Show #4151 2002-09-23 (taped 2002-06-17) Regular

Contestants

Matt Olsen — an underwriter from Glastonbury, Connecticut

Justine Lisser — a lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Tom Kelso — a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tom $4,200 $7,600 $24,400 $30,001
3-day champion: $83,402
$24,400
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Justine $400 $2,000 $15,000 $20,000
2nd place: $2,000
$14,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Matt $800 $2,400 $2,400 $1,800
3rd place: $1,000
$2,400
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL MATTERS HORSE TALK SPANISH CLASS CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS WHAT GRADE DID YOU GET? AN "F" IN HISTORY
$200 [11]
At age 14 Wynton Marsalis performed Haydn's concerto for this instrument
trumpet
Matt
$200 [26]
In the 1932 film "Horse Feathers", he remarked, "I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse"
Groucho Marx
Matt
$200 [1]
This farm animal is una vaca
cow
Tom
$200 [16]
1990:"Jigs Accompanied by Lupine Creatures"
Dances with Wolves
Justine
$200 [21]
Anthracite, the highest grade of this, is made almost entirely of carbon
coal
Tom
$200 [6]
Soon after Ataturk became Turkey's president in 1923, he banned the wearing of this traditional hat
fez
Tom
$400 [12]
The Dixie Chicks' first CD had the rhyming title "Thank Heavens for" this TV cowgirl
Dale Evans
Tom
$400 [27]
On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote that "Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley, and Leyden"
"Four Horsemen of Notre Dame"
Tom
$400 [2]
You can find libros at una libreria y una biblioteca, these 2 related places
library & bookstore
Matt
$400 [17]
1957:"One Dozen Ticked-Off Dudes"
12 Angry Men
Justine
$400 [22]
Grades of this potable range from doux to brut
champagne
Justine
$400 [7]
He founded Philly's first police force
Ben Franklin
Justine
$600 [13]
It sounds like a small trench around a castle, but it was the major type of late medieval composition
motet
Justine Matt
$600 [28]
"For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse" this "is lost"
the rider
Tom Justine
$600 [3]
This color is azul
blue
Tom Justine
$600 [18]
1969:"12 O'Clock Herdsman"
Midnight Cowboy
Tom Justine
$600 [23]
A "less than investment grade" bond is usually referred to as this 4-letter term
junk
Matt
$600 [8]
The longest currently serving leader in the Western Hemisphere; he started in 1959
Fidel Castro
Tom
$800 [14]
The 19th century composer of the following, he basically wrote for only one instrument
Frederic Chopin
Tom Matt
$800 [29]
Dr. Johnson called it "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"
oats
Justine
$800 [4]
The word "alligator" comes from the Spanish el lagarto, this reptile
lizard
Tom
$800 [19]
1973:"Final Argentine Dance on the Banks of the Seine"
Last Tango in Paris
Tom
$800 [24]
Bond & book are grades of this product made from compressed cellulose
paper
Matt
$800 [9]
In 1976 Bob Dole was his running mate
Gerald Ford
Tom
$1,000 [15]
James Blake, who wrote the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry", was better known by this nickname
Eubie
Tom
$1,000 [30]
An old cliche says a difference of opinion is "what makes" these
horse races
Justine
DD $1,000 [5]
For spice, you use picante for this adjective; for climate, calido; for temperature, caliente
hot
Tom
$1,000 [20]
1992:"Primal Impulse"
Basic Instinct
Tom
$1,000 [25]
Excelso is a grade of coffee from this country, perhaps from Medellin
Colombia
Tom
$1,000 [10]
It's the other political party that, like the Whigs, elected only 2 U.S. presidents
Federalists
Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

