Show #3542 2000-01-18 (taped 1999-11-10) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Melcher — a logistics manager from Grand Prairie, Texas

Debbie Mamber — a financial consultant from Bayside, New York

Kara McDermott — an Internet content editor from Newton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kara	$1,600	$2,300	$2,900	$4,401 2-day champion: $8,400	$3,400 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Debbie	$1,100	$1,800	$2,200	$4,000 2nd place: Zenith 36" Stereo TV & Cambridge Soundworks Home Theatre System	$3,000 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff	$500	$1,700	$1,900	$3,799 3rd place: Siemens Gigaset 2420 Phone	$1,900 15 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC PEOPLE	IF THEY WERE MUSICALS...	ROCK MY WORLD	"BELL"ISSIMO!	READERS	DIGESTION
$100 [11] In 1902 she & her husband isolated pure radium chloride Marie Curie Kara	$100 [1] The musical version of this Ibsen play might be titled "Hedda Get Your Gun!" Hedda Gabler Jeff	$100 [12] Rammstein, Kraftwerk & Einsturzende Neubauten are all bands from this country Germany Debbie	$100 [21] A hearty "gut" chuckle a bellylaugh Jeff	$100 [2] Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star Brad Pitt Kara	$100 [26] It's the "A" being controlled by Pepcid AC acid Jeff
$200 [13] He didn't fiddle around after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D.; he built himself a palace called The Golden House Nero Jeff	$200 [3] Forget "Cats"; the musical of this Orwell book would feature jackbooted dancing pigs Animal Farm Jeff	$200 [15] In 1988, with Eric Clapton on guitar, Dire Straits played this S. African's 70th birthday celebration at Wembley Stadium Nelson Mandela Debbie	$200 [22] Quasimodo, when in work mode a bell ringer Jeff	$200 [6] In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident & the struggles since Christopher Reeve Kara	$200 [30] In your body, the process of digestion takes place primarily in this canal the alimentary canal Jeff
$300 [14] Eureka! This Greek mathematician discovered the formulae for the volume & surface of a sphere Archimedes Kara	$300 [4] His play about Mrs. Warren could become "Best Little Whorehouse in Europe" George Bernard Shaw ( Mrs. Warren's Profession )	$300 [18] Of King Ad-Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the USA's Beastie Boys Thugmuffin C Kara	$300 [23] He skips over & carries your bags at a hotel a bellhop (or bellman) Debbie	$300 [7] Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) Debbie	$300 [29] This substance in your food slows down the digestive process & is what bile works on fat Jeff
$400 [16] This Italian banker for whom the New World was named organized the supplies for Columbus' voyages Amerigo Vespucci Debbie	$400 [5] A musical of this Hardy novel might include the song "Jude, Glorious Jude" Jude the Obscure Kara	DD $500 [19] James Henrik Sundquist emerged from Sweden in 1994 claiming to be the son of this rock star Jimi Hendrix Kara	$400 [24] Robert Jordan is an American explosives expert in Civil War Spain in this Hemingway tale For Whom the Bell Tolls Kara	$400 [9] Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer & ex-husband of Ali MacGraw Robert Evans	$400 [27] After the crop, a bird has this organ, a part of the digestive system, to grind up those tough seeds a gizzard Jeff
$500 [17] Mourners at Monet's 1926 funeral included fellow artists & this WWI French premier known as "The Tiger" Georges Clemenceau	$500 [8] Songs from this TV show would highlight the adaptation "Shirley and the Amazing Technicolor School Bus" The Partridge Family Kara	$500 [20] Let's all rock down to "Electric Avenue" in the 1983 hit by this Guyanese pop star Eddy Grant Kara	$500 [25] Aggressively hostile or eager to fight bellicose Jeff	$500 [10] "Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone Dick Francis Debbie	$500 [28] The ptyalin in this watery fluid breaks down starches into maltose, a sugar saliva

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL MEMORIALS	WHAT'S UP, DOC?	SPARTA	YOUR FILM DAYS ARE NUMBERED	PSYCH 102	AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
$200 [10] He's got a national memorial in D.C., one in Indiana & is on Mount Rushmore, to boot Abraham Lincoln Debbie	$200 [9] In 1899, along with his 2 sons, he founded St. Marys's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota William Mayo Debbie	$200 [24] As its name indicates, the Crypteia was this type of police force that prevented rebellion a secret police Jeff	$200 [19] Bruce Willis saves a planeload of people in this 1990 sequel Die Hard 2 Kara	$200 [6] Called the language of the unconscious, they're open to "interpretation" dreams Jeff	$200 [1] Saul's stringed instruments Bellow's cellos Jeff
$400 [11] This tragic flood of 1889 is commemorated with a memorial in Pennsylvania Johnstown Debbie Jeff	$400 [15] In 1798 he published "An Inquiry into... a Disease by the Name of Cow Pox" Edward Jenner Jeff	$400 [25] To isolate themselves economically, the Spartans used iron rods instead of these items used in Athens coins Jeff	$400 [20] Bruce Willis saves a young boy who sees dead people in this 1999 film The Sixth Sense Kara	$400 [7] A concept created by Freud, it's the source of the aggressive drive, as well as the sexual drive libido Debbie Jeff	$400 [2] Anais' flippers Nin's fins Debbie
$600 [12] A memorial in Arizona to this Spaniard commemorates the 1st European exploration of the Southwest Francisco de Coronado	$600 [16] This 18th century German physician is known for using a trancelike state now named for him as a curative agent Franz Mesmer Debbie	—	$600 [21] Bruce Willis tries to save the world when he's sent back in time to stop a plague in this 1995 film 12 Monkeys Kara Debbie Jeff	$600 [8] Unlike conscious suppression, unacceptable impulses are unconsciously banished in this defense mechanism repression	$600 [3] Bronte's streetwalkers Charlotte's harlots
DD $800 [13] This first seat of the U.S. Congress is a memorial in New York City Federal Hall Debbie	$800 [17] A president of Baylor's School of Medicine, he pioneered the development of the artificial heart Michael DeBakey Jeff	—	$800 [22] Bruce Willis saves a future world with Milla Jovovich's help in this 1997 film The Fifth Element Kara	$800 [26] This 2-word term was first used to denote a concussion syndrome observed among pugilists punch-drunk Jeff	$800 [4] The Berliners visiting Mr. Melville Herman's Germans Kara
$1,000 [14] A huge Doric column at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, Ohio commemorates his naval victory Oliver Hazard Perry Kara	$1,000 [18] This German bacteriologist discovered that Salvorsan was the "magic bullet" to treat syphilis Paul Ehrlich	—	$1,000 [23] Bruce Willis appears uncredited in this 1980 film in which Sinatra saves NYC from a serial killer The First Deadly Sin	—	$1,000 [5] The frameworks over Ambler's oil wells Eric's derricks Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE NEWS

The U.N. designated October 12, 1999 as the date the Earth's population reached this figure

6 billion

Jeff "What is six billion?" — wagered $1,899

Debbie "What is 6 Billion?" — wagered $1,800

Kara "What is 6 billion?" — wagered $1,501

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