Show #4465 2004-01-23 (taped 2003-11-13) Regular

Contestants

Dave Meehan — a database administrator from Spring City, Pennsylvania

Joy Forrester — a mother of two from Toledo, Ohio

Margaret Meehan — a medical records supervisor from Brick, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Margaret $2,200 $5,600 $17,000 $31,200
2-day champion: $52,000
$18,800
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Joy $200 $800 $4,000 $5,000
3rd place: $1,000
$4,000
6 R, 2 W
Dave $4,000 $8,800 $15,600 $15,500
2nd place: $2,000
$15,600
23 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

METALS UNSUNG HEROES U.S. CITIES WEIGHTS & MEASURES FITS HUGH TO A "TEE"
$200 [6]
Around 3000 B.C. it had 2/5 the value of gold, but in 2002 it had about 1/75 gold's value
silver
Dave
$200 [1]
In 1912 Tom Crean made a solo 35-mile trek on this continent to save 2 of his mates
Antarctica
Margaret
$200 [8]
Farmers in this state's San Joaquin Valley ship their stock through Stockton
California
Dave
$200 [13]
Term for a single exposure on a reel of motion picture film
frame
Dave
$200 [24]
Plans are for Hugh Grant to return as Daniel Cleaver in the sequel to this 2001 Renee Zellweger film
Bridget Jones's Diary
Margaret
$200 [16]
Type of ballot to file when you're not there to vote on election day
an absentee
Margaret
$400 [7]
Ancient Roman pewter was 30% this metal, which for safety's sake is no longer used
lead
Margaret
$400 [2]
We breathe a bit easier because Rep. Kenneth Roberts sponsored the original version of this act in 1963
the Clean Air Act
Margaret
$400 [9]
This Kentucky city was founded in 1775 & named for a battle site in Massachusetts
Lexington
Dave
$400 [14]
In the 14th century Edward II declared it was equal to 3 barley corns laid end-to-end
an inch
Joy Dave
$400 [25]
Hugh tried to woo Emma in this 1995 film based on a Jane Austen novel
Sense and Sensibility
Margaret
$400 [17]
Ring in, miss the clue--tough. We don't offer a "money back" one
guarantee
Dave
$600 [23]
This alloy metal popular for bathroom rails gets softer as it includes more copper & less zinc
brass
Joy
DD $600 [3]
Tennessee militia general William Carroll sailed down the Mississippi to help out at this 1815 battle
the Battle of New Orleans
Margaret
$600 [10]
In November 2001 this city's Journal & Constitution newspapers fully merged
Atlanta
Margaret
$600 [15]
This equivalent to 1 cup is slang for a short person
half pint
Joy
$600 [26]
In this 1995 film directed by Chris Columbus, Hugh finds out his girlfriend is pregnant
Nine Months
Dave
$600 [18]
It's been said that "A camel is a horse designed by" this
committee
$800 [29]
Atomic number 13, you touch it when you unwrap a stick of Wrigley's chewing gum
aluminum
Dave
$800 [4]
Fred Hollows crusaded primarily to save Third World folks from this blinding condition, using synthetic lenses
cataracts
Dave
$800 [11]
Rochester, New York grew because of its location on this
the Erie Canal
Dave
$800 [21]
If a gigawatt you see, this is the number of watts you get
a billion
$800 [27]
The 2003 ABC series "I'm With Her", about a star falling for an ordinary guy, sounds like this film of Hugh's
Notting Hill
Margaret
$800 [19]
Conversation marked by quick, witty banter
repartee
Margaret
$1,000 [30]
Coffinite, discovered in Colorado in 1955, is an ore that's 60% this valuable radioactive metal
uranium
Dave
$1,000 [5]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) This NASA flight director of the 1960s & '70s wrote the book "Failure Is Not an Option"
Gene Kranz
$1,000 [12]
This Idaho city, founded in 1861, was named for the co-leader of an expedition that camped there in 1805
Lewiston
Dave
$1,000 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) It's the standard unit of size for nails; this baby, used in framing a house, is a 16
penny
Dave
$1,000 [28]
In this 1999 comedy Hugh tried to learn how to say "fuggeddaboutit"
Mickey Blue Eyes
Margaret
$1,000 [20]
The order Sirenia includes the dugong, the extinct Steller's sea cow & this
