Show #3417 1999-06-15 Regular

Contestants

Mike Scott — an organic farmer from Janesville, Wisconsin

Shannan Cvitanovic — a graduate student from New Orleans, Louisiana

Sarah Gold — a bank teller from Albany, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sarah $400 $900 $1,900 $3,799
2nd place: Trip to St. James's Club, Antigua
$1,900
10 R, 2 W
Shannan $2,700 $7,000 $6,800 $999
3rd place: Bushnell Astronomical Reflector Telescope
$5,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mike $500 $1,400 $6,300 $3,900
New champion: $3,900
$7,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

17th CENTURY AMERICA COSMETICS & PERFUME CHURCHES MOVIE BLURBS AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED 2x4s
$100 [26]
In 1609 this settlement had about 500 people, but disease & starvation cut the number to 60 by spring 1610
Jamestown
Mike
$100 [1]
This famous brand of "100% Pure Petroleum Jelly" is sometimes used as a moisturizer
Vaseline
Mike
$100 [7]
St. Etheldreda's, built in 1251, survived Henry VIII & is London's oldest church of this faith
Roman Catholic
Shannan
$100 [2]
1941:Newspaper tycoon dies; no one knows meaning of his last word
Citizen Kane
Sarah
$100 [21]
Ghosts may account for a mysterious chill in cell 14-D of this former California island prison
Alcatraz
Shannan
$100 [16]
Alternative to "by crook"
By hook
Shannan
$200 [27]
In 1614 this husband of Pocahontas sent the first export cargo of tobacco to England
John Rolfe
Shannan
$200 [3]
Origins makes a product called "Underwear for Lashes" that's meant to be applied under this cosmetic
Mascara
Shannan
$200 [8]
Milan's Santa Maria Delle Grazie features what's left of this mural masterpiece by Leonardo
"The Last Supper"
Shannan
$200 [12]
1983:Girl welder dreams of being a ballerina
Flashdance
Shannan
$200 [22]
The father of Jennie Wade, the lone civilian casualty of this PA. battle, haunts the home in which she was killed
Gettysburg
Shannan
$200 [17]
Status of a doctor available by phone or beeper
On call
Sarah
$300 [28]
In 1635 the Public Latin School, the first public school in British America, was established in this city
Boston
Sarah
$300 [4]
Some women use a gel instead of a pencil to shape & contour these & hold them in place all day
Eyebrows
Shannan
$300 [9]
It's a synonym for a tomb, & Jerusalem's "Church of the Holy" one is said to stand over Jesus' tomb
Sepulchre
Shannan
$300 [13]
1996:Nurse tries to learn identity of man burned in Saharan plane crash
The English Patient
Sarah
$300 [23]
Some say the ghost in this city's Hilton Hotel may be a murder victim or the volcano goddess Madame Pele
Honolulu
Shannan
$300 [18]
On November 8, 1977 he was elected mayor of The Big Apple
Ed Koch
Mike
$400 [29]
On January 5, 1665 the New Haven colony was formally annexed by this colony
Connecticut
Shannan
$400 [5]
It may be Paris' most famous street; maybe that's why Guerlain named a perfume for it
Champs-Elysees
$400 [10]
The domes seen here top the Church of the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe in this world capital
Moscow
Shannan
$400 [14]
1992:Women play pro baseball during World War II
A League of Their Own
Mike
$400 [24]
The Shaft Alley Spectre is one of many ghosts haunting this Long Beach luxury liner first launched in 1936
Queen Mary
Shannan
$400 [19]
This negative response also describes a craps table without important equipment
No dice
Shannan
$500 [30]
On April 9, 1682 this Frenchman reached the mouth of the Mississippi River & claimed the region for Louis XIV
La Salle
Mike
$500 [6]
Sri Lanka's former name, or an exotic floral fragrance from Robert Isabell
Ceylon
Shannan
$500 [11]
Even Scrooge might have enjoyed services at this Atlanta church where Martin Luther King was co-pastor
Ebenezer Baptist Church
$500 [15]
1992:2 brothers fly-fish
A River Runs Through It
Shannan
DD $1,700 [25]
The white-haired ghost of this fiery leader walks alongside a black dog at Harpers Ferry in West Virginia
