Show #4292 2003-04-08 (taped 2002-12-11) Regular

Contestants

Bruce Janger — a retired attorney from Santa Monica, California

Alison Stern-Dunyan — a writer and editor from Lexington, Massachusetts

Sarah Gaymon — a computer systems analyst from Gambrills, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sarah	$200	$3,200	$10,800	$21,598 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 10 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Alison	$2,400	$3,200	$11,200	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$12,400 20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Bruce	$1,800	$2,400	$16,600	$22,401 New champion: $22,401	$16,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

ELECTORAL VOTES	TV GUIDE	NYC BUSINESS HISTORY	U.K. COUNTRIES BY REGION	TEATIME	SOUNDS LIKE IG-PAY ATIN-LAY
$200 [3] He won with the least number of electoral votes ever--69 George Washington Bruce	$200 [5] Debuting in April 1953, the first cover, seen here, featured her newborn son, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV Lucille Ball Bruce	$200 [12] The Baker's Local No. 338 formed between 1910 & 1915 was for an elite group of bakers of these "Jewish Donuts" bagels Bruce	$200 [1] Lochaber, Wigtown & Inverness Scotland Sarah	$200 [16] The first comprehensive guide to tea drinking was written by Lu Yu of this country in the 8th century China Bruce	$200 [17] Unverified gossip or rumor; it's often excluded from court hearsay Alison
$400 [4] He had 219 in 1960 & it wasn't enough; the 301 he got 8 years later were Richard M. Nixon Alison	$400 [8] The 1981 issue seen here featured prime-time vixens Pamela Sue Martin, Morgan Fairchild & this "Knots Landing" star Donna Mills Alison	$400 [14] First name of Mr. Handwerker, who opened a hot dog stand in Coney Island in 1916 Nathan	$400 [2] Armagh, Down & Londonderry Northern Ireland Alison Bruce	$400 [19] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) I'm enjoying a cup of this tea named for the man who was prime minister to King William IV Earl Grey Alison	$400 [18] The 2000 Robert Mondavi one has nuances of hazelnut & goes well with salmon Chardonnay Sarah
$600 [6] He got 1 vote in 1820 & though his 84 in 1824 weren't the most, the House made him president John Quincy Adams Bruce	$600 [9] The February 27, 1965 issue featured the womenfolk of this series The Beverly Hillbillies Alison	$600 [15] The IRT operated the first ones of these in NYC back in 1904 subway Alison Bruce	$600 [28] Falkirk, Angus & Strathclyde Scotland Bruce	$600 [20] Popular in the South, it's made by setting cold water & teabags in a pitcher outside & leaving them to infuse sun tea Alison	$600 [23] December 26, when British servants traditionally get gifts Boxing Day Alison
$800 [7] The votes Horace Greeley got in 1872 were divided among 4 other candidates, as Greeley did this on November 29 he died Alison	$800 [10] He designed the 1966 cover featuring Barbara Feldon of "Get Smart", seen here Andy Warhol Bruce	$800 [26] Last name of siblings Daniel, John & Elisha, who took over dad's clothing store in 1850 Brooks Alison	$800 [29] Durham, Dorset & Devon England Sarah	$1,000 [22] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) Tea was still new to England when he had his first cup & wrote about it in his diary, September 25, 1660 Samuel Pepys Sarah	$800 [24] Maryland's Severn River is an inlet of it Chesapeake Bay Sarah
$1,000 [11] Closer than Bush & Gore's 271 to 266 was the tie in 1800 with 73 each between Jefferson & this man Aaron Burr Bruce	$1,000 [13] In the 1970s, a lot of viewers were suckers for this crime series whose stars are pictured here Kojak Bruce	$1,000 [27] George Dunlap joined up with this man in 1898 to publish books, left him in 1899, but came back in 1900 Alexander Grosset Alison	—	DD $1,200 [21] The name of this most basic grade of black tea may refer in part to the Dutch royal house orange pekoe Alison	$1,000 [25] A stream of electrons from a negatively charged electrode cathode ray Bruce

