Show #3192 1998-06-16 (taped 1998-03-04) Regular

Dave Abbott game 1.

Contestants

Dave Abbott — a musician and contract manager from Cincinnati, Ohio

Chris Carson — a newspaper editor from Tacoma, Washington

Natalie Segal — a teacher and legal proofreader from Weathersfield, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Natalie	$0	$400	$5,600	$4,000 3rd place: Warner Brothers Publications	$5,600 14 R, 2 W
Chris	$2,800	$3,900	$5,500	$10,999 2nd place: Zenith 32" TV & Bush Home Theater Center	$5,500 19 R, 3 W
Dave	$1,200	$3,900	$13,700	$16,200 New champion: $16,200	$8,400 22 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MEDICAL HISTORY	U.S. MILITARY MUSEUMS	THE ANIMAL KINGDOM	CHAIRS	JOHN HUGHES FILMS	2-LETTER WORDS
$100 [1] In the 1520s this conquistador founded a hospital in Mexico City, perhaps for the Aztecs he wounded Hernando Cortes Natalie	$100 [10] Its National Museum of American History has General Washington's field tent Smithsonian Chris	$100 [11] You can't call snakes spineless: they may have over 300 of these bones, compared to humans Vertebrae Chris	$100 [16] While in this city's famous rocker you may enjoy its famous baked beans Boston Dave	$100 [17] It's the 1990 story of an 8-year-old boy accidentally abandoned at Christmas Home Alone Dave	$100 [25] People with a hidden agenda often have this "to grind" Ax Dave
$200 [2] In 1816 French physician Rene Laennec invented this device used to listen to the heart & lungs Stethoscope Natalie	$200 [6] A WWI troop train is at Fort Benning's National Infantry Museum in this state Georgia Chris	$200 [12] This type of catfish can generate a 450-volt shock, less than the "eel" of the same name Electric catfish Natalie	$200 [22] President credited with inventing the swivel chair Thomas Jefferson Dave	$200 [18] Title character who says, "This is my ninth sick day this semester...so I better make this one count" Ferris Bueller Dave	$200 [27] "Collect $200" if you can name this Japanese game played with black & white counters on a checkered board Go Natalie
$300 [3] In 1895 this scientist could see right through his wife; he took X-rays of her hand Wilhelm Roentgen Dave	$300 [7] Fort McClellan has a museum devoted to this distaff branch of the Army, disestablished in 1978 WACs (Women's Army Corps) Chris	$300 [13] The scientific name of the "mute" type is Cygnus olor Swan Chris	$400 [24] Popular in the Victorian era was outdoor furiniture made of the cast type of this Iron Natalie	$300 [19] Hughes co-wrote the screenplay for this 1992 movie about a slobbering St. Bernard Beethoven Chris	$300 [28] As a prefix, it can mean "not including"; by itself, it means "former", like a former spouse Ex Natalie
$400 [4] Still associated with doctors today, its text is seen here in a 12th century version: The Hippocratic Oath Chris	$400 [8] Cadets can visit its artillery museum that dates back to 1854, with a collection that began about 1779 West Point Dave	$400 [14] An endangered north African deer is called this, like an ape found on Gibraltar Barbary deer Chris	$500 [26] From 1594 to 1600 Johannes Kepler held the chair of this & mathematics at the University of Graz Astronomy Dave	$400 [20] Steve Martin & John Candy use these title modes of transportation to try to get home for Thanksgiving Planes, Trains and Automobiles Chris	$400 [29] Yes, it's Russian for yes Da Chris
$500 [5] This symbol of the physician is derived from the wand of Aesculapius, the god of medicine Caduceus Natalie Chris	$500 [9] The U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum in Oklahoma has mementoes of this Apache chief who is buried nearby Geronimo Dave	$500 [15] The river, not the sea type of this critter, is seen here: Otter Chris	DD $1,000 [23] (Hi, I'm Catherine Crier) Chairs I've filled include one as a judge on the bench & one as a substitute for this man on "Nightline" Ted Koppel Dave	$500 [21] Molly Ringwald's family forgets her birthday while preparing for her sister's wedding in this 1984 film Sixteen Candles Natalie Dave	$500 [30] It's used to mean very, or what's your point? So

