Show #3155 1998-04-24 Regular

Contestants

Stephen Cutts — an engineer from Pasadena, California

Trudy Ring — an editor and writer from Burbank, California

Mary Ryan — an author and business owner from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,701)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary	$600	$1,900	$8,500	$9,150 2nd place: Trip to Kauai Coconut Beach Hotel, Hawaii	$7,300 20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Trudy	$500	$2,500	$9,300	$17,001 New champion: $17,001	$9,300 21 R, 2 W
Stephen	$400	$2,000	$3,400	$1 3rd place: Trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight between Los Angeles & Seattle	$3,400 8 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE WORLD	UNDER THE COVERS	RIGHT HAND MEN	BETTER MOUSETRAPS	"CHECK" PLEASE	WHAT'LL YA HAVE?
$100 [5] It wasn't until 1954, the year after it was first scaled, that a survey set it at 29,028 feet Mount Everest Mary	$100 [6] Siouxie & the Banshees' cover version of this group's "Dear Prudence" hit No. 3 in the U.K. The Beatles Mary	$100 [8] Snap!Crackle!_____ Pop! Trudy	$100 [21] This swimsuit made its debut shortly after the appearance of a mushroom cloud over this Pacific atoll Bikini Mary	$100 [1] It's the annual general physical exam your doctor gives you Checkup Trudy	$200 [27] Juice of 1/2 lime1/2 oz. triple sec1 oz. tequila in a salt-rimmed glass Margarita Mary Trudy
$200 [17] Small ships can travel from this river's mouth 2,300 miles upstream to Iquitos, Peru Amazon Mary	DD $200 [7] Dexy's Midnight Runners No. 1 hit heardherein a version by ska band Save Ferris: "Come On Eileen" Mary	$200 [12] Tom, Dick,_____ Harry Trudy	$200 [22] Keep your coffee warm in one of these bottles invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892 Thermos Trudy	$200 [2] It's the all-too-common lie about payment being on the way The check's in the mail Mary	$300 [26] Fresh mint1/2 tsp. sugarbourbon Mint julep Mary
$300 [18] It's 8 stories high, cylindrical in shape & about 14 feet off the perpendicular Leaning Tower of Pisa Stephen	$300 [9] In 1996 the Fugees updated her 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly" Roberta Flack Trudy	$300 [13] Wynken, Blynken,_____ Nod Trudy	$300 [23] Sure hope this guy didn't "blimp" up while celebrating his invention of vulcanized rubber Charles Goodyear Stephen	$300 [3] Singer heard here with the Fat Boys, updating one of his hits:("The Twist") Chubby Checker Trudy	$400 [29] 1 oz. vodka1 oz. Kahluafresh cream White Russian Mary Trudy
$400 [19] Anything but boring are the Northern Lights, also known by this Latin name Aurora Borealis Mary	$400 [10] This artist wrote & sang "Kiss", later covered by the Art of Noise & Tom Jones Prince Mary	$400 [14] Tinker, Evers,_____ Chance Trudy	$400 [24] Cool! He discovered his deep freezing method for food while in Labrador on a fur trading expedition Clarence Birdseye Mary	$400 [4] Americans who crossed the Berlin Wall to East Berlin used the guard station on Friedrichstrasse nicknamed this "Checkpoint Charlie" Stephen	$500 [28] 2 jiggers gin1 tbsp. sugarjuice of 1/2 lemonjuice of 1/2 limeclub soda Gin fizz
$500 [20] 1,250-mile-long wonder seen here: Great Barrier Reef Mary	$500 [11] Dolly Parton & 10,000 Maniacs have ridden to success with versions of this Cat Stevens song "Peace Train" Trudy	$500 [15] Shadrach, Meshach,_____ Abednego Trudy	$500 [25] This blacksmith improved the plow in the late 1830s by building the first one of steel John Deere Stephen	$500 [16] This system of government confers enough power on each of its branches to restrain the others Checks and balances Stephen	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

JAZZ NICKNAMES	FROM BEOWULF TO VIRGINIA WOOLF	AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO	NATURE	HOMOPHONES	MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
$200 [3] He was known as Pops as well as Satchmo Louis Armstrong Trudy	$200 [1] To avenge this monster's death, his mother slays a soldier but is later killed by Beowulf Grendel Mary	$200 [13] In "The Wizard of Oz", a cute cairn terrier named Terry played this little dog Toto Trudy	$200 [20] Japanese for "harbor wave", one of these giant sea waves may form a wall of water over 100 feet long Tsunami Mary	$200 [9] With a relaxed dress code, you won't need to wear one at this type of Asian restaurant's bar Tie/Thai Stephen	$800 [27] This singer heardherewas born on May 1, 1909: Kate Smith Trudy
$400 [4] With this nickname, Julian Edwin Adderly barrelled down "Them Dirty Blues" Cannonball Mary	$400 [2] This author planned to have each pilgrim tell 2 tales on the way to Canterbury & 2 on the way back Geoffrey Chaucer Trudy	$400 [14] He starred in the cartoon "Canine Casanova" without his master Mickey Mouse Pluto Mary	$400 [21] From the Greek word for "drop" & "dripping", they're the 2 types of formations seen here: Stalagmites & stalactites Trudy	$400 [10] Zebulon Pike got only this glimpse of this, his namesake Peek/peak Mary	$1,000 [26] The "Great Exhibition" of industry opened at the Crystal Palace in this city May 1, 1851 London Trudy
$600 [8] Oran Page, trumpeter & accompanist to Bessie Smith, was known as this, the same as a "MAS*H" nurse Hot Lips Stephen	$600 [5] John Milton's 1671 sequel never gained the reputation of this 1667 epic "Paradise Lost" Mary	$800 [16] This pet of Nick & Nora Charles was a schnauzer in the novel "The Thin Man" & a fox terrier in the films Asta Trudy	$600 [23] Since prehistoric times, this single-celled fungus has been used to make beer & bread Yeast Mary	$600 [18] What Hurricane Andrew did or how some people felt when he did it Blew/blue Stephen	—
$800 [11] He's referrred to as the "Hi De Ho" man Cab Calloway Trudy	$800 [6] "All you need to know", according to this Keats ode is "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" "Ode on A Grecian Urn"	$1,000 [17] When this tobacco heiress died in 1993, she left a $100,000 trust fund to her dog Minni Doris Duke Trudy	$800 [24] In the 1940s zoologist Karl von Frisch discovered that bees use this as a compass the Sun	$800 [19] When a hunter aims at this red deer, this often beats faster Hart/heart Mary	—
$1,000 [12] That he was born as an Armando in 1941 should tell you this "Chick" is a guy Chick Corea Trudy	$1,000 [7] In this essay Virginia Woolf said women need money & privacy to develop as writers "A Room of One's Own" Trudy	DD $2,000 [15] Title character who sang the following about her dog ("Sandy") in a 1982 film: Annie Mary	DD $1,000 [25] Named for its most prominent feature (its nose), it's the primate seen here: Proboscis monkey Mary	$1,000 [22] He might predict you'll wind up with more money than expenses Prophet/profit	—

Final Jeopardy!

ACTRESSES & ROLE

Kathy Bates played her in 1997; Debbie Reynolds played her in 1964

("The Unsinkable") Molly Brown

Stephen "Who is Eliza Dool" — wagered $3,399

Mary "Who is Molly Brown" — wagered $650

Trudy "Who is the Unsinkable Molly Brown?" — wagered $7,701

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