Show #3765 2001-01-05 (taped 2000-10-31) Regular

Contestants

Mark Venezia — a high school teacher from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Erin Gantt — a marine engineering manager from Prince Georges County, Maryland

Adam Taxin — a graduate student originally from Rose Valley, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adam	$1,100	$2,000	$11,600	$13,500 2-day champion: $28,200	$11,400 26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Erin	$500	$3,000	$6,600	$0 2nd place: Trip to Miami & Miami Film Festival	$6,600 18 R, 1 W
Mark	$1,900	$2,000	$-200	$-200 3rd place: American Historic Society Gift Certificate	$2,800 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE BODY HUMAN	GARMENT BAG	SPOUSE IN COMMON	"ART" CLASS	A ROYAL PAIN	IN THE BUTTE
$100 [2] The auricle is the fleshy outer portion of this organ Ear Erin	$100 [21] Traditionally, nothing is worn under this garment seen here Kilt Erin	$100 [20] Sonny Bono, Gregg Allman Cher Mark	$100 [14] A member of the thistle family, its leaves are tasty when dipped in melted butter or hollandaise sauce Artichoke Adam	$100 [7] It's the royal title held by Heliogabalus, assassinated in his bathroom by his own Praetorian Guard Emperor Adam	$100 [1] In 1912 Butte's new one of these judicial buildings cost twice as much as the state capitol Courthouse Mark
$200 [3] Also called the voice box, it's larger in men than in women Larynx Adam Mark	$200 [22] Brand name for the boating shoes from Sperry seen here; they've been sold in the same style for over 60 years Top-Siders Adam Erin	$200 [19] Amy Irving, Kate Capshaw Steven Spielberg Erin	$200 [15] The richest women, each worth $16 billion, are the widow & daughter of Sam Walton, founder of this chain Wal-Mart Adam	$200 [11] In 1789 pesky revolutionaries imprisoned this king & his family in the Tuileries Palace Louis XVI Adam	$200 [24] Seen here, a 90-foot statue overlooking Butte is called Our Lady of these mountains The Rockies Erin
$300 [4] Estradiol is the strongest form of these female hormones Estrogens Mark	$300 [23] In "Flashdance" this actress wore the top that inspired the fashion seen here Jennifer Beals Adam	$300 [18] Judy Carne, Loni Anderson Burt Reynolds Adam	$300 [30] This adjective can describe a poorly executed painting or Paul Simon's solo career Artless Erin	$300 [10] Bad report card? In the 1580s this royal Russian killed his son & heir in a fit of rage Ivan the Terrible Adam	$300 [27] "Southwest Montana's Premier Performing Arts Center" has this "maternal" name of a vein of ore Mother Lode Theatre Erin
$400 [5] The longest muscle in a human, the sartorius is flat & narrow & lies within this part of the body Thigh/leg Mark	$400 [25] Similar to a djellaba & a dashiki, this tunic is worn from north Africa to the Middle East Kaftan Erin	$400 [17] William Powell, Clark Gable Carole Lombard Erin	$400 [13] In a 1941 film he said, "Let's talk about the black bird" Humphrey Bogart Erin	DD $300 [8] In 711 a large Muslim army crossed this strait & defeated Roderick, the last Visigoth king of Spain Strait of Gibraltar Adam	$400 [28] Famous Butteites (Butte-ies?) include this motorcycle daredevil, born there in 1938 Evel Knievel Erin
$500 [6] Ligaments in the elbow connect the radius & the ulna to this bone Humerus Mark	$500 [26] This Scottish hat seen here is also the first word of a David Mamet play title Glengarry Erin	$500 [16] Jeff Goldblum, Renny Harlin Geena Davis Erin	$500 [12] Made of plastic & aluminum, the Jarvik-7 is this type of device Artificial heart Adam	$400 [9] When assassinated in 1908, Carlos I of this Iberian country was in a virtual state of war with his subjects Portugal Adam Mark	$500 [29] Led by the Anaconda Company, by 1900 Butte was the world's largest producer of this metal Copper Adam

