Show #3779 2001-01-25 (taped 2000-11-08) Regular

Contestants

Jeremy Ochsenbein — an urban planner from Encino, California

Ron Shinkman — a journalist from Sherman Oaks, California

Jim Britton — an agricultural researcher from Butte, Montana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$1,300	$2,400	$8,200	$4,200 2nd place: Trip to Los Cabos, Mexico courtesy of Yahoo! Travel	$6,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Ron	$400	$1,800	$8,600	$16,401 New champion: $16,401	$7,300 17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jeremy	$1,100	$2,200	$2,000	$100 3rd place: Meade ETX90 Telescope	$2,000 12 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE FLAGS	STYLISH CELEBRITIES	HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN	YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH	STRIKE!	WHILE THE "IRON" IS HOT
$100 [14] The 8 stripes on its flag represent the 8 main islands Hawaii Jeremy	$100 [11] She was busting out all over in bustiers by Jean Paul Gaultier on her "Blond Ambition" tour Madonna Ron	$100 [17] Of the mother duck's offspring, he was the best swimmer The Ugly Duckling Jim	$100 [26] It's the original paradise recorded in Genesis Eden Jim	$100 [6] In bowling, a turkey is this many strikes 3 Jeremy	$100 [1] Slang for a steam-powered railroad locomotive Iron horse Jim
$200 [19] This state's flag, adopted in 1839, was the third design used when it was a republic Texas Jeremy	$200 [12] She really is a "Working Girl" now selling goddess dresses & beads on her website Melanie Griffith Jim	$200 [18] She froze to death on New Year's Eve, but not before seeing visions of a Christmas tree & her grandmother The Little Match Girl Ron	$200 [27] One who divines by examining the creases in a person's hand Palm reader Jim	$200 [7] When you "strike" this fuel, natural gas mixed in with it can expand & propel it upward through the drill bore Oil Jeremy	$200 [2] It began about 1500 B.C., period Iron Age Ron
$300 [20] The grizzly bear prominently featured on this state's flag dates back to 1846 California Ron	$300 [13] Supermodel Niki Taylor hit the "bull's eye" in 2000 with her own line of clothing for this chain Target Jim	$300 [23] In one Andersen tale, a one-legged toy soldier made of this was in love with a dancing paper doll Tin Ron	$300 [28] 3-word term for verbalizing incomprehensible, nonhuman or mystical language while in a state of ecstasy Speaking in tongues Jim	$300 [8] It strikes when electric potential in the atmosphere tops 10,000 volts per centimeter Lightning Jim	$300 [3] A 19th century warship armored with metal plates Ironclad Ron Jeremy
$400 [21] State whose flag is seen here(in the Southwest) New Mexico Jim	$400 [15] (Hi, I'm Vanna White with designer Pamela Dennis) In 1999 this daughter of an Aerosmith singer wore a gorgeous Pamela Dennis gown to the Oscars Liv Tyler Jeremy	DD $500 [24] Tale in which one of the villains asks, "Has your majesty ever worn a shirt so light and of such splendid colour?" "The Emperor's New Clothes" Ron	$400 [29] A member of a Muslim religious order known for its frenzied, whirling devotional practices Dervish Jeremy	$400 [9] Something that sounds familiar strikes one of these musical combinations Chord Jim	$400 [4] A medieval torture device shaped like a human body Iron maiden Ron
$500 [22] It's the only state with a different design on the reverse of its flag: a yellow beaver Oregon Ron	$500 [16] This brunette beauty won an Emmy for "Once and Again" in an eye-popping black leather bodice Sela Ward	$500 [25] She slept in a polished walnut shell, using blue violet petals as a mattress & a rose petal for a quilt Thumbelina	$500 [30] This "Green" is a heaven reserved for sailors, not violinists Fiddler's Green Jeremy	$500 [10] For striking in 1981 in defiance of his orders, this man fired 11,345 members of the air traffic controllers' union Ronald Reagan Jeremy	$500 [5] Bismarck's moniker "The Iron Chancellor" Jeremy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1860s	ALMOST REAL	ON THE ROAD WITH BOB & BING	20th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE	CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS	FAMOUS PAIRS
