Show #3798 2001-02-21 (taped 2000-11-15) Regular

Contestants

John Drymiller — a high school teacher from New Haven, Connecticut

Scott Pritchett — a radio sales manager from Hollywood, Florida

Mary Beth Jones — an attorney from Bowie, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary Beth	$2,100	$3,300	$6,800	$13,599 2nd place: a trip to London courtesy of Priceline.com	$6,900 23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Scott	$500	$1,100	$5,100	$1 3rd place: Natural Wonders gift certificate	$5,100 14 R, 1 W
John	$1,900	$2,500	$8,700	$13,700 New champion: $13,700	$6,500 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS	MEN ON FILM	COUNTIES	"BACK" WORDS	BLACKJACK	PERSHING
$100 [11] Beethoven wrote a battle symphony celebrating this duke's victory over Napoleon the Duke of Wellington John	$100 [1] "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"(1994) Jim Carrey Scott	$100 [16] A county in Mississippi is named for this Confederate president Jefferson Davis John	$100 [6] This narrative device depicts earlier events in the chronology of a film, as seen in "Citizen Kane" a flashback Mary Beth	$100 [21] If you're dealt blackjack, this is its value in points 21 Scott	$100 [26] During WWI John Pershing commanded the AEF, short for this American Expeditionary Force Mary Beth
$200 [12] (Hi, I'm Michael Feinstein, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) I'm passionately involved in maintaining the legacy of this great cmposer of whose many great songs, one goes like this George Gershwin John	$200 [2] "The Fugitive"(1993) Harrison Ford John	$200 [17] A third of Miami-Dade County is located in this national park Everglades Mary Beth	$200 [7] It's the creature seen here a diamondback rattlesnake Mary Beth	$200 [22] Gambling guru Edwin Silberstang calls it "The most powerful of all cards at blackjack" ace Scott	$200 [27] In 1919 Pershing was made General of the Armies, a rank that had been created for this man George Washington Mary Beth John
$300 [13] He dedicated his "Brandenburg Concerto" to the Margrave of Brandenburg J.S. Bach Mary Beth	$300 [3] "The Fabulous Baker Boys"(1989) Jeff & Beau Bridges Mary Beth	$300 [18] "G" is for this New Hampshire county near the Vermont border, or mystery writer Sue Grafton John	$300 [8] In baseball, it's a barrier behind home plate, or slang for a catcher backstop Mary Beth	$300 [23] Scraping your cards on the table tells the dealer this without having to say it "Hit me!" Scott	$300 [28] Like Custer, Pershing graduated from West Point & joined one of these units a cavalry unit Mary Beth
$400 [14] He wrote the score for the 1954 film "On the Waterfront" 3 years before his Broadway smash "West Side Story" Leonard Bernstein John	$400 [4] "The Natural"(1984) Robert Redford Scott	$400 [19] It's no longer top-secret: this smallest county in New Mexico was created in 1949 Los Alamos Mary Beth	DD $400 [9] Paul McCartney wrote this 1968 song as a parody of the Beach Boys' style "Back In The U.S.S.R." Mary Beth	$400 [24] Under Vegas Strip rules, a dealer must stand with this minimum, soft or hard 17 Mary Beth John	$400 [29] For the last 7 years of his life Pershing lived at this D.C. hospital Walter Reed Army Medical Center Mary Beth
$500 [15] As composed by Richard Strauss, the role of this "complex" Sophocles heroine is one of opera's most demanding Electra John	$500 [5] "Billy Madison"(1995) Adam Sandler Mary Beth	$500 [20] Named by Spanish missionaries, this California county near Riverside is the largest in area in the U.S. San Bernardino Mary Beth	$500 [10] It's an outdoor area of a movie studio, used to shoot exterior scenes a backlot John	$500 [25] This Wink Martindale-hosted game show that debuted in 1972 was based on the game of blackjack Gambit Mary Beth	$500 [30] In 1925 Pershing was sent to try to help resolve the hot border dispute between Peru & this country Chile

Double Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS	SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES	THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS	ORGANIZED LABOR	NATIONAL ANTHEMS	IT'S UP TO "U"
$200 [6] Sounds like a lot of talk, but this shaggy beast is so valuable to Tibet that officials set up a special sperm bank the yak John	$200 [1] In August 2000 she gave Lourdes a baby brother, Rocco Ritchie Madonna Scott	$200 [11] Not surprisingly, in 2000 his newest Jack Ryan techno-thriller, "The Bear and the Dragon", debuted at No. 1 Tom Clancy Mary Beth	$200 [26] A 1998 strike centered at Ulsan in this country saved about 1,300 Hyundai jobs South Korea Scott	$200 [21] "La Marseillaise" France Mary Beth	$200 [16] For 2000 this automaker's Forester is Consumer Reports' top pick for small SUV Subaru Scott
$400 [7] It's the unusual mammal seen here a duck-billed platypus Mary Beth Scott	$400 [2] This Greek-born musician seenherehas a psychology degree from the University of Minnesota Yanni Scott	$400 [12] "Millie's Book", as dictated to this first lady, was a nonfiction bestseller in 1990 Barbara Bush Mary Beth	$400 [27] Service Employees International targets office building owners in a program called "Justice for" these workers janitors Mary Beth	$400 [22] "Hymne Monegasque" Monaco Mary Beth	$400 [17] In a Coleridge poem, it's home to a "stately pleasure-dome" Xanadu John
$600 [8] Depending on who sired it, the offspring of a lion & tiger is called a tiglon, tigon or this a liger John	$600 [3] This soccer great was Brazil's minister of sports from 1995 to 1998 Pelé Scott	$600 [13] 1 of 2 No. 1 bestsellers by Jacqueline Susann after "Valley of the Dolls" The Love Machine (or Once Is Not Enough ) Mary Beth	$600 [28] Sometimes battling Boeing, the IAMAW is the International Association of these & Aerospace Workers machinists Mary Beth John	$600 [23] "Qi Lai" (Mainland) China John	$600 [18] The only male & female deer to both have antlers are the reindeer & this North American relative caribou Mary Beth Scott
$800 [9] While the Arabian or dromedary camel has 1 hump, this species has 2 Bactrian John	$800 [4] This entertainer seenherestudied classical guitar under Andres Segovia Charo Scott	$800 [14] His "Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" was still high on the list when he was shot & killed in 1980 Herman Tarnower Mary Beth	$800 [29] The BLE, Brotherhood of these, is fighting against having its job combined with conductor & brakeman engineers Scott	$800 [24] "Kong Kristian" Denmark John	$1,000 [20] This type of word is a blend of 2 others, like smog from smoke & fog a portmanteau John
$1,000 [10] The pygmy variety of this small South American monkey is barely 6 inches long a marmoset	$1,000 [5] Billing himself as "The World's Foremost Mentalist", he's quite "Amazing" Kreskin Scott	DD $900 [15] This Katherine Anne Porter novel "sailed" up the list in 1962 Ship of Fools Mary Beth	$1,000 [30] In 1995 this Bronx-born labor leader became president of the AFL-CIO John J. Sweeney	$1,000 [25] "Mazurek Dabrowskiego" Poland John	DD $3,000 [19] The largest state capital in area, this city is bustin' out all over Juneau, Alaska John

Final Jeopardy!

PEOPLE

In honor of his 50th birthday, Nov. 14, 1998, 50 of his watercolors were displayed at Hampton Court

Prince Charles

Scott "Who is Chagall?" — wagered $5,099

Mary Beth "Who is Prince Charles?" — wagered $6,799

John "Who is Prince Charles" — wagered $5,000

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