Show #4132 2002-07-16 (taped 2002-03-06) Regular

Contestants

Beth Milnes — a legal secretary from Venice, California

Neal Thompson — a software engineer from San Diego, California

Molly McGowan — an information specialist from Pottsville, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Molly $2,200 $2,600 $3,800 $7,600
3rd place: $1,000
$9,800
17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Neal $1,000 $2,400 $9,600 $12,600
2nd place: $2,000
$9,600
13 R, 3 W
Beth $2,400 $10,000 $12,400 $19,400
New champion: $19,400
$10,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

"IT"s MONTY PYTHON THE HOLY GRAIL THE LARCH BICYCLE REPAIRMAN A SPANISH INQUISITION
$200 [3]
Its territory includes the island of Elba
Italy
Molly
$200 [8]
The first "Monty Python" movie was 1971's "And Now For Something Completely" this
Completely Different
Beth
$200 [13]
In many legends this chaste knight & son of Lancelot finds the Holy Grail
Galahad
Neal
$200 [26]
Being deciduous, the larch is one of the few members of this tree family that isn't an evergreen
pine
Beth
$200 [21]
Bicycle repairman learned the hard way, don't use a sharp screwdriver to take this off the rim
the tire
Beth
$200 [1]
Spain's highest peaks in these mountains are in the Maladeta range
the Pyrenees
Beth
$400 [4]
To list individual deductions on a tax return
to itemize
Beth
$400 [9]
After "Monty Python", he wrote & starred in the TV cult classic "Fawlty Towers"
John Cleese
Neal Beth
$400 [14]
This piece of furniture had a seat called the Siege Perilous reserved for the knight who led the Grail quest
the Round Table
Beth
$400 [27]
The European larch is valued as a source of durable wood & this pungent liquid used as a paint solvent
turpentine
Molly
$400 [22]
B.R.'s uniform features a jersey of this color, like the leader in the Tour de France
yellow
Molly
$400 [2]
A former capital, this city of central Spain is home to the El Greco Museum
Toledo
Neal
$600 [5]
Frank Capra won his first directing Oscar for this 1934 romantic comedy
It Happened One Night
Molly
$600 [10]
During his college days, this Python served as President of the Footlights Revue at Cambridge University
Eric Idle
Beth
$600 [15]
In his epic poem "The Waste Land", this writer drew upon the Grail legend of the Fisher King
T.S. Eliot
Molly
$600 [28]
Reaching 200', one of the tallest species of larch is Larix occidentalis, also known by this "directional" name
the Western larch
Molly Neal
$600 [23]
B.R. knows that most pedals, because they are threaded differently, are marked with 1 of these 2 letters
R or L (right and left)
Beth
$600 [18]
Until captured in 1492, this southern Spanish city was the last stronghold of the Moors
Grenada
Beth
$800 [6]
Adjective meaning traveling from place to place, especially to find work
itinerant
Molly
$800 [11]
Michael Palin was one of "the Knights Who Say" this word in "Monty Python & the Holy Grail"
Ni!
Neal Beth
$800 [16]
In one legend, the Holy Grail is entrusted to this man "of Arimathea" who brings it to England
Joseph
Beth
$800 [29]
Widely planted around the world, the Japanese larch grows wild on the mountains of this largest Japanese island
Honshu
Beth
$800 [24]
B.R. figures these brakes, using back pressure on the pedals, might also stop drinks from sliding off the bar
coasters (coaster brakes)
Molly Neal
$800 [19]
The Alagorn & the Jarama are tributaries of this river that flows across Spain & Portugal
the Tagus
Beth
$1,000 [7]
In 1832 this Minnesota lake was established as the main source of the Mississippi River
Lake Itasca
$1,000 [12]
Now a film director, this American created the wacky & surreal animations used on the TV show
Terry Gilliam
Beth
$1,000 [17]
The 1882 opera "Parsifal" by this composer was based on a medieval poem about the Grail legend
Wagner
Beth
$1,000 [30]
The larch is a sacred tree to these people of northern Scandinavia who are also known as the Saami
the Lapps or Lapplanders
$1,000 [25]
B.R.'s been repairing bikes since he had to fix a banana seat on one of this company's Sting-Rays as a kid
Schwinn
Molly
DD $3,000 [20]
The name of this second-largest Caribbean island means "the Spanish island"
Hispaniola
Beth

