Show #4219 2002-12-26 (taped 2002-09-23) Regular

Contestants

Steve Frost — a technology salesman from Mountain View, California

Becky Cary — a graduate student from Greensboro, North Carolina

Valerie Reyna — a high school chemistry teacher from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Valerie	$3,200	$4,800	$6,400	$6,400 3rd place: $1,000	$12,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Becky	$1,600	$1,200	$5,600	$10,600 2nd place: $2,000	$5,600 11 R, 3 W
Steve	$4,200	$7,600	$14,800	$16,600 New champion: $16,600	$13,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

A MESS O' MUSSOLINI	AIRLINE LOGOS	BITS & PIECES	MINE YOUR BUSINESS	LET'S GO WATERSKIING	"TA" TA FOR NOW
$200 [1] With the 1939 "Pact of Steel" Mussolini joined forces with this world leader Adolf Hitler Becky	$200 [3] This airline's scheduled services to Great Britain are called the "Kangaroo Route" Qantas Valerie	$200 [18] Your portable TV might have a telescoping one antenna Becky	$200 [25] The Star of Murfreesboro & the Star of Shreveport are these pulled from a mine in Arkansas diamonds Steve	$200 [16] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1922 Ralph Samuelson invented waterskiing using 15-pound skis made of this, they've evolved since then wood Steve	$200 [11] Bernie Moeller of Pennsylvania has had his skin covered with over 14,000 of these tattoos Steve
$400 [2] An ancient Roman symbol of authority was the source for the name of this Mussolini party Fascist Steve	$400 [4] Its parent airline inaugurated service on September 1, 1937 with a flight from Vancouver to Seattle Air Canada Valerie	$400 [19] Bits on this appliance include a color selector, a lever & a bread guide toaster Steve	$400 [26] It's what the United Mine Workers of America mine coal Steve	$400 [17] In 1995 the Aquanuts show skiing team debuted their 4-high, 28-person one of these structures pyramid Valerie	$400 [12] Known for its aniselike flavor, this aromatic herb is widely used in cooking tarragon Becky
$600 [8] Becoming prime minister of Italy in 1924, Mussolini was called this by his followers, meaning "leader" "Il Duce" Steve	$600 [5] Under founder Walter Varney, its predecessor company launched commercial air service in the U.S. United Airlines Steve	$600 [21] Spankers, jiggers & jibs are types of these sails Valerie	$600 [27] George Hearst made a load of money investing in this richest silver strike in the U.S. Comstock Lode Valerie	$600 [20] Waterskiiers can increase their speeds by cutting across the wake, a maneuver called "cracking" this the whip Becky Steve	$600 [13] In a Bobbie Gentry No. 1 hit song from 1967, Billie Joe MacAllister jumps off this Tallahatchie Bridge Steve
$800 [9] Mussolini's official militia were named this, from the color of their uniforms Blackshirts Valerie	$800 [6] With its domestic & international partners, this airline's route network covers over 300 cities worldwide Delta Airlines Steve	$800 [22] In a compass, this swings on the pivot needle Steve	$800 [28] Mines near Timmins, Ontario produce this mineral whose powder "is always walcum" talcum/talc Becky	$800 [23] The first national water ski championships were held in 1939 at this Long Island beach, also a theater site Jones Beach	$800 [14] This Asian country's capital city is Dushanbe Tajikistan Valerie
DD $1,000 [10] With big dreams of restoring the Roman Empire, Mussolini had Italy invade this African country in 1935 Ethiopia Valerie	$1,000 [7] Celebrating its 33rd anniversary in 2002, this airline's logo is a stylized version of the symbol on its national flag Korean Air Becky	$1,000 [29] This part of a drill that tightens the jaw around the bit has a special key chuck Becky Steve	$1,000 [30] In a 1958 show, Lucy & Ricky in Vegas head out to the desert to prospect for this uranium Becky	$1,000 [24] Jane magazine says this sport "is to waterskiing what snowboarding is to skiing" wakeboarding Steve	$1,000 [15] In English the name of the main text of this religion means "The Classic of the Way and its Power" Taoism Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	"LONG" FILMS	C'EST CHEESE	RE-UP	FAMOUS ROBBERIES	HANS UP!
