Show #3354 1999-03-18 Regular

Contestants

Cameron Soulis — a high school chemistry teacher from Baltimore, Maryland

Jeff Grimes — a history teacher from Paris, Texas

Barry Hren — a writer originally from Wheaton, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Barry	$2,100	$2,200	$5,600	$0 3rd place: a Motorola TracFone & 6 months of airtime	$5,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jeff	$1,000	$800	$3,700	$700 New champion: $700	$2,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Cameron	$600	$1,100	$5,600	$400 2nd place: a trip to the Oaks at Ojai fitness spa, California	$6,100 16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WHERE THINGS HAPPENED	TV SITCOMS	ENGLISH "T"	POET-TREE	PEOPLE	ANAGRAMMED HITCHCOCK FILMS
$100 [15] This British prime minister gave a famous speech in Fulton, Missouri March 5, 1946 Winston Churchill Barry	$100 [1] Mabel is Paul & Jamie Buchman's baby on this series Mad About You Cameron	$100 [13] It flows from the Cotswold Hills to its mouth on the North Sea the Thames River Barry	$100 [6] This bird-&-feline pair "sailed away, for a year and a day, to the land where the bong-tree grows" the Owl & the Pussycat Cameron	$100 [8] This media mogul & owner of the Atlanta Braves is the USA's largest private bison rancher Ted Turner Jeff	$100 [16] "PORE" Rope Barry Jeff
$200 [17] This site of the Great Mosque & the Kaaba was the capital of the kingdom of Hejaz Mecca Jeff	$200 [2] Andy Dick plays bumbling reporter Matthew Brock on this sitcom set at New York's WNYX NewsRadio Barry	$200 [14] Over the years many got "the chop" at this historic London stronghold the Tower of London Jeff	$200 [7] "The dead tree gives no shelter", he observed in "The Waste Land" T.S. Eliot	$200 [9] The youngest American billionaire ever at age 31, he now owns the Bettman Archive of photo images Bill Gates Jeff	$200 [27] "TO ZAP" Topaz
$300 [18] California city where Father Junipero Serra is buried & Clint Eastwood once served as mayor Carmel Cameron	$400 [4] On this series, Mayim Bialik played a sassy teenager who lived with her 2 older brothers & her divorced dad Blossom Barry	$300 [21] This square is located at the north end of Whitehall, not on the southwest coast of Spain Trafalgar Square Jeff	$300 [24] "So was I once myself a swinger of birches; and so I dream of going back to be", wrote this New England poet Robert Frost Jeff Cameron	$300 [10] The female lead in "Basic Instinct", she's definitely not a dumb blonde; her IQ is said to be 154 Sharon Stone Barry	$300 [28] "ZEN FRY" Frenzy Barry
$400 [19] When Marco Polo reached this city in 1275 it was called Cambaluc Peking (or Beijing)	DD $500 [3] (Hi, I'm Jane Leeves.) I played Marla, the virgin who stumbled onto a contest & ended up with JFK Jr. on an episode of this sitcom Seinfeld Barry	$400 [22] She replaced James Callaghan May 4, 1979 Margaret Thatcher Barry	$400 [25] "Ah, droop not, my oak!" wrote this lord in "To an Oak at Newstead" Lord Byron Cameron	$400 [11] She wore bulky trench coats in episodes of "The X-Files" to hide her real-life pregnancy Gillian Anderson Cameron	$400 [29] "POUND BELLS" Spellbound
$500 [20] Edmond Halley had an observatory on this island 145 years before Napoleon was observed there Saint Helena Barry Jeff Cameron	$500 [5] This Marla Gibbs sitcom was named for the Washington, D.C. building its characters lived in 227 Barry	$500 [23] In 1907 Great Britain, France & Russia completed this defensive "Entente" the Triple Entente	$500 [26] Ogden Nash spoofed this poet by writing, "I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree" Joyce Kilmer (who wrote "Trees")	$500 [12] In 1987 this director of "Taxi Driver" directed Michael Jackson's "Bad" video Martin Scorsese Jeff	$500 [30] "BOIL FATE" Lifeboat

