Show #3145 1998-04-10 Regular

Contestants

Michael Tow — a lawyer from Columbia, Maryland

Elisa Phelps — a curator of anthropology from Houston, Texas

Marsha Allen — an astronomer originally from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,901)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Marsha $1,200 $2,200 $9,400 $6,199
3-day champion: $27,100
$9,400
21 R, 1 W
Elisa $2,600 $3,800 $6,300 $2,300
3rd place: NordicTrack Ellipse Exercise Machine
$7,500
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Michael $300 $1,300 $2,100 $3,300
2nd place: Trip to Atlantis Paradise Island Resort & Casino, Bahamas
$2,100
11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

EASTER DRESS UP TEMPTATIONS SUPREMES ROCK BANDS INDIANAGRAMS
$100 [11]
Some early Christians considered Easter as a new part of this Jewish festival
Passover
Michael
$100 [6]
Well I'll be doggone! These classic suede shoes now come in colors like salad green & Miami coral
Hush Puppies
Marsha
$100 [1]
This potato chip brand changed its slogan from "Betcha Can't Eat Just One" to "Too Good to Eat Just One"
Lay's
Marsha
$100 [17]
Giving your life fighting for your country is the supreme one; a bunt is a lesser one
Sacrifice
Elisa
$100 [16]
["Rock Around the Clock"]
Bill Haley and The Comets
Marsha
$100 [26]
Gray
Gary
$200 [12]
The Sunday before Easter is commonly called this
Palm Sunday
Marsha
$200 [7]
"Inventive" name for leather shoes & purses coated with varnish for a hard glossy finish
Patent leather
Elisa
$200 [2]
These Nabisco sandwich cookies are 29% creme & 71% cookie; 7.5 billion are eaten annually
Oreos
Michael
$200 [22]
He was supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, & later of NATO forces
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marsha
$200 [18]
[audio clue]
Sex Pistols
Elisa
$200 [27]
I sail in a pond
Indianapolis
Michael
$300 [13]
Animals associated with Easter are the egg-hiding rabbit & this one representing Jesus
Lamb
Elisa
$300 [8]
It's a monk's hood or a draped neckline for women that falls in soft folds
Cowl
Elisa
$300 [3]
Cherry Garcia & Phish Food are 2 of this ice cream duo's most popular flavors
Ben & Jerry's
Marsha
$300 [23]
In French cooking, a "supreme" is a veloute type of this, made with meat stock, butter & flour
Sauce
Marsha
$300 [19]
("Heart of Glass")
Blondie
Michael
$300 [28]
Best hound
South Bend
DD $500 [14]
Since Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25, it is called this type of feast
Moveable
Elisa
$400 [9]
Danskin & Capezio are famous makers of these form-fitting bodysuits for dancers & acrobats
Leotards
Elisa
$400 [4]
The top-selling Girl Scout cookies are these refreshing & crisp cocoa wafers
Thin Mints
Elisa
$400 [24]
Missouri's motto "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto" means the people's welfare shall be the supreme this
Law
Marsha
$400 [20]
("Fight for Your Right")
The Beastie Boys
Elisa
$400 [29]
Any few rot
Fort Wayne
$500 [15]
The 40-day period before Easter is Lent; the 40th day after Easter is the feast of this
Ascension
Marsha Elisa
$500 [10]
In Mexico this large black veil is commonly worn over a high comb
Mantilla
Marsha
$500 [5]
"Nobody Doesn't Like" her cheesecake; her bakery is No. 1 in frozen baked goods
Sara Lee
Marsha
$500 [25]
From the 1930s to the 1980s it was the 2-chambered legislature of the USSR
Supreme Soviet
Elisa
$500 [21]
[audio clue]
Metallica
$500 [30]
Rue the rate
Terre Haute
Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE PASSOVER SEDER FILMS OF THE '70s PRESIDENTIAL FACIAL HAIR MUSKRAT LOVE ITALIAN CITIES "F" IN SPELLING
$200 [1]
The afikomen, a piece of this bread, is hidden & becomes a bargaining chip for gifts
