Show #4159 2002-10-03 (taped 2002-06-18) Regular

Mark Brown game 1.

Contestants

Mark Brown — an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona

Nancy Jasinski — an administrative assistant from Posen, Illinois

Christine Schmidt — a high school teacher from Miami, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Christine $800 $2,400 $11,300 $300
3rd place: $1,000
$12,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Nancy $3,800 $5,000 $6,800 $13,599
2nd place: $2,000
$10,600
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mark $1,600 $5,600 $10,000 $19,999
New champion: $19,999
$10,000
19 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON EDITORS' CHOICES PORTS THE FABULOUS (18)50s PRO FOOTBALL BACKWORDS
$200 [1]
"Kidnapped" is the tale of young David Balfour & "His Journey in" this "Wild" part of Scotland
the Highlands
Mark
$200 [11]
Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2001 was this "Tower of Strength"
Rudolph Giuliani
Nancy
$200 [17]
Much of Australia's foreign trade is handled by this city's Port Jackson or neighboring Botany Bay
Sydney
Mark
$200 [16]
Accounting for half of all U.S. exports in 1855, this crop was "King"
cotton
Mark
$200 [2]
In 1941 the Pittsburgh Pirates changed their name to this
Pittsburgh Steelers
Nancy
$200 [25]
I feel stressed when I don't eat these meal-ending treats
desserts/stressed
Nancy
$400 [3]
This title character was an "M.D., D.C.L., LL.D...."
Dr. Jekyll
Nancy
$400 [12]
The editors of People Magazine found no one worthy of this title for 1994; Brad Pitt got it in 1995
"People's Sexiest Man Alive"
Nancy
$400 [18]
This state has 5 of the top 15 U.S. ports, including Plaquemines & Lake Charles
Louisiana
Mark
$400 [21]
This 1850 story of Hester Prynne was a best-seller right from the start; it sold 4,000 copies in the first 10 days
"The Scarlet Letter"
Christine
$400 [5]
In 1972 this NFL team moved its home games to Arrowhead Stadium, upping its seating capacity by over 30,000
Kansas City Chiefs
Mark
$400 [26]
Dennis went to confession after he did this
sinned/Dennis
Mark
$600 [4]
(Hi Ho, Kermit the Frog here) As Captain Smollet, I followed the map to this Robert Louis Stevenson island
"Treasure Island"
Mark
$600 [13]
The editors of the 2002 World Almanac chose this man as "The Most Obscure U.S. President"
Millard Fillmore
Nancy
$600 [19]
Until Haiti became independent, this "Port" served as the capital of the colony of Saint-Domingue from 1770 to 1804
Port-au-Prince
Christine
$600 [22]
On Jan. 28, 1852 abolitionist Wendell Phillips uttered the words "Eternal vigilance is the price of" this
liberty
Christine Mark
$600 [6]
This Cleveland running back led the NFL in rushing 8 of the 9 years he was in the league, starting in 1957
Jim Brown
Mark
$600 [27]
Your reward is in this bureau compartment
drawer/reward
Mark
$800 [9]
"The Silverado Squatters" was an 1883 tale about Stevenson's experiences in one of these camps in California
mining camp
Christine
$800 [14]
Motor Trend's choice for 2002 Truck of the Year fell on this Chevy
Avalanche
$1,000 [24]
This Egyptian port on the Mediterranean was founded in 1859 when the building of the Suez Canal began
Port Said
Mark
$800 [23]
On August 16, 1858 the first cable message across the Atlantic was sent from Queen Victoria to this U.S. president
James Buchanan
Mark
$800 [7]
In January 2001 this team's middle linebacker Ray Lewis was named MVP of Super Bowl XXXV
Baltimore Ravens
Mark
$800 [28]
A messenger is reviled when he fails to do this
deliver/reviled
Christine
$1,000 [10]
It was to his nurse "Cummy" that Stevenson dedicated "A Child's Garden of" these
Verses
Nancy
$1,000 [15]
Former Miss USA & star of "Mulholland Dr." who is one of Esquire's "Women We Love"
Laura Harring
DD $1,400 [20]
It's the only one of South Africa's 3 capitals that is also a seaport
Cape Town
Christine
$1,000 [30]
In 1857 this infamous Supreme Court decision declared that African-Americans were not U.S. citizens