$400 [7] After Sao Paulo this city is Brazil's largest Rio de Janeiro Becky	$400 [1] Everyone from Sean Connery to Henry Fonda to John Wayne turns up in this 1962 WWII epic The Longest Day Steve	$400 [26] The buffalo type of this cheese is made with water buffalo milk mozzarella Valerie	$400 [21] In basketball it's to get possession of the ball after it bounces off the backboard rebound Becky	$400 [6] In a 1950 armed robbery, nearly $3 million was stolen from this armored car company Brinks Steve	$400 [15] He wrote "The Little Match Girl" & "The Ugly Duckling" Hans Christian Andersen Steve
$800 [12] Jerusalem's name probably comes from the Hebrew, Yerushalayim, or "City of" this Peace Becky	$800 [2] In this jolly 1962 film based on an O'Neill play, Hepburn's on dope, Robards is an alcoholic & Stockwell has TB Long Day's Journey into Night Valerie	$800 [27] The poem "What a Friend we Have in Cheeses!" says, "Claret, dear, not Coca-Cola, when you're having" this strong cheese gorgonzola	$800 [22] It's the periodic realignment of U.S. Congressional seats among states after a census reapportioning Becky Steve	$800 [8] Works by this French sculptor including "The Clenched Hand" were stolen from the St. Louis Art Museum in 1978 Auguste Rodin Valerie	$800 [17] This London museum began in part with the private collection of physician & naturalist Sir Hans Sloane The British Museum Steve
$1,200 [13] Tradition says that Columbus announced his discovery of the New World in a courtyard of this Spanish port Barcelona	$1,200 [3] Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward's first film together, it was based on a Faulkner tale The Long, Hot Summer	$1,600 [29] This blue cheese first sold in Huntingdonshire is the only English cheese with a trademarked name Stilton Becky Steve	$1,200 [23] It's defined as refitting a factory with new machinery to make a different or revised product retooling	$1,200 [9] In 1951 investigators recovered this royal "stone" stolen from Westminster Abbey in 1950 Stone of Scone Steve	$1,600 [19] This character actor was the voice of Snidely Whiplash on "The Dudley Do-Right Show" Hans Conried
$1,600 [14] This Southeast Asian capital, commonly known as KL, was founded as a tin-mining camp in 1857 Kuala Lumpur	$1,600 [4] This 1955 Fred Astaire movie had been filmed in 1919, 1931 & as "Curly Top" in 1935 Daddy Long Legs	$2,000 [30] France & Germany both make cheese called this; the blander American version has no rind but is coated with paprika Munster	$1,600 [24] It's DNA that's been respliced recombinant DNA Steve	$1,600 [10] This Edvard Munch painting was stolen from an Oslo museum in 1994 & recovered 3 months later "The Scream" Valerie	$2,000 [20] This man who painted portraits for Henry VIII died in a 1543 plague epidemic Hans Holbein the Younger Valerie
$2,000 [16] The Universal Postal Union is headquartered in this Swiss capital Bern Steve	$2,000 [5] The Carradines, the Keaches, the Quaids & the Guests all played sets of brothers in this 1980 western The Long Riders Valerie	DD $6,000 [28] The creation of this cheese in the 1900s is credited to a man named David from the central coast of California Monterey Jack Valerie	$2,000 [25] Strengthen, or give your psychological test subject a reward for a desired response reinforce Becky	$2,000 [11] Stolen a year earlier, in January 1989 police in The Hague retrieved "Man with Beard", a painting by this old master Rembrandt	DD $2,800 [18] German poet Hans Sachs' most famous work, "The Nightingale of Wittenberg", was a defense of this religious figure Martin Luther Steve

Final Jeopardy!

TOYS & GAMES

It was inspired by support for economist Henry George's idea that only land should be taxed

Monopoly

Becky "What is Monopoly?" — wagered $5,000

Valerie "What is monopoly?" — wagered $0

Steve "What is Monopoly?" — wagered $1,800

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