Show #4047 2002-03-19 (taped 2001-12-11) Regular

(Sofia: A great show coming up--you canbet on it.)

Contestants

Matt Scarpino — an electrical engineer for the United States Air Force from Dayton, Ohio

Linda de Sosa — a leisure travel consultant from Houston, Texas

Karen Lempert — a librarian from Walpole, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Karen $2,800 $5,000 $6,200 $12,200
3rd place: Trip for 2 to Las Vegas
$6,200
9 R, 1 W
Linda $1,000 $8,000 $10,800 $21,593
2nd place: London theatre getaway for 2
$8,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Matt $2,600 $5,200 $21,000 $22,000
New champion: $22,000
$23,200
28 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HONEY TAKE A GAMBLE TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER SIGNS & SYMBOLS AMERICAN MEMORIALS HALLOWED "GROUND"
$200 [1]
Of 1/12 of a teaspoon, 7/8 of a cup or 2 quarts, the amount of honey a worker bee produces in her lifetime
1/12 of a teaspoon
Karen Linda Matt
$200 [13]
(Sofia deals out the clue.) Blackjack is the name of the game, and to get blackjack, you'll need a 10 or face card and this
an ace
Linda Matt
$200 [11]
Ugly John, Charles Emerson Winchester III, Hot Lips
M*A*S*H
Matt
$200 [18]
Here's Winston Churchill giving his famous sign for this
victory
Matt
$200 [23]
This Washington D.C. memorial has over 58,000 names inscribed on it
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Linda
$200 [4]
This critter has his "Day" every February 2
the groundhog
Matt
$400 [2]
He was going to give Eeyore a pot of honey for his birthday, but ate it instead
Winnie-the-Pooh
Matt
$400 [14]
By local law, it's illegal for citizens of this country to gamble in the casinos of Monte Carlo
Monaco
Linda
$400 [12]
Norm Peterson, Lilith Sternin, Cliff Clavin
Cheers
Linda
$400 [19]
"I want you" to name this symbol of the U.S., inspired by a meat packer, a certain Mr. Wilson
Uncle Sam
Karen
$400 [24]
The Brigade 2506 Memorial in Miami commemorates this military action that took place in 1961
the Bay of Pigs
Linda
$400 [5]
The scientific name for the Great Plains variety of this rodent comes from the Greek for "seed lover"
ground squirrel
Linda
$600 [3]
The cells of a honeycomb have this many sides
6
Matt
$600 [15]
(Jimmy craps out the clue.) On the come-out roll, if you're betting "pass", either of these two numbers wins
7 or 11
Linda
$600 [20]
Zapp Brannigan, Dr. Zoidberg, Bender
Futurama
$600 [28]
While a symbol of evil in some cultures, in China this mythical beast represents power & fertility
dragon
Linda
$600 [25]
Felix de Weldon sculptedthe figure seenhereto honor this branchof the armed forces
the Marines
Matt
$600 [6]
The Earth-based staff & equipment that guide a spacecraft
ground control
Karen
$800 [9]
The ancient Greeks used this alcoholic honey drink as an offering to the gods & the spirits of the dead
mead
Matt
$800 [16]
It's the horse racing combination in which you pick the winners of 2 specific races on the same day
the daily double
Linda
$800 [21]
Carrie, Miranda, Mr. Big
Sex and the City
Matt
$1,000 [30]
(For our last clue, we'll go to Bethel A.M.E. Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.) Theroad lilywas a symbol for runaway slaves that they'd found a safe haven, a station along this
the Underground Railroad
Karen
$800 [26]
Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery is a memorial to this general who used to live there
Robert E. Lee
Karen
$800 [7]
If can be information that helps to explain or the scenery located behind an actor
background
Matt
$1,000 [10]
The most popular type of honey plant in the U.S., the color of its honey may range from water-white to light amber
clover
Karen
$1,000 [17]
You'll find this U.S. gambling resort city on Absecon Island
Atlantic City
Matt
$1,000 [22]
Abby Perkins, Arnie Becker, Douglas Brackman
L.A. Law
Linda
DD $3,000 [29]
A lunar crescent is sometimes used to represent this day of the week
Monday
Linda
$1,000 [27]
Gutzon Borglum was the original sculptor for these 2 massive memorials built into the sides of mountains
Mount Rushmore & Stone Mountain
Linda
$1,000 [8]
A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion
a groundswell
Karen

