home of the NBA's Timberwolves
Minnesota
John
$600 [11]
Unofficially, it's a nickname for New Mexico; officially, it's Florida's state nickname
the Sunshine State
Jeremy
$600 [10]
This actress co-starred with Jack in both "Heartburn" & "Ironweed"
Meryl Streep
Missy
DD $600 [29]
This city lends its name to the most well-known Chinese beer in the world
Qingdao
Missy
$800 [18]
In 1961 he rode in Vostok I
Yuri Gagarin
Jeremy
$800 [6]
This toy from Hasbro uses a light bulb to do the cooking
an Easy Bake Oven
Jeremy
$800 [24]
Seen here, he reported on Operation Desert Storm for CNN
Wolf Blitzer
John
$800 [14]
Famous poem that contains the lines "By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining Big-Sea-Water"
"(The Song of) Hiawatha"
Jeremy
$800 [12]
Jack played this role on the big screen; Cesar Romero played it on the small
the Joker
Jeremy
$1,000 [30]
This old name of the city now called Guangzhou is also an Ohio city famous for a sports hall of fame
Canton
Jeremy
$1,000 [19]
The Cat in the Hat could tell you his pen name was Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel
Jeremy
$1,000 [7]
Linda Ronstadt took this Buddy Holly song to No. 5 in 1977
"It's So Easy To Fall In Love"
Missy
$1,000 [25]
Also known as the prairie wolf, it can be bred successfully with domestic dogs
the coyote
John
$1,000 [20]
Some translations of Isaiah 14:12 call him "Shining one" or "Shining star", fallen from heaven; the KJV calls him this
Lucifer
John Missy Jeremy
$1,000 [13]
Jack played a salty sailor & Randy Quaid was his prisoner in this 1973 film
The Last Detail
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART BEATLES LYRICS IRREGULARS BROADCAST NEWS LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IF THEY MARRIED...
$400 [9]
In his "Marilyn Monroe Diptych", he created multiple images of the actress using a silk-screen process
Andy Warhol
John
$400 [1]
(Alex: All right, we need you to name the song, players.) "But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow"
"Revolution"
Missy
$400 [21]
It's the organ that's acting irregularly if you've got arrhythmia
the heart
Jeremy
$400 [18]
1981: 52 Americans are finally free after spending over a year captive in this country
Iran
Jeremy
$400 [12]
His last horror story, "Hop-Frog", was written in 1849 & then, nevermore...
Edgar Allan Poe
John
$400 [4]
If the TV "Friend" played by Jennifer Aniston wed frontier judge Roy & hyphenated her name, she'd be...
Rachel Green-Bean
John Missy
$800 [10]
This Leonardo fresco painted in a Milan convent dining hall began crumbling & fading during the artist's lifetime
The Last Supper
Missy
$800 [2]
"Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"
"Taxman"
Missy
$800 [23]
(Sarah gives the clue from the chalkboard.) Here's an example of an irregular version of this polygon
a pentagon
Missy
$800 [19]
1993: A hard-line Communist rebellion ends in this city, as the Army fires on Parliament
Moscow
John
$800 [13]
In this 1967 Ira Levin novel, Satan fathers a child with a young Manhattan woman
Rosemary's Baby
Jeremy
$800 [6]
Being very modern, Mr. Hamill (Luke Skywalker to you) marries actress Lesley-Anne & he takes this "bargain" name
Mark Down
Jeremy
$1,200 [11]
Roy Lichtenstein's "Look Mickey!" depicts these 2 Disney characters fishing on a dock
Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck
John
$1,200 [3]
"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out"
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
Jeremy
$1,200 [24]
The Random House Dictionary abbreviates this as v. irr.
an irregular verb
Missy
$1,200 [20]
2001: Today we saw a star from the East, as this religious figure paid a visit to the White House
the Dalai Lama
Jeremy
$1,600 [16]
This H.G. Wells horror work was brought to the big screen in 1933 as "The Island of Lost Souls"
The Island of Doctor Moreau
John
$1,200 [7]
"Golden Girl" Betty is swept away by Death Row Records exec Suge & hyphenates her name to become...
Betty White-Knight
John Jeremy
$1,600 [25]
For his "Three Flags" painting, he used the encaustic process, in which colors are mixed with wax & heated
Jasper Johns
John Missy
$1,600 [5]
"But every now and then I feel so insecure, I know that I just need you like I've never done before"
"Help!"
Jeremy
$2,000 [29]
Britannica calls the shape of the constellation Cassiopeia "a slightly irregular" one of these letters
a W
John Missy
$1,600 [28]
1987: This body gets a new Chairman, and we hope the honeymoon lasts
the Fed(eral Reserve)
Jeremy
$2,000 [17]
William Wymark Jacobs' most famous horror story was about this cursed title animal appendage
The Monkey's Paw
John
$1,600 [14]
Former First Lady Johnson leaves Las Vegas as the bride of "Leaving Las Vegas" star Nicolas & becomes...
Lady Bird Cage
Missy
$2,000 [26]
The "Depression Bread Line" seenhereat the FDR Memorial in Washington was created by this American sculptor
George Segal
$2,000 [8]
"Jai gu-ru de va om"
"Across The Universe"
Missy
DD $4,000 [27]
This ragtag group is the title of Chapter 8 of "The Sign of Four"
the Baker Street Irregulars
John
$2,000 [30]
1976: Led by this man the separatist Parti Québécois sweeps to power
René Lévesque
Missy
DD $3,000 [15]
The action in this Jay Anson horror novel takes place at 112 Ocean Avenue, a house on Long Island
The Amityville Horror
Missy
$2,000 [22]
Ms. Gayle, singer of "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", marries "American Beauty" scribe Alan & sees the future as...
Crystal Ball
John

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY HEROINES

This literary character was inspired by Delphine Delamare, whose adultery led to her 1848 suicide

Madame Bovary

Missy "Who is Anna Karenina?" — wagered $10,000
Jeremy "Who is Madame Bovary?" — wagered $13,300
John "Who is Anna Karenina?" — wagered $13,900

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