Double Jeopardy! Round

VERY GRIMM TALES	DICTATORS BY BIRTHPLACE	H.H.	OH, NO! OPERA!	SEE HOW THEY RUN	THE "EVIL" WITHIN
$200 [6] In the original Grimm Brothers version, after the miller's daughter guessed his name, he tore himself in two Rumpelstiltskin Adam	$200 [5] August 29, 1941:Pozarevac, Serbia Slobodan Milosevic Erin	$200 [25] The first of his Playboy Clubs opened in 1960; the last closed in 1988 Hugh Hefner Mark	$200 [12] This famous martyr is the heroine of many operas, including "The Maid of Orleans" Joan of Arc Adam	$200 [30] For men they're 42 inches high at the 110-meter distance, 36 inches high at 400 meters Hurdles Adam	$200 [29] Middle name of appeasing British PM Arthur Chamberlain Neville Adam
$400 [19] She got only crab shells to eat, while the witch gave her brother all the best food to plump him up for eating Gretel Mark	$400 [4] April 28, 1937:Tikrit, Iraq Saddam Hussein Erin	$400 [15] While serving as vice president in the 1960s, he chaired the Council on Economic Opportunity Hubert H. Humphrey Mark	$400 [11] Thea Musgrave's 1995 opera about this South American liberator premiered in Virginia, not Venezuela Simon Bolivar Adam	$400 [26] Ty Cobb led the league in these in 1911, but lost out in 1912 to Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan Stolen bases Adam Mark	$400 [28] This NHL team whose logo is seen here calls East Rutherford home New Jersey Devils Mark
$600 [18] For fetching her golden ball out of the well, the princess promised this animal she'd eat, sleep & play with him Frog Erin	$600 [3] May 19, 1925:Kompong Thom, Cambodia Pol Pot Adam	$600 [14] This author was a bookseller & mechanic before writing such books as "Steppenwolf" & "Siddhartha" Hermann Hesse Adam	$600 [10] The Seattle Opera is famous for its back-to-back productions of this composer's "Ring" cycle, in German & English Richard Wagner Erin	$600 [24] In 1954 Diane Leather was the first woman under 5 minutes in the mile & he was the first man under 4 Roger Bannister Adam	$600 [27] From a Spanish place name, it's a shade of orange Seville Adam
$800 [17] One-Eye & Three-Eyes hated their sister because she had these, like the common folk Two eyes Mark	$800 [2] September 11, 1917:Sarrat, Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Erin	$800 [13] This Peter Noone-led group was originally called The Heartbeats Herman's Hermits Adam	$800 [9] She wrote the libretto for "The Mother of Us All"; maybe that's why it features a character named "Gertrude S." Gertrude Stein Adam	$800 [23] This winged horse follows "Fusaichi" in the name of the 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Pegasus Adam	$1,000 [20] "Colorful" Tennessee town that's home to President Andrew Johnson's tailor shop Greeneville
$1,000 [16] Guys who failed to figure out how the 12 princesses wore these out each night were killed, simple as that Shoes Erin	$1,000 [1] January 26, 1918:Scornicesti, Romania Nicolae Ceausescu Adam	$1,000 [7] In the 1530s this "Younger" German became court painter to King Henry VIII; his duties included designing jewelry Hans Holbein Adam	DD $1,400 [8] The 1981 opera based on this Tolstoy novel begins, & ends, at a Moscow railway station "Anna Karenina" Adam	$1,000 [22] This Wisconsin running back won the Heisman Trophy in 1999 & was Rose Bowl MVP in 2000 Ron Dayne Adam Mark	DD $3,000 [21] This verb's synonyms include vilify, abuse, berate & disparage Revile Mark

Final Jeopardy!

LIFE SCIENCE

A study done in South Africa put these non-primates above chimpanzees, making them the world's second-smartest species

Dolphins

Erin "What are (dolphins) ape" — wagered $6,600

Adam "What are (binobos) dolphins?" — wagered $1,900

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