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHEMISTRY	EURO COINS	CHARACTERS IN PLAYS	BEATLES LYRICS	HISTORIC NAMES	"MUM"s THE WORD
$400 [26] Mendeleyev didn't know about this set of gases, which includes helium & argon, so they weren't on his table noble/inert gases Bruce	$400 [21] This country's 2-Euro coin features pacifist Bertha von Suttner; its 1-Euro coin has good old Wolfgang Austria Alison Bruce	$400 [1] This Tennessee Williams cotton plantation patriarch is unaware that he is dying of cancer Big Daddy Bruce	$400 [6] "Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Bruce	$400 [11] This liberator is often called the "George Washington of South America" Simon Bolivar Alison	$400 [16] In 1934 Goodpasture & Johnson isolated the virus that causes this disease of the parotid glands mumps Sarah
$800 [27] (Sofia of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) When I put lemon juice on litmus paper, the resulting color tells me where on this scale it belongs the pH scale Alison	$800 [22] This country has a very busy coin; Europa is being abducted by Zeus who is in the form of a bull Greece Alison	$800 [2] In a 1960 musical, this Elvis-like rock star gets his draft notice from Uncle Sam--bye, bye Conrad Birdie Bruce	$800 [7] "I am the Eggman" "I am the Walrus" Bruce	$800 [12] After he was banished from Iceland for murder, he discovered Greenland around 982 Erik the Red Alison Bruce	$800 [17] Species of this ornamental flower include Feverfew & Pyrethrum, both of which are used in insecticides chrysanthemum Alison
$1,200 [28] Most types of E. coli work safely in your intestines; some even help make this blood-clotting vitamin Vitamin K Alison	$1,200 [23] Put the coins of Luxembourg & The Netherlands together & it looks like Grand Duke Henri is kissing this queen Queen Beatrix Sarah	$1,200 [3] Seymour, a clerk at Mushnik's Skid Row Florists, names his carnivorous plant after this lover Audrey Bruce	$1,200 [8] "It always leads me here, lead me to your door" "The Long and Winding Road" Alison	DD $1,400 [13] It's the name shared by an Irish revolutionary & the pilot of the command module during the first moon landing Michael Collins Bruce	$1,200 [18] This phrase for meaningless talk or nonsense is a corruption of an African spirit's name, Mama Dyumbo mumbo-jumbo Bruce
$1,600 [29] Heat a soda can with 1 tsp. of water in it, then invert it in a pot of water & it'll collapse by atmospheric this pressure Bruce	$1,600 [24] A French coin features a tree (oooohhh) & this motto of the republic "Liberte, egalite, fraternite" Sarah	$1,600 [4] In this play Veta Simmons tries to get her brother Elwood P. Dowd committed to a sanitorium Harvey Bruce	$1,600 [9] "Grandchildren on your knee--Vera, Chuck and Dave" "When I'm Sixty-Four" Sarah Alison	$1,600 [14] In 1839 Joseph Cinque led a famous slave revolt aboard this Spanish ship Amistad Alison	$1,600 [19] From the Old French for "to wear a mask", it's a masked or costumed merrymaker mummer Sarah
$2,000 [30] Since the 18th C., brewers have used this device to measure the alcoholic, not water, content of their booze hydrometer Sarah	DD $6,400 [25] This country whose name on its coins begins with an "E" has a king on them Spain (Espana) Sarah	$2,000 [5] Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" focuses on the romance & marriage of Emily & him George Gibbs Bruce	$2,000 [10] "I once had a girl, or should I say she once had me" "Norwegian Wood" Bruce	$2,000 [15] Russian prince & military hero who was the subject of an Eisenstein movie, with music by Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Alison	$2,000 [20] In 1995 the city of Bombay officially changed its name to this, its name in the Marathi language Mumbai Alison

Final Jeopardy!

OSCAR-WINNING FILMS

This 1995 double Oscar winner takes its title from a line used by Claude Rains in 1942's "Casablanca"

The Usual Suspects

Sarah "What is The Usual Suspects?" — wagered $10,798

Alison "What is" — wagered $11,000

Bruce "What is The Usual Suspects?" — wagered $5,801

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