Show #3091 1998-01-26 Regular

Contestants

Melissa Singer — an editor from Forest Hills, New York

Vinnie Iyer — a journalism student from Ballwin, Missouri

Ron Hankey — an operations research analyst from Falls Church, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,202)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ron	$700	$1,300	$4,800	$9,595 3rd place: Pair of Ellesse Watches	$3,900 10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Vinnie	$1,600	$3,700	$11,200	$13,700 New champion: $13,700	$9,700 26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Melissa	$500	$1,200	$6,800	$12,800 2nd place: Trip to Hotel Melia Castilla in Madrid, Spain	$6,800 13 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT ROME	LYRICISTS	JUST LOGOS	LET'S TALK "DIRTY"	ODDS	ENDS
$100 [12] Term for the commander of a "century", a group of about 100 soldiers Centurion Vinnie	$100 [9] After parting ways with Burt Bacharach, he wrote "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Hal David Ron	$100 [1] [Hefner's "bunny"] Playboy Melissa	$100 [6] He carries Badge 2211 "Dirty Harry" Callahan Vinnie	$100 [18] If a coin shows heads on 99 straight tosses, these are the odds on heads for the 100th toss 1 in 2/even Vinnie	$100 [26] In 1997 "Coach" & this show co-starring John Goodman both ended 9-season runs on ABC Roseanne Melissa
$200 [17] At the 31 B.C. Battle of Actium, this pair commanded the combined Roman-Egyptian fleets Antony & Cleopatra Vinnie	$200 [10] He & Elton John met when both answered an ad placed by Liberty Records in 1967 Bernie Taupin Vinnie	$200 [2] [Maker of Life cereal] Quaker Oats Ron	$200 [7] At a banquet James Cagney told impressionist Frank Gorshin, "I never said, 'Mmm'", this You dirty rat Vinnie	$200 [21] Ads for these state-run games, like Pick 6, often mention the jackpot, then give the odds on winning any prize Lotteries Ron	$200 [27] In 1942 this PM said beating Rommel wasn't the beginning of the end but might be the end of the beginning Winston Churchill Melissa
$300 [22] Marcus Gavius Apicius wrote one of these in the first century; that's why Apician means gourmet Cookbook Vinnie	$300 [11] In 1989 this singer-songwriter of "Alison" wrote the hit "Veronica" with Paul McCartney Elvis Costello Ron	$300 [3] ["When it rains, it pours"] Morton Salt Ron	$300 [8] Cajun grain dish so-named because the chopped livers & gizzards in in made it appear "soiled" Dirty rice	$300 [25] The odds against throwing a 6 with one die, or a Doors song that announced, "No one here gets out alive" 5 to 1 Vinnie	$300 [28] Ex-PM Ian Smith was speaking in South Africa & missed the 1980 ceremony ending this country's 15-year history Rhodesia Vinnie
$400 [20] This "Younger" orator & letter writer whose "Elder" was killed by Vesuvius was governor of Bithynia Pliny Melissa	$400 [13] This first great collaborator of Richard Rodgers wrote "My Funny Valentine" & "Isn't it Romantic?" Lorenz Hart Vinnie	$400 [4] ["You're in Good Hands"] Allstate Melissa	$400 [15] After leaving the Eagles in 1982, Don Henley went gold with this first solo hit "Dirty Laundry" Vinnie	$400 [24] You can find the odds on your early death on these tables used by insurance companies Actuarial tables Ron	$500 [29] This movie's original ending, with Glenn Close's suicide, was reshot; test audiences wanted her killed Fatal Attraction Vinnie
$500 [19] His second wife, Pompeia, was a granddaughter of Sulla who, like him, ruled Rome as a dictator Julius Caesar	$500 [14] In 1992, a year after his death, his & Alan Menken's "Beauty and the Beast" won an Oscar as Best Song Howard Ashman Vinnie	$500 [5] [They're "bullish" on America] Merrill Lynch Vinnie	$500 [16] In 1998 Michael Caine was one of these title sleazeballs Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Vinnie	$500 [23] They're the odds of pulling 1 of the 4 aces from a full, shuffled deck 1 in 13 Vinnie	DD $1,000 [30] Symphony whose ending is heard here; its opening is more famous Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Vinnie

