Show #3093 1998-01-28 Regular

Contestants

Aron Lanza — a pharmacy manager from Albany, New York

Margaret Cook — a travel agent from Atlanta, Georgia

Vinnie Iyer — a journalism student from Ballwin, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vinnie	$1,800	$2,200	$8,600	$7,900 3-day champion: $31,900	$9,200 30 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Margaret	$0	$1,200	$4,600	$600 3rd place: Monorail Desktop PC	$4,600 9 R, 0 W
Aron	$1,000	$1,800	$1,800	$3,600 2nd place: Trip to Mexico City & Ixtapa	$2,600 11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICANA	CARTOON FEMALES	CLAP TRAP	WORLD CAPITALS	PARTY FOOD & DRINK	ODD WORDS
$100 [9] This state's motto is "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation"--no mention of peanuts Georgia Vinnie	$100 [6] Mae Questel was the voice of 2 classic characters: Betty Boop & this girlfriend of Popeye Olive Oyl Vinnie	$100 [18] The Latin for "clapping" gave us the word "plaudits" as well as this one Applause Vinnie	$100 [2] In English, Peking is also commonly referred to by this name Beijing Vinnie	$100 [16] This drink is always served at a kegger, until it runs out Beer Vinnie	$100 [20] A vicereine is a woman who functions as one of these officials or is married to one Viceroy Vinnie
$200 [11] Appropriately, tar was one of the first products made in this "Tar Heel State" North Carolina Vinnie	$200 [7] Boris Badenov was her partner in crime, dahlink Natasha Fatale Vinnie	$200 [21] As seen on TV, it's the 4-word slogan of "The Clapper" by Joseph Enterprises "Clap on, Clap off" Vinnie	$200 [3] You'll find Red Square at its center Moscow Vinnie	$200 [17] A mixture of beverages, this party drink remains nonpotent until spiked Punch Vinnie	$200 [23] By definition, a person who is fatigable is easily this Tired Aron
$300 [13] Instead of Oktoberfest, Carlisle in this "Keystone State" has an Octubafest Pennsylvania Aron	$300 [8] In 1943 Tex Avery took this fairy tale character & made her "Red Hot" & not so little Little Red Riding Hood Aron	$300 [26] A koan in this religion concerns the sound of one hand clapping Buddhism Vinnie Margaret	$300 [4] The Great Mosque in this Syrian capital supposedly contains the head of John the Baptist Damascus Aron	$300 [19] Spanish words for peppers & cheese give this Tex-Mex dip its name Chile con queso Vinnie	$300 [25] Avifauna is the term for these creatures of a particular region Birds Vinnie
$400 [14] Many a tall tale has been spun about this bruisin' & brawlin' "King of the Keelboatmen" Mike Fink	$400 [10] Character who said, "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way" Jessica Rabbit Aron	$400 [27] A clapperboard is used to synch film & this Sound Margaret	$400 [5] This capital has 2 districts: Karkh on the west bank of the Tigris & Rusafah on the east Baghdad Vinnie	$400 [22] Porcine term for little hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry Pigs in a blanket Vinnie	$400 [29] A zill is one of a pair of these metal instruments that belly dancers wear on their fingers Cymbals Vinnie Aron
DD $800 [15] You'll find this author's boyhood home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, 3 1/2 blocks west of Main Street Sinclair Lewis Aron	$500 [12] Until 1985 this was the only female Smurf Smurfette Vinnie	$500 [28] Roman emperor from 54 to 68 A.D., he had a claque of 5,000 professional clappers on his concert tours Nero Aron	$500 [1] It's located about 240 miles west of the Persian Gulf & 480 miles northeast of Mecca Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aron	$500 [24] The rare golden sterlet type of this fish roe delicacy was once reserved for czars & shahs Caviar Aron	$500 [30] Medically speaking, a febrifuge is something that reduces or allays this Fever Margaret

