Show #3479 1999-10-21 (taped 1999-08-03) Regular

Eddie Timanus game 2.

Contestants

Chris Ratto — an English teacher from Minneola, New York

Jeanne Davis — a systems analyst from Valrico, Florida

Eddie Timanus — a sportswriter from Reston, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Eddie $700 $3,100 $12,700 $12,700
2-day champion: $27,100
$12,500
26 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jeanne $1,100 $600 $800 $600
2nd place: Trip to Sandals Bahamian Resort & Spa
$800
10 R, 5 W
Chris $2,200 $2,700 $6,300 $0
3rd place: 1-800 Gift Certificate
$7,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MATH & SCIENCE A WORLD OF BEER SOUTH DAKOTA BLACK AMERICANS HIs & BYEs TV CHARACTERS' MAIDEN NAMES
$100 [16]
On the centigrade scale, it's the melting point of ice
0 (zero)
Eddie
$100 [1]
Asahi
Japan
Jeanne
$100 [21]
The capitol building is on a 30-acre tract in this city overlooking the Missouri River
Pierre
Chris
$100 [26]
In May 1999 he won the release of 3 U.S. soldiers held captive in Serbia
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jeanne
$100 [11]
It wasn't necessary to dub this Schwarzenegger line in "T2" into Spanish
"Hasta La Vista, Baby!"
Jeanne Chris
$100 [6]
MacGillicuddy was her TV maiden name from 1951 to 1960 (it still is today in reruns)
Lucille Ball
Eddie
$200 [17]
1 volt times 1 amp equals this unit
watt
Chris
$200 [2]
Foster's
Australia
Eddie
$300 [23]
South Dakota's Homestake Mine is one of the Western Hemisphere's largest producers of this metal
gold
Eddie
$200 [27]
During the 1996 Summer Olympics, this boxer was given a new gold medal to replace one from 1960
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)
Eddie
$200 [12]
2-word greeting, or name of a famous fifties freckled marionette
Howdy Doody
Chris
$200 [7]
Like Jackie Kennedy, Marge Simpson had this maiden name
Bouvier
Jeanne
$300 [18]
Forces like gravity are measured in units abbreviated N., named for this scientist
Isaac Newton
Jeanne
$300 [3]
Beck's
Germany
Chris
$400 [24]
In Storybook Land in Aberdeen, where this author once lived, the "Oz" stories come to life
L. Frank Baum
Eddie
$300 [28]
In 1998 this poet & author made her directorial debut with the movie "Down in the Delta"
Maya Angelou
Chris
$300 [13]
This reptilian-flavored farewell hails from the '30s
"See Ya Later, Alligator!"
Chris
$300 [8]
Jamie had recently shed her maiden name, Stemple, when this sitcom debuted in 1992
Mad About You
Chris
$400 [19]
To convert kilograms into grams, multiply by this
1000
Eddie
$400 [4]
Moosehead
Canada
Eddie
DD $500 [22]
A gruesome clash between the government & the Indians took place here on December 29, 1890
Wounded Knee
Chris
$400 [29]
It's no secret, she was the first black model featured on a Victoria's Secret catalog cover
Tyra Banks
Jeanne Chris
$400 [14]
It's how Akihito would bid you farewell
Sayonara
Jeanne
$400 [9]
"Oh, Rob!" This character was given 2 different maiden names, Meeker & Meehan
Laura Petrie (from "The Dick Van Dyke Show")
$500 [20]
Musical instruments are tuned to 440 cycles per second, this note on a piano
A
Eddie Jeanne
$500 [5]
Harp
Ireland
Jeanne
$500 [25]
On August 2, 1876 this gunfighter was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall in Deadwood
Wild Bill Hickok
Eddie Chris
$500 [30]
He formed his famous New York dance theater company in 1958 with a troupe of only 8 dancers
Alvin Ailey
Chris
$500 [15]
Greeting that can follow "ship" or "chips"
Ahoy!
Chris
$500 [10]
She played Gloria Stivic, nee Bunker
Sally Struthers
Chris

