Show #3744 2000-12-07 (taped 2000-10-04) Regular

Contestants

Steve Edwards — an attorney from Culver City, California

Christine Detz — a legal assistant from West Springfield, Massachusetts

Kurt Fried — a writer originally from Lenexa, Kansas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kurt	$800	$1,400	$7,000	$7,801 2-day champion: $19,801	$7,000 16 R, 1 W
Christine	$600	$1,200	$4,600	$100 3rd place: Vocopro Karaoke System	$4,600 15 R, 2 W
Steve	$1,500	$5,000	$7,800	$1,600 2nd place: Trip to Caesar's, Lake Tahoe	$7,900 22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

KENTUCKY	NAME'S THE SAME	ARCHAEOLOGY	BEATLES LYRICS	TOOTHPASTE TALK	THE "FIRST"
$100 [26] Physical feature of Kentucky's northern bulge that gave the state its nickname Bluegrass Steve	$100 [1] Flagg, Farmer Fannie Kurt	$100 [6] Lennart von Post first counted grains of this from plants to reconstruct past vegetation Pollen Steve	$100 [16] "Na na nana-na-na-na, na-na-na-na..." "Hey Jude" Christine	$100 [17] Brand some folks have used since they were just one in their father's eye Gleem Christine	$100 [11] It's where you've gotten if you've drawn a walk or kissed a girl first base Kurt
$200 [27] Among his 4 Top 40 hits in 1967 was "Kentucky Woman" Neil Diamond Christine	$200 [2] Tillis, Torme Mel Steve	$200 [7] The Incan ice maiden seen here was preserved as one of these, more associated with Egypt Mummy Steve	$200 [22] "All the lonely people, where do they all belong?" "Eleanor Rigby" Steve	$200 [18] We can guess what's the most popular toothpaste among students at this Hamilton, N.Y. university Colgate Kurt	$200 [12] It's the beloved Christmas carol heard here: "The First Noel" Kurt
$300 [28] This city named for a French king goes back to one founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778 Louisville Christine	$300 [3] Landon, Learned Michael Christine	$300 [8] Meal sites of the Anasazi people have led to the controversial theory that they engaged in this horrific practice cannibalism Steve	$400 [24] "Children at your feet, wonder how you manage to make ends meet" "Lady Madonna" Steve	$300 [19] It's the toothpaste Norma Desmond is ready for Close-Up Steve	$300 [13] Enrollment in the National Archives & Records Administration's Modern Archives Institute is on this basis--hurry! first come, first serve Christine Steve
$400 [29] Lexington is home to the International Museum of this animal Horse	$400 [4] Patric, Priestley Jason Christine	$400 [9] In 1998 the world's oldest church was found in Jordan & the oldest of these, 300 years older, near Jericho Synagogue	$500 [25] "There beneath the blue suburban skies" "Penny Lane" Steve	$400 [20] What you have to do to shoot that tube on the top shelf of the medicine cabinet Aim Kurt	$400 [14] Stance seen here:[in ballet] first position Kurt
$500 [30] Over 350 miles of this national park's underground passages have been mapped Mammoth Cave Steve	$500 [5] James, Springfield Rick Kurt Steve	$500 [10] In 1999 this university in Chapel Hill returned excavated human remains to the Cherokee nation North Carolina Kurt Christine	DD $1,000 [23] "Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book" "Paperback Writer" Steve	$500 [21] Sounds like just the brand to use in a Los Angeles art museum named for the CEO of Occidental Petroleum Arm & Hammer (for Armand Hammer) Steve	$500 [15] The page seenhereis from this 17th century publication:[picture of William Shakespeare] "The First Folio" Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL NOVELS	A.A.	PHYSICS	THE SILVER SCREEN	TEAM PLAYERS	THE SECOND
$200 [4] The 1875 novel "Honest John Vane" satirizes the administration of this general-turned-president Ulysses S. Grant Kurt	$200 [3] This tennis player published 1988's "A Hard Road to Glory", a 3-volume history of African-American athletes Arthur Ashe Steve	$200 [2] The point around which a body's weight is evenly balanced is called its center of mass or of this Gravity Steve	$200 [13] In this film Marlon Brando tells Rod Steiger, "You don't understand. I could've had class. I could've been a contender" On the Waterfront Christine	$200 [1] A young reporter on the Tribune or the Sun-Times Chicago Cub Kurt	$200 [19] This began in 18th C. Britain; the 19th C. U.S. manufacturing boom is sometimes called the second one Industrial Revolution Christine
$400 [9] "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" was her second anti-slavery novel Harriet Beecher Stowe Kurt	$400 [25] He's the wonderful singer heard here:("Wonderful") Adam Ant Christine	$400 [5] It's defined as a narrow beam of energy, or as a drop of golden sun Ray Steve	$400 [18] She made her English-speaking debut in "Intermezzo", a 1939 film she had made in Swedish 3 years earlier Ingrid Bergman Christine	$400 [14] Someone filling his suitcase to get out of Wisconsin Green Bay Packer Christine	$400 [20] Union general John Pope proved very fallible at the second battle of this in August 1862 Bull Run/Manassas Kurt
$600 [10] King Louis XI of France is a major character in this Scotsman's 1823 novel "Quentin Durward" Sir Walter Scott	$600 [26] Fred's sister, she was his dancing partner before Ginger Rogers Adele Astaire Steve	$800 [7] Archimedes' Principle is part of hydrostatics, the study of this at rest Water/fluid Steve	$600 [21] In "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", he plays Fearless Leader, would-be conqueror of the world Robert De Niro Christine	$600 [15] One who goes wild with a credit card at California's Horton Plaza San Diego Charger	$600 [22] Vaishali, India was the site of the Second Council of this faith, held after the founder's death Buddhism Kurt Christine
$800 [11] The hero of this "Vanity Fair" author's "History of Henry Esmond" fights in the War of the Spanish Succession William Makepeace Thackeray Steve	$1,000 [28] He's the highest-ranking U.S. intelligence official ever arrested for spying Aldrich Ames Kurt	$1,000 [8] Named for its inventor, this hair-raising generator seen here produces millions of volts Van de Graaff Generator Steve	$800 [23] (Here comes film critic Roger Ebert) "This film ennobles filmmaking" is what I wrote of this death row drama starring Susan Sarandon Dead Man Walking Christine	$800 [16] A Georgia native who wants war Atlanta Hawk Kurt	$800 [29] In 1852 Napoleon III established France's second (& last) of these Empire Steve
$1,000 [12] He wrote "The Fair God", a novel about the Spanish conquest of Mexico, 7 years before "Ben-Hur" Lew Wallace Kurt	DD $1,500 [27] Remember this lady, seen here:(the second "First" one) Abigail Adams Steve	DD $1,500 [6] Max Planck gave this name to the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation Quantum Steve	$1,000 [24] Leonard Maltin calls this 1987 Warren Beatty-Dustin Hoffman farce the "'Heaven's Gate' of movie comedies" Ishtar Kurt	$1,000 [17] A tandoori chef imported to the shores of Lake Erie Cleveland Indian	$1,000 [30] The 1790s was the decade to rise & shine for the second of these "Great" religious revivals Great Awakening Christine

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICIANS

In 1928 this oilman served as chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Kansas

Alf Landon

Christine "Who is getty" — wagered $4,500

Kurt "Who is Alf Landon?" — wagered $801

Steve "Who Getty" — wagered $6,200

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