Show #4142 2002-09-10 (taped 2002-06-11) Regular

Contestants

Ann Burger — a food editor from Charleston, South Carolina

George Schroeder — a packaging consultant from Appleton, Wisconsin

Mike Vethacke — a financial analyst from Grosse Pointe, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$2,000	$2,200	$8,600	$800 3rd place: $1,000	$8,600 15 R, 4 W
George	$2,800	$2,200	$7,800	$15,600 New champion: $15,600	$8,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Ann	$2,800	$2,400	$2,800	$5,599 2nd place: $2,000	$2,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

INAUGURAL ADDRESSES	ROCKIN' STUPID ANSWERS	ALSO AN AUTO	A TRIP TO MARS	YES SIR, THAT'S MY BAY	"B"
$200 [17] In his 1789 address he stated that he didn't believe he should be paid for becoming president George Washington George	$200 [24] It's the band that had a hit with "Up on Cripple Creek" The Band	$200 [1] This Kate Mulgrew "Star Trek" show would've been very different if the crew traveled around space in the Chrysler van Star Trek: Voyager George	$200 [16] Like rust, Mars gets its reddish color from oxides of this element Iron Ann	$200 [11] The Potomac Chesapeake Bay George	$200 [4] Let's hear it for this capital of Idaho Boise George
$400 [18] He thanked Al Gore "for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace" George W. Bush Mike George Ann	$400 [25] It's the nickname of the Beatles album that has a stark white cover "The White Album" Ann	$400 [2] It won't tax you much to take a gamble & name this Riviera city 9 miles from Nice, France Monte Carlo Mike	$400 [22] "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith", begins this Heinlein work Stranger in a Strange Land George	$400 [12] The Ganges Bay of Bengal George	$400 [5] "Streetwise" nickname of the Super Bowl III MVP "Broadway Joe" Namath Ann
$600 [19] He said, "The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement" Ulysses S. Grant George Ann	$600 [26] In a 1978 song, this group asked, "Who Are You?" The Who George	$600 [3] One might think that this make of Ford runs best from April 20 to May 20 Taurus Ann	$600 [23] Arnold arduously activates an ancient atmosphere appliance in this 1990 Martian big screen adventure Total Recall	$600 [13] The Loire River in France Bay of Biscay George	$800 [7] Oh, you can call it Istanbul, or you can call it Constantinople, or you can call it this Byzantium Mike
$800 [20] In his March 4, 1825 address he mentioned our forefathers but never mentioned his own father, a former president John Quincy Adams Mike	$800 [27] A song by this group says, "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight" Wang Chung Mike	$800 [9] Once living near the Great Lakes but defeated by the Iroquois, this tribe moved to the Southeast (but not in Jeeps) Cherokee Mike	—	$800 [14] The Trinity River in Texas Galveston Bay George Ann	DD $1,000 [6] Appropriately, the stock ticker symbol for Sotheby's is this 3-letter word BID Ann
$1,000 [21] Polk declared, "Our title to" this western territory "is 'clear and unquestionable'" Oregon Territory George Ann	$1,000 [28] This double album by Kiss was certified platinum Double Platinum Mike George Ann	$1,000 [10] It orbits the Sun at a mean distance of about 888 million miles, though we're not sure what kind of mpg it gets Saturn Mike George	—	$1,000 [15] The Cooks & Georges Rivers in Australia Botany Bay George	$1,000 [8] A carillon is a set of 23 or more of these Bells Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHINESE DYNASTIES	NICKNAMES	PLACES IN THE NEWS	SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR	BEASTLY MOVIES	UP WORDS
$400 [21] The Sui dynasty refortified this major construction project mainly built under the Ch'ins Great Wall of China Mike	$400 [3] This entertainer earned the nickname "The Handcuff King" for his ability to escape manacles Harry Houdini Mike	$400 [1] In 2000 Salman Rushdie visited this, his native country, for the first time since the "Satanic Verses" furor India Mike George Ann	$400 [8] Bilbo Baggins J.R.R. Tolkien Mike	$400 [22] 1986:Paul Hogan faces the jungle of New York City Crocodile Dundee Mike	$400 [13] In the King James Bible, Hilkiah is described as this type of priest High priest
$800 [27] (Alex reads the clue in a Southern drawl.) Li Po & Tu Fu did their own thang, & wrote a bunch of these works in the dynasty T'ang Poems	$800 [4] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the halls of Alcatraz.) During his term at Alcatraz, this man called "Machine Gun" worked as an altar boy in the prison chapel "Machine Gun" Kelly Mike	$800 [2] People in this South American city were upset by a "Simpsons" episode showing street kids & monkeys there Rio de Janeiro	$800 [9] Captain Nemo &Phileas Fogg Jules Verne Mike Ann	$800 [26] 1992:Criminals "hound" each other following a bungled jewel heist Reservoir Dogs Ann	$800 [14] It's the type of music played here, from the place you might hear it Elevator music Ann
$1,200 [28] The Chinese one of these dates back to the Shang Dynasty & it accounted for the phases of the Moon a calendar Mike	$1,200 [5] Because of his oratory style, James K. Polk was nicknamed this French leader "of the stump" Napoleon George	DD $1,400 [18] In a landmark case, Slobodan Milosevic was arraigned on war crimes charges in this European city in 2001 The Hague George	DD $1,000 [12] George Smiley John le Carré George	$1,200 [25] 1968:As Henry II, Peter O'Toole deliberates over who should succeed him The Lion in Winter	$1,200 [15] A type of apartment often used by artists, or the backward slant on a golf club's face Loft George
—	$1,600 [6] It was the "chubby" nickname of jazz musician Thomas Wright Waller "Fats" Mike	$1,600 [19] A coup against this country's president Hugo Chavez fizzled in 2002 Venezuela	$1,200 [10] Pudd'nhead Wilson Mark Twain Ann	$1,600 [23] 1965:Jane Fonda turns from schoolteacher to outlaw Cat Ballou Mike	$1,600 [16] "You're" this, "you're a Waldorf salad; you're" this, "you're a Berlin ballad" the top George Ann
—	$2,000 [7] Nicknamed "Night Train", in 1952 he became the first & only player in NFL history to intercept 14 passes in one season Dick Lane Ann	$2,000 [20] On June 14, 2001 the U.S. said it would end bombing exercises on this Puerto Rican island Vieques	$1,600 [11] John Yossarian Joseph Heller George	$2,000 [24] 1976:Burt Reynolds as an ex-con with a personal vendetta against corrupt politicians Gator	$2,000 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew is pulling up a punching bag.) As a verb, it means "to lift"; as a noun, it's an assembly of pulleys to lift heavy objects Hoist

Final Jeopardy!

BY THE NUMBERS

In the 1800s Carl Wunderlich got this number by averaging over a million readings from armpits of 25,000 patients

98.6 degrees

Ann "What is 98.6?" — wagered $2,799

George "What is 98.6?" — wagered $7,800

Mike "What is human body temperature?" — wagered $7,800

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