the manatee
Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART & ARTISTS ENTERTAINING BIRDS BODIES OF WATER GET THE MESSAGE BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ABBREVIATIONS
$400 [1]
He was nearly blind when he painted his series of "Water Lilies"
(Claude) Monet
Margaret
$400 [26]
This canary with a wide-eyed stare is constantly on alert for Sylvester the Cat
Tweety
Dave
$400 [12]
Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands are in this sea
the Bering Sea
$400 [11]
The last message from her in 1937 pertained to her location & an alternate radio frequency for communication
Amelia Earhart
Dave
$400 [6]
Seen here, his is one of the most visited graves at Arlington
John F. Kennedy
Dave
$400 [18]
Biologically speaking:RNA
ribonucleic acid
Joy
$800 [2]
Seen here, he's the most famous occupant at California's Huntington Library
"The Blue Boy"
Joy
$800 [27]
Winken, Blinken & Nod were 3 orphaned pet birds raised by young Opie Taylor on a 1963 episode of this sitcom
The Andy Griffith Show
Margaret
$800 [13]
(Alex: Here's Jeff Probst in South America [Amazon]) The decomposition of organic matter & a low silt content give the Rio Negro this color water, hence its name
black
Margaret
$800 [14]
In 1968 this pop group delivered "I've Got to Get a Message to You"
the Bee Gees
$800 [7]
A soldier during WWII, this civil rights leader, murdered in Mississippi in 1963, is buried at Arlington
(Medgar) Evers
Margaret
$800 [19]
Sydney is its capital:NSW
New South Wales
Dave
$1,200 [3]
Marcel Duchamp's most famous painting is "Nude Descending" this
A Staircase
Margaret
$1,200 [28]
Catchphrases of this large windbag of a rooster include "Pay Attention, Boy!" & "Go Away Boy, You Bother Me"
Foghorn Leghorn
Dave
$1,200 [23]
The Cinque Terre, 5 fishing villages on the Italian Riviera, overlook the Ligurian Sea, an arm of this sea
the Mediterranean
Margaret
$1,200 [15]
In April 1913 Woodrow Wilson became the first president since John Adams to deliver this message in person
the State of the Union
Margaret Dave
$1,200 [8]
This rear admiral rests beneath a granite globe, with a bronze star marking the North Pole
(Robert) Peary
Dave
$1,200 [20]
On a radio:FM
frequency modulation
Margaret
$1,600 [4]
His "Vampire" painting from 1893 just might make you "Scream"
Edvard Munch
Margaret
$1,600 [29]
In commercials, a persistent white duck voiced by Gilbert Gottfried is the spokes-bird for this insurance company
Aflac
Joy
$1,600 [24]
The French call this body of water the Pas de Calais; we call it this
the Strait of Dover
Joy
$1,600 [16]
4 words that ended the historic message: "Houston, Tranquility Base here..."
the Eagle has landed
Dave
$1,600 [9]
Roger Chaffee & this astronaut, killed in a 1967 fire aboard their Apollo spacecraft, are buried next to each other
Gus Grissom
DD $1,600 [21]
Successor to the AEC:NRC
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Margaret
DD $1,800 [5]
Four of her works, including the one seen here, were recently featured on U.S. stamps
Mary Cassatt
Margaret
$2,000 [30]
The mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, this owl wore a Robin Hood-style hat & told us to "Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!"
Woodsy
Dave
$2,000 [25]
The chief cities on this river in Oregon include Portland, Salem & Eugene
the Willamette
Dave
$2,000 [17]
The messages left by this lost colony were "Cro" on a tree & "Croatoan" on a post
Roanoke Island
Joy
$2,000 [10]
Seen here, this Purple Heart recipient & veteran ABC newsman was laid to rest in 1983
(Frank) Reynolds
Margaret
$2,000 [22]
A measure of distance equal to 93 million miles:AU
astronomical unit
Dave

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY FEMALES

She's the only female character in all the A.A. Milne "Winnie The Pooh" stories

Kanga

Joy "Who is Kanga?" — wagered $1,000
Dave "Who is I have no idea?" — wagered $100
Margaret "Who is Kanga?" — wagered $14,200

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