Show #4494 2004-03-04 (taped 2003-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Wilder — a travel agent from Moore, Oklahoma

Matt Fisher — an attorney from Indianapolis, Indiana

Chris Parsons — an undergraduate student from Wabasso, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chris $3,600 $6,200 $14,000 $17,999
2nd place: $2,000
$13,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Matt $2,200 $4,600 $14,200 $28,001
New champion: $28,001
$14,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jennifer $-2,000 $-600 $5,000 $500
3rd place: $1,000
$5,000
10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE & NATURE CELEBRITIES' ORIGINAL NAMES FLAGS WITHOUT MY PARTNER ABBREVIATIONS WANNA BET?
$200 [6]
The deepest diver among these birds is the emperor species of this, which may dive to 900 feet in the Antarctic waters
penguin
Chris
$200 [11]
Actor Nicholas Coppola
Nicolas Cage
Chris
$200 [13]
The term "Star-Spangled Banner" was first used for the U.S. flag during this war
the War of 1812
Matt
$200 [19]
He composed the operetta "The Rose of Persia" to a libretto by Basil Hood, not Gilbert
Sullivan
Chris
$200 [26]
This seaside structure is abbreviated whf.
wharf
Jennifer
$200 [1]
In Texas hold 'em, if the flop doesn't fit your hand, the experts say do this
fold
Chris
$400 [7]
A grub is this soft, thick stage of metamorphosis of flies, wasps & beetles
larva
Chris Jennifer
$400 [17]
West Winger Ramon Estevez
Martin Sheen
Chris
$400 [14]
Israel's flag features 2 dark blue stripes on a white background & this symbol
the Star of David
Chris
$400 [20]
A few years after Rolls died in a plane crash, he started making airplane engines
(Frederick) Royce
Jennifer
$400 [27]
This 3-letter abbreviation can stand for package or parking
pkg.
Matt
$400 [2]
In the '50s, Edward Thorp fed millions of hands of this game into a computer which figured out how to win at it
blackjack
Matt
$600 [8]
It's the fossilized resin from pine trees
amber
Chris
$600 [12]
"Seinfeld" co-star Jay Greenspan
Jason Alexander
Chris Jennifer
$600 [15]
In 1198 this British king adopted a flag with 3 lions
Richard the Lionhearted
Chris
$600 [23]
This first man listed in the "Film Encyclopedia" voiced cartoons after his partner's death
(Bud) Abbott
Matt
$600 [28]
A.M. after a particular time stands for ante meridian, which means "before" this
noon
Matt
$600 [3]
In this game a don't pass bet is a wager against the shooter
craps
Chris
$800 [9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) This bovine name is given to the process whereby huge chunks of ice break off glaciers, giving birth to icebergs
calving
Matt
$800 [21]
Wrestler turned politician James Janos
Jesse Ventura
Matt
$800 [16]
Early in the 2nd millennium, ships from this city began flying the flag of Saint Mark, its patron
Venice
Jennifer
$800 [24]
He didn't need Marx to publish the 1880 work "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"
Engels
Matt
DD $1,000 [29]
A doctor could tell you that q.i.d., which is the abbreviation for the Latin "quater in die", means this
(take the pills) four times a day
Matt
$800 [4]
When betting on one of these, a consistently low Beyer speed figure should be a red flag
racehorse
Chris
$1,000 [10]
This cloudy atmosphere containing the nucleus of a comet may reach a diameter of 1 million miles
coma
Jennifer
$1,000 [22]
Wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson
The Rock
Chris
$1,000 [18]
Maryland's state flag features the coats of arms of 2 families related to Lord Baltimore: the Crosslands & this family
the Calverts
$1,000 [25]
He led a creative revolution in advertising after the retirement of partner John Orr Young
Raymond Rubicam (of Young & Rubicam)
Matt
$1,000 [30]
In formal addresses this 2-letter "directional" abbreviation precedes Hon. & Rev.
Rt. (for Right)
Matt
$1,000 [5]
In this fancy-schmancy card game, it's just who gets closest to a total of 9 who wins
baccarat
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

