Show #3778 2001-01-24 (taped 2000-11-08) Regular

Contestants

Tricia Wilson — a graduate student originally from Jamaica, West Indies

Jim Britton — an agricultural researcher from Butte, Montana

Mike Emerman — a campaign administrator from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$1,700	$2,800	$6,400	$0 2nd place: Trip to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina courtesy of Yahoo! Travel	$5,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jim	$1,600	$4,700	$10,100	$12,900 New champion: $12,900	$9,600 22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tricia	$200	$200	$-600	$-600 3rd place: Skagen Denmark Gift Certificate	$-600 8 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4	A LOAD OF BULL	U.S. CITIES	TITLE FILM ROLES	ENERGY	"TT"s ME
$100 [2] Deriving its name from the Russian for "fellow traveler", it made news in 1957 Sputnik Mike	$100 [12] Also known as Tatanka Iyotake, he was a leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux Sitting Bull Jim	$100 [5] The 25 hospitals you can choose from in this city include the famous Massachusetts General Boston Mike	$100 [1] "Annie Hall"(1977) Diane Keaton Tricia	$100 [21] In 1832 the first streetcars in New York City were powered by these Horses Mike	$100 [26] "Imitation is the sincerest form of" it Flattery Mike
$200 [3] President Mireya Moscoso of this country oversaw the 1999 transfer of control of a major ship canal Panama Jim	$200 [13] This Civil War battle is also known as the First Battle of Manassas Bull Run Mike	$200 [6] This gambling mecca was originally settled by Mormons back in 1855 Las Vegas Mike	$200 [14] "Batman"(1989) Michael Keaton Jim	$200 [22] Getting millions of tons lighter every second, it supplies most of the energy the Earth receives Sun Jim	$200 [27] This rocker is the leader of the Heartbreakers Tom Petty Mike
$300 [4] This man named his brother king of Spain in 1808 Napoleon Bonaparte	$300 [15] Because the Bull Moose Party split the Republican vote, this Democrat won the White House in 1912 Woodrow Wilson Mike Tricia	$300 [7] This coastal city's name goes back to Louisiana governor Bernardo de Galvez Galveston Jim	$300 [16] "Uncle Buck"(1989) John Candy Mike	$300 [23] Before their energy can be released, molecules of this in potatoes must be broken down into sugars Starch Jim	$300 [28] A diplomatic official, or his briefcase Attache Mike
$400 [10] Leading to new & better fire codes, the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in this Midwest U.S. city killed over 500 Chicago Tricia	$400 [19] Founded by Pompey the Great around 75 A.D., this city hosts the Running of the Bulls each July Pamplona Mike	$400 [8] Women outnumber men in this North Carolina city named for the wife of King George III Charlotte Jim	$400 [17] "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill, But Came Down A Mountain"(1995) Hugh Grant Jim	$500 [25] A mechanical clock that requires a key stores its potential energy in this Spring Jim	$400 [29] On a male North American turkey it's that long, loose piece of red flesh that hangs from its neck Wattle Jim
$500 [11] In 1534 this king began a reassertion of English influence in Ireland Henry VIII Tricia	$500 [20] The common European variety of this non-mythological creature is seen here Bullfinch Jim	$500 [9] Site of the 1982 World's Fair, it was twice capitol of Tennessee Knoxville Mike	$500 [18] "Cat Ballou"(1965) Jane Fonda Tricia	DD $700 [24] Hans Oersted & Michael Faraday were among those who found magnetism could be converted into this & vice versa Electricity Jim	$500 [30] It's the text of an opera, as opposed to the music Libretto Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY ISLANDS	CHEMICAL ELEMENTS GO POSTAL	I MARRIED A PRESIDENT	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES	SINGERS	"V.H." ONE
$200 [30] He met Miss Watson's runaway slave Jim on Jackson's Island Huckleberry Finn Jim	$200 [5] The chemical symbol for cobalt is the U.S. postal abbreviation for this state Colorado (CO) Mike	$200 [23] Mary Todd Abraham Lincoln Mike	$200 [1] On a Tijuana taxi, this belt is la correa del ventilador the fan belt Tricia	$200 [13] (Hi, I'm Michael Feinstein here at the Hollywood Bowl.) In 1943 this man became the first pop singer to perform with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Bowl & he did it "His Way" Frank Sinatra Jim	$200 [18] On the small screen she played Rhoda Valerie Harper Tricia
$400 [7] In this pirate story, the booty is discovered in the cave of the half-mad Ben Gunn, not the map location Treasure Island Tricia	$400 [6] It's no scandal that scandium's symbol is the postal abbreviation for this "Palmetto State" South Carolina (SC) Tricia	$400 [24] Bess Wallace Harry Truman Mike	$400 [2] In Latin, uva is a bunch of these, whether green or purple, seeded or seedless grapes Jim	$400 [14] This ex-Beatle appeared as a nightclub singer in the movie "Shanghai Surprise" George Harrison Mike Tricia	$400 [20] Courageous central European president seen here Vaclav Havel Mike
$600 [8] This Norman Mailer novel records the lives of 13 American soldiers stationed on the Pacific island of Anopopei The Naked and the Dead	$600 [10] A Cornhusker chemist might know the symbol of this gas matches the abbreviation of his state Neon (NE/Nebraska)	$600 [25] Edith Kermit Carow Theodore Roosevelt Tricia	$600 [3] In Moscow Roy Rogers might have sung, "Happy Trails to You..." & this, meaning "until we meet again" Dasvidanya Jim	$600 [15] This lead singer of the group Our Gang joined the New Mamas & the Papas in the early '80s Spanky	$800 [19] Born in Kiev in 1904, this pianist was one of the best known concert performers of the 20th century Vladimir Horowitz Jim
$800 [28] William LeGrand & his servant Jupiter dig up the buried treasure of Captain Kidd on Sullivan's Island in this Poe tale "The Gold Bug"	DD $1,000 [11] The postal abbreviation of the "Golden State" is the symbol of this common element Calcium (CA/California) Jim	$800 [26] Abigail Smith John Adams Tricia	$800 [4] The Finnish greeting "hyvaa paivaa" is literally "good" this, which is 2 months long in northern Finland in summer good day Jim Tricia	$800 [16] This "First Lady of Contemporary Christian Music" was born in Augusta, Georgia, & that's the gospel truth Amy Grant	$1,000 [22] Last name of the fictional Dutch professor who battled Dracula Van Helsing Jim
$1,000 [27] In this 1896 H.G. Wells story, a shipwrecked naturalist performs experiments to humanize animals The Island of Dr. Moreau Jim	$1,000 [12] This "Flickertail State" shares its postal abbreviation with the chemical symbol for neodymium North Dakota (ND) Tricia	$1,000 [29] Lucy Ware Webb Rutherford B. Hayes	$1,000 [9] Italian indication for violin players to pluck rather than bow pizzicato Jim	$1,000 [17] She belted out "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" in "Dreamgirls" & turned it into a No. 1 R&B hit Jennifer Holliday	DD $2,000 [21] After his death in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe Victor Hugo Mike

Final Jeopardy!

JOURNALISTS

In 2000 the film center of the school of the Art Institute of Chicago was renamed in his honor

Gene Siskel

Mike "Who was Hemmingway?" — wagered $6,400

Jim "Who is Siskel" — wagered $2,800

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