Show #3122 1998-03-10 Regular

Contestants

Janice Bosley — a senior programmer analyst from Baltimore, Maryland

Steve Hettinger — a waiter from Evansville, Indiana

Eric Prosser — an attorney from Oceanside, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Eric $1,700 $5,000 $11,800 $23,500
2-day champion: $34,500
$10,800
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve $800 $1,900 $11,700 $23,000
2nd place: Trip to St. James Club, Antigua
$7,100
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Janice $700 $900 $4,800 $6,000
3rd place: Sony Power Cinema Package
$4,100
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NONFICTION AROUND THE FARM WITH CLEM PACKAGING ROCK STARS YOU'RE "IN" HOT WATER
$100 [3]
With the help of Anne Sullivan, her teacher, & John Macy, she published "The Story of My Life" in 1902
Helen Keller
Eric
$100 [1]
Clem has tried to grow this hominy grain, but his never gets close to the height of an elephant's eye
Corn
Eric
$100 [21]
This metal is alloyed with 1% manganese to make it rigid enough for soda cans
Aluminum
Janice
$100 [16]
In Oct. 1995 her "Jagged Little Pill" became the first album by a Canadian female to reach No. 1 in the U.S.
Alanis Morissette
Eric
$100 [8]
You might use this expression when an empty-headed person forgets what you just told him
in one ear and out the other
Eric
$100 [22]
It's the word for a burn of any degree caused by hot water
Scald
Janice
$200 [4]
Without a doubt, her "Without A Doubt" sheds new light on the O.J. Simpson trial
Marcia Clark
Eric
$200 [2]
Since he had no grain to store, Clem tried to sell this cylindrical structure to the Army for missiles
Silo
Janice
$200 [27]
"Peanuts" of this plastic are found in boxes of variously-shaped products, & then in your hair, shoes, etc.
Styrofoam
Steve
$200 [17]
This former member of Cream wrote his 1992 hit, "Tears In Heaven", for his son Conor
Eric Clapton
Eric
$200 [9]
If you're committed you're "In for a penny" & this
In for a pound
Eric
$200 [23]
If you never run out of hot water, you might lower the setting of this household device to save energy
Water heater
Eric
$300 [5]
His Standard Oil Co. came under attack in the 1894 book "Wealth Against Commonwealth"
John D. Rockefeller
Eric
$300 [13]
Like Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres", Clem gets allergic smelling this
hay
Janice
$300 [28]
To commence the flow of one brand of ketchup, strike the bottle where this number appears, as seen here:
57 (Heinz)
Eric
$300 [18]
This group is known as Zee "Little Ol' Band From Texas"
ZZ Top
Eric
$300 [10]
This phrase implies a person who's upset is like a sweaty horse, not that he's about to shave
In a lather
Steve
$300 [24]
The water variety of this Jewish roll is simmered before it's popped in the oven
a bagel
Eric
$400 [6]
"The Carpenter's Apprentice" tells of this former president & his work with Habitat For Humanity
Jimmy Carter
Janice
$400 [14]
Clem wishes he could afford one of these huge harvesting machines that cuts, threshes & cleans grain
Combine
Eric
$400 [29]
In 1992 Madonna proved this sells, even wrapped in mylar, with her bestseller of the same name
Sex
Steve
$400 [19]
This performer's 1985 "Part-Time Lover" became the first single to go to No. 1 on 5 Billboard charts
Stevie Wonder
$400 [11]
This phrase may have originally referred to political boss Ed or movie star Errol
"In Like Flynn"
Janice
$400 [25]
From old Norse for "gush", these erupting springs are found in Iceland, New Zealand & Yellowstone
Geysers
Eric
$500 [7]
Famous for his "Filmgoer's Companion", he also wrote an autobiography, "Seats in All Parts"
Leslie Halliwell
$500 [15]
Back in high school, Clem slept through the meetings of the FFA, which then stood for this
Future Farmers of America
Steve
$500 [30]
Term for a type of "bomb" or a spray can that contains gas under pressure
Aerosol
DD $1,500 [20]
Babyface won a 1994 Grammy for writing a hit by this R&B group heard here:
Boyz II Men
Eric
$500 [12]
This Latin phrase tells of wine's ability to unleash the truth
"In Vino Veritas" ("Truth In Wine")
