Show #3767 2001-01-09 (taped 2000-11-01) Regular

Michael Arnone game 1.

Contestants

Michael Arnone — a graduate student originally from Pennington, New Jersey

Vivian Moyle — a human anatomy instructor from Elmhurst, Illinois

Adam Taxin — a graduate student originally from Rose Valley, Pennsylvania (whose 3-day cash winnings total $44,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Adam $2,000 $3,500 $5,500 $2,000
2nd place: a trip to Cayman Islands courtesy of Yahoo! Travel
$7,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Vivian $400 $900 $-500 $-500
3rd place: TiVo recorder and service
$-500
5 R, 3 W
Michael $2,000 $2,800 $6,800 $3,300
New champion: $3,300
$6,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMAZIN' FACTS EXPLORATION BIG SCREEN TITLE PAIRS CLASSIC KIDDY LIT NOW HEAR THIS! WHAT UP, "G"?
$100 [29]
The dinosaur Tenontosaurus kept its balance with this feature that made up roughly half its 24' length
its tail
Adam
$100 [16]
In 1540 a party led by Coronado became the first Europeans to see this Arizona natural wonder
the Grand Canyon
Adam
$100 [26]
1971:"...and the Chocolate Factory"
Willy Wonka
Adam Michael
$100 [17]
Character who finally discovered breaking & entering suspect Goldilocks
Baby Bear
Adam Vivian
$100 [30]
It's the military instrument heard here
a bugle
Michael
$100 [25]
Yum! It's the grinding part of a turkey's digestive tract
the gizzard
Adam
$200 [28]
Specially engraved milestones were brought from England to mark this line surveyed in the 1760s
the Mason-Dixon Line
Vivian Michael
$200 [15]
When Captain Cook left England in July 1776, this future Bounty captain was master of his ship the Resolution
Captain William Bligh
Vivian
$200 [7]
1994:"...and Present Danger"
Clear
Michael
$200 [18]
Family name of the 3 billy goats who turned the tables on a troll
Gruff
Adam
$200 [22]
Classic versions of this timekeeper heardherecome from southern Germany
a cuckoo clock
Adam
$200 [24]
A promise of quality or of a particular outcome
a guarantee
Adam
$300 [27]
Hugo Wieslander, runner-up in the 1912 Olympic decathlon, refused the gold medal this man had to return
Jim Thorpe
Adam
$300 [3]
In 1725 the Russian government employed Vitus Bering to discover whether these 2 continents were connected
Asia & North America
Adam
$300 [6]
1966:"...and Mr. Chicken"
The Ghost
$300 [19]
Louise Fitzhugh character who considers spying part of her young life
Harriet the Spy
Michael
$300 [21]
Also known as a rail, this type of racing car heardheredoes its thing in under 5 seconds
a drag racer
Michael
$300 [23]
In mythology, Jason sought it
the Golden Fleece
Adam
$400 [13]
Selim III, who held this Ottoman title from 1789 to 1807, reportedly shot an arrow 972 yards
sultan
Adam
$400 [2]
In 1517 Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba became the first Spaniard to reach Mexico when he landed at this peninsula
the Yucatan Peninsula
Michael
$400 [5]
1993:"...and Confused"
Dazed
Vivian
DD $300 [14]
18th century writer Madame Villeneuve is credited with writing this classic "tale as old as time"
"Beauty and the Beast"
Adam
$400 [20]
Many military & commercial boats are now equipped with this device
sonar
Michael
$400 [11]
Practicing typists know that "Now is the time for all" these "to come to the aid of the party"
good men
Michael
$500 [12]
This "Dr. Faustus" playwright was a flamboyantly gay spy who was stabbed in the head in 1593
Christopher Marlowe
Adam
$500 [1]
In 1500 Bartolomeu Dias died in a storm off this cape, which he called the Cape of Storms
the Cape of Good Hope
Michael
$500 [4]
1975:"...and the Lion"
The Wind
Michael
$500 [8]
The 1968 Newbery Medal went to "From the Mixed-Up" these "of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"
Files
Michael
$500 [9]
It's the native wind instrument heard here, mate
a didgeridoo
Michael
$500 [10]
Arthur's purest knight
Sir Galahad
Adam

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMAZON FACTS A GERSHWIN TUNE IN MY CABINET LEGAL BEFORE & AFTER BUTTERFLIES AVIATION
$200 [1]
Most of the river's 4,000-mile course is in this country
Brazil
Michael
$200 [10]
This song says, "Potato, poh-tah-to, tomato, to-mah-to"
"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"
Adam
$200 [9]
Earl Butz, John Mitchell, Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Adam
$200 [11]
Supreme Court case in which Snoopy's owner sues to desegregate public schools in Kansas
Charlie Brown v. Board of Education
Adam Michael
$600 [21]
This butterfly seenhereis toxic to birds due to the milkweed plants eaten when it was a caterpillar:
a Monarch butterfly
Michael
$600 [23]
The B-17 was the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this
Fortress
Michael
$600 [4]
The name of the 15-foot, 500-pound pirarucu means "red" this, though it could mean "big" this
fish
Vivian
$800 [22]
Ira Gershwin was baffled by singers who clearly phrased "It's" in this song; the point was to omit "it" & slur the "s"
"'S Wonderful"
Vivian
$400 [8]
Abraham Ribicoff, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
Adam
$400 [12]
"Macho Man" group that takes the publisher of Hustler magazine to court in a 1996 film
The Village People vs. Larry Flynt
Michael
$800 [20]
These chemicals used to attract mates are released from special wing scales
pheromones
Vivian
$800 [19]
(Former College Championship contestant Margaret Bickers delivers the clue.) It's the 7-letter word for materials carried aboard a plane that generate revenue, like passengers & cargo
payload
$800 [3]
13-letter term for the clearing of the Amazon basin, a source of environmental concern
deforestation
Adam
$1,000 [16]
Title that precedes "And you can get it--if you try"
"Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Michael
$600 [7]
Salmon Chase, Edwin Stanton, William Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Adam
$600 [13]
Controversial reproductive rights case involving a superstitious former Red Sox third baseman
Roe v. Wade Boggs
Adam
DD $1,000 [17]
From the Greek for "gold", it's the sometimes gold-colored case or cocoon that encases the pupa
chrysalis
Michael
$1,000 [18]
The name of this maker of the $40 million G-V corporate jet sounds more like it sells boats
Gulfstream
Adam
$1,000 [2]
Adjective for the bore, or flow of water, that creates 15-foot waves in the river
tidal bore
$800 [6]
Raymond Donovan, James Watt, Caspar Weinberger
Ronald Reagan
Adam
$800 [14]
Film in which Seinfeld's wacky neighbor walks out on Dustin Hoffman & their son & later sues for custody
Cosmo Kramer vs. Kramer
Vivian
DD $1,400 [5]
Joseph Califano Jr., Griffin Bell, Cyrus Vance
Jimmy Carter
Adam
$1,000 [15]
Landmark 1803 Supreme Court decision establishing a Manhattan venue for the Knicks
Marbury v. Madison Square Garden
Adam

Final Jeopardy!

FLAGS

On February 15, 1965 this country raised its new national flag for the first time on Parliament Hill

Canada

Adam "What is Australia?" — wagered $3,500
Michael "What is South Africa?" — wagered $3,500

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