Show #3430 1999-07-02 Armed Forces

Armed Forces Week game 5.

Contestants

Michael Arnold — an Air Force weapons systems officer originally from Tampa, Florida, now stationed at RAF Lakenheath, England

Stacie Jacobson — an Air Force computer operator originally from Emporia, Pennsylvania, now stationed at Araxos, Greece

Myles Caggins — an Army assistant to the Fifth Corps Commanding General originally from Heidelberg, Germany, now stationed at Heidelberg, Germany

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Myles $100 $1,000 $6,600 $13,111
2nd place: Intel Create & Share Camera Pack & Micron Millennium Max Computer
$5,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Stacie $2,700 $4,800 $7,800 $14,800
Winner: $14,800; week's big winner has total doubled
$6,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Michael $400 $1,500 $5,700 $8,999
3rd place: Panasonic 13" Color TV & VCR combo & LCD Palmcorder
$5,700
15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY ACCESSORIES MILITARY TELEVISION MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS 10-HUT! SIR! YES SIR!
$100 [11]
Because of the potato famine, more than a million emigrated from this country to the U.S. in the mid-1800s
Ireland
Myles
$100 [16]
Clips, first used on these accessories for women averse to piercing, are now available for nose rings too
earrings
Michael
$100 [6]
Army psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman had his hands full analyzing the 4077th on this classic series
M*A*S*H
Stacie
$100 [26]
Francis Flaherty saved shipmates & lost his own life aboard the Oklahoma during this infamous 1941 attack
Pearl Harbor
Stacie
$100 [21]
This group of 10 begins, "Congress shall make no law..." & ends with the words "or to the people"
the Bill of Rights
Myles
$100 [1]
Mon Commandant! Oui Mon Commandant!
French
Michael
$200 [12]
This 1803 land acquisition included area in what is now 13 of the 50 states
the Louisiana Purchase
Stacie
$200 [17]
NYC jeweler Fulco di Verdura originated the use of seashells on these sleeve closers
cufflinks
Michael
$200 [7]
As the irascible Sergeant Carter, Frank Sutton was often less than neighborly to Jim Nabors on this sitcom
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Stacie
$200 [27]
During WWI Eddie Rickenbacker shot down 22 planes & 4 of these used for observation
balloons
Stacie
$200 [22]
During a dialogue with God he received the Decalogue, a famous group of 10 obligations
Moses
Stacie
$200 [2]
Senor! Si Senor!
Spanish
Stacie
$300 [13]
After winning the disputed 1876 election, he was inaugurated to cries of "Rutherfraud"
Rutherford B. Hayes
Stacie
$300 [18]
A tight-fitting necklace, or an athlete who fails in a crucial situation
choker
Myles
$300 [8]
This Tom Selleck title character was a Vietnam veteran who had served in Navy intelligence
Magnum, P.I.
Michael
$300 [28]
Back in 1932 Donald Truesdale earned his medal during the Marines' campaign against Sandinistas in this country
Nicaragua
Stacie
$300 [23]
Of the 10 events in the decathlon, it's the one that puts the athlete the highest off the ground
pole vault
Stacie
$300 [3]
Herr Oberst! Jawohl Herr Oberst!
German
Stacie
$500 [15]
Famous for his debates with Lincoln, he served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1847 to 1861
Stephen Douglas
Stacie
$400 [19]
In the 1950s you had it "made in the shades" with this brand advertised here
Ray-Ban
Stacie
$400 [9]
Dan Quayle appeared on this Gerald McRaney sitcom in a 1990 episode honoring the Marine Corps' 215th anniversary
Major Dad
Stacie
$400 [29]
Veteran James Stockdale was the running mate of this wealthy third-party presidential candidate in 1992
H. Ross Perot
Stacie Michael
$400 [24]
Our current tenth month held this position on the old Roman calendar
eighth
Michael
$400 [4]
Signore! Si Signore!
Italian
Stacie
DD $600 [14]
In 1730 he assumed full ownership of the Pennsylvania Gazette
Benjamin Franklin
Stacie
$500 [20]
Drugstore term for the round hat Jackie Kennedy often wore
pillbox hat
Stacie
$500 [10]
It's what "JAG" stands for in the TV series of the same name
