Show #4053 2002-03-27 (taped 2001-12-12) Regular

Contestants

Scott Schneider — a high school teacher from Louisville, Kentucky

Linda Eaton — a training consultant from Clarence, New York

Ella Rich — a freelance translator originally from Springfield, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ella $4,700 $4,900 $8,500 $3,600
2nd place: trip for 2 to Sonesta Beach Resort & Villas Anguilla
$8,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Linda $1,800 $5,200 $7,100 $100
3rd place: trip for 2 to the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas
$7,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Scott $1,400 $3,600 $19,200 $17,100
New champion: $17,100
$18,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE SON ALSO RISES FORMAL COUNTRY DESIGNATIONS DISEASES '90s MUSIC A BARTENDERS' GUIDE ENDS IN "A"
$200 [6]
In 2000, after completing his studies at Eton, this heir headed for the jungles of Central America
Prince William
Linda
$200 [21]
Eritrea & Israel are formally designated as these, sort of like Idaho & Iowa
states
Ella
$200 [26]
2 types of this disease are insulin-dependent & non-insulin-dependent
diabetes
Scott
$200 [1]
Born in 1981, she's the singer heard here
Britney Spears
Ella
$200 [7]
It's chilled white wine served over ice and mixed with soda
a spritzer
Scott
$200 [12]
The popularity of this Hawaiian dance comes in waves
hula
Ella
$400 [17]
He directed his dad Walter in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
John Huston
Linda
$400 [22]
Carl XVI Gustaf knows Sweden is formally one of these; with one more letter it's an old Seahawk home
kingdom
$400 [27]
In 1881 this French chemist developed a successful vaccine against anthrax in sheep
Pasteur
Scott
$400 [2]
This Nirvana singer boosted the career of the Raincoats when he declared himself a fan
Kurt Cobain
Ella
$400 [8]
Appropriately (or is it oddly?), Napoleon liqueur is in the cocktail named for this battle
Waterloo
Scott
$400 [13]
Pekoe & oolong are types of this
tea
Ella
$600 [18]
Her son Christopher set his first novel, "A Density of Souls", where else but New Orleans
Anne Rice
Linda
$600 [23]
Switzerland is the Swiss this, like what the original 13 U.S. colonies signed "Articles of" in 1781
confederation
Scott
$600 [28]
To prevent Reye's syndrome, children with viral infections should not take this common medication
aspirin
Linda
$600 [3]
Shania Twain title that follows "Okay, so you're a rocket scientist" & "Okay, so you're Brad Pitt"
"That Don't Impress Me Much"
Ella
DD $500 [10]
Making a literary pun, this potent potable precedes "Mockingbird" in the name of a mixed drink
Tequila
Ella
$600 [14]
This piece of paper says you've graduated
a diploma
Linda
$800 [19]
This president's son Charles Francis was the third generation of his family serve as minister to Great Britain
John Quincy Adams
$800 [24]
Nigeria is a federal republic; Pakistan is this type, more religious-oriented
an Islamic republic
$800 [29]
Young children are usually given a DPT shot to immunize them against pertussis, tetanus & this disease
diphtheria
Linda
$800 [4]
The rapper seen here, his '90s hits include "Mama Said Knock You Out"
LL Cool J
Scott
$600 [9]
Chartreuse, Irish whiskey & green creme de menthe are in the cocktail named for this holiday
St. Patrick's Day
Ella
$800 [15]
A broadway theater might have a pit for this group
the orchestra
Ella
$1,000 [20]
His namesake became mayor of Chicago; another son, William, was Commerce Secretary in the '90s
Richard Daley
$1,000 [25]
As Andorra & Monaco are these, purple reigns
a principality
Linda
$1,000 [30]
Rubeola is the 10-day measles; this is 3-day measles
rubella
Scott
$1,000 [5]
This heartthrob singer broke through with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"
Chris Isaak
Scott
$1,000 [11]
It's the booze that puts the "blue" into a Blue Hawaii
Blue Curaçao
Linda Scott
$1,000 [16]
From the Japanese for a person who perseveres, it's a martial arts expert in espionage & assassinations
ninja
Ella

