Show #2990 1997-09-05 Regular

Catherine Ramen game 1.

Contestants

Catherine Ramen — an assistant editor from New York, New York

Cathi Pedersen — a transcriptionist from Key West, Florida

Shawn Askew — a Space Camp counselor and student from Huntsville, Alabama

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Shawn $1,500 $3,600 $12,800 $12,800
New co-champion: $12,800
$10,100
23 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Cathi $600 $1,900 $5,100 $0
2nd place: a trip to the Canary Islands
$5,100
14 R, 2 W
Catherine $1,400 $3,400 $6,400 $12,800
New co-champion: $12,800
$6,400
19 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE BORN IN THE '60s SKYSCRAPER CITIES JACKIE ROBINSON HOT WHEELS RUNNING ON "M.T."
$100 [8]
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was "told to" this deeply rooted author
Alex Haley
Catherine
$100 [7]
NYC minister Joseph Simmons is better known as "Run" of this rap group
Run-D.M.C.
Catherine
$100 [6]
John Hancock Tower
Boston
Shawn Cathi Catherine
$100 [1]
Jackie's historic major league debut came April 15, 1947 at this Brooklyn Dodgers home park
Ebbets Field
Shawn
$100 [21]
In 1964 this movie spy was driving an Aston Martin DB5; in 1995, a BMW Z3
James Bond
Catherine
$100 [26]
He was always "A-Team" player
Mr. T
Catherine
$200 [9]
This legendary fruit tree planter was the subject of a work by Vachel Lindsay
Johnny Appleseed
Shawn
$200 [13]
After the 1996 election, this 35-year-old Clinton adviser moved to ABC News
George Stephanopoulos
Catherine
$200 [17]
Westin Peachtree Plaza
Atlanta
Shawn
$200 [2]
Jackie played most of his career at this position, next to shortstop Pee Wee Reese
Second Base
Shawn
$200 [22]
It promotes its wide track Grand Prix as "wider is better"
Pontiac
Shawn
$200 [27]
This P.M. of England said her objective was to "destroy Socialism"
Margaret Thatcher
Catherine
$300 [10]
Title of Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about men he described as "single-combat warriors"
The Right Stuff
Shawn
$300 [14]
In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned
Garry Kasparov
Catherine
$300 [18]
Chrysler Building
New York City
Catherine
$300 [3]
Jackie, born in Georgia, grew up around L.A. & starred in 4 sports at this university
UCLA
Shawn
$300 [23]
Country in which Toyota builds most of its Camrys
USA
Catherine
$300 [28]
In 1989 he was the WBC's, WBA's, & IBF's heavyweight champ
Mike Tyson
Shawn
$400 [11]
As the first, it jump-started John Updike's series of novels about Harry Angstrom
Rabbit, Run
Catherine
$400 [15]
1 of the 2 30-something female leads of "The English Patient"
(1 of) Juliette Binoche & Kristin Scott Thomas
$400 [19]
USX Tower
Pittsburgh
Shawn
$400 [4]
At age 28, Robinson won the very first of these awards for first-year players
Rookie of the Year
Catherine
$400 [24]
In the same class are the Ford Contour SVT, the Saab 900S & this company's Jetta GLX
Volkswagen
Cathi
$400 [30]
Author who had Tom cruise on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
Cathi
$500 [12]
This famous tale of Christmas presents isn't one in a million, but one in O Henry's book "The Four Million"
"The Gift of the Magi"
Cathi
$500 [16]
29-year-old Melinda French, a manager at this company, married its chairman January 1, 1994
Microsoft
Catherine
$500 [20]
Pillsbury Center
Minneapolis
Cathi
$500 [5]
Hall of Fame executive who went out on a "limb" to bring Robinson to the majors
Branch Rickey
Shawn
$500 [25]
The 1997 Boxster was the first new sports car from this 911 maker in 19 years
Porsche
Catherine
DD $1,000 [29]
1995 film seen here:
"Money Train"
Shawn

