Show #3351 1999-03-15 Regular

Contestants

Michael Skeldon — a graduate student from Northridge, California

Robin McCreery — a claims representative from Coos Bay, Oregon

Erin Weller — a history teacher from Evanston, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Erin	$1,900	$2,700	$5,300	$9,799 2nd place: Cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines	$5,300 18 R, 4 W
Robin	$800	$1,600	$7,800	$10,800 New champion: $10,800	$6,800 17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Michael	$700	$500	$400	$2 3rd place: Motorola TracFone & six months airtime	$700 8 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE IDES OF MARCH	MOV"ING" PICTURES	KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS	BIRD WORDS & PHRASES	THE NEW $20 BILL	CURSES!
$100 [21] March 15, 1493:This explorer returns to Spain when the Nina docks at Palos Christopher Columbus Erin	$100 [9] Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! It's the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" Staying Alive Erin	$100 [1] Showman Phineas Taylor... P.T. Barnum Robin	$100 [16] Be grateful for what you have, because "A bird in the hand is worth" this Two in the bush Robin	$100 [26] Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin called the bill "An important tool against" these criminals Counterfeiters Michael	$100 [6] Be careful! An old proverb warns that "curses, like" these animals "come home to roost" chickens Robin
$200 [22] March 15, 1964:Elizabeth Taylor marries this actor, for the first time Richard Burton Erin	$200 [12] Director Susan Seidelman followed this Madonna-Rosanna Arquette comedy with "Making Mr. Right" Desperately Seeking Susan Erin	$200 [2] Car racing's Anthony Joseph... A.J. Foyt Erin	$200 [17] A person who deliberately avoids facing facts is said to hide his head in the sand like this bird Ostrich Michael	$200 [27] The 20 in the lower right is designed to appear black from an angle, but this color from straight on Green Robin	$200 [7] Ripped from a Hindu idol, this 45.5-carat blue diamond has been linked to the demise of many of its owners Hope Diamond Erin
$300 [23] March 15, 1919:U.S. veterans of WWI meet in Paris & set up this "American" organization the American Legion Erin Robin Michael	$300 [13] 1988 film based on the 1964 disappearance of 3 civil rights workers in the South Mississippi Burning Erin	$300 [3] Architect Ieoh Ming... I.M. Pei Robin	$300 [18] The name of this yellow bird may also refer to a shade of yellow or a yellow diamond Canary Erin	$300 [28] Mary Ellen Withrow, whose signature is on the bill as holder of this post, helped unveil it May 20, 1998 Treasurer of the United States Michael	$300 [8] Snidely Whiplash would often say "Curses! Foiled again!" after being arrested by this animated Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-Right Michael
$400 [24] March 15, 1933:This future Supreme Court justice makes her first strenuous objection in Brooklyn Ruth Bader Ginsburg Robin Michael	$400 [14] Thriller director Costa-Gavras went for some quieter moments in this 1982 film Missing Michael	$400 [4] Controversial psychologist Burrhus Frederic... B.F. Skinner Erin	$400 [19] Combine a bird & a bovine to get this kind of absurd, improbable tale often used as an excuse Cock & bull story	DD $400 [29] This building on the back of the bill was trashed by revelers the night the man on the front moved in The White House (when Andrew Jackson moved in) Robin	$400 [10] Better be have! In Deuteronomy 28, this Israelite leader rains down shocking curses upon the disobedient Moses
$500 [25] March 15, 1917:The Romanov Dynasty ends when this czar abdicates Nicholas II Michael	$500 [15] Fred & Ginger do the carioca in this, their first movie together Flying Down to Rio Robin	$500 [5] Presidential Chief of Staff Harry Robbins... H.R. Haldeman Erin	$500 [20] Australian slang for a lookout who warns criminals about police, or the kind of bird Baretta had Cockatoo Erin	—	$500 [11] One of this former Pinkerton detective's first hard-boiled novels was "The Dain Curse" Dashiell Hammett

Double Jeopardy! Round

MANHATTAN	BANANAS	EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX	INTERIORS	MIGHTY APHRODITE	RADIO DAYS
$200 [26] This magnet for shopaholics known as Bloomie's stands on 59th between Lexington & 3rd Bloomingdale's Michael	$200 [21] This company's blue logo shows a woman in a Carmen Miranda-style hat & a flamenco dress Chiquita Robin	$200 [7] A fertilized egg embeds itself in the wall of this organ, also called the womb Uterus Robin	$200 [16] A tieback is a strip of material used to tie back one of these Curtain Erin	$200 [6] Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, who caught her romancing this Greek god of war Ares Erin Robin Michael	$200 [1] This girl's dog Sandy was played on radio by a man named Brad Barker Little Orphan Annie Erin
DD $300 [28] Cops once chased girlwatchers from the windy corner of 5th & 23rd, perhaps originating this phrase 23 skidoo Michael	$400 [22] Maurice Chevalier sang a French version of this novelty hit in the 1929 movie "Innocents of Paris" "Yes! We Have No Bananas" Robin	$400 [8] These pollen-bearing organs that include the anther are a plant's male flower parts Stamen Michael	$400 [17] The type of bed seen here, or the title of a Broadway play that starred Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy a four-poster Erin	$400 [12] Aphrodite's name gave us this word for a substance that stokes the flames of love Aphrodisiac Robin	$400 [2] Before she fell in love with TV, this redhead starred in radio's "My Favorite Husband" Lucille Ball Erin
$1,000 [27] Woody Allen is a regular at this Manhattan restaurant owned by a woman whose last name is Kaufman Elaine's	$600 [23] This gastropod mollusk is the official mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz Banana slug Robin	$600 [9] This cell that is produced when a sperm fertilizes an egg measures 0.1 mm in diameter Zygote Robin	$600 [18] The adjustable horizontal sections of a Venetian blind, or a nickname for a tall, thin man Slats Robin	$800 [14] By Anchises, Aphrodite was the mother of this hero, the subject of Virgil's epic Aeneas Erin	$600 [3] No lie: it's the name of Fibber McGee's wife Molly Michael
—	$800 [24] An Australian kids' show is called "Bananas in" these Pajamas Erin	$800 [10] Female sex hormones like estrogen may be called gynogens; male ones like testosterone are these Androgens Erin	$800 [19] This bed with scroll-like ends was named for its resemblance to a form of winter transportation Sleigh bed Robin	$1,000 [15] After the Muse Calliope crossed her, Aphrodite caused the death of this musician, Calliope's son Orpheus	$800 [4] The Orson Welles series "The Lives of Harry Lime" was based on this 1949 film The Third Man Michael
—	$1,000 [25] This dessert was created at Brennan's, a New Orleans restaurant, & named for a customer Bananas Foster Robin	$1,000 [11] Also called reduction division, this type of nuclear division underlies all sexual reproduction Meiosis Erin	$1,000 [20] A synonym for "feast" is found in the name of this upholstered bench usually placed along a wall banquette Erin	DD $1,600 [13] This Trojan prince awarded Aphrodite a golden apple over Hera & Athena in a beauty contest Paris Robin	$1,000 [5] Episodes of this aviator's adventure serial began with a clock striking 12 Captain Midnight

Final Jeopardy!

NATIONAL PARKS

The writings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas helped preserve this area she dubbed "The River of Grass"

Everglades National Park (in Florida)

Michael "What is Arlington National Cemetery" — wagered $398

Erin "What are The Everglades?" — wagered $4,499

Robin "What are The Everglades" — wagered $3,000

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