Show #3650 2000-06-16 (taped 2000-03-01) Regular

Contestants

John Edkins — a contract administrator from San Diego, California

Gregg Fanselau — a paralegal originally from Denver, Colorado

Meg Smath — a geologic editor from Nicholasville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Meg	$0	$100	$4,800	$4,199 2nd place: Trip to Paradise Island Resort, Bahamas	$5,400 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Gregg	$2,400	$3,900	$13,300	$9,601 New champion: $9,601	$12,100 30 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
John	$1,300	$1,700	$4,500	$200 3rd place: Lobster Gram Gift Certificate	$4,500 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY TRILOGIES	TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES	COUNTRIES IN GERMAN	LET'S PLAY MAH-JONGG	"BO" KNOWS	MISCELLANEOUS
$100 [22] Mary Stewart worked magic in "The Crystal Cave", the first book in her trilogy about this Arthurian wizard Merlin Gregg	$100 [1] Jay Scott Greenspan began using this stage name as a teen, long before he played George Costanza Jason Alexander Gregg	$100 [2] Schottland Scotland John	$100 [16] "Mah-jongg" comes from a word for "sparrow" in this language Chinese Gregg	$100 [7] El Espectador is a daily paper in this Colombian city Bogota Gregg	$100 [17] As a child, this future pilot built a roller coaster made of wood & roller skates in her yard Amelia Earhart Gregg
$200 [23] "A House Divided" completed the trilogy that began with this Pulitzer Prize-winning Pearl Buck novel "The Good Earth" Meg	$200 [11] (Hi, I'm Liza Huber of the NBC soap opera "Passions") In January 2000 my real-life mom, Susan Lucci, celebrated the 30th anniversary of her debut on this soap opera All My Children Meg	$200 [3] Schweiz Switzerland Gregg	$200 [27] Mah-jongg was a U.S. fad in this decade, along with bathtub gin & the Charleston 1920s Meg	$200 [8] In January 1533 she secretly married the king of England Anne Boleyn Gregg	$200 [18] Henry & Emily Folger were known for their infatuation with everything concerning this author William Shakespeare Meg John
$300 [24] Evelyn Waugh set his "Sword of Honour" trilogy during this war in which he'd served as a commando World War II Gregg John	$300 [12] Ex-fashion model Wendie Malick struts her stuff as ex-fashion model Nina Van Horn on this sitcom Just Shoot Me! John	$300 [4] Frankreich France Gregg	$300 [28] As in bridge, these are the usual designations of the 4 players North, south, east & west Gregg	$300 [9] The National Center for Atmospheric Research is in this Rocky Mountain city 5,354 feet up Boulder, Colorado Meg	$300 [19] Spy magazine gave out the rub-on decal seen here to make you look like this man: Mikhail Gorbachev Gregg
$400 [25] This creator of Natty Bumppo made Corny Littlepage a hero of his "Littlepage Manuscripts" James Fenimore Cooper Gregg John	$400 [13] Andrea McArdle was still a kid herself when she played this great child star in the 1978 TV movie "Rainbow" Judy Garland Gregg	$400 [5] Ungarn Hungary John	$400 [29] A draw that allows a player to win at once is called a "hand from" this place Heaven Gregg	DD $500 [10] Artist heard here with a song used as the theme of a Mexican telenovela starring Victoria Ruffo: Andrea Bocelli Meg	$400 [20] In the '70s a 50-rupee note of the Seychelles included the word "sex" hidden on it next to this queen's portrait Queen Elizabeth II Gregg
$500 [26] Robertson Davies' "Deptford Trilogy" concerns a small-town tragedy in this most populous Canadian province Ontario John	$500 [14] In the summer of '66 she said farewell to "Peyton Place" & married Frank Sinatra Mia Farrow Gregg	$500 [6] Griechenland Greece Gregg	$500 [30] To pung is to complete a triplet; completing a set of 4 has this name, like a movie "King" Kong	$500 [15] Federigo is the subject of the ninth story on day 5 of this author's "Decameron" Giovanni Boccaccio John	$500 [21] Come up & see the sofa shaped like this actress' lips at the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain Mae West Meg

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY EUROPE	LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY	SCIENCE & NATURE	COLLEGE TOWNS	NUMBER, PLEASE	MISSILE-ANEOUS
$200 [4] In October 1989 Erich Honecker quit as leader of this country that ceased to exist a year later East Germany Gregg	$200 [9] In 2000 it was announced that this, Broadway's longest-running show, would be a "Memory" after over 7,000 shows Cats Meg	$200 [1] Scientists classify the "live" variety of this tree as Quercus virginiana Oak John	$200 [14] Marquette University Milwaukee Gregg	$200 [21] Number of U.S. presidents removed from office by impeachment 0 Gregg	$200 [26] Edible slang for a person's head led to this term for a pitch thrown at the head of a batter Beanball Gregg
$400 [5] Under PM Hjalmar Hammarskjold, Dag's dad, Sweden maintained this stance during WWI Neutrality John	$400 [10] Running on Broadway in the '50s & '60s for over 2,700 performances, it was "Mi Bella Dama" in Mexico My Fair Lady John	$400 [2] Fm is the chemical symbol for this element, discovered in the 20th century Fermium John	$400 [17] DePaul University Chicago Meg	$400 [22] The land area of the Marshall Islands in square miles, or the age one becomes a septuagenarian 70 John	$400 [27] In 1988 the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of these outdoor "darts" lawn darts (Jarts accepted) Meg Gregg
$600 [6] Alliterative name for the WWII resistance movement led by General de Gaulle Free French Meg	$600 [11] Pardon my French, since 1987 it has had over 5,000 performances Les Mis Meg	$600 [3] The luster of this rock formed from shale under pressure is seen in older blackboards Slate Gregg	$600 [18] University of Central Florida Orlando Gregg	$600 [23] Number of volts in the battery seen here: 9 Gregg	$600 [28] Frank Capra said this missile "has probably made more people laugh than all the other comic props combined" Pie in the face Gregg
$1,000 [16] Churchill said an iron curtain had descended over Europe from this northern sea to the Adriatic Baltic Sea John	$800 [12] Topping "Oklahoma!" in shows performed is this exclamatory 1964 musical based on "The Matchmaker" Hello, Dolly! Meg	DD $700 [7] From the Greek for "all the Earth", it's the hypothetical land mass that once included all of the continents Pangaea Meg	$800 [19] University of the Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie	$800 [24] Total number of associate justices on the Supreme Court 8 Gregg	$800 [29] In the stage show "Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants", Jay pierces a watermelon rind by throwing one of these Playing card
DD $2,000 [15] In 1974 this country's premier Marcello Caetano was deposed & exiled to Madeira--doesn't sound so bad Portugal Gregg	$1,000 [13] Performed over 2,000 times in the 1920s, its title characters are Abraham Levi & Rose Mary Murphy Abie's Irish Rose Gregg	$1,000 [8] Yellowish algae on its underside give the blue whale this alternate name Sulfur-bottomed whale	$1,000 [20] Drexel University Philadelphia Gregg	$1,000 [25] Prior to 2000, it was the last year whose 4 digits totaled 2 1100 Gregg	$1,000 [30] A shuriken, part of the ninja arsenal, is better known as a "throwing" one of these Star Meg

Final Jeopardy!

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