Show #3713 2000-10-25 (taped 2000-09-26) Regular

Contestants

Rebecca Fisher — a librarian from Ardencroft, Delaware

Ken Boulton — a high school teacher from Imperial Beach, California

Kirsten Edwards — a college student from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $7,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kirsten	$2,000	$2,300	$2,700	$5,400 3rd place: MyPoints.com Gift Certificate	$2,700 13 R, 2 W
Ken	$1,100	$1,300	$5,700	$11,400 New champion: $11,400	$3,900 19 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Rebecca	$900	$1,600	$6,400	$7,100 2nd place: Trip to Switzerland courtesy of Priceline.com	$7,400 17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE "MALL"	POTTERY BARN	BANANA REPUBLIC	VICTORIA'S SECRETS	MILLERS OUTPOST	THE FOOD COURT
$100 [1] They strike croquet & polo balls Mallets Ken	$100 [11] It's an oven or a furnace in which pottery is fired Kiln Kirsten	$100 [16] In 1998 the Cincinnati Enquirer apologized for stealing voice mails from this giant U.S. banana company Chiquita Kirsten Ken	$100 [21] We enjoy our cups of this more when servant John Brown adds whisky to them Tea Ken	$100 [26] For pioneering work in finance theory, Merton Miller won this prize in Economic Science for 1990 Nobel Prize Ken	$100 [6] For lunch, how 'bout a Hawaiian pizza, topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit Pineapple Kirsten
$200 [2] It's the creature seen here[type of duck] Mallard Kirsten	$200 [12] Majolica, a type of Italian pottery, is named for this Spanish island Majorca Kirsten	$200 [17] In this country the Chapare region east of La Paz is fertile banana terrain Bolivia Ken	$200 [22] When this London residence is freezing, we'd like to return it to the dukes for whom it's named Buckingham Palace Rebecca	$200 [27] 18th c. English comedian Josias Miller won lasting comic fame as first gravedigger in this play by Shakespeare Hamlet Kirsten	$200 [7] If you're in the mood for Mexican fast food, try a gordita or chalupa from this chain Taco Bell Rebecca
$300 [3] Candice Bergen was married to this French director of "Pretty Baby" & "Atlantic City" Louis Malle Ken	$300 [13] The name of this type of ear then ware means "baked earth" in Italian Terra cotta Rebecca	$300 [18] Bananas are a culinary mainstay in Bahia, an Atlantic coast state in this South American country Brazil Rebecca	$300 [23] We can't forgive our son Edward for his follies that helped kill this man, our husband Prince Albert Rebecca	$300 [28] Born in Cromarty in this U.K. country in 1802, Hugh Miller did much to arouse public interest in geology Scotland Ken	$300 [8] Treat yourself & stop by one of the stores named for the woman seen here[cookie mogul] Mrs. Fields Ken
$400 [4] From the Latin for "hammer", it means flexible or pliable Malleable Ken	$400 [14] Named for founder Josiah, it's the pottery seen here Wedgwood Rebecca	$500 [20] This country bordering Kenya, Tanzania, Congo & Sudan is one of Africa's leading banana producers Uganda Ken	$400 [24] This country that we fought in the Crimean War deserves a good beating & if we were a man we'd go give it to them Russia Ken	$400 [29] One of the most popular musical comedy actresses of the 1920s, Marilyn Miller appeared in these "follies" in 1918 Ziegfeld Follies Rebecca	$400 [9] Stay as long as you want & check out this salad made with apples, celery, walnuts & mayo Waldorf salad Kirsten
$500 [5] This late mountaineer's most famous quote is "Because it is there" George Mallory Kirsten	$500 [15] Named for founder Josiah, it's the potttery seen here Spode	DD $1,000 [19] Don't confuse this banana-producing nation whose name means "Sunday" with the country on Hispaniola Dominica Rebecca	$500 [25] When this prime minister kisses our hand, we don't care about his Jewish origins Benjamin Disraeli Rebecca	$500 [30] In 1919 American lawyer David Hunter Miller helped compose the charter of this international organization League of Nations Ken	$500 [10] It may be Greek to you, but it's minced lamb meat, served in a pita & topped with a cucumber-yogurt sauce Gyro Kirsten

