Show #3059 1997-12-11 Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Hopens — a college student from Temple, Texas

Derek Mohr — a supply officer originally from Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Suzanne Hayes — an actress originally from Dallas, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,599)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Suzanne $-600 $-300 $2,200 $0
3rd place: Pair of Franchi-Menotti Sports Watches
$2,700
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Derek $-500 $900 $4,100 $4,500
2nd place: Trip to Mount Airy Lodge in the Pennsylvania Poconos
$4,100
19 R, 8 W
Jennifer $2,700 $3,600 $10,000 $10,000
New champion: $10,000
$9,700
21 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY SONGS OF THE '60s SPY FICTION THEY CAME FROM CLEVELAND TAPE GREAT-GRANDPAPPY SAID
$100 [16]
Among these natural features in Bolivia, Poopo lies southeast of Titicaca
lakes
Suzanne Derek
$100 [2]
In 1960 Ray Charles had this "on his mind"
Georgia
Jennifer
$100 [1]
Reuters' Moscow correspondent in the '30s; British Navy intelligence 1939-45; his word was his Bond
Ian Fleming
Jennifer
$100 [7]
He's made his name as an auto racer, salad dressing entrepreneur & actor
Paul Newman
Suzanne
$100 [21]
For protection, these athletes tape both hands under their 6- to 12-ounce gloves
Boxers
Suzanne
$100 [17]
It "is the best policy", but as Pappy added, "It may not pay the largest dividends"
Honesty
Derek
$200 [26]
The name Pichilemu, a Pacific beach resort, contains the name of this country that it's in
Chile
Jennifer
DD $300 [3]
The first British female to top the U.S. charts in the rock era, she did it with the song heard here:["Downtown"]
Petula Clark
Jennifer
$200 [12]
His 5 years with the British foreign service certainly put a Smiley on his face
John le Carre
Suzanne
$200 [8]
This Yankee owner's first sports venture was the Cleveland Pipers semipro basketball team
George Steinbrenner
Jennifer
$200 [22]
This type of tape is applied to bicycles & to children's clothing as a safety device
Reflective tape
Derek
$200 [18]
According to Pappy, "Old habits die" this way
Hard
Suzanne
$300 [27]
The area between the Uruguay & Parana Rivers, or the ancient region between the Tigris & Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Jennifer
$300 [4]
Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich, who wrote "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", also co-wrote this 1963 Crystals Top 5 song
"Da Doo Ron Ron"
$300 [13]
In 1974 this "Odessa File" author let loose "The Dogs of War"
Frederick Forsyth
Jennifer
$300 [9]
He came to L.A. to perform comedy & was soon "Coming to America" with pal Eddie Murphy
Arsenio Hall
Jennifer
$300 [23]
A popular calendar is titled "365 Days of" this often gray cloth tape
Duct tape
Derek
$300 [19]
Wherever he was he'd say, "Don't waste time complaining about" this, "It will soon change"
the Weather
Suzanne
$400 [28]
Parinas Point on Peru's Pacific coast is this geographic extreme of South America
Westernmost point
Jennifer
$400 [5]
'60s songs turned into films include "Harper Valley P.T.A." & this 1967 Bobbie Gentry hit
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Derek
$400 [14]
He wrote "Spy Story", "Spy Hook", "Spy Line", "Spy Sinker", "Yesterday's Spy" & "Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy"
Len Deighton
Derek
$400 [10]
Once an assistant secretary of HUD, she's currently the secretary of HHS
Donna Shalala
Suzanne Jennifer
$400 [24]
As its name indicates, it's used especially to cover surfaces during painting
masking tape
Suzanne
$400 [20]
A great reader, Pappy said, "This" is "the only place where success comes before work"
In the dictionary
Derek
$500 [29]
Venezuela has the world's 2 tallest waterfalls, Cuquenan & this one
Angel Falls
Derek
$500 [6]
Like Picasso, this "Polish Prince" went through a blue period, with hits like "Blue on Blue" & "Blue Velvet"
Bobby Vinton
Jennifer
$500 [15]
You can name this author in 3 words... "The Icarus Agenda", "The Osterman Weekend", "The Matarese Circle"
Robert Ludlum
Derek
$500 [11]
This former big wheel of the Cars recently produced Weezer's debut album
Ric Ocasek
Suzanne Jennifer
$500 [25]
Used to insulate electrical wires, it's named for the force that resists sliding objects
Friction tape
Derek
$500 [30]
Completes Pappy's couplet, "Love many, trust few, but always paddle..."
your own canoe
Derek

