Show #3570 2000-02-25 (taped 1999-11-30) Regular

Contestants

Blair Fisher — a middle school teacher from Duluth, Georgia

Pam Simmons — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Tim Hughes — a grocery clerk from Rockville, Maryland

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tim	$700	$2,500	$8,100	$10,200 New champion: $10,200	$8,100 23 R, 3 W
Pam	$1,100	$2,200	$4,300	$2,200 3rd place: a Meade ETX90 telescope	$4,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Blair	$2,000	$3,300	$6,300	$6,300 2nd place: a trip to Devon, England	$5,600 16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	A BAR EXAM	WORDS WE DON'T USE ENOUGH	HOTELS	PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE	BANNED AS PETS IN NYC
$100 [6] This South American river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean Amazon Blair	$100 [1] Beck's, Sierra Nevada, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Tim	$100 [12] Kew-kaw is a synonym for this hyphenated word, so you could make a pineapple kew-kaw cake upside-down Tim Pam	$100 [11] The Fairmont is one of the fancy-schmancy hotels on Nob Hill in this city San Francisco Pam Blair	$100 [19] He's been "An Officer And A Gentleman" & in 1999 he moved up the ranks to "Sexiest Man Alive" Richard Gere Pam	$100 [24] It'll be a cold day in New York before the Department of Health allows you to keep one of these Polar Bear Blair
$200 [7] Churchill, Manitoba is the chief port on this Canadian bay Hudson Bay Blair	$200 [2] Cutty Sark, Glenlivet, Cock O' The North Scotch Tim	$200 [13] To crunkle means to cry like this bird, perhaps the whooping one Crane Blair	$200 [15] Nobel Prize winners are put up at this city's Grand Hotel on the water opposite the royal palace Stockholm Pam	$200 [20] Jennifer Aniston no doubt approves of this pick for 1995 Brad Pitt Pam	$200 [25] No exemptions! You can't keep these in a basement or a baseball park Bats Tim
$300 [8] This river begins in Turkey's eastern Anatolian Highlands & flows through Baghdad on its way to the Persian Gulf Tigris Blair	$300 [3] Myers, Ron Rico, Conch Republic Rum Blair	$300 [14] A backstress is a woman with this job (you might "knead" one in your neighborhood) Baker Pam	$300 [16] The Drake Hotel in this Midwestern city offers lovely views of Lake Michigan Chicago Tim	$300 [21] This "Man Without A Face" had his face on People's first "Sexiest Man Alive" issue Mel Gibson Blair	$300 [26] You won't "spot" one of these in Central Park Leopard Tim
DD $500 [9] The Chinese call this sea Huang Hai due to the tint of the waters along its shore Yellow Sea Blair	$400 [4] Christian Brothers, Courvoisier, Remy Martin Brandy Pam	$400 [29] Flesh-spades are these, as your manicurist should know Fingernails Blair	$400 [17] FDR wrote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" while staying at this city's Mayflower Hotel Washington, DC (before moving into the White House) Tim Pam	$400 [22] Once "Down And Out In Beverly Hills", in 1992 he was "The Sexiest Man Alive" Nick Nolte Pam	$400 [27] Not even if you get its food chocolate-covered can you keep this animal Anteater Tim
$500 [10] In 1994 many of the beautiful islands in this Vietnamese gulf were designated a world heritage site by UNESCO Gulf of Tonkin Tim	$500 [5] Skyy, Cristall, Blavod Vodka Blair	$500 [30] Annette was a Mouseketeer; a person who writes 14-line poems is this 9-letter word Sonneteer Tim	$500 [18] In a classic children's book, Eloise is a 6-year-old girl who lives at this New York hotel The Plaza	$500 [23] Great Scot! People said of this pick for 1989: He's "Older, Balder...and Better!" Sean Connery Blair	$500 [28] It may be wild to have this wild dog in Australia but in New York City it's no go Dingo Tim

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL NOVELS	CALL ME W	EMMY FACTS	THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES	IT'S "ALL"	A COMMUNIST PLOT
$200 [2] "Witching Times" is John De Forest's novel about this city's witchcraft trials Salem, Mass. Tim	$200 [26] In 1940 he was "The Bank Dick" W.C. Fields Tim	$200 [11] This FOX sitcom is the longest-running primetime series never to win an Emmy; it was on for 10 seasons Married.... With Children Blair	$200 [1] 1986-today William Rehnquist Tim	$200 [16] Proverbially this "is not gold" All that glitters Blair	$200 [21] His mausoleum in Red Square was designed by Alexei Shchusev in 1930 Lenin Tim
$400 [3] A 19th century novel by John Esten Cooke enhanced the legend of this playful daughter of Powhatan Pocahontas Tim	$400 [27] The 1941 book "Father Of The Blues" was about him W.C. Handy Tim	$400 [12] With 16 nominations, this "Murder, She Wrote" star is the most nominated primetime actress with no wins Angela Lansbury Tim	$400 [7] 1801-1835 John Marshall Pam Blair	$400 [17] This 2-word phrase means "Passengers get on the train" All Aboard! Tim	$400 [22] His glass sarcophagus is displayed inside a monumental edifice found on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Tim
$600 [4] "Kenilworth" tells the tale of the Earl of Leicester, who some say killed his wife in an attempt to marry this queen Elizabeth I Tim	$600 [28] This Anglo-American poet picked up a Pulitzer in 1948 W.H. Auden	$600 [13] Set partly at a Seattle radio station, it has won a record 5 consecutive Emmys as TV's Best Comedy Series Frasier Tim	$800 [9] 1969-1986 Warren Burger Tim	$600 [18] November 1 on the Christian calendar All Saints Day Tim	$600 [23] Buried in Santa Clara, Cuba this revolutionary leader was born in Argentina in 1928 Ernesto "Che" Guevara Blair
$800 [5] "The Orphan Angel" depicts what might have happened to this romantic poet if he'd been rescued from drowning Percy Shelley	$800 [29] "Perfection...it is apt to be dull", wrote this author of "Of Human Bondage" W. Somerset Maugham Pam	$800 [14] It holds the record for wins by a miniseries with 9; its follow-up, "The Next Generation", won only 2 Roots Pam	DD $900 [8] 1953-1969 Earl Warren Pam	$800 [19] It's been the motto of The New York Times since 1896 "All the news that's fit to print" Tim	$1,000 [25] In 1994, a nearly 4-hour funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang ended with his burial Kim Il-sung Blair
$1,000 [6] "The Partisan" is one of several W.G. Simms novels that feature this "Swamp Fox" of the Revolutionary War Francis Marion Pam	$1,000 [30] His foundation has given money to colleges & also to public TV to broadcast "Sesame Street" W.M. Keck Foundation	$1,000 [15] This director is the only Emmy winner also to win a Tony & an Oscar the same year; his Oscar was for "Cabaret" Bob Fosse Tim	$1,000 [10] 1921-1930 William Howard Taft Pam	$1,000 [20] During the Revolutionary War, the Liberty Bell was hidden in this eastern Pennsylvania city Allentown	DD $1,400 [24] This Russian revolutionary leader is buried on the grounds of the Mexico City museum that bears his name Leon Trotsky (he was assassinated in Mexico) Blair

Final Jeopardy!

THEATRE

In 1999 Del Close willed this to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago to be used in Act 5, Scene 1 of "Hamlet"

His own skull (to be used in the scene, "Alas, poor Yorick...")

Pam "What is a sword?" — wagered $2,100

Blair "What is Yorrick's SKULL?" — wagered $0

Tim "What is his skull?" — wagered $2,100

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