Show #3156 1998-04-27 Invitational

1998 Celebrity Invitational game 1.

Contestants

Dan Cortese — fromVeronica's Closet

Carol Burnett — fromThe Carol Burnett Show

Jason Alexander — fromSeinfeld

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $500 $4,700 $11,400 $1,400
2nd place: $10,000 for the Scleroderma Research Foundation
$7,400
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Carol $300 $1,500 $8,200 $7,200
Winner: $15,000 for the Hereditary Disease Foundation
$6,300
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Dan $1,400 $3,000 $4,800 $1,399
3rd place: $10,000 for the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
$4,800
17 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHERE YA FROM? RHYMES WITH ME ALEXANDER THE GREAT THE 70th OSCARS CELEBRITY HEADACHES TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM
$100 [10]
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austria
Jason Carol
$100 [23]
If the queen invites you to an afternoon party, you'll probably sip this
Tea
Dan
$100 [17]
He's pictured on the $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton
Jason
$100 [11]
Hours before she won her Oscar, she agreed to return to "Mad About You", for $1 million an episode
Helen Hunt
Carol
$100 [6]
You could go for one of this country's Habano cigars--if it weren't for that dreary embargo
Cuba
Dan
$100 [1]
[audio clue]
Gilligan's Island
Dan
$200 [19]
Antonio Banderas
Spain
Carol Dan
$200 [24]
Piece of equipment for Picabo Street
Ski
Dan
$200 [18]
In 1876 he was granted a patent for "The Method of, and Apparatus for Transmitting Vocal or Other Sounds"
Alexander Graham Bell
Dan
$200 [12]
Confidentially, she was named Best Supporting Actress for "L.A. Confidential"
Kim Basinger
Carol
$200 [7]
Traffic on this Beverly Hills street is so bad, you can't park in front of Cartier or Louis Vuitton
Rodeo Drive
Dan
$200 [2]
[audio clue]
The Andy Griffith Show
Dan
$300 [20]
k.d. lang
Canada
$300 [25]
You might hear the "buzz" of gossip at this kind of quilting party
Bee
Carol
$300 [30]
Ben Alexander played officer Frank Smith, one of Jack Webb's partners on this TV show
Dragnet
Carol
$300 [13]
On winning for this film, Robin Williams said, "Thank you, Ben and Matt. I still want to see some I.D."
Good Will Hunting
Jason
$300 [8]
Paying about 60 grand for the XJ8 model of this British car, you'd think a CD player would be standard
Jaguar
Dan
$300 [3]
[audio clue]
The Nanny
$400 [21]
Lucy Lawless
New Zealand
Jason
$400 [26]
In 1939 she played a "Scarlett" woman
Vivien Leigh
Jason
$500 [28]
On March 30, 1981 he told the press, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House"
Alexander Haig
Jason
$400 [14]
"I'm the king of the world!" exulted this director when he won for "Titanic"
James Cameron
Dan
$400 [9]
Don't let your personal trainer work your biceps & forget these opposing muscles on the arms
Triceps
Jason
$400 [4]
[audio clue]
Bewitched
Carol
$500 [22]
Elle Macpherson
Australia
Dan
$500 [27]
In "Once Upon A Mattress", it was supposed to be under the mattresses
Pea
Jason
DD $1,500 [29]
William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts
Jane Alexander
Jason
$500 [15]
On winning this honorary Oscar, this director-choreographer tap-danced & sang part of his thank you speech
Stanley Donen
Carol
$500 [16]
You're probably sick of having your floors scuffed by photographers from this Conde Nast "Digest"
Architectural Digest
Jason
$500 [5]
[audio clue]
Good Times
Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING NAME THE PLAY FOOD & DRINK AS THE STOMACH TURNS TOUGH NUCLEAR PHYSICS
$200 [21]
Rumor has it this "Great" Russian empress had insomnia; with all those lovers, who could sleep?
Catherine the Great
Carol
$200 [1]
It's what the trio seen here represents:
"See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil"
Dan
$200 [8]
"We'll hang ourselves tomorrow...unless Godot comes"
Waiting for Godot
Jason
$200 [6]
This vegetable puts the cole in coleslaw
Cabbage
Dan
$200 [13]
A gnawing pain in the abdomen is a symptom of the peptic type of this chronic ailment
Ulcer
Jason
$400 [29]
Some quarks are classified u, d & s: "up", this & "strange"
down
$400 [22]
Anna Sage, who set up John Dillinger, is known to history as this "Lady"
"The Lady in Red"
Jason
$400 [2]
This channel, spun off from Nick at Nite, said it would air nothing during the last "Seinfeld"
TV Land
$400 [9]
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Jason
$400 [7]
A lunchtime favorite, it's chicken or turkey, tomato, bacon & lettuce on 3 slices of toast
Club sandwich
Jason
$400 [14]
One of the regions of the stomach is the cardia, named for this nearby organ
Heart
Dan
$600 [28]
Term for the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive material, or of rotting teeth
Decay
Jason
$800 [27]
Calamity Jane's memoirs spread the tale of her torrid romance with this "Wild" westerner
Wild Bill Hickok
Jason
$600 [3]
In this Shakespeare comedy, Hero is falsely accused of unfaithfulness & a huge fuss ensues
Much Ado About Nothing
Carol
$800 [11]
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead!"
Henry V
Jason
$600 [17]
Bottled in France since 1863, it's the bestselling imported sparkling water in the U.S.
Perrier
Jason
$600 [15]
This "fake fat" reportedly causes abdominal cramps & inhibits the absorption of some vitamins & nutrients
Olestra
Jason
$800 [24]
The first successful laser used this gem, hence the rosy light
ruby
Carol
$1,000 [26]
You could call this outlaw the "Mother" of all crime; she was also the mother of Herman, Fred, Arthur & Lloyd
Ma Barker
Dan
$800 [4]
According to the title of a 1974 Billy Preston hit, this "leaves nothing"
"Nothing From Nothing"
Dan
$1,000 [12]
"Nora! Nora!...empty. She's gone."
A Doll's House
Carol
$800 [18]
Some prefer melted cheese for this classic dipping dish, others prefer melted chocolate
Fondue
Carol
$800 [16]
One common shape of the stomach is like this tenth letter of the alphabet
J
Jason Carol Dan
$1,000 [23]
These devices for upping the speeds of particles may be linear or cyclic
Accelerators
Jason
DD $2,500 [25]
Marie Walewska was one of many women who "entertained" him during his exile on Elba
Napoleon
Carol
$1,000 [5]
Also called the American Party, this political group's name came from its members' denials about it
Know-Nothing
DD $3,500 [10]
"Hm...11 o'clock in Grover's Corners,--you get a good rest, too. Good night."
Our Town
Jason
$1,000 [20]
Its name means "small tubes", but this Italian pasta is actually large tubes with a meat or cheese filling
Cannelloni
Jason
$1,000 [19]
Over-the-counter treatments for heartburn include Pepcid AC & this, from Smithkline Beecham
Tagamet
Jason

Final Jeopardy!

WEIGHTS & MEASURES

A unit of length measuring 6 feet, or a verb meaning to comprehend

Fathom

Dan "What is a learn" — wagered $3,401
Carol "What" — wagered $1,000
Jason "What is a grasp?" — wagered $10,000

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