Show #3416 1999-06-14 Regular

Contestants

Sarah Gold — a bank teller from Albany, New York

Chuck Lee — a business consultant from Superior, Colorado

Ryan Thiel — a sign language interpreter from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,702)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ryan	$1,300	$3,100	$5,700	$1 3rd place: Samsung 28" stereo TV	$5,700 19 R, 2 W
Chuck	$1,500	$3,700	$7,500	$3,500 2nd place: a trip to Hong Kong Hotel	$7,500 17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Sarah	$1,200	$1,600	$8,200	$15,001 New champion: $15,001	$7,800 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FLAGS	BETSY ROSS	STARS	STRIPES	FOREVER	"OLD" GLORY
$100 [12] This Canadian province's flag shows the setting sun & wavy blue bars representing the Pacific Ocean British Columbia Ryan	$100 [16] Betsy shared an aptitude for fine needlework as a schoolgirl in this city of her birth Philadelphia	$100 [17] His later career included intoning that Paul Masson would "Sell no Wine Before Its Time" Orson Welles Chuck	$100 [3] It's the Central American stripe-kneed variety of this hairy species seen here a tarantula Ryan	$100 [1] The Bangles hit about an "eternal" one lit up the No. 1 spot on the charts in 1989 flame Ryan Sarah	$100 [7] A nursery rhyme's "merry old soul" Old King Cole Sarah
$200 [13] France's tricolor flag features red & blue--the colors of Paris--& this, the royal color of the Bourbon kings white Sarah	$200 [27] According to the legend, Robert Morris, George Ross & this man asked Betsy to make the first Stars & Stripes George Washington Chuck	$200 [18] This actress from an acting family is the wife of Nicolas Cage Patricia Arquette Ryan	$200 [23] There are striped-tailed as well as ruby-throated varieties of this species seen here a hummingbird Chuck	$200 [2] Fictional candy maker who created the Everlasting Gobstopper Willy Wonka Chuck	$200 [8] A PBS series once hosted by Bob Vila This Old House Ryan
$300 [14] This U.S. commonwealth's flag is patterned after that of Cuba Puerto Rico Ryan	$300 [28] This religious group was not so "amiable" when it banned Betsy for marrying out of meeting the Society of Friends (Quakers) Chuck	$300 [19] After a 1980 contract dispute, this actress only appeared in "Three's Company" talking on the phone Suzanne Somers Ryan	$300 [24] Hey, steer clear of the fellow seenherewho's known down south by this "feline" nickname a polecat Ryan	$300 [4] It's a theoretical device that once running goes forever without any additional inputs of energy a perpetual motion machine Ryan	$300 [9] A 1952 Hemingway novella The Old Man and the Sea Sarah
$400 [15] This state's flag features a mother pelican with its young Louisiana Chuck	$400 [29] The story that Betsy made the flag was made public in 1870 by William Canby, who was this relative of Betsy's grandson	$400 [20] Having emerged as a star in "Apollo 13" & "Twister", he gets confused with Bill Pullman less often Bill Paxton Chuck	$400 [25] The striped species seenhereis believed to have originated on this continent Asia Sarah	$400 [5] Zeus condemned him to the hellish region of Tartarus & an eternity of pushing a rock up a hill Sisyphus Ryan	$400 [10] General George Patton's visceral nickname "Old Blood and Guts" Chuck
$500 [22] The staff & hat of the Bishop of Urgel can be found on this tiny Pyrenees country's flag Andorra Chuck	DD $500 [30] Betsy's dad helped build Pennsylvania's old state house, better known by this name Independence Hall Chuck	$500 [21] This Broadway, movie & TV actor wasn't related to "The Duke" David Wayne Ryan	$500 [26] The striped menu favorite seenherederives this name from the sound it makes when taken out of the water a grunt Ryan	$500 [6] Michael Ende's story of a boy who enters a fantasy world when he reads a book about it The Neverending Story Sarah	$500 [11] Also the title of a 1595 play, it's a traditional belief or story that's often superstitious "Old Wives' Tale" Chuck

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	MADAM PRESIDENT?	POP MUSIC THROUGH THE YEARS	BIOLOGY	CAPITAL PUNISHMENT	FROM A TO Y
$200 [13] In 1998 he brought back ex-Navy SEAL & former CIA agent John Clark in the techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" Tom Clancy Chuck	$200 [24] Her background includes studying law at Yale & over a decade as first lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton Ryan	$200 [18] Among the themes he composed for Blake Edwards were "Peter Gunn" & "The Pink Panther" Henry Mancini Sarah	$200 [1] The hepatic portal vein connects the intestine to this organ the liver Sarah	$200 [7] Addis Ababa Ethiopia Ryan	$200 [3] First name of TV's McBeal Ally Ryan
$400 [14] This John Grisham bestseller about corruption in the insurance business was turned into a 1997 film The Rainmaker Ryan	$400 [27] "Red Cross my heart & hope to be president" may be a motto of this ex-Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole Sarah	$400 [19] His backup band is the Buckaroos Buck Owens Ryan	$400 [2] It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs volcanoes Chuck	$400 [9] Vientiane Laos Sarah	$400 [8] This word for a payment to a former spouse is from the Latin for "sustenance" or "nourishment" alimony Sarah
$600 [15] His 1950 classic "I, Robot" contains 9 related stories about (what else?) robots Isaac Asimov Sarah	$600 [28] This senator nicknamed Di Fi could have her eye on the White House pie Dianne Feinstein Chuck	$600 [20] The 1998 album "Painted from Memory" paired this composer & Elvis Costello Burt Bacharach Ryan	$600 [4] The internodes on the stem of a cabbage plant are very short, so these are stacked close together leaves Sarah	$600 [10] Tirane Albania Chuck	$600 [23] According to a 1992 song title, it's the 2-word description of Billy Ray Cyrus' heart "Achy Breaky" Sarah
DD $1,000 [16] She's written about her father & "Women of Courage" as well as of "Murder in Georgetown" Margaret Truman Sarah	$800 [29] Some would like to see her move from the New Jersey governor's house to the White House Christine Todd Whitman Ryan	$800 [21] Frank Sinatra recorded this song first, but it was Dean Martin's version that went to No. 1 in 1964 "Everybody Loves Somebody"	DD $1,000 [5] Night blindness may come from a deficiency in this vitamin, also called retinol vitamin A Sarah	$800 [11] Tallinn Estonia	$800 [25] The Yeti, a notorious Himalayan snowman, has a reputation for behaving this way abominably Ryan
$1,000 [17] This Camus novel is known in French as "La Peste" The Plague Chuck	$1,000 [30] One woman being suggested for the job is Mae Jemison, who's famous for having this job astronaut Sarah	$1,000 [22] Veronica Bennett fronted this "Be My Baby" group The Ronettes Ryan	$1,000 [6] Filter feeders include flamingos & these whales named for their filters baleen whales Sarah	$1,000 [12] Suva Fiji	$1,000 [26] A cerebral hemmorhage, or a fit of rage apoplexy Chuck

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

"Reaching for the Note" was the subtitle of a 1998 film about this American music legend who died in 1990

Leonard Bernstein

Ryan "Who was Dizzy Gillespie" — wagered $5,699

Chuck "Who is Selena?" — wagered $4,000

Sarah "Who was Leonard Bernstein?" — wagered $6,801

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