Show #3160 1998-05-01 Invitational

1998 Celebrity Invitational game 5.

Contestants

Jerry Orbach — fromLaw & Order

Cheech Marin — fromNash Bridges

Mark McEwen — fromCBS This Morning

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$-300	$1,200	$8,800	$11,800 Winner: $15,000 for the Community Services for Autistic Adults & Children	$8,800 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Cheech	$200	$3,700	$5,700	$0 3rd place: $10,000 for the Lo Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center	$6,200 19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jerry	$500	$1,400	$3,800	$7,600 2nd place: $10,000 for The Bide-A-Wee Home Association, Inc., The Animal Medical Center, and the Berkshire Humane Society	$2,400 9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS	LITERATURE	UP IN SMOKE	AND THE AWARD GOES TO...	FILE UNDER "P"	KISS YOUR LASS GOODBYE
$100 [1] His eldest son, also named Theodore, was governor of Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1932 Theodore Roosevelt Mark	$100 [6] Chapter 7 of this Louisa May Alcott novel is entitled "Amy's Valley of Humiliation" "Little Women" Mark	$100 [8] In 1997 Mrs. O'Leary's cow was exonerated of starting this city's 1871 fire Chicago Cheech	$100 [7] This nutty comic won a 1996 National Society of Film Critics award for his role as "The Nutty Professor" Eddie Murphy Cheech	$200 [20] You can "NBC" this bird showing off its spectacular fan of tail feathers Peacock Cheech	$300 [25] Lucy Westenra is the first English woman to fall victim to him in Bram Stoker's novel Count Dracula Mark
$200 [2] The Louisiana Purchase, made during his term, doubled the size of the U.S. Thomas Jefferson Cheech	$200 [10] His "Jungle Book" prose begins, "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills..." Rudyard Kipling Mark	$200 [9] After this city's "Great Fire" of 1666, Nicholas Borbon opened one of the first fire insurance companies London Mark Jerry	$200 [15] Barbara Walters' "20/20" co-host, in 1998 he was awarded the Children's Champion Award from UNICEF Hugh Downs Cheech	$300 [19] Judy's traditional puppet partner Punch Cheech	$500 [26] Ralph Fiennes leaves Kristin Scott Thomas in a cave in this tragic romance directed by Anthony Minghella The English Patient Cheech
$300 [3] He was the first California native to become vice president & the first to become president Richard Nixon Cheech	$300 [14] "I believe you think me a fiend!" says Heathcliff "with his dismal laugh" in this novel "Wuthering Heights" Mark	$300 [16] Fires raged for 3 days after this city's 1906 earthquake San Francisco Mark	$300 [13] While president of the Philippines, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize Corazon Aquino Mark Jerry	$400 [18] It was filled to the brim with evils; then it was opened & mankind was in trouble Pandora's box Mark	—
DD $500 [4] Taking office in 1869, he was the first West Point graduate to become president Ulysses S. Grant Cheech	$400 [22] In this novel, Sancho Panza is described as a poor, honest man "without much salt in his brain-pan" "Don Quixote" Cheech	$400 [21] Steve McQueen played fire chief Michael O'HO'HO'HO'HO'HO'HO'HO'Hallorhanisdisasteric The Towering Inferno Jerry	$400 [12] Category for which James Tobin, Gary Becker & Milton Friedman all won Nobel Prizes Economics Cheech	$500 [17] In Marxist theory, this group is exploited by the bourgeoisie Proletariat Mark	—
$500 [5] After leaving office in 1837, he retired to the Hermitage, his Tennessee plantation Andrew Jackson Mark Jerry	$500 [23] This Tolstoy epic of Russian society between 1805 & 1815 contains more than 500 characters "War and Peace" Cheech	$500 [24] This Italian cruise ship, that was hijacked by guerrillas in 1985, caught fire in 1994 & sank Achille Lauro Cheech	$500 [11] This Spanish cellist was among the first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Pablo Casals Cheech	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

WALL STREET	MUSICAL THEATER	THE 19th CENTURY	C'EST PARIS	JUMBO JOCKS	"ODD"PODGE
$200 [7] Reflecting Wall Street fears, Business Week's 1/26/98 cover asked "What to do About" this continent Asia Mark	$200 [3] This Jonathan Larson musical set in New York's East Village made the May 13, 1996 cover of Newsweek Rent Mark	$200 [23] This 1815 battle ended Napoleon's career Waterloo Mark	$200 [11] This monument seen here is considered the national war memorial of France Arc de Triomphe Jerry	$200 [1] This 6'9" Utah Jazz forward was named the NBA's MVP for the 1996-97 season, the first Jazz player so named Karl Malone Mark	$200 [16] Horsefeed, or what soldiers are to cannons Fodder Cheech
$400 [8] On March 3, 1998 it hit a fifth consecutive all-time high of 8,584.83 points Dow Jones Industrial Average Mark	$400 [10] New York's Club Expo was transformed into Berlin's Kit Kat Club for the 1998 revival of this musical Cabaret Cheech	$400 [24] This British queen was named empress of India in 1876 Victoria Cheech	$400 [17] I've got a "hunch" you can name this Paris cathedral Notre Dame Mark	$400 [2] On November 5, 1994, he regained the heavyweight boxing title he lost 20 years & 30 pounds earlier George Foreman Cheech Jerry	$400 [18] Things got hairy for this actor as Cornelius in the "Planet of the Apes" movies Roddy McDowall Mark
$600 [9] This synonym for "choice" is a contract to buy or sell an asset at a given price Option Jerry	$600 [12] 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that featured the following song Sunset Boulevard Cheech	DD $600 [26] In 1896 the first modern Olympics were held in this city Athens, Greece Mark	$600 [25] From either bank, it's the body of water seen here Seine River Mark	$600 [4] This 304-pound Packers defensive end has played in the NFL's Pro Bowl a record 12 straight years Reggie White Mark	$600 [19] This Connecticut senator is the son of a senator Christopher Dodd Jerry
$800 [14] If you're not in this biggest mutual fund, you missed the boat--it closed to new investors in 1997 Fidelity Magellan	$800 [13] "High Society" features some of this composer's best-loved songs, including "True Love" & "Let's Misbehave" Cole Porter Mark	$800 [27] 29-year-old slave Harriet Tubman escaped in 1849, went north & became a "conductor" on this Underground Railroad Cheech	$800 [28] Simone de Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre at this Paris institution of higher learning seen here The Sorbonne Mark	$800 [5] On Sept. 20, 1997, 270-pound Dorian Yates won this top bodybuilding title for the sixth straight year Mr. Olympia Mark Cheech Jerry	$800 [21] He was Goldfinger's deadly assistant; watch out for his hat! Oddjob Cheech
$1,000 [15] 2-word term for an anti-takeover tactic, or something a spy might carry Poison pill Mark	DD $2,400 [20] This historical 1969 musical, revived on Broadway in 1997, features the following 1776 Jerry	$1,000 [29] In 1889 France's Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique went bust trying to build this the Panama Canal Jerry	—	$1,000 [6] Weighing just over 600 pounds, Hawaiian-born Konishiki is the heaviest athlete in this Japanese sport Sumo wrestling Mark	$1,000 [22] Born Avrom Goldbogen, this producer of "Around the World in 80 Days" was once married to Liz Taylor Mike Todd Mark

Final Jeopardy!

WORDS

Merrythought is an old, chiefly British term for this part of a chicken

Wishbone

Jerry "What is the wishbone?" — wagered $3,800

Cheech "What is the com" — wagered $5,700

Mark "What is the wishbone?" — wagered $3,000

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