Show #3643 2000-06-07 (taped 2000-02-29) Regular

Contestants

Jason Parker — a graduate student from Gainesville, Florida

Janet Aitoro — a homemaker and professional volunteer from Weston, Connecticut

Rahul Ranadive — a lawyer from Miami, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rahul $600 $1,100 $5,300 $201
2nd place: Trip to Wyndham Rose Hall Resort , Montego Bay, Jamaica
$6,300
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Janet $900 $1,600 $100 $0
3rd place: Polaroid Photomax Digital Camera Creative Kit
$1,600
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jason $3,000 $6,100 $10,900 $10,700
New champion: $10,700
$10,200
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MR. BODY ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S HUSBANDS A WORLD OF FAITH I'M JUST AN OBJECT
$100 [2]
The city of El Paso in this state is a major gateway between the U.S. & Mexico
Texas
Janet
$100 [7]
On Sept. 13, 1998 this Cubs slugger surpassed Roger Maris' home run record; however, Mark McGwire did it 5 days earlier
Sammy Sosa
Janet
$100 [21]
A man's can weigh 3.5 ounces more than a woman's, epicardium included
Heart
Janet
$100 [26]
He divorced Debbie Reynolds to marry Liz
Eddie Fisher
Rahul
$100 [1]
The 2 main sects of this form of Buddhism are Rinzai & Soto
Zen
Jason
$100 [16]
It's what you "bide" when awaiting your opportunity
Time
Jason
$200 [3]
This "stately" river carved the Black Canyon as well as the Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Janet
$200 [8]
On Feb. 28, 2000 this Yankee received a one-year suspension for violating MLB's drug policy
Darryl Strawberry
Rahul
$200 [22]
While this disease of loss of bone tissue mass occurs in men, it's much more common in women
Osteoporosis
Jason
$200 [27]
He was born in South Wales in 1925
Richard Burton
Jason
$200 [12]
It's the religious candle-lighting festival that commemorates the Jews' victory over Syrian king Antiochus IV
Hanukkah
Janet
$200 [17]
To lose emotional control is to "flip your" this, also a saucepan cover
Lid
Jason
$300 [4]
If you want to sneak a peek at the landmark seen here, head to this Midwest state:(Mount Rushmore)
South Dakota
Jason
$300 [9]
In the 1999 All-Star Game, this Red Sox ace struck out the first 4 batters he faced as the AL beat the NL
Pedro Martinez
Janet
$300 [23]
A man suffering from MPB is losing this
His hair (male pattern baldness)
Janet
$300 [28]
Liz married him when she was 18
Nicky Hilton
Janet
$300 [13]
It's the modern & better known name for the pagan festival in autumn known as Samhain
Halloween
Jason
$300 [18]
To "trip" this, meaning to dance, comes from a John Milton poem
The light fantastic
Jason
$400 [5]
Sounds morbid, but it's the lowest point in California & in all of the U.S.
Death Valley
Jason
$400 [10]
This Yankee catcher holds the World Series record for most hits with 71
Yogi Berra
Rahul
$400 [24]
This iodine-using gland in the neck is actually slightly larger in men than women
Thyroid gland
Jason
$400 [29]
He played "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" in 1965
Richard Burton
$400 [14]
The Maoris use this familiar religious term for prohibitions on certain objects, persons or places
Taboo
Jason
$400 [19]
You curry food when you add spices; you curry this when you flatter someone
Favors
Rahul
$500 [6]
In Hawaii, Mauna Kea means "white mountain" & this volcano's name means "long mountain"
Mauna Loa
Jason
$500 [11]
In 1997 this 6' 10" Seattle Mariners lefty became the first pitcher in his team's history to win 20 games
Randy Johnson
Jason
DD $1,200 [25]
Fed by the hepatic portal veins, it weighs about a pound more in men than in women
the liver
Jason
$500 [30]
For a while he was the world's most famous construction worker
Larry Fortensky
Jason
$500 [15]
This religion of Haiti derives its name from a word meaning "spirit" in the Fon language of Africa
Voodoo
Jason
$500 [20]
You "cudgel" them in an effort to remember
Brains

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS PARLIAMENTS DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS "BAN" THE BOMB
$200 [6]
He once remarked, "I didn't need school, I had the horn":
Louis Armstrong
Rahul
$200 [1]
Outside Parliament in this Bahamas capital stands a statue of the young Queen Victoria
Nassau
Janet
$200 [16]
"Yentl"(1983)
Barbra Streisand
Janet
$200 [11]
When Orson Welles directed & starred in this play in 1951, Peter Finch was his Iago
Othello
Jason
$200 [26]
This large, printed handkerchief usually has white spots on a red or blue background
Bandana
Janet
$200 [21]
It's a small explosive bomb either thrown by hand or fired from a launcher
Grenade
Janet
$400 [7]
Infamous 19th century actor seen here:
John Wilkes Booth
Rahul
$400 [2]
Established in 1998, the assembly for this part of the U.K. is called Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru
Wales
Janet Jason
$400 [17]
"What's Up, Tiger Lily?"(1966)
Woody Allen
Janet
$400 [12]
The Bishop of Ely & the Archbishop of this appear in the first scene of "Henry V"
Canterbury
Janet
$400 [27]
In its native language, this nation's name means "Bengal Nation"
Bangladesh
Jason
$400 [22]
On Nov. 1, 1952 Eniwetok Atoll was the first place on Earth to face the wrath of one of these bombs
Hydrogen bomb
Jason
$600 [8]
"Cold" writer seen here who died in 1963:
Robert Frost
Rahul Jason
$600 [3]
Name of the German parliament building consumed by a mysterious fire soon after Hitler took power
Reichstag
Jason
$600 [18]
"Diner"(1982)
Barry Levinson
Janet
$800 [14]
"Good-day, Sir" is the first line of the play about this title Athenian
Timon of Athens
Jason
$600 [28]
In this 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings hit, "The rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun"
"Band on the Run"
Rahul
$600 [23]
Used against underwater targets, these "charges" operate by water pressure at the level for which they're set
Depth charges
Jason
$800 [9]
He wrote, "I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home":
Henry David Thoreau
Rahul
$800 [4]
In 1905 this czar established Russia's parliament, the Duma, which also means "thought"
Nicholas II
Rahul
$800 [19]
"Sixteen Candles"(1984)
John Hughes
Jason
$1,000 [15]
This title character is the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest
Cressida
$800 [29]
This wide-spreading east Indian fig tree has branches that send out roots to the ground
Banyan tree
Rahul
$800 [24]
From the Latin for "broken piece", this bomb is designed to break into many small pieces when exploded
Fragmentation bomb
Janet Jason
$1,000 [10]
This athlete was stripped of his gold in 1913:
Jim Thorpe
Jason
DD $1,000 [5]
We wonder if this body, Iceland's parliament, issues its laws "to all people"
the Althing
Rahul
$1,000 [20]
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"(1966)
Mike Nichols
DD $1,500 [13]
It's no surprise that she's a character in "King John": she's his mother
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Janet
$1,000 [30]
Examples of this language group include Kikuyu, Tswana & Zulu
Bantu
Rahul
$1,000 [25]
Also called an enhanced radiation bomb, it emits a large portion of its energy as radioactivity
Neutron bomb
Janet Jason

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN POEMS

Poe wrote "To" her, "Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home..."

Helen

Janet "Who is Annabell Lee" — wagered $100
Rahul "Who is ?" — wagered $5,099
Jason "Who is Alicia?" — wagered $200

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