Show #3753 2000-12-20 (taped 2000-10-25) Regular

Contestants

Robin Jones — a technical editor and writer from Urbana, Illinois

Sameer Bakhda — a physician from San Diego, California

Melinda Croft — a stay-at-home mom from Kings Valley, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Melinda $400 $500 $1,500 $3,000
3rd place: MyPoints.com Gift Certificate
$3,500
10 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Sameer $1,800 $4,200 $5,200 $10,201
2nd place: Trip to Mexico City & Cabo San Lucas
$5,200
15 R, 3 W
Robin $1,500 $3,500 $6,600 $10,401
New champion: $10,401
$6,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1980s UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHIES MAMMALS THE PHONE ZONE SPECIAL "K" JEOPARDY! PLACE
$100 [21]
Hsing-Hsing & Ling-Ling, 2 of these animals at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, mated in 1983, but the cub soon died
Pandas
Melinda
$100 [26]
"Mmmbop to the Top" was the subtitle of a 1997 book on this group
Hanson
Robin
$100 [2]
Much like human fingerprints, the stripes of this mammal in the genus Equus are individually different
Zebra
Melinda
$100 [16]
When you've been removed from the auditory circuit without being disconnected, you're "on" this
Hold
Sameer
$100 [8]
Brown seaweed with broad fronds
Kelp
Melinda
$100 [1]
Teri calls Emily & says she'll bring the baby back if Emily pleads guilty, which would be this, lying under oath
Perjury
Robin
$200 [22]
On Nov. 29, 1981 this film actress drowned after falling from a yacht moored off Catalina Island
Natalie Wood
Sameer
$300 [28]
This actor's life gets plenty of space in "Captain Quirk"
William Shatner
Robin
$200 [3]
This U.S. marsupial has 50 teeth, more than any other North American land mammal
Opossum
Melinda
$200 [17]
To call the White House from one of the 50 states, dial this D.C. area code
202
Robin
$200 [9]
"Down Under" critter seen here
kiwi
Robin
$200 [5]
Emily's murder trial began on October 9, 2000, this holiday in Canada
Thanksgiving
Sameer
$300 [23]
(Hi, I'm Mark McGrath.) My band is named for this charismatic middleweight boxer of the 1980s
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sameer
$400 [29]
An unauthorized bio of Mark Wahlberg is titled "Don't Call Me" this
Marky Mark
Sameer
$300 [4]
This canine of Australia is that continent's largest wild hunting mammal
Dingo
Robin
$300 [18]
Alyssa Milano advertises this "Save A Buck or Two" service
1-800-COLLECT
Robin
$300 [11]
You're on a roll if you know the last was Wilhelm II
Kaiser
Sameer
$300 [10]
Trent tells Drake he came to find his father & that he has a twin he never met (of this type, not identical)
Fraternal
Sameer
$400 [24]
In a 1985 hit, Prince sang of a girl wearing this title article, "and if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more"
"Raspberry Beret"
Robin
$500 [30]
A bio of this producer of Broadway shows like "Hello, Dolly!" calls him "The Abominable Showman"
David Merrick
$400 [6]
The pangolin is also called the "scaly" one of these sticky-tongued insect lovers
Anteater
$400 [19]
Reach out & touch this telephone company abbreviated AT&T
American Telephone & Telegraph
Sameer
$400 [12]
Addiction to pilfering without real need
Kleptomania
Robin
$400 [13]
Jonas gets a call; a man wants to meet him in the garage, like Deep Throat did with this Post reporter
Bob Woodward
$500 [25]
In 1987 the CDC reported a link between aspirin use by kids & this syndrome named for an Australian pathologist
Reye's syndrome
Sameer
DD $700 [27]
A bio of Ms. Hewitt has this title, like an Erich Segal novel
"Love Story"
Robin
$500 [7]
Whales belong to this group of mammals whose name is from the Latin for "large sea animal"
Cetaceans
Sameer
$500 [20]
This service allows subscribers to identify incoming calls by displaying their numbers on a small screen
Caller ID
Sameer
$500 [14]
He's the innovative Russian whose work is seen here
Wassily Kandinsky
Robin
$500 [15]
Teri, in Mexico with Emily's baby, hears on a gossip report Trent was at this TV "Friend"'s wedding July 29, 2000
Jennifer Aniston
Sameer

