Show #3358 1999-03-24 Regular

Contestants

Susanne Sutton — a housewife from Atlanta, Georgia

Brad Nail — a liability analyst from West Palm Beach, Florida

Robin LeMaster — a graduate student from Laguna Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Robin $0 $-400 $-400 $-400
3rd place: Tasco recreational optics
$-400
4 R, 3 W
Brad $1,500 $1,300 $3,800 $1,999
New champion: $1,999
$5,300
22 R, 9 W (including 2 DDs)
Susanne $100 $1,000 $2,800 $1
2nd place: a trip to Devon, England
$3,000
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST THE 1970 TV SEASON TOUGH STUFF INSECTS NO. 32 CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
$100 [11]
This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio
Theodore Roosevelt
Brad
$100 [26]
The prime time spellcaster wasn't Sabrina, but Samantha in this series
Bewitched
Susanne
$100 [19]
It includes the postcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, the parietal lobe & the occipital lobe
the brain (or skull)
Robin
$100 [15]
The May beetle is also called this, perhaps when it shows up a few weeks late
the Junebug
Brad
$100 [6]
The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Brad
$100 [1]
Disgruntled Disney dwarf(6)
Grumpy
Susanne
$200 [12]
In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this
fight
Susanne
$200 [20]
Alphabetically, he's Santa's first reindeer
Blitzen
Brad Susanne
$200 [16]
The katydid is also called the long-horned (meaning long-antennaed) one of these
a grasshopper
$200 [7]
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
32nd Psalm
Brad
$200 [2]
Thank you, in Tampico(7)
gracias
Susanne
DD $200 [14]
He tried to help the town of Dolores, N.M. in 1900 by using static electricity to extract gold out of gravel
Thomas Edison
Susanne
$300 [21]
The Span. abbrev. for one of these is OVNI (objecto volador no identificado)
a UFO
Brad
$300 [17]
Its shape allows it to hide among twigs
a walking stick
$300 [8]
Before a crowd of almost 70,000, this team won Super Bowl XXXII January 25, 1998
the Denver Broncos
Brad
$300 [3]
A source of rumors, or of Riesling(9)
grapevine
$300 [13]
This hat maker traveled west, saw a need & returned in 1865 to make his famous hat in Philadelphia
John Stetson
Susanne
$400 [24]
Over 14 times the mass of the Earth, this planet is seventh from the sun
Uranus
Robin Brad Susanne
$400 [22]
This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest
Damselfly
Robin
$400 [9]
On May 11, 1858 this "North Star" state became U.S. state No. 32
Minnesota
Brad
$400 [4]
You throw it down, or run it(8)
gauntlet
Brad
$500 [18]
Ogden, now this state's sixth-largest city, was named for an Old West fur trapper
Utah
Susanne
$500 [25]
A patron of wisdom & good fortune, the Hindu god Ganesha bears the head of this animal
an elephant
$500 [23]
Because of its colors, the butterfly seenhereis named after this beast
a tiger butterfly
Robin Susanne
$500 [10]
The 32nd Academy Award for Best Picture went to this 1959 epic
Ben-Hur
Brad Susanne
$500 [5]
"Cheesy" Dutch city(5)
Gouda
Brad

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS STOCK SYMBOLS IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS THEY REST IN NEBRASKA "AD"JECTIVES
$200 [6]
On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip
Lewis & Clark
Brad
$200 [7]
We'll never tire of telling you its symbol is GR, not B.F.
Goodrich
Susanne
$200 [17]
Mythic Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big boat & survived this catastrophe
The flood
Susanne
$200 [12]
1997's "Calling All Stations" was their first album since Phil Collins left the group
Genesis
Brad
$200 [25]
Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950
Baseball
Brad
$200 [1]
It refers to the behavior of teenagers, or of immature adults
Adolescent
Brad
$400 [21]
Speke stopped speaking to Burton after their trip to find the source of this river
the Nile
Brad
$400 [8]
The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture
Polaroid
Robin Brad
$400 [18]
Hammurabi was famous for his, but Ur-Nammu enforced one of these centuries earlier
a code of law
Susanne
$400 [13]
In 1990 Roger Waters of this group gave a performance of "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall
Pink Floyd
Brad
$400 [26]
Many "Our Fathers" must have been said when he died May 15, 1948 & was interred in Boys Town
Father Flanagan
Brad
$400 [2]
Fatty, like some "tissue"
adipose
Susanne
DD $500 [24]
In 1828 Rene Caille reached this remote African city, "an object of curiosity" to Europeans
Timbuktu
Brad
$600 [9]
Add "YBOY" to this 3-letter symbol to get the full name of a big media company
PLA
Brad Susanne
$600 [19]
Sumerians scratched this writing system into stone & wax in addition to clay tablets
cuneiform
Susanne
$600 [14]
In 1998 this group seenherereunited for a VH1 special & a concert tour
Culture Club
Robin
$600 [27]
Though he starred in "Oklahoma!" this husband of Sheila is buried in Nebraska
Gordon MacRae
$600 [3]
It means "sufficient or good enough" & can imply "but just barely"
adequate
Susanne
$600 [22]
A book by Thomas James, who searched for the Northwest Passage, inspired this Coleridge poem
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Brad
$800 [10]
In the mall you may fall into this store, GPS
The Gap
Brad
$800 [20]
These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples
ziggurats
Brad Susanne
$800 [15]
In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire
Eric Clapton
Brad
$800 [28]
Long-time Nebraska senator George Norris, who helped create this project, the TVA, is buried in McCook
the Tennessee Valley Authority
Brad
$800 [4]
Unfavorable, like some circumstances, or the last name of Anthony in a 1933 novel
adverse
Susanne
$800 [23]
Hillary said this man left some offerings to the gods of Chomolungma atop Everest in 1953
Tenzing Norgay
Brad
$1,000 [11]
You don't need a Visa to visit this bank's stock symbol, CMB
Chase Manhattan Bank
Robin Brad
DD $1,000 [16]
(Hi, I'm Graham Nash.) As a member of this group in the 1960s, I co-wrote their hits "Carrie-Anne" & "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Hollies
Brad
$1,000 [5]
Latin term for a type of argument based on emotion or on another person's character
ad hominem
Brad

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

Today meaning a self-employed person, this term derives from medieval knights who sold their skills

Freelancer

Susanne "What consultan" — wagered $2,799
Brad "What is a jack of all trades?" — wagered $1,801

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