Show #3013 1997-10-08 Regular

Contestants

Phil Ackerman — a law student originally from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Ellen Conlon — a chemist from New Britain, Connecticut

Yolanda Diaz — a financial service representative from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Yolanda	$400	$1,200	$3,400	$799 3rd place: a Magnavox 25" TV & VCR	$3,400 10 R, 1 W
Ellen	$1,500	$3,000	$6,000	$5,199 2nd place: a Caribbean cruise	$6,800 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Phil	$300	$1,600	$3,000	$5,400 New champion: $5,400	$5,000 16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WINGS	HOME IMPROVEMENT	FRIENDS	MEN BEHAVING BADLY	3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN	MAD ABOUT "U"
$100 [16] On Oct. 17, 1977 the U.S. Supreme Court cleared this plane to land at New York's Kennedy Airport Concorde Ellen	$100 [11] After tiling a floor, let the adhesive set before applying this between the tiles grout Yolanda	$100 [1] Carole King wrote "You've Got A Friend" & this man, her friend, sang it & made it a No. 1 hit James Taylor Yolanda	$100 [6] In an 1804 duel Aaron Burr shot this man who had insulted him Hamilton Ellen	$100 [18] This outer part of the Earth shares its name with the outer part of a pie crust Yolanda	$100 [24] What a kid "cries" on the playground to get a bully off his back uncle Phil
$200 [17] The Wright Brothers connected these to the engine with bicycle chains propellers Yolanda	$200 [12] When "hanging" this, be sure to draw a chalk plumb line so that the rolls align properly wallpaper Ellen	$200 [2] He left his friend Michael Eisner at Disney & joined his new friends in Dreamworks SKG Jeffrey Katzenberg Yolanda Phil	$200 [7] During a U.N. Assembly session in 1960 this Soviet premier banged his shoe on a desk Khrushchev Phil	$200 [19] From the Latin for "track", it's the path of the Earth around the Sun orbit Ellen	$200 [25] He usually has the first--& the last--word in a baseball game umpire Phil
$300 [20] The home base for JAL is in this city Tokyo Phil	$300 [13] This type of paint whose resin was once rubber-based is the top choice for most home paint jobs latex Phil	$300 [3] Carrie Fisher is a close friend of this actress who played the main character in "Postcards from the Edge" Meryl Streep Ellen	$300 [8] This public enemy No. 1 bragged that he had escaped from jail using a fake gun carved from wood (John) Dillinger Ellen	$300 [23] This satellite of the Earth is a whopping 2,160 miles in diameter--a lot bigger than it looks the Moon Ellen	$300 [26] "There's no need to fear", he "is here" Underdog Phil
$400 [21] Some say he was inspired by Paul Cini, who hijacked a plane & tried to escape by parachute 2 weeks earlier D.B. Cooper	$400 [14] To prevent drafts around a door frame, install this; spring metal & rolled felt are popular types weather stripping Ellen	$400 [4] Dizzy Gillespie, a close friend & bandmate of this bebop saxophonist, survived him by 38 years Charlie Parker	$400 [9] In 1868 George Hull had this fake "fossil" man buried on an upstate New York farm Cardiff Giant	$400 [30] The highest temperature ever recorded on earth was 136° F. at Al-Aziziyah on this continent Africa Phil	$400 [27] Thomas More's perfect place Utopia Ellen
$500 [22] In 1984 this Richard Branson-owned airline began flying with a fleet of one Virgin Phil	$500 [15] Tools needed to lay this include a knee kicker, power stretcher & trimmer rug (or carpeting) Ellen	$500 [5] This "Designing Women" creator & her husband Harry Thomason became known in 1992 as friends of Bill Clinton Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Ellen	DD $500 [10] (Hi, I'm Rob Schneider.) 2 outlaws who be have d badly were Robert Leroy Parker & Harry Longabaugh, better known as this pair Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Ellen	$500 [29] Some theorize that the Earth once had just one of these, called Panthalassa ocean Phil	$500 [28] This earthly color may be raw or burnt umber Yolanda

