Show #3681 2000-09-11 (taped 2000-07-26) Regular

Contestants

Mark Staloff — an editor from Somerville, Massachusetts

Fran Balin — a business analyst from Sharon, Massachusetts

Michel Phillips — a lawyer from Smyrna, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michel	$1,900	$2,300	$4,500	$6,401 2nd place: Forever Resorts Northern California houseboat vacation	$4,500 20 R, 5 W
Fran	$700	$1,800	$3,200	$6,400 3rd place: Skagen Denmark shopping spree	$4,200 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mark	$1,200	$3,400	$9,400	$9,799 New champion: $9,799	$8,900 20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MEN OF SCIENCE	STREET SENSE	McNAMES	STRIPS OF CELLULOID	REALLY BAD DATES	SELF-____
$100 [26] One of Galen's favorite animals to dissect was this "ape" of Gibraltar the Barbary ape Mark	$100 [11] Hey, gimme an I-5, "I" being short for this Interstate Michel	$100 [17] This Maryland signer of the Constitution got a fort named for him James McHenry Michel	$100 [16] A stage musical based on this 1997 film about stripping steel mill workers opened in 2000 The Full Monty Mark	$100 [4] Shortly before midnight April 14, 1912 it struck an iceberg & sank by 2:30 A.M. the Titanic Michel	$100 [1] It's a painting of an artist by the artist a self-portrait Michel
$200 [27] In 1894 Kitasato found the bacillus that caused this scourge of the Middle Ages the black death Fran	$200 [12] In the case of Piccadilly, it's 1-ring, not 3-ring Circus Fran	$200 [19] In the '80s this California preschool was involved in what was then the USA's longest, costliest criminal trial McMartin Fran	$200 [18] 1978 classic in which Bluto sneaks a peak at Mandy undressing Animal House Mark	$200 [5] On Sept. 30, 1993 a 6.4 earthquake rocked villages in the Maharashtra state in this country, killing thousands India Michel Fran	$200 [2] It's used as a plea in court to justify the defendant's use of physical force against an attacker self-defense Michel
$300 [28] Alfred Lovell's Jodrell Bank radio telescope was finished in 1957 just in time to track this 1st artificial satellite Sputnik Mark	$300 [13] Hey bud, it's "my way or" this the highway Michel	$300 [23] "Blackboard Jungle" author Evan Hunter writes the 87th Precinct mysteries under this name Ed McBain Fran	$300 [20] She was stripper Erin Grant in the 1996 classic "Striptease" Demi Moore Michel	$300 [6] This exploded about 70 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral Jan. 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger Michel	$300 [3] A positive sense of this represents how valuable you think you are self-esteem (or self-worth) Mark
DD $800 [29] To make his barometer, Evangelista Torricelli inverted a glass tube in a dish of this mercury Mark	$400 [14] A ring road surrounding an urban area; on a diet you may have to tighten it a notch a belt Mark	$400 [24] Seen here, his film roles include a Scottish slacker & a Jedi knight Ewan McGregor Mark	$400 [21] (Hi, I'm Kari Wuhrer.) In "The Crossing Guard" I had to do a (very provocative) striptease in front of this actor; that role wasn't one of my five easy pieces Jack Nicholson Fran	$400 [7] On Feb. 3, 1998 a low-flying jet clipped a ski lift cable, killing 20 in the Dolomite Mountains in this country Italy Fran	$400 [9] In 1980 Spain granted the Basques this, though it was limited self-rule Fran
—	$500 [15] Spanish for "road"; for Tennessee Williams it was the "Real" thing camino Michel Fran	$500 [25] This WWF head coined the phrase "sports entertainment" to suggest pro wrestling isn't pure athletics Vince McMahon	$500 [22] In this Altman film, singer Sueleen strips before a rowdy crowd at a fund-raiser Nashville Mark	$500 [8] This captain was killed in a skirmish with natives at Kealakekua Bay on Feb. 14, 1779 Captain James Cook Mark	$500 [10] This prophecy comes about through a tendency to make events confirm to a predicted outcome self-fulfilling Michel