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT NEWS BULLETINS SCIENTISTS PERSONAL PRODUCTS THE QUOTABLE COOLIDGE MOVIE SEQUELS "PARA"GRAPHS
$200 [12]
This Roman leader reforms the calendar; will wife Calpurnia be Miss July? Scroll at 6
Julius Caesar
Catherine
$200 [2]
In the 16th C., Konrad von Gesner published perhaps the first illustrations of these petrified animal remains
Fossils
Cathi
$200 [24]
A fig-flavored version of this "Excellent Laxative" didn't go over, so the company stuck with chocolate
Ex-Lax
Cathi
$200 [21]
"The... business of America" is this
Business
Catherine
$200 [11]
Paul Newman reprised his role as Fast Eddie Felson in this 1986 sequel to "The Hustler"
The Color of Money
Cathi
$200 [1]
Attorney assistant
Paralegal
Shawn
$400 [13]
Hannibal on way to attack Rome leads battle elephants over these mountains; the full history at 11
Pyrenees/Alps
Shawn
$400 [7]
In 1887 this German was "in the driver's seat" on the subject of electromagnetic waves
Heinrich Hertz
Shawn
$400 [25]
In 1971 flavors were added to this lip balm invented by Dr. C.D. Fleet in the 1880s
ChapStick
Cathi
$400 [22]
When asked what a clergyman preaching about sin had said, Coolidge said this
He was against it
$400 [17]
In 1991 the Mousekewitz family was re-animated for this sequel to "An American Tail"
Fievel Goes West
Shawn
$400 [3]
A professional dinner guest in ancient Greece, or a tick
Parasite
Cathi
$600 [14]
Chinese monopoly on this fabric ended in 6th century as 2 monks smuggle out worms; new material at 11
Silk
Shawn
$600 [8]
These 3 letters brought together Francis Crick & James Watson, 2 scientists at the Cavendish laboratory
DNA
Shawn
$600 [26]
Deciding in the 1950s to expand its line, Gillette left competitors behind with this men's deodorant
Right Guard
Cathi Catherine
$600 [23]
About the famous sin quote, Coolidge once said it would be funnier if it were this
"True"
Cathi
$600 [18]
In 1990 Jack Nicholson directed & starred in this sequel to "Chinatown"
The Two Jakes
Catherine
$600 [4]
Barbara Frietchie might tell one of these soldiers to "Chute if you must"
Paratrooper
Catherine
$800 [15]
Philip II assassinated, this son takes the throne; the not-so-great news on Macedonian Journal Tonight
Alexander the Great
Shawn
$1,000 [10]
In 1791 Galvani published "Commentary on the effect of" this "on muscular motion"
Electricity
Shawn
$800 [27]
This "Clean Makeup" used ingredients of Noxzema as its base
CoverGirl
Cathi
$800 [29]
His reply to a woman who said she'd made a bet she could get more than 2 words out of him
You lose.
Shawn Cathi
$800 [19]
Nearly 20 years after "The Last Picture Show", many of the cast members reunited for this sequel
Texasville
$800 [5]
Robert E. Service is currently in service as the U.S. ambassador to it
Paraguay
Cathi
$1,000 [16]
This sixth king of Babylonia codifies laws; we'll tell you what will get you killed tonight at 11
Hammurabi
Catherine
DD $2,000 [9]
In 1783 these brothers were walking on air after being named to the French Academy of Sciences
Montgolfier
Shawn
$1,000 [28]
In 1948 Bristol-Myers added antacids to aspirin & created this product
Bufferin
Shawn Cathi
DD $2,000 [30]
"There is no right to" do this "against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time"
Strike
Shawn
$1,000 [20]
It's all "Crystal" clear, the sequel to "City Slickers" was subtitled "The Legend of" this
"Curly's Gold"
Catherine
$1,000 [6]
All the equipment used for a particular activity
Paraphernalia
Shawn

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STAMPS

Its anniversary was honored with the following:

The Emancipation Proclamation

Cathi "What is Emancipation Proclaim?" — wagered $5,100
Catherine "What is the Emancipation Proclaimation?" — wagered $6,400
Shawn "What is the Emancipation Proclimation?" — wagered $0

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