Show #4547 2004-05-18 (taped 2004-02-10) Regular

Contestants

Suzanne LaVere — a graduate student from Evanston, Illinois

Matt Cookson — an attorney from San Diego, California

Al Davis — a software test engineer from Everett, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Al $1,200 $3,800 $15,800 $28,200
3-day champion: $65,800
$15,800
20 R, 2 W
Matt $2,400 $4,200 $14,100 $24,100
2nd place: $2,000
$11,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Suzanne $3,800 $5,000 $6,600 $6,600
3rd place: $1,000
$6,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS CUSTOMS MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS ENDS IN "I" TOYS & GAMES WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
$200 [1]
Its 44-story office tower is the tallest structure in New York outside of Manhattan
Albany
Al
$200 [21]
Since 1910 annual Rotary Club conventions have closed with the singing of this, mostly heard at year's end
"Auld Lang Syne"
Al
$200 [8]
Do You Want To Know A _____ Agent Man
Secret
Al
$200 [6]
The sixth episode in the "Star Wars" series is "The Return of" this
the Jedi
Suzanne
$200 [16]
In Monopoly, 9 of these cards will get you some money; 1 will get you out of jail for free
Community Chest
Suzanne
$200 [26]
Of all the Earth's water, 97% is found in these
the oceans
Al
$400 [2]
In 1819 East Alabama & New Philadelphia were consolidated into this
Montgomery
Suzanne
$400 [22]
It's the very French way First Lady Danielle Mitterrand greeted Fidel Castro on his 1995 Paris visit
a kiss on each cheek
Suzanne
$400 [12]
Song Sung _____ Suede Shoes
Blue
Matt
$400 [7]
Japanese for "fire bowl", it's a small, charcoal grill popularly used to cook steak & chicken
a hibachi
Matt
$400 [17]
Term for the hoops that croquet balls are driven through
wickets
Al
$400 [27]
Of a human, a chicken or a tomato, the one that is the least percentage water
a human
Suzanne
$800 [4]
It lies about 50 miles south of Portland on the Willamette river
Salem(, Oregon)
Al
$600 [23]
Institution whose graduating class is seenhereupholding a tradition
the U.S. Naval Academy
Suzanne
$600 [13]
Fat Bottomed ____ Just Want To Have Fun
Girls
Matt
$600 [9]
In India, most women wear this outer garment that consists of a piece of cloth that's draped around the body
a sari
Suzanne
$600 [18]
It's the card game the British call patience
solitaire
Suzanne
$600 [28]
Water is the only substance that occurs naturally in all these 3 forms of matter
a liquid, a gas, & a solid
Suzanne
DD $1,000 [3]
This capital founded by gold miners has over 100 days a year of below freezing temperatures
Juneau(, Alaska)
Suzanne
$800 [24]
We doubt it brightens Chinese people's 61st birthdays to receive one of these often-wooden objects
coffins
$800 [14]
My Heart Will Go _____ Bended Knee
On
Suzanne
$800 [10]
In 1991, when she was only 15, she became the youngest woman to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon
(Jennifer) Capriati
Suzanne
$800 [19]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew pitches a heavy ball into the beach sand.) Turin is a world center of this game, but it's also become popular as an import to America
Bocce
Matt
$800 [29]
1-word name for the large masses that contain the majority of the world's fresh water
glaciers
Al Suzanne
$1,000 [5]
It lies about 50 miles northeast of Portland on the Kennebec river
Augusta(, Maine)
Al
$1,000 [25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew toasts you with her beer stein in Munich, Germany.) It's easy to remember this German toast from the Latin for "may it benefit"--it rhymes with "toast"
Prost
Al
$1,000 [15]
Almost _____ City
Paradise
$1,000 [11]
It's the island country in the Pacific whose flag is seen here
Fiji
Al Matt
$1,000 [20]
The rules he established for whist back in 1760 were changed in 1864
Edmond Hoyle
$1,000 [30]
In terms of its volume of water, this river ranks first in the world
the Amazon
