Show #3147 1998-04-14 Regular

Contestants

Jane Preston — a director of fraud detection from Brookfield, Wisconsin

Sam Harley — a substitute teacher from Ventura, California

Phil Ray — a graduate student from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Phil	$2,500	$4,000	$9,400	$12,400 2-day champion: $27,401	$9,400 22 R, 0 W
Sam	$700	$1,500	$3,000	$1,800 3rd place: Jeep Electronics Portable Boombox	$4,500 15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jane	$500	$900	$1,700	$3,399 2nd place: Trip to Doubletree Guest Suites, New York City	$3,100 15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

WORK TIME	AMERICAN AUTHORS	OLD YORK	GET A GRIP	MOTOWN	ENDS IN "ELLA"
$100 [24] Specific term for an investigator of insurance claims a claims adjuster Phil Jane	$100 [21] Samuel Clemens first used this pseudonym on February 3, 1863 in Virginia City's Territorial Enterprise Mark Twain Jane	$100 [16] In 1990 York reinstated this age-old job of calling the local news through the city Town crier Sam	$100 [11] Grip which often seals a verbal agreement Handshake Sam	$100 [6] Beginning with "Where Did Our Love Go", this group has 12 No. 1 hits, more than any act on the Motown label The Supremes Phil	$100 [1] Pizza cheese Mozzarella Jane
$200 [25] In L.A. County jails, "inmate worker" has replaced this term that's a synonym for "reliable" trusty Sam	$200 [22] His "Tropic of Capricorn" was first published in France in 1939; its U.S. release came 23 years later Henry Miller Sam	$200 [17] You can't miss York Minster, England's largest church in this style named for a Germanic tribe Gothic Sam	$200 [12] Found on the edge of a workbench, it grips items to hold them in place a vice Phil	$200 [7] "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" was the first of his 19 Grammys, a record for rock performers Stevie Wonder Jane	$200 [2] Perry Mason's secretary, or "Touched by an Angel"'s Reese Della Sam
$300 [26] A carnival worker whom customers try to dunk, or a Larry Harmon clown Bozo Phil	$300 [23] The town of Red Cloud, Nebraska has a historical center devoted to this author Willa Cather Jane	$300 [18] York is a hub of this type of transportation & has a national museum dedicated to it Railroad Phil	$300 [13] The part of a tire that gives it the power to grip a road in wet weather Tread Jane	$300 [8] This lead singer of the Miracles wrote "My Guy" for Mary Wells & "My Girl" for the Temptations Smokey Robinson Jane	$300 [3] Bacteria often found in contaminated food, not just a certain fish Salmonella Phil
$400 [27] Type of "banker" who buys issues of stock & resells them to the public an investment banker Phil Sam	$400 [29] This author's 1943 novel "The Human Comedy" was largely autobiographical William Saroyan	$400 [19] Alas, poor York! It was burned by this new ruler of England in the 11th century William the Conqueror Phil	$400 [14] The 3 main grips used on your mashie in this sport are the baseball, the interlocking & the overlapping Golf Sam	DD $400 [9] Martha Reeves & the Vandellas provided backing vocals on this singer's 1963 hit heard here: Marvin Gaye Jane	$400 [4] Name shouted in the conclusion of the film "A Streetcar Named Desire" "Stella!" Phil
$500 [28] Business of the Loizeaux family, known for their work on the Pruitt-Igoe housing project & the Sands Hotel Demolition Sam	$500 [30] The Gibbsville of many of his novels & short stories is based on his own hometown of Pottsville, Penn. John O'Hara	$500 [20] These medieval plays, none by Agatha Christie, are performed in a cycle at York every 4 years Mystery plays Jane	$500 [15] Spock once claimed that he used this to "kill" Kirk Vulcan death grip Phil	$500 [10] Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir, Levi Stubbs & Lawrence Payton performed under this name, starting in 1956 the Four Tops Phil	$500 [5] Although located near the femur & the fibula, it's not directly connected to either bone Patella Phil

Double Jeopardy! Round

SPARE TIME	IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME	THE MOVIES	MIDDLE NAMES	CHEM LAB	STARTS WITH "GU"
$200 [21] Some people raise baby foxes, called these; some build model cars from sets of parts, also called these Kits Phil	$200 [12] This ruler rarely, if ever, leaves his domain, the underworld Hades Phil	$200 [6] In "Part VIII" of this horror series, "Jason Takes Manhattan" Friday the 13th Jane	$200 [1] Middle name of baseball pitcher Lynn Ryan Jr. Nolan Jane	$200 [8] Glenn Seaborg, a discoverer of this deadly element, said it was given the symbol Pu "as a joke" Plutonium Jane	$200 [26] If he'd kept his family name, he would have printed the Gensfleisch Bible Johannes Gutenberg Jane
$400 [22] Type of hobbyist who keeps a "life list" that may include vireos & tanagers Birdwatcher Sam	$400 [13] Perseus proved this Gorgon wasn't immortal Medusa Jane	$400 [7] The French film "Les Comperes" was turned into this 1997 film with Robin Williams & Billy Crystal Fathers' Day Phil	$400 [2] Middle name of songwriter James McCartney Paul Phil	$400 [15] Gasoline is made up of hundreds of these, the simplest organic compounds hydrocarbons Phil Jane	$400 [27] It didn't make French rolls, it made French heads roll Guillotine Sam
$600 [23] If you haven't tried this hobby whose name includes "working", you may be a lathe bloomer Woodworking Sam	$600 [14] As goddess of this, Eos had a palace in the East Dawn Phil	$800 [10] In titles, 4-letter word that precedes "for Life", "in the Dust" & "for a Vampire" Lust Sam Jane	$600 [3] Middle name of director Ernst Bergman Ingmar Sam	$600 [16] It's defined as the chemistry of substances that lack carbon bonds Inorganic chemistry Sam	$1,000 [29] The name of this thick soup is akin to the Tshiluba word for "okra" gumbo Sam
$800 [24] This type of fishing requires a "tip-up" device to signal a bite; mittens are also useful Ice fishing Phil	$800 [19] Add one more letter to Eos & you'll get this god of love Eros Phil	DD $1,000 [9] (Hi, I'm Vanessa Marcil.) In a "break out" role for me, I played Nicolas Cage's girlfriend in this 1996 film The Rock Jane	$800 [4] Middle name of civil rights leader Leroy Cleaver Eldridge Phil	$800 [17] This colorless gas is the VC in PVC vinyl chloride Phil Sam Jane	DD $1,500 [28] The 1992 Tony for Best Revival went to this musical, heard here: Guys and Dolls Sam
$1,000 [25] In this dextrous hobby, a "cascade" moves balls or plates in a figure 8; a "shower" moves them in a circle Juggling Sam	$1,000 [20] King of Ephrya who was the first rock & roll star Sisyphus	$1,000 [11] With 14 Oscar nominations, "Titanic" tied the record of this 1950 Bette Davis film All About Eve Jane	$1,000 [5] Middle name of Canadian educator Herbert McLuhan Marshall Jane	$1,000 [18] The Greek prefix meaning "equal" is used in this term for 2 forms of the same element isotope Jane	—

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

In 1634 a Spanish royal decree recognized it as the "Key to the New World and the Bulwark of the West Indies"

Havana, Cuba

Jane "What is Havana?" — wagered $1,699

Sam "What was Sarasota" — wagered $1,200

Phil "What is Havana?" — wagered $3,000

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