Show #3860 2001-05-18 (taped 2001-02-13) Regular

Babu Srinivasan game 3.

Contestants

Yaron Koren — a computer programmer from New York City, New York

Verena Besso — a registered nurse from Toronto, Ontario

Babu Srinivasan — a graduate student and history teacher from Houston, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Babu	$0	$1,800	$9,000	$14,500 3-day champion: $43,500	$7,800 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Verena	$1,700	$4,000	$5,000	$9,100 3rd place: TicketsNow.com Gift Certificate	$5,000 15 R, 1 W
Yaron	$2,600	$2,600	$7,200	$9,200 2nd place: Trip to Edinburgh, Scotland courtesy of Priceline.com	$5,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

DR. SEUSS, REWRITE MAN	KIDS	ASTRONOMY	HAIR CARE HISTORY	COLOR FILMS	PICKUP LINES
$100 [1] Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but this boss of Bob Cratchit most surely did not! (Ebenezer) Scrooge Babu	$100 [26] Research has revised the old view that these sibling-less "children" are selfish & warped only children Babu	$100 [5] Its "A" ring is a little over 9,000 miles wide Saturn Babu	$100 [17] "Provocative" name for the 1960s practice of combing from ends to scalp to create a bouffant Teasing Verena	$100 [7] Peter Ustinov was originally to play Inspector Clouseau in this 1963 film, but he backed out The Pink Panther Verena	$100 [12] An Isuzu might call itself one tough one of these, a Spanish word for "man" Hombre Babu
$200 [2] This famous sleuth simply could not be beat, & to think that I saw him at 221B Baker Street! Sherlock Holmes Yaron	$200 [30] Term for kids' daily farm tasks like hog-slopping & daily home tasks like dishwashing chores Babu	$200 [13] Its perigee, the closest it can come to Earth, is 221,456 miles the Moon Yaron	$200 [18] Helene Curtis Inc. was the first to market this aerosol product, in the 1950s hair spray Verena	$200 [8] It's popularly known as "MIB" for short Men In Black Yaron	$200 [20] This Ford model may be tired of being a "lone" one Ranger Babu
$300 [3] This Cat in a Hat was a sorcerer at that, & taking things farther, he helped King Arthur Merlin Yaron	$300 [29] A J.D., which stands for this type of youth, may come from a broken home--or just be bored a juvenile delinquent Verena	$300 [14] The lowest point on this heavenly body is the Diana Chasma, a rift valley Venus Babu Verena	$300 [19] In the 20th c. cortisone joined coal tar & sulfur as a treatment for this flaking of skin from the scalp dandruff Babu	$300 [9] Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey & Margaret Avery all won Oscar nominations for this 1985 film The Color Purple Yaron	$400 [22] The Toyota named for this treeless Arctic region might want to warm you up in its long bed Tundra Verena
$400 [4] Homer's roamer he was, for after a war, he tried to go home, for 9 years... no, more! Odysseus Verena	$400 [28] In this 1998 film Julia Roberts played the title character & young Jena Malone had to cope with her Stepmom Verena	$400 [15] The Chandra Orbiting Telescope takes this kind of photo; hey, maybe we can see Pluto in its underwear! X-ray Yaron	$400 [24] Marcel Grateau, for whom marcelling is named, pioneered the use of this item seen here a curling iron Verena	$400 [10] Gerard Depardieu made his English-language debut in this 1990 film Green Card Verena	DD $500 [21] This Dodge could point out that its "geographic" Indian name means "friend" Dakota Babu
$500 [6] He would eat folks in the rain, this good doc is quite insane, he would eat them just for fun, his film went to No. 1 Hannibal Lecter Yaron	$500 [27] These 2 Latin words following "in" mean someone acting "in place of parents", not "crazy parents" loco parentis Babu	$500 [16] In 1996 astronomers found a massive one of these at the center of the Milky Way galaxy a black hole Verena	$500 [25] In the 1800s so many men used macassar oil in their hair that sofa covers called these were developed antimacassars Verena	$500 [11] Malcolm McDowell played the classical music-loving violent punk Alex in this Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange Yaron	$500 [23] This Chevy could promise all the excitement of the same-named Kevin Costner Western Silverado