Judge Advocate General
Michael
$500 [30]
Jacob Parrott, the first winner, was among the men who stole this "high-ranking" Confederate locomotive
the General
$500 [25]
Vamana, a dwarf, & Kurma, a tortoise, are 2 of the 10 avatars of this Hindu god
Vishnu
Myles
$500 [5]
Kirie! Malista Kirie!
Greek
Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS CLASSIC BOOKS THE ARMY-NAVY GAME JULY "FOURTH"
$200 [8]
Each year over 50,000 pilgrims climb to the summit of this Japanese volcano
Mount Fuji
Stacie Michael
$200 [13]
The titmouse is not a kind of mouse, but a small gray one of these
bird
Myles
$200 [26]
Title rank of Dumas' man "of Monte Cristo"
Count
Michael
$200 [1]
In the first game in 1890, Navy's Red Emrich scored 4 of these, but they were only worth 4 points each
touchdowns
Myles
$200 [21]
Appropriately, it's what Canadians call the July 1 national holiday
Canada Day
Michael
$200 [3]
It begins "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers & effects..."
the Fourth Amendment
Stacie
$400 [9]
This continent's Guiana Highlands, which consist of open grasslands & tropical forests, are thinly populated
South America
Myles
$400 [14]
Fireflies are not flies at all, but members of this insect order--just ask Ringo
beetles
Myles Michael
$600 [29]
This 1851 book told a big white "tail" of the men of the Pequod
Moby-Dick
Michael
$400 [2]
Roger, we copy: this future Dallas Cowboys QB was the star as Navy upset Army in 1962
Roger Staubach
Michael
$400 [22]
This territory became a U.S. commonwealth July 25, 1952
Puerto Rico
Myles Stacie
$400 [4]
The journalistic press taken collectively, according to Edmund Burke
the Fourth Estate
Stacie
$600 [10]
The Al Lisan Peninsula separates this saltiest body of water on Earth into northern & southern basins
the Dead Sea
Stacie
$600 [15]
The horned toad is not an amphibian, but one of these reptiles
lizard
Stacie
$800 [28]
This Jules Verne title trip begins with the adventurers entering a volcano in Iceland
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Michael
$600 [18]
At the 1906 game Navy introduced this song that's symbolized Midshipman football ever since
"Anchors Aweigh"
Myles
$600 [23]
Traditionally, July's flower is this Monet favorite
water lily
Stacie
$800 [6]
In relativity theory, it's time regarded as a coordinate to specify completely the location of any event
the fourth dimension
Myles Michael
$800 [11]
On 3/21/99 Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones landed in this country as the first hot-air balloonists to circle the Earth
Egypt
Myles Stacie
$800 [16]
The koala bear is not a bear, but one of these nonplacental mammals
marsupial
Myles
$1,000 [27]
It's the first name of both the title character of an 1857 Flaubert novel & an 1816 Austen novel
Emma
$1,000 [20]
The 1945 Army win was led by running backs Doc Blanchard, "Mr. Inside", & Glenn Davis, nicknamed this
"Mr. Outside"
Myles
$800 [24]
On July 30, 1619 the first representative assembly in America convened in this Virginia city
Jamestown
Myles
$1,000 [7]
It was founded in 2613 B.C. by Snefru, Egypt's first true pyramid builder
the Fourth Dynasty
Michael
$1,000 [12]
This river is navigable from Basel, Switzerland to its mouth at the North Sea
the Rhine
$1,000 [17]
A sea wasp is not an insect, but one of these stinging ocean "fish"
jellyfish
Myles
DD $2,200 [19]
Army probably should have had the edge at the 1926 game, played at this newly dedicated Chicago field
Soldier Field
Myles
$1,000 [25]
On July 10, 1553 this unfortunate lady was proclaimed queen of England, succeeding Edward VI
Lady Jane Grey
DD $2,000 [5]
In 1198 this campaign was proclaimed by Pope Innocent III
the Fourth Crusade
Stacie

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GOVERNMENT

William Wirt was attorney general for over 11 years, a record; this attorney general is second, with 6 years

Janet Reno

Michael "Who is Janet Reno?" — wagered $3,299
Myles "Who is Janet Reno?" — wagered $6,511
Stacie "Who is Janet Reno?" — wagered $7,000

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