Show #3053 1997-12-03 Regular

Contestants

Kent Meckling — a resident physician from Portland, Oregon

Chris Potters — an antique dealer from San Diego, California

Tom Castelazo — a middle school teacher originally from Fresno, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$900	$2,100	$9,500	$12,000 2-day champion: $14,801	$7,700 24 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Chris	$900	$1,700	$2,300	$200 3rd place: Panasonic Large Color LCD Palmcorder	$2,300 11 R, 2 W
Kent	$500	$2,600	$2,600	$2,600 2nd place: Trip to Doubletree Guest Suites, New York City	$2,600 11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS	LEADING MEN	LANGUAGE	QUOTATIONS	GENESIS	BEFORE & AFTER
$100 [16] It's also called the white or ice bear Polar bear Tom	$100 [21] He's played "Dirty Harry" Callahan in 5 films; the most recent was "The Dead Pool" in 1988 Clint Eastwood Tom	$100 [6] In back slang this word is "dab"; in Pig Latin it's "ad bay" Bad Chris	$100 [1] Napoleon said, "The history of" this Italian city "is the history of the world" Rome Tom	$100 [11] Noah took clean beasts & fowls on the ark by sevens & unclean beasts by this amount Twos/pairs Tom	$100 [26] A.A. Milne boy who stole from the rich to give to the poor Christopher Robin Hood Chris
$200 [17] Named for its short, fluffy white tail, it's the most abundant wild rabbit of the U.S. Cottontail Tom	$200 [22] 31 years after starring in "Hud", he appeared in "The Hudsucker Proxy" Paul Newman Tom	$200 [7] Bru, spoken in Vietnam, has 41 of these sounds; at $250 each, that's $10,250 Vowels Tom	$200 [2] Rutherford B. Hayes said that "He serves his party best who serves" this "best" His country Tom	$200 [12] In 2:3 God blesses this numbered day because "In it he had rested from all his work" Seventh day Kent	$200 [27] Popular sax-playing war action figure Kenny G.I. Joe Chris
$300 [18] It has the largest mouth of any land mammal Hippopotamus Tom	$300 [23] In the early 1980s this star of "Scarface" & "Serpico" was an artistic director of the Actors Studio Al Pacino Kent	DD $300 [8] Language honored on the U.S. stamp seen here: American Sign Language Tom	$300 [3] "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these" It might have been Chris	$300 [13] He was Adam & Eve's third-born child Seth Kent	$300 [28] Instructor's favorite "West End Girls" group Teacher's Pet Shop Boys Kent
$400 [19] They're the only truly amphibious members of the weasel family Otters Tom	$400 [24] He co-starred with Woody Harrelson in "White Men Can't Jump" & with Sean Connery in "Rising Sun" Wesley Snipes Tom	$400 [9] Natives on Gomera in the Canaries talk by using these warbling sounds, so wet yours before chatting Whistle Kent	$400 [4] "Poor Richard's Almanack" says, "To lengthen thy life, lessen" these Meals	$400 [14] God made a covenant with this son of Terah Abraham Kent	$400 [29] Exclamation point who played Luke Skywalker Punctuation Mark Hamill
$500 [20] Found Down Under, it's the sole member of the family Ornithorhynchidae Duck-billed platypus Chris	$500 [25] Jon Voight took over the role of Rolf, the young Nazi in love with Liesl, in this Broadway musical in 1961 The Sound of Music Kent	$500 [10] All the words in our Webster's Collegiate Dict. that begin with "sht" are borrowed from this language Yiddish Chris	$500 [5] Of her 1962 novel "Ship of Fools" she said, "I finished the thing; but I think I sprained my soul" Katherine Anne Porter	$500 [15] God made all sorts of these, including one of life & one of the knowledge of good & evil Trees Kent	$500 [30] Dogpatch resident who claims to have invented baseball Li'l Abner Doubleday Tom Kent

Double Jeopardy! Round

"LOVE" SONGS	WORLD CITIES	WHY, I OTTO...	POTENT POTABLES	RHYME TIME	PRESIDENTS ON THE MOVE
$200 [6] In her first No. 1 solo hit, Tina Turner asked this title question "What's Love Got To Do With It" Tom	$200 [11] This capital's Avenida Juarez was named for Benito Juarez, president of the country in the 1860s & 1870s Mexico City Chris	$200 [16] Today it's a couch without a back, but in 1922 it became an empire without a future Ottoman Kent	$200 [21] Flavored types of this liquor, like Pertsovka, are popular in the U.S. & have long been a Russian favorite Vodka Tom	$200 [1] A collision between cars that causes only minor damage Fender bender Kent	$600 [28] In 1943, in Morocco, FDR became the 1st sitting president since this one to visit an actual theater of war Abraham Lincoln Tom
$600 [8] In 1992 Whitney Houston had a hit with this Dolly Parton song "I Will Always Love You" Tom	$400 [12] The name of this Austrian city means "Salt Castle" Salzburg Chris	$400 [17] Known as the "Iron Chancellor", he was forced out of power by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890 Otto von Bismarck Tom	$400 [22] Colt 45 & Olde English 800 are brands of this "liquor" that's stronger than most beers Malt liquor Tom	$400 [2] Young Florence Griffith, called Dee Dee, grew up, got married & acquired this rhyming nickname "Flo-Jo" Chris	$800 [27] His travels included an 1875 trip to Salt Lake City; he later visited Mark Twain to do the book deal Ulysses S. Grant
$800 [9] Hi there--it was the Doors' last No. 1 hit "Hello, I Love You" Tom	$600 [13] This Cambodian capital lies at the confluence of the Bassac, Tonle Sap & Mekong rivers Phnom Penh Tom	$600 [18] He returned to Amsterdam after the end of WWII & his daughter Anne's death, to collect her papers Otto Frank Tom	$600 [23] Booker's, Baker's & Knob Creek are "small batch" producers of this Southern elixir bourbon Chris Kent	$600 [3] In a '60s routine George Carlin was Al Sleet, this groovy type of weatherman Hippy Dippy	$1,000 [26] In 1972 he went to both Moscow & Peking Richard Nixon Kent
DD $1,000 [7] Song heard here, it's also the title of a 1997 film: "Addicted To Love" Tom	$800 [14] You can visit the home of former prime minister John Diefenbaker in this Saskatchewan capital Regina Chris Kent	$1,000 [20] The conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic from 1933 to 1939, his son Werner gained fame as Col. Klink Otto Klemperer Tom	$800 [24] In Spanish, the name of this cocktail means "daisy" Margarita Chris	$800 [4] This term can mean "haphazardly" or have its original sense, "whether you want to or not" Willy-nilly	—
$1,000 [10] "But darling most of all", The Paris Sisters are remembered for this '60s classic "I Love How You Love Me"	$1,000 [15] The Prefecture, the palace of Pizarro, still stands in this southern Peru city known for its Incan remains Cuzco Tom Chris	DD $2,000 [19] Movie in which the "Otto Pilot" seen here appears: Airplane! Tom	$1,000 [25] Despite its name, this cocktail of rye, sugar & bitters over ice is not quite out of date Old Fashioned	$1,000 [5] General who invaded Italy during WWII & commanded U.N. forces in Korea Mark Clark	—

Final Jeopardy!

SCULPTURE

Standing on the banks of the Concord River, it's also known as the "Statue of the Embattled Farmer"

the Minuteman Statue (by Daniel Chester French)

Chris "What is? Hi, Mary!" — wagered $2,100

Kent "What is -----" — wagered $0

Tom "What is the Minuteman" — wagered $2,500

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