Double Jeopardy! Round

BEFORE & AFTER	"CROSS" WORD CLUES	ANN-A-GRAMS	PO-POURRI	JEOPARDY PLACES	POTENT PORTABLES
$200 [3] James Buchanan was the president before him; Andrew Johnson, after him Abraham Lincoln Babu	$200 [7] To prove treacherous, to betray or swindle Double cross Yaron	$200 [14] Comics make me unhappy (stop) split with Steve Martin (stop) then Ellen DeGeneres (stop) Anne Heche Babu	$200 [19] The Po River flows across Italy & empties into this arm of the Mediterranean near Porto Tolle Adriatic Sea Babu	$200 [1] The road paved with good intentions leads you to its gates hell Babu	$200 [22] The VII was the first of this brand's handheld devices with built-in Internet connectivity PalmPilot Babu
$400 [5] Before the 1941-42 Battle of this capital, the Wehrmacht was advancing; after, retreating Moscow Babu	$400 [8] It's the type of view of the brain seen here a cross section Yaron	$400 [15] Take my advice (stop) no one cares how you hang the toilet paper (stop) "Wake up and smell the coffee" (stop) Ann Landers Yaron	$600 [26] The Po rises on Monte Viso in the Cottian range of these mountains Alps Verena	$400 [2] U.S. prisoners facing execution are booked into the line of cells known by this 2-word phrase death row (death house accepted) Babu Yaron	$600 [28] Nintendo's 1998 version of this toy can transform your black & white games to color Game Boy Babu
$600 [6] Before the work of Johann Stamitz & others, this type of work usually had 3 movements; since then, 4 a symphony Verena Yaron	$600 [9] Jane Russell pushed this Playtex bra in TV commercials Cross Your Heart Babu	$800 [17] The New Yorker finally published my short story (stop) it's all "Falling In Place" (stop) "Love Always" (stop) Ann Beattie	$800 [25] Named for a Germanic people, this populous region of northern Italy is drained by the Po's tributaries Lombardy Verena	$600 [4] Decorative & functional items adorning one of these "chambers" include racks & iron maidens Torture chambers Yaron	$800 [27] The Osborne, the first portable one of these, weighed 24 pounds but could fit under an airline seat a portable computer Babu Yaron
$800 [10] This 23,000 square mile area was in different hands before & after the event seen here: [Camp David Accords] Sinai Peninsula Babu	$1,000 [13] Combatants on this TV show have included Pat Buchanan, Michael Kinsley & John Sununu Crossfire Yaron	$1,000 [18] Love being a prima ballerina (stop) hate playing the dying swan (stop) it's 1925, I'll take the pension (stop) Anna Pavlova	$1,000 [23] The Po Valley produces this wine whose commercials said that "on ice" it was "so nice" Riunite Babu	$800 [20] The device seen here, it puts someone in a precarious position Dunking booth Babu	$1,000 [24] The Bellboy, one of these introduced at the 1962 World's Fair, was the size of a brick & weighed almost as much a pager Verena
$1,000 [11] Before a 1992 discovery, we thought only the sun had these; now we know that PSR B1257 + 12 does too Planets Babu	DD $1,800 [12] Type of location where Oedipus slew his dad, & where Robert Johnson may have gotten his blues skill Crossroads Babu	DD $2,000 [16] Bush has a silver foot in his mouth (stop) same with W (stop) so how did he boot me as Texas governor (stop) Ann Richards Yaron	—	$1,000 [21] As an earthquake has an epicenter, a nuclear bomb detonation has this worst place to be ground zero Yaron	—

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

In 1982 a street outside Berlin's Olympic Stadium was renamed in his honor

Jesse Owens

Verena "Who is Jesse Owens?" — wagered $4,100

Yaron "Who is Jesse Owens?" — wagered $2,000

Babu "Who is Jesse Owens?" — wagered $5,500

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