Show #3413 1999-06-09 Regular

Contestants

Kama Siegel — a recent law school graduate from Portland, Oregon

Ryan Thiel — a sign language interpreter from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sherry Rhodes — a full-time mom from Pinckney, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sherry $-100 $800 $6,400 $5,601
2nd place: Trip to Outrigger Hotel, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
$7,000
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ryan $600 $2,600 $6,800 $12,801
New champion: $12,801
$6,800
25 R, 5 W
Kama $200 $1,400 $2,800 $1
3rd place: Olympus Centurion S Zoom Lens Camera
$2,400
9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY NAME THE MOVIE WHAT'S THE MATTER...YELLOW?? TRAVEL & TOURISM PARTY TIME! "SEA" YA
$100 [1]
In 1833 this area asked to separate from Coahuila to become its own Mexican state
Texas
Ryan
$100 [16]
1931:"It's Alive!It's Alive!"
Frankenstein
Kama
$100 [26]
Appropriately, you can see the yellow-bellied marmot in this Wyoming-Montana-Idaho national park
Yellowstone
Ryan
$100 [6]
This site near Salisbury, England has huge boulders that may have come from southern Wales
Stonehenge
Ryan
$100 [12]
Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I's sarcophagus for his home in this British capital
London
Ryan
$100 [7]
The First Daughter
Chelsea Clinton
Ryan
$200 [2]
In 1901 Buffalo Bill founded this town in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming
Cody
Ryan
$200 [22]
1939:"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
The Wizard of Oz
Ryan
$200 [27]
The yellow-winged type of this mammal hopes insects don't see its yellow wings coming
Bat
Ryan
$200 [9]
Dow's Lake is probably the best place to view the tulips during this Canadian capital's May tulip festival
Ottawa
Ryan
$200 [13]
Heloise suggests putting fortunes inside these inflatable items instead of in cookies; then let guests pop them
Balloons
Ryan
$200 [8]
This company's V.O. whisky had a gold & black ribbon signifying the horse racing colors of its founder
Seagram's
Kama
$300 [3]
Frances Willard, a president of the WCTU, was the first woman honored in this Capitol building hall
Statuary Hall
$300 [23]
1967:"They call me Mr. Tibbs!"
In the Heat of the Night
$400 [29]
Narcissus pseudonarcissus is the scientific name of this garden flower
Daffodil
Kama
$300 [10]
This country's Tikal ruins were once a ceremonial center & the largest city of the Mayan empire
Guatemala
Ryan Kama
$300 [19]
A synonym for slumber party, it's also the title of a 1964 Annette Funicello film
Pajama Party
Ryan
$300 [11]
This city's annual Seafair features various water sports & a hydroplane race on Lake Washington
Seattle
Kama
$400 [4]
In a March 1775 speech he also said, is "peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
Patrick Henry
Sherry
$400 [24]
1968:"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
Planet of the Apes
Ryan
$500 [28]
East Africa is home to the yellow species of these large monkeys known for their colorful bottoms
Baboons
Ryan
$400 [17]
The Prins Hendrick Museum in this Dutch port city houses exhibits devoted to the history & activity of the port
Rotterdam
Sherry
$400 [20]
On a party invitation, the letters RSVP stand for the French phrase "Repondez" this
S'il vous plait
Ryan
$400 [14]
This fish of the genus Hippocampus has the ability to change its color to conform to its background
Seahorse
Ryan
$500 [5]
The change in the American flag on July 4, 1960 was its first change since July 4 of this year
1959
Sherry
$500 [25]
1967:"I just want to say one word to you--just one word...plastics"
The Graduate
Sherry
DD $700 [30]
Call it crazy, but unlike other types of these birds, the yellow-billed one builds its own nest instead of invading
Cuckoo
Kama
$500 [18]
This stone pillar from Luxor stands 75 feet high in the Place de la Concorde in Paris
Obelisk
$500 [21]
