Show #4532 2004-04-27 (taped 2004-02-04) Regular

Contestants

Sarah Wagner — an editor from Indianapolis, Indiana

Frank Dempsey — a government attorney from Bagdad, Kentucky

Doug Grenier — a mathematics professor from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Doug $1,600 $5,600 $13,200 $25,200
2nd place: $2,000
$13,200
20 R, 2 W
Frank $2,800 $4,800 $16,000 $29,100
New champion: $29,100
$15,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Sarah $400 $3,200 $12,000 $23,999
3rd place: $1,000
$12,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GOBS OF GODS CELEBRITY MARRIAGES WINE FOR DUMMIES BAD BOYS, BAD BOYS WHATCHA GONNA DO? "COP"s
$200 [6]
She, not Adidas, is the Greek equivalent of the Roman Victoria
Nike
Frank
$200 [8]
For 5 months in 1998 & '99 Carmen Electra was married to this bad boy of basketball
Dennis Rodman
Sarah
$200 [16]
Though its name means "black pinot", Pinot noir is a wine of this color
red
Doug Sarah
$200 [18]
The sordid life of Queen Victoria's grandson the Duke of Clarence led some to believe he was this 1880s killer
Jack the Ripper
Doug
$200 [26]
Gonna hang out with my friend Tinky Winky & the rest of this TV title group
Teletubbies
Frank
$200 [1]
He was nominated for an Oscar in Directing for 1972 & won for 1974
Francis Ford Coppola
Frank
$400 [7]
Inazuma, the Shinto goddess of lightning, might like to date Ah Peku, the Mayan god of this
thunder
Doug
$400 [9]
Of the 30-year age gap between Frank Sinatra & this wife, Dean Martin quipped, "I've got scotch" that's older than her
Mia Farrow
Sarah
$400 [17]
Devotees call this wine Zin for short
Zinfandel
Sarah
$400 [20]
Known as "Il Duce", as a boy he was expelled from school for stabbing another student
Mussolini
Sarah
$400 [27]
Gonna sit right down & read all 1,408 pages of this 19th century novel featuring Maria Ignatyevna Peronsky
War and Peace
Doug
$400 [2]
In Warsaw, you can find a prominent statue of this 16th century astronomer
Copernicus
Doug
$600 [13]
A son of Uranus, this Greek god was the personification of the water that surrounded the world
Oceanus
Doug Frank
$800 [11]
Eddie Fisher married Elizabeth Taylor shortly after divorcing this woman
Debbie Reynolds
Sarah
$600 [19]
This country's wine regions include the Barossa Valley & the Adelaide Hills
Australia
Sarah
$600 [21]
In 1525 this man ordered Cuauhtemoc, the last emperor of the Aztecs, to be hanged
Cortez
Doug
$600 [28]
Gonna pop in the video & watch "Piranha II", the first full-length directorial effort by this "Titanic" director
James Cameron
Sarah
$600 [3]
The legal control of a creative artist's original work
copyright
Doug
$800 [14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii) This goddess, the woman who devours the land, is said to reside here in a crater on the Big Island
Pele
DD $1,000 [10]
Her father Peter gave her away when she married composer Danny Elfman in 2003
Bridget Fonda
Sarah
$800 [22]
In 1973, after a 50-year battle with the French government, this baron got his Mouton graded first growth
Rothschild
Doug
$800 [24]
He was the queen's confessor before he became Spain's notoriously cruel first grand inquisitor in 1483
Torquemada
Doug
$800 [29]
Gonna check into this satiric journalism website that bills itself as "America's Finest News Source"
The Onion
Frank
$800 [4]
It's also known as the pilot snake
copperhead
Doug
$1,000 [15]
This chief defender of Asgard had a big cult following in Uppsala
Thor
Frank
$1,000 [12]
Her 42-year marriage to Garson Kanin ended with her death in 1985 at age 88
Ruth Gordon
Frank
$1,000 [23]
"Quack" open a bottle of this sweet, sparkling wine meant for people who were raised on soda pop
Cold Duck
Doug
$1,000 [25]
The 1977 execution of this murderer by firing squad was the first U.S. use of capital punishment in 10 years
Gary Gilmore
Frank
$1,000 [30]
Gonna practice up on my Italian zampogna, my French cornemuse & my Northumbrian smallpipes, all types of this
bagpipes
Sarah
$1,000 [5]
The dried flesh of a coconut from which the oil is obtained
copra
Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

