Show #3678 2000-09-06 (taped 2000-07-25) Regular

Contestants

Michel Phillips — a lawyer from Smyrna, Georgia

Vanessa Fischer — an accountant from Creighton, Pennsylvania

George Schaeffer — a publisher from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
George $500 $500 $1,900 $400
3rd place: ibeauty.com Gift Certificate
$1,900
8 R, 3 W
Vanessa $1,900 $2,300 $2,300 $700
2nd place: MyPoints.com Gift Certificate
$2,300
11 R, 1 W
Michel $1,700 $5,000 $12,900 $10,900
New champion: $10,900
$13,500
32 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A BEE CD E! "F" G-MEN HI
$100 [21]
She's the only breeding female in the hive
the queen bee
Michel
$100 [1]
"Born to Run","Born in the U.S.A."
Bruce Springsteen
Vanessa
$100 [13]
In 1995 Greg Kinnear became a movie star in "Sabrina" & left this E! series about chat shows
Talk Soup
Vanessa
$100 [8]
It lies between the tee & the green
the fairway
Michel
$100 [5]
In 1985 Richard Miller became the first FBI agent to go on trial for this
espionage (or spying)
Michel
$100 [26]
In 1998 the Vatican banned this Hawaiian dance from church during mass, then re-allowed it
hula
George
$200 [22]
"Colorful" radio & TV hero whose theme was Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee"
The Green Hornet
Michel
$200 [2]
"Honky Chateau","Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Elton John
Michel
$200 [17]
E!'s "Mysteries & Scandals" show about this martial arts star featured the intro seen here:"Mystery... Rumors... You've come to the right place! Stay tuned for the tale of 'The Little Dragon'..."
Bruce Lee
George
$200 [9]
The one seen here holds water, but one may also hold information as well
Font
Vanessa
$200 [6]
Janet Reno was made U.S. Attorney General during the 1993 FBI-Branch Davidian standoff near this city
Waco
Michel
$200 [27]
Pop singer Hoku is the daughter of this man, Hawaii's best-known entertainer
Don Ho
Michel
$400 [24]
This tallow-like substance extruded by bees is collected & used to make candles
beeswax
Michel
$300 [3]
"Rebel Yell","Whiplash Smile"
Billy Idol
Vanessa
$300 [18]
E!'s show on "Celebrity Homes" has visited the Hollywood Hills nest of this actor who played Danny Partridge
Danny Bonaduce
George
$300 [14]
It's the name of an ancient Roman safety pin, as well as a bone in your leg
the fibula
Vanessa Michel
$300 [7]
In the 1960s the FBI sent infiltrators into this militant black organization founded by Newton & Seale
the Black Panthers
Michel
$300 [28]
A special type of this, made from tubular cigar flowers, is presented to bridegrooms
a lei
George
$500 [25]
From the bee's point of view, it's the deadly true name of the creature seen here
a bee eater
$400 [4]
"Tea for the Tillerman","Teaser and the Firecat"
Cat Stevens
Michel
$400 [19]
This former "Celebrity Jeopardy!" contestant, seen here, is a sidekick on a late night E! show
Robin Quivers (sidekick of Howard Stern)
Vanessa
$400 [15]
Just change a vowel in his last name & this famous shrink becomes a charlatan
Sigmund Freud (becomes fraud)
Vanessa
$400 [11]
The famous 1980 FBI sting dubbed this was just too sheikh for the room
Abscam
Michel
$400 [29]
The name of this area seenheremeans "spouting water", not "place of pale people with cameras"
Waikiki
George Michel
DD $1,000 [23]
In the digestive tract, some bees turn this flower product into honey
nectar
Michel
$500 [10]
"American Fool","Scarecrow"
John Cougar Mellencamp
Michel
$500 [20]
Part of E!'s "Wild On" series, "Wild on the Mayan Riviera" featured a bikini contest on this peninsula
the Yucatan Peninsula
George Michel
$500 [16]
One may be electric or alluvial; that's cool
a fan
Vanessa
$500 [12]
Agents-to-be undergo 15 weeks of training at the FBI Academy in this Virginia city
Quantico
George
$500 [30]
Before the pineapple industry, the need for workers of this crop made Hawaii a melting pot
sugar cane
Michel