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	SOCIAL SCIENCE	SPORTS STATS	HAWTHORNE IN YOUR SIDE	MUSEUMS	MYTHOLOGICAL RHYME TIME
$200 [18] This city that's home to the Naval Academy was capital of the U.S. in 1783 & 1784 Annapolis, Maryland Ken	$200 [1] To Supreme Court watchers, strict construction isn't a building code but a narrow interpretation of this document Constitution Rebecca	$200 [11] In 1999 Tom Rouen led the NFL with a 46.5-yard average on these Punts Ken	$200 [23] In this 1850 novel the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale reveals himself to be the father of Hester Prynne's child, then dies The Scarlet Letter Kirsten	$200 [6] In 1903 the Museum of Islamic Art was created from museum displays in this Egyptian city Cairo Rebecca	$400 [27] Jupiter's aromatic spices Jove's cloves Kirsten
$400 [19] Located at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, it was named by Spanish colonists for St. Joseph San Jose Ken Rebecca	$400 [2] Subjects in the Milgram obedience experiment obediently agreed to administer these to others, who simulated pain Electric shocks Rebecca	$400 [12] (Hi, I'm Jayson Williams of the NBA.) In '97-'98 I was second in the NBA overall in this category, but first in the offensive type rebounds Ken	$400 [22] "In token of my appreciation for his genius," Melville wrote, this book "is inscribed to Nathaniel Hawthorne" Moby-Dick Ken	$400 [7] The National Postal Museum of the Smithsonian has exhibits on U.S. stamp history & this service that ran in 1860 & '61 Pony Express Rebecca	$600 [26] Sound repeater's small tropical lizards Echo's geckos Kirsten
$800 [20] "Health, History, Horses" is the motto of this city in upstate New York Saratoga Springs Rebecca	$600 [3] The 1992 book "Reinventing" this inspired Al Gore to try to do just that Government Ken Rebecca	$600 [13] Robin Roberts has the dubious distinction of allowing more of these, 505, than any other Major League pitcher Home runs Ken	$1,000 [28] The central metaphor of this 1860 novel is a sculpture of a deity (not a young deer) The Marble Faun	$600 [8] This country's Transvaal Museum is noted for such fossilized remains as Australopithecus Africanus South Africa Ken	$800 [25] Rainbow goddess' disease-spreading particles Iris's viruses Rebecca
$1,000 [21] (Hi, I'm Kristoff St. John of "The Young and the Restless") For many years, this Connecticut city where I grew up was the winter headquarters for the Barnum & Bailey Circus Bridgeport	$800 [4] Linguists call the hypothetical ancestor of the Germanic & Romance languages P.I.E., Proto-this Indo-European Rebecca	$800 [14] In 1938 Sam Snead was the PGA's money leader with $20,000; in 1998 it was this alliterative golfer with $2.6 million David Duval	DD $1,500 [16] This novel begins, "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..." The House of the Seven Gables Ken	$800 [9] The Grande Galerie is the main picture gallery of this museum which is housed is one of the world's largest palaces The Louvre Kirsten Ken	$1,000 [24] Pollux' twin's hunger strikers Castor's fasters Kirsten
DD $1,500 [17] It's the state capital where you can cruise Garth Brooks Blvd., or stroll through Will Rogers Park Oklahoma City Ken	$1,000 [5] 17-letter word for one whose studies may cover the Scottish bagpipes & the Indian tabla Ethnomusicologist Rebecca	$1,000 [15] In 1999 Pete Sampras tied this Aussie's record of 12 Grand Slam singles titles Roy Emerson Kirsten Ken	—	$1,000 [10] The International Museum of the Horse is raising funds for a life-size statue of this 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat Ken	—

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