Show #4139 2002-09-05 (taped 2002-06-10) Regular

Myron Meyer sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $50,000.

Contestants

Myron Meyer — a scheduling coordinator from Owatonna, Minnesota

Mary Sue Hoban — a marketing and strategy consultant from Belmont, Massachusetts

Alba Caraceni — a newswriter and editor from Queens, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alba	$1,800	$3,200	$-2,000	$-2,000 3rd place: $1,000	$9,600 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Mary Sue	$-800	$0	$2,000	$1 2nd place: $2,000	$2,000 6 R, 4 W
Myron	$3,400	$11,600	$39,000	$50,000 New champion: $50,000	$23,000 27 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROCKS & MINERALS	ROLLING STONES HITS IN OTHER WORDS	INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	CHILDREN'S LIT	SUBURBIA	SPORTS BEATING TERMS
$200 [21] Kaolin, a pure type of this potter's material, is formed when feldspar decomposes clay Alba	$200 [1] 1971:"Untamed Equines" "Wild Horses" Alba	$200 [16] November 19 is Prince Rainier day in this principality Monaco Mary Sue	$200 [6] In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", the factory is staffed by these pygmies Oompa Loompas Myron	$200 [26] The original "Drew Carey Show" theme song was "Moon Over Parma", a suburb of this city Cleveland Myron	$200 [11] This synonym for "interred" is what the Dogs did to the Bones, 119-30 buried Alba
$400 [22] Of basalt, schist & obsidian, the one not an igneous rock schist	$400 [2] 1969:"Cheap Nightclub Babes" "Honky Tonk Women"	$400 [17] This nationalist & nonviolent leader's October 2 birthday is a revered holiday in India Mahatma Gandhi Myron	$400 [7] He illustrated Else Minarik's "Little Bear" books as well as his own "Where the Wild Things Are" Maurice Sendak Myron	$400 [27] Long a suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth, it shares its name with a suburb of Washington, D.C. Arlington Mary Sue Myron	$400 [12] "Tool" term for the way the Mallets beat the Pegs, 49-8 hammered Alba
$600 [23] Also called white mica, its name sounds like an inhabitant of the Russian capital muscovite Myron	$600 [3] 1965:"Remove Yourself From The Water Vapor Mass That Belongs To Me" "Get Off Of My Cloud" Alba	$600 [18] Liberation Day in Cuba, January 1, celebrates independence from this country in 1899 Spain Myron	$600 [8] This fairy tale was published in 1697 under the French title "La belle au bois dormant" "Sleeping Beauty" Myron	$600 [28] Whitefish Bay, on Lake Michigan, is a suburb of this Wisconsin city Milwaukee Alba	$600 [13] Meaning "equalized" or "made flat & even", it's what the Rollers did to the Driveways, 31-5 levelled Alba Mary Sue Myron
$1,000 [25] You may be "board" to know that this natural abrasive is second only to diamonds in hardness emery Myron	$800 [4] 1968:"Leapin' Knave Lightburst" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Myron	$800 [19] This French holiday falls on July 14 Bastille Day Alba	$800 [9] In 1939 she published "The World Is Round" about a child named Rose... is a rose... is a rose... Gertrude Stein Myron	$800 [29] As in an album title, a lotta rap came "Straight Outta" this L.A. suburb Compton Myron	$800 [14] This type of varnishing is what the Restorers did to the Cabinets, 11-2 shellacked Mary Sue Myron
DD $5,000 [24] When scratched against a surface, hematite leaves this color streak red Myron	$1,000 [5] 1978:"Load Bearing Animal" "Beast Of Burden" Mary Sue Myron	$1,000 [20] Iran's Revolution Day, February 11, celebrates his 1979 overthrow the Shah Alba	$1,000 [10] Popular books by this author include "Ramona the Pest" & "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" (Beverly) Cleary Myron	$1,000 [30] In 1814 steam ferry service made these NYC "Heights" the world's first commuter suburb Brooklyn Heights Mary Sue	$1,000 [15] From the Latin for "dust", it's what the Jackhammers did to the Boulders, 16-0 pulverized Alba

Double Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "R"	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	WOULD YOU BELIEVE?	KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS	HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIES	ALL I WANT FOR ISTHMUS
$400 [1] Nice, Cannes & St. Tropez are in this French resort area the Riviera Myron	$400 [17] The war began during Thomas Gage's tenure as the last British governor of this colony Massachusetts Mary Sue	$400 [12] A pessimist says we're in the worst universe & we're all doomed; this antonymic person believes just the opposite optimist Myron	$400 [3] Department store merchant James Cash... J.C. Penney Mary Sue	$400 [8] "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" Casablanca Alba	$400 [26] This country's states of Chiapas & Tabasco are connected to Oaxaca & Veracruz by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Mexico Myron
$800 [2] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from FBI Headquarters in Washington.) Known as this, the grooves cut into the barrel help investigators match a bullet to a gun the rifling Mary Sue	$800 [18] John Glover & his marines, using borrowed boats rowed troops across this river on Christmas, 1776 the Delaware Alba	$800 [22] Pantheists say the universe & this are identical; by definition, atheists don't believe in it at all God Myron	$800 [4] Financier John Pierpont... J.P. Morgan Alba	$800 [13] "Nobody gets the best of Fred C. Dobbs!" Treasure of the Sierra Madre Myron	$800 [27] This isthmus was explored by Columbus in 1502 & crossed by Balboa in September 1513 Isthmus of Panama Alba
$1,200 [9] Many icebergs are birthed in this sea between Victoria Land & Marie Byrd Land the Ross Sea Myron	$1,200 [19] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds some lamps.) On the night of April 18, 1775, in Boston's Old North Church, it's what Robert Newman signalled like this the British were coming Myron	$1,200 [23] From the Greek for "pleasure", this -ism puts pleasure at the top of the to-do list hedonism Alba	$1,200 [5] Behaviorist Burrhus Frederic... B.F. Skinner Alba	$1,600 [15] "I don't lose arguments aboard my ship" The Caine Mutiny Alba	$1,600 [29] At about 40 miles in width, the Isthmus of Kra in southwest Thailand lies on this peninsula's narrowest part the Malay Peninsula
$1,600 [10] Italian river that made Caesar cross the Rubicon Myron	$1,600 [20] James Armistead, a slave who served as a spy for this Frenchman, took his name after the war Lafayette Myron	$1,600 [24] Pythagoras taught that there's a dualism between the body & this the mind (the soul) Alba	$1,600 [6] Humorist Sidney Joseph... S.J. Perelman Myron	$2,000 [16] "One Rocco more or less isn't worth dying for" Key Largo	$2,000 [30] To travel from this country's mainland to Sevastapol in the Crimea, traverse the Isthmus of Perekop Ukraine Alba
$2,000 [11] A large circular one made of stained glass sits above the west facade of Reims Cathedral a rose window Mary Sue	$2,000 [21] Ebenezer Denny wrote a famous description of the British surrender in October 1781 at this battle site Yorktown Myron	$2,000 [25] Empiricism says you gain knowledge through this & creative idealism says there's nothing beyond one's own experience Myron	$2,000 [7] Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis... M.C. Escher Myron	DD $13,000 [14] "It'll be you at the tiller and me at the engine, just like it was from the start" The African Queen Myron	DD $11,600 [28] Africa & Asia are joined by this isthmus that separates the Red Sea & the Mediterranean Sea Suez Alba

Final Jeopardy!

TECHNOLOGY

After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt"

television

Mary Sue "What is the telephone?" — wagered $1,999

Myron "What is television?" — wagered $11,000

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