PREHISTORIC TIMES USTA BALLET HOUSEPLANTS WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES RHYMES WITH A PLANET
$400 [21]
Scientists have identified over 4,000 species of these "3-lobed" sea creatures that lived during the Paleozoic era
trilobites
Doug
$400 [3]
He's the champion seen here in a memorable moment in September of 2003
Andy Roddick
Doug
$400 [26]
Emma Livry, who triumphed as this creature in "Le Papillon", died after her dress caught fire
a butterfly
Sarah
$400 [11]
Unlike many plants, these, which include the barrel & snowball types, prefer to get completely dry
cacti
Sarah
$400 [16]
Raymond Chandler's middle name; it was playwright Wilder's first
Thornton
Doug
$400 [1]
A plan or diagram used for making a dress
pattern
Sarah
$800 [22]
Scientists say that North America had 4 of these: Nebraskan, Kansan, Illinoian & Wisconsin
ice ages
Sarah
$800 [4]
These USTA rankings cover players from 12 to 18, in singles & doubles
juniors
Sarah
$800 [27]
His leaps earned comparisons with Nijinsky when he joined the Kirov Ballet in 1958
Nureyev
Doug
$800 [12]
Roots sticking through drainage holes in containers are a sign that it's time to do this
re-pot
Frank
$800 [17]
"Ship of Fools" author Katherine Porter may have had as many as 5 middle names, but she used only this one
Anne
Sarah
$800 [2]
Audis, Buicks & Chryslers, for example
cars
Doug
$1,200 [23]
The Stone Age lasted until this metal replaced stone as the primary tool-making material
bronze
Doug Frank
$1,200 [5]
This picture of '20s & '30s champ Helen Wills shows why this married name she later added was appropriate
Moody
Doug
$1,200 [28]
This Italian-named brand got a boost in 1910 when Pavlova bought shoes for her whole company
Capezio
Sarah
$1,200 [13]
If other plants are too exciting for you, try lithops, or living "this", seen here
stones
Frank Sarah
$1,600 [19]
It was the middle name of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Williams
Carlos
Frank
$1,200 [8]
A built-in bed, as on a ship or train
berth
Doug
$1,600 [24]
In 1868 Louis Lartet dug up the first skeletons of this prehistoric man in a cave in Les Eyzies in southwest France
Cro-Magnon
Frank Sarah
$1,600 [6]
The USTA's 2 pro tournaments for men in 2003 were the U.S. Open & the championships of this earthy surface
clay
Sarah
$1,600 [29]
In Scene 1 of this 1942 ballet, several men have to dance around so as to look like they're on horseback
Rodeo
Doug
DD $2,000 [14]
Though its name means "lover of trees", it's very popular indoors as a houseplant
philodendron
Frank
DD $2,000 [18]
His middle names were Ronald Reuel
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sarah
$1,600 [9]
At a certain school "rally", you'd sing this kind of song or melody
pep tune
$2,000 [25]
The name of this earliest human species is Latin for "skillful human being"
Homo habilis
Frank
$2,000 [7]
In 1977 this Argentinian, seen here, won the last U.S. Open played at Forest Hills
Guillermo Vilas
Doug
$2,000 [30]
This company's first season opened in 1948 with 3 Balanchine ballets
the New York City Ballet
$2,000 [15]
Like Spanish moss & pineapple, Earth Star & air plant are in this family of attractive tropical plants
bromeliads
Frank
$2,000 [20]
It's no big mystery that her middle initial "L." stood for Leigh
Dorothy Sayers
$2,000 [10]
Thin-sliced salted Italian ham
prosciutto
Frank

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

In 2003 a famous marker on the steps of this city's capitol got an altitude adjustment, being lowered by 3 feet

Denver, Colorado

Sarah "What is Denver?" — wagered $11,999
Doug "What is Denver?" — wagered $12,000
Frank "What is Denver?" — wagered $13,100

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