Show #3431 1999-07-05 Regular

Contestants

Jim Hammond — a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California

Corey Leahy — a business student from Houston, Texas

Sean McGinty — a copywriter from Venice, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sean	$1,800	$1,800	$3,200	$6,399 2nd place: a trip to Radisson Cable Beach Resort, Nassau, Bahamas	$3,900 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Corey	$1,000	$3,600	$9,300	$11,500 New champion: $11,500	$8,600 25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jim	$1,100	$300	$3,500	$0 3rd place: Calypso watches	$3,500 13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS	IT GROWS ON TREES	SCULPTURE	NAME THE MOVIE	SHOPPING SPREE	LET'S SPEAK SWAHILI!
$100 [12] Nevada's 1st district basically covers this city & its suburbs; the 2nd covers the other 99% of the state Las Vegas Corey	$100 [11] Farmers would rather see a partridge in one of these than the destructive fire blight pear tree Sean	$100 [21] This statue discovered in the Cyclades Islands in 1820 may have held her garment in her now lost right hand Venus de Milo Corey	$100 [1] 1977:"Use the force, Luke" Star Wars Corey	$100 [23] Shop online at the Graceland Shopping Mall & you can buy a doorstop featuring him in a gold lame suit Elvis Presley Corey	$100 [4] Office workers in Africa might take a break for kahawa, this beverage coffee Corey
$200 [15] This state's 3rd district is a major shopping district; the Mall of America is there Minnesota Sean	$200 [13] This type of orange is so named because it has a small secondary fruit growing at the end navel orange Corey	$200 [22] His work "Balzac" was refused by the society that commissioned it; they didn't think it looked like Balzac Auguste Rodin Sean Jim	$200 [2] 1942:"Louis, I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" Casablanca Sean	$200 [25] You can't miss this state capital's Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center: it's 3 blocks long Honolulu Corey	$200 [5] Lala is not a Teletubby but this; you'll need some after a long, hard day on safari sleep Sean
$400 [17] Limiting immigration is one of the main causes of Rep. Lamar Smith, from this state's 21st district Texas Sean Corey Jim	$300 [14] Verjuice, a sort of medieval vinegar, was commonly made from these sour wild apples crabapples Sean	$300 [24] Over 70 wax & clay works found in Degas' studio after his death were later cast in this alloy bronze Jim	$300 [3] 1950:"Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup" Sunset Boulevard Jim	$300 [29] If you're cuckoo for Coco's clothes, shop at this boutique at 400 N. Rodeo Drive Chanel Corey	$300 [8] Dudu is the generic term for this kind of 6-legged pest; the repellent for them is dawa ya wadudu insects, bugs, etc. Jim
$500 [18] North Carolina's long, meandering "I-85 District" has been called an example of this tactic named for a politician gerrymandering Corey	$400 [19] The Aztecs loved the fruit seen here (avocados) & gave us this word for a dip made from it guacamole Corey	$400 [26] His "Comin' Through the Rye" features 4 cowboys on ponies whose hooves barely touch ground Frederic Remington Sean	$400 [6] 1974:"That's Fronk-en-steen!" Young Frankenstein Sean	$400 [28] Maud Frizon, Manolo Blahnik & Salvatore Ferragamo are best known for designing these shoes Corey	$400 [9] Elton John & Tim Rice found this term for "no worries" in a Swahili phrase book & wrote a song about it "Hakuna Matata" Sean
DD $700 [16] It's the main city in Ohio's 14th district, once a rubber center & now called "Polymer Valley" Akron Sean	$500 [20] Though inedibly bitter when picked, 11 million tons of them are produced a year, most around the Mediterranean olives Corey Jim	$500 [30] From the Latin for "embroidery", the Greeks carved these decorative horizontal bands on the sides of temples...brrr! friezes Sean	$500 [7] 1968:"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" 2001: A Space Odyssey Jim	$500 [27] This designer's flagship store on Madison Avenue is across the street from his Polo Sport Store Ralph Lauren Corey	$500 [10] Moja is the number one, kumi is ten, & kumi na moja is this 11 Corey

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEMS & MINERALS	"HOUSE" MUSIC	PARTY LIKE IT'S 1899	WALLACES	RELATIVE LIT	ANAGRAMMED EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHERS
$200 [3] Old masters could grind up hematite or cinnabar to make shades of this primary color red Jim	$200 [2] Graham Nash did a very, very, very fine job writing this Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song "Our House" Jim	$200 [25] This Wild Bunch leader & the Sundance Kid were partying after robbing a Union Pacific train of over $30,000 Butch Cassidy Jim	$200 [17] Lurleen Burns married this man when she was 16 & later succeeded him as governor of Alabama George Wallace Corey	$200 [9] This guardian of Tom Sawyer was based on Mark Twain's mother Aunt Polly Corey	$200 [1] Starer Sartre Corey
$400 [13] The ancients called jade lapis nephriticus, as they thought it a stone that could cure this organ's ailments Kidneys Corey Jim	$400 [7] It was the Talking Heads' biggest U.S. hit "Burning Down the House" Jim	$400 [27] Toes were tapping to this composer's wildly popular "Maple Leaf Rag" Scott Joplin Corey	$400 [18] Before "Braveheart" his story was told in the 15th century by Henry the Minstrel William Wallace Corey	$400 [20] Richard Wright's 1940 tale about Bigger Thomas "Native Son" Sean	$400 [4] A scum Camus Jim
$600 [14] You can find caledonite in this country that lent its ancient name to the mineral Scotland Corey	$600 [10] Finishing the title of the 1991 Garth Brooks hit "Two of a Kind, Workin' On..." a full house Corey	$600 [28] This borough celebrated its new children's museum, the USA's first, & its National League champion Superbas Brooklyn	$600 [19] (Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) Mike's son, this broadcaster became NBC News White House Correspondent in 1982 Chris Wallace Corey	$600 [21] Howard Garis wrote the Tom Swift adventure books & created this character whose last name is Longears Uncle Wiggily	DD $600 [5] Zinc sheet Nietzsche Jim
$1,000 [16] Antimony is the usual base of this dark eye shadow used by Middle Eastern women kohl Corey	$800 [11] This song was a hit for John Mellencamp in 1984: ain't that America? "Pink Houses" Jim	$800 [29] This Dutch city, now the home of the World Court, hosted one of the first major international peace conferences The Hague Jim	$800 [24] He & his wife Lila launched Reader's Digest in 1922 with a press run of 5,000 DeWitt Wallace	$800 [22] Title question a baby bird asks of everything in sight in a P.D. Eastman "Beginner Book" "Are you my mother?" Sean Corey	$800 [6] Rake, dig, rake Kierkegaard Sean
DD $1,500 [15] A beryl named for a New York financier isn't johnite or pierpontite, but this Morganite Corey	$1,000 [12] In 1968 Glen Campbell sang of "The Dreams of" this woman the everyday housewife Jim	—	$1,000 [26] "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" is a famous work by this poet whose day job was VP of an insurance company Wallace Stevens Jim	$1,000 [23] Robert Anderson's play title with a "musical" regret; the 1970 film version starred Gene Hackman I Never Sang for My Father	$1,000 [8] Gee, dig her! Heidegger Sean

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

Francois Mitterand said this world leader "has the lips of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula"

Margaret Thatcher

Sean "Who Margaret Thatcher" — wagered $3,199

Jim "Who is Khadaffi" — wagered $3,500

Corey "Who is Thatcher?" — wagered $2,200

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