Show #3459 1999-09-23 (taped 1999-07-14) Regular

Contestants

Spencer Kane — a morning show radio producer from Portland, Oregon

Michele Mohr — a college professor from Berwyn, Illinois

Dylan McKenna — an actor from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dylan	$1,100	$1,700	$7,800	$6,600 2-day champion: $14,900	$8,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Michele	$-200	$0	$1,000	$2,000 2nd place: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion Multimedia Desktop PC & Broyhill Computer Home Office Cabinet	$1,000 6 R, 3 W
Spencer	$900	$1,700	$1,600	$1,199 3rd place: Samsung Maxima Zoom 145 Compact Camera	$3,100 12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WAY BACK WHEN	TELEVISION	LITERATI	LETTER PERFECT HOMOPHONES	NOTE-ABLE WOMEN	ON THE DELI TRAY
$100 [1] The earliest of these pictorial symbols used as writing by the Egyptians date back to around 3000 B.C. hieroglyphics Dylan Michele	$100 [4] Susan Sullivan & Mitchell Ryan once played doctors on "Julie Farr, M.D."; now they're Greg's parents on this sitcom Dharma & Greg Spencer	$100 [9] Richard Armour wrote,"Robbers seize it, rich increase it, gamblers lose it...I could use it" money Dylan	$100 [14] One may be Coral or Caspian sea Dylan	$100 [19] In 1999 this singer who once tore up the Pope's picture was ordained the first female priest in the Latin Tridentine Church Sinead O'Connor Dylan	$100 [24] Dip your veggies in this buttermilk dressing, a Hidden Valley specialty ranch Dylan
$200 [2] The Maccabees' greatest soldier, he was the man originally given the name "Maccabee" Judah	$200 [5] Cordell is the first name of this crimefighter played by Chuck Norris Walker, Texas Ranger Dylan	$200 [10] In "The Aeneid" Virgil wrote, "I fear the Greeks even when they come with" these gifts Dylan	$200 [15] An actor's signal or Minnesota Fats' stick cue Spencer	$200 [20] Emily Watson earned an Oscar nomination for playing cellist Jacqueline du Pre in this 1998 film Hilary & Jackie Spencer	$200 [25] What's a fruit tray without wedges of cantaloupe & honeydew, varieties of this fruit melon Michele
$300 [3] In 68 A.D. Vindex' motives were transparent when he led a revolt in this Roman province that covers France Gaul	$300 [6] Delta Burke played Dixie Carter's ex-mother-in-law on "Filthy Rich" before playing her sister on this sitcom Designing Women Spencer	$300 [11] Nanki-Poo & Ko-Ko appear in this W.S. Gilbert libretto The Mikado Michele Spencer	$300 [16] It precedes "whiz" & "your hair smells terrific" gee Dylan	$300 [21] She sang on Broadway in "Damn Yankees" & "Bells Are Ringing" before playing TV's screechy-voiced Edith Bunker Jean Stapleton	$300 [26] A slice of provolone could be mistaken for this cheese that shares its name with a California bay Monterey Jack Dylan
$400 [28] Pytheas of Marseille was famous as this, also the nickname of Prince Henry of Portugal a navigator	$400 [7] John Ritter appeared as the minister who married Ted & Georgette on this classic sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show Spencer	$400 [12] "While man is still a child God keeps him innocent", he wrote in "Les Miserables" Victor Hugo Spencer	$400 [17] CBS symbol eye Dylan	$400 [22] The violin virtuoso known by the single name Midori was born in this country in 1971 Japan Spencer	$400 [27] Look for rye bread on the tray near this cured beef cold-cut with a name from the Yiddish pastrami
DD $700 [29] This Greek biographer's own "life" included being granted a priesthood at Delphi for life Plutarch Dylan	$500 [8] (Hi, I'm Kathy Kinney of The Drew Carey Show.) I played the town librarian of Stratford, Vermont on this '80s sitcom set mainly at the Stratford Inn Newhart Dylan	$500 [13] John Greenleaf Whittier wrote of one of these boys "with cheek of tan" "Barefoot Boy"	$500 [18] Wok up & see the snow one pea	$500 [23] Patti Page played Sister Rachel in this Burt Lancaster film based on a Sinclair Lewis novel Elmer Gantry	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEW DEAL ALPHABET	AWARDS	MILITARY MOVIES	TOMB WITH A VIEW	THE P IS SILENT	POPULAR CLASSICAL MUSIC
$200 [11] TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Dylan	$200 [6] Foreigners who give distinguished service to this country may receive the Order of the Aztec Eagle Mexico Spencer	$200 [1] In a 1968 film, he played Col. Michael Kirby, the leader of a group of Green Berets John Wayne Dylan	$200 [21] Martha Washington rests in a tomb just south of this house Mount Vernon Dylan Spencer	$200 [16] Meaning "false", it's found before science & intellectual pseudo Spencer	$600 [28] Popular title of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, which was strongly influenced by Native American & black music "New World Symphony"
$400 [12] FHA Federal Housing Authority (or Federal Housing Administration) Michele	$400 [7] This bookseller won in the Commerce section of the 1999 Webby Awards for websites Amazon.com Spencer	$400 [2] Willie Nelson composes a patriotic anthem for the war that Dustin Hoffman fabricates in this 1997 satire Wag the Dog Michele	$400 [22] Hugh Hefner bought the crypt next to hers; she was on Playboy's first cover Marilyn Monroe Spencer	$400 [17] It'll be a relief if you can name this 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet psi Dylan	$800 [26] A stripper could tell you that Bach's "Air From Suite No. 3" is more popularly known as this "The Air on the G String"
$600 [13] SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Dylan	$600 [8] In 1998 honorary Cesar Awards, the French Oscars, went to director Jean-Luc Godard & this "Unforgiven" auteur Clint Eastwood Dylan	$600 [3] A Chinese girl joins the Imperial Army to fight the Huns in this 1998 Disney film Mulan Michele	$600 [23] A red sandstone gate, a mosque & a vast garden surround this tomb in Agra, India the Taj Mahal Michele	$600 [18] Sierra Leone's government was changed by one of these in May 1997 a coup	$1,000 [27] Mozart's Symphony No. 38 popularly bears the name of this central European capital Prague
$800 [14] NLRB National Labor Relations Board Dylan	$800 [9] In 1999 the Associated Press won Pulitzer Prizes for both the Spot News & Feature types of this photography Dylan Michele	DD $700 [5] (Hi, I'm Robin Roberts.) My dad was one of these "Airmen", the first all-black squadron of fighter pilots in WWII & it was also the subject of an HBO movie the Tuskegee Airmen Dylan	$1,000 [25] Goddess depictedherein the tomb of Amenhotep II Isis	$800 [19] Disease caused by the production of new skin cells 10 times faster than normal psoriasis Dylan	—
$1,000 [15] CCC Civilian Conservation Corps Michele	$1,000 [10] The USA's outstanding college basketball player gets an award named for this UCLA coach John Wooden Dylan	$800 [4] Harold Ramis co-wrote this 1981 service comedy in which he & Bill Murray join the army Stripes Dylan	DD $1,500 [24] In the 1920s Amazing Stories magazine used a representation of his tomb in Amiens, France in its logo Jules Verne Spencer	$1,000 [20] You know the drill: it's the type operated by air pressure a pneumatic drill Dylan	—

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

This politician died on June 3, 1861, 39 days after giving a speech in Springfield, Illinois supporting the Union

Stephen Douglas

Michele "Who is Stephen Douglas" — wagered $1,000

Spencer "Who is Van Buren?" — wagered $401

Dylan "Who was Washington" — wagered $1,200

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