Show #3917 2001-09-18 (taped 2001-04-25) Regular

Mark Dawson game 3.

Contestants

Suzanne Fatta — a graduate student from Somerville, Massachusetts

Sam Keen — a college student from College Station, Texas

Mark Dawson — a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,198)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $1,800 $5,200 $9,400 $15,401
3-day champion: $40,599
$9,000
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Sam $-200 $-200 $1,800 $2
3rd place: a Vocopro digital karaoke machine
$1,800
9 R, 2 W
Suzanne $1,500 $2,700 $7,700 $3,601
2nd place: a trip to Las Vegas
$6,700
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALL IN THE FAMILY EMOTIONS THEY WROTE FORBRITANNICA TRUSTY SIDEKICKS LEGAL BRIEFS FAKING IT
$100 [11]
This general term for any small fish also refers to the largest fish family, including carp, & to Gilligan's boat
minnow
Suzanne
$100 [6]
As well as a "road" type, there's a "roid" type of this, aggression fueled by steroids
rage
Sam
$100 [21]
Couched in the 13th edition was Britannica's first article on psychoanalysis & it was written by this expert
Freud
Sam
$100 [25]
Mini-Me, a 2'8" clone
Dr. Evil
Mark
$100 [16]
The collection of laws abbreviated U.S.C. is the United States this
code
Mark Sam
$100 [1]
A little lie of this color is not intended to cause any harm
white
Sam
$200 [12]
The rock & largemouth black types of this are both in the sunfish family
bass
Mark
$200 [7]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers delivers the clue.) Just because your man flirts with an attractive blonde at a party, don't give in to this emotion--he's probably just circulating
jealousy
Suzanne
$200 [22]
As he found the time to write an article in 1926, Britannica found space for it under "space-time"
Einstein
Suzanne
$200 [26]
Timon, a movie & TV meerkat
Pumbaa
Suzanne
$200 [17]
To lawmen "perp" is short for this person
the perpetrator
Mark
$200 [2]
To deceive someone is to "pull" this material "over the eyes"
wool
Suzanne
$300 [13]
It's the nondeadly member of the nightshade family seen here
an eggplant
Suzanne
$300 [8]
From the Greek for "healthy", it's a feeling of great happiness or well-being
euphoria
Mark
$300 [23]
In a 1929 bio on his brother Wilbur, he wrote that in 1890 Wilbur joined him in publishing a newspaper
(Orville) Wright
Suzanne
$300 [27]
Sherman, a time traveling cartoon boy
Mr. Peabody
Mark
$300 [18]
This old British court of Common Law was abbreviated Q.B. or K.B., depending
Queen's Bench (or King's Bench)
Mark
$300 [3]
To bluff, not just at cards, wear this "face"
a poker face
Suzanne
$400 [14]
The tallest flying birds are members of this family
the crane
Mark Sam
$400 [9]
Something lowly may be "beneath" this synonym for "disdain"
contempt
Mark
$400 [24]
T.E. Lawrence's article on this type of warfare notes its name is the Spanish diminutive of "war"
guerrilla warfare
Mark
$400 [30]
Cecil, a seasick sea serpent
Beany
$500 [20]
It's the H.L.R. first published in 1887
the Harvard Law Review
Suzanne
$400 [4]
The title of Spike Lee's 2000 joint, it means cheated by trickery
Bamboozled
Suzanne
$500 [15]
This member of the cat family is now available in regular, snowy & clouded varieties
the leopard
Mark
$500 [10]
The fourth of FDR's "Four Freedoms" is freedom from this
fear
Mark
$500 [28]
In the 13th edition, the article on socialism signed G.B.S. was written by him
(George Bernard) Shaw
Mark
$500 [29]
Lennie, a lover of mice & rabbits
George
Mark
DD $1,000 [19]
This official is the head of the United States D.O.J.
the Attorney General
Mark
$500 [5]
An offstage area where prompters whispered lines to actors gave us this phrase for impromptu performing
winging it
Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,THE NEW YORK TIMES THE OSCARS MODERN CONVENIENCES LOTS OF ELBOW ROOM "E.T." PHONE HOME!
$200 [16]
This was the price of Volume I, No. 1 on Sept. 18, 1851; subscribers probably wanted a discount anyway
a penny
Suzanne
$200 [1]
One of the 2 films for which Barbra Streisand has won an Oscar
Funny Girl (or A Star is Born )
Sam
$200 [21]
The EPA tells yard owners that using a push instead of a power type of this can save 80 pounds of emissions a year
a lawn mower
Suzanne
$200 [26]
This island has less than 1 person per square mile; Godthaab, its largest city, has fewer than 15,000 people
Greenland
Suzanne
$200 [10]
In a European capital, it stands 984 feet high
the Eiffel Tower
Sam
$200 [5]
Elvis Presley, phone home to this mansion, your last residence; someone stepped on your blue suede shoes!
Graceland
Sam
$400 [17]
In 1904, the paper moved to this area now named for it & later cleaned up by Disney & Rudy
Times Square
Sam
$400 [2]
This 2000 love story that won 4 Oscars is the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mark
$400 [28]
In the 1870s Mary Potts filled a "pressing" need by putting a handle on this object
an iron
Sam
$400 [27]
Surrounded by 2 populous countries, Russia & China, it only has 4 people per square mile
Mongolia
Mark
$400 [11]
A paperless reservation for air travel
an e-ticket (or an electronic ticket)
Mark
$400 [6]
Biblical prophet Joseph, phone home! This man, your father, needs your investment advice
Jacob
$600 [18]
2-word name for the section with headlines about "Clues to the Cosmos" & "Plants as Pollution Sponges"
"Science Times"
$600 [3]
In 1973, "The Godfather" won Best Picture, while this musical won 8 Oscars
Cabaret
$600 [22]
Common term for a hanging grid that kills bugs by electrocution
a zapper
Mark
$600 [30]
Althings considered, this North Atlantic country has 7 people per square mile
Iceland
Mark
$600 [12]
In 1945this Hungarian-born physicist helped construct the first atomic bomb
Edward Teller
Mark
$600 [7]
Major John Andre, phone home! This American traitor just called trying to warn you!
Benedict Arnold
Sam
$800 [19]
The Times' 1946 coverage of its first session added an "O" to the initials familar today
the U.N. (United Nations)
Suzanne
DD $600 [4]
Followed by several sequels, this 1970 film was the first modern disaster movie nominated for Best Picture
Airport
Mark
$800 [29]
Images on the PC are at your "finger"tips with these, like Sony's Mavica & Nikon's Coolpix
digital cameras
$800 [24]
The people are spread pretty thin in this country that was formerly Dutch Guiana
Suriname
Mark
$800 [13]
It's a small projection on the beak of a baby bird to help it break out of its shell
an egg tooth
Suzanne
$800 [8]
Hideki Tojo, phone home! This man, your emperor, is trying to reach you
Hirohito
Suzanne
$1,000 [20]
This New York Times editor married to Margaret Truman had a biblical last name
Clifton Daniel
$1,000 [15]
This 3-time Oscar winner won his third Academy Award for playing Judge Roy Bean in "The Westerner"
Walter Brennan
Mark
$1,000 [25]
A crumb-collecting box with a hinged lid is called the "silent" type of this servant
butler
Mark
$1,000 [23]
The Tswana make up about half the sparse population of this African country
Botswana
DD $2,000 [14]
A disputed part of Indonesia, its capital is Dili
East Timor
Suzanne
$1,000 [9]
Hey, you in thepicture! Phone home to this plantation where you lived the last 8 years of your life
the Hermitage
Mark

Final Jeopardy!

THE STOCK EXCHANGE

With over 20,000 stores worldwide, it began trading on the NYSE in July 2000 under the symbol SE

7-Eleven

Sam "What is Starbucks?" — wagered $1,798
Suzanne "What is Sears?" — wagered $4,099
Mark "What isSearsSeven Eleven" — wagered $6,001

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