TEXAS CITIES FA"Q"s 19th CENTURY LITERATURE NUMBER OF LEGS ON... THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE WANNA BETTE?
$400 [2]
It's home to the Johnson Space Center
Houston
Matt
$400 [25]
It's the borough where Edith, Gloria, Archie & Mike lived on the small screen
Queens
Matt
$400 [1]
His unladylike horror story "The Cask of Amontillado" was first published in Godey's Lady's Book, in 1846
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Matt
$400 [11]
A cockroach
6
Chris
$400 [3]
Don't visit the court of Louis XIII without one of these--the prematurely bald king made them the fashion
a wig
Jennifer
$400 [19]
Bette Midler won an Emmy for an appearance in which she sang a goodbye song to this retiring host
Johnny Carson
Jennifer
$800 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) I'm in this city that in 1836 was the biggest in Texas with around 2,000 people
San Antonio
Chris Jennifer
$800 [26]
It's how often the Summer Olympics are held
quadrennially
Matt
$800 [4]
The Mock Turtle sings a song about the Lobster Quadrille in this classic children's book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Jennifer
$800 [12]
Charlotte in "Charlotte's Web"
8
Chris
$800 [10]
Einstein? Beethoven? No thanks, I'd rather hang out with Dean, Sammy, Frank & the rest of this group
the Rat Pack
Chris
$800 [20]
In a 1993 TV version of this musical, Bette played Rose Hovick
Gypsy
Jennifer
$1,200 [7]
Grab your cowboy hat & let's go walk "out in the streets" of this Texas city, the chief port of entry into Mexico
Laredo
Matt Jennifer
$1,200 [27]
(Hey, it's Gary Dell'Abate from "The Howard Stern Show") My nickname Baba Booey comes from the character Baba Looey, who was the sidekick of this bumbling equine TV marshal
Quick Draw McGraw
Matt
$1,200 [5]
A scientist tests poison on his own daughter in this American author's 1840s story "Rappaccini's Daughter"
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Chris
$1,200 [13]
A grand piano (normally)
3
Chris
$1,200 [16]
Let's go back to 1820 for some literary talk with this Romantic poet; don't mind his coughing
Keats
Jennifer
$1,200 [21]
Punning word that completes the title of Bette's 1980 book "A View from a..."
Broad
$1,600 [8]
This "colorful" city at the southern tip of Texas is home to Texas Southmost College
Brownsville
$1,600 [28]
This Eskimo was the subject of a 1968 Top 10 hit by Manfred Mann
"(The Mighty) Quinn"
Matt
$1,600 [17]
"The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish" is this author's 1829 novel about King Philip's War
James Fenimore Cooper
$1,600 [14]
A muskellunge
0
Chris
DD $2,000 [23]
Ladies, this royal hunk of man was single from late 1537 to early 1540... any takers?
Henry VIII
Matt
$1,600 [22]
Boy in Bette's band who arranged her 1973 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Barry Manilow
Matt
$2,000 [9]
In January 2003 this "Port" city celebrated the 60th birthday of famous daughter Janis Joplin
Port Arthur
$2,000 [29]
In "Star Wars" the language of Greedo the bounty hunter is this language of S. America's Andean regions
Quechua
Chris
$2,000 [18]
The title gem in this Wilkie Collins novel was once in the handle of a dagger owned by Tippoo, the sultan of Seringapatam
The Moonstone
Jennifer
DD $3,000 [15]
An archaeopteryx
2
Chris
$2,000 [24]
Stiffen that upper lip...you're going to fight in the Battle of Britain piloting this plane, seen here
the Spitfire
$2,000 [30]
This film in which she sang "The Wind Beneath My Wings" put the sand beneath her toes
Beaches
Jennifer

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS LASTS

In July 2003 the last old-style one of these rolled off an assembly line in Mexico, headed for a museum in Germany

the Volkswagen Beetle

Jennifer "What is a Model T Ford?" — wagered $4,500
Chris "What is an original Volkswagen Beetle" — wagered $3,999
Matt "What is an old VW Bug?" — wagered $13,801

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