Show #3780 2001-01-26 (taped 2000-11-08) Regular

Contestants

Lawrence Hidaka — a library assistant from Las Vegas, Nevada

Aaron Kilmer — a graduate student from Pasadena, California

Ron Shinkman — a journalist from Sherman Oaks, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ron $200 $800 $1,600 $3,100
3rd place: ReplayTV System & Service
$1,800
16 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)
Aaron $1,500 $3,300 $7,700 $9,700
New champion: $9,700
$8,700
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Lawrence $1,100 $2,800 $4,800 $3,799
2nd place: Trip to Oahu, Hawaii courtesy of Yahoo! Travel
$4,800
15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY BUTTER GONE TOO SOON CRAYOLA CRAYON COLORS NONFICTION BEATLES' SONGS IN OTHER WORDS
$100 [6]
Principal port cities on this gulf include Mobile & Tampa
Gulf of Mexico
Aaron
$100 [21]
It's the action you do to make butter or the device it's made in
Churn
Ron
$100 [16]
Sadly, in 1997 this "Saturday Night Live" comic, like his idol, John Belushi, died at age 33
Chris Farley
Ron
$100 [11]
Shocking--but shades of this color include Tickle Me, Pig & Flamingo
Pink
Ron
$100 [1]
"The Greatest Generation Speaks" is a collection of letters inspired by this newsman's 1998 bestseller
Tom Brokaw
Lawrence
$100 [23]
"Jaundiced U-Boat"
"Yellow Submarine"
Aaron
$200 [7]
Large ships can sail over 100 miles inland to Washington, D.C. on this river
Potomac
Aaron
$200 [22]
Land O'Lakes butter got its start in this state in 1921
Minnesota
Lawrence
$200 [17]
2 of the 3 rock legends, aged 28, 22 & 17, who lost their lives February 3, 1959
(2 of) The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly or Ritchie Valens
Lawrence
$200 [12]
This shade of brown shares its name with a bear who had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Ron
$200 [2]
Frank McCourt tells about growing up in the slums of Ireland in this Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir
"Angela's Ashes"
Ron
$200 [27]
"Softcover Author"
"Paperback Writer"
Lawrence
$300 [8]
Streams in the eastern part of this state flow into Lake Michigan & Green Bay
Wisconsin
Ron
$300 [24]
In 1995 he became the spokeshunk for "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter"
Fabio
Aaron
$300 [18]
He ran off with a 1988 Oscar nomination for his role in "Running on Empty"
River Phoenix
Lawrence
$300 [13]
2 of the first 3 metallic colors introduced
Gold, silver &/or copper
Aaron
$300 [3]
On his own he wrote "Veil" & "Wired"; with Carl Bernstein he wrote "All The President's Men"
Bob Woodward
Ron
$300 [28]
"Shalom Aloha"
"Hello Goodbye"
Lawrence
$400 [9]
In 1833 this "holy" northwestern Ohio port arose from the consolidation of Port Lawrence & Vistula villages
Toledo
Ron Aaron
$400 [25]
Part of Heloise's hint to do this is to mix 1/3 cup white vinegar with 2/3 cup water & blot
Remove a butter stain
Ron
$400 [19]
At the 2000 U.S. Open in Pebble Beach, a memorial was held for this golfer & winner of the title in '99
Payne Stewart
Ron
$400 [14]
In response to teachers' requests, Prussian Blue became this "timely" color in 1958
Midnight Blue
$400 [4]
Shout Hallelujah! Come on "Get Happy", Gerald Clarke's biography of this entertainer
Judy Garland
$400 [29]
"A Lengthy, Meandering Boulevard"
"The Long and Winding Road"
Ron Aaron
DD $500 [10]
The easternmost part of Rhode Island can't be reached by land without going through this state
Massachusetts
Aaron
$500 [26]
You'll be Russian to serve this chicken dish stuffed wuth herbed butter
Chicken Kiev
Aaron
$500 [20]
(Hi, I'm Katie Wagner) In 1996 I co-produced & narrated "An Intimate Portrait" of this actress, my stepmother, for Lifetime TV
Natalie Wood
Aaron
$500 [15]
Ingmar Bergman should be pleased with this fruity color, added in 1990
Wild Strawberry
Ron Lawrence
$500 [5]
As you might "Expect", this book, first published in 1984, is the top pregnancy guide for moms-to-be
"What to Expect When You're Expecting"
Lawrence
$500 [30]
"24 Hour Traveler"
"Day Tripper"
Lawrence