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS ACTORS & THEIR ROLES FLIGHT THE NEWSPAPER BIZ MUSIC APPRECIATION CHAIN LETTERS
$400 [14]
A daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, this French queen was born in Vienna in 1755
Marie Antoinette
Matt
$400 [7]
In his third outing as Crocodile Dundee, he left the outback for Los Angeles
(Paul) Hogan
Matt
$400 [1]
Late in 1783 Francois Pilatre de Rozier made the world's first manned flight in one of these
a (hot-air) balloon
Karen Linda
$400 [26]
On July 12, 1808 this city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi
St. Louis
Linda
$400 [3]
A French term for a "rocking chair", berceuse is also a synonym for this type of piece often sung softly while rocking
a lullaby
Matt
$400 [21]
No. 1 son in the Bible
Cain
Linda
$800 [17]
"The Last Great Frenchman" is a 1995 biography of this late general & statesman
de Gaulle
Matt
$800 [8]
Played by Brendan Fraser, he's the hapless lawman seen here with his beloved horse, "Horse."
Dudley Do-Right
Karen
$800 [2]
The F-117A is America's stealth fighter; this is the stealth bomber
the B-2
Matt
$800 [27]
"A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures" is the memoir of this former Washington Post editor
(Ben) Bradlee
Matt
$800 [4]
A list of Liszt symphonies should include the one inspired by this Italian's "Divine Comedy"
Dante
Karen Matt
$800 [22]
In 1959 you got a penny from Coors if you returned one of these to the brewery
a can
Matt
$1,200 [18]
Sadly, this pointillism inventor dies in 1891 when he was only 31
Seurat
Matt
$1,200 [13]
He played the lead in the movies "Rob Roy", "Michael Collins" & "Schindler's List"
Liam Neeson
Linda
$1,200 [10]
This developer of the first practical helicopter built & flew the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913
Sikorsky
Matt
DD $1,000 [28]
This London-based news service was founded in 1851 by a German bookseller who'd earlier used carrier pigeons
Reuters
Matt
$1,200 [5]
In 1717 this oratorio composer found a position writing music for the future Duke of Chandos
(George Frederic) Handel
Matt
$1,200 [23]
The Chin is a 3rd century B.C. Chinese dynasty; this dynasty appeared in the 3rd Century A.D.
the Han
Matt
$1,600 [19]
In 1905 she injured her knee while performing "La Tosca" & her leg later had to be amputated
Sarah Bernhardt
Matt
$1,600 [15]
31 years after McQueen, Steve McQMcQMcQMcQMcQMcQMcQMcQueenhistorayedeade new "Thomas Crown Affair"
Pierce Brosnan
Matt
$1,600 [11]
In the late 1930s, Japan developed the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen, which was nicknamed this
the Zero
Matt
$1,600 [29]
In 2000 the Tribune Company purchased this publisher of the Los Angeles Times & Newsday
the Times Mirror Company
Linda
DD $2,000 [6]
It's the part of a wind instrument that's called an embouchure
the mouthpiece
Matt
$1,600 [24]
Detective with No. 1 son
Chan
Matt
$2,000 [20]
Georges Clemenceau became premier of France in 1906 & this George became premier in 1962
Pompidou
$2,000 [16]
Ewan McGregor portrayed this aspiring Irish writer in the 2000 movie "Nora"
James Joyce
Matt
$2,000 [12]
On May 6, 1937 the Hindenburg burst into flames while trying to moor at this New Jersey city
Lakehurst, New Jersey
$2,000 [30]
This publisher of The New York Times was a director of the Associated Press from 1900 to his death in 1935
Adolph Ochs
Matt
$2,000 [9]
Originally, Edvard Grieg wrote the music heardherefor a play about this title character
Peer Gynt
Linda
$2,000 [25]
In the title of Eugene O'Neill's only comedy, it precedes "Wilderness!"
Ah
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

The tapestries in Israel's Knesset were designed by this artist born in Russia in 1887

Marc Chagall

Karen "Who is Marc Chagall?" — wagered $6,000
Linda "Who is Chagall?" — wagered $10,793
Matt "Who is Marc Chagall?" — wagered $1,000

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