Show #3410 1999-06-04 Regular

Contestants

Kathy Grogman — an attorney originally from Mascoutah, Illinois

Heather Rhodes — an English teacher from Reseda, California

Preston Spickler — an actor originally from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Preston $900 $2,100 $3,400 $0
3rd place: Capital Records Ultralounge Series of CDs
$3,900
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Heather $1,500 $2,700 $3,100 $1
2nd place: a trip to Wyndham Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica
$2,900
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Kathy $1,400 $1,900 $6,800 $6,800
New champion: $6,800
$7,100
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHRISTIANITY MEET THE FLINTSTONES FAMOUS FIRSTS LITERARY HODGEPODGE CROSSWORD CLUES "T" VIEWER MAIL
$100 [2]
It can refer to the birth of Christ, his second coming or the 4 Sundays before Christmas
Advent
Heather
$100 [14]
"The Flintstones" was modeled on this Jackie Gleason series
The Honeymooners
Kathy
$100 [15]
Hello out there... in 1969 this president placed the first telephone call to the Moon
Richard Nixon
Kathy
$100 [8]
Professor Bhaer in her book "Little Women" was partly based on Ralph Waldo Emerson
Louisa May Alcott
Kathy
$100 [1]
Dorothy's doggie(4)
Toto
Heather
$100 [25]
Zoologically minded watchers don't like us accepting this more general term as a synonym for antlers
horns
Heather
$200 [3]
The 7 virtues are temperance, fortitude, justice, prudence & this trio
faith, hope & charity
Preston
$200 [21]
In the 1993 primetime special "I Yabba-Dabba Do!", these 2 kids got married
Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm
Heather
$200 [16]
In 1930 Ellen Church was flying high as the first woman to serve the airlines in this capacity
a stewardess
Preston
$200 [9]
During one year, 1802, Wordsworth wrote 3 poems about this beautiful winged insect
a butterfly
Kathy
$200 [4]
Surf's partner, on a menu(4)
turf
Preston
$200 [26]
Some viewers objected when we ascribed this title to Indian leaders Geronimo & Tecumseh
chief
Heather
$400 [19]
You can assume correctly it is this person's assumption that is celebrated each August 15
the Virgin Mary
Heather
$300 [22]
In 1996, after years of exclusion & a national vote, she joined the rest of the gang as a Flintstone vitamin
Betty Rubble
Heather
$300 [17]
Tired of carrying 2 pairs of glasses around, Benjamin Franklin invented these
bifocals
Kathy
$300 [10]
The poems of Scotland's Robert Fergusson, who died insane at age 24, influenced this "Tam O'Shanter" poet
Robert Burns
Kathy
$300 [5]
Bow, or bolo(3)
tie
Heather
$300 [27]
This relative of John King of the Dust Brothers production duo says we confused them with the Chemical Bros.
his mom
DD $500 [13]
On his visit to this city on January 22, 1999 John Paul II toured around in his "Papabus"
Mexico City
Heather
$400 [23]
"The Flintstones" theme is based on the chord changes of this song; "Who Could Ask for Anything More?"
"I Got Rhythm"
$400 [18]
Mickey Mouse found his voice in this 1928 cartoon, the first to feature synchronized sound
Steamboat Willie
Heather
$400 [11]
She set her 1931 novel "Shadows on the Rock" in Quebec, not in Nebraska
Willa Cather
Kathy
$400 [6]
Saltwater sweet(5)
taffy
Kathy
$400 [28]
Penitence was demanded when a Final Jeopardy! called Ash Wednesday this type of religious "day"
a holy day
Heather
$500 [20]
Some consider cherubim the second order of angels, just below these
seraphim
Heather
$500 [24]
2 Stone Age movie heartthrobs were Stoney Curtis & this suave star, perhaps born Archiboulder Leach
Cary Granite
Heather
$500 [30]
A member of Congress from 1940 to 1973, this Down Easter was the first woman to serve in the House & Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Preston
$500 [12]
Alfred Venison was a pseudonym of this "Cantos" poet (is that 16 ounces of Venison?)
Ezra Pound
Heather
$500 [7]
Hitchhiking essential(5)
thumb
Preston
$500 [29]
This entertainer informs us sources are wrong in saying his sister-in-law Audrey Meadows was born in China
Steve Allen
Preston

