Show #3579 2000-03-09 (taped 1999-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Charles Hubert — a developer from Tucker, Georgia

Ellen Alers — an archivist from Washington, D.C.

Lynne Bruchet — a behavior specialist from Tallahassee, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lynne $200 $1,900 $3,700 $200
3rd place: VTech Cordless Phones
$3,700
12 R, 1 W
Ellen $700 $1,900 $2,900 $2,400
2nd place: Trip to Club Intrawest, Palm Desert, California
$2,900
16 R (including 1 DD), 9 W
Charles $800 $1,700 $6,900 $6,399
New champion: $6,399
$7,500
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SUDBURY, MY HOMETOWN COLORS NOVEL OPENINGS MODERN SPORTS EQUIPMENT WOODY GUTHRIE ENDS IN "I"
$100 [26]
In 1940 Sudbury became the first Canadian city to install these meters, eh
Parking meters
Charles
$100 [16]
When talking playing cards, diamonds are this color
Red
Charles
$100 [10]
1936:"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..."
Gone with the Wind
Charles
$100 [7]
Seat, chain, front & rear derailleurs
Bicycle
Lynne
$100 [2]
Woody was born in Okemah in this state, "Way down yonder in the Indian nation"
Oklahoma
Lynne
$100 [1]
Finlandia Hall in this capital city is built in the shape of a piano
Helsinki
Charles
$200 [27]
A team called the Sudbury Wolves plays in the regional league of this sport
Ice hockey
Lynne Ellen
$200 [17]
Even in 1638 John Wilkins thought it was an absurdity that the moon was made out of this color cheese
Green
Charles
$200 [11]
1978:"Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested...for wounding a man in a movie theater"
"The World According To Garp"
Charles
$200 [8]
Chocks, carabiners, rope
Mountain climbing
Ellen
$200 [3]
Woody inscribed "This machine kills Fascists" on this instrument
His guitar
Charles
$200 [21]
Writings on a wall
Graffiti
Ellen
$300 [28]
Science North, a science center in Sudbury, is one of the biggest tourist attractions in this province
Ontario
Ellen
$300 [18]
Describing people, this color is a synonym for a verb meaning "to age"
Gray
Ellen
$300 [12]
1970:"What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?"
"Love Story"
Charles
$300 [9]
A canopy, risers, ripcord pins
Skydiving
Charles
$300 [4]
A devoted fan, this rock star described himself in the early '60s as a "Woody Guthrie jukebox"
Bob Dylan
Charles
$300 [22]
It's the type of strolling band seen here:
Mariachi
Lynne
$400 [29]
Sudbury's Festival Boreal in July celebrates this natural phenomenon
Northern Lights
Lynne Ellen
$400 [19]
In Chekhov's "The Seagull", it's the color Masha always wears
Black
Lynne Ellen
$500 [14]
1939:"To the red country & part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently..."
"The Grapes Of Wrath"
Ellen
$400 [15]
A leash, a wetsuit, wax
Surfing
Lynne
$400 [5]
He's Woody's folk singer son, known for "Alice's Restaurant"
Arlo Guthrie
Charles
$400 [24]
A veranda or roofed patio, perhaps found on the Hawaiian island of the same name
Lanai
Ellen
$500 [30]
I'll bet 5 cents you can name this metal, the mining of which once dominated Sudbury's economy
Nickel
Charles
$500 [20]
An exception to the "I before E" rule is this color, a light yellowish brown
Beige
Charles
DD $600 [13]
1876:"Tom!"
"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"
Charles
$500 [23]
A triangular sail, an aluminum frame, harness
Hang gliding
Ellen Charles
$500 [6]
The title of this 1943 Woody autobiography is lifted from a song about a train
"Bound For Glory"
Charles
$500 [25]
It remains the most popular of the classical forms of Japanese theater
Kabuki
Ellen

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CLASSIC CINEMA RITUALS MUSIC STATES' MEN LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [1]
It's the only known planet in our solar system JPL spacecraft haven't visited--& they're looking into it
Pluto
Ellen Charles
$200 [5]
30 years before "Blair Witch", this Hopper-Fonda biker film was the little movie that shook up Hollywood
Easy Rider
Lynne
$200 [11]
Among these animals that have made ritualistic yearly appearances are Pothole Pete, Chipper & Punxsutawney Phil
Groundhogs
Ellen
$200 [23]
Legend says one of Haydn's symphonies is nicknamed "The Queen" because this queen of France liked it
Marie Antoinette
Ellen
$200 [16]
James Whitcomb Riley, Michael Jackson, Jim Davis
Indiana
Charles
$200 [21]
Lawrence & Lee play about the trial over man evolving from Mr. Toad of Toad Hall
Inherit the Wind in the Willows
$400 [2]
Designed by JPL, the USA's first of these is at the nose of the rocket in the 1958 photo seen here
Satellite
Ellen
$400 [6]
In the judgment of the Academy, Maximilian Schell was 1961's Best Actor for this film
Judgment at Nuremberg
Charles
$400 [12]
Every Labor Day weekend people gather in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, build a giant one of these & burn it
Man
Ellen
$400 [24]
The name of this set of 12 Schumann piano pieces is French for butterflies
"Papillon"
Lynne
$400 [17]
Francis Scott Key, Dashiell Hammett, Cal Ripken, Jr.
Maryland
Ellen
$400 [22]
Richard Llewellyn could gag me with a spoon with this mining tale, fer sure
How Green Was My Valley Girl
$600 [3]
The JPL mission to bring back pieces of a comet, or the title of the tune heard here:
Stardust
Charles
$600 [7]
Katharine Hepburn appeared in this 1937 theatrical drama & in a later film that added "Canteen" to the title
Stage Door
Ellen
$600 [13]
In celebration of Chanukah, candles are lit for this many nights
8
Lynne Ellen Charles
$600 [25]
It's the ever-popular opera that features the song heard here:
Porgy and Bess ("I Got Plenty Of Nothing")
Lynne Ellen
$600 [18]
Howard Hughes, Buddy Holly, Lee Trevino
Texas
Charles
$800 [4]
A JPL engineer designed this Larami Ltd. product that puts water pistols to shame
Super Soaker
Lynne
$800 [8]
This steamy Gregory Peck-Jennifer Jones film was nicknamed "Lust in the Dust"
Duel in the Sun
Lynne Ellen
$800 [14]
Robes of this "spicy" orange-yellow color let you know a boy is a Buddhist disciple
Saffron
Charles
$800 [26]
This waltz composer's "Blue Danube Waltz" is featured in the ballet "Le Beau Danube"
Johann Strauss
Ellen
$800 [19]
Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda
Nebraska
DD $1,000 [10]
This appropriately named JPL probe was launched Sept. 5, 1977 & has covered over 5 billion miles
Voyager
Ellen
$1,000 [9]
This Fritz Lang film portrayed a futuristic city as a hell of scientific progress & human despair
Metropolis
Ellen
$1,000 [15]
Greek corpses were buried with a coin to pay this mythical ferryman
Charon
Ellen Charles
$1,000 [27]
His "Kinderlieder" (children's songs) are far less famous than his opera about 2 kids in the woods
Engelbert Humperdinck
Charles
DD $1,000 [20]
Louis Armstrong, Truman Capote, Bryant Gumbel
Louisiana
Charles

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CAPITALS

A large bay bearing its name borders this capital settled by the Spaniards in 1571

Manila, Philippines (Manila Bay)

Ellen "What is Madrid" — wagered $500
Lynne "What is Mexico City" — wagered $3,500
Charles "What is Monte" — wagered $501

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