Show #3601 2000-04-10 (taped 2000-02-02) Regular

Mike Blumenfeld game 2.

Contestants

Keith Myers — an energy analyst from Dunwoody, Georgia

Robin Osborn — a part-time video editor from Snellgrove, Georgia

Mike Blumenfeld — a network administrator from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$1,000	$1,800	$8,400	$10,000 2-day champion: $20,000	$7,800 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Robin	$100	$-100	$1,300	$2,599 3rd place: Sony Music "100 Years" CD Set	$1,300 6 R, 2 W
Keith	$1,200	$2,100	$2,900	$2,912 2nd place: Trip to Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel, Florida	$2,800 12 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

HERSTORY	ACTOR-RIFIC	"R" TOWN	ON THE MONEY	LITERATURE	A PROVERBIAL MESS
$100 [16] During the Crimean War, this British nurse toured the soldiers' hospital at night with her lantern Florence Nightingale Robin Keith	$100 [11] 1938's "Under Western Stars" helped launched the career of this big-screen singing sensation: Roy Rogers Robin Keith	$100 [1] This Southern capital covers 63 square miles on both sides of the James River Richmond, Virginia Mike	$100 [21] Seen on the notes of many countries, including Canada, she's been called "The most prominent woman in circulation" Queen Elizabeth II Robin	$100 [6] William Faulkner's novel "Mosquitoes" satirizes the literary life in this Louisiana city New Orleans Mike	$400 [27] At try don't you if again first try succeed At first if you don't succeed, try, try again Robin Keith
$200 [17] She was the first of the Ptolemaic line to speak Egyptian Cleopatra	$200 [12] In Roman numerals, this actress' first name would equal 54: Liv Tyler Mike	$200 [2] "Believe It or Not", Mississippi, Tennessee & West Virginia all have a town named this Ripley Mike	$200 [22] Befitting his importance, this 13th century conqueror appears on Mongolia's larger currency Genghis Khan Keith	$200 [7] Ford Madox Ford's 4-novel series "Parade's End" is set during & after this war in which Ford himself was shell-shocked World War I Mike Keith	$500 [26] A is words picture a poem without A picture is a poem without words Keith
$300 [18] In 1431 a court at Rouen charged her with 70 counts, including immodesty by wearing men's clothing Joan of Arc Mike	$300 [13] He's the 1960s Disney child actor seenherein 1979 in a different role: Kurt Russell Robin	$300 [3] "Take A Ride" through this town, named for the ancestral home of William Penn's family Reading Mike Keith	$300 [23] Catholic leader Daniel O'Connell appears on notes of this Irish monetary unit also called a punt Pound	$300 [8] "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever", this "Lord" of poetry babbled in "The Brook" Alfred Lord Tennyson Robin Keith	—
$400 [19] In 1975 an Allahabad court found this Indian prime minister guilty of 2 counts of corruption Indira Gandhi Keith	$400 [14] A star of 1932's "Scarface", this tough George once ran a Havana casino George Raft	$400 [4] This Georgia city was founded in 1834 on a site that had 7 hills Rome Keith	$400 [24] This Post-Impressionist known for his studies of Mont Sainte-Victoire is honored on French currency Paul Cezanne	DD $500 [9] This 1871 sequel is subtitled "Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys" "Little Men" Keith	—
$500 [20] At age 23 she was featured in Argentine radio soap operas; 4 years later she was first lady Eva Peron Keith	$500 [15] (Hi, I'm Michael Boatman of Spin City.) Early in my career I played Sam Beckett on this series about nurses that was set during the Vietnam War China Beach Mike	$500 [5] We wonder if Robert Goddard saw any UFOs while working on his rockets in this town Roswell Mike	$500 [25] Poet Banjo Paterson & the first lines of his "The Man From Snowy River" grace this country's 10-dollar note Australia	$500 [10] The title of this Willa Cather novel refers to a certain Ms. Shimerda "My Antonia"	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	TRAINS	BAVARIOUS	THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER	MAMMALS	MULTIPLE MEANINGS
$200 [24] It can be fatty matter on the wall of an artery, or a buildup of matter on a tooth Plaque Mike	$200 [14] This 1987 Danny DeVito film pays homage to a classic 1951 Hitchcock film Throw Momma from the Train Mike	$200 [19] A top car maker, the B in its initials stands for Bayerische, or "Bavarian" BMW Mike	DD $100 [30] "Good authors too, who once knew better words now only use" these, "writing prose, anything goes" 4-letter words Mike	$200 [2] Give a squeal if you know that these mammals are used with dogs to hunt down truffles Pigs Mike	$200 [7] A foot soldier, a Frankenstein's monster sound, a bony fish Grunt Keith
$400 [25] The 4 dimensions in the Einsteinian space-time continuum are time, length, width & this Height Keith	$400 [15] The Granite Railway was built in Massachusetts in 1826 to haul the granite needed to build this monument Bunker Hill Monument Keith	$400 [20] The tallest mountain in Germany is part of this range Bavarian Alps Mike	$200 [1] "I get no kick from" this, "mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" Champagne Mike	$400 [3] In 1936 Su-lin from China became the first one of these exhibited in the U.S. Panda Mike	$400 [8] A denture, a segment of the Earth's crust, a food holder Plate Keith
$600 [26] NaOCl, sodium hypochlorite, is this common laundry product Bleach Mike Keith	$600 [16] In 1987 this "World's Favorite Hobo", known for songs of riding the rails, opened his own theater in Branson Boxcar Willie Mike	$600 [21] This man, who has covered millions of bottoms in jeans, was reportedly born in Buttenheim, Bavaria Levi Strauss Mike	$400 [12] "If you're ever in a jam, here I am, if you're ever in a mess", send this distress signal SOS Robin	$800 [5] The ichneumon, one of these cobra killers, was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians Mongoose Mike	$600 [9] A parade exhibit, an ice cream & pop drink, a cork on a fishing line Float Mike
$800 [27] Put this in your "notebook": Andromeda (M 31), like the Milky Way, is a galaxy of this shape Spiral Mike	$800 [17] Around 1890 Eli Janney's automatic type of this replaced the dangerous link-&-pin type Coupler	$800 [22] Every 10 years the residents of Oberammergau in Bavaria put on this drama first performed in 1634 Passion Play	$600 [13] 1 of 2 paintings referred to in the lyrics of "You're the Top" Mona Lisa (or Whistler's Mother ) Mike	$1,000 [6] This largest seal is named for the trunk-like extension of the male's snout Elephant seal	$800 [10] An invoice, a visor on a cap, a beak Bill Keith
$1,000 [28] Abbreviated lm, it's a measurement of light Lumen	$1,000 [18] By 2005 Germany hopes to have this type of bullet train in operation on a Berlin to Hamburg route Maglev (magnetic levitation) Mike	$1,000 [23] This famous "Spanish" dancer & mistress of Louis I of Bavaria was born Marie Gilbert in Limerick, Ireland Lola Montez	$800 [29] In a song from "High Society", it's what "I give to you and you give to me" True love	DD $1,300 [4] Found in Madagascar, it's the endangered primate seen here: a ring-tailed lemur Mike	$1,000 [11] The bow of a ship, to stop or dam up, the main trunk of a plant Stem Robin

Final Jeopardy!

'90s NOTABLES

In 1999 a stretch of I-70 that runs past Busch Stadium was renamed in his honor

Mark McGwire

Robin "Who Mark McGwire?" — wagered $1,299

Keith "Who is Mark McGwire" — wagered $12

Mike "Who is Mark Mcgwire?" — wagered $1,600

« Back to Games