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th C. AMERICA ACTRESSES A "GOLDEN" TREASURY FOREIGN CURRENCY BANKRUPTCY YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
$200 [18]
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo made the Rio Grande the border between Mexico & this state
Texas
Derek
$200 [1]
Before marrying Bruce Willis, she was engaged to Emilio Estevez
Demi Moore
Derek
$200 [12]
It's the waterway into the City by the Bay
Golden Gate Strait
Suzanne Derek
$200 [9]
During a period of hyperinflation in 1944, Greece issued this currency in a denomination of 2,000,000,000
Drachma
Suzanne
$200 [14]
In a corporate failure, holders of the preferred type of this get paid before holders of the common type
Stock
Derek
$200 [6]
A lumberjack can show you how to birl, to stand on & rotate one of these in the water
Log
Derek
$400 [19]
This Tammany Hall "Boss" died in NYC's Ludlow Street Jail April 12, 1878
Boss Tweed
Suzanne
$400 [2]
Wynonna's younger sister, she's appeared in such films as "Ruby in Paradise", "A Time to Kill" & "Kiss the Girls"
Ashley Judd
Derek Jennifer
$400 [13]
In January 1996 "Party of Five" picked up one of these awards for Best Drama Series
Golden Globe
Derek
$400 [16]
Appropriately, the monetary unit of this west African country is the Leone
Sierra Leone
Derek
$400 [15]
Alimony & this payment for offspring are among debts not discharged by personal bankruptcy
Child support
Jennifer
$400 [7]
"Stygian" describes something gloomy in general or, more specifically, this mythical river
River Styx
Derek
$600 [20]
The Treaty of Ghent, which ended this war, stopped the fighting but no territory changed hands
War of 1812
Jennifer
DD $500 [5]
She's the daughter of a Buddhism professor & a Swiss-born psychotherapist:
Uma Thurman
Suzanne
$600 [30]
It's a big payment made to a prematurely terminated executive
Golden parachute
Derek
$600 [17]
The Federated States of Micronesia & Palau use this country's currency as their monetary unit
U.S.A. (Dollar)
$600 [28]
Filing for bankruptcy will stop this agency's collections, but it can still audit you
IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
Derek
$600 [8]
"Neologism" itself is not a neologism, meaning one of these; it first appeared in print in 1800
New word
Jennifer
DD $1,000 [21]
On Dec. 28, 1835 President Jackson appointed Roger B. Taney to succeed this chief justice
John Marshall
Jennifer
$600 [3]
Current biography says her "Film career began & nearly ended, with the 1976 remake of 'King Kong'"
Jessica Lange
Derek
$800 [29]
Ernest Thompson won a Golden Oscar for this film from his play about the Thayers
On Golden Pond
Jennifer
$800 [23]
The French franc bears this 3-word revolutionary motto
"Liberté, egalité, fraternité"
Jennifer
$800 [27]
Term for a section of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; No. 11 deals with business reorganization
Chapter
Jennifer
$800 [10]
"Onymous" is the obvious opposite of this word, used to describe some artists & writers
Anonymous
Suzanne
$1,000 [22]
In 1892 farm leaders from this new political party nominated James B. Weaver for the presidency
Populist Party
Jennifer
$800 [4]
This "Green Card" star's Southern accent was so strong in "Greystoke" that Glenn Close had to dub her voice
Andie MacDowell
Suzanne
$1,000 [26]
Istanbul sits on this inlet
the Golden Horn
Derek
$1,000 [24]
The islands of Bonaire & Saba in the Netherlands Antilles use this unit of currency
Guilder
Derek
$1,000 [25]
This "wet" term means selling off a bankrupt person's assets to pay creditors
Liquidation
Derek
$1,000 [11]
This machine for hoisting & moving heavy objects was named for an early 17th century English hangman
a derrick
Derek

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN WILDLIFE

It can attain a speed of about 40 mph, but has only 2 toes on each of its 2 feet

the ostrich

Suzanne "What is the emu?" — wagered $2,200
Derek "What is the ostrich?" — wagered $400
Jennifer "What is an ostrich?" — wagered $0

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