Show #3896 2001-07-09 (taped 2001-03-21) Regular

Contestants

Peyton Paxson — a college professor from Westford, Massachusetts

Emily Voytek — a computer programmer from New York City, New York

Pat Phillips — an administrative assistant from Brea, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $11,602)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Pat $200 $3,400 $5,700 $3,700
3-day champion: $15,302
$6,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Emily $500 $1,000 $1,800 $900
3rd place: Borders gift card
$1,800
5 R, 2 W
Peyton $-200 $-100 $4,900 $3,610
2nd place: a trip to Allegro Resort, Playacar, Mexico
$4,900
13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN OUT OF "POCKET" WATCH THIS SPACE YES, I CAN THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW ____ OF ____
$100 [9]
In 2000 she addressed the Dem. Nat'l Conv., 40 years after her father won the nomination for president
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
Pat
$100 [1]
The dapper White Rabbit in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" frequently consulted this
his pocket watch
Pat
$100 [4]
There are 5 of these scheduled for 2001: 2 solar & 3 lunar
eclipses
Pat
$100 [14]
No matter what you're canning, you need this space with no matter in it to seal the jar
a vacuum
Pat
$100 [20]
When this young co-star became difficult to work with on the set, his real-life father would spank him
Ron Howard
Peyton
$100 [19]
Insurers may not compensate you for damages from these, like hurricanes or floods
Acts of God
Peyton
$200 [10]
His daughter Patti has written several books including "Bondage" & "The Way I See It"
Ronald Reagan
Pat
$200 [2]
In 1939 Simon & Schuster launched this imprint, the first line of inexpensive mass-market paperbacks
Pocket Books
Pat
$200 [5]
On Sept. 29, 2004 Toutatis, one of these, will be close enough to the Earth to be seen with binoculars
an asteroid
Peyton
$200 [15]
Keep canned fruit from darkening by adding ascorbic acid, better known nutritionally as this
vitamin C
Pat
$200 [21]
Later to win 5 Emmys, this friend of Andy Griffith's was out of work & asked to play the part of his deputy
Don Knotts
Pat
$200 [25]
At your bank a CD isn't a compact disc, it's this
a certificate of deposit
Pat
$300 [11]
(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl.)No mystery here, while her father was president, this soprano sang in concert at the Bowl
Margaret Truman
Pat
$300 [3]
Snooker is an English form of this game using a cue ball & 21 additional balls, instead of 15
pocket billiards
Pat Emily
$300 [6]
The large Zenith telescope being built near Vancouver will use a pan of this liquid metal as a reflector
mercury
Emily
$300 [16]
Both these foods, the 2 main ingredients in succotash, should be packed loosely, as they expand
corn & lima beans
Pat
$300 [22]
Goooooolly! This show spun off from "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Peyton
$300 [26]
It was the "Holy Grail" for Ponce De Leon
the Fountain of Youth
Pat Peyton
$400 [12]
Sadly, his youngest son, Quentin, was killed in WWI & his oldest son, Ted Jr., died during WWII
Theodore Roosevelt
Pat
$400 [7]
Using data from the Chandra X-ray telescope, 3 teens in North Carolina discovered one of these spinning neutron stars
a pulsar
$400 [17]
Quinces, rich in this thickening substance, can be added when jellying berries low in it
pectin
Pat
$400 [23]
Frances Bavier played this matronly role on the show for 8 years
Aunt Bee
Peyton
$500 [28]
A severe test, it's also a soldier's first time in battle
baptism of fire
$500 [13]
Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd was president of this sleeping car company from 1897 to 1911
Pullman
Emily
$500 [8]
(Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.) Using an earthbound telescope, he determined the Andromeda galaxy is 900,000 light years from Earth
Edwin Hubble
Pat
$500 [18]
Add lemon juice to canned tomatoes to keep the level of this high enough to prevent botulism
acidity
Pat
$500 [24]
Of "Andy's Theme", "My Mayberry Home" or "The Fishin' Hole", the one that's the title of the theme song
"The Fishin' Hole"
Emily Peyton
DD $1,000 [27]
In parliamentary procedure, it's a question raised to see if things are proceeding properly
a point of order
Pat

