1999-BCelebrity Jeopardy!game 4.From the Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
James McDaniel — fromNYPD Blue
Meredith Vieira — fromThe View
Nathan Lane — from the Broadway playWise Guys
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan | $1,900 | $2,700 | $7,100 |
$14,200
Winner: $15,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS |
$7,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Meredith | $400 | $700 | $6,800 |
$10,000
2nd place: $10,000 to Larchmont Friends of the Family |
$2,500
14 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| James | $-300 | $1,000 | $4,400 |
$1
3rd place: $10,000 to the 52nd Street Project |
$4,400
9 R, 1 W |
| PLACES YOU FLY OVER | NEW YORK FOR THE KIDS | AT THE MAGAZINE STAND | BROADWAY STARS | CELEBRITY PILOTS | "D"LIGHTFUL |
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$100
[12]
This Texas city that spells its name like a NYC street is the USA's fourth largest
Houston
Meredith
|
$100
[7]
Kids get a kick out of these high-kicking dancers at Radio City Music Hall (dads like them, too)
the Rockettes
Nathan
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$100
[13]
Michael Isikoff of this Time magazine rival nearly broke the Monicagate story, but his editors held it back
Newsweek
Meredith
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$200
[4]
I heard it through the grapevine that she appeared in "Smokey Joe's Cafe" without her famous "Pips"
Gladys Knight
James
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$300
[17]
He hops in & out of Margaritaville on a seaplane
Jimmy Buffett
Nathan
Meredith
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$300
[19]
The head of a faculty, school or administrative division of a university bears this title
Dean
James
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$200
[8]
If your kids want to know who's buried in this tomb, take them to see it at Riverside Drive & 122nd Street
Grant's Tomb
Meredith
|
$200
[14]
The magazine is a mix of lifestyles & sex; the cocktail of the same name is a mix of vodka, cointreau, lime & cranberry juice
Cosmopolitan
Nathan
|
$300
[3]
Kevin Spacey gave us a Hickey to remember in the brilliant revival of this Eugene O'Neill drama
The Iceman Cometh
Nathan
|
$400
[16]
He's logged over 3,000 hours in the air & probably even more on the radio airwaves
Kenny G
Meredith
|
$400
[6]
It can be the spoken lines in a script or a conversation between 2 people
Dialogue
Meredith
|
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$300
[9]
Make Sunday a fun day by visiting the Congo Gorilla Forest at this world-famous zoo
Bronx Zoo
Meredith
|
$500
[18]
"An ounce of" this leading health magazine "is worth a pound of cure"
Prevention
James
|
DD
$500
[2]
Stockard Channing reigned as Eleanor of Aquitaine in a 1999 revival of this "seasonal" play
The Lion in Winter
Nathan
|
$500
[15]
This duchess used the helicopter she trained in as the subject of her book for kids
Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York)
Nathan
|
$500
[5]
On the big screen Rex Harrison did quite a lot playing this medical man who could "Talk to the Animals"
Dr. Dolittle
Nathan
|
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$400
[10]
Take its famous ferry to this island, which has a children's museum
Staten Island
Nathan
|
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$500
[1]
A broken foot delayed her, but Sandy Duncan finally joined the cast of this murderous musical in August 1999
Chicago
Nathan
Meredith
James
|
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$500
[11]
Even landlubbers love to climb aboard historic ships like the schooner Pioneer at this street's "seaport"
South Street
James
|
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| NEW YORK POST HEADLINES | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE | ODDS & ENDS | "CLUB" ME | HOMETOWN HOWDIES |
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$200
[5]
The Post calls this entertainer "Wacko Jacko", as in "Wacko Jacko Backo"
Michael Jackson
Meredith
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$200
[2]
He romances 17-year-old Mariel Hemingway in his 1979 movie "Manhattan"
Woody Allen
James
|
$200
[16]
He played the Devil in the 1984 film "Oh, God! You Devil" (by the way, he also played God)
George Burns
Meredith
|
$200
[1]
Useful in cocktails, it's carbonated water
Club soda
Nathan
Meredith
|
$800
[22]
In Yitzhak Rabin's hometown: Shalom!
Jerusalem
Meredith
|
|
$400
[6]
In 1977 the Post sold 1 million papers instead of the usual 600,000 when this NYC serial killer was "Caught!"
"Son of Sam" (David Berkowitz)
Meredith
|
$400
[3]
In 1949's "White Heat" he reaches the "top of the world" before blowing up
James Cagney
Nathan
|
$600
[18]
In 1974 he tied Babe Ruth's record in his first at-bat of the season
Hank Aaron
James
|
$400
[12]
On 1950s TV its members included Darlene Gillespie & Annette Funicello
The Mickey Mouse Club
Nathan
|
$1,000
[21]
In Akira Kurosawa's hometown: Kon-nichi Wa!
Tokyo
Meredith
|
|
$600
[7]
Reporting a scandal, the Post put "Dis-" before this name of the NYC mayor's residence
Gracie Mansion
|
$600
[4]
In "Pride of the Yankees", Gary Cooper played this proud but ailing Yankee
Lou Gehrig
Meredith
|
$800
[19]
Employees say "Thank God it's" this, especially when a dress code makes it "casual"
Friday
Meredith
|
$600
[13]
As Claire Standish, Molly Ringwald endures detention in this 1985 film
The Breakfast Club
Nathan
|
DD
$3,400
[23]
In Julio Iglesias' hometown: Hola!
Madrid
Meredith
|
|
$800
[8]
The Post smelled the blood of this tabloid rival with August 7, 1992's "Save-the-News Talks in Chaos"
New York Daily News
James
|
$800
[10]
Peter Graves spies on William Holden & the other G.I.s in this 1953 P.O.W. film
Stalag 17
Nathan
|
$1,000
[20]
The albums "So" & "Us" made a megastar of this first lead singer of Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Meredith
|
$800
[14]
They're the Boy George band heard here in 1983 with their first U.S. Top 10 hit("Do You Really Want to Hurt Me")
Culture Club
James
|
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|
$1,000
[9]
The Post created this alliterative appellation for escort service boss Sydney Biddle Barrows
"Mayflower Madam"
Nathan
|
$1,000
[11]
Oscar-winning political drama seen here(with Broderick Crawford speaking)
All the King's Men
Nathan
|
DD
$1,900
[17]
(Alex: And to help set up the clue, please welcome Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera", Howard McGillen) Act I of "Phantom of the Opera" ends with this fixture crashing to the stage
Chandelier
Meredith
|
$1,000
[15]
This very first multi-use credit card was originally used in New York City restaurants in 1950
Diners Club
James
|
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Appropriately, this hotel on West 44th Street has a Round Table Suite
the Algonquin