Show #3428 1999-06-30 Armed Forces

Armed Forces Week game 3.

Contestants

Steve Dranchak — an Air Force action officer originally from Hastings, Pennsylvania, now stationed at Ramstein, Germany

Alex Meza — a Navy anesthesiology resident originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador, now stationed at San Diego, California

Thomas Citrano — a Marine Corps infantry officer originally from Jacksonville, Florida, now stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Thomas	$100	$1,300	$6,400	$99 3rd place: Panasonic 13" Color TV & VCR combo & LCD Palmcorder	$7,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Alex	$1,600	$3,500	$6,300	$1,300 2nd place: Intel Create & Share Camera Pack & Micron Millennium Max Computer	$7,300 22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Steve	$500	$2,200	$4,000	$7,001 Winner: $7,001; week's big winner has total doubled	$4,000 10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. "O" TOUR	THE BEAT OF THE TOM	MARINE BIOLOGY	CLASSIC TOYS	WORLD HISTORY	CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
$100 [1] Since the opening of Walt Disney World, this city has become a booming metropolis Orlando Alex	$100 [12] In the 1957 group known as Tom & Jerry, Tom was Art Garfunkel & he was Jerry Paul Simon Thomas	$100 [2] A species of this 10-armed animal is the largest invertebrate, reaching a length of over 50 feet squid Alex	$100 [19] In 1954 Lesney Products issued its first 4 tiny die-cast cars in this line Matchbox Steve	$100 [3] The people were seeking guns & gunpowder when they stormed this Paris landmark July 14, 1789 the Bastille Alex	$100 [14] Falsehood(3) fib Alex
$200 [24] Council Bluffs, Iowa lies across the river from this Nebraska city & makes up part of its metropolitan area Omaha Thomas	$200 [13] Throw your panties at me if you know the name of this Welsh singer born Thomas Woodward Tom Jones Alex	$200 [8] The name of these microscopic plants & animals that float near the ocean's surface is from the Greek for "wandering" plankton Alex	$200 [20] This classic toy company has "block"ed out a new area with its Mindstorms robotic kits Lego Alex	$200 [4] The Tokugawa shogungate ruled this country from 1603 to 1867 Japan Alex	$200 [15] "Amphibian" in your throat(4) frog Steve
$300 [25] Natural wonders like Crater Lake have made this state the "Pacific Wonderland" Oregon Thomas	$300 [28] In 1993 he sang about "Mary Jane's Last Dance" Tom Petty Thomas	$300 [9] This French explorer devised special underwater cameras to document his adventures Jacques Cousteau Alex	$300 [21] Introduced in 1916 on the heels of Erector sets & Tinkertoys, they were the "Wright" building material Lincoln Logs	$300 [5] This Venetian arrived at the Chinese court in 1275 with his father & uncle Marco Polo Thomas	$300 [16] Brice, or her backside(5) Fanny Alex
$400 [26] Pray tell, it's the famous Boston landmark seen here the Old North Church Thomas	$400 [29] "I Love" this country star who had the hit "I Like Beer"; it fits him to a "T." Tom T. Hall Steve	$400 [10] You might be "As happy as" this mollusk that has a heart but no brain a clam Thomas	$400 [22] Daisy's X2-31 Disintegrator gun of 1934 was for kids playing this 25th century hero Buck Rogers Alex	$400 [6] On Feb. 10, 1840 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married her Victoria Alex	$400 [17] It's shorn from sheep(6) fleece Alex
$500 [27] Go way down upon the Suwannee River & you'll discover that it rises in this swamp Okefenokee Swamp Alex	$500 [30] This singer-actor had 2 songs on the "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack CD Tom Waits	DD $700 [11] Around 1905 it was discovered that the American eel spawns in this "sea" in the north Atlantic the Sargasso Sea Thomas	$500 [23] In the 1970s this device that uses light bulbs to cook was redesigned to look like a microwave Easy-Bake Oven Steve	$500 [7] 1 of the 3 former Soviet satellites that joined NATO in 1999 (1 of 3) Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland Steve	$500 [18] Product "of the imagination"(7) figment Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAVAL CONFLICTS	INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	THE MOVIES	EXPRESSIONS	RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE	"C" WHO SALUTES
