Show #4163 2002-10-09 (taped 2002-06-25) Regular

Mark Brown game 5.(Sarah: We're inNew Mexico... this isn't going to take 80 days, is it?)

Contestants

Bob Strybel — a real estate attorney from Orland Park, Illinois

Richard Adams — a computer support technician from Dallas, Texas

Mark Brown — an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona (whose 4-day cash winnings total $58,899)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$3,200	$5,300	$12,600	$9,195 5-day champion: $68,094	$13,400 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Richard	$-200	$2,400	$8,000	$5,199 2nd place: $2,000	$8,000 11 R, 1 W
Bob	$3,000	$5,400	$5,400	$5,000 3rd place: $1,000	$7,800 14 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	FONDA THE MOVIES	THE THIRD CATEGORY	RUNNING MATES	YOU'RE SCARING ME	GIMME AN "E"!
$200 [26] Of tulips, lilacs or daffodils, the flower not grown from a bulb lilacs Mark	$200 [8] In this 1969 film Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper hit the road on their motorcycles to find America Easy Rider Richard	$200 [21] William Shirer wrote "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" & also the collapse of this country's Third Republic France Mark	$200 [1] A catchy 1840 campaign slogan paired "Tippecanoe and" this running mate "too" John Tyler Bob	$200 [16] Little Miss Muffet couldn't tough it out & one of these scared her away spider Richard	$200 [2] A yew or a juniper, for example evergreen Mark
$600 [28] From the Latin for "foliage", it's the large, divided leaf of ferns & some palms frond Mark	$400 [9] This 1981 movie, Henry Fonda's last feature, was the only one in which he appeared with Jane On Golden Pond Mark	$400 [22] In the kids' rhyme, it's the third way to serve pease porridge In the pot nine days old Richard	$400 [3] Gore was a mensch, selecting this Orthodox Jew in 2000 Joseph Lieberman Mark	$400 [17] A literary character named Brom Bones may have been the one who scared this schoolmaster out of town Ichabod Crane Richard	$400 [5] Heartburn is actually the acidic contents of the stomach going back up this tube esophagus Bob
$800 [29] This tree disease is caused by a fungus, Ophiostoma ulmi, that is spread by 2 species of bark beetles Dutch elm disease Bob	$600 [10] In 1955 Henry recreated for the movies his stage role as this restless cargo officer Mister Roberts Bob	$600 [23] Women's pregnancy terms are divided into thirds called these trimesters Richard	$600 [4] In 2000 this man & running mate Winona LaDuke found it's not that easy bein' Green (Party candidates) Ralph Nader Richard	$600 [18] Matthew 14 tells that this disciple also walked on water until he got scared & started to sink like a stone Simon Peter Bob	$600 [13] It's the "national" instrument heard here English horn Mark
DD $1,100 [27] It's the tallest of all grasses; one type grows to 120 feet with a stem circumference of 3 feet bamboo Mark	$800 [11] Looking for a roommate, Bridget Fonda took out a classified (big mistake!) in this 1992 film Single White Female Mark	$800 [24] The rear third of this human organ is called the root; the rest is the body part that "wags" tongue Bob	$800 [6] He kept cool with Charles Dawes in 1924 Calvin Coolidge Mark	$800 [19] This captain scared the locals in Jamaica in 1504 when he predicted an eclipse & it happened Christopher Columbus Bob	$800 [14] Title held for 63 years by the man seen here(Hirohito) emperor Bob
—	$1,000 [12] Ironically, this Jane Fonda movie opened just weeks before the Three Mile Island incident The China Syndrome Mark	$1,000 [25] It's how often a third of the members of the U.S. Senate are up for re-election every 2 years Richard	$1,000 [7] Hubert Humphrey chose this Maine man as his running mate Edmund Muskie Bob	$1,000 [20] Jonathan Edwards literally scared the hell out of New England with this "angry" 1741 sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Bob	$1,000 [15] Phone home! The computer Internet domain of this country is .et Ethiopia Mark Richard