Double Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BORN ON THE THIRD OF JULY FROM A TO B YE GODS! THEY MEANT BUSINESS
$200 [6]
Windermere is the largest lake in this country's Lake District
England
Preston Kathy
$200 [26]
As a child, future studio executive Jon Peters appeared as a boy on a donkey crossing this sea
the Red Sea
Heather
$200 [1]
This "Yankee Doodle Dandy" composer was actually born on July 3 in 1878
George M. Cohan
Heather
$200 [16]
Assimilate, like a sponge
absorb
Preston
$200 [21]
The Greek god Hephaestus is usually identified with this Roman god
Vulcan
$200 [11]
Howard Schultz made this chain ubiquitous in the U.S. after having an epiphany over espresso
Starbucks
Kathy
$400 [7]
Baku in Azerbaijan & Astrakhan in Russia are ports on this sturgeon-filled sea
the Caspian Sea
Kathy
$400 [27]
Actor Henry Wilcoxon said this director of the film cast himself as the voice of God--who better?
Cecil B. DeMille
Kathy
$400 [2]
This July 3-born British playwright co-wrote the award-winning script for "Shakespeare in Love"
Tom Stoppard
Kathy
$400 [17]
One of the grammatical parts of speech, this can modify another one of its type
an adverb
Preston
$400 [22]
Friday is named for this Norse goddess who was the mother of Balder & the wife of Odin
Freya
$400 [12]
President Harry Cunningham opened this "K" company's first K Mart in Michigan in 1962
Kresge
Kathy
$600 [8]
A 1795 land fraud case concerned land near the Yazoo, a tributary of this American river
the Mississippi River
$600 [28]
Carl Switzer, who had a bit role as a slave, is best known as this "Little Rascal"
Alfalfa
Kathy
DD $500 [4]
Born July 3, 1951, at age 19 he became his country's "President for Life": why, he was just a "Baby"
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Kathy
DD $500 [19]
Something done with poise & assurance is done with this
aplomb
Preston
$600 [23]
Rise & shine for this Roman goddess of the dawn
Aurora
Preston
$600 [13]
One letter was changed in this tycoon's last name to get the company name Revlon
Charles Revson
Kathy
$800 [9]
This bay separating Nova Scotia & New Brunswick has high tides of up to 70 feet
the Bay of Fundy
Kathy
$600 [3]
Born July 3, 1883 in Prague, this author died after a "Trial" with TB in an Austrian sanitarium June 3, 1924
Franz Kafka
Kathy
$600 [18]
Only 3 letters long, it's a long white robe worn by priests
an alb
$800 [24]
The daughter of Geb & Nut, this Egyptian goddess was the sister-wife of Osiris
Isis
Preston
$800 [14]
In the 1880s Marcus Goldman was joined by this son-in-law & an investment banking giant was born
Samuel Sachs
Kathy
$1,000 [10]
The Weddell Sea, bordering this continent, was named for James Weddell, who charted it in 1823
Antarctica
Heather
$1,000 [5]
About 200 years before "Jaws", this painter, born July 3, 1738, terrified viewers with the following
John Singleton Copley
Kathy
$1,000 [20]
Sweetie, darling, it's the nickname of that British series featuring Edina & Patsy
Ab Fab
Preston Heather
$1,000 [25]
The Thuggees worshipped this evil wife of the Hindu god Shiva
Kali
$1,000 [15]
Chemical engineer Roberto Goizueta fled Cuba & ended up as CEO of this Atlanta-based company
Coca-Cola
Preston

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES OF THE 1950s

The lyricist of the song "That's America to Me" adopted the 2 brothers with this last name, orphaned in 1953

Rosenberg

Heather "What is Sm" — wagered $3,099
Preston "What is Smith" — wagered $3,400
Kathy "What are ?" — wagered $0

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