Show #4155 2002-09-27 (taped 2002-06-17) Regular

Contestants

Tim Mhyre — a neuroscientist from Webster, New York

Ted Barry — an assistant district attorney from Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

Brandon Sawyer — a writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brandon $2,200 $3,400 $6,200 $3,400
2nd place: $2,000
$6,200
9 R, 2 W
Ted $2,200 $2,200 $7,500 $2
3rd place: $1,000
$11,000
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Tim $1,800 $7,000 $12,000 $8,999
New champion: $8,999
$10,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

VOLCANOES 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS ORGANIZED CRIME BRAND NAMES WAR & PEACE SONGS TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE
$200 [21]
The names of 2 types of lava flow, pahoehoe & aa, come from this language
Hawaiian
Tim
$200 [26]
It's used to express dismay or pain, especially in Yiddish
oy
Tim
$200 [7]
In 1929 Eliot Ness took charge of a team that was created to bring down this mobster
Al Capone
Ted
$200 [2]
It's a "Nighttime, Sniffling, Sneezing, Coughing, Aching, Stuffy Head" medicine
NyQuil
Brandon
$200 [1]
With the E Street Band, he had a 1986 hit covering the song "War"
Bruce Springsteen
Ted
$200 [16]
Anne Hathaway(1582-1616)
William Shakespeare
Tim
$400 [22]
This Indonesian volcano just west of Java erupted in 1883 causing sea waves almost 130 feet high
Krakatoa
Tim
$400 [27]
Sacred syllable uttered as a mantra during meditation
om
Tim
$400 [8]
In 1999 Richard Dreyfuss played this '30s Jewish founder of Murder, Inc.
Meyer Lansky
Tim
$400 [12]
The logo seen here represents this brand named for an Italian-born baron
Bic
Tim
$400 [3]
In 1973 this group had a "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
The Eagles
Tim
$400 [17]
Robin Givens(1988-1989)
Mike Tyson
Brandon Tim
$600 [23]
A 1963 underwater eruption began the formation of the island of Surtsey off this north Atlantic country
Iceland
Ted
$600 [28]
A part of the psyche
id
Ted
$600 [9]
Wreaths at this mobster's June 15, 2002 funeral bore such emblems as a cigar, a martini, a royal flush & the Yankees logo
John Gotti
Tim
$600 [13]
For many years Nancy Green portrayed this fictional Southern pancake cook
Aunt Jemima
Brandon Ted
$600 [4]
John Lennon's 1st Top 40 hit without the Beatles was this 1969 song
"Give Peace A Chance"
Brandon
$600 [18]
Winnie Nomzamo(1958-1996)
Nelson Mandela
Tim
$800 [24]
In Roman mythology, this god of fire's blacksmith shops were located under Mount Etna
Vulcan
Tim
$800 [29]
Someone's sweetheart (or the first name of the tomboyish heroine of "Little Women")
Jo
Brandon
$800 [10]
Arthur Flegenheimer said this short alias of his was swell for headlines
Dutch Schultz
$800 [14]
Whole wheat is a major ingredient in this brand whose symbol is seen here
Roman Meal bread
Brandon
$800 [5]
10,000 Maniacs covered this 1971 hit by Cat Stevens
"Peace Train"
Ted
$800 [19]
Heather Mills(as of 2002)
Paul McCartney
Tim
$1,000 [25]
Paricutin Volcano in this country began in a farmer's field in 1943; within 6 days, it had a cinder cone 500 feet high
Mexico
$1,000 [30]
Even without playing it on a special square, this Greek letter will get you 9 points
xi
Tim
$1,000 [11]
Asked by a WWII draft board his occupation, this Kennedy-era Chicago mob boss said, "Me? I steal"
Sam Giancana
Ted Tim
$1,000 [15]
In Spain & Portugal this bald advertising icon is known as Don Limpio
Mr. Clean
Tim
$1,000 [6]
In a 1979 song, he wondered, "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?"
Elvis Costello
Ted
DD $1,000 [20]
Marie Sklodowska(1895-1906)
Pierre Curie
Tim

