Show #3676 2000-09-04 (taped 2000-07-25) Regular

First game of Season 17.

Contestants

Lenore Muller — a credit risk analyst from New York City, New York

David Mann — a graduate student from Houston, Texas

Mort Kamins — an investor and writer from Studio City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mort	$1,300	$4,200	$12,000	$13,201 2-day champion: $27,202	$10,500 28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
david	$800	$3,700	$6,600	$12,001 2nd place: a 10-day Renaissance Cruise to Tahiti	$5,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Lenore	$700	$700	$3,700	$6,700 3rd place: Replay TV system	$3,700 8 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

DESERT DWELLERS	PAUL McCARTNEY	TOTALLY 1680s!	ANAGRAMMED TEXAS CITIES	CAR TREK	JIM CLASS
$100 [21] This speedy bird of the American Southwest is also known as a ground cuckoo a roadrunner david	$100 [8] On meeting this man, Paul asked to join his band, the Quarrymen John Lennon Mort	$100 [4] The 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk between Russia & this country on its east remained in force for 170 years China david Lenore	$100 [3] A big deal since the 1840s:ALL SAD Dallas Lenore	$100 [26] Of its own accord, in 1976 this motorcycle manufacturer introduced the Accord to the U.S. Honda david	$100 [1] 20 years after his death, this singer was portrayed by Val Kilmer on the silver screen Jim Morrison Lenore
$200 [22] The tracks of this desert rattlesnake consist of parallel diagonal imprints of its body a sidewinder Mort	$200 [9] Paul McCartney's other band, they were the "Band on the Run" Wings Mort	$200 [20] In 1682 La Salle said, "Laissez les bon temps rouler" as he claimed this North American territory for France Louisiana Mort	$200 [5] An island city:NO VET GALS Galveston david	$200 [27] Reappearing in recent years, cars powered by this energy source reached their first production peak in 1912 electricity david	$200 [2] 2 of this innovator's early puppets were named Wilkins & Wontkins Jim Henson david
$300 [23] This stinging arachnid is fluorescent when exposed to ultraviolet light the scorpion	$300 [10] In January 1980 Paul was arrested for drug possession in this Asian capital Tokyo Lenore	$300 [15] Last name of father & son Cotton & Increase, co-ministers at Boston's North Church starting in 1685 Mather david	$300 [6] Near the river of the same name:SCOPE Pecos Mort	$300 [28] This TV canine & his human friends sought out the unknown in their van, The Mystery Machine Scooby-Doo david	$300 [7] When this man, seen here, died in 1836, he was a colonel in the Texas army (Jim) Bowie Mort Lenore
$400 [24] This pocket mouse that sounds like a marsupial drinks little; water is produced from its food & oxygen a kangaroo rat david	$400 [11] Of John, James, Elvis or Ringo, Paul McCartney's real first name James Mort	$500 [19] On his deathbed, speaking of his mistress Nell Gwyn, King Charles II said, "Let not poor Nelly" do this starve Mort	$400 [16] We have a problem:OOH NUTS! Houston david	$400 [29] A Ford subcompact, or a type of Latin American celebration a Fiesta david	$400 [13] A popular big band became this man's alone after his brother walked offstage during a 1935 performance Jimmy Dorsey Mort
$500 [25] A rare animal indeed is Ursus gobiensis, the Gobi this a bear david	$500 [12] Paul McCartney wears this on his left foot on the cover of "Abbey Road" nothing Mort	DD $1,500 [18] Around 1683 Jules Hardouin-Mansart completed this narcissistic Versailles feature, Galerie des Glaces in French the Hall of Mirrors Mort	$500 [17] Established in 1755:OLD EAR Laredo Mort	$500 [30] This Cadillac model shares its name with the Spanish city where Amerigo Vespucci died in 1512 Seville david	$500 [14] In 1825 this fur trader & scout explored the Great Salt Lake area Jim Bridger Mort

Double Jeopardy! Round

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS	TREES	ON ITS WESTERN BORDER	YOGA	MOVIE MICE	WORK IT!
$200 [1] In Chapter 1 Alice discusses this game with a cat chess Mort david	$200 [7] A blight has almost wiped out this "spreading" American tree, Castanea dentata the chestnut Mort	$200 [2] Spain Portugal Mort	$200 [22] To be the Berra of news, this is the term for a practitioner of yoga a yogi Mort	$200 [17] Mr. Jingles is a mouse on death row in this Stephen King tale The Green Mile Mort	$200 [16] Work hard, but don't "work your fingers to" this the bone Mort
$400 [12] He stated, "It's very provoking to be called an egg--very!" Humpty Dumpty david	$400 [26] In April 1999 a family of 3 of these rodents was "arrested" for attacking cherry trees in Washington, D.C. beavers	$400 [3] Dominican Republic Haiti david	$400 [23] It follows "Yoga" in the title of an ancient work by Patanjali; it follows "Kama" in another title Sutra Mort	$400 [18] He must have some connections--his segment in "Fantasia 2000" is the only one from the original film Mickey Mouse Mort	$400 [10] You may start working hard on a project when you "sink" these body parts "into it" your teeth Mort
$600 [13] Alice considered the whole adventure one of these, even without seeing Patrick Duffy in the shower a dream Mort	$600 [27] One of the earliest conservation leagues in the U.S. was set up to "save" these California trees the redwoods Lenore	$600 [4] Egypt Libya Mort	$600 [24] Though you won't see Rover in it, the position seenhereis called "downward facing" this dog Lenore	$600 [19] His Looney Tunes dialogue included lines like "Arriba, arriba. Andale! Andale!" Speedy Gonzales david	$600 [8] It's where you put your shoulder, especially if your wagon is stuck in mud to the wheel Mort
$800 [14] At a fork in the road the 2 finger-posts pointing the way to this pair's houses point the same way Tweedledum & Tweedledee Mort	$800 [28] The U.S. Forest Service is an agency of this Cabinet department, not the Interior Agriculture Mort	$1,000 [6] Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia david	$800 [25] Yoga is praised in this Hindu treatise whose name means "Song of the Lord" the Bhagavad Gita Mort	$1,000 [21] A Greek chorus of mice sang & read the title cards of this 1995 classic Babe Lenore	$800 [9] To really apply yourself to a task, you can "buckle" or "knuckle" this way down david Lenore
$1,000 [15] Alice found this poem hard to understand even after she figured out that she had to hold it up to a mirror "Jabberwocky" Mort	$1,000 [30] Change one letter in elder, a shrub that may reach 20', & you get this tree that may grow to over 100' an alder	DD $1,200 [5] Papua New Guinea Irian Jaya Mort	$1,000 [29] Meaning "coiled one", this type of yoga concentrates on energy vortexes called chakras kundalini Mort david	DD $1,500 [20] In a 1986 film, this hero's father tells him "In America there are no cats" Fievel ( An American Tail ) david	$1,000 [11] If you're a dromedary camel, you can "bust" this; if you're a bactrian camel, you can bust 2 of them a hump david

Final Jeopardy!

EXPLORING

2 of the 4 flags flown on Mount Everest on May 29, 1953; strangely, New Zealand's wasn't one of them

(2 of) Great Britain, India, Nepal & the United Nations flag

Lenore "What is Great Britain + Nepal" — wagered $3,000

david "What are Great Britain and Nepal?" — wagered $5,401

Mort "What is Nepal & India?" — wagered $1,201

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