Show #3745 2000-12-08 (taped 2000-10-04) Regular

Contestants

Wendy Cornaby — a graduate student from Hillsboro, Oregon

Gino Scalo — a seventh grade teacher from San Diego, California

Kurt Fried — a writer originally from Lenexa, Kansas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kurt	$1,600	$2,700	$2,300	$4,599 2nd place	$4,300 14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Gino	$1,100	$3,300	$8,300	$8,600 New champion: $8,600	$9,300 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Wendy	$0	$300	$2,500	$300 3rd place	$2,500 8 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

GREAT BRITS	TEA TIME	FILL IN THE SHAKESPEARE	AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH	THE BRITISH INVASION	GOD SAVE THE "QUEEN"
$100 [16] One of the social events of 1999 was this Spice Girl's castle wedding to soccer star David Beckham Posh Spice Wendy	$100 [26] Spots for this brisk tea starred claymation baseball heroes Reggie Jackson & Babe Ruth Lipton Gino	$100 [1] "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me" these Your ears Gino	$100 [21] The first people to settle this country migrated there 40,000 years ago; Europeans settled Botany Bay in 1788 Australia Gino	$100 [11] These “Hermits” got their name because their lead singer resembled a character on TV's “Rocky & His Friends” Herman's Hermits Gino	$100 [2] Bogie starred in the 1951 film version of this soggy C.S. Forester novel The African Queen Gino
$200 [17] In the 20 years before “Paradise Lost”, he was more focused on pamphleteering than poetry Milton Gino	$200 [27] This rabbit was put to bed with camomile tea, but Flopsy, Mopsy & Cotton Tail had bread, milk & blackberries Peter (Rabbit) Gino	$200 [4] "All the world's" this, "and all the men and women merely players" a stage Kurt	$200 [22] The world's seventh-largest country in size, this Commonwealth country is second by population India Kurt Gino	$200 [12] Called the most successful female singer in British history she had her first U.S. No. 1 hit in 1964 with “Downtown” Petula Clark Wendy	$200 [3] A poetic preface by Sir Walter Raleigh introduces this epic Spenser poem The Faerie Queene Kurt
$300 [18] This “Arthur” co-star who died at 96 in 2000 acted onstage into his mid-80s Sir John Gielgud Gino	$300 [28] Tasseography is a fancy name for this divination practice reading tea leaves Gino	$300 [5] "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of" this person the king Kurt	$300 [23] This Western Hemisphere Commonwealth nation has more lakes & inland rivers than any other country Canada Gino	$300 [13] Born in Belfast, he sang lead for the group Them before scoring hits on his own like “Brown Eyed Girl” Van Morrison Kurt	$300 [8] In some traditions, the Ark of the Covenant was taken to Ethiopia by Menelik, the son of Solomon & this woman the Queen of Sheba
$400 [19] In the 1660s it took a “geneous” like him to show that white light is hetero-geneous Newton Gino	$400 [29] Earl Grey tea is flavored with oil of bergamott which is this fruit orange	$400 [6] "Once more unto" this, "dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead!" the breach Gino	$400 [24] English is the official language of this oil-rich country that borders Chad, NIger & Cameroon Nigeria Kurt	$400 [14] Featuring a frenzied solo, this British band's “You Really Got Me” soared to No. 1 The Kinks Kurt	$400 [9] Simple curves & cabriole legs characterize this popular 18th century furniture style Queen Anne Kurt
$500 [20] In 1963 Lord Denning led the official inquiry into this British government sex scandal John Profumo Affair	$500 [30] A word for “tea” in Asia, it's the name for a mix of black tea, milk & spices sometimes served as a latte chai Kurt	DD $500 [7] These people "die many times before their deaths" cowards Gino	$500 [25] Constitutional changes in 2000 for this Asian country may help end its civil war between Tamils & Sinhalese Sri Lanka Kurt	$500 [15] Hits like “Tuesday Afternoon” from “Days of Future Passed” hooked this band musically into the Summer of Love The Moody Blues	$500 [10] You'll find its main campus in Flushing, New York Queen's College Kurt