$200 [1] East met west when the final spike of this was hammered in at Promontory, Utah Transcontinental Railroad Jim	$200 [7] Amusing rhyme time name for phony currency Funny money Ron	$200 [26] Bing sells Bob to a slave trader in "Road to" this north African country Morocco Jim	$200 [8] What Albert Speer was to Hitler, Marcello Piacentini was to this man Benito Mussolini Jim Jeremy	$200 [19] Zafred, Faccio & Mercadante all wrote these based on "Hamlet" Operas Jim	$200 [4] Game in which you'd hear the phrase "Ready or not, here I come" Hide and Seek Ron
$400 [2] This Swede came up with a dynamite invention & patented it in 1867 Alfred Nobel Jeremy	$400 [11] A superficial illusion of something, or the front of a building Facade Jim	$400 [30] In "Road to" this South American city, Bob asks Dorothy Lamour, "How did you get into that dress--with a spraygun?" Rio (de Janeiro) Jim	$400 [15] Native country of the appropriately named progressive architect Rem Koolhaas The Netherlands/Holland Ron	$400 [20] Schumann's "Nachtlied" is a "Night" this Song Jim	$400 [9] Sewing items felt by a foot waking up Pins & needles
$600 [3] In 1865 William Booth founded what would become this organization The Salvation Army	$600 [12] This computer-generated Gungan from Naboo didn't get good reviews from the "Star Wars" fans Jar Jar Binks Ron	$600 [29] In 1940, the first "Road" movie found Bing & Bob swearing off women & hiding out in this Asian city-state Singapore Ron	$600 [16] L.A. residents fondly nicknamed Cesar Pelli's Pacific Design Center, seen here, after this huge animal "Blue Whale" Ron	$600 [21] Mozart wrote over 20 for piano & orchestra, including the "Coronation" one Concerto Ron Jeremy	$600 [10] Colorful (or is it colorless?) phrase meaning clear-cut, without a doubt Black & white Jeremy
$800 [5] This "Equality State" was still a territory when it gave women the right to vote in 1869 Wyoming Jeremy	$800 [13] This training device puts a pilot in a replica of a cockpit Flight simulator Jeremy	$800 [27] Lush trappings & jungle perils dogged Bob & Bing's heels when they took the "Road to" this Indonesian island Bali Jim Jeremy	$1,000 [18] In 1906 this partner of McKim & Mead built a Presbyterian church & was killed by a jealous husband Stanford White Ron	$800 [22] Term for Schubert's "Death and the Maiden", heard here, or the type of group playing it String quartet Ron	$800 [24] Now referring to a rule that's rigidly enforced, it used to refer to a ship that had run aground Hard & fast
$1,000 [6] With 1,000 Redshirts to cover his back, he captured Sicily & Naples in 1860 Giuseppe Garibaldi	$1,000 [14] From the German for "a substitute", it's the term for something like a coffee made from grain Ersatz Ron	DD $3,000 [28] The quest for an African diamond mine is taken up by Bob & Bing in "Road to" this Tanzanian region Zanzibar Jim	DD $2,000 [17] I.M. Pei's L'Enfant Plaza opened to acclaim in this city in 1968 Washington, D.C. Ron	$1,000 [23] Tchaikovsky wrote these "On A Rococo Theme" Variations	$1,000 [25] This phrase for decided & fixed comes from how herbs were sold Cut & dried

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

Bertrand Russell said that "What Galileo and Newton were to the 17th century," this man "was to the 19th"

Charles Darwin

Jeremy "Who is Edison" — wagered $1,900

Jim "Who is ?" — wagered $4,000

Ron "Who is Darwin ?" — wagered $7,801

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