Show #3709 2000-10-19 (taped 2000-08-31) Regular

Contestants

Mark Olivier — a licensed acupuncturist from Berkeley, California

Amy Sobota — a medical student from Madison, Wisconsin

Chris Dawson — a legislative consultant from Sacramento, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Chris	$800	$1,600	$6,800	$7,401 2-day champion: $23,200	$7,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Amy	$800	$1,900	$3,700	$600 3rd place: Zenith 36" color TV	$3,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mark	$900	$1,400	$2,799	$5,299 2nd place: a trip to Club Med, Mexico	$4,800 18 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE	SPORTS SHORTS	INTERNATIONAL CUISINE	SCIENCE & NATURE	FIRST THINGS FIRST	IN 2 WORDS--FAMILY
$100 [10] He's the performer seen here Harry Houdini Mark	$100 [1] Cal Ripken broke this man's consecutive-games record Lou Gehrig Chris	$100 [15] Jamaicans combine salt fish with ackee, a fruit introduced to the island as part of this captain's "bounty" William Bligh Mark	$100 [4] The cuttlefish hides 2 ways: it can camouflage itself like a chameleon, or hide behind a cloud of this ink Mark	$100 [21] In the 19th century enterprising Americans first added sleeping & dining cars to these trains Amy	$100 [26] The relatives come from all over the country to celebrate this ceremony of a Jewish boy becoming a man a bar mitzvah Mark
$200 [11] River seenherebefore the building of the Hoover Dam Colorado River Chris	$200 [2] "Knick Killer" seen here Reggie Miller Mark	$200 [16] Derby cheese, which originated in this country, is sometimes flavored with sage England (or Great Britain) Amy	$200 [5] Having 4 large pairs of these makes the fruit fly a favorite subject for geneticists chromosomes Amy	$200 [22] Coroebus of Elis was the first winner in the first of these games; he won the only event, a sprint, in 776 B.C. the Olympics Amy	$200 [27] It's the common name for a generational chart of ancestry a family tree Amy
$300 [12] Site of the historic attack seen here Pearl Harbor Mark	$300 [3] Ali's opponent in the "Rumble in the Jungle" George Foreman Amy Mark	$300 [18] European chefs cook the young foliage of this stinging plant, Urtica dioica, like spinach nettle Mark	$300 [6] A silvery food fish, or to heat ore in order to extract metal smelt Amy	$300 [23] Of 3 minutes, 3 hours or 3 days, it's about how long the first woman in space stayed there 3 days (Valentina Tereshkova) Chris Amy Mark	$300 [28] In modern times a woman may keep using hers, or link it with a man's by a hyphen her maiden name Chris
$400 [13] Richard Byrd is seen here preparing to visit this geographic extreme South Pole Mark	$400 [8] Agassi won it in '99 for a career Grand Slam French Open Chris Mark	$400 [19] This German dish whose name means "hare pepper" is often served with sour cream Hassenpfeffer Chris	$400 [7] In rhyme, the bells of St. Clement's speak of these 2 fruits that'll help prevent scurvy oranges & lemons Chris Mark	$400 [24] Tea & rice wine were first drunk in this country China Chris Amy	$400 [29] It's the term for the payments made after a divorce for the upkeep of the kids child support Mark
$500 [14] This president is seen here with his camera-shy wife Ida William McKinley	$500 [9] Bobby's son, he scored 86 goals in a season Brett Hull Chris	$500 [20] Legend says this smoked haddock dish came from the Scottish fishing village of Findhorn Finnan haddie Mark	DD $1,000 [17] Unlike most of its pine family relatives, the larch is classified as this, as it loses its needles each fall deciduous Amy	$500 [25] The first group to sell a million records were these "Glow Worm" brothers with "Tiger Rag" in 1930 The Mills Brothers Mark	$500 [30] A domicile in which parents raise kids not their own; Stephen's was an old Kentucky one a foster home Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY LIT	WHO WAS THE U.S. VEEP?	THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY	AMERICA	THE BEAUTIFUL	LAND OF THE "FREE"
$200 [13] "Tevye the Dairyman", published beginning in 1894, inspired this Broadway & movie musical Fiddler on the Roof Chris	$200 [1] On Nov. 3, 1992, the day Bill Clinton was elected president Dan Quayle Chris	$200 [22] Films from 1940 include this Disney puppet tale & the ever-popular "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse" Pinocchio Chris	$200 [11] Among state capitals, it's first alphabetically Albany, New York Chris Amy Mark	$200 [17] Her famed rendition of "That Old Black Magic" appears in the 1956 film "Bus Stop" Marilyn Monroe Chris	$200 [6] A popular expression observes, "There's no such thing as" this midday meal a free lunch Amy
$400 [27] His first novel was "Hans of Iceland", 8 years before "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Victor Hugo Amy	$400 [2] When Sputnik 1 went up Richard Nixon Mark	$400 [23] In 7 years he directed 3 films on the registry: "Mean Streets", "Taxi Driver" & "Raging Bull" Martin Scorsese Chris	$400 [12] It's the U.S. state that reaches the farthest south Hawaii Amy	$400 [18] Enrique is the real first name of this Puerto Rican who knows how to "Shake Your Bon-Bon" Ricky Martin Chris	$400 [7] Poetry without a fixed metrical pattern free verse Amy
$600 [28] The infamous opening of Bulwer-Lytton's "Paul Clifford" is "It was" this type of "night" dark and stormy Mark	$600 [3] When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima no one Chris	$600 [24] Pauline Kael called this 1967 Dunaway-Beatty choice "a landmark movie" Bonnie and Clyde Mark	$600 [14] Of the U.S. states with active volcanoes, this state is the largest in area Alaska Chris Mark	$600 [19] The success of "The Philadelphia Story" as a play & a film helped her shake the reputation of "box office poison" Katharine Hepburn Chris	$600 [8] It's a disorganized fight with everyone present joining in free-for-all Amy
$800 [29] This English romantic poet who died at 25 wrote the sonnet "When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be" John Keats	DD $600 [4] When Moscow hosted the Olympics Walter Mondale Chris	$800 [25] The newest film on the registry is this 1989 Spike Lee film set on a hot Brooklyn day Do the Right Thing	$800 [15] A city named Beach is found in this landlocked U.S. state wedged between Montana & Minnesota North Dakota Chris	$800 [20] He was the title character in 1991's "Johnny Suede" Brad Pitt	$800 [9] "Horsey" term for giving someone complete independence in decision-making free rein Chris
DD $2,001 [30] Frenchman famous for realistic novels & for an open letter published Jan 13, 1898 Emile Zola ( J'Accuse ) Mark	$1,000 [5] When South Carolina seceded from the Union John C. Breckinridge Mark	$1,000 [26] The title of this 1957 film with Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis lends the registry a pleasant aroma The Sweet Smell of Success Chris	$1,000 [16] This state's 6,680-foot Mount Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi River North Carolina Mark	$1,000 [21] In a 1957 film photographer Fred Astaire loved her "Funny Face" Audrey Hepburn	$1,000 [10] Barbells & dumbbells free weights Mark

Final Jeopardy!

INVENTORS

In September 1899 he equipped 2 ships to report the progress of the America's Cup yacht race to a NYC newspaper

Guglielmo Marconi

Mark "Who is Marconi" — wagered $2,500

Amy "Who is Morse?" — wagered $3,100

Chris "Who was Marconi?" — wagered $601

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