Show #3735 2000-11-24 (taped 2000-09-28) Regular

Contestants

Matt Myers — a network engineer originally from Baltimore, Maryland

Mike Goldstein — a writer from Studio City, California

Michelle Bowen-Ziecheck — a film student from Laurel, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michelle	$900	$1,800	$4,800	$1,599 2nd place: Trip to Amsterdam courtesy of Priceline.com	$4,800 20 R, 6 W
Mike	$400	$400	$3,200	$1 3rd place: Eagle Creek Travel Gear	$3,700 16 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)
Matt	$400	$200	$4,000	$1,900 New champion: $1,900	$5,200 11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR	BREWERIES	FAMOUS FACES	CLASSIC TV TITLE ROLES	INNOVATIONS	ENDS IN "UP"
$100 [21] Boer voortrekkers who attempted to cross this desert in the late 19th century called it the "Thirstland" Kalahari Mike Matt	$100 [18] Ghettoblaster is both a CD & a beer produced by Motor City Brewing Works in this city Detroit Mike	$100 [13] The small steps taken by this man seen here will be long remembered Neil Armstrong Mike	$100 [8] Dry cleaner Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford & their son The Jeffersons Michelle	$100 [5] This handheld lens is one of Mr. Wizard's 10 most significant inventions of the last millennium Magnifying glass Michelle	$100 [1] Among kids, it's the favorite hot dog topping Ketchup Matt
$200 [22] The Gran Chaco is a low, flat plain covering western Paraguay, southern Bolivia & the northern part of this country Argentina Michelle	$200 [19] Young's Brewery claims London's last remaining cooperage, where these are made & repaired Barrels Michelle	$200 [14] Psychedelic '60s soothsayer seen here Timothy Leary Mike	$200 [9] Police captain Hal Linden Barney Miller Michelle	$200 [6] Industrial designer Brooks Stevens added this feature to a clothes dryer's door Window Michelle Mike Matt	$200 [2] Lipstick, mascara, foundation, etc. Makeup Matt
$300 [23] Geothermal steam in the volcanic area of this country's North Island is becoming an important source of power New Zealand Michelle Mike Matt	$300 [20] Tourists stumbling along Carlsberg Vej in this city may be coming from a brewery tour Copenhagen	$300 [15] Boxing was one of the sports covered by this man seen here Howard Cosell Matt	$300 [10] Alien life form voiced by Paul Fusco ALF Michelle	$300 [24] Rubber sink plugs & drainboard mats were innovations by this company with "Rubber" in its name Rubbermaid Mike	$300 [3] Hopefully you'll never have to identify a suspect, at the police station, from this group Lineup Mike
$400 [29] This island that's second in size only to Greenland has some of the world's largest gold & copper reserves New Guinea Mike Matt	$400 [27] A Mazatlan brewery makes this brand whose name refers to a nearby body of water Pacifico Claro Michelle	$400 [16] She's the royal sibling & president of the Royal Ballet seen here in the 1950s Princess Margaret Mike	$400 [11] Waitress Linda Lavin Alice Michelle	$400 [25] Big construction projects often include Francois Hennebique's reinforced type of this building material Concrete Michelle Matt	DD $500 [4] It's slang for a western or crime film that features a lot of gunfire Shoot 'em up Mike
$500 [30] French & Malagasy are this country's 2 official languages Madagascar Michelle	$500 [28] A man named Heinrich established a brewery in Bremen that produces this, Germany's No. 1 export beer Beck's Michelle	$500 [17] This New Yorker's groundbreaking first took place in 1984 Geraldine Ferraro Michelle	$500 [12] Streetwise detective Robert Blake Baretta Mike	$500 [26] Sebastien Vauban changed this military operation by using zigzag trenches to reach the defending fortress Siege (lay siege to a fort) Michelle	$500 [7] This mat-covered hut was once home for the typical Apache family Wickiup

Double Jeopardy! Round

R.I.P. IN ALABAMA	MARRIAGE-GO-ROUND	ENGLISH	LEGAL LINGO	THE GREAT GATSBY	OLD SPORT
$200 [20] This man who ground up a lot of peanuts is buried on the grounds of the Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver Michelle	$200 [5] Larry Fortensky's third wife Elizabeth Taylor Michelle	$200 [3] He set up his telegraph code by checking the frequency of each letter in the type of a printer's box Samuel Morse Mike	$200 [9] An assault based on race or religion is called this emotional type of "crime" Hate crime Michelle	$200 [14] One of Gatsby's reputed professions is this illicit prohibition specialty Bootlegging Michelle	$200 [1] Way before Shaq & Kobe, this league's 1981 title game was aired after late local news NBA (National Basketball Association) Michelle
$400 [21] Eddie Kendricks, famed as an original member of this legendary singing group, is in Elmwood Cemetery The Temptations Mike	$400 [6] Senator John Warner's second wife Elizabeth Taylor Mike	$400 [4] "Debt" contains this letter to show its etymology, from the Latin debitum B Michelle Mike	$400 [10] Also called the complainant, it's the person bringing a civil suit Plaintiff Mike	$400 [15] The 3 big-screen Gatsbys have been Warner Baxter, Robert Redford & this "Shane" star Alan Ladd Mike	$400 [2] Before these were assigned numbers, the 5 wood was known as the baffy Golf clubs Mike
$600 [22] Hooterville's Mr. Haney, he's in a Haleyville, Alabama cemetery Pat Buttram	$600 [7] Eddie Fisher's second wife Elizabeth Taylor Mike	$600 [11] In 2000 Seamus Heaney's English translation of this Anglo-Saxon classic made the bestseller list "Beowulf" Matt	$600 [13] Term for jury discussions to reach a verdict; in O.J. Simpson's criminal trial, they took 4 hours Deliberations Mike	$600 [16] The book is dedicated "Once Again to" this wife of the author Zelda Michelle	$600 [17] This man, "The Great John L.", won the last bare-knuckle heavyweight title fight, a 75-rounder John L. Sullivan Mike
$800 [25] This country singing legend's tombstone reads, "Praise the Lord I Saw the Light" Hank Williams, Sr.	$800 [8] Eddie Fisher's first wife Debbie Reynolds Michelle	$800 [12] "The Professor and the Madman" tells how inmate Dr. W.C. Minor sent in thousands of definitions to this dictionary Oxford English Dictionary Michelle	$800 [27] (Hi, I'm Camryn Manheim from "The Practice") At this criminal proceeding, charges are read & the defendant enters his plea Arraignment Michelle Matt	$800 [23] Gatsby's friend Meyer Wolfsheim was the man behind this 1919 sporting scandal Chicago Black Sox Matt	DD $600 [19] In 1980 Willie Davenport & Jeff Gadley, the USA's first black Winter Olympic athletes, were half of a team in this event Bobsledding Matt
$1,000 [26] Her marker reads, "Governor, State of Alabama 1967-1968" Lurleen B. Wallace Mike	$1,000 [30] Eddie Fisher's third wife Connie Stevens Mike	$1,000 [29] This long word from 19th century America for "an extraordinary thing" was adopted by an all-day band fest Lollapalooza Michelle	DD $800 [28] The pretrial disclosure of facts to the other party, it's also the name of a TV channel Discovery Matt	$1,000 [24] It's Gatsby's first name Jay Matt	$800 [18] Walter Johnson led the American League in strikeouts 12 times pitching for this team that no longer exists Washington Senators Matt

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY

The great creator said these animals couldn't eat the fish of the river, so they fed on the land at night

Hippos

Mike "What is ?" — wagered $3,199

Matt "What are hyenas?" — wagered $2,100

Michelle "What are" — wagered $3,201

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