Show #3132 1998-03-24 Regular

Contestants

Rob Carlisle — an engineer originally from Haslemere, England

Bill Johnson — a cattle breeder from Fort Mill, South Carolina

Bridget Boyd — a federal civil servant from Perry, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bridget	$1,000	$3,500	$8,700	$6,700 2nd place: 1-week Trip to the Bahamas	$8,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Bill	$1,200	$3,800	$5,800	$11,510 New champion: $11,510	$5,800 16 R, 2 W
Rob	$1,500	$1,100	$1,800	$2,800 3rd place: Wittnauer's Montego, the ultimate Swiss watch	$3,500 13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE LICENSE PLATES	WOMEN IN POWER	THE SCHMIDTS, PIONEER FAMILY	THE MOVIES	"IN & OUT" CLICHES	NICKNAMES
$100 [13] "Famous Potatoes" Idaho Bridget	$100 [1] The Falkland Islands war tested the mettle of this "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher Rob	$100 [6] Mr. Schmidt spins them by the fire; Ma Schmidt spins it out of wool yarn Bill	$100 [11] 8 years before "Speed", he co-starred with Drew Barrymore in a musical remake of "Babes in Toyland" Keanu Reeves Rob	$100 [26] A cooking situation that's gone from bad to worse out of the frying pan, into the fire Rob	$100 [21] Ivan I was Ivan Moneybag, Ivan II was Ivan the Red, & Ivan IV was this Ivan the Terrible Bridget
$200 [19] "...on my mind" Georgia Bridget	$200 [2] This tough-talking Miamian is the nation's No. 1 cop Janet Reno Rob	$200 [7] The Schmidts travel in one of these; their descendants loved the Ward Bond TV show of the same name wagon train Rob	$200 [12] This former sitcom queen bedeviled Meryl Streep in "She-Devil" Roseanne Rob	$200 [27] To be out of favor temporarily, as when "Peter Pan"'s Mr. Darling was exiled to Nana's kennel in the doghouse Bridget	$200 [22] Buck Taylor, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, earned this "Royal" nickname before Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys Bill
$300 [18] An orange Florida Bill	$300 [3] The pineapple of Bob's eye, she returned to Red Cross leadership in 1997 Liddy Dole Bill	$300 [8] On a stopover, the little Schmidts climb on the walls of this type of fort, also an army prison stockade Bill	$300 [14] The Nabokov novel nymphet played by Sue Lyon in 1962 & Dominique Swain in 1997 Lolita Rob	$400 [29] Visual cliche that's the opposite of "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" out of sight, out of mind	$300 [23] George W. Perkins gave so much money to this political party that he was nicknamed "The Dough Moose" the Bull Moose Party Bill
$400 [17] Garden State New Jersey Bill	$400 [4] She was publisher of The Washington Post during Watergate Katharine Graham Bridget	$400 [9] Whether broad or pole type, it's Mr. Schmidt's most important tool; he calls his mother-in-law a "battle" one ax Rob	$400 [15] This world-famous sitarist composed some Indian music for the 1962 film, "Tarzan goes to India" Ravi Shankar	$500 [30] Lady Macbeth's 3-word lament while sleepwalking, it precedes, "Out, I say!" Out, damn spot! Bridget	$400 [24] We presume this Virginian felt good about his nickname, "The Era-Of-Good-Feeling President" James Monroe Bill
$500 [16] A saguaro cactus Arizona Bill Rob	$500 [5] This NFL team owner moved her team from California to Missouri Georgia Rosenbloom (Frontiere) Bill	$500 [10] The Schmidts are plump, so it's good they didn't join this "party" that crossed the Sierra Nevada in 1846-87 Donner Party Bridget	$500 [20] "The Edge" reunited Anthony Hopkins with Bart the Bear, who was pitted against Brad Pitt in this 1995 film Legends of the Fall Bill	DD $1,000 [28] 1986 movie seen here: Down and Out in Beverly Hills Bridget	$500 [25] Some called this "Messiah" composter "The Thunderbolt" after Mozart said he struck like one Handel Bridget

