Show #3436 1999-07-12 Regular

Contestants

Jim Austgen — a system analyst from Winfield, Illinois

Brad Golstein — a design center manager from Woodland Hills, California

Laura Miller — a writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,399)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Laura	$-300	$700	$7,700	$5,599 2-day champion: $14,998	$7,700 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Brad	$2,700	$2,100	$4,900	$3,900 2nd place: Trip to Couples Resort, Jamaica	$7,400 22 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Jim	$1,200	$2,000	$1,600	$1,625 3rd place: Calypso Key Largo Watches	$1,600 11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL	SONGS	THE NEW CAR LOT	"TU"	MANY IRONS	IN THE FIRE
$100 [22] This current Secretary-General is the first U.N. career official to hold the post Kofi Annan Jim	$100 [6] It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to" "Jailhouse Rock" Jim	$100 [7] This company's '99 Quest minivan & Mercury's '99 Villager--same thing Nissan Brad Jim	$100 [1] The University of Phoenix has a branch in this city Tucson Brad	$100 [9] This mythical barrier cut off the Soviet Union & its friends after World War II Iron Curtain Brad	$100 [21] Many 17th century New York City households had one of these to form a brigade in case of fire Bucket Jim
$200 [23] At the time only a secretary-general to-be, this Egyptian played a major role in the 1979 Arab-Israeli peace accord Boutros Boutros-Ghali Brad	$200 [19] Willie Nelson must be "wond'rin' what in the world did I do" by writing this Patsy Cline hit "Crazy"	$200 [8] Cadillac doesn't want to rub you the wrong way with its new optional front seats that do this to you Massage Brad	$200 [3] Henry VII was the first ruler from this family on the throne of England Tudor Laura	$200 [10] The male lead in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; Meryl Streep played the title character Jeremy Irons Jim	$200 [25] Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others Zippo Brad Jim
$300 [24] In the 1960s this Burmese secretary-general sought to apply Buddhist principles to international problem solving U Thant Brad	$300 [20] "It's a marvelous night for" this Van Morrison hit, "with the stars up above in your eyes" "Moondance" Brad	$300 [11] This Chrysler brand has flown the coop with the end of production of its Talon Eagle Jim	$300 [4] Creature seenherein a non-candid photo a tuna Brad	$300 [14] It's gold! Gold, I tell you! Gold!!! Oh, no--it's not... it's this, fool's gold Iron pyrite Brad	$300 [28] Oliver Wendell Holmes said not to falsely yell "Fire" in one of these, where 850 Viennese died Dec. 8, 1881 Theater Brad
$400 [26] Trying to resolve problems in the Congo, this Swedish secretary-general died in a plane crash in Africa in 1961 Dag Hammarskjold Jim	$500 [18] A standard song says of this "fickle friend", it "came blowin' in from across the sea" "The Summer Wind" Laura	$400 [12] The '99 Saab 9-5 offers a real cool option: this is "refrigerated" a glove compartment Laura Brad	$400 [2] From the Latin for "uproar", it's a confusion of voices Tumult Laura	$400 [15] Bruce Dickinson was the lead singer of this British heavy metal band Iron Maiden Brad	$400 [29] Peshtigo, Wisc. was destroyed by a fire that began Oct. 8, 1871, the same day as this city's Great Fire Chicago Brad
$500 [27] This Oslo-born secretary-general served in the Norwegian government in exile during WWII Trygve Lie	DD $1,500 [17] Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything" "Can't Smile Without You" Brad	$500 [13] Your pocketbook may not "Bond" with the $130,000 base price of its DB7 Coupe Aston Martin Jim	$500 [5] The ruins of Carthage are in this country Tunisia Laura Brad	$500 [16] This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck Brad	$500 [30] 2-word phrase for what sometimes happens to oily rags & often happens to the drummers of Spinal Tap Spontaneous combustion Laura

Double Jeopardy! Round

AWARDS	THE MOVIES	RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS	NAME THE POET	THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH	ANIMAL GROUPS
$200 [11] You might have to take a bullet to earn one of these Purple Heart Brad	$200 [6] Mike Myers travels from '60s London to Vegas in the '90s as this "International Man of Mystery" Austin Powers Laura	$200 [12] This legendary dozen included 2 Jameses, 2 Judases & an eventual replacement named Matthias Twelve Apostles/disciples Brad	$200 [1] "Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Laura	$400 [25] In 1893 the queen seen here became the last monarch of this country Hawaii Brad	$400 [21] This word can refer to laziness, a 2-toed mammal, or a group of bears Sloth Jim
$400 [17] Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author Mark Twain Brad	$400 [7] John Lithgow played a transsexual former football player in this 1982 movie based on a John Irving novel The World According to Garp Laura	$400 [13] The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores Ten Plagues of Egypt Brad Jim	$400 [2] "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of March hath perced to the roote" Geoffrey Chaucer Laura	$600 [26] 1952:Infant king Fu'ad II Egypt Brad	$600 [18] This term for a group of elk also applies to sharks (the ones in "West Side Story") Gang Brad
$600 [22] In "Good Will Hunting", Stellan Skarsgard had a Fields Medal, called "The Nobel Prize of" this discipline Mathematics Jim	$600 [8] John Larroquette played Captain Stillman in this wacky 1981 comedy about misfits in the Army Stripes Laura	$600 [14] It's the Greek term meaning "5 tools" that represents the 1st 5 books of the Bible Pentateuch Laura	DD $600 [3] "His pride had cast him out from heaven, with all his host of rebel angels" John Milton (from "Paradise Lost") Laura	DD $1,000 [27] 1910:King Manuel II Portugal Brad	$800 [19] It's a feather filling for quilts, as well as a group of hares Down Laura
$800 [23] "Pearls for Pigs" was 1998's best play in these off-Broadway awards given by the Village Voice Obies Laura	$800 [9] Julia Ormond was the chauffeur's daughter in love with a rich playboy in this 1995 update of a 1954 classic Sabrina Laura	$800 [15] For Muslims:witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage Five Pillars of Faith Laura	$800 [4] "Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, by the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din" Rudyard Kipling Laura	$1,000 [28] 1947:Eastern Europe's King Michael Romania	$1,000 [20] Wisconsin folks know a cete is a group of these carnivores Badgers Brad
$1,000 [24] Theodore Hesburgh, once president of this university, has been awarded over 100 honorary degrees Notre Dame Brad	$1,000 [10] In 1985 Helena Bonham Carter portrayed this historic "Lady" on film Lady Jane Grey	$1,000 [16] Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way the Eightfold Path Brad	$1,000 [5] "To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower" William Blake Jim	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE BOOKSTORE

Bestselling author seen here

Sue Grafton

Jim "Who is Sue Grafton?" — wagered $25

Brad "Who is Bradford" — wagered $1,000

Laura "Who is Beverly Cleary?" — wagered $2,101

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