Eric
$500 [26]
Last name of twin brothers Francis & Freelan who manufactured steam-driven cars
Stanley
Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL TV HISTORY LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION BOTANY THE BUSINESS WORLD SPEAKING "ENGLISH"
$200 [6]
The Klamath River rises in this state then empties into the Pacific Ocean in California
Oregon
Eric
$200 [11]
This limited-run dramatic format came into vogue in the '70s with "Rich Man, Poor Man" & "Roots"
Miniseries
Janice
$200 [16]
This general & his wife were supposed to go with the Lincolns that night but begged off
Ulysses S. Grant
Steve Janice
$200 [21]
Indians of the southwest U.S. once used the curved spines of the barrel kind of this plant as fishhooks
Cactus
Steve
$200 [22]
A merchant's return on sales is also referred to as this margin
Profit margin
Steve
$200 [1]
Technically neither part of its name is correct; it's a woodwind developed on the continent
English horn
Janice
$400 [7]
Both Dakotas have areas of eroded terrain called this; South Dakota's has a national park named for it
Badlands
Eric
$400 [12]
In 1988 George Bush engaged this CBS anchorman in an on-air shouting match
Dan Rather
Eric
$400 [17]
Booth planned to shoot Lincoln in the third act of the comedy, hoping a big one of these would cover the shot
Laugh
Steve
$400 [24]
The head of this flower, seen here, may produce over 1,000 seeds
Sunflower
Eric
$600 [26]
IPO means this, referring to the first time common shares of a stock can be purchased
initial public offering
Eric Janice
$400 [2]
It's what a golfer may use to try to correct a drive that's heading for the water
Body english
Eric
$600 [8]
The 288-year-old town of Easton, Maryland sits on the eastern shore of this bay
Chesapeake Bay
Steve
$600 [13]
The British invaded this show in 1964 as the Beatles appeared Feb. 9 & the Rolling Stones Oct. 25
The Ed Sullivan Show
Steve
$600 [18]
The first of these in the house that night to reach Lincoln was Charles Leale
Doctor
Steve
$600 [25]
The Indians used this tree's "paper"-thin bark for wigwam covers
birch
Steve
$800 [29]
You may exercise your right to work out this scheduling system to let employees set work hours
Flextime
Steve
$600 [3]
In this language the Lord's Prayer begins, "Faeder ure thu the eart on heofonum"
Old English
Janice
$800 [9]
The last time both major party conventions were held in the same place was 1972 in this southern "beach" city
Miami
Eric
$800 [14]
On July 13, 1985, 1.5 billion people watched this rock concert for African famine relief
Live Aid
Janice
$800 [19]
One of these pocket pistols was used to assassinate Lincoln
Derringer
Eric
$800 [27]
Developed from the McIntosh & delicious, the empire is a variety of apple developed in this state
New York
Eric
$1,000 [30]
Michael Dell made his fortune by eliminating the middleman & selling these directly to customers
Computers
Eric
$1,000 [5]
Byron wrote of this season "Ending in July, to recommence in August"
English winter
Janice
$1,000 [10]
The "files" on this large Illinois city include its historic leadership in screw production
Rockford
Eric
$1,000 [15]
In 1951 viewers found this Tennessee senator's organized crime hearings quite arresting
Estes Kefauver
Steve
$1,000 [20]
After Lincoln's assassination, he was jailed over a month until cleared & was forced to sell his theater
John Thompson Ford
Eric
$1,000 [28]
During Elizabethan times this flower, known as the clove pink, was used to spice wine
a carnation
Eric
DD $5,000 [23]
Because many of these have happened to GE stock, 1 share bought in 1892 would be 1,536 today
Stock splits
Steve
DD $1,500 [4]
Many show horses wear saddles & bridles of this fine material or they "Wear Nothing At All"
English leather
Janice

Final Jeopardy!

EPITAPHS

They're the 3 words found at the top of Mel Blanc's gravestone

"That's All Folks"

Janice "What is That's all Folks?" — wagered $1,200
Steve "What is That's All Folks!" — wagered $11,300
Eric "What are "Thats All, Folks"?" — wagered $11,700

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