Double Jeopardy! Round

STRIFE WITH FATHER	BITES	LINGUA MORTALIS	ROCK STARS	SMILE!	NICK NAMES
$200 [3] She whacked her stepmom, saw what she'd done, then "gave her father 41" Lizzie Borden Bridget	$200 [12] Unlike their undead counterparts, these bats prefer biting cattle to humans vampire bats Bridget	$200 [1] Citius, altius, fortius--swifter, higher, stronger--is the motto of this event the Olympics Rob	$200 [30] He tells the way it is with Aerosmith in his 1997 book "Walk This Way" Steven Tyler Bridget	$200 [21] When this is happening, "Sure it's like a morn in spring" "when Irish eyes are smiling" Bridget	$200 [8] Some folks call him Old Nick or Old Scratch when they "speak of" him the devil Rob
$400 [4] Thanks to an angel, Abraham didn't make him the ultimate sacrifice Isaac Bridget Rob	$400 [13] A persistently biting insect, or a persistently provoking person, is this kind of "fly" gadfly	$400 [2] Used as a footnote abbreviation, this word means "in the same place" ibid Bridget	$400 [29] Hansen is the last name of this singer-guitarist whose albums include "Mellow Gold" & "Odelay" Beck	$400 [22] The term Gioconda Smile refers to an enigmatic smile like the famous one painted by this man Da Vinci Bridget	$400 [17] He was still a student at Ohio State when he won his first U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in 1959 Jack Nicklaus (The Golden Bear) Bill
$600 [5] It's pretty "complex" how he managed to kill his father, solve the Sphinx' riddle & marry his mother Oedipus Bill	$600 [14] Vipers keep these teeth folded in until it's time to bite fangs Bill	$600 [9] Descartes' "Je pense, donc je suis" is better known as this Latin phrase Cogito ergo sum Bill	$600 [26] Son of another famous singer, he's the frontman for The Wallflowers Jakob Dylan Bridget	$600 [23] As Pudd'nhead Wilson, he wrote, "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been" Mark Twain Rob	$600 [18] This protagonist of Hemingway's famous story, "The Killers", has been called Hemingway's alter-ego Nick Adams
$800 [6] In 1989, Jose & Kitty paid dearly because these 2 allegedly couldn't wait for their Beverly Hills inheritance Menendez brothers Bill	$800 [15] Long before the Queen song, Homer used this metaphor for warriors who die in battle bite the dust Bridget	DD $900 [10] It's the English translation of "Ars Gratia Artis", the motto seen here: Art for art's sake Rob	DD $800 [27] Rock stars turning 50 in 1998 include Alice Cooper, Steve Winwood & this singer, heard here: Kenny Loggins Rob	$800 [24] In office for only 33 days in 1978, he was there long enough to earn the sobriquet "The Smiling Pope" John Paul I Rob	$800 [19] He directed his mom, Gena Rowlands, in the 1996 film "Unhook the Stars" Nick Cassavetes Bill
$1,000 [7] Executed in Utah in 1977, he told his brother that their father was the first person he ever wanted to murder Gary Gilmore Bridget	$1,000 [16] This 1857 mutiny began among Indian troops ordered to bite cartridges greased with animal fat Sepoy Mutiny Bill	$1,000 [11] In "The Silence of the Lambs" Hannibal Lecter bargains with Clarice using this phrase meaning "What for what" Quid Pro Quo Bridget	$1,000 [28] He had a cameo in "Young Guns II" & also wrote its theme song "Blaze Of Glory" Bon Jovi Rob	$1,000 [25] Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" was based on this 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night	$1,000 [20] Omar Sharif played this gambler in "Funny Girl" & "Funny Lady" Nicky Arnstein Bridget

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY LEADERS

He built the Valley of the Fallen, his final resting place, just north of El Escorial

Francisco Franco

Rob "Who was Franco?" — wagered $1,000

Bill "Who was Franco?" — wagered $5,710

Bridget "Who was Pancho Villa?" — wagered $2,000

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