Show #3766 2001-01-08 (taped 2000-11-01) Regular

Contestants

Rich Jacobs — an account manager from Lake Worth, Florida

Valerie Williamson — a public opinion researcher from Washington, D.C.

Adam Taxin — a graduate student originally from Rose Valley, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Adam $3,300 $4,100 $8,000 $16,000
3-day champion: $44,200
$9,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Valerie $400 $3,000 $8,000 $4,000
2nd place: Trip to Los Cabos, Mexico
$7,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Rich $100 $0 $1,600 $1,600
3rd place: Bikeshop.com Gift Certificate
$1,600
8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

PUT SOMETHING ON CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES WAR GAMES FLOWERS A STEW OF STEWARTS "CAT"ECHISM
$100 [24]
The heelless tube type of these is not considered the height of fashion
Socks
Adam
$100 [5]
Boris Pasternak
Moscow
Adam
$100 [10]
Bomb, bullet, blitz, spearing & sudden death are all terms used in this pro sport
Football
Adam
$100 [21]
Encarta calls it the world's most popular & widely cultivated garden flower
Rose
Rich
$100 [15]
He's brought a Shakespearean air to his role as "Star Trek" captain Jean-Luc Picard
Patrick Stewart
Rich
$100 [16]
A large, important church; great ceiling!
Cathedral
Rich
$200 [27]
Pants with a tight, low waistline are called "huggers" of this body part
Hip
Rich
$200 [4]
Sadaharu Oh
Tokyo
Adam
$200 [9]
You can conquer Kamchatka or Siam in this warlike board game
Risk
Valerie
$200 [22]
This "African" flower is also called the Saintpaulia for its discoverer, Baron Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire
African violet
Adam
$200 [14]
This man played the title bandleader in the 1954 film "The Glenn Miller Story"
Jimmy Stewart
Adam
$200 [17]
You wouldn't take one of these short sleeps during Father Murphy's sermon
Catnap
Valerie
$300 [28]
The name of this type of garment seen here suggests it might be popular among rowers
Crewneck
Valerie
$300 [3]
Sir Walter Scott
Edinburgh
Adam
$300 [8]
Small balls filled with colored liquid are fired by carbon dioxide in this battle of wills
Paintball
Adam
$300 [29]
The Duc van Tol variety of this bulb flower rarely exceeds 6 inches in height
Tulip
Adam
$300 [13]
After drumming for Curved Air & The Police, he's composed soundtracks for TV & film
Stewart Copeland
Adam Valerie
$300 [18]
Spilling the ceremonial wine might qualify as one of these disasters, from the German for "overturned"
Catastrophe
Valerie Rich
$400 [23]
Women's shorts cut to resemble a skirt, or the breeches that French revolutionaries were "sans"
Culottes
Valerie
$400 [2]
Simon Bolivar
Caracas
Adam
$400 [7]
Once hit, you're out in this game where 2 teams hit each other with a ball until only 1 team has members remaining
Dodgeball
Adam
DD $300 [26]
In 797 Japan's Mikado made this flower his personal emblem
Chrysanthemum
Adam
$400 [12]
This Scottish Formula One racer was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1973
Jackie Stewart
$400 [19]
For serious penance, this nine-strand knotted flogging whip might be required
Cat o' nine tails
Valerie
$500 [25]
Found before "Tex" in the name of a waterproof fiber, it's the name of the man who developed it
Gore
Adam
$500 [1]
Jonathan Swift
Dublin
Adam
$500 [6]
Vest-mounted sensors pick up beams fired from phasers in this energetic type of tag
Laser tag
Valerie
$500 [30]
A bell-shaped flower in the primrose family, it comes in red, white, blue & "scarlet"
Pimpernel
Valerie
$500 [11]
From 1958 to 1981 he served as a Supreme Court justice
Potter Stewart
Adam
$500 [20]
A long list of things, like banned books
Catalog
Valerie

