Show #3396 1999-05-17 Celebrity

1999-ACelebrity Jeopardy!game 1.

Contestants

Alyssa Milano — an actress fromCharmed

Gil Bellows — an actor fromAlly McBeal

Kari Wuhrer — an actress fromSliders

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kari	$200	$-200	$2,600	$1,600 3rd place: $10,000 to the Kelly & Cal Ripken Foundation	$2,600 13 R, 5 W
Gil	$800	$1,800	$9,600	$16,200 Winner: $16,200 to Cure Autism Now	$8,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Alyssa	$800	$1,300	$2,900	$3,400 2nd place: $10,000 to the Red Cross	$3,100 8 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS DATES	NAME THE MOVIE	CHARMED, I'M SURE	SLIDING	TONGUE TWISTERS	UP YOUR "ALLEY"
$100 [15] The human race really spread its wings when the space vehicle "The Eagle" landed here July 20, 1969 the moon Alyssa	$100 [2] 1939:"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" The Wizard of Oz Kari	$100 [4] The more important a person you meet in Japan, the lower & longer you do this bow Kari	$100 [3] It can be an overwhelming victory, or a mass of earth & rock rolling down a mountain avalanche/landslide Alyssa	$100 [1] It's what "Peter Piper picked a peck of" pickled peppers Gil	$500 [10] In turn-of-the-century New York, this area was home to the music publishing industry Tin Pan Alley Gil
$200 [14] This Roman fell victim to assassins on the ides (or 15th) of March, 44 B.C. Julius Caesar Gil	$200 [9] 1941:"I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle, a missing piece" Citizen Kane Kari	$200 [16] He may be addressed in conversation as "Most Holy Father" the pope Kari	$200 [5] It's said the noise the slide makes going up & down this fastener gave it its name zipper Kari Gil	$200 [18] It's how much wood a woodchuck would chuck "if a woodchuck could" do this chuck wood Kari	—
$300 [13] On Jan. 1, 1901 this southern hemisphere country (that's also a continent) proclaimed its independence Australia Kari Gil	$400 [7] 1994:"Alrighty then!" Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Alyssa	$300 [21] Dr. Leo Buscaglia aside, Miss Manners says a gentleman shouldn't kiss or do this to a lady when first meeting hug her Kari	$300 [17] In a 1978 song he was "Slip Slidin' Away" Paul Simon Gil	$300 [19] It's what "She sells... by the sea shore" seashells Kari	—
$400 [12] A Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Joe Rosenthal served as a model for this memorial depicting a famous February 23, 1945 event Battle of Iwo Jima Gil	DD $500 [8] 1951:"Stell-lahhhhh!!" A Streetcar Named Desire Alyssa	$400 [22] It's the French equivalent of the English "charmed" or the Spanish "encantado" enchante Gil	—	$400 [20] "Listen to the local yokel" do this yodel Alyssa	—
$500 [11] This amazingly swift of foot Olympian won 4 gold medals between August 1 & 16, 1936 Jesse Owens Gil	$500 [6] 1995:"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" Braveheart	$500 [23] Since Robert Rubin took over the Treasury Department, he's been addressed as Mr. this Mr. Secretary Kari Gil	—	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS	TRAVEL & TOURISM	SPORTS ANIMALS	PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES	PEOPLE	LOOK OUT "BELL"OW
$200 [2] Christopher Walken played this doomed Dane twice, in 1974 & 1982 Hamlet Gil	$200 [9] A hotel in Scandinavia is destroyed every spring & rebuilt every fall as it is made out of this ice Kari	$200 [30] In golf, one stroke under par on a hole is a birdie & 2 strokes under par is this patriotic birdie eagle Alyssa	$200 [25] He calls himself "The Comeback Kid" Bill Clinton Gil	$200 [1] Geena Davis must like smorgasbords--she spent her senior year in high school as an exchange student in this country Sweden Gil	$200 [14] Helll-oo! He invented the telephone Alexander Graham Bell Gil
$400 [8] We assume his portrayal of Macbeth in college was a far cry from his current TV role, Andy Sipowicz Dennis Franz Kari	$400 [10] Yves Saint Laurent owns the lush Jardins Majorelle in Marrakesh in this country Morocco Kari	$400 [29] This smelly mammal has given his name to the act of defeating an opponent without allowing him to score skunk Kari	$400 [28] He "acted" as president under the nickname "Dutch" Ronald Reagan	$400 [17] Young star seen here in a 1998 sequel Jennifer Love Hewitt Gil	DD $200 [16] On July 8, 1776 it was sounded in the tower of Independence Hall the Liberty Bell Alyssa
$600 [7] In 1986 she played Portia in "The Merchant of Venice" onstage & starred in the film "Aliens" Sigourney Weaver Gil	$600 [11] This James Hoban-designed D.C. landmark, lit by electricity in 1891, will offer candlelight tours in December 1999 the White House	$600 [27] This type of punch, which lands on the back of the neck, is illegal in boxing rabbit punch Gil	$600 [26] Barbara calls him "Poppy" George H.W. Bush Gil	$600 [18] Dean & Davis, great-grandsons of this makeup mogul, have taken their Smashbox Cosmetics Company to the "Max" Max Factor Kari	$400 [15] This fairy's love for Peter didn't pan out Tinker Bell Alyssa
$800 [4] In San Diego in the mid-'60s, you could have seen him play Romeo before "Midnight Cowboy" made him a star Jon Voight Gil	$800 [12] April is the time to be in Japan; it's Hanami, the best time to view these, sakura cherry blossoms Alyssa	$800 [6] Skater Dorothy Hamill excelled at a variation of this spin named for a humped mammal camel	$800 [22] He was "The Squire of Hyde Park" Franklin Delano Roosevelt	$800 [19] He's the tightwad comedian heard here in the golden days of radio Jack Benny Gil	$800 [24] Sailors wore these long before the groovy folks in the '60s bell-bottoms Kari
DD $2,200 [3] When he directed "King Lear" onstage in the early '90s, he cast Emma Thompson as the fool Kenneth Branagh Gil	$1,000 [13] Red double-decker buses travel the streets of this city in India, now officially known as Mumbai Bombay Kari	$1,000 [5] Side, pommel & vaulting are types of these used by gymnasts horses Kari	$1,000 [21] WWI's "The Professor" Woodrow Wilson	$1,000 [20] Regis Philbin has 2 middle names: Xavier & this saintly one that often precedes Xavier Francis	$1,000 [23] As one word, it's a plant also called deadly nightshade; as 2 words, a Stevie Nicks album belladonna/"Bella Donna" Gil

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH AUTHORS

In 1954 she became the first recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America

Agatha Christie

Kari "Who Stevie Nicks" — wagered $1,000

Alyssa "Who Agatha Christy?" — wagered $500

Gil "Who is Agatha Christie?" — wagered $6,600

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