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST THINGS FIRST MOVIE TITLE PAIRS OUT OF BUSINESS "T" COUNTRIES ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER A-ONE
$200 [16]
The first person to pass through this immigrant processing facility was Ireland's Annie Moore in 1892
Ellis Island
Peyton
$200 [10]
1999:"____ and the KIng"
Anna
Peyton
$200 [6]
This political magazine founded by JFK Jr. published its last issue in 2001
George
Pat
$200 [1]
Holidays on this island country include the birthdays of Chiang Kai-shek & Sun Yat-sen
Taiwan
Pat
$200 [26]
One critic said this musical was "about as Latin as steak & kidney pie"
Evita
Pat
$200 [21]
The hold of this man, nicknamed "Scarface", over the Chicago underworld lasted less than 10 years
Al Capone
Peyton
$400 [17]
On June 30, 1859 Charles Blondin became the first person to cross this on a tightrope
Niagara Falls
Pat
$400 [12]
1947:"____ and the Bobby-Soxer"
The Bachelor
$400 [7]
Its beloved sock puppet couldn't keep this dot-com from closing in 2000
Pets.com
Pat
$400 [2]
The remains of the ancient city of Troy were found near the southern end of the Hellespont in this country
Turkey
$400 [27]
One "memory" of this show is that it's based on a book of verse by T.S. Eliot
Cats
Peyton
$400 [22]
This daughter of Oedipus accompanied him into exile, but came back to Thebes after his death
Antigone
Pat
$600 [18]
She was the first reigning monarch to live in Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria
Pat Peyton
$600 [13]
1993:"____ and Joon"
Benny
Pat
$600 [8]
On Aug. 31, 2000 this old-time "inn" on the Las Vegas Strip closed its doors after 50 years
The Desert Inn
$600 [3]
In 1789 the mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the waters of this South Pacific kingdom
Tonga
Pat
$600 [28]
Andrew collaborated with Tim Rice on "Joseph and the Amazing..." & this other Biblically themed show
Jesus Christ Superstar
Pat
$600 [23]
An example of a symbiotic relationship is the hermit crab & the sea one of these
anemone
Peyton
$800 [19]
Appointed in 1916, he was the first Supreme Court justice of Jewish descent
Louis Brandeis
Peyton
$800 [14]
1983:"____ and the Cruisers"
Eddie
Emily
$800 [9]
This long-defunct auto company, one of whose models is seen here, was available on eBay in 2000
Packard
$1,000 [5]
Its 2 largest daily newspapers are The Daily News (in English) & The Uhuru (in Swahili)
Tanzania
Pat Emily
DD $2,000 [29]
(Hi, I'm Jane Krakowski of Ally McBeal.) In 1987 I rollerskated on Broadway in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
Starlight Express
Pat
$800 [24]
Adjective describing one who tends to trip over things, gets his hand caught in doors, drops fragile vases....
accident-prone
$1,000 [20]
In 1921 she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, winning for "The Age of Innocence"
Edith Wharton
Peyton
$1,000 [15]
1941:"____ and Miss Jones"
The Devil
$1,000 [11]
In 2000 First Union Corp. said it would cash out this home equity lending "store"
The Money Store
Peyton
DD $1,500 [4]
Habib Bourguiba led this nation's fight for independence from France & served as its president from 1957 to 1987
Tunisia
Pat
$1,000 [25]
Produced by the Hock process, it's the solvent in rubber cement & some cleaning fluids
acetone
Emily

Final Jeopardy!

BOOKS

The accompanying text to this book was published separately as "Ornithological Biography" in the 1830s

Birds of America

Emily "What Birds of North America" — wagered $900
Peyton "What is Audubon?" — wagered $1,290
Pat "What is Birds of North America" — wagered $2,000

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