Show #3183 1998-06-03 Regular

Contestants

John Chapman — a golf course manager from Columbia, Missouri

Pam Tyler — a professor of history from Raleigh, North Carolina

Adele Odegard — a lieutenant colonel from Fort Belvoir, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adele	$100	$1,200	$8,600	$5,800 2nd place: Temptress Adventure Cruise in Panama	$8,600 22 R, 1 W
Pam	$1,800	$3,600	$5,600	$10,600 New champion: $10,600	$5,300 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
John	$1,000	$2,800	$8,500	$0 3rd place: Rand McNally Travel Store Gift Certificate	$8,800 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MILD-MANNERED REPORTERS	LOOK!	UP IN THE SKY!	IT'S A BIRD!	IT'S A PLANE!	IT'S SUPERMAN!
$100 [6] Sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote that the "Great Scorer" marks "Not that you won or lost" but this How you played the game Pam	$100 [26] Operation Lifesaver encourages drivers to "Look, Listen... and Live!" when crossing these railroad/train tracks Adele	$100 [19] In a poem by Ann & Jane Taylor, it's "Like a diamond in the sky" "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Adele	$100 [14] Charlie "Bird" Parker was self-taught on this musical instrument he got from his mother at age 11 Saxophone John	$100 [11] When Lindbergh took this plane on a test flight, he set a California-to-New York speed record Spirit of St. Louis Adele	$100 [1] This cub reporter was created for the radio series & later added to the comic book Jimmy Olsen Adele
$300 [8] His book "Another City, Not My Own" is based on his time covering the Simpson trial for Vanity Fair Dominick Dunne Pam	$200 [27] If you hear this shout on a golf course, look up for incoming golf balls "Fore!" John	$200 [20] Over 90 nations have agreed to a total ban on CFCs by the year 2000 to protect this atmospheric layer Ozone layer Adele	$200 [15] This director's 1988 film, "Bird", won an Oscar for Sound Recording Clint Eastwood John	$200 [12] He flew his famous guests to San Simeon in the Vultee V1-A seen here:("Lady Peace II") William Randolph Hearst Adele	$200 [2] In 1997 it was announced this "Con Air" star would don tights for Tim Burton's Superman film Nicolas Cage John
$400 [9] Roscoe was the middle name of this man known for his calm radio reportage during WWII Edward R. Murrow Pam	$300 [28] This 1989 film seenhereinspired 2 sequels: Look Who's Talking	$300 [21] Soaring object in the title of the following: a kite Adele	$300 [16] Dizzy Gillespie, Parker & others developed this new style of jazz at Minton's Playhouse, a NYC nightclub Bebop John	$300 [13] The Gossamer Albatross was the first plane powered by one of these to cross the English Channel Person Adele	$300 [3] Rumor says he was set to do another season of "Superman" when he was shot June 16, 1959 George Reeves John
DD $500 [7] (Hi, I'm Wolf Blitzer.) From 1990 to 1992 my beat for CNN was this building where I had to see all sides of an issue, not just 5 Pentagon Pam	$400 [29] The card seen here is used to test for the red-green variety of this condition: Colorblindness Adele	$400 [22] The name of these electric lines doesn't mean they're tight, but have great voltage High-tension lines Pam	$400 [17] This musical bird "study" by Parker was based on the chord progressions of "How High the Moon" "Ornithology"	$400 [24] In 1954 the Convair XFY-1 became the first plane to make a VTOL--this kind of take-off & landing Vertical Pam	$400 [4] The famous cover of Action Comics No. 1 shows Superman lifting one of these Car
$500 [10] This king of gonzo journalism wrote of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" & in the 1972 campaign Hunter S. Thompson Pam	$500 [30] Lookout Mountain just south of this southern Tennessee city offers tourists a view of 7 states Chattanooga John	$500 [23] This troubled space station, built 12 years ago, was only supposed to be in use for 5 years Mir John	$500 [18] Due to Parker's prominence, this leading New York City jazz club was named for him Birdland Pam	$500 [25] Introduced in 1944, this company's ME262 was the first jet combat plane Messerschmitt Pam	$500 [5] Superman has 2 sets of parents: Jonathan & Martha in Kansas, & Lara & this father on Krypton Jor-El John

