Show #3173 1998-05-20 Regular

Contestants

Margaret Shufeldt — a homemaker and Ph.D. candidate from Atlanta, Georgia

Louis Cohen — a language teacher from Waterford, Connecticut

Jesse Lewis — a copy editor from Fanwood, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jesse	$1,100	$2,000	$5,000	$10,000 2nd place: a week in Portugal's Costa do Estoril	$4,900 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Louis	$1,200	$2,400	$8,600	$10,401 New champion: $10,401	$8,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Margaret	$-500	$-1,200	$5,200	$9,200 3rd place: a Mead Model 396 telescope	$5,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

BUGLE CALLS	FORD & CHEVY	KIDDY LIT	THE '60s	FIX THE PROVERB	THAT'S COOL
$100 [1] To earn one of these, a Boy Scout must learn 15 bugle calls a merit badge Jesse	$100 [18] In 1992 Chevy Chase was on the run in "Memoirs of an Invisible Man"; in 1993 Harrison Ford fled in this film The Fugitive Louis	$100 [4] Perrault's version of this classic story was subtitled "Or the Little Glass Slipper" "Cinderella" Louis	$100 [11] This city's King's Road & Carnaby Street were hot scene of '60s fashion London Louis	$100 [16] The bigger they come, the harder they smell the bigger they come, the harder they fall Jesse	$100 [17] One review of this 1967 film said Newman plays "a tough nut" who "refuses to crack under pressure" Cool Hand Luke Jesse
$200 [2] The bugle call in the clip seen here, signals this group's imminent arrival: the cavalry Jesse	$200 [23] For Ford, it was "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" in 1966; for Chevy, "The Groove Tube" in 1974 their first movies Jesse	$200 [5] The frontispiece of this Robert Louis Stevenson book featured a detailed map Treasure Island Jesse	$200 [12] Movie rating given "The Killing of Sister George" in 1968 & "Midnight Cowboy" in 1969 X Jesse Margaret	$200 [19] A friend in greed is a friend in seed a friend in need is a friend indeed Louis Margaret	$200 [24] Kraft warns not to use the microwave to thaw this dessert topper, first sold nationally in 1968 Cool Whip Louis
$300 [3] Its unofficial lyrics include:"Day is done, gone the sun, from the lake, from the hill, from the sky" "Taps" Louis	$300 [26] The February 1997 re-release of "The Empire Strikes Back" went up against this Chevy sequel Vegas Vacation Jesse	$300 [8] "The great swans swam round him, stroking him welcomingly" the Ugly Duckling Margaret	$300 [13] This couple, who appeared nude on their 1968 record cover, wed in 1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono Louis	$300 [20] A schtick in time shaves mine a stitch in time saves nine Louis	$300 [25] While you twiddle your thumbs, it's these body parts you "cool" your heels Jesse
$400 [6] Title soldier who riffed on Reveille in the 1941 hit heard here: The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Jesse	DD $500 [27] On "SNL" Chevy was famous for playing Gerald Ford; Ford played the president in this film seen here: Air Force One Jesse	$400 [9] He was "bawn and bred in a brier-patch" Brer Rabbit Margaret	$400 [14] It took 18 days to replace this late pope in 1963 John XXIII Louis	$400 [21] He's got a mind like a steel sieve he's got a mind like a steel trap Louis	$500 [28] Born Artis Ivey Jr., this father of 6 picked up the 1995 Best Rap Solo Performance Grammy Coolio Jesse Margaret
$500 [7] At camp, it signals the afternoon roll call; in the field, it means "fall back" "Retreat" Jesse	—	$500 [10] This book begins with the mole "spring-cleaning his little home" The Wind in the Willows Margaret	$500 [15] The case of Miranda v. this state went "rights" to the Supreme Court in 1966 Arizona Jesse Margaret	$500 [22] Good strings come to those with weight good things come to those who wait Jesse	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

OFFICIAL STATE SEALS	GET "BACK"	MOM'S THE WORD	NUTRITION	HOT STUFF	UN-SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
$200 [3] This state's seal features 2 cornucopias, 1 containing a couple of spuds Idaho Louis	$200 [8] Swimmers do it face up with their arms moving alternately over their heads the backstroke Louis	$200 [13] Ethel Skakel married this politician in 1950 & bore him 11 children, the last after his death Robert Kennedy Louis	$200 [16] Lots of folks enrich their supply of this, the body's most abundant mineral, by drinking nonfat milk calcium Margaret	$200 [21] Blacksmiths were the original opportunists who "struck while" this was hot iron Margaret	$600 [28] In 1965 Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, at the plate with a bat, attacked John Roseboro of this rival team the Dodgers
$400 [4] The reverse side of its seal contains the 6 flags of the nations that once ruled it Texas Jesse	$400 [9] This game played on a board with 24 spear-shaped points may have evolved from parcheesi backgammon Louis	$400 [2] In 1997, a 63-year-old California woman made headlines by setting this Guinness record the oldest age for becoming pregnant (for having a child) Louis	$400 [17] Surprisingly, chestnuts contain this vitamin that's most associated with citrus fruit vitamin C Louis	$400 [22] 15 seconds at 160° F. kills this bacterium that in 1997 caused the USA's biggest beef recall E. coli Louis	$800 [27] This Canadian sprinter was stripped of Olympic gold in 1988 after testing positive for steroids Ben Johnson Louis
$600 [5] New Jersey's seal shows 3 plows on a shield held by liberty & this Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres Louis Margaret	$600 [10] It's the animal heard here: a humpback whale Margaret	$600 [1] Miriam Weinstein & her husband Max provided this name for a film company founded by their sons in 1980 Miramax Margaret	$600 [18] This vegetable found in Eggs a la Florentine is packed with iron spinach Louis	$600 [23] A second after this hypothesized explosion, the temperature was 10 billion degrees kelvin the Big Bang Louis Margaret	$1,000 [26] For her role in hobbling Nancy Kerrigan, she was banned from the U.S. Figure Skating Association Tonya Harding Louis
DD $800 [6] Its seal was created in 1905 for a proposed state of Sequoyah encompassing 5 Indian republics Oklahoma Louis	$800 [11] Using this technique, a person can possibly control his own blood pressure & body temperature biofeedback Louis	$800 [14] In 1997 Brenda Barnes left the upper echelons of this soda company to be with Generation NEXT, her kids Pepsi(-Cola) Jesse	$800 [19] Found in liver & poultry, this trace mineral filed under "Z" is needed for normal growth zinc Margaret	$800 [24] Plain old water is a common coolant for this part of a nuclear reactor you might call the "fission hole" the core Jesse	—
$1,000 [7] A Seminole woman can be seen on its seal spreading flowers along the shore Florida Margaret	$1,000 [12] Nickname for the University of Arkansas football team the Razorbacks Margaret	$1,000 [15] She's Gwyneth Paltrow's mom, & she played Jonathan Silverman's mom in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" Blythe Danner Margaret	DD $1,000 [20] (Hi, I'm Richard Simmons!) Raisins & dried apricots are good sources of this essential mineral whose chemical symbol is K potassium Margaret	$1,000 [25] Forecasts on this planet called for highs of 800° F. & black skies due to lack of significant atmosphere Mercury Jesse	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

1 of the 2 women from the United States who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Toni Morrison or Pearl Buck

Jesse "Who is Toni Morrison" — wagered $5,000

Margaret "Who is Toni Morrison?" — wagered $4,000

Louis "Who is Toni Morrison?" — wagered $1,801

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