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY SETTINGS SPORTS TROPHIES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS CALL ME HARRY HARLEQUIN & COLUMBINE "WATER" WATER EVERYWHERE
$400 [8]
Hawthorne's introductory essay to "The Scarlet Letter" is about a custom-house in this seaport
Salem, Massachusetts
Suzanne
$400 [1]
In 1997 a Maori protester smashed this yachting trophy with a sledgehammer; it has been restored
the Americas Cup
Matt
$400 [16]
1903's Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock gave Congress power over these people's lands
the Indians
Al
$400 [19]
He made the first presidential address telecast from the White House
Harry Truman
Matt
DD $100 [28]
He painted the Harlequins seen here
Picasso
Matt
$400 [6]
This Simon & Garfunkel classic began its long "span" on the music charts on Valentine's Day 1970
"Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Al
$800 [9]
This Danish seaport is the setting for Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
Elsinore
Suzanne
$800 [2]
(Hi, I'm Eddie George of the NFL.) As a senior at Ohio State, I received this award, given to the top player in college football
the Heisman Trophy
Matt
$800 [17]
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, part of this program
the New Deal
Al
$800 [22]
This man co-anchored the ABC news with Howard K. Smith
Harry Reasoner
Al
$400 [26]
Though Harlequin Books was founded in 1949, it didn't concentrate on this type of book until 1964
romance novels
Matt
$800 [7]
Asian beast of burden seen here
a water buffalo
Suzanne
$1,200 [10]
People of Mexican descent live above the town of Monterey, California in this title district of a Steinbeck novel
Tortilla Flat
Matt
$1,200 [3]
In 1971 the Super Bowl trophy was renamed for this coach who had died the previous year
Vince Lombardi
Al
$1,200 [18]
Brown v. Board of Education was decided in May 1954 by this vote
9-0 (unanimous)
Matt
$1,200 [23]
In the 1954 film "Carmen Jones" this male singer starred with Dorothy Dandridge
Harry Belafonte
Al
$800 [27]
Harlequin & Columbine were characters in this form of theater popular in Italy in the 17th century
commedia dell'arte
$1,200 [11]
Sacred to the ancient Egyptians, the lotus is a member of this family of plants
a water lily
Matt
$1,600 [14]
In a play by Thornton Wilder, it's "Our Town"
Grover's Corners, New Hampshire
Al
$1,600 [4]
The Larry O'Brien Trophy features a regulation size sterling silver one of these
a basketball
Al Suzanne
$2,000 [21]
Justice Scalia called a 2003 decision upholding campaign finance laws "a sad day for" this right
freedom of speech
Matt
$1,600 [24]
Don't commit ritual suicide, but do tell us the name of this longtime Chicago Cubs announcer
Harry Caray
Al
$1,600 [29]
Banded in red, black & yellow, the harlequin or coral one of these is very dangerous
snake
Matt
$1,600 [12]
Landmark Washington, D.C. complex sprawling here
Watergate
Al
$2,000 [15]
In an Anne Bronte novel, Helen Graham is "The Tenant of" this title place
Wildfell Hall
Matt Suzanne
$2,000 [5]
The golfer on the top of this trophy is Abe Mitchell, friend of the seed merchant for whom the trophy is named
the Ryder Cup
Al
DD $5,000 [20]
Harry Blackmun's initial opinion in this 1973 case said the law was too vague; then he came up with a right to privacy
Roe v. Wade
Matt
$2,000 [25]
It was the real name of the Old West outlaw known as the Sundance Kid
Harry Longabaugh
$2,000 [30]
In English theater Columbine was the daughter of this old character who wore the trousers in the family
Pantalone
$2,000 [13]
Hazel is the leader of the rabbits in this Richard Adams novel
Watership Down
Al

Final Jeopardy!

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

A part of this marine mammal was prized by medieval folk, who thought it belonged to a unicorn

the narwhal

Suzanne "What is a narwhal whale" — wagered $0
Matt "What is a narwhale" — wagered $10,000
Al "What is the Narwhal?" — wagered $12,400

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