Show #3401 1999-05-24 (taped 1999-02-23) Regular

Michael Rooney game 4.

Contestants

Don Kaufman — a bartender from Harlan, Iowa

Abby Knight — a stay-at-home mom from Rainbow City, Alabama

Michael Rooney — a college instructor from Pasadena, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $33,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,800	$4,000	$13,200	$6,200 4-day champion: $40,001	$13,600 34 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Abby	$900	$200	$2,000	$300 2nd place: Trip to New York City	$2,000 8 R, 2 W
Don	$900	$1,900	$100	$50 3rd place: Hobie Pedal-Drive Kayak	$-700 7 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	TV CHARACTERS	RELIGION	DOUBTFUL DOWNLOADS	SLANGUAGE	PEOPLE IN HISTORY
$100 [11] When football's Saints go marching in for a home game, it's in this city New Orleans Abby	$100 [6] Dr. Mary Albright, Harry Solomon, Sally Solomon 3rd Rock from the Sun Don	$100 [1] In this religion, prayer time is announced from a minaret by a muezzin, or crier Islam Michael	$100 [26] The Net spit up the false story that this baby food co. lost a lawsuit & was giving out $500 savings bonds Gerber Michael	$100 [21] Let me tell ya 'bout these 2 groups of creatures, they're used to explain "The Facts of Life" birds and the bees Abby	$100 [16] This alumnus of Plato's Academy went on to found his own school, the Lyceum Aristotle Michael
$200 [12] Oh, the O. Henry house & the Alamo are 2 of the places you can visit in this city San Antonio Abby	$200 [7] Dorothy Zbornak, Rose Nylund, Blanche Devereaux The Golden Girls Abby	$200 [2] Founded in Boston in 1879, this church maintains "reading rooms" across the country open to the public Christian Science Michael	$200 [27] This pig film's Chinese title "The Happy Dumpling-to-be Who Talks & Solves Agricultural Problems" was a Web invention Babe Michael	$200 [22] Though no longer part of the uniform, leatherneck is still slang for this person U.S. Marine Michael	$200 [17] In the second Punic War, this Carthaginian general almost defeated Rome Hannibal Michael
$300 [13] It's the seat of the Florida county formerly known as Dade Miami Michael	$300 [8] Bonnie Clark, Jon Baker, Francis "Ponch" Poncherello CHiPs Don	$300 [3] It's said that this founder of Methodism traveled 225,000 miles on horseback to preach the gospel John Wesley Michael	$300 [28] He wrote "Slaughterhouse-Five", but didn't write the MIT commencement speech circulated under his name Kurt Vonnegut Michael	$300 [23] A slow & careless motorist is sometimes referred to by this term, after a day of the week Sunday driver Don	$300 [18] The first Englishman to sail around the world, he later served in the British Parliament Sir Francis Drake Michael Abby
$400 [14] In 1904 people met at the fair in this city to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase St. Louis Michael	$400 [9] Mayor Randall Winston, Deputy Mayor Michael Flaherty, Nikki Faber Spin City Abby	$400 [4] Around 1154 the Carmelite religious order was founded on Mount Carmel in what is now this country Israel	$400 [29] Fox News & online gossip-monger whose "report" on the president's love child turned out to be sludge Matt Drudge Michael	$500 [25] Among musicians, a licorice stick is a clarinet & a pretzel is this brass instrument French horn Michael Abby	$400 [19] In 1946, hours before he was to be hanged, this 2nd highest-ranking Nazi official took his own life Hermann Goering Michael
$500 [15] Highlights of this small Arizona city include Boothill Graveyard & the O.K. Corral Tombstone Don	$500 [10] Donald "Twinkie" Twinkacetti, Larry Appleton, Balki Bartokomous Perfect Strangers	$500 [5] Mahayana, the liberal branch of this religion, is practiced mainly in Korea, Taiwan & Japan Buddhism Michael	$500 [30] Ian Goddard has retracted his online claims that the Navy brought down this airline's Flight 800 TWA Michael Don	DD $1,200 [24] This term for a film comes from the wavering images in early motion pictures flick Don	$500 [20] Stricken by leprosy, this Belgian Roman Catholic missionary died on the island of Molokai in 1889 Father Damien

