Show #3146 1998-04-13 Regular

Contestants

Phil Ray — a graduate student from Lexington, Kentucky

Anne Finger — a college teacher from Detroit, Michigan

Marsha Allen — an astronomer originally from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 3-day cash winnings total $27,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marsha	$800	$2,800	$8,000	$500 3rd place: Pair of Wittnauer Watches	$8,000 24 R, 3 W
Anne	$1,500	$1,600	$7,500	$14,999 2nd place: Trip to Solnar Suites Resort, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico	$4,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Phil	$1,000	$4,400	$8,800	$15,001 New champion: $15,001	$6,800 20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

JUDAISM	BOND THEME SONGS	ON THE AUCTION BLOCK	READ THE FOOD LABEL	STUPID ANSWERS	A"HA"
$100 [6] Traditionally, for you to be Jewish, this relative has to be Jewish Mother Marsha	$100 [2] Welshman heard here: Tom Jones Phil	$100 [26] In 1997 Chicago's Field Museum paid over $8 mil. for the largest & most complete skeleton of this dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex Anne	$100 [11] Food labels have figures listed for "total" & "saturated" amounts of this Fat Marsha	$100 [17] Seventeen magazine says if you can't afford to buy a Stairmaster & your house has these, use them Stairs Marsha	$100 [1] Its nicknames include the "Paradise of the Pacific" & "The Pineapple State" Hawaii Phil
$200 [7] Shabbat, from a Hebrew word for rest, begins on this day at sunset Friday Anne	$200 [3] Group group heard heard here here: Duran Duran Phil	$200 [27] Let's give a hand to this singer whose sequined glove sold for $1,000 in 1992 Michael Jackson Marsha	$200 [12] The daily values are based on a diet of 2,000 or 2,500 of these a day Calories Phil	$200 [18] Name of the hotel & office complex where the Watergate break-in occurred Watergate Phil	$200 [16] Well, Praise the Lord! It means "Praise the Lord" Hallelujah Phil
$300 [8] The days between this holiday & Yom Kippur are called the 10 Days of Penitence Rosh Hashanah	$300 [4] You can ask her father Frank who this singer is: Nancy Sinatra Marsha	$300 [28] This president's 1787 bottle of Chateau Lafite wine sold in 1985 for over $131,000 Thomas Jefferson Phil	$300 [13] The label lists the "size" of these & the number "per container" of them Servings Marsha	$300 [19] Jesse Jackson Jr. has a masters degree in this from the Chicago Theological Seminary Theology Phil	$300 [23] In 1640 Henry Dunster became this university's first president; he was also the entire faculty Harvard Marsha
$400 [9] For some prayers to be read in the synagogue, a minyan, or this many men, must be present 10 Anne	$400 [5] The Bond singer heardheremay have taken the "Morning Train" to the recording studio: Sheena Easton Anne	$500 [30] In 1994 someone forked over a nest egg, $5.6 million for this jeweler's "Winter Egg" Faberge Marsha	$400 [14] Look for the milligrams of this chemical element; big numbers could lead to high blood pressure Sodium Phil	$400 [20] 2 Civil War forts were built on this western island of the Florida Keys Key West Phil	$400 [24] Type of men's store once owned by Harry Truman Haberdashery Marsha
$500 [10] Worn during the prayer services, it is white, striped at the ends & its corners have fringes Tallit (shawl) Anne	$500 [15] Thissinger also sang the theme from "Diamonds Are Forever": Shirley Bassey Marsha	DD $1,000 [29] The gown she wore when she danced with John Travolta at the White House set a record at Christie's Princess Diana Phil	$500 [22] What used to be called "roughage" is now listed as "dietary" this Fiber Marsha	$500 [21] It's the cry of the chachalaca bird of South America Chachalaca Marsha Phil	$500 [25] This king's reign has been referred to as the Golden Age of Babylon Hammurabi Phil

Double Jeopardy! Round

12-LETTER WORDS	BASEBALL	MEAT ME	IN ST. LOUIS	LOUIS	AT THE FAIR
$200 [10] Brittannica or World Book, for example Encyclopedia Marsha	$200 [26] In 1996 this Atlanta team's John Smoltz was named the NL's Cy Young Award winner Braves Marsha	$200 [8] With 1/4 of the fat of regular beef, this hump-shouldered animal of the plains is making a comeback Bison/buffalo Marsha Phil	$200 [6] Familiar shape of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial's "Gateway" Arch Marsha	$200 [13] Louis XI added this region to the kingdom; Peter Mayle spent a year there Provence Marsha	$200 [1] Salem Oregon Phil
$400 [18] It's a doctor whose specialty is operating on the brain & spinal cord Neurosurgeon Anne	$600 [27] This Yankee centerfielder hit a career record 18 World Series home runs--3 more than Babe Ruth Mickey Mantle Marsha Anne	$400 [19] Order a burger out of this largest marsupial & it might come with a pocket for the fries Kangaroo Phil	$400 [7] This ragtime composer's home at 2658A Delmar Blvd. has been restored & is open for tours Scott Joplin Anne	$400 [14] Nickname of Cosby kid Albert, or King Louis VI "Fat" Phil	$400 [2] Richmond Virginia Marsha
$800 [24] How Jim Lange used to refer to a female contestant on TV's "The Dating Game" Bachelorette Marsha	$800 [28] This Seattle Mariner was named MVP of the 1992 All-Star Game; his father won the award in 1980 Ken Griffey Jr. Anne	$600 [20] From Spanish for "lizard", it's harvested in Florida; you also get some nice handbags out of its 9' long skin Alligator Anne	$600 [9] After 1953 & for the next 28 years, this car seen here was built only in St. Louis: Chevrolet Corvette Phil	$600 [15] Woman from Aquitaine who married Louis VII of France & Henry II of England Eleanor Marsha	$600 [3] Jackson Mississippi Marsha
$1,000 [25] From the Latin for "to walk", it's another term for a baby buggy, especially in Britain Perambulator Phil	$1,000 [30] Tony Gwynn of this National League team has the highest career average of all active players with .340 San Diego Padres	$800 [21] At Tennessee Williams' house, it was always "The Night of" this tropical treat, the chicken of the trees Iguana Anne	$800 [11] This company's famous Checkerboard Square is in St. Louis Ralston Purina Marsha	$800 [16] In 1216 a group of British barons offered Louis VIII the throne if he'd help them get rid of this king John Marsha	$800 [4] Sedalia Missouri Marsha
DD $2,000 [23] In boxing, it's the weight class between lightweight & middleweight Welterweight Phil	DD $3,500 [29] (Hi, I'm Mike Piazza) On Sept. 1, 1992 I made my major league debut at this Chicago Cubs stadium with a 3-for-3 day at the plate Wrigley Field Anne	$1,000 [22] At 75 to 100 pounds, this largest South American rodent can be turned into quite a few Quarter Pounders Capybara Phil	$1,000 [12] The Monsanto Fund has given this institution $3 million to open an insectarium St. Louis Zoo Marsha Phil	$1,000 [17] He secretly married his mistress Madame de Maintenon after Maria Theresa had died Louis XIV	$1,000 [5] Timonium Maryland Marsha

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

Among the 10 modern martyrs who will have statues in Westminster Abbey is this American, 1929-1968

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Anne "Who is Martin Luther King, Jr." — wagered $7,499

Marsha "Who was" — wagered $7,500

Phil "Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?" — wagered $6,201

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