Double Jeopardy! Round

VIENNA	MUSICAL THEATRE	BOOKS OF THE BIBLE	SEA CREATURES	"ROT"TEN	TO THE CORPS
$200 [11] No. 5 Domgasse, known as the Figarohaus, was this man's home in 1785 W.A. Mozart Michel	$200 [1] Timon, Pumbaa & Simba are all characters in this musical The Lion King Michel	$200 [2] The sayings in this book include "When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom" Proverbs Michel	$200 [21] Some species of this eel have teeth that are modified for crushing hard-shelled animals moray eels Mark	$200 [22] Reliable security seen here a rottweiler Mark	$200 [13] From 1880 to 1892, this patriotic composer directed the U.S. Marine Corps Band John Philip Sousa Mark
$400 [12] Royal apartments in the Hofburg Palace, once home to Maria Theresa, now house the person in this post the president of Austria Michel Fran Mark	$400 [5] There's trouble in River City when professor Harold Hill comes a-calling in this musical The Music Man Mark	$400 [3] Leviticus 16 describes the day of this, the holiest & most solemn in the Jewish calendar Yom Kippur Fran	$400 [27] The name of this small shrimp-like animal that lives on plankton is from the Norwegian for "young of fish" krill Michel	$400 [23] Over a million people clog through this port city of southwestern Holland Rotterdam Michel	$400 [17] Flying or not, this Marine Corps nickname refers to a collar once part of the uniform "Leathernecks" Michel
$600 [14] More useful in olden wars, they were demolished around 1860 to make room for the Ring Boulevard city walls Mark	$600 [6] Damon Runyon's short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" inspired this musical Guys and Dolls Fran	$600 [4] In the first book of this man, he anoints Saul as king Samuel Mark	$600 [28] In England the dogfish species of this sea creature is often used in preparing fish & chips a shark Michel	$600 [24] No one will ever accuse me of serving this cheap, inferior liquor rotgut Michel	$600 [18] One of the Marine Corps main training sites is Parris Island in this state South Carolina Michel Mark
$800 [15] This hotel famous for its torte was founded in 1876, though there might be one born every minute Hotel Sacher Mark	$800 [7] Many of the songs associated with Louis Jordan are featured in "Five Guys Named" this Moe Fran	DD $1,000 [9] Chapter 3 of the "Epistle to" these people explains why Christ is superior to Moses Hebrews Fran	$800 [29] The sea urchin is covered with sharp, pointed items called these with which it moves along the seafloor quills Michel	$800 [25] This author created David Alan Kepesh, Nathan Zuckerman & Alexander Portnoy Philip Roth Mark	DD $1,000 [19] The Marine Corps Hymn was written following the capture of this foreign capital in 1847 Mexico City Mark
$1,000 [16] This Vienna Woods village was the scene of the mysterious 1889 death of Crown Prince Rudolf Mayerling	$1,000 [8] This matrimonial '60s musical! musical! was based on the play "The Fourposter" I Do! I Do! Fran	$1,000 [10] Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in the first verse of the book of this man Daniel	$1,000 [30] The most common species of this commercial fish is red; it doesn't turn orange until it's out of the water roughy Michel	$1,000 [26] Works by this Russian-born U.S. abstract impressionist include "Brown, Black and Blue" Mark Rothko Michel Mark	$1,000 [20] It's the enlisted Marine rank between private & corporal lance corporal Michel

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

In 1961 John F. Kennedy helped this man's widow get permission to go to Cuba to pick up her late husband's papers

Ernest Hemingway

Fran "Who was Hemingway?" — wagered $3,200

Michel "Who was Hemingway?" — wagered $1,901

Mark "Who is Hemingway?" — wagered $399

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