Dred Scott Decision
Nancy
$1,000 [8]
The last Heisman Trophy winner to be selected No. 1 in the NFL Draft was this Miami Hurricanes quarterback in 1987
Vinny Testaverde
Nancy Mark
$1,000 [29]
I take spools of fishing line on these single-masted sailing ships
sloops/spools
Christine Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE U.N. BIG SCREEN BIOS WHAT'S THAT THING CALLED? THE GECKO EL GRECO FROM THE GET "GO"
$400 [4]
The charter states the U.N. is determined "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of" this
war
Mark
$400 [9]
1993's "Dragon"
Bruce Lee
Mark
$400 [17]
They're fingered to control the pitch of a trumpet
valves
Mark
$400 [5]
Never grab your pet leopard gecko by this body part; it can come off when the gecko is stressed
tail
Christine
$400 [1]
When El Greco was born on this isle in 1541, it was under Venetian rule, not Greek
Crete
Christine
$400 [8]
An employee who runs errands; it's a Grandy job to have
gopher
Nancy
$800 [6]
Alphabetically first among the U.N.'s 6 official languages, it was a late addition to the list
Arabic
Nancy
$800 [11]
"Man on the Moon"
Andy Kaufman
Nancy
$800 [23]
(Alex: Let's find out from Sarah.) Like the part of the nose it rests on, the connecting part of a pair of glasses is called this
bridge
Mark
$800 [27]
As the gecko can climb almost any surface, make sure your terrarium has one of these to deter escapes
lid
Nancy
$800 [2]
Of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, El Greco, or with a cross, it's how he signed his paintings
Domenikos Theotokopoulos (in Greek)
Christine
$800 [10]
Belinda, Jane, Charlotte, Kathy & Gina
the Go-Go's
Nancy
$1,200 [7]
The first female U.S. ambassador to the U.N., she published the book "Political Woman" in 1974
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Christine Mark
$1,200 [12]
"The Desert Fox"
Erwin Rommel
Nancy
$1,200 [24]
It's a knob on the top of a saddle, or an ornamental knob on the hilt of a sword
pommel
Christine
$1,200 [28]
The Global Gecko Association is in this state whose postal abbreviation is backwards in the word gecko
Oklahoma (OK)
Christine
DD $1,500 [3]
The 1982 El Greco exhibition at the National Gallery of Art was inspired by the spirit of these 2 sister cities
Toledo, Spain & Toledo, Ohio
Christine
$1,200 [18]
Storm this desert & you're bound to find a Mongol or two
Gobi
Mark
$1,600 [14]
Organizations that have this "status" include the OAU & the Holy See
observer status
Nancy
$1,600 [13]
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
Loretta Lynn
Nancy
$1,600 [25]
As a noun, it's a strip of material on a sail; as a verb, it means to secure an opening like a hatch
batten
Christine
$1,600 [29]
In a Q & A with Reptile Magazine, this crocodile hunter said his favorite gecko is the rough knob-tailed
Steve Irwin
$1,600 [21]
In 1963 he was El Greco on film & Audrey Hepburn's husband in real life
Mel Ferrer
Christine
$1,600 [19]
In 1678 the Coventry Fair instituted a festival in this lady's honor
Lady Godiva
Nancy
DD $3,800 [15]
In 1999 UNTAET began helping this country, the ET in its name, achieve independence
East Timor
Nancy
$2,000 [16]
"To Hell and Back"
Audie Murphy
Christine
$2,000 [26]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Heritage Village in Cincinnati) Like in colonial days, I'm making yarn using the drop type of this
spindle
Christine Nancy
$2,000 [30]
This insurance company features a gecko in its ads
GEICO
Christine
$2,000 [22]
During a private visit to Greece in 1999, this queen opened an El Greco exhibition in Athens
Queen Sofia (of Spain)
Christine Nancy
$2,000 [20]
He gave us the classic tale of Cossack life "Taras Bulba"
Nikolai Gogol
Christine

Final Jeopardy!

CATCHPHRASES

Maiden name of author Edith Wharton, whose social-climbing family may have inspired a catchphrase

Jones

Nancy "What [is keeping] Jones?" — wagered $6,799
Mark "What is Jones" — wagered $9,999
Christine "What" — wagered $11,000

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