Double Jeopardy! Round

RELIGION	A TRIP TO LITERARY BRITAIN	MOVIES: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT	NOTABLE AMERICANS	BODY PART HOMONYMS	ODDS & ENDS
$200 [18] This German's attacks on the Roman Catholic church began the Reformation Martin Luther Vinnie	$200 [3] Add a new twist to your London vacation & visit the home at 48 Doughty St. where he wrote "Oliver Twist" Charles Dickens Vinnie	$200 [21] A 1925 dinosaur film based on a Conan Doyle tale or a 1997 dinosaur film based on a Crichton book The Lost World Vinnie	$200 [1] Horace Bixby, who was nicknamed "The Lightning Pilot", taught this famous author how to pilot a riverboat Mark Twain Vinnie	$200 [11] What you use to look in a mirror, or what you see there Eye (I) Ron	$600 [25] This Milan opera house opened in 1778 with a performance of a work by Antonio Salieri La Scala Ron
$400 [27] This symbol of Judaism consists of 2 overlaid triangles the Star of David Vinnie	$400 [4] This Frenchman's mistress lived near Hauteville House , his home on Guernsey, making him less "miserable" Victor Hugo Vinnie	$400 [22] "What's Up, Doc?" & "Bullitt" both featured chase scenes through this city San Francisco Melissa	$400 [2] In 1938 Hank Luisetti became the first college player in this sport to score 50 points in a game Basketball Ron	$400 [14] Paul Bunyan could have done this to a barge using just one of these pedal digits Toe (tow) Melissa	$800 [26] In 1997 14-year-old Etienne Bacrat became the youngest ever grand master of this game Chess Vinnie
$800 [13] Hymns in the Avesta are the only record, in his own words, of what this Persian prophet believed Zoroaster Ron	$800 [8] This American was living at Lamb House in Rye when he wrote "The Ambassadors" in 1903 Henry James Vinnie Melissa	$600 [24] One of these tumbled down the steps in 1925's "Battleship Potemkin" & in 1987's "The Untouchables" Baby carriage Melissa	$600 [6] This first lady graduated from Chicago's Maine South High School in 1965, in the top 50% of her class Hillary Rodham Clinton Vinnie	$600 [15] Your auditory organ, or what a Cockney says it does Ear ('ear) Melissa	—
$1,000 [19] Hindus believe that all gods are part of this one universal spirit Brahman Vinnie	$1,000 [10] The heart of this romantic poet is buried with his wife Mary at St. Peter's Church in Bournemouth Percy Shelley Melissa	$800 [23] Stephen Frears in 1988 & Milos Forman in 1989 used this French novel as a basis for their films Les Liaisons dangereuses Melissa	$800 [7] This Kansas-born dramatist set his play "Picnic" in a small Kansas town William Inge Vinnie	$800 [16] It seems like it's hopping away when some guys take a shower Hair (hare)	—
DD $1,500 [12] In Dec. 1945 the supreme commander of the Allied Powers in Japan disestablished this religion Shinto Ron	DD $1,500 [5] You'll find his birthplace "Far From the Madding Crowd" in Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester Thomas Hardy Vinnie	$1,000 [20] Harrison Ford lost his in "Frantic"; Kurt Russell lost his in "Breakdown" Wife Vinnie	$1,000 [9] In the 1940s she created her "Pelvis Series" paintings which feature blue sky seen through bovine bones Georgia O'Keeffe Vinnie	$1,000 [17] It contracts in your arm when you pull this from a tide pool Muscle (mussel) Melissa	—

Final Jeopardy!

ANIMALS OF THE NEW WORLD

Explorer Cabeza de Vaca wrote about this "animal with a pocket on its belly, in which it carries its young"

the opossum

Ron "What is the opossum?" — wagered $4,795

Melissa "What is the possum?" — wagered $6,000

Vinnie "What is the possum?" — wagered $2,500

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