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE WEST COAST	THEY DANCE RINGS AROUND YOU!	LET'S GO BALLOONING!	SUB- & ALTERNATE TITLES	ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE OR MARINES	PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
$400 [13] Founded as a little pueblo in 1781, it grew up to become the second-largest city in the U.S. Los Angeles Mark	$400 [26] We got the "Fever" once again when we saw him dance with Uma Thurman in "Pulp Fiction" John Travolta Mark	$400 [18] (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque.) In a classic 1939 film, this title character ascends in a balloon the Wizard of Oz Mark Bob	$400 [7] "The New Pilgrim's Progress" is how he described his "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain Mark	$400 [1] Walter Reed Army Mark	$400 [2] In a traditional story opening, this prepositional phrase follows "once" upon a time Mark Bob
$800 [14] Capt. Vancouver thought this friend's name "sound"ed just right for a region in what's now Washington Peter Puget Mark	$800 [27] Gene Kelly's dance with Jerry the Mouse inspired her song-&-dance with MC Skat Cat in her "Opposites Attract" video Paula Abdul Richard	$800 [19] This man, then the U.S. pres., was one of the spectators when the 1st balloon voyage in the U.S. took off from Phila. in 1793 George Washington Bob	$800 [8] It's "The Saga of an American Family" that shot up the sales charts like a comet in the 1970s Roots Bob	$800 [12] Al Gore, Jr. Army Mark Bob	$800 [3] In a 19th century poem, it precedes "...and through the wood, to Grandfather's house we go" over the river Mark
DD $1,500 [15] This port city is named for what James Ryan said upon arriving in 1850 (he may have been quoting Archimedes) Eureka, California Mark	$1,200 [28] This "White Men Can't Jump" actress has choreographed stage shows for Diana Ross & Bobby Brown Rosie Perez Mark	$1,200 [20] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reporting in a hot air balloon somewhere over New Mexico.) A hot air balloon escapes from Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War in this man's novel "The Mysterious Island" Jules Verne	$1,200 [9] "The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" is the alternate title of this Vonnegut-wrenching novel Slaughterhouse-Five Mark	$1,200 [21] Sen. Joe McCarthy Marines Bob	$1,200 [4] This Bob Seger song gained commercial popularity in Chevy truck ads "Like A Rock" Richard
$1,600 [16] It's the largest city in its state; when it was incorporated in 1914 it dropped the "knik" from its name Anchorage, Alaska	$1,600 [29] This TV Catwoman still looked incredible when she danced in George Michael's "Too Funky" video in 1992 Julie Newmar Richard Bob	$1,600 [22] The cooling vent in a hot air balloon isn't used unless the pilot wants to do this rapidly descend Bob	$1,600 [10] This Oscar Wilde play is "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" The Importance of Being Earnest Bob	$1,600 [24] Soupy Sales Navy	$1,600 [5] This rugged form of racing uses dune buggies & motorbikes off road/highway Mark
$2,000 [17] This city was named for the Puyallup Indian word for Mount Rainier Tacoma, Washington Mark	$2,000 [30] If you were in Paris in '79, you could have seen this Univ. of Mich. drop-out dancing in the Patrick Hernandez Revue Madonna	$2,000 [23] (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque.) A rooster, a sheep & a duck are the passengers in a hot air balloon launched by these brothers at Versailles in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers Richard	DD $2,400 [11] "The Contemplative Man's Recreation" should hook you if this better-known Walton title doesn't The Compleat Angler Bob	$2,000 [25] Ellison Onizuka Air Force Mark	$2,000 [6] Accounts of these "experiences" often include being welcomed by a brilliant light out-of-body/near-death Bob

Final Jeopardy!

THE CENSUS

The 1930 U.S. Census was the first to ask if residents owned one of these & 12 million were counted

a radio

Bob "What are automobiles?" — wagered $400

Richard "What is an automobile?" — wagered $2,801

Mark "What is atelephoneautomobile" — wagered $3,405

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