Show #3549 2000-01-27 (taped 1999-11-16) Regular

Lee Lassiter game 3.

Contestants

Rose Schuchman — a technical specialist from Oceanside, New York

Lynne Larkin — an attorney from Vero Beach, Florida

Lee Lassiter — a computer programmer from Topeka, Kansas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lee	$500	$2,100	$8,600	$17,000 3-day champion: $38,400	$7,300 21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Lynne	$1,500	$3,000	$7,600	$8,600 2nd place: Sanyo Blimp Trip in the U.S.A.	$7,600 21 R, 2 W
Rose	$400	$-500	$-100	$-100 3rd place: JVC FS8000 Stereo System & Jazz CDs	$-100 6 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WALTS-ING	ISLANDS	CLASSIC ROCK LYRICS	U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS	GROUP THERAPY	SKIP TO MY "LU"
$100 [8] Rumor has long had it that upon his death, his body was frozen & hidden somewhere in his theme park Walt Disney Lynne	$100 [14] Sicily is this country's largest region in area Italy Lee	$100 [7] The Beatles told this title guy to "take a sad song and make it better" Jude Lee	$100 [6] In 1997 10% of U.S. families were below this line--$16,400 for a family of 4 Poverty line Rose	$100 [1] A group of students at the same grade level Class Lee	$100 [12] WD-40 for example Lubricant Lee
$200 [9] His book of poems called "Drum-Taps" was inspired by the suffering he saw during the Civil War Walt Whitman Lynne	$200 [13] Mindanao in this island nation is one of the world's leading producers of Manila hemp Philippines Lynne	$200 [25] Jan & Dean sang that there were "two girls for every boy" here "Surf City"	$200 [11] In 1980 these held 329,000 Americans; in 1997, 1.24 million Prisons Lee	$200 [2] A group that meets for a common purpose; Groucho wouldn't join one that would have him as a member Club Lynne	$200 [22] Clear or easily understood Lucid Lee
$300 [10] This vice president was born in Ceylon--Ceylon, Minnesota that is Walter Mondale Lee	$300 [20] It's not only Australia's southernmost state, it's the most mountainous as well Tasmania Lee Rose	$300 [26] "Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound, funny, but it's still" this to Billy Joel rock and roll to me Lee	$300 [15] The 1990 Census counted people classified as this & found 179,000 in shelters & 50,000 at street sites Homeless Rose	$300 [3] The Mistick Krewe of Comus has been participating in parades in this city since 1857 New Orleans Lynne	$300 [23] The German Air Force Luftwaffe Rose
$500 [19] He did animal caricatures of Khrushchev & J. Edgar Hoover but he's more famous for drawing "Pogo" Walt Kelly Lynne	$400 [21] Principal exports of this archipelago north of Scotland include wool & its famous ponies Shetland Islands Lee	$400 [28] He "was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine" Jeremiah Lynne	$400 [16] 600,000 people in the U.S. have migrated from this Caribbean "Republic" of just over 8 million the Dominican Republic Lynne Rose	$400 [4] alt.tv.game-shows is one of these "groups" in which you may find comments on this clue tomorrow Newsgroup Lee	$400 [24] First name of playwright Pirandello Luigi
DD $1,000 [18] Washington D.C.'s Army Medical Center is named in his honor Walter Reed Lee	$500 [29] This Canadian island is separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle & the Gulf of St. Lawrence Newfoundland Lee Rose	$500 [30] "What goes up must come down", this has "got to go 'round. Talkin' 'bout your troubles, it's a cryin' sin" "Spinning Wheel" Lynne	$500 [17] 2 of the 4 states that have over 100,000 American Indians, according to the 1990 Census Arizona, California, New Mexico & Oklahoma Lee	$500 [5] Wolfe & over 999 others are part of this group in the St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Lynne	$500 [27] It's the capital city of Zambia Lusaka Lynne