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE "LOVE" SONGS CAROLS OBSOLETE DEFINITIONS
$200 [26]
One of the 3 vows taken by each man who became a Templar Knight
Chastity, Obedience or Poverty
Sameer
$200 [21]
Jay Gatsby's creator
(F.) Scott (Fitzgerald)
Melinda
$200 [6]
The latitude line crosses this island that's packed in just south of Corsica
Sardinia
$200 [12]
The Top 40 has been home to these from "Romeo and Juliet", "The Godfather" & "St. Elmo's Fire"
Love themes
Melinda
$200 [1]
A highlight of her variety show was her portrayal of Mrs. Wiggins opposite Tim Conway's Mr. Tudball
Carol Burnett
Robin
$200 [7]
Endow once meant to provide with one of these, an old marriage custom
Dowry
Robin
$400 [22]
The creator of Professor Moriarty
(Sir Arthur) Conan (Doyle)
Robin
$400 [17]
Johnny Cash sang, "I shot a man in" this Nevada city "just to watch him die"
Reno
$400 [13]
The O'Jays wanted us all to "get on board" this
"Love Train"
Melinda
$400 [2]
This last name of the model & actress seenhereis also on your computer keyboard
Alt
Robin
$400 [8]
It used to mean "short in stature"; a shortstop has one on either side of him
Base
Robin
$600 [23]
Edward Hyde's creator
(Robert) Louis (Stevenson)
Melinda
$600 [18]
As the latitude line leaves China, it enters this other Commie country
North Korea
Sameer
$600 [14]
In 1999 the versatile Jennifer Lopez topped the charts with this single
"If You Had My Love"
DD $500 [3]
In 1998 this first black female elected U.S. Senator lost her reelection bid to Peter Fitzgerald
Carol Moseley Braun
Robin
$600 [9]
It's a "destined" attraction Glenn Close had for Michael Douglas
Fatal
Sameer
$1,000 [25]
Tarzan's creator
(Edgar) Rice (Burroughs)
$800 [19]
Flores & Corvo are the northernmost islands in this Portuguese group
Azores
Melinda Sameer
$800 [15]
(Hi, I'm Mick Jones of Foreigner.) I wrote this 1985 No. 1 hit ballad that featured Jennifer Holliday & the New Jersey Mass Choir
"I Want To Know What Love Is"
Melinda
$800 [4]
The films of this director knighted in 1952 range from "The Third Man" to "Oliver!"
Sir Carol Reed
$800 [10]
Once a resting place or couch, now it's a den for lion around in
Lair
DD $2,000 [24]
The creator of Uncas
(James) Fenimore (Cooper)
Melinda
$1,000 [20]
This Ohio city, a center of aviation, is named for the youngest signer of the U.S. Constitution
Dayton
$1,000 [16]
"It's very clear", & somewhat ironic, that this was the last song George Gershwin composed
"Our Love Is Here to Stay"
Sameer
$1,000 [5]
She negotiated on Everglades cleanup before becoming head of the EPA in 1993
Carol Browner
Sameer
$1,000 [11]
By its old definition of an "amorous dalliance", we now know what "The Little Dog" was laughing at
Sport
Robin

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS NEWS

They were introduced in 1941, designated as just "Plain" in 1954 & rechristened as "Milk Chocolate" in 2000

M&M's

Melinda "What are M&Ms?" — wagered $1,500
Sameer "What are M&Ms?" — wagered $5,001
Robin "What are M&M's?" — wagered $3,801

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