Show #3550 2000-01-28 (taped 1999-11-16) Regular

Lee Lassiter game 4.

Contestants

Cheryl Larson — a high school librarian from Pittsburg, Kansas

Mike Becker — a track & field coach from Miami, Florida

Lee Lassiter — a computer programmer from Topeka, Kansas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lee	$1,400	$4,000	$7,200	$10,300 4-day champion: $48,700	$7,800 21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Mike	$2,000	$4,300	$5,100	$5,900 2nd place: Trip to Red Mountain Resort & Spa, Utah	$5,100 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Cheryl	$200	$400	$1,600	$1,600 3rd place: VTech Cordless Phones	$1,400 9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1930s	GET A JOB	MIND YOUR BUSINESS	THE NFL'S STAR QUARTERBACKS	OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE	A PERFECT LETTER
$100 [14] This NYC landmark that opened May 1, 1931, in the depths of the Depression, cost a reported $41,000,000 Empire State Building Cheryl	$100 [4] By definition, this type of "cook" specializes in food that has to be prepared quickly Short order cook Lee	$100 [5] The driving force in a free market is supply & this Demand Mike	$100 [1] Steve Young San Francisco 49ers Mike	$100 [9] Genesis 4:2 says he "was a keeper of sheep" Abel Mike	$100 [3] World Book recommends that when you open with "Dear Sir", you close this way, whether you mean it or not Sincerely Lee
$200 [15] Last name of the "Ma" killed in a gun battle with the police & FBI January 16, 1935 Ma Barker Mike	$200 [26] Usual term for the pianist at a solo vocal recital Accompanist Lee	$200 [17] Turn-of-the-century businessmen like Vanderbilt & Rockefeller were known as "robber" these Barons Cheryl	$200 [2] Brett Favre Green Bay Packers Lee	$200 [10] The name of this first great patriarch of Israel means "father of a multitude" Abraham Mike	$200 [22] In a business letter, this punctuation mark often replaces a comma after the salutation a colon Mike
$300 [16] It's the "U" in HUAC, a committee formed in 1938 Unamerican Lee	$300 [27] The April week & day honoring these workers were first sponsored by Dictaphone Secretaries Lee	$300 [18] In this system, goods are traded for other goods; money isn't involved Barter Mike	$300 [6] Dan Marino the Miami Dolphins Lee Cheryl	DD $300 [11] "The Lord answered" this persecuted man from Uz "out of the whirlwind" Job Mike	$300 [24] 4-letter term for the part of a letter highlighted here:(in the middle) Body Lee
$400 [19] He said, "I'm a small fish here in Washington, but I'm a kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana" Huey Long Lee	$400 [29] Term for one who agrees to perform a task; a "general" one puts up buildings Contractor Mike	$400 [20] An exploratory oil well, or a strike called in violation of a contract Wildcat Lee	$400 [7] Doug Flutie Buffalo Bills Lee	$400 [12] This young lyre player became King Saul's armor-bearer David Cheryl	$400 [25] A "letter to" this person, like Ben Bradlee, should rattle on about the world going to hell because of ignorant kids The editor Mike
$500 [23] On September 18, 1934 the Soviet Union joined this international organization League of Nations Mike	$500 [30] This worker always takes panes, & spends his days fitting them into windows Window glazier Lee	$500 [21] The USA's second-largest floor-based stock exchange, it joined forces with NASDAQ in 1998 American Stock Exchange Lee	$500 [8] Drew Bledsoe New England Patriots Mike	$500 [13] Daniel told this king, "They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field" Nebuchadnezzar Mike	$500 [28] Letters of recommendation get you into college; ones from ex-employers are often called "letters of" this Reference Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY	ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE	MOVIE MUSICALS	SECOND LADIES' FIRST NAMES	ART HISTORY	LETTER PERFECT
$200 [29] In Slovakia the White Carpathians aren't an ethnic group but this, which covers much of the country Mountain range Lee	$200 [8] After winning the 1980 Best Actor Oscar, he probably felt punch-drunk Robert De Niro Mike	$200 [2] Midwestern farmboy & Vietnam draftee Claude is befriended by hippies in this musical Hair	$200 [22] Mrs. John C. Breckinridge (like Mrs. Lincoln) Mary Cheryl	$200 [17] Women with flowing tresses repeat them 100 times a day; the impressionists made them visible to the viewer Brush strokes	$200 [1] It's the first word of "America the Beautiful" O Lee
$400 [4] The Greek island of Samos in the Aegean is 100 miles from Greece's mainland but less than 5 miles from this country Turkey Lee	$400 [9] He wrote the classic "The Old Regime and the Revolution" as well as "Democracy in America" Alexis de Tocqueville Cheryl	$400 [3] "I'll Make a Man Out of You" & "The Huns Attack" are from this 1998 Disney musical Mulan Mike	$400 [23] Richard M. Johnson (trick question) there was no Mrs.--he was never married Lee	$400 [18] These two-part altar pieces, like the ones seen here, were common in medieval art: Diptych Cheryl	$400 [13] In NASA launch countdowns, it precedes "minus seven, minus six"... T Cheryl
$600 [27] A vast central plateau called the Meseta is the largest region of this country Spain Lee	DD $800 [10] Her 1952 autobiography was "Dance to the Piper" Agnes DeMille Cheryl	$600 [5] This animated 1999 musical was subtitled "Bigger, Longer and Uncut" South Park Lee	$600 [24] Mrs. Dan Quayle Marilyn Lee	$600 [19] Critic Clement Greenberg popularized this "abstract" art movement, especially Jackson Pollock's work Abstract expressionism	$600 [14] It indicates power of maginification in telescopes & binoculars X Cheryl
DD $600 [28] English county where you'd find the city of Portsmouth Hampshire Lee	$800 [11] Born in the Netherlands in 1904, this American painter was known for his huge canvases Willem de Kooning Lee	$800 [6] (Hey, how's it going? I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray) In the video for "Fly", I dance on the ceiling, a la Fred Astaire in this 1951 musical Royal Wedding	$800 [25] Merry Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller (the second one) Happy Lee	$800 [20] Classicism was obviously a major influence on this style led by Jacques-Louis David Neoclassicism	$800 [15] The top row of letters on a standard keyboard runs from Q to this P Mike Cheryl
$1,000 [30] The name of this Swiss city perched at 5,300 feet comes partly from matte, "meadow" Zermatt	$1,000 [12] An Easter Rebellion participant in 1916, he was president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973 Eamon de Valera	$1,000 [7] As Esther Hoffman, Barbra Streisand sang "Evergreen" in this film A Star is Born Cheryl	$1,000 [26] Mrs. Hubert Humphrey Muriel Mike	$1,000 [21] Happy farmers were seen in the USSR's official art, the "Socialist" type of this Realism Cheryl	$1,000 [16] This British abbreviation for pence came from a Latin word for a coin D (the Latin coin was the denarius)

Final Jeopardy!

FRONT PAGE HISTORY

An August 6, 1945 Associated Press story described this as a "Japanese army base"

Hiroshima (story about the dropping of the first atomic bomb)

Cheryl "What is ?" — wagered $0

Mike "What is Hiroshima" — wagered $800

Lee "What is Hiroshima" — wagered $3,100

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