Double Jeopardy! Round

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH	HAIL TO THE CHIEF	WILD PARTIES	LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES	1940S TV	ISMs
$200 [26] Wordsworth attended St. John's College at this university but was only a mediocre student Cambridge Ellen	$200 [16] During the 1988 primary campaign, he quipped, "What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?" George Bush Yolanda Ellen	$200 [6] Despite its somnolent name, this kind of party is likely to keep teenagers up all night sleepover (or slumber party) Ellen	$200 [9] If Dan Marino went to San Marino he'd find it surrounded by this country Italy Phil	$200 [21] Martin & Lewis headlined the June 20, 1948 premiere of his really big shew Ed Sullivan Phil	$200 [1] This banishing of demons is part of Catholic baptism exorcism Ellen
$400 [27] During a visit to this country, he had a passionate affair, & a child, with Annette Vallon France Yolanda	$400 [17] Georges Clemenceau said God almighty was satisfied with ten commandments; he requires fourteen points Wilson Phil	$400 [7] A doe party would be the female equivalent of this boisterous bachelor bash stag party Phil	$400 [11] The Danube divides this Magyar country, with the Alfold to the east & Transdanubia to the west Hungary Phil	$400 [22] A commercial from the '40s featured the "men from" this oil company who worked "from Maine to Mexico" Texaco Yolanda	$400 [2] In its strictest sense, it opposes violence even in self-defense pacifism Phil
$600 [28] Dorothy, this relative of his, was such a close companion she even lived with him after his marriage sister	$600 [18] Our heaviest president at 332 pounds, he trimmed down to 244 after he left office in 1913 Taft Ellen	$600 [8] John Belushi & his frat brothers throw a wild toga party in this film, a campus comedy classic (National Lampoon's) Animal House Yolanda	$600 [13] Its capital of Katmandu uses Indian & Chinese ports to receive materials Nepal Phil	$600 [23] Jackie Gleason starred in this series in 1949-50; when it returned in 1953, William Bendix had the lead The Life of Riley Ellen	$600 [3] Critic Roger Fry coined this term for art like Cezanne's, which developed from a previous French style post-impressionism Ellen
$800 [29] Wordsworth was appointed to this post in 1843, succeeding his friend Robert Southey poet laureate Ellen	$800 [19] Although he lost the popular vote to Cleveland in 1888, he won in the electoral college, 233 votes to 168 Benjamin Harrison Ellen	$800 [10] At a 1903 dinner party in a chic N.Y. restaurant, guests ate from feedbags while sitting astride these horses Ellen	$1,000 [15] Timbuktu is the legendary out-of-the-way stop in this landlocked African country Mali	$800 [24] "Time for" this pal of Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent won the 1949 Emmy for Best Children's Show Beany Ellen	$800 [4] Ain't is one of these words that ain't as appropriate in writing as in speaking colloquialism Phil
—	DD $800 [20] In 1900 the GOP claimed his reelection would give people "four years more of the full dinner pail" William McKinley Ellen	$1,000 [12] Edith Head said she helped this "It" girl of the silent screen give a party for the whole USC football team Clara Bow Yolanda	DD $2,000 [14] Landlocked country highlighted here: Paraguay Phil	$1,000 [25] This former Frankenstein monster hosted & acted in a mystery anthology series Boris Karloff	$1,000 [5] It's the practice of preparing for war by retreating to remote areas & storing food & weapons survivalism

Final Jeopardy!

SILENT MOVIES

A special 1996 comic book put Superman in the world of this classic 1926 German film

Metropolis

Phil "What is Metropolis? Hi, [unreadable]" — wagered $2,400

Yolanda "What is?" — wagered $2,601

Ellen "What is Das Boot?" — wagered $801

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