Show #3672 2000-07-18 (taped 2000-04-13) Regular

Tad Carithers game 3.

Contestants

Jonathan Earle — a college teacher from Lawrence, Kansas

Diana Hechler — a tour operator from Larchmont, New York

Tad Carithers — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tad	$1,000	$1,700	$8,500	$12,700 3-day champion: $38,300	$8,500 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Diana	$700	$1,400	$6,300	$12,300 2nd place: a MyPoints.com gift certificate	$5,800 15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jonathan	$900	$3,000	$3,000	$1,899 3rd place: a pair of Samsung TV/VCR combos	$3,000 14 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES	CLASSIC SITCOM EPISODES	SCIENTISTS	HODGEPODGE	WORST OF THE FIRSTS	5 LETTER WORDS
$100 [6] After taking over the government of Iraq in 1968, he made himself a general, though he'd never been in the army Saddam Hussein Tad	$100 [1] "Wally's Girl Trouble" Leave It to Beaver Tad	$100 [16] Her daughter Irene also received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry Marie Curie Jonathan	$100 [7] Born in 1912, the man nicknamed "Slammin' Sam" played this sport golf Diana Jonathan	$100 [21] While flying near Douaumont during this war, Victor Chapman became the first U.S. aviator ever to be shot down World War I Diana	$100 [13] An assumed identity, or the type of letter that accompanies a resume a cover letter Tad Diana
$200 [8] This American businessman known as the "Pickle King" could have had 56 other varieties instead of nicknames H.J. Heinz Tad	$200 [2] "Kitty Karry-All Is Missing" The Brady Bunch Jonathan	$200 [17] In 1705 he published "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets" Edmond Halley Diana	$200 [9] On the large beads on these you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary rosary Diana	$200 [22] The first U.S. automobile accident fatality, Henry Bliss was run over in 1899 on 74th Street in this city New York City Tad	$200 [14] Emily Post says in this kind of letter, don't call death "a blessing in disguise" a condolence letter Jonathan
$300 [10] A 1937 riding accident left this "Anything Goes" composer permanently disabled Cole Porter Jonathan	$300 [3] "Never Trust a Naked Martian" My Favorite Martian Tad	$300 [18] This Nobel Prize-winning physicist received his doctorate from the University of Pisa in 1922 Enrico Fermi Diana	$300 [26] Of 3, 30, or 300, number of days Jonah spent inside a "great fish" 3 Tad Diana Jonathan	$300 [23] Pilgrim John Billington was the 1st man executed in America when he was hanged for murder in this city Sept. 30, 1630 Plymouth, Massachusetts Jonathan	$300 [15] Also a fruit, it should always be found in the heading of a letter a date
$400 [11] From 1902 to 1912, this washing machine magnate served as an Iowa state senator F.L. Maytag Jonathan	$400 [4] "Lebeau and the Little Old Lady" Hogan's Heroes Tad	DD $400 [19] His official website includes a link to the Motor Neurone Disease Association Stephen Hawking Diana	$400 [27] The 2 continents separated by the Dardanelles Asia & Europe Tad	$400 [24] The first serious epidemic of this "diminutive" disease in New England began in 1616 & was very hard on Native Americans smallpox Jonathan	$400 [29] "Very truly yours" is a "complimentary" this, also something done to a door a closing Tad
$500 [12] This comedian ran for president on the Straight Talking American Government, or STAG, party ticket Pat Paulsen Diana	$500 [5] "Danny and the Mob" The Partridge Family Jonathan	$500 [20] Giuseppe Piazzi named the large asteroid he discovered this, after the Roman goddess of grain Ceres Tad	$500 [28] In May 1787 this convention convened in Independence Hall Constitutional Convention Jonathan	$500 [25] The first legal proceedings for war crimes in the U.S. occurred in 1865 against the commandant of this prison Andersonville Jonathan	$500 [30] The garment worn here, it follows "ZIP" in something the Postal Service wants you to use plus-fours Tad

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	CHARACTER ACTORS	NATIONAL NAMES	CLINICALLY DEPRESSED	5-LETTER WORDS
$200 [26] Most of the book of Ruth is set in this town, the place Micah said the messiah would come from Bethlehem Tad	$200 [11] George Washington was chancellor of this college from 1788 until his death William and Mary Jonathan	$200 [16] In Adolphe Menjou's last film, he got cheered up by Hayley Mills as this optimistic little girl Pollyanna Diana	$200 [1] Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Russia Tad	$200 [25] Known as a humorist, this 16th president was also known for his bouts of depression Abraham Lincoln Tad	$200 [6] In the thesaurus, this one of the traditional 5 senses is found with "tangency" & "palpation" touch Tad
$400 [27] Also called Horeb, experts aren't sure which mount it actually is: Serbal & Jebel Musa are guesses Mount Sinai Tad	$400 [12] The campus for this university's law center is located at the foot of Capitol Hill Georgetown Tad	$400 [17] He's the film & TV favorite seen here Brian Keith	$400 [2] Ceska Republika Czech Republic Jonathan	$400 [24] His demotion from the admiralty to a minor cabinet post in 1915 caused what he called "the black dog" of depression Winston Churchill Tad	$400 [7] This part of the face can mean "impudence" or "sass" cheek Tad Diana
$600 [23] Before "sightseeing" in this city, Samson was stripped of his sight Gaza	$600 [13] Endowed by Joseph Pulitzer, its journalism school opened in 1912 Columbia Diana	$600 [18] Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor Oscars as Father Fitzgibbon in this film Going My Way Tad	$600 [3] Kampuchea Cambodia Diana	$600 [28] The same night he cut off his ear he had threatened Gauguin with a razor Vincent van Gogh Tad	$600 [8] Jazz piano great Erroll Garner is heardhereplaying this tune he composed "Misty" ( Play Misty for Me ) Diana
$800 [21] If he had lived there back in 1000 B.C., Robin Hood might have been "Prince of" this chief city of upper Egypt Thebes Diana Jonathan	$800 [14] You'll find the Lacrosse Hall of Fame Museum at this university in Baltimore Johns Hopkins Tad	$800 [19] Seen here, this woman from an acting family livened up many '90s movies Joan Cusack Diana Jonathan	$800 [4] Magyar Koztarsasag Hungary Tad	—	$800 [9] Politically correct ventriloquists prefer "figure" to this better-known word dummy Tad
DD $1,500 [22] This town is home to the Joseph who gave his tomb for Jesus' burial Arimathea Diana	DD $1,000 [15] Longfellow read his poem "Morituri Salutamus" at the 50th reunion of this Maine school's Class of 1825 Bowdoin College Tad	$1,000 [20] In 1972 this bug-eyed Brit seen in "Young Frankenstein" had his own TV "Comedy Machine" Marty Feldman Jonathan	$1,000 [5] Sverige Sweden Diana	—	$1,000 [10] If you're 38 years old, you're said to be on this "side" of 40 sunny Tad

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

A 1965 novel by this author introduced his alter ego, sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Jonathan "Who Isaac Asimov?" — wagered $1,101

Diana "Who is Kurt Vonnegut?" — wagered $6,000

Tad "Who is Kurt Vonnegut?" — wagered $4,200

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