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOM DE PLUME	HAIL, HAIL ALBANIA	GIRL GROUPS	THEATER ALFRESCO	TO THE NEAREST...	GIMME AN "F"
$200 [6] Under this name, Charles Dodgson imagined traveling down the rabbit hole with Alice Lewis Carroll Natalie Chris	$200 [26] In this 1997 Dustin Hoffman film, the U.S. wages a fictional war with Albania Wag the Dog Chris	$200 [16] The Columbus Quest & the Seattle Reign are teams of the ABL, a new women's league in this sport Basketball Chris	$200 [18] Appropriately, a musical about this composer is presented every summer in My Old Kentucky Home State Park Stephen Foster Dave	$200 [11] To the nearest 100, number of years the United States of America has been an independent nation 200 Chris	$200 [1] Flirting by using one's tootsies is called "playing" this Footsie Natalie
$400 [7] Don't tell his big brother, but Eric Blair was his real name George Orwell Dave	$400 [30] Albania is located on the eastern shores of the Ionian Sea & this sea Adriatic Chris	$400 [17] Group who recorded the 1982 Top 10 hit heard here:("Vacation") The Go-Go's Dave	$400 [19] Alabama's official outdoor drama is this play, enacted in the summer at Helen Keller's birthplace "The Miracle Worker" Natalie	$400 [12] To the nearest foot, the height of Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain 7 Chris	$400 [2] It's a humorous term for comic strips, or the section in which you find them Funnies Chris
$600 [8] Look in the dark recesses of your heart & tell me Jozef Korzeniowski's pen name Joseph Conrad Dave	$600 [20] Albania's capital, it centers on Skanderbeg Square Tirana Dave	$600 [29] All 3 of these monster sisters had snaky hair, not just Medusa Gorgons Dave	$800 [22] As a young man, Andy Griffith spent several seasons playing this Elizabethan courtier in "The Lost Colony" Sir Walter Raleigh Dave	$600 [13] To the nearest hour, flight time of the Concorde from London to New York 4 Chris Dave	$600 [3] Shark part that's slang for a 5-dollar bill Fin Dave
$800 [9] Mystery writer Nicholas Blake, in reality a "My Left Foot" star's father Cecil Day-Lewis Natalie	$1,000 [24] King Zog I ruled from 1928 until 1939, when this country annexed Albania Italy	$800 [28] They go for their ride at the beginning of act III in this Wagner opera named for them "(Ride of the) Valkyries" Natalie	$1,000 [23] Featuring a cast of hundreds, the "Ramona" Pageant has been an annual event in Hemet in this state since 1923 California	$800 [14] To the nearest billion, number of Cokes you'd need to buy to give one to everyone in the world 6 billion Chris Dave	$800 [4] Thomas Gray wrote, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis" this "to be wise" Folly Natalie
$1,000 [10] Francois Marie Arouet chose this best of all possible pseudonyms Voltaire Dave	DD $3,000 [25] After Albania broke with the USSR, it turned to this country which gave it billions until a tiff in 1978 (People's Republic of) China Dave	$1,000 [27] Formed in 1920 this group grew out of the National American Woman Suffrage Association League of Women Voters Natalie	DD $3,000 [21] He's the former resident in the title of the Nauvoo, Illinois pageant "City of Joseph" Joseph Smith Dave	$1,000 [15] To the nearest light year, the distance between Earth & Alpha Centauri 4 light years Chris	$1,000 [5] Some folks call this island country the "Crossroads of the South Pacific" Fiji Natalie

Final Jeopardy!

LATIN PHRASES

It can refer to the host used in the Eucharist, or a city southwest of Houston

Corpus Christi

Chris "What is Corpus Christy" — wagered $5,499

Natalie "What is" — wagered $1,600

Dave "What is Corpus Christi?" — wagered $2,500

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