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE WAR OF 1812 COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES WHEELS INITIAL REACTION MEDICINE FROM A TO E
$400 [16]
It was during the war that this character became a symbol of the good old U.S.A.
Uncle Sam
Molly
$400 [2]
Troy State & the University of Southern California
the Trojans
Molly
$400 [26]
In 1964 James Bond was wheeling around in the DB5 model of this British sports car
an Aston Martin
Molly
$400 [11]
Larry Hagman played this "man you love to hate" from 1978 to 1991
J.R. Ewing
Beth
$400 [21]
The term rheumatism is often used for this, particularly the rheumatoid type
arthritis
Molly
$400 [1]
Hateful, or a certain snowman
abominable
Molly
$800 [17]
This American naval ship destroyed the Cuerriere & the Java, among others
the Constitution ?
Molly Neal Beth
$800 [3]
Mississippi State & Georgia
the Bulldogs
Beth
$800 [27]
The first wheeled vehicle used here was Russia's Lunokhod 1
the moon
Neal
$800 [12]
Ah, yes, this curmudgeonly comic played Mr. Micawber in the 1935 screen version of "David Copperfield"
W.C. Fields
Neal
$800 [22]
Iritis & scleritis are inflammations of parts of this
the eye
Neal
$800 [4]
In the Bible, John, James or Judas
apostle
Neal
$1,200 [18]
(Sofia presents the clue.) The musket I'm holding, like the ones in the War of 1812, uses a firing mechanism known as this
a flintlock
$1,200 [6]
U. Conn. & Washington
the Huskies
Neal
$1,200 [28]
In 1834 this "attractive" Englishman patented a covered cab slung between 2 large wheels
(Joseph) Hansom
Neal
$1,200 [13]
A dance hall fight over a woman named Lucille inspired him to name each of his guitars after her
B.B. King
Neal
$1,200 [23]
(Here's Cheryl.) You're seeing this type of image of me, useful in medical and security fields, as it can detect heat and movement
infrared
Neal
$1,200 [5]
In the name of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury it precedes "and Consent"
Advise
Molly Beth
$2,000 [20]
In 1812 the U.S. lost Fort Detroit after losing this fort where Chicago is now
Fort Dearborn
$1,600 [9]
Wyoming & Oklahoma State
the Cowboys
Beth
$1,600 [29]
This author wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport"
Arthur Hailey
Beth
$1,600 [14]
"Flowers in the Attic" & "Petals on the Wind" are chilling novels by this author
V.C. Andrews
Neal
$1,600 [24]
In the Type I or "juvenile" form of this disease, the insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas are destroyed
diabetes
Molly
$1,600 [7]
The sap from one type of this desert plant is used to make mascal; another yields the fiber called sisal
agave
Molly
DD $3,000 [19]
In August 1814 this President rode out to review the ragtag bunch who were the remaining American troops
James Madison
Molly
$2,000 [10]
Tennessee State & Auburn
the Tigers
Molly
$2,000 [30]
(And now the last clue. Sarah?) It's the last name of stock-car racing brothers Bobby and Terry; you might call them "L" on wheels
Labonte
$2,000 [15]
This leader of Pan-Africanism received the Spingarn Medal in 1920
W.E.B. Du Bois
DD $3,000 [25]
From the Greek for "to puff up", this lung disease involves the alveoli puffing up & ruptuing
emphysema
Molly
$2,000 [8]
This hard variety of coal is the main mineral resource in both Korea & Vietnam
anthracite
Molly

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC MOVIES

A short feature called "Salzburg Sight & Sound" is included with the DVD 35th Anniversary Edition of this film

The Sound of Music

Molly "What is The Sound of Music?" — wagered $3,800
Neal "What is The Sound of Music" — wagered $3,000
Beth "What is Sound of Music?" — wagered $7,000

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