Show #3885 2001-06-22 (taped 2001-02-28) Regular

Lan Djang game 3.

Contestants

Lisa Karahalios — a history teacher originally from Lewiston, Maine

David Benz — a writer from Culver City, California

Lan Djang — a business analyst from Toronto, Ontario (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lan $1,300 $1,800 $7,200 $6,500
3-day champion: $27,300
$7,200
20 R, 4 W
David $800 $600 $600 $0
3rd place
$1,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Lisa $1,300 $2,400 $3,200 $3,193
2nd place
$6,100
18 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY ANIMALS OF BASEBALL HAPPY, SLAPPY OR PAPPY THE 1920s IN OTHER WORDS JEOPARDY! PLACE
$100 [6]
Occupied by England, Scotland & Wales, it's Europe's largest island
(Great) Britain
Lan
$100 [17]
You wouldn't let the Phillies’ Greg Luzinski, nicknamed this, into your China shop
"Bull"
Lan
$100 [11]
Disney dwarf
Happy
David
$100 [1]
In 1928 Daniel Gerber introduced his new line of these to be sold through grocery stores
baby food
Lan
$100 [16]
Every route goes in the direction of Italy's capital
all roads lead to Rome
Lan David Lisa
$100 [26]
(Johnny Gilbert reads.) Teri was seen at the airport by Misou, who was on her way to a shoot in this capital of Iran
Tehran
David
$200 [7]
This high point seenherehas long peaked the interest of climbers
the Matterhorn
Lan
$200 [18]
Bulldog of the mound seen here
Orel Hershiser
Lan
$200 [12]
Popeye's “Poopdeck” relative
Pappy
David Lisa
$200 [2]
This 1921 book by Edith M. Hull inspired the Rudolph Valentino film of the same name
The Sheik
Lisa
$200 [22]
It's impossible to instruct elderly canines in modern skills
you can't teach an old dog a new trick
David
$200 [27]
(Johnny Gilbert reads.) Drake revealing Emily didn't kill Carson, got her out of jail in time to see this team win the 2000 World Series
the New York Yankees
Lan
$300 [8]
The Gulf of Corinth divides the mainland of this country into 2 uneven parts
Greece
Lisa
$300 [19]
Large deer that was the nickname of first baseman William Skowron
moose
Lan
$300 [13]
Comic White
Slappy White
Lisa
$300 [3]
The sides warring over this theory that took shape in the 19th c. were the modernists & the fundamentalists
evolution
Lisa
$300 [23]
An overabundance of chefs ruins one's soup stock
too many cooks spoil the broth
Lan Lisa
$500 [28]
(Johnny Gilbert reads.) While Benny's out, Carson cuts his bindings with one of these knives that attach to the front of a rifle
a bayonet
Lan
$400 [9]
Flowing nearly 2,200 miles, this longest river of Europe begins in the Valdai Hills of Russia
Volga
Lan
$400 [20]
Dodger Ron Cey's waddling gait earned him this handle
"The Penguin"
David
$400 [14]
Elder Yokum
Pappy
David
DD $500 [4]
Warren Harding was heard on the radio June 14, 1922 dedicating a Francis Scott Key memorial in this city
Baltimore
Lisa
$400 [24]
One malus pumila per 24 hours precludes a medical professional's visit
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
Lisa
$500 [10]
This peninsula accounts for nearly 70 percent of Denmark's land area
Jutland
David
$500 [21]
This '70s Tigers pitcher known for talking to the ball was nicknamed “The Bird”
Mark Fidrych
$500 [15]
Rockefeller wife
Happy
Lisa
$500 [5]
This name that Goodrich used for its galoshes with slide fasteners became a generic term for the fasteners
zipper
Lan
$500 [25]
Ancient warriors fail to perish, but dematerialize instead
old soldiers never die, they just fade away
Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONSTELLATIONS A TIM BURTON FILM FESTIVAL PURR-FECT BOOKS NOTORIOUS SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE “WH”AT IS IT?
$200 [1]
This hunter's dogs Canis Major & Canis Minor are positioned at his heels
Orion
Lan
$200 [2]
Tim Burton worked with this star on 3 films, including “Batman Returns” & “Beetlejuice”
(Michael) Keaton
Lisa
$200 [17]
This Beverly Cleary tale shares its name with a recent White House cat
Socks
Lisa
$200 [5]
In the late '60sthisman's “family” lived for a time on the Spahn Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Lan
$200 [28]
Dick Cheney
Bush
David
$200 [14]
In a song from “Snow White”, it's what you do “while you work”
whistle
Lisa
$400 [3]
Sagitta, which represents this item, landed in the sky, not far from Satittarius himself
arrow
Lisa
$400 [10]
In 2001 Tim shot a film based on this 1968 sci-fi classic that starred Roddy McDowall
Planet of the Apes
David
$400 [18]
In 1958 Dr. Seuss wrote this sequel
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Lisa
$400 [6]
Despite numerous coup attempts & the actions of several presidents, he's been in power since 1979
Saddam Hussein
Lan
$600 [16]
Robert McNamara & Clark Clifford
LBJ
Lan David
$400 [15]
In a Manhattan cocktail, it's combined with vermouth
whiskey
David
$600 [4]
This constellation of a lady chained to a rock contains the nearby M31 galaxy
Andromeda
Lan
$600 [12]
Tim cites as an important influence this actor who played a quirky inventor in “Edward Scissorhands”
Vincent Price
Lan Lisa
$600 [19]
It was Tao the cat, along with 2 dogs, on this Sheila Burnford title trip
The Incredible Journey
Lisa
$600 [7]
Thesebrothers were convicted of killing their Beverly Hills parents in 1996
Lyle & Eric Menendez
Lan
$800 [27]
Melvin Laird, Elliot Richardson & James Schlesinger
Richard Nixon
David Lisa
$600 [24]
It's a capricious idea carried out on the spur of the moment
whim
Lisa
$1,000 [11]
A large but faint constellation, Monoceros represents this mythical creature
unicorn
Lan
$800 [25]
Many of Tim's films have been scored by this composer & leader of the band Oingo Boingo
Danny Elfman
Lan
$800 [20]
He wrote of all creatures great & small, including “Moses the kitten”
(James) Herriot
David
$800 [8]
This millionaire & alleged terrorist leader seenhereis on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List
Osama Bin Laden
Lan
DD $600 [22]
You'll find this capital of the Yukon Territory on the Alaska Highway; so giddyup now!
Whitehorse
David
DD $2,400 [13]
Corona Australis is the Southern Cross; this is the Northern Crown
Corona Borealis
Lisa
$1,000 [26]
Wrriten & produced by Tim in 1993, this stop-motion film was a wildly imaginative excursion into the macabre
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Lan
$1,000 [21]
He's “The Mystery Cat” of T.S. Eliot
Macavity
David
$1,000 [9]
German-born carpenter & convicted kidnapper seen here
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lan
$800 [23]
Look! Up in the sky! It's a helicopter! No, it's this slang term for helicopter
whirlybird
Lisa

Final Jeopardy!

ORGANIZATIONS

The president of this social club founded by New York City entertainers in 1904 is called the Abbot

Friars' Club

David "What is?" — wagered $600
Lisa "What is at least I won a trip!" — wagered $7
Lan "What is the Cotton Club?" — wagered $700

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