Matzo
Michael
$200 [4]
Warner Bros. had rights to "The Tower", Fox had rights to "The Glass Inferno" & this movie was the result
The Towering Inferno
Elisa
$200 [14]
President Lincoln's beard was fuller than that of this Confederate counterpart
Jefferson Davis
Marsha
$200 [19]
Muskrat families often live in dens called these, like the homes of beavers & certain "Elks"
Lodges
Michael
$200 [9]
A regatta held each September in this city features gondola races on the Grand Canal
Venice
Elisa
$200 [25]
We wouldn't want to mislead you, but this is how you spell...
F-A-L-L-A-C-I-O-U-S
Michael
$400 [2]
It's the first of the 4 questions asked by the youngest person present
Why is this night different from all other nights?
Michael
$400 [5]
14-letter word coined to describe films like "Shaft" & "Superfly"
Blaxploitation
Elisa
$400 [15]
In 1903 John Singer Sargent painted his presidential mustache seen here
Theodore Roosevelt
Marsha
$400 [21]
Because it's native to this "Sunshine State", the round-tailed muskrat can breed year-round
Florida
Elisa
$400 [10]
Shakespeare's feuding Montagues & Capulets were inspired by actual incidents in this city
Verona
Marsha
$400 [28]
We won't beat you unless you correctly spell...
F-L-A-G-E-L-L-A-N-T
Elisa
$600 [3]
The seder service ends with a chant of "Next Year in" this city
Jerusalem
Marsha
$600 [6]
In this film, Martin Scorsese, as one of Robert De Niro's fares, talks about killing his wife
Taxi Driver
Elisa
$600 [16]
Preceded & succeeded by the mustached Grover Cleveland, he had a full beard & mustache
Benjamin Harrison
Marsha Elisa
$600 [22]
From Latin for "bed", female muskrats have 2-5 of them a year with 5-7 young in each
Litters
Marsha
$600 [11]
The pope has approved the public display of this city's famous shroud in 1998
Turin
Elisa
$600 [30]
Consider it money in the bank if you spell...
F-I-D-U-C-I-A-R-Y
Michael
$800 [20]
A drop of wine is spilled as each of these is recited, starting with blood, frogs & vermin
The 10 Plagues of Egypt
Marsha
$1,000 [8]
A 1975 Robert Altman film centers on a music festival & political rally in this title city
Nashville
Marsha
$800 [17]
This Ohioan was the last president to sport a mustache while in office
William Howard Taft
Marsha
$800 [23]
In muskrats this period, whose name is from Latin for "carrying", lasts less than a month
Gestation
Elisa Michael
$1,000 [13]
Conductor Arturo Toscanini was born in this city famous for its cheese
Parma
Michael
$800 [27]
This word is really neat, spell...
F-A-S-T-I-D-I-O-U-S
Marsha
$1,000 [26]
Many seders include a song about this animal that's eaten by a cat that's bitten by a dog
Goat
DD $1,500 [7]
(Hi, I'm Lindsay Wagner) I played Professor Kingsfield's daughter in this 1973 film set at Harvard Law School
The Paper Chase
Elisa
$1,000 [18]
This man with a reddish-brown mustache & beard served only 199 days of his term
James Garfield
$1,000 [24]
In breeding season, 2 of these organs enlarge to provide the "musk" in the animal's name
Glands
Marsha
DD $2,000 [12]
This city's Piazza Dante contains the house believed to be that of Christopher Colunbus
Genoa
Elisa
$1,000 [29]
Congratulations! Now spell this synonym...
F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S
Michael

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE KITCHEN

Now in over 44 million U.S. kitchens, this type of product was illegal in NYC until 1997

Garbage disposal

Michael "What is a Garbage Disposal" — wagered $1,200
Elisa "What is a microwave?" — wagered $4,000
Marsha "What is an expresso machine?" — wagered $3,201

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