John Brown
Shannan
$500 [20]
As one word it's part of the foot; as 2, it means you're conforming with the troop
In step
Shannan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HODGEPODGE IT'S ABOUT TIME OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS THEATRE JUNE SWOON THE SHORT VERSION
$200 [1]
In Italy, a kindly witch called Befana delivers Christmas gifts, riding from house to house on one of these
Broom
Sarah
$200 [7]
0 degrees longitude, this line passes through Greenwich Observatory in England
Prime Meridian
$200 [17]
On radio, William Conrad played this rugged Dodge City marshal; James Arness got the role on TV
Matt Dillon
Shannan Mike
$200 [6]
In 1999 Brian Dennehy played Willy Loman on Broadway in a 50th anniversary production of this play
Death of a Salesman
Shannan
$200 [16]
One of the 2 days on which summer can begin in the Northern Hemisphere
June 21 or 22
Mike
$200 [20]
In a courtroom:D.A.
District Attorney
Sarah
$400 [2]
The Bharata Natyam is a highly stylized dance that originated in this country
India
Sarah
$400 [8]
In 1752 Great Britain imposed this calendar on all its possessions, including the American colonies
Gregorian Calendar
Mike
$400 [18]
He started playing LAPD detective Joe Friday on radio in 1949
Jack Webb
Mike
$400 [12]
A ritzy New York hotel provides the setting for this program of 3 1-act comedies by Neil Simon
Plaza Suite
Mike
$400 [25]
This war began with an attack across the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950
Korean War
Mike
$400 [21]
In a letter:P.S.
Post script
Sarah
$600 [3]
Azeri is the official language of this country
Azerbaijan
$600 [9]
Timepiece mentioned in the introduction to "Days of Our Lives"
Hourglass
Mike
$600 [19]
Irwin Shaw was a writer on the adventures of this Chester Gould comic strip detective
Dick Tracy
Shannan
$600 [13]
Leapin Lizards! This Tennessee Williams play takes place at the Costa Verde Resort in Mexico
Night of the Iguana
$600 [26]
After a revolt in Algeria, this man became premier of France in June 1958 with almost unlimited authority
Charles de Gaulle
Mike
$600 [22]
To an auto mechanic:BMW
Bavarian Motor Works
Mike
$800 [4]
Assiniboine Park in this capital of Manitoba boasts a miniature railway
Winnipeg
Mike
$1,000 [11]
Time in the U.S. is determined by the National Institute of Standards & Technology whose atomic clock is in this Colorado city
Boulder
$800 [29]
This crime fighter's faithful companion was Kato
The Green Hornet
Shannan Mike
$1,000 [15]
Malicious rumors ruin the lives of 2 teachers in this Lillian Hellman play
The Children's Hour
$800 [27]
The Romans named the month for Juno, patron goddess of women & this social rite
Marriage
Sarah
$800 [23]
In the physics lab:LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
$1,000 [5]
Miss Universe 1992, Michelle McLean, founded a children's trust in this country once known as South West Africa
Namibia
Sarah
DD $1,500 [10]
The world is divided into 23 full time zones & 2 half zones; the half zones are separated by this
International Date Line
Mike
$1,000 [30]
Santos Ortega & Sydney Greenstreet both played this stout detective
Nero Wolfe
Sarah
DD $2,000 [14]
Part I of "Murder in the Cathedral" begins with the return of this archbishop after 7 years in exile
Thomas Becket
Mike
$1,000 [28]
On June 4 this country honors Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, a leader in its fight for independence from Russia
Finland
Shannan
$1,000 [24]
In medicine:HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
Sarah Shannan

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNET BUSINESS

A hot stock in 1999, this internet site began as a place to buy & sell Pez dispensers

eBay

Sarah "What is Ebay?" — wagered $1,899
Mike "What is America on line?" — wagered $2,400
Shannan "What is auction com?" — wagered $5,801

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