Double Jeopardy! Round

SECRETARIES OF STATE FOREIGN-BORN OSCAR WINNERS SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY PHIL-ER UP THE YEAR OF THE HEADLINE "SEVEN"s
$200 [7]
He was the first person who could put U.S. Secretary of State on his resume
Thomas Jefferson
Chris
$200 [25]
Born in India in 1913, she won her second Oscar for playing Blanche DuBois in 1951
Vivian Leigh
Eddie
$200 [6]
The Boar's Head Tavern is one of many Shakespearean settings in this city
London
Eddie
$200 [15]
Da! In 1987 he became the first American talk show host to tape shows in Russia
Phil Donahue
Eddie Chris
$200 [16]
Nazis Invade Poland!
1939
Eddie
$200 [1]
A state of great joy or satisfaction, or a series on the WB Network
Seventh Heaven
Jeanne
$400 [10]
Dean Acheson continued the European recovery plan of this predecessor
George Marshall
Eddie
$400 [26]
Aussie Geoffrey got quite a rush winning for this 1996 film
Shine
Jeanne
$400 [8]
In "Henry VI, Part 1" it's a setting; in "Romeo and Juliet" it's a suitor for Juliet's hand
Paris
Chris
$400 [21]
His impersonations on "Saturday Night Live" included Bill Clinton & Frank Sinatra
Phil Hartman
Eddie
$400 [17]
Frank Sinatra Passes Away!
1998
Chris
$400 [2]
This religious sect observes the sabbath on Saturday
Seventh-day Adventists
Eddie
$600 [11]
He was the only Secretary of State succeeded by a woman
Warren Christopher
Jeanne
$600 [27]
Of the 2 women to win acting awards for 1961, she was the Italian
Sophia Loren (for "Two Women")
Chris
DD $400 [14]
Theseus, duke of this city in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", doesn't run into fellow resident Timon
Athens
Chris
$600 [22]
He composed & sang most of the songs in Disney's "Tarzan" movie
Phil Collins
Jeanne
$600 [18]
Nixon Reelected President!
1972
Eddie
$600 [3]
This Akira Kurosawa film was the basis for the 1960 classic western "The Magnificent Seven"
The Seven Samurai
Jeanne
$800 [12]
The last Secretary of State to become president, he served under Polk & Taylor before being elected in 1856
James Buchanan
Eddie
$800 [28]
Her last of 3 Oscar wins was for playing Greta Ohlsson in 1974's "Murder on the Orient Express"
Ingrid Bergman
Eddie
$600 [9]
Messina, where "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place, is a port on this Italian island
Sicily
Eddie
$800 [23]
This Boston Bruins center led the NHL in goals a record 6 straight seasons, from 1970 to 1975
Phil Esposito
Eddie
$800 [19]
"Miracle On Ice!" U.S. Men's Ice Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold!
1980
Eddie
$800 [4]
Burt Lancaster plays a general who plans to overthrow the president in this 1964 film
Seven Days in May
$1,000 [29]
George Shultz served 7 years in the '80s, the longest run for someone in the post since this man in the '60s
Dean Rusk
DD $1,200 [30]
This 1957 winner claimed he was born on Sakhalin Island, about 3,000 miles northeast of Siam
Yul Brynner
Eddie
$800 [13]
Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, killed Fortinbras' father, king of this nearby country
Norway
Chris
$1,000 [24]
Before he was elected senator, this Texan served in the House as both a Democrat & a Republican
Phil Gramm
Eddie
$1,000 [20]
Sputnik 1 Launched!
1957
Eddie
$1,000 [5]
A report by Marcos De Niza, a Franciscan priest, led Francisco Coronado to seek them
Seven Cities of Cibola/Gold
Jeanne Chris

Final Jeopardy!

EXPLORERS

On hearing of the discovery of George Mallory's body, this man told reporters he still thinks he was first

Sir Edmund Hillary

Jeanne "Who is Perry?" — wagered $200
Chris "Who was Henry Cabot?" — wagered $6,300
Eddie "WHO WAS EDMUND HILLARY?" — wagered $0

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