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE RED PLANET	THE BLACK SEA	THEY'VE GOT THE BLUES	EAT A GREEN THING	MR. OR MS. BROWN	SORTA RHYMES WITH PURPLE?
$200 [6] Examples of this explosive phenomena on Mars include Ascraeus Mons & Pavonis Mons volcanoes	$200 [26] It's the largest peninsula jutting into the Black Sea the Crimean Peninsula Jeff Cameron	$200 [17] This "experienced" left-hander recorded haunting blues songs like "Red House" & "Voodoo Chile" Jimi Hendrix Barry	$200 [11] Bibb & butterhead are not an MTV cartoon duo, but varieties of this vegetable lettuce Cameron	$200 [1] It's the name of Charles Schulz' friend who inspired his classic comic strip everyman Charlie Brown Jeff	$200 [16] Examples include leatherback, loggerhead & mutant ninja a turtle Barry
$400 [7] Once thought to be the work of an advanced civilization, these features are now known to be an optical illusion canals Jeff	$400 [27] The only nation on the Black Sea that shares its name with a U.S. state Georgia Cameron	$400 [18] "Royal" guitarist whose early recording "Three O'Clock Blues" was a hit in 1952 B.B. King Jeff	$400 [12] Small versions of this common garden vegetable used for pickling are often called gherkins cucumbers Cameron	$400 [2] This man's execution on December 2, 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause John Brown Cameron	$400 [22] Jaleel White played this heroic nerd for 9 years on "Family Matters" Steve Urkel Jeff
$800 [9] Pathfinder & its rover Sojourner touched down on Mars on this date in 1997 July 4th Cameron	$600 [28] Sailing south from the Black Sea via the Bosporus, you'll pass through this sea before reaching the Mediterranean the Sea of Marmara Jeff	$600 [19] With albums like "Texas Flood" & "Soul to Soul", this guitarist was the leading figure in the 1980s blues-rock revival Stevie Ray Vaughan Barry	$600 [13] These vegetables with a flavor like mild cabbage include the name of a city Brussels sprouts Cameron	DD $500 [3] This best-selling author became a magazine editor in 1965 Helen Gurley Brown Cameron	$600 [23] To congeal, as milk does when it spoils curdle Barry
$1,000 [10] Named for the attendants of Ares, the Greek god of war, they are the 2 moons of Mars Phobos & Deimos	$800 [29] Any 2 of the 4 large rivers beginning with the letter D that drain into the Black Sea (2 of) Danube, Dnieper, Dniester & Don Cameron	$800 [20] It's the nickname of legendary Texas bluesman Sam Hopkins "Lightnin'" Barry	$800 [14] The name of this herb that is used mainly as a decoration on meat dishes comes from the Greek for "rock celery" parsley Cameron	$800 [4] Now an Oakland Raiders All-Pro wide receiver, this man won the Heisman Trophy in 1987 Tim Brown Jeff	$800 [24] From the Old French for "excess", it's an amount or quantity beyond what is needed surplus
DD $1,500 [8] The 2 planets in our solar system that are smaller than Mars Mercury & Pluto Jeff	$1,000 [30] This Ukranian Black Sea port was the site of a Russian naval victory in 1905 Odessa	$1,000 [21] The father of the British blues movement, he formed the Bluesbreakers in the early '60s John Mayall Barry	$1,000 [15] Also called roquette, this peppery salad green is very popular with Italian palates arugula	$1,000 [5] Born July 25, 1978, she was the world's first "Test Tube Baby" Louise Brown Cameron	$1,000 [25] Not an army officer, but an individual grain of a cereal grass like corn a kernel Cameron

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES

20th century president whose birthplace is depicted here

Herbert Hoover

Jeff "Who was Eisenhower?" — wagered $3,000

Cameron "Who is Nixon?" — wagered $5,200

Barry "Who is Clinton?" — wagered $5,600

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