Show #2957 1997-06-10 (taped 1997-01-29) Regular

Wes Ulm game 5.Arthur Phillips game 1.

Contestants

Arthur Phillips — a speechwriter from Boston, Massachusetts

Ellen Auerbach — a program analyst from Washington, D.C.

Wes Ulm — a medical student from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $63,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Wes $1,400 $3,100 $9,500 $7,399
3rd place: books, videos & CD-ROMs
$8,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Ellen $900 $1,500 $4,800 $9,600
2nd place: a trip to Washington, D.C.
$4,100
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Arthur $400 $200 $5,800 $9,601
New champion: $9,601
$5,800
21 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES SPORTS FOOD & DRINK VOLCANOES DOGS HITS OF THE 1890s
$100 [16]
Lady Bird Johnson was the 1st first lady born in this state; she's from Karnack
Texas
$100 [9]
In 1996 Kent Steffes & Karch Kiraly won the first gold medal ever presented in this type of volleyball
beach volleyball
Wes
$100 [19]
"Leaves" made of this sweet often top the familiar mousse of the same flavor
chocolate
Arthur
$100 [25]
Popocatepetl, a volcano near this capital city, is a source of sulfur
Mexico City
Ellen
$100 [2]
Miniature poodles are 10 to 15" tall, while these poodles are 10" or less
toy poodles
Arthur
$200 [22]
In 1899 people sang about "My Little Georgia" one & "My Wild Irish" one
rose
Wes
$200 [1]
In 1964 she wrote of her husband, "So now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man"
Jacqueline Kennedy
Arthur
$200 [11]
This team's John Wetteland was named MVP of the 1996 World Series for saving all 4 wins
the New York Yankees
Wes
$200 [20]
Conchiglie is an Italian pasta named for & shaped like these
shells
Wes
$200 [21]
Mount Taranaki in this country gets its name from a Maori word for "Barren Mountain"
New Zealand
Wes
$200 [3]
What Australians call a mong, we call this
Mongrel
Wes
$300 [24]
A sea chanty that became a hit in 1891 asked, "What shall we do with" one of these
a drunken sailor
Wes
$300 [4]
This Missourian known for her "independence" referred to the White House as "The Great White Jail"
Bess Truman
Arthur
$300 [15]
Only Wayne Gretzky & this Penguins star have scored over 190 points in an NHL season
Mario Lemieux
Arthur
$300 [23]
"Joy of Cooking"'s recipe for drinks called fruit shrubs uses the white wine type of this liquid
vinegar
Wes
$300 [12]
Because of the May 18, 1980 eruption, this Washington volcano is now about 1,300 feet shorter
Mt. St. Helens
Wes
$300 [5]
The dashbracke may be the result of matings between basset hounds & these dogs
Dachshunds
Arthur
$400 [29]
"Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde" and this happened
"The Band Played On"
$400 [8]
Sadly, she was declared insane on May 19, 1875 & tried to commit suicide that evening
Mary Todd Lincoln
Ellen
$400 [17]
In 1996 Johnny Miller was voted into this sport's Hall of Fame
golf
$400 [26]
Assam, a black type of this beverage, is known for its full body & strong flavor
tea
Arthur
DD $500 [13]
Mount Etna is part of this mountain system
Apennines
Wes
$400 [6]
In Scotland it was once forbidden for anyone below the rank of earl to own this stag-hunting hound
a deerhound
Wes
$500 [28]
A completely different title to this often sung 1893 classic is "Good Morning To All"
"Happy Birthday To You"
Arthur
$500 [10]
This outspoken first lady once told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised if her daughter Susan had an affair
Betty Ford
Ellen Arthur
$500 [18]
This Dolphins coach has a yacht named Three Rings for his 2 Super Bowl titles & 1 college championship
Jimmy Johnson
Ellen Arthur
$500 [27]
Field salad is a salad green also known as this young hoofed animal's lettuce
lamb's lettuce
Arthur
$500 [14]
Mount Erebus in this continent's Victoria Land region was discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841
Antarctica
Wes Arthur
$500 [7]
Though this "Tibetan" dog's hair falls over its eyes, its hearing makes it an excellent watchdog
Lhasa apso
Wes