CITY WALK NO. 1 IN THE NFL DRAFT CONTEMPORARY THEATRE THE WRIGHT STUFF BODY PARTS ODD WORDS
$400 [9]
With a current population of 323,000 this North American national capital was founded in the early 1800s
Ottawa, Canada
Tom
$400 [19]
1989 by Dallas:this Bruin, seen here
Troy Aikman
Tom
$400 [2]
In 1998, more than a century after that incident with an ax, this accused murderess got her own musical
Lizzie Borden
Justine
$400 [16]
The Wright Brothers made almost 1,000 successful glider flights on a beach near this N.C. town in 1902
Kitty Hawk
Matt
$400 [26]
A fighter might "take it on" this body part without flinching
the chin
Matt
$400 [1]
This synonym for gibberish comes from the name of a Lewis Carroll poem
jabberwocky
Tom
$800 [12]
The 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar University in this Middle East capital is an important center of Islamic learning
Cairo, Egypt
Justine
$800 [20]
1978 by Houston:this Texas running back
Earl Campbell
Tom
$800 [6]
The 2001 play "Snatches" depicts snatches of phone conversations between Monica Lewinsky & this former friend
Linda Tripp
Tom
$800 [17]
He designed the Imperial Hotel to withstand Tokyo's earthquakes; in 1923, it was one of the few buildings that did
Frank Lloyd Wright
Justine
$800 [27]
Some of these have been dubbed middle, little or ring
fingers
Matt
$800 [3]
A heptastich is a poem or stanza of this many lines
7
Matt
$1,200 [13]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Miami.) Stretching from about 17th Avenue to 37th Avenue is this "small" area of Miami
"Little Havana"
Tom
$1,200 [21]
1993 by New England:this quarterback
Drew Bledsoe
Tom
$1,200 [7]
In 2001 Marlo Thomas got all dolled up to play this "Valley of the Dolls" author in the play "Paper Doll"
Jacqueline Susann
Justine
$1,200 [18]
In 1986 this Texan became House majority leader, succeeding Tip O'Neill
Jim Wright
Tom
$1,200 [28]
This long & winding portion of the alimentary canal is divided into small & large sections
intestines
Justine
$1,200 [4]
Animal, vegetable or mineral: what kohlrabi is
vegetable
Matt
$1,600 [14]
Pensione Erdarelli & the Hotel Hassler are both found in this capital city
Rome, Italy
Justine
$1,600 [22]
1998 by this team:Peyton Manning
Indianapolis Colts
Tom
$1,600 [10]
Bob Gaudio of the 4 Seasons wrote the music for a new musical based on this Kathleen Turner-Nicolas Cage film
Peggy Sue Got Married
Tom Matt
$1,600 [24]
Benjamin Wright, & not a mule named Sal, was chief engineer for the construction of this waterway from 1817 to 1825
Erie Canal
Tom
DD $2,000 [29]
12 of these 33 bones are thoracic
vertebrae
Justine
$1,600 [5]
This word that rhymes with rough is used for the skin of a snake that's been cast off
slough
Tom
DD $5,000 [15]
You'll find the Kenyatta Conference Center in this Kenyan city, one of Africa's largest & fastest growing
Nairobi
Justine
$2,000 [23]
1949 by Philadelphia:this man, "Concrete Charlie", the NFL's last 60-minute player
Chuck Bednarik
Tom
$2,000 [11]
John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" got more Broadway exposure as a toilet tycoon in this hit musical
Urinetown
Justine
$2,000 [25]
A black Chicago youth is victimized by a white-dominated society in this novelist's "Native Son"
Richard Wright
Tom
$2,000 [30]
This shoulder muscle is ready when you are
deltoid muscle
$2,000 [8]
Pandiculation is the act of yawning & doing this, especially first thing in the morning
stretching
Justine Matt

Final Jeopardy!

INAUGURAL ADDRESSES

A New Deal Democrat in his youth, this president stated, "Government is not the solution to our problem"

Ronald Reagan

Matt "Who is James Carter?" — wagered $600
Justine "Who is Ronald Reagan?" — wagered $5,000
Tom "Who was R. Reagan?" — wagered $5,601

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