Double Jeopardy! Round

WALTZING	THE OSCARS	NOVEL SETTINGS	HISTORIC WEBSITES	BLOODY BUSINESS	"IC" !!!
$200 [21] Patti Page lost her "little darlin' the night they were playing" this beautiful song "Tennessee Waltz" Rose	$200 [3] Producer David O. Selznick won 2 straight Best Picture Oscars: "Rebecca" for 1940 & this film the previous year Gone With The Wind Lee	$200 [4] Mildendo, the metropolis of this land Gulliver traveled to, is surrounded by a wall just 2 1/2 feet high Lilliput Lynne	$200 [9] It's little known that fake plans for this invasion were posted at www.theallies.com/060644/overlord/index.html D-Day Lynne	$200 [15] About half the blood collected in the U.S. is acquired by this organization Red Cross Lynne	$200 [1] Oh, my goodness!...it's...sudden, overwhelming fear! Panic Rose
$400 [22] It is possible to play this Chopin waltz in D-flat major in 60 seconds flat, but why rush it? "Minute Waltz" Lynne	$400 [5] Upon winning Best Director for this 1998 film, Steven Spielberg said, "Am I allowed to say I really wanted this?" Saving Private Ryan Lynne	$400 [20] "Bleak House" begins on a murky afternoon in this city, with "fog everywhere" London Lee	$400 [10] At www.theacademy.edu in the 380s B.C., you could have a virtual dialogue with this founder Plato Lynne Rose	$400 [16] A bonding ritual turns 2 unrelated men into these Blood brothers Rose	$400 [2] Stretchy & flexible, like a rubber band Elastic Lee
$600 [23] The "Waltz of the Flowers" is a famous piece from this ballet & suite "Nutcracker Suite" Lee	$600 [6] She was 10 when she won Best Supporting Actress for "Paper Moon", the youngest acting winner ever Tatum O'Neal Lee	$600 [24] Lara & her family move to an apartment in "the most disreputable part of Moscow" in Chapter 2 of this novel "Doctor Zhivago" Lynne	$600 [11] In the course of this event, www.reignofterror.fr was taken down & www.directory.fr was put up The French Revolution Lee	$600 [17] It was the persecution of this group that earned Bloody Mary her nickname Protestants Lynne	$600 [12] Inclined to dine upon one's own species Cannibalistic Lee
$800 [27] It's the regal piece heard here: "Emperor Waltz"	$800 [7] 1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" & this 1978 remake starring Warren Beatty were both nominated for Best Picture Heaven Can Wait Lynne	$800 [25] The town of Hanover, Nebraska is "trying not to be blown away" by a storm in Part I of her novel "O Pioneers!" Willa Cather Lee	$800 [29] Once Queen Isabella's confessor, around 1490 he set up www.inquisition.org Tomas de Torquemada Lee	$800 [18] His first role as a swashbuckler was in 1935 as Captain Blood Errol Flynn Lynne	$1,000 [14] Like the Carthaginians, or "wars" fought against them Punic Lynne
$1,000 [28] The title of the waltz "Alice Blue Gown" was inspired by a dress color favored by this woman Alice Roosevelt	$1,000 [8] Gloria Swanson won a 1928 Oscar nomination for her title role as this Somerset Maugham tart Sadie Thompson	DD $1,000 [26] "East of Eden" tells us this valley was named "for the alkali which was white as salt" Salinas Valley Lee	—	$1,000 [19] The 4 things Churchill told the House of Commons he had to offer May 13, 1940 were blood & these "Toil, tears & sweat" Lynne	DD $2,500 [13] Always recurring, like an illness or a liar Chronic Lee

Final Jeopardy!

MEDIEVAL FIRSTS

In the Middle Ages, this man introduced fireworks to western Europe

Marco Polo

Lynne "Who was Marco Polo Polo?" — wagered $1,000

Lee "Who is Marco Polo" — wagered $8,400

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