Double Jeopardy! Round

GERMAN HISTORY	ART COLLECTORS	EXPLORERS	TV ACTORS & ROLES	AUTHORS' ODD JOBS	20th CENTURY SLANG
$200 [9] Holy Roman Emperor Otto I built the "First" of these empires; Otto von Bismarck, the "Second" Reich Aron	$200 [18] This businessman who organized a Pasadena, Calif. museum named for him was married to actress Jennifer Jones Norton Simon	$200 [8] On Jan. 17, 1997 Borge Ousland became the first to cross this continent alone & unsupported Antarctica Aron	$200 [3] In 1997 his character, Paul Buchman, became a dad Paul Reiser Vinnie	$200 [12] If his "Time Machine" took you back to the 1880s, you'd find him working as an apprentice draper H.G. Wells Vinnie	$200 [1] Once meaning to swindle, in the '60s it became a type of handshake, so "gimme some" Skin Margaret
$400 [10] Stasi, this former country's secret police, employed 200,000 informants, including children East Germany Margaret Aron	$600 [20] He founded Domino's Pizza & amassed a Frank Lloyd Wright collection topping almost any other Tom Monaghan Vinnie	$400 [16] Thorvald Ericson, this Norse seafarer's brother, was fatally wounded by a native arrow c. 1007 Leif Ericson Vinnie	$400 [4] After he hit the jackpot as Dan Tanna on "Vega$", he became "Spenser: For Hire" Robert Urich Vinnie	$400 [11] Colleen McCullough used to drive a bus in this, her native country Australia Vinnie Margaret	$400 [2] To a '20s flapper or a '90s rapper, this stuff is called "green" Money Vinnie
$600 [17] In 1806 Napoleon established the confederation of this river, a group of states including Baden & Wurttemburg Rhine Vinnie	$800 [24] Last name of NYC collector Solomon & of his niece Peggy, who collected in Venice Guggenheim Vinnie	$600 [21] In 1970 Sylvia Earle spent 2 weeks living underwater off the Virgin Islands, exploring this sea Caribbean Sea Vinnie	$600 [5] He played the debonair Steele...Remington Steele Pierce Brosnan Vinnie	$600 [13] He taught economics at Berkeley & USC before he earned big bucks for "The Agony and the Ecstasy" Irving Stone Margaret	$600 [22] A shmatte in Yiddish, it meant "to dance" early in the century & "to make fun of" in the '20s & '90s Rag
$800 [28] Prussia defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866, 103 years after fighting this longer war the Seven Years' War Vinnie Aron	DD $1,100 [19] Noted collector of modern paintings seen here in the L.A. County Museum of Art:(scene from "L.A. Story") Steve Martin Vinnie	$1,000 [25] Alexine Tinne's 1869 attempt to cross this desert ended when she was killed by her Tuareg guides Sahara Margaret	$800 [6] He was Karen Arnold's boyfriend on "The Wonder Years" before playing Ross on "Friends" David Schwimmer Vinnie	$800 [14] Zowie! This author of "Franny and Zooey" was once apprenticed to a pig slaughterer in Poland J.D. Salinger Margaret	$800 [26] Decades earlier, Bill & Ted would have said "Mustard!" instead of this superlative "Excellent!" Vinnie Aron
—	—	DD $1,300 [23] No one knows the exact area in North America which this explorer claimed for England in 1497 John Cabot Vinnie	$1,000 [7] In 1991 Emmys went to Patricia Wettig & Timothy Busfield, who played couple Nancy & Elliot on this show thirtysomething Vinnie	$1,000 [15] He was a bartender, private detective & exterminator before he wrote "Naked Lunch" William S. Burroughs Vinnie	$1,000 [27] Its change of meaning over the century from "wealthy" to "cool" also came with a change of "F" to "PH" Phat Vinnie

Final Jeopardy!

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Ariadne got the ball of twine that she gave to Theseus from this man before his flight from Crete

Daedalus

Aron "Who is Daedelus?" — wagered $1,800

Margaret "Who is Icarus?" — wagered $4,000

Vinnie "Who is Icarus?" — wagered $700

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