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD TESTAMENT	FILMS OF THE '70s	MS. PRESIDENT	TAXI!	THE ARTS	RHYME TIME
$200 [1] Like John Henry, Jael had this in her hand & used it to nail Sisera's head to the ground hammer Kurt	$200 [2] Sally Field won a victory for the union & an Oscar for herself, in this 1979 film Norma Rae Gino	$200 [16] Maggie Walker was the USA's first woman president of one of these, St. Luke Penny Savings in Richmond bank Wendy	$200 [30] Licensed taxis in New York City are this color yellow Gino	$200 [20] This structure is a traditional part of state capitols to represent the unity of government dome Wendy	$200 [3] The purple Teletubby Tinky Winky Wendy
$400 [4] Muscleman in the Ruben's work seen here: Samson Gino	$400 [12] Set during the Vietnam War, it captured 5 Oscars including one for director Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter Kurt	$400 [17] Seen here she was president of her country from 1986 to 1992 Corazon Aquino Kurt Gino Wendy	$400 [29] You can do it to Mary or Columbia as well as to a taxi hail Gino	$400 [21] Sam Wagstaff, a major collector of this visual art that uses silver, later turned to collecting silver photography Gino	$400 [8] “Colorful” 1986 No. 1 album by Madonna True Blue Kurt
$800 [6] Job lived in Uz; Abraham lived in this city of the Chaldees Ur Wendy	$600 [13] Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid & Daniel Stern were cycling buddies in this coming-of-age drama Breaking Away Gino	$600 [18] She retired at age 80 as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony	$600 [28] The sitcom “Taxi” used cabs from this famous company founded in 1922 Checker Wendy	$600 [22] This city's renaissance artists, like Titian & Giorgione, emphasized color more than the Florentines Venice Gino	$600 [9] It's Ben & Jerry's banana ice cream with walnuts & pieces of dark chocolate Chunky Monkey Wendy
DD $1,000 [5] Moses couldn't enter the promised land after striking this to produce water instead of speaking to it rock Gino	$800 [14] (Hi, I'm Melody Thomas Scott from The Young and the Restless. The answer is:) In 1976 I appeared in John Wayne's final film, this Western in which he played a dying gunslinger The Shootist Gino	$800 [19] In 1946 Sarah Blanding became the first woman president of this then 85-year-old New York women's college Vassar Kurt	$800 [27] Contrary to its “roving” name, this type of cab isn't licensed to cruise the streets Gypsy cab Gino	$800 [23] The modern dance pioneer seen here--she died in a bizarre shawl, not scarf, accident: Isadora Duncan Kurt Gino	$800 [10] A synonym for potpourri or miscellany hodgepodge
$1,000 [7] In a showdown with the prophets of Baal, his prayer for fire was answered; theirs weren't Elijah	$1,000 [15] In a 1972 comedy Alan Arkin fancied himself a casanova in “The Last of” these the red hot lovers Gino	$1,000 [25] In 1954 she performed in “The Firebird” & became president of the Royal Academy of Dancing (Dame) Margot Fonteyn	DD $2,000 [26] This slang word for a taxi or its driver is shortened from the name of a horse-drawn carriage hack (from hackney) Kurt	$1,000 [24] The name of this plaster used in the 18th c. to make faux marble refers to rough exterior coating stucco Kurt	$1,000 [11] A weapon like a taser, that fires electric darts to temporarily incapacitate a person stun gun Gino

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS

A conversation he had with Miles Davis became the first of the “Playboy Interviews” in 1962

Alex Haley

Kurt "Who is Alex Haley?" — wagered $2,299

Wendy "Who is Smith?" — wagered $2,200

Gino "Who is Alex Haley?" — wagered $300

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