Double Jeopardy! Round

JAY KLM N-O! PEA Q R...W
$200 [16]
In 1985 he & Frederick Loewe were honored at the Kennedy Center for their musicals
Alan Jay Lerner
Vanessa
$200 [1]
The oldest continuously operating airline, KLM began service between this city & London May 17, 1920
Amsterdam
Michel
$200 [21]
On an episode of "Diff'rent Strokes", this first lady advised "Just say no!" if someone offers you drugs
Nancy Reagan
Michel
$200 [2]
Peas were a favorite of this president who grew them at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Michel
$200 [28]
Bond's briefcase in "From Russia with Love" came with a knife, ammo & a canister of this
tear gas
Michel
$200 [4]
A difficult task is described as "a long" one of these "to hoe"
Row
Vanessa
$400 [17]
This 18th C. Chief Justice of New York & of the U.S. spent the last 28 years of his life in retirement
John Jay
Michel
$400 [12]
In 1934 KLM switched from Dutch Fokker planes to the DC-2 of this company that later teamed with McDonnell
Douglas
Michel
$400 [22]
Above all else, do not ever wear white shoes after this holiday
Labor Day
Michel
$400 [3]
"The Princess and the Pea" is one of this 19th century Dane's famous tales
Hans Christian Andersen
Vanessa
$800 [27]
In "Licence to Kill" Bond had a Polaroid that shot laser beams & took this kind of photos
X-rays
Michel
$400 [5]
To go over it again, it's a formal military inspection
Review
$600 [18]
His '80s novels include "Bright Lights, Big City" & "Ransom"
Jay McInerney
George
$600 [13]
The right to the name "Royal Dutch Airlines" was granted in 1919 by this queen
Wilhelmina
George Michel
$600 [23]
It's what the initials DNR stand for on a medical chart
Do Not Resuscitate
Michel
$800 [10]
Mange-tout, the French name for these peas, means "eat it all", because the pods are eaten as well
Snow peas
$1,000 [26]
In "Golden Eye" Bond's belt shot out a rappeling cord; in "The World Is Not Enough", this accessory did it
his watch
$600 [6]
Eddie Murphy was this in the title of a 1987 film
Raw
Michel
$800 [19]
1869's "Black Friday" wasn't so black for James Fisk & this man as they cornered the gold market
Jason "Jay" Gould
Michel
$800 [14]
In world business class, you'll receive the item seen here in this ceramic style, filled with gin
Delft
George Michel
$800 [24]
It was the number of the U.S. Constitutional amendment prohibiting alcohol
18
Vanessa Michel
$1,000 [11]
1 of the top 2 states in growing dry peas; they're cultivated in the Palouse Hills
Idaho & Washington
$800 [7]
Salmo gairdnerii is this type of trout
Rainbow
Michel
$1,000 [20]
In books like "The Panda's Thumb", he developed the evolutionary theory of "punctuated equilibrium"
Stephen Jay Gould
Michel
$1,000 [15]
KLM has a "One Ticket to the World" alliance with this airline that has hubs at Rome & Milan
Alitalia
Michel
$1,000 [25]
Women must wear the head-to-toe burqa & are banned from work & education under this regime that rules Afghanistan
Taliban
George
DD $1,500 [9]
He began monk-ing around with garden peas in 1856
Gregor Mendel
Michel
DD $2,200 [8]
This sprite is also known as Puck
Robin Goodfellow
Michel

Final Jeopardy!

XYZ AFFAIR

As part of the U.S. Treaty Negotiation Team, this future VP under Madison knew where to "draw the lines"

Elbridge Gerry

George "Who is Henry C" — wagered $1,500
Vanessa "Who is Thomas Jef" — wagered $1,600
Michel "Who is Van B" — wagered $2,000

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