Double Jeopardy! Round

A DICKENS OF A STORY INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS AT THE MOVIES HERE'S TO WATER "E.B." THE END OF THE LINE
$400 [21]
This 1850 Dickens novel is considered his "veiled autobiography"
David Copperfield
Brandon
$400 [26]
About 300,000 passenger cars:CR
Costa Rica
Tim
$400 [11]
It's the animated movie in which the following words "magically" appear: humble, radiant, terrific & some pig
Charlotte's Web
Brandon
$400 [6]
Water contracts as it gets colder, but below this temperature, 7 degrees above freezing, it begins to expand
39 degrees
Ted
$400 [16]
A 1965 satellite, or the person who gets the breakfast special
Early Bird
Ted
$400 [1]
Mike Ditka & Kellen Winslow played this position on football's offensive line
tight end
Ted
$800 [22]
In this novel, Mr. Bumble ends up as an inmate in the workhouse that he once oversaw
Oliver Twist
Ted
$800 [27]
About 2,500,000 passenger cars:GR
Greece
Brandon Tim
$800 [12]
(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) This 1973 film won 7 Oscars & helped spark a national revival of Scott Joplin's ragtime music
The Sting
Tim
$800 [7]
This city's water treatment plant, the world's largest, lies on a 61-acre peninsula that extends into Lake Michigan
Chicago
Ted Tim
$800 [17]
When we put down EB as a source, we mean this reference work that dates back to 1768
Encyclopedia Britannica
Tim
$800 [2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from San Francisco) At the end of a cable car line, each cable is turned by a grip, which is basically this simple machine
pulley
Tim
$1,200 [23]
In "A Tale of Two Cities", she knits in code to condemn aristocrats to the guillotine
Madame Defarge
$1,200 [28]
About 8 million passenger cars:ROK
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Ted
$1,200 [13]
In this 1982 film Captain Bryant calls androids "skinjobs"
Blade Runner
Ted
$1,200 [8]
The mineral waters in the hot springs of this Black Forest resort can be over 150 degrees Fahrenheit
Baden-Baden
$1,200 [18]
Mr. Cub, he hit a record 5 grand-slam home runs in a season
Ernie Banks
Tim
$1,200 [3]
From the Latin for "to look at", it's often the final step on an assembly line
inspection
$2,000 [25]
This Dickens Christmas story is divided into "Chirp the First", "Chirp the Second" & "Chirp the Third"
The Cricket on the Hearth
Ted
$1,600 [29]
About 300,000 passenger cars:ZW
Zimbabwe
Brandon Tim
$1,600 [14]
In this foreign film classic, the knight's name is Antonius Block
The Seventh Seal
$1,600 [9]
The name of this type of well that taps water under natural pressure comes from a French province
Artesian well
Tim
$2,000 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Atlanta) Andrew Young said this church "was the shelter; when there was an important meeting, we went to Daddy King's study there"
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ted
$1,600 [4]
At Gettysburg, this hill & its "little" neighbor were at the left end of the Union lines
Round Top
Ted
DD $3,500 [24]
The title of this novel refers to a residence in Hertfordshire
Bleak House
Ted
$2,000 [30]
About 6 million passenger cars:NL
the Netherlands (Holland)
Ted
$2,000 [15]
A tombstone bearing the name "Archie Leach" is seen in a classic 1944 film comedy starring this actor
Cary Grant
Brandon
$2,000 [10]
Archimedes invented this device used to irrigate the Nile valley in ancient Egypt; it's still used today
Archimedes' screw
Tim
DD $3,400 [19]
Its choice as a national capital in 1949 wasn't recognized by some countries
East Berlin
Tim
$2,000 [5]
The direct line of this French dynasty ended in 1328 with the death of Charles the Fair
Capetian dynasty
Tim

Final Jeopardy!

THE EAST COAST

It's the only U.S. island allowed to use a possessive apostrophe by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names

Martha's Vineyard

Brandon "What is Riker's Island" — wagered $2,800
Ted "What is Staten's Island?" — wagered $7,498
Tim "What is Governor's Island?" — wagered $3,001

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