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHAEOLOGY CELEBRITY BOOKS SCULPTURE ENTREPRENEURS EASTERN EUROPE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
$200 [28]
Scientists prefer to find dinosaur eggs that are cracked because these remains may be preserved inside
embryos
Wes Arthur
$200 [20]
In 1986 & 1987 this comic topped the bestseller list with "Fatherhood" & "Time Flies"
Bill Cosby
Arthur
$200 [19]
In 1928 this Spanish cubist artist pioneered welded sculptures with Julio Gonzalez
Pablo Picasso
Arthur
$200 [30]
In 1992 this founder of another "Famous" venture started the Uncle Noname Cookie Company
Wally "Famous" Amos
Arthur
$200 [1]
In Budapest, if you can't master this local language, English & German are widely understood
Hungarian
Ellen
$200 [7]
Bulrush baby(5)
Moses
Wes
$400 [24]
Diego de Landa, bishop of Yucatan, deciphered some of these people's hieroglyphics in the mid-16th century
Mayans
Wes Ellen Arthur
$400 [21]
In 1995 this star of "Psycho" published a Hollywood novel called "House of Destiny"
Janet Leigh
Wes Arthur
$400 [3]
Alexander Rodchenko is credited with developing these sculptures by suspending wood structures
mobiles
Ellen
$400 [29]
After taking a correspondence course in ice-cream making, they opened their first shop in Vermont in 1978
Ben & Jerry
Arthur
$400 [2]
Nicolae Ceausescu had part of this capital built in the style of communist North Korea
Bucharest
Wes
$400 [9]
Not a minor prime minister(5)
Major
Wes
$600 [15]
The Mother Goddess figurine found in Austria near Willendorf is named for this Roman love deity
Venus
Wes
$600 [22]
In "Make the Connection", this talk show host & her trainer reveal "Ten Steps to a Better Body & a Better Life"
Oprah Winfrey
Wes
$600 [8]
George Segal's direct-cast plaster sculptures are usually this color
white
Arthur
$600 [26]
Representing such people as Mike Tyson, he bills himself as "The World's Greatest Boxing Promoter"
Don King
Arthur
$600 [4]
Pinsk is an important port in this former Soviet republic whose capital is Minsk
Belarus
Arthur
$600 [11]
Gangster's "gun" gal(4)
Moll
Ellen
$1,000 [23]
In 1996 New Mexico wildfires damaged ruins of this tribe the Navajo called "the Ancient Ones"
the Anasazi
Ellen
$800 [25]
Doing research on her grandfather led her to co-write the 1996 mystery novel "Murder at San Simeon"
Patricia (Patty) Hearst
Wes
$800 [10]
"Man with a Broken Nose", his first sculpture submitted for exhibit to the Paris Salon, was rejected
Auguste Rodin
Arthur
$800 [14]
Former garbage truck driver H. Wayne Huizenga was the driving force behind this entertainment & video group
Blockbuster
Wes
$800 [5]
In the 1990s thousands of young westerners have made this Bohemian capital quite Bohemian
Prague
Arthur
$800 [12]
Couscous country(7)
Morocco
Wes
DD $1,400 [16]
On his 1798 conquest of Egypt, this man brought many scholars to study its antiquities
Napoléon
Wes
$1,000 [27]
Her books include "Delusions of Grandma" & "Postcards from the Edge"
Carrie Fisher
Arthur
$1,000 [13]
In addition to his "Minute Man" statue, he sculpted equestrian statues of Grant & Washington
Daniel Chester French
Wes
$1,000 [17]
Her cosmetics company is famous for awarding pink Cadillacs to its consultants & directors
Mary Kay
Ellen Arthur
$1,000 [6]
The name of this country means "plain" & its flatness was helpful to the Nazi war machine
Poland
Arthur
DD $1,700 [18]
"La boheme" femme(4)
Mimi
Ellen

Final Jeopardy!

FASHION HISTORY

In 1849 Americans traveling to the California gold fields via boat popularized this hat

the Panama hat

Ellen "What is the Panama?" — wagered $4,800
Arthur "What is a Panama hat?" — wagered $3,801
Wes "What is the miner's hat" — wagered $2,101

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