Show #4524 2004-04-15 (taped 2004-01-28) Regular

Contestants

Mary Margaret Bell — an archivist from Louisville, Kentucky

Kevin Shortell — an attorney from Essex Junction, Vermont

Stan Brown — a high school history teacher from Macon, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,399)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stan	$5,200	$8,600	$18,200	$19,201 2-day champion: $40,600	$17,800 24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Kevin	$2,000	$4,600	$9,000	$18,000 2nd place: $2,000	$9,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mary Margaret	$1,000	$3,600	$9,600	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$9,600 16 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALBERT CAMUS	THE STRANGER	THE PLAGUE	BANDS IN OTHER WORDS	SWEET TREATS	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$200 [16] On Dec. 10, 1957 Albert Camus received this prize in Stockholm, Sweden Nobel Prize for Literature Stan	$200 [11] "Passing stranger! You do not know how longingly I look upon you" begins one of the poems in his "Leaves of Grass" Walt Whitman Mary Margaret	$200 [1] Plague is generally spread from rodents to humans by these insects fleas Stan	$200 [4] King's Consort Queen Mary Margaret	$200 [26] This breakfast pastry, often filled with fruit or cheese, sounds like a specialty of Copenhagen danish Kevin	$200 [21] This Hebrew phrase meaning "good luck" is popularly used to express congratulations mazel tov Stan Kevin
$400 [17] Camus' father Lucien died at the First Battle of the Marne, a major turning point in this conflict World War I Stan	$400 [12] This Patricia Highsmith novel about 2 men contemplating swapping murders was made into a film by Hitchcock Strangers on a Train Mary Margaret	$400 [2] If detected in time, plague is treatable with these drugs like streptomycin antibiotics Mary Margaret	$400 [5] Affirmative Yes Kevin	$400 [27] On Hanukkah it's traditional to give out chocolates shaped like these, in little bags coins Stan	$400 [22] Italian for "first lady", it can refer to an opera singer or someone who's just spoiled prima donna Kevin
$600 [18] Camus was born in this then French colony, the setting for some of his works Algeria Stan	$600 [13] This H.G. Wells novel begins, "The stranger came early in February, one wintry day...wrapped up from head to foot" The Invisible Man Stan	$600 [3] A CDC laboratory in this state's city of Fort Collins is the USA's frontline against plague Colorado Kevin	$600 [6] Portals The Doors Mary Margaret	$600 [28] Nestle suggests making these indoors using mini marshmallows, Toll House morsels & Golden Grahams cereal s'mores Kevin	$800 [24] In Japanese umi is sea or ocean & yama is this mountain Kevin
$800 [19] Camus' attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme Revolte" strained his relationship with this other existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre Mary Margaret	$800 [14] In "Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic", this current performer outlines some of his public stunts David Blaine Stan	$800 [9] The 3 forms of plague are septicemic, pneumonic & this one that affects the lymph glands bubonic Stan Mary Margaret	$800 [7] Buddhist Bliss Nirvana Stan	$800 [29] Stop by this franchise when its "Hot Light" is on & you'll get fresh glazed doughnuts hot off the line Krispy Kreme Mary Margaret	$1,000 [25] An artist or writer's greatest work is often referred to by this 2-word Latin phrase magnum opus Mary Margaret
$1,000 [20] In an influential essay, Camus compared the human condition to the Greek myth of this rock pusher Sisyphus Stan	$1,000 [15] A Martian named Valentine Michael Smith is the main character in this man's "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert Heinlein Stan	$1,000 [10] In his famous diary, he recounted the horrors of the Great Plague of 1660s London Samuel Pepys Stan	$1,000 [8] Ebony Sunday Black Sabbath Kevin	$1,000 [30] Fish & chips maker Christopher Sell began frying & selling this treat from Hostess & now it's all the rage Twinkies Stan	DD $2,000 [23] Germans call a pear birne; a strawberry, erdbeere; & this fruit weintraube grape Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS	ON LOCATION	CLASSICAL MUSIC	SHIPS	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT	FUN IN THE "SON"
$400 [1] As a presidential nominee, this decorated WWII bomber pilot called for withdrawal from Vietnam (George) McGovern Stan	$400 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew) Scenes from this artsy 2003 Julia Roberts movie were filmed here at Yale Mona Lisa Smile Mary Margaret	$400 [7] Peter Tchaikovsky wrote 3 ballets: "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty" & this perennial Christmas favorite The Nutcracker Stan	$400 [6] This historic 15th century ship got its name from its owner, Juan Nino de Moguer the Niña Mary Margaret	$400 [12] Reading & London the Thames Stan	$400 [17] A famous 1598 one begins, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" sonnet Kevin
$800 [2] Secretary of State John W. Foster was the grandfather of this secretary of state John Foster Dulles Kevin	$800 [27] The shoot of the 1963 epic "Cleopatra" was in this city where the film is partly set Rome Mary Margaret	$800 [20] When he died in 1924, he was working on the last act of "Turandot"; Franco Alfano completed the opera (Giacomo) Puccini Mary Margaret	$800 [8] Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff submarine Stan Mary Margaret	$800 [13] Damietta & Aswan the Nile Stan	$800 [18] Also used in commercial fishing, it's known as echolocation in bats sonar Stan
$1,600 [4] Dissing the Supreme Court in 1832, Andrew Jackson said this man "has made his decision; now let him enforce it" John Marshall Stan	$1,200 [28] If Neuschwanstein Castle looks familiar, you may have seen it in this Dick Van Dyke film about a magical car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Mary Margaret	$1,200 [21] In September 1907 this Norwegian's ashes were buried in a cliff near his country home Troldhaugen Edvard Grieg Mary Margaret	$1,200 [9] The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves the Britannia Stan Kevin Mary Margaret	$1,200 [14] Mirzapur & Bhagalpur the Ganges Kevin	$1,200 [19] He's won numerous Tony Awards for his songwriting & a Pulitzer for "Sunday in the Park with George" Stephen Sondheim Mary Margaret
DD $2,000 [3] Historian John Jameson led the campaign to build this D.C. center to store historic documents The National Archives Kevin	$1,600 [29] Set at the Met, Angie Dickinson's escapades in this Brian De Palma film were shot in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Dressed to Kill	$1,600 [22] Franz Schubert is credited with popularizing these German art songs--he composed almost 650 of them lieder Stan	DD $2,000 [10] On July 24, 1969 the U.S.S. Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men the crew of Apollo 11 Stan	$1,600 [15] Montreal & Quebec City the St. Lawrence Kevin	$1,600 [24] Hermosillo is the capital city of this Mexican state Sonora Kevin
$2,000 [5] A Falls Church, VA. high school is named for this 3-initialed Confederate cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart Kevin	$2,000 [30] The 1954 Barbara Stanwyck movie "Cattle Queen of" this state was filmed on location in Glacier National Park Montana Mary Margaret	$2,000 [23] This "Symphonie Fantastique" composer worked for a while as music critic for the Journal des Debats (Hector) Berlioz Stan	$2,000 [11] A space shuttle was named for this ship seen here, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's first vessel the Atlantis Stan	$2,000 [16] Iquitos & Obidos the Amazon	$2,000 [25] Northeast of San Francisco, this valley is famous for its wineries & tourist attractions the Sonoma Valley Stan

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY BESTSELLERS

First published in 1967, it tells the story of 7 generations of a Colombian family

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Kevin "What is 100 Years of Solitude?" — wagered $9,000

Mary Margaret "What is House of the Spirits?" — wagered $9,599

Stan "What is 100 Years of Solitude?" — wagered $1,001

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