$200 [18] Known as the "Mighty Mo", this battleship was used to shell land-based targets in the Gulf War USS Missouri Alex	$200 [16] Chihuahua cheese is a specialty of this country (don't worry--it's made from cow's milk, not chihuahua's) Mexico Alex	$200 [1] Near the beginning of "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy falls into a pen full of these animals pigs Thomas	$200 [11] Jonathan Swift turned this Biblical "land" into a synonym for sleep Nod	$200 [26] In 1999 a California man sparked protests by displaying Ho Chi Minh's picture & this country's flag Vietnam Thomas	$200 [6] If there's a silver eagle on your uniform, you hold this rank colonel Thomas
$400 [19] In 1982 an Argentine Exocet missile sank the British destroyer Sheffield in this war Falkland Islands War Steve	$400 [17] Some French menus feature cervelle, which "clever" folks know is this organ meat brains	$400 [2] Lampwick, Figaro & Stromboli are all characters in this Disney film Pinocchio Alex	$400 [12] In 1880 Roscoe Conkling declared President Grant would "hew to the line of right, let" these "fall where they may" the chips Thomas	$400 [27] In February 1999 Aborigines smeared this country's flag with ashes in Canberra Australia Thomas	$400 [7] A clergyman attached to a military unit, even without a bowler hat, mustache & cane chaplain Thomas
$600 [21] The May 1942 battle of this sea off New Guinea was the first in which opposing warships remained out of sight the Coral Sea Alex Steve	$600 [20] The Russian salad known as Salat Stalichnya contains meat, eggs, mayonnaise, sour cream & these tubers potatoes Alex	$600 [3] Some say Nancy Sinatra was romantically involved with this singer she co-starred with in "Speedway" Elvis Presley Steve	$600 [13] Of his 1998 Pulitzer Prize, poet Charles Wright mused, "It's better than a poke in the eye with" this a sharp stick Steve	$600 [28] In 1997 this organization resumed its stamp series depicting flags of new member countries United Nations Alex	$600 [8] Term for a military force that serves on horseback cavalry Thomas
$800 [22] In autumn 1588 this "invincible" fleet of Philip II hobbled home, having lost 63 ships to battle & weather the Spanish Armada Alex	$800 [24] Known for its full body, Assam tea originated in this country's state of Assam India	$800 [4] "Adventure" was the first film this "Gone with the Wind" star made after his World War II combat service Clark Gable Steve	$800 [14] Originally a way to climb a ship's rigging, it's now commonly heard after "making money" hand over fist Thomas Alex	$800 [29] This provincial capital's 8-year ban on raising the Canadian flag over city hall ended in 1998 Quebec City Thomas	DD $700 [9] In 1841 Matthew Perry attained this rank, a flag officer just below rear admiral commodore Thomas
$1,000 [23] This Oct. 21, 1805 battle resulted in a British victory but over 1,500 British casualties, including Lord Nelson Trafalgar Alex	$1,000 [25] Ninos Envueltos, or "wrapped children", are taste treats in this second-largest South American country Argentina Alex	$1,000 [5] This classic John Ford western features Cathy Downs as Clementine My Darling Clementine	$1,000 [15] Headgear appears in this expression used of a pilot who shows off by flying low flat-hatting Thomas	DD $1,000 [30] As a crown colony it flew the Union Jack; now it has a new flag with a white flower on a red field Hong Kong Alex	$1,000 [10] In the Navy this "man" is an enlisted person trained in combat first aid corpsman Thomas

Final Jeopardy!

PARADES

The theme of Richard Nixon's second inaugural parade, he thought he'd be in office to celebrate it

the Bicentennial

Steve "What is The Bicentennial" — wagered $3,001

Alex "What" — wagered $5,000

Thomas "What is [the ----] Bowl games" — wagered $6,301

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