Show #4277 2003-03-18 (taped 2002-12-03) Regular

Contestants

John Franklin — a sales manager from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Barbara Liu — an English professor from Tolland, Connecticut

Amanda Potocky — a senior clinical data coordinator from Cary, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amanda $2,000 $3,600 $11,100 $15,800
3-day champion: $38,200
$13,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Barbara $400 $1,200 $4,800 $7,800
3rd place: $1,000
$4,800
5 R, 0 W
John $5,200 $8,000 $15,800 $9,399
2nd place: $2,000
$18,800
24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS WE'VE GOT ISSUES REPORTING THE NEWS CAPITAL CITY UNIVERSITIES ESOTERICA 4-SYLLABLE WORDS
$200 [18]
Tintoretto was in his 70s when he began painting his massive "Paradise" canvas for the doge's palace in this city
Venice
John
$200 [13]
In 2001 terrorism fears spurred calls to close Indian Point, this type of power plant near NYC
a nuclear power plant
Amanda
$200 [6]
In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage"
Dan Rather
John
$200 [1]
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
Amanda
$200 [11]
Foucault hung his pendulum from the dome of the Pantheon in this city
Paris
Amanda John
$200 [23]
in geometry a lower case d represents this line segment
diameter
Amanda
$400 [19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from San Francisco.) Here at the Palace Hotel you'll find Maxfield Parrish's famous mural depicting this legendary character
the Pied Piper
Amanda
$400 [14]
In 1998 philanthropist George Soros pledged $1 million to distribute clean ones to prevent HIV spread
hypodermic needles
Amanda
$400 [7]
Until 1981, this CBS anchorman signed off with "And that's the way it is"
Walter Cronkite
John
$400 [2]
Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne
Rome
John
$400 [12]
The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these
glaciers
Barbara
$400 [24]
John 3:16 says of the son of God, "Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have" this type of "life"
everlasting
Amanda
$600 [20]
He lived for awhile at the Rue des Moulins bordello, & painted its ladies of the evening in their parlor
Toulouse-Lautrec
John
$600 [15]
In 1994 this state's voters approved a controversial measure allowing assisted suicide
Oregon
Amanda
$600 [8]
They signed off with "Good night, David. Good night, Chet. And good night from NBC News"
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley
John
$600 [3]
D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology
Moscow
John
$600 [28]
For Louis XV from 1769 to 1774 it was Marie DuBarry
a mistress
John
$600 [25]
For Colorado Springs, it's 6,000 feet
elevation
Amanda
$800 [21]
A pink line that resembles a scarf floats atop the abstract Robert Natkin painting named for this dancer
Isadora Duncan
Barbara
$1,000 [17]
This 2-word phrase for policies assisting minorities is found in a 1961 executive order
affirmative action
John
$800 [9]
"Good night and good luck" from this newsman who changed his name from Egbert to Edward in college
Edward R. Murrow
John
$800 [4]
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.
Amanda
$800 [29]
Pemba, one of the world's leading suppliers of clove oil, is an island near Zanzibar in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
John
$800 [26]
Whether you smell a rat or smell the roses, you're using this sense
olfactory
John
$1,000 [22]
Carlo Saraceni depicted this mythological woman seen here straining at her chains
Andromeda
DD $2,000 [16]
In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today
pharmaceuticals (or drug companies)
Amanda
$1,000 [10]
This gossip & radio man greeted audiences, "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. North & South America & all the ships at sea"
Walter Winchell
John
$1,000 [5]
Kyung Hee University
Seoul
John
$1,000 [30]
This number meridian was modified to make the International Date Line
the 180th meridian
Amanda
$1,000 [27]
Type of book, like Martin Gardner's edition of "Alice", that includes explanatory information as well as the text
annotated
Amanda

Double Jeopardy! Round

RENAISSANCE MEN TRAVEL EUROPE "IN" THE MOVIES OH, WHAT A YEAR! ODD WORDS AN EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
$400 [6]
His experiences as a slave for 5 years in Algiers became episodes in "Don Quixote"
Cervantes
Amanda
$400 [7]
Sampling local elixirs is one of the highlights of the Malt Whiskey Trail in this U.K. country
Scotland
John
$400 [1]
1967:Drifters Scott Wilson & Robert Blake have a killer time in Kansas
In Cold Blood
John
$400 [14]
Founded in 1845, the Naval Academy at Annapolis first admitted women in this U.S. bicentennial year
1976
Barbara
$400 [15]
Decennoval refers to this number, just before one score
19
John
$800 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from by a fire.) Come gather by the fire while I share this 1843 story about a murdered man who "took a licking and kept on ticking"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
John
$800 [12]
In 1532 this lord chancellor resigned because he wouldn't support Henry VIII's policies against the Pope
Sir Thomas More
$800 [8]
Les Deux Magots is in the very heart of this Parisian area known as "La Rive Gauche" in French
the Left Bank
Amanda
$800 [2]
1967:They called Sidney Poitier "Mister Tibbs"!
In the Heat of the Night
John
$800 [16]
It was the most recent year that was a leap year
2000
Amanda
$800 [20]
It's a spongy type of rubber, as well as a guy who recently played TV's Hercules
Sorbo
John
$1,200 [27]
One of Poe's stories is called "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of" this storytelling woman
Scheherazade
Amanda
$1,200 [13]
This "Magnificent Medici" was a gifted poet & was the patron of Botticelli & Michelangelo
Lorenzo
Amanda
$1,200 [9]
What a pity if you leave this city without visiting the Pitti Palace
Florence
Amanda
$1,600 [4]
1993:Daniel Day-Lewis is accused of an IRA bombing he had nothing to do with
In the Name of the Father
Barbara
$1,200 [17]
A Va. court house hosted a meeting between a son of a "Light-Horse" & a victorious Union general in this year
1865 (to end the Civil War)
John
$1,200 [21]
It's a shallow section of a river with a fast current, or a type of shuffle for cards
riffle
DD $1,500 [28]
A poem by Poe begins, "Hear the sledges with" these
the bells
Amanda
$1,600 [24]
In 1516 this Dutch humanist published the first Greek version of the New Testament since the original text
Erasmus
$1,600 [10]
In Jan. in Basel, Switzerland, see the Vogel Gryff, when a lion, a griffin & a wild man float down this river
the Rhine
$2,000 [5]
1967:James Coburn battles a secret society of women plotting to take over the world
In Like Flint
John
$1,600 [18]
The Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed & sunk in WWII on Halloween of this year
1941
Amanda
$1,600 [22]
If Cleo shows some brio, she's showing this, also a synonym for "ghost"
spirit
Barbara
$2,000 [25]
In "The Prince", Machiavelli used him as the model for the ruthless ruler who'd do anything to retain power
Cesare Borgia
$2,000 [11]
The Viennese summerhouse in which Mozart composed "The Magic Flute" is now in this city, his birthplace
Salzburg
Amanda
DD $3,000 [3]
2001:Marisa Tomei is the "older woman"
In the Bedroom
John
$2,000 [19]
Napoleon sold the vast Louisiana Territory to the U.S. in this year
1803
John
$2,000 [23]
A cinerary is a place for these of the dead
ashes
John

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

In the 20th c., one of the 2 men who've lost as both presidential & vice presidential nominee of a major party

Bob Dole or Walter Mondale

Barbara "Who is Bob Dole" — wagered $3,000
Amanda "Who is Mondale?" — wagered $4,700
John "Who is Henry Cabot Lodge" — wagered $6,401

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