Show #3543 2000-01-19 (taped 1999-11-10) Regular

Contestants

Brian Carlson — a TV engineer from Chicago, Illinois

Lynn Walters — a stay-at-home mom from St. Louis, Missouri

Kara McDermott — an Internet content editor from Newton, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $8,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kara $1,800 $4,000 $6,800 $3,599
2nd place: Sony Home Entertainment System with WebTV
$6,800
20 R, 0 W
Lynn $500 $1,200 $5,000 $3,700
New champion: $3,700
$4,800
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Brian $700 $100 $1,700 $3,398
3rd place: JVC Sound System & Jazz CDs
$2,700
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS BRAND NAMES POLITICS & SHOW BIZ NATIONS OF AFRICA HE WAS IN THAT? ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
$100 [11]
As a youth, this "Iceman Cometh" dramatist prospected for gold in Honduras
Eugene O'Neill
Lynn
$100 [16]
In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear
Levi's
Lynn
$100 [6]
Mary Bono won election to Congress over Ralph Waite, John-Boy's dad on this show
The Waltons
Kara
$100 [26]
Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
Nigeria
Lynn
$100 [1]
He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
James Dean
Kara
$100 [21]
TASTE
State
Kara
$200 [12]
In a Chekhov play, Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title area of land
"The Cherry Orchard"
Lynn
$200 [17]
It's "The Quicker Picker Upper"
Bounty
Kara
$200 [7]
Film mogul Jack Warner supposedly said, "No. Jimmy Stewart for president." this man "for best friend"
Ronald Reagan
Kara
$200 [27]
In a song title, this country whose capital is Nairobi might come before "Feel the Love Tonight"
Kenya
Kara
$200 [2]
Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film
The Empire Strikes Back
Kara
$200 [22]
SEND FEE
Defense
Kara
$300 [13]
In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle
Lillian Hellman
Brian
$300 [18]
Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles
Elmer
Kara
$300 [8]
She's played Queen Elizabeth I, but decided to join the House of Commons:
Glenda Jackson
Lynn
$300 [28]
In a song title, this country whose capital is Accra might come before "Fly Now"
Ghana
Kara
$300 [3]
Kevin Spacey played a sleazy businessman in this Melanie Griffith film about an ambitious secretary
Working Girl
Kara
$300 [23]
TIRE IRON
Interior
Brian
$400 [14]
In 1991 Nigel Hawthorne won a Tony for his role as this author in William Nicholson's play "Shadowlands"
C.S. Lewis
Kara
$400 [19]
Its "Extra Dry" was the first aerosol antiperspirant in the U.S.
Arrid
Kara
$400 [9]
Artists like Gladys Knight have recorded the songs of this senior senator from Utah
Orrin Hatch
$400 [29]
(Hi, I'm NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo.) One of the many languages I speak is this official one of my birthplace, Congo
French
Brian
$400 [4]
Mr. C on "Happy Days", he played the man Natalie Wood's parents want her to marry in "Love with the Proper Stranger"
Tom Bosley
Brian
$500 [25]
TO TRAP ON TRAINS
Transportation
Kara
$500 [15]
The search for the philosopher's stone is the subject of Ben Jonson's play about this title profession
"The Alchemist"
$500 [20]
This sleek swimsuit brand got its start in Australia in 1928
Speedo
Lynn
$500 [10]
Actress & Congresswoman Helen Gahagan took this last name when she wed Oscar-winning actor Melvyn
Douglas
Lynn
$500 [30]
Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before & after Idi Amin
Uganda
Brian
$500 [5]
Mike Farrell of "Providence" can be seen in the hotel in this 1967 Dustin Hoffman classic
The Graduate
Kara
DD $1,000 [24]
IDEA COUNT
Education
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS MILITARY MATTERS EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY HOME CHOPIN NETWORK
$200 [22]
His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" featured the doctor, his colleagues & a cadaver
Rembrandt
Lynn
$200 [21]
This nickname of the World War II U.S. Air Force fighter numbered the P-51 comes from the Spanish for "stray animal"
Mustang
$200 [6]
A bright, tasty, yellow variety of apple; it's as yummy as it sounds
Golden delicious
Brian
$200 [11]
In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these
Fuses
Lynn
$200 [16]
Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument
Piano
Lynn
$200 [1]
"The Puzzle Place","This Old House","Frontline"
PBS
Brian
$400 [23]
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here:
Vincent Van Gogh
$400 [27]
One-third of the Americans who made up the Abraham Lincoln Battalion were killed during this country's civil war
Spain
Lynn
$400 [7]
It's the popular breed seen here:
golden retriever
Kara
$400 [12]
On Oct. 19, 1999 this home & life improvement guru made a bundle after her IPO hit Wall Street
Martha Stewart
Kara
$400 [17]
After some miserable months in Vienna, Chopin arrived in this city, another musical mecca, in September 1831
Paris
$400 [2]
"Real World","House of Style","FANatic"
MTV
Lynn
DD $800 [24]
Because of his style of painting females, this master's name gave us an adjective for plump women
Peter Paul Rubens (rubenesque)
Lynn
$600 [28]
There are Chinese & Russian versions of this rifle that's also known as Kalashnikov Model 1947
AK-47
Kara
$600 [8]
While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the Israelites worshipped this
Golden Calf
Brian
$600 [13]
It's what andirons are built to hold
Logs/wood in your fireplace
Brian
DD $600 [18]
After meeting this author, Chopin wondered, "Is she really a woman?"
George Sand
Lynn
$600 [3]
"7 Days","WWF Smackdown","Moesha"
UPN
Kara Lynn
$800 [25]
In 1632 this court painter to England's Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria was knighted
Anthony van Dyck
$800 [29]
This kind of "force" is a temporary grouping of units to carry out a specific mission
Task force
$800 [9]
This Mongol army overran Eastern Europe in the 13th century
The Golden Horde
Lynn
$800 [14]
There are 2 types of these safety devices, photoelectric & ionization
Smoke detectors
Lynn
$800 [19]
Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces
Polonaise
$800 [4]
"Emergency Vets","Wild Rescues","Breed All About It"
Animal Planet
Kara
$1,000 [26]
This 20th century painter known for his neoplastic style helped establish a magazine called "De Stijl"
Piet Mondrian
$1,000 [30]
This German "operation" to invade the Soviet Union took its name from a crusading Holy Roman Emperor
Operation Barbarossa
$1,000 [10]
Lucius Apuleius wrote it
The Golden Ass
Brian
$1,000 [15]
A heriz is a Persian one
Carpet
$1,000 [20]
Chopin disliked the insincerity of this Hungarian pianist-composer 1 year his junior
Franz Liszt
$1,000 [5]
"Pros & Cons","Crime Stories","DC Insider"
Court TV
Brian

Final Jeopardy!

THE BOOK TRADE

According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales

May & December

Brian "What are December & May?" — wagered $1,698
Lynn "What are November and May?" — wagered $1,300
Kara "What are November and January?" — wagered $3,201

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