Double Jeopardy! Round

MODERN AFRICAN WOMEN	COURTROOM DRAMAS	BIRDWATCHER'S LINGO	CHINESE LITERATURE	PREHISTORIC TIMES	"UGH"!
$200 [6] In 1986 Ethiopia's Faruma Roma became the first African woman to win this long race in the Olympics the Marathon Michael	$200 [1] Navy lawyer Tom Cruise puts Jack Nicholson on the stand to learn the truth in this 1992 film A Few Good Men Michael	$200 [26] Often done twice a year, it's the periodic shedding & replacement of worn out feathers Molting Don	$200 [16] The "Book of Songs" is part of the "5 Classics" that became the basis of this philosophy Confucianism Michael Don	$200 [11] These small "3-lobed" creatures dominated the seas of the Cambrian period trilobites Michael	$200 [21] This advertising icon giggles when poked in the tummy & says, "Nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven" the Pillsbury Doughboy Michael
$400 [7] This former first lady of Egypt earned her doctorate in English literature from Cairo University in 1986 Jehan Sadat	$400 [2] Ambulance chaser Denzel Washington represents Tom Hanks against the main line law firm that fired him in this 1993 film Philadelphia Abby	$400 [27] Term for the claws of a bird of prey talons Michael	$400 [17] "Injustice to Tou O" is one of the most famous Chinese works in this literary form; a Western example is "Three Sisters" play Michael	$400 [12] When the Big Bang occurred, these 2 elements were first to form as they are the lightest hydrogen & helium Michael	$400 [22] It's a leave of absence authorized for an enlisted person or a prisoner furlough Don
$600 [8] This beautiful singer known by one name was born in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1959 Sade Michael	$600 [3] In this 1962 classic, Gregory Peck's children watch him fight racial injustice in an Alabama courtroom To Kill A Mockingbird Michael	$600 [28] From the Latin for "anoint before", it's the process by which a bird cleans its feathers with its beak preening Michael	$600 [18] "Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy" was a model work of this "revolution" launched by Mao in 1966 the Cultural Revolution Michael	$600 [13] As its name suggests, a pterodactyl's wings were supported by the bones in these fingers Michael Don	$600 [23] Homer Simpson once sold his soul to the Devil for one of these tasty treats doughnuts Abby
$800 [9] Lalla Latifa, not Queen Latifah, married King Hassan II soon after he ascended this country's throne in 1961 Morocco Don	$800 [4] Spencer Tracy defends Dick York for teaching Darwinism in this 1960 film Inherit The Wind Abby	—	$800 [19] The Taoist masterpiece "The Classic of the Way & the Virtue" was probably written by this man Lao-Tzu Michael Don	$800 [14] 75 tons & 75 feet long, this enormous creature's name means "Arm Lizard" Brachiosaurus	DD $600 [25] Seen here, the most celebrated work of this artist was completed in 1770: Thomas Gainsborough Michael
$1,000 [10] Efua Sutherland, a dramatist from this country, founded a drama studio & a literary magazine in Accra Ghana Michael	$1,000 [5] Lawyer John Travolta battles corporate water polluters in this 1998 drama A Civil Action Michael	—	$1,000 [20] Writing in traditional forms, this imaginative 8th century poet wrote about his dreams & his love of wine Li Po	DD $1,000 [15] Coal comes from all the peat that grew in the forests of this "element"ary period 360 to 290 million years ago carboniferous Michael	$800 [24] The chorus of a Pearl Jam song about a "young girl" says, "Don't call me" this, also the song's title "Daughter" Michael

Final Jeopardy!

VICTORY CELEBRATIONS

This man received the first & only New York City ticker-tape parade ever given to a classical musician

Van Cliburn

Don "Who is Heifitz?" — wagered $50

Abby "Who is ?" — wagered $1,700

Michael "Who is Gu Mahler?" — wagered $7,000

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