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE SUN ALSO RISES THE "BIG" SCREEN HISTORIC PEOPLE INSTITUTIONS YOU LITTLE MINKS! THE 60s
$400 [7]
At age 27 he made his reputation with "The Sun Also Rises"
Hemingway
Ella
$400 [1]
1983: With Jeff Goldblum
The Big Chill
Scott
$400 [6]
The famous pirate Jean Lafitte became a hero when he fought in the Battle of New Orleans during this war
the War of 1812
Linda
$400 [21]
The Kansas City museum devoted to this style of music includes the Blue Room, an intimate club
jazz
Ella Linda Scott
$400 [26]
Collier's says a mink's discharge when provoked is nastier than this animal's; we'll take their word for it
a skunk
Ella
$400 [16]
The Chicago-to-L.A. highway route assigned this number in 1926 wasn't completely paved until 1938
Route 66
Scott
$800 [8]
The early part of the novel focuses on a group of expatriates in this capital city
Paris
Scott
$800 [2]
1988: Starring Michael J. Fox
Bright Lights, Big City
$800 [12]
This king of Hawaii was so "Great" that he appears on Hawaii's state seal
King Kamehameha
Scott
$800 [22]
The Center for Coastal Studies is part of California's Scripps Institution of this science
oceanography
Ella Scott
$800 [27]
Wild minks may be menaced by the great horned type of this bird
an owl
Scott
$800 [17]
In 1940 it was the top prize in the radio question-&-answer show "Take It or Leave It"
$64
Linda
$1,200 [9]
The title "The Sun Also Rises" comes from this Old Testament book that says, "All is vanity"
Ecclesiastes
Linda
$1,200 [3]
1974: Starring Angie DIckinson
Big Bad Mama
$1,200 [13]
Paul Revere's father left France to avoid persecution as a member of this Protestant group
the Huguenots
Ella
$1,600 [24]
In 1994 Beverly Sills went "Live from" this institution, becoming its chairperson
the Lincoln Center
Ella Scott
$1,200 [28]
Minks belong to the family named for this other small furry mammal
weasels
$1,200 [18]
It's the lowest prime number that starts with a 6
61
Scott
DD $1,500 [10]
Chapter 15 opens with the Fiesta of San Fermin in this Spanish city
Pamplona
Linda
$1,600 [4]
1980: Featuring Lee Marvin & Mark Hamill
The Big Red One
Scott
$1,600 [14]
18th century garden designer Capability Brown originally had this first name, like Guinevere's lover
Lancelot
Ella
DD $2,000 [23]
As of 2001 you could have been a founding member of this, to be built on 26 acres in Little Rock
the Bill Clinton Library
Scott
$1,600 [29]
(Sarah gives the clue.) French for "false", it's the type of fur I'm wearing, that's saved the life of many a mink
faux (fur)
Ella
$1,600 [19]
In 1983 Congress passed legislation gradually raising the minimum age for full Social Security benefits to this age
67
Ella Scott
$2,000 [11]
Lady Brett Ashley is in love with this man, the novel's narrator, an American who's impotent from a war wound
Jake Barnes
$2,000 [5]
1986: Starring Kurt Russell
Big Trouble in Little China
Scott
$2,000 [15]
Ferenc Rakoczi II led a 1703 Hungarian revolt against this Austrian ruling family
the Hapsburgs
$2,000 [25]
This San Francisco university's programs "bridge" the gap between theory & experience
Golden Gate University
$2,000 [30]
A favorite mink food is this crustacean that resembles a smaller lobster
a crayfish
Scott
$2,000 [20]
The "Soixante-Huitards", or people of this year, are France's generation of former revolutionaries
'68 (1968)
Ella

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE BOOKSTORE

Editor Otto Penzler dubbed his 2001 lineup of baseball mysteries this after a nickname given a 1927 lineup

Murderers' Row

Linda "What is The Black Sox?" — wagered $7,000
Ella "What is Morgan?" — wagered $4,900
Scott "What is The Gashouse Gang?" — wagered $2,100

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