Show #3457 1999-09-21 (taped 1999-07-14) Regular

Contestants

Ken Sandler — an environmental protection specialist from Arlington, Virginia

Mary Ellen O'Hagan — a school food service manager from Pearl River, New York

Deanna Walton — a tax consultant from Arlington, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Deanna	$1,600	$1,800	$4,800	$1,599 2nd place: Trip to Caesar's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada	$6,100 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mary Ellen	$500	$1,300	$2,100	$100 3rd place: Ducane 2004SS Gas Grill	$1,900 9 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ken	$1,400	$1,500	$4,000	$3,200 New champion: $3,200	$4,700 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN POETRY	ROCK & ROLL RHYME TIME	1998 DISCOVERIES	FOREIGN FUNDS	THE LIBERTY BELL	THAT'S "GREAT"
$100 [2] This ebony bird was "Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door" The Raven Mary Ellen	$100 [9] Iggy's policemen Pop's cops Deanna	$100 [19] In 1998 biologists in Hawaii said they had cloned over 50 of these lab animals Mice Deanna Ken	$100 [1] With no birrs to spend, it'll be adios ababa for you in this country Ethiopia Ken	$100 [24] This frontiersman "Went off to Congress and served a spell...an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell" Davy Crockett Mary Ellen	$100 [3] In "Peanuts" Linus has spent many a Halloween waiting for this being The Great Pumpkin Deanna
$200 [5] In 1890, 4 years after her death, the first volume of this "Amherst Nun's" poetry was published Emily Dickinson Deanna	$200 [10] Rawls' loafers Lou's shoes Deanna	$200 [20] APHS, a chemical compound that won't irritate the stomach, was created as an alternative to this Aspirin Deanna	$200 [12] To buy 16 ounces of cookies in Cairo, you'll need the Egyptian this Pound Deanna	$200 [25] The Roman numerals MDCCLIII on the bell's waist denote that it was cast in this year 1753 Deanna	$200 [4] A small part of its 4,000-mile link is seen here Great Wall of China Ken
$300 [16] "Priscilla" was the original title of Longfellow's poem about "The Courtship of" this Puritan captain Miles Standish	$300 [11] Idol's flowers Billy's lilies Ken	$300 [21] Ken Karsmizki discovered a campsite near Great Falls, Mt., dating back to 1805, that may have been this pair's Lewis and Clark Mary Ellen	$300 [15] The Vatican cuts its checks in its own version of this currency Italian Lira Ken	$300 [26] It's thought that the Liberty Bell rang out to announce the arrival of this Frenchman in September 1824 Marquis de Lafayette Deanna	$300 [6] Prince William, to King George VI Great-grandson Deanna
$400 [17] Robert Frost wrote that "Good fences make" these Good neighbors Deanna	$400 [13] Sheryl's pedal digits Crow's toes Mary Ellen	$400 [22] Divers found the lost island of Antirhodos, where Cleopatra once lived, sunken off this city Alexandria	$400 [29] In Montevideo you may go Uruguay & I'll go mine, but we'll both spend these Pesos	$400 [27] The striking of the bell was broadcast to the nation on this day when the Allies landed at Normandy D-Day (June 6, 1944) Mary Ellen	$400 [7] Philip Roth titled a 1973 book this, the goal of U.S. fiction writers for decades "The Great American Novel"
$500 [18] He wrote "Old Ironsides" while a law student Oliver Wendell Holmes	$500 [14] Morrison's skinny-dippings Jim's swims Ken	$500 [23] Microbes found 2,800' below the sea floor off New Guinea extended this region of the Earth that can support life Biosphere	DD $1,300 [30] You'll need money named for this explorer to buy a shipload of canal supplies in Panama Vasco de Balboa Deanna	$500 [28] The bell consists of about 70% this metal, 25% tin & smaller amounts of zinc, lead & silver Copper Deanna	$500 [8] An important crossing or barrier, in particular the Rocky Mountains Great Divide Deanna

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE ROARING '20s	THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR	FRENCH CITIES	FAMOUS FACES	BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [6] In 1927 Harry Lender began baking these in New Haven, Connecticut Bagels Ken	$200 [21] "Suspicion","The Wrong Man","North by Northwest" Alfred Hitchcock Ken	$200 [11] 1 of the 3 French cities to host the Winter Olympics Albertville, Chamonix & Grenoble Deanna	$200 [12] This Scottish-American taught the British & the Russians a thing or two about naval fighting John Paul Jones Ken	$200 [1] Dynamic duo who fight for champagne wishes & caviar dreams Batman & Robin Leach Mary Ellen
$400 [7] 2 years after winning 3 Olympic medals in 1924, she made her famous Channel swim Gertrude Ederle Mary Ellen	$400 [22] "2001: A Space Odyssey","Spartacus","Eyes Wide Shut" Stanley Kubrick Ken	$400 [13] This city's Grand Prix d'Endurance has been run at the Sarthe road racing circuit since 1923 Le Mans	$400 [17] In the '80s he led a public education campaign to combat the AIDS epidemic C. Everett Koop Ken	$400 [2] Government retirement benefits that Charles Schulz' Linus can hold on to Social Security blanket Mary Ellen
DD $800 [8] William Thompson, known as "Big Bill", was mayor of this big city Chicago Mary Ellen	$600 [23] "Arsenic and Old Lace","Meet John Doe","It's A Wonderful Life" Frank Capra Deanna	DD $700 [14] It's closer to England than any other city on the European mainland--21 miles Calais Ken	$600 [18] This man was half of the duo that went down in a plane August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska Wiley Post	$600 [3] Leno's show on which Cuba Gooding, Jr. makes his famous demand The Tonight Show Me the Money Deanna
$800 [9] Maybe it was the campaign song Al Jolson wrote that got him elected U.S. president in 1920 Warren G. Harding Ken	$800 [24] "Tender Mercies","Breaker Morant","Driving Miss Daisy" Bruce Beresford	$800 [15] This city on the Garonne River is famous for its wines & is France's leading shipper of wines Bordeaux	$800 [19] He's the actor seen here lending a "hand" to an unwary scientist Boris Karloff Deanna	$800 [4] "Ringmaster" talk show host & sporting dog Jerry Springer spaniel Deanna
$1,000 [10] Popular athletes included Red Grange, the Galloping Ghost, & this man, the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi	$1,000 [25] "Aliens","The Terminator","True Lies" James Cameron Deanna	$1,000 [16] In 1431 Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at the Place du Vieux-Marche in this city on the Seine Rouen Deanna Mary Ellen Ken	$1,000 [20] Some consider this revolutionary seen here to be the father of modern China Sun Yat-sen Ken	$1,000 [5] Boxing champ who stung the "40 Thieves" like a bee Muhammad Ali Baba Ken

Final Jeopardy!

TREES

This type of tree that includes the pecan is common in the eastern U.S., is noted for toughness & can live to 300

Hickory

Mary Ellen "What is the maple?" — wagered $2,000

Ken "What is an oak" — wagered $800

Deanna "What is the hardwood tree?" — wagered $3,201

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