Double Jeopardy! Round

PUT SOMETHING ON TURNS OF THE CENTURY VIDEOASIS BESTSELLERS THE REAL FIRST NAME ENDS IN "I"
$200 [30]
Make the day "magical" with this album that includes "Penny Lane" & "The Fool on the Hill"
"Magical Mystery Tour"
Adam
$200 [20]
On July 24, 1701 this city was founded as a French fort by Cadillac
Detroit
Adam
$200 [1]
Herds of this species, cousin of the mastodon, were once widespread in the Northern Hemisphere
woolly mammoth
Valerie
$200 [8]
Usual profession of John Grisham's heroes, including "The Street" one
Lawyers
Valerie
$200 [11]
"Black Jack" Pershing
John
$200 [29]
Fruity nickname for a New Zealander
Kiwi
Rich
$400 [25]
We brought the kids, so put on the Grammy-winning album "The Adventures of Elmo in" this place
Grouchland
Valerie
$400 [19]
In 401 A.D. under Alaric , these fierce people invaded Italy, eventually besieging & sacking Rome
Visigoths
Adam
$400 [2]
The U.S. national monument seen here is featured prominently in this 1977 Spielberg film(Devils Tower)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Valerie
$400 [7]
Once TV's Chrissy Snow, in 1999 she told us how to "Get Skinny on Fabulous Food"
Suzanne Somers
Valerie
$400 [12]
"Babe" Ruth
George (Herman Ruth)
Rich
DD $300 [21]
When Jacques Heim introduced this item of apparel in 1946, he called it the atome, for its tiny size
Bikini
Adam
$800 [22]
Put on Lee Ann Womack's smash country hit "I Hope You" do this, & we sure will
Dance
$600 [18]
In 1501 this man with a "continental" name began his second trip to the New World
Amerigo Vespucci
Rich
$600 [3]
Ya, it's the Scandinavian nation whose flag is seen here
Norway
Adam
$600 [6]
In 1998 women rushed out to buy Dr. Bob Arnot's "Prevention Diet" for this disease
Breast cancer
Adam Valerie
$600 [13]
"Tip" O'Neill
Thomas
Adam
$400 [28]
Not surprisingly, people born under this Zodiac sign have a 2-sided personality
Gemini
Adam
DD $1,000 [24]
(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) In 1974 I won 3 Oscars including one for adapting this composer's ragtime music for "The Sting"
Scott Joplin
Valerie
$800 [17]
In 1301 the future Edward II became the first English recipient of this princely title
Prince of Wales
$800 [9]
The mastery of this zither-like instrument of Japan takes years of practice
Koto
$800 [5]
Politician heard here reading from his 1999 bestseller:("As my days in captivity leng thened, the man whose example had led me to Vietnam stood at the summit of his long naval career...")
John McCain
Valerie
$800 [14]
"Refrigerator" Perry
William
Rich
$600 [27]
The ball in this fast & dangerous game often travels at over 150 MPH
jai alai
Rich
$1,000 [23]
Put on one of the records sax man Lester Young, known as "Prez", made with this singer, "Lady Day"
Billie Holiday
Valerie
$1,000 [16]
Johannes Kepler became imperial mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1601 following this Dane's death
Tycho Brahe
Adam
$1,000 [10]
From German words for "handle" & "broadaxe", it's the 15th century weapon seen here
Halbard
$1,000 [4]
Novels by this Florida columnist/author include "Skin Tight", "Strip Tease" & "Sick Puppy"
Carl Hiaasen
Adam Rich
$1,000 [15]
"Baby Doc" Duvalier
Jean-Claude
Adam
$800 [26]
The Persian language as spoken in Iran is also called this
Farsi
Adam

Final Jeopardy!

1999 ART NEWS

It was the first U.S. city to host a cow parade, hundreds of fiberglass cows by artists, placed around the city

Chicago

Rich "What Madison, Wisc." — wagered $0
Valerie "What is New York City?" — wagered $4,000
Adam "What is Chicago?" — wagered $8,000

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