Show #4512 2004-03-30 (taped 2004-01-21) Regular

Contestants

Anne Noble — an appellate lawyer from Washington, D.C.

David Seminer — a neurologist from Sacramento, California

Valerie Takacs — an accounting assistant from Hudson, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Valerie	$1,600	$3,200	$11,300	$1,000 3rd place: $1,000	$11,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
David	$2,800	$4,800	$15,600	$22,601 New champion: $22,601	$15,600 26 R, 3 W
Anne	$1,000	$2,400	$2,800	$5,400 2nd place: $2,000	$4,800 6 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL FACTS	'70s MUSIC	ARMOR	PROVINCE TOWNS	CRIME TIME	IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT "U"
$200 [6] In 1937 he made his first movie Ronald Reagan David	$200 [1] She had a 2-sided No. 1 hit with "It's Too Late" & "I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King David	$200 [9] A bracket on the chest positioned this 12-foot spear that could be driven through another knight's armor lance Valerie	$200 [20] Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Sept-Iles, Trois-Rivieres Quebec David	$200 [14] It's a serious crime (without the "Y", it's the person who commits it) felony David	$200 [7] In 1949 Harry Truman traveled to New York to help lay a cornerstone for this body the United Nations David
$400 [15] Unlike his Republican cousin, who was also president, he was a Democrat FDR David	$400 [2] Shut your mouth! Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the theme from this 1971 flick Shaft Valerie	$400 [10] These gloves were made in a fashionable hourglass shape, narrow at the wrist gauntlets David	$400 [21] Prince George, Prince Rupert, Victoria British Columbia David	$400 [16] From the name of an old Germanic tribe, it's the willful destruction of property vandalism David	$400 [8] Seats are reserved in the Indian parliament for this group that falls outside of the caste system the Untouchables David
$600 [22] He was the first president to live long enough to see his son elected president John Adams Valerie David	$600 [3] When it charted in 1976, this song first called "Cotton's Dream" was subtitled "The Young And The Restless" "Nadia's Theme"	$600 [25] Plate armor first covered, then replaced this protective wrap chain mail Valerie	$600 [28] Sydney, Dartmouth, New Glasgow Nova Scotia Anne	$600 [17] Despite the name, in this form of bribery, a public official gets money, not skin graft David	$600 [11] Now a democratic republic of central Asia, in 1992 it ratified its first post-Soviet constitution Uzbekistan
$800 [23] The last incumbent to be unseated; it was the 10th time it had happened George (Herbert Walker) Bush Anne	$800 [4] A 1973 song says, "Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll and" do this drift away David	$800 [26] The nasal, a piece on this item, could get you in trouble when the other guy grabbed it the helmet David	$800 [29] Big Beaver House, Sault St. Marie, London Ontario Valerie	$800 [18] A failure to meet an obligation, it may be "of contract" breach Valerie	$800 [12] Its atomic weight is 238 uranium David
DD $1,000 [24] It was the last office to which Gerald Ford was elected the House of Representatives Anne	$1,000 [5] "An Old Fashioned Love Song" & "Never Been to Spain" were '70s hits for this trio Three Dog Night Anne	$1,000 [27] The 16th century Maximilian style is named for a ruler of this empire who was called "The Last of the Knights" the Holy Roman Empire	$1,000 [30] Vulcan, Medicine Hat, Red Deer Alberta Valerie David Anne	$1,000 [19] A step further than trespassing, it's sneaking onto the manor grounds to do some hunting or steal game poaching Valerie	$1,000 [13] The language known as Hindi is very close to this official language of Pakistan Urdu Valerie

Double Jeopardy! Round

VOLCANOES	SCREEN PLAYS	THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED	10-LETTER WORDS	MR. T	I PITY THE FOOL
$400 [26] Please excuse this tallest peak in the Cascades--although it is dormant, it still exudes gassy fumes Mount Rainier David	$400 [2] In the '60s, young Martin Sheen starred on Broadway & on film in "The Subject Was" these Roses David	$400 [1] Earn 21 merit badges to qualify as one of these an Eagle Scout Valerie	$400 [7] It's someone who helps carry the coffin at a funeral pallbearer David	$400 [8] In 1975 he was named the first black Anglican dean of Johannesburg Desmond Tutu David	$400 [5] In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this character says, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" Puck Valerie
$800 [27] The most violent volcanic eruptions are classified under the name of this "Elder" Roman naturalist Pliny Anne	$800 [4] John Osborne's 1961 play about this Protestant reformer became a 1974 film starring Stacy Keach Martin Luther David	$800 [3] Eagle chicks are called these eaglets David	$800 [11] Jiminy Cricket acted as this for Pinocchio his conscience David	$800 [10] This Republican served in the Ohio house of representatives from 1921 to 1926 & the U.S. Senate from 1939 to 1953 Robert Taft David	$800 [9] Joyce Kilmer wrote, "Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make" this a tree David
DD $2,000 [28] The name of this sacred mountain is said to be derived from the Ainu word for fire Mount Fuji Anne	$1,200 [6] The 1988 film version of this hit Neil Simon play is seen here Biloxi Blues David	$1,200 [17] Traditionally part-eagle, it's the heraldic emblem seen here the griffin David	$1,200 [20] Oh my darling, it's a variety of small, sweet tangerine clementine Valerie	$1,200 [13] This French statesman served under 7 regimes, including during the French Revolution & under Napoleon Talleyrand Valerie	$1,200 [23] This title character of Spanish literature is called "A muddled fool, full of lucid intervals" Don Quixote Valerie
—	$1,600 [12] "An Ideal Husband" was adapted from an 1895 comedy by this "Earnest" author, definitely not ideal husband material Oscar Wilde David	$1,600 [18] When reused & expanded one of these eagle nests can grow to over 10 feet across an aerie Valerie	$1,600 [21] Person who'd repair your Timex or Seiko watchmaker Anne	$1,600 [15] "Germania" & "Historiae" are major works by this Roman orator & public official Tacitus	$1,600 [24] This book of the Bible says, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit" Proverbs Valerie
—	$2,000 [14] 1933's "Cavalcade", based on a drama--not a comedy--by this urbane British wit, won a Best Picture Oscar Noel Coward Valerie	$2,000 [19] In 1978 the Double Eagle II took a 6-day journey to become the first one of these to cross the Atlantic a helium balloon Valerie	$2,000 [22] Remember Chuck Mangione? Remember this instrument that he plays? the flugelhorn Valerie	DD $1,700 [16] He was among the first students when the St. Petersburg Conservatory opened in 1862 Tchaikovsky Valerie	$2,000 [25] This transcendental essayist wrote "The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool" Emerson David

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE

It contains the line "There stood the Kaatskill Mountains... there was every hill and dale... as it had always been"

"Rip Van Winkle"

Anne "What is Rip Van Winkle?" — wagered $2,600

Valerie "What is theRip Vanthe legend of sleepy hollows?" — wagered $10,300

David "What isthe legend of Sleepy HollowRip Van Winkle?" — wagered $7,001

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