Show #3919 2001-09-20 (taped 2001-04-25) Regular

Mark Dawson game 5.

Contestants

Eugene Gamblin — a nightclub and restaurant owner from Ronkonkoma, New York

Marisa Prasifka — a stay-at-home mom from Austin, Texas

Mark Dawson — a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $44,399)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $500 $1,600 $7,400 $8,200
5-day champion: $52,599
$6,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Marisa $100 $1,000 $800 $800
2nd place: a trip to Orlando, Florida
$800
8 R, 2 W
Eugene $3,000 $3,100 $4,100 $0
3rd place: a TicketsNow.com gift certificate
$3,000
20 R (including 2 DDs), 9 W

Jeopardy! Round

WE ARE THE WORLD WHAT'S UP, TV DOC? 2000 CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER WHO DUNNIT? FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS
$100 [20]
In 2001 this San Diego aquatic attraction was home to a rare sight, chambered nautilus eggs hatching
Sea World
Marisa
$100 [2]
Neurologist Sean Kenniff was voted off this show on episode 12
Survivor
Mark
$100 [22]
Members of this family won women's singles & doubles titles at Wimbledon
Williams
Mark Eugene
$100 [15]
Besides making light beer, this Milwaukee-based brewery gives the "Tools for Success" to small colleges
Miller
Mark
$100 [10]
"Murder on the Orient Express"
Agatha Christie
Marisa
$100 [1]
The simile "clean as" one of these may come from the need to have a clean one to get a good sound
a whistle
Eugene
$200 [21]
Organization that employs the woman seen here
the World Wrestling Federation
Mark Eugene
$200 [6]
After announcing he was hanging up his stethoscope as Dr. Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder", he took it back
Dick Van Dyke
Eugene
$200 [23]
In June 2000 the top 3 finishers in this Scripps Howard-sponsored competition were home-schooled kids
the (National) Spelling Bee
Mark
$200 [16]
Benjamin Guinness stoutly provided funds for this Irish city's St. Patrick's Cathedral
Dublin
Eugene
$200 [11]
"'O' Is for Outlaw"
(Sue) Grafton
Marisa
$200 [3]
This phrase once meant a