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE WAR OF 1812 OCCUPATIONS IMAX FILMS MARRY MARY QUITE CONTRARY HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
$200 [1]
This Washington lawyer watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry aboard a British ship on the night of Sept. 13-14, 1814
Francis Scott Key
Ron
$200 [6]
In a fight song, "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a helluva" this
Engineer
$200 [12]
This TV Spock narrated the IMAX films "Ring of Fire" & "Destiny in Space"
Leonard Nimoy
Aaron
$200 [21]
In 1877 she wed Asa Eddy, a follower of her new religion
Mary Baker (Eddy)
Lawrence
$200 [26]
For a knife, it's the opposite of sharp; for a life, it's the opposite of exciting
Dull
Aaron
$200 [11]
By its derivation the only thing in an arboretum should be these, no shrubs or other plants
Trees
Lawrence
$400 [2]
Prior to going to New Orleans, this general captured Pensacola, Florida
Andrew Jackson
Ron
$400 [7]
In the U.S. this person is in charge of a prison; at Oxford, he's in charge of a college
Warden
Ron
$400 [14]
Larger than life on the courts, this title Bull went "To The Max" (about 8 stories high) in 2000
Michael Jordan
Lawrence
$400 [22]
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson married this future VP in 1970
Al Gore
Ron Lawrence
DD $200 [29]
As a verb, this car part is the opposite of invigorate
Tire
Ron
$400 [13]
You may know it as the name of a green melon; it's also the term for the sweet, sticky stuff secreted by aphids
Honeydew
Lawrence
$600 [3]
During the war this 54-gun frigate was commanded by Isaac Hull, then by William Bainbridge
U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides")
Ron
$600 [8]
Shakespeare's character Bottom is one of these fabric workers
Weaver
$600 [15]
"The Magic Box" follows these 2 illusionists from war-torn Germany to Las Vegas, & all in 3-D
Siegfried & Roy
Lawrence
$600 [23]
In 1920 he married the Mary who was "America's Sweetheart"
Douglas Fairbanks
Ron Aaron
$400 [27]
Being the opposite of one of these would make Yankee Doodle a ragamuffin
Dandy
Ron
$600 [17]
Used to remove small twigs & stems, these shears may be anvil or bypass
Pruning shears
Lawrence
$800 [4]
This Speaker of the House known as the "Great Compromiser" helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent
Henry Clay
Ron
$800 [9]
This term for a casino attendant who runs the roulette wheel is the title of a recent film set in England
Croupier
Aaron
$800 [16]
A 1999 film explores the effect this weather phenomenon had on "The Island of the Sharks"
El Nino
Ron Aaron
$800 [24]
She became a mystery writer in 1975, way after marrying Warren F. Clark in 1949
Mary Higgins (Clark)
Aaron
$600 [28]
This antonym of messy is also an evergreen
Spruce
$800 [19]
The finlike structures on the underside of mushroom caps are called these
Gills
$1,000 [5]
The British burned Washington, D.C. as revenge for the American burning of York, Canada, now this city
Toronto
Aaron
$1,000 [10]
It's the job of the little man in the photo from the structure under him(church)
Steeplejack
$1,000 [18]
Astronauts became cinematographers for the 1997 film "Mission to" this space station
Mir
Aaron
DD $1,000 [25]
His wife Mary "gave birth" to a monster, Frankenstein's
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Aaron
$1,000 [30]
This antonym of dispirited describes a Noel Coward "Spirit"
Blithe
Ron
$1,000 [20]
This fertilizer element was leached out of wood ashes & dried in iron pots, hence its other name, potash
Potassium
Ron

Final Jeopardy!

POTENT POTABLES

Named for the club where it was first made, this drink was created to honor Samuel Tilden's election as governor

Manhattan

Ron "What is a Manhattan?" — wagered $1,500
Lawrence "What is a boilermaker" — wagered $1,001
Aaron "What is a Manhattan?" — wagered $2,000

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