A noisy mock serenade given for newlyweds, its name is an alteration of the French word charivari
Shivaree
Ryan
$500 [15]
In this Bobby Darin tune, "My lover stands on golden sands and watches the ships that go sailing"
"Beyond the Sea"
Ryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLAND COUNTRIES PUT 'EM IN ORDER FRENCH SOLDIERS TRIVIAL STEW LEGENDS OF SPORTS CELEBRITY SECRET LIVES RHYME TIME
$200 [1]
On Oct. 22, 1962 President Kennedy revealed that Russia had built missile bases in this country
Cuba
Ryan
$200 [16]
"Start Me Up","Satisfaction","Jumpin' Jack Flash"
"Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Start Me Up"
Sherry
$200 [19]
Gen. Joachim Murat married into this Corsican family & became king of Naples
Bonaparte
Sherry
$200 [7]
In this contest using a rope, your team wins by going backwards & loses by going forwards
Tug of war
Ryan
$200 [2]
This former 49ers QB who holds many Super Bowl records almost played college basketball instead of football
Joe Montana
Kama
$600 [22]
Cosby's recreational dentistry equipment
Bill's drills
Ryan
$400 [3]
The first permanent settler in this country was a Norwegian Viking named Ingolfr Arnarson
Iceland
Ryan
$400 [17]
Cleopatra, Cheops, Tutankhamen
Cheops, Tutankhamen, Cleopatra
Sherry
$800 [25]
In October 1415 Charles D'Albret led the French to disaster against Henry V at this site
Agincourt
Ryan
$400 [12]
After winning Super Bowl XXI in 1987, Phil Simms pioneered the use of this reply when asked what he would do now
"I'm Going to Disneyland!"
Ryan Kama
$400 [8]
A Brantford, Ontario native, this "Great One" has rewritten the NHL record books in his stellar career
Wayne Gretzky
Ryan Kama
$800 [23]
Nobel winner Linus' bearlike attacks on the living room furniture
Pauling's maulings
Sherry
$600 [4]
Nicosia & Limassol are the only 2 cities with a population of over 100,000 in this country
Cyprus
Sherry
$600 [18]
Cro-Magnon, Australopithecus, Neanderthal
Australopithecus , Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon
Ryan
$1,000 [24]
The name of this 17th C. officer, a stickler for drill & discipline, became an English word meaning the same
Jean Martinet
$600 [13]
She lived in a canyon, wore size 9 shoes & was gone forever after drowning in a duck pond at 9 in the morning
"(My Darling) Clementine"
Sherry Kama
$600 [9]
Sadly, this undefeated boxing legend from Brockton, Massachusetts died in a plane crash in 1969
Rocky Marciano
Sherry
$1,000 [26]
Physicist Bohr's stiletto shoes
Niels' heels
Sherry
DD $600 [5]
We're not pulling the wool over your eyes when we tell you it was the first nation to grant women the right to vote
New Zealand
Sherry
$800 [20]
Bebop, ragtime, swing
Ragtime, swing, bebop
Sherry
$800 [14]
The "Extraterrestrial Highway" runs for about 100 miles in this state
Nevada
Ryan
$800 [10]
This 1932 Olympic gold medal winner is often called the greatest female athlete of all time
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Kama
$1,000 [6]
In area, it's the larger of the 2 countries that occupy Hispaniola
the Dominican Republic
Ryan Kama
$1,000 [21]
The Seven Years' War, the Thirty Years' War, the Hundred Years' War
the Hundred Years' War, the Thirty Years' War, the Seven Years' War
Ryan
$1,000 [15]
In the courtroom mala fides, the opposite of bona fides, means to argue a case in this
In bad faith
Sherry
$1,000 [11]
One of the first baseball players elected to the Hall of Fame, his lifetime batting average was .366
Ty Cobb
Ryan

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION

In a 1983 movie about a kidnapping, Daniel J. Travanti played the man who would later host this series

America's Most Wanted (hosted by John Walsh)

Kama "What is Real" — wagered $2,799
Sherry "What is Unsolved Mysteries?" — wagered $799
Ryan "What is America's Most Wanted" — wagered $6,001

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