Double Jeopardy! Round

STREET SMARTS	R.E.M.	SCOT LIT	FOUNDERS	RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD	STARTS & ENDS WITH "T"
$200 [21] It's synonymous with the stock market Wall Street John	$200 [26] The lineup 1980-1997: guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, drummer Bill Berry & this singer Michael Stipe John	$200 [2] This author who delighted generations with "Peter Pan" was short, shy & lonely James M. Barrie Adele	$200 [11] Bernard Kroger founded a chain of grocery stores & Charles Walgreen founded a chain of these Drug stores Adele	$200 [16] The Mevlevi, or "whirling", order of these Sufi ascetics was founded about 1273 by poet Jalel Al-Din Al-Rumi Dervishes Adele	$200 [1] If you never say dye, say this, a light dye for the hair Tint Pam
$400 [22] While British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher had gates put up on the Whitehall end of this street Downing Street Adele	$400 [30] The video for "Losing My Religion" was banned in Ireland but given 6 awards by this network MTV Pam	$400 [3] With "Waverley" & "Ivanhoe", Sir Walter Scott established this genre of fiction set in the past Historical fiction Adele	$400 [12] In 1958 former high school principal Dr. Ethel Andrus founded this group, the AARP American Association of Retired Persons Adele Pam John	$400 [17] Because oak was sacred in this ancient Celtic religion, rituals were usually held in forests Druidism Adele	$400 [4] Kitchen or table accessory seen here: a trivet Adele
$600 [23] We wonder if General Grant was singing the blues when he set up headquarters on this Memphis street Beale Street Adele	$600 [27] The song "Man on the Moon" is a tribute to this late comedian, TV's Latka Gravas Andy Kaufman John	$600 [8] The characters in Gordon Legge's fiction are devoted to soccer, which Scots call this Football John	$600 [13] This Mass.-born businessman founded the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901 James Dole John	$600 [18] Members of this Jamaican religious movement believe that Ethiopia is heaven Rastafarianism John	$600 [5] One to see the movie "Speed" is good; one for speeding is bad Ticket Adele
$800 [24] Streets in this city include Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard & Coca Cola Place Atlanta John	$800 [28] One-word title of the song heard here:"The feet are going to be on the ground..." "Stand" John	$800 [9] Robert Louis Stevenson based this novel about David Balfour on an actual Scottish crime "Kidnapped" Pam	$800 [14] Ernest K. Coulter, not George Orwell, helped start this organization that helps kids Big Brothers Adele	DD $800 [19] From the Greek for "not knowing", this term is said to have been first used by Thomas Huxley in 1869 Agnosticism John	$800 [6] This professional will stuff your turkey... or your moose, or your marlin a taxidermist Adele
DD $1,500 [25] Famous street seenherein a work by California artist Gus Bayz: Lombard Street (in San Francisco) John	$1,000 [29] In 1988 R.E.M. said "That's all folks!" to I.R.S. Records & signed with this label for big bucks Warner Brothers Adele	$1,000 [10] One of the first major Scottish poems was John Barbour's 1376 chronicle of this king Robert the Bruce	$1,000 [15] Born in Aspen, Harold Ross didn't found Aspener magazine, he went east & founded this one The New Yorker Pam	$1,000 [20] The Black Stone is referred to as the cornerstone of this central shrine of Islam Kaaba Adele	$1,000 [7] Country singer heard here: Travis Tritt John

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

The 2 Civil War generals on the winning Republican presidential ticket of 1880

James Garfield & Chester A. Arthur

Pam "Who were J. Garfield and C. Arthur?" — wagered $5,000

John "Who are Grant & Garfield" — wagered $8,500

Adele "Who were Garfield & Hays??" — wagered $2,800

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