Show #3898 2001-07-11 (taped 2001-03-21) Regular

Contestants

Downey Meyer — a middle school science teacher from Lyme, New Hampshire

Melissa Abrahams — an interlibrary loan assistant from Sylmar, California

Michael Hall — a graduate student originally from Irwin, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,400	$2,400	$10,400	$5,900 2-day champion: $18,500	$9,200 21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Melissa	$400	$1,500	$1,900	$250 2nd place: a trip to Doubletree Guest Suites (Maingate), Orlando	$1,900 11 R, 3 W
Downey	$1,000	$2,400	$7,400	$1 3rd place: a pair of bicycles from ebikes.com	$6,800 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AFRICANA	BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER	ARCHITECTS	SELLERS	THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED	"LAP" DANCE
$100 [11] The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area Sahara Melissa	$100 [1] This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines Delilah Michael	$100 [10] In 1805 Charles Bulfinch enlarged this city's Faneuil Hall Boston Downey	$100 [25] Founded in 1957, Dialamerica, Inc. is the USA's largest private company in this type of marketing telemarketing Michael	$100 [6] August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee Elvis Presley Melissa	$100 [20] It's the continuation of the suit coat's collar lapel Downey
$200 [12] The country's name is properly pronounced "luh-SOO-too", but is spelled this way L-E-S-O-T-H-O Downey	$200 [2] Wanted in the case of fruit missing from the forbidden tree, this animal is considered long & dangerous the snake (or serpent) Michael	$200 [16] Canberra designer Walter Burley Griffin served as this American architect's assistant from 1901 to 1906 Frank Lloyd Wright Downey	$200 [26] Harry Bogen is the dressmaker hero of the musical "I Can Get It for You" this way Wholesale Melissa	$200 [7] December 8, 1980 in New York City John Lennon Melissa	$200 [21] A region of northern Scandinavia or Russia Lapland Melissa
$300 [13] In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent South Africa Downey	$300 [3] This Egyptian crime boss is wanted in connection with ordering the death of all male Jewish children Pharaoh Michael	$300 [17] Richard Hunt, the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, designed this statue's stone-&-concrete pedestal the Statue of Liberty Downey	$300 [27] (Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com.) It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell bookmarks Downey	$300 [8] September 18, 1970 in London Jimi Hendrix	$300 [22] The type of filmmaking seen here time-lapse photography Melissa
$400 [14] A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania & Kenya the Masai Downey	$400 [4] Wife of Ahab, this Baal worshiper & harlot was last seen in Jezreel Jezebel Michael	$500 [19] Albert Speer, who designed a stadium for this city, was convicted of war crimes in trials there Nuremberg Michael	$400 [28] In 1978 Campbell Soup bought this pickle producer famous for its stork symbol Vlasic Foods Michael	$400 [9] July 3, 1971 in Paris Jim Morrison Michael	$400 [23] Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction & Porno for Pyros founded this mega-concert event Lollapalooza Melissa
$500 [15] Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon the Mahdi	$500 [5] Wanted for treason against King David, he's known to have killed his half-brother for raping Tamar Absalom	DD $1,000 [18] Cass Gilbert designed this merchant's NYC skyscraper for 270,000,000 nickels or 135,000,000 dimes F.W. Woolworth (the Woolworth Building) Downey	$500 [29] Strangely, this "colorful" German company sells its classic travel alarm clocks only in black & white Braun	$500 [30] August 9, 1995 in Forest Knolls, California Jerry Garcia Michael Downey	$500 [24] Take your gemstones to this specialist to have them cut & polished a lapidary Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE KOREAN WAR	TUBE TEST	HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC	TRAIN STATIONS	MEDIEVAL MUSIC	BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [6] The first division of this U.S. fighting force spearheaded the landing at Inchon the Marines Downey	$200 [11] David Janssen had a 4-year "run" in this series; Tim Daly hopes for at least that in the remake The Fugitive Downey	$200 [26] The Mayo Clinic was started in Rochester in this state Minnesota Melissa Downey	$200 [21] In the movie "The Clock", Judy Garland finds love in this "stately" NYC station Penn Station Downey	$200 [16] In 950 this instrument in Winchester Cathedral needed 70 men to work the bellows organ Michael	$200 [1] Singer of "My Cherie Amour" whose secret identity is Diana Prince Stevie Wonder Woman Melissa
$400 [7] His reaction to the North's invasion was "Dean, we've got to stop the blanks of blanks no matter what" Harry S. Truman Michael	$400 [12] This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston The Jeffersons Downey	$400 [30] In 1914 Mayo isolated the pure hormone thyroxin, made by this gland the thyroid gland Michael	$400 [22] St. Petersburg's Finland Station is famous as the site of this leader's return to Russia in 1917 Lenin Michael	$400 [17] The Minnesingers were this present-day country's counterpart of France's troubadours Germany Michael	$400 [2] Morticia gets a big wet one from Richard Dawson on this ooky game show The Addams Family Feud Melissa
$600 [8] In 1950 Gen. Walton Walker, the main U.S. field commander, was killed riding in this type of vehicle Jeep Michael	$600 [13] He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s" Eddie Murphy Michael	$600 [29] In 1950 Mayo doctors Edward Kendall & Philip Hench won the Nobel Prize for their work with this steroid cortisone Melissa Downey	$600 [23] This capital city's main train station is known as Bahnhof Zoo, & not just at rush hour Berlin Michael	$600 [18] Guido d'Arezzo established the series of lines now called this as the basis of musical notation the staff Michael	$600 [3] Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film Linda Blair Witch Project Melissa
$800 [9] In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these a ridge Downey	$800 [14] "Happy Days" was spun off from a segment on this "Love"ly comedy anthology show of the '70s Love, American Style Melissa	$800 [28] The Mayo-Gibbon bypass machine assumes the functions of these 2 different organs heart & lung Downey	DD $800 [24] Sherlock Holmes often left London from this station that shares its name with a battle Waterloo Station Michael	$1,000 [20] A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in" summer	$800 [4] Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Melissa Downey
$1,000 [10] The sound of a Commie submachine gun as it "belched" out bullets gave it this nickname "Burp Gun" Downey	$1,000 [15] We have to cop to the fact he created "Police Story"; "The Blue Knight" was based on one of his books Joseph Wambaugh Downey	$1,000 [27] In 1973 Mayo introduced to North America this scanner that uses a computer & X-rays a CT scanner Downey	$1,000 [25] A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here Wausau Michael	DD $2,000 [19] From 590 to 604 this type of music would have gotten a Papal Choice Award Gregorian Chant (named for Pope Gregory I) Michael	$1,000 [5] Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish A Clockwork Orange Roughy Downey

Final Jeopardy!

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS

In May 1973 Sports Illustrated ran one of his short stories under the title "A Day of Wine and Roses"

Dick Francis

Melissa "Who is Cabrera?" — wagered $1,650

Downey "Who was Graham Greene?" — wagered $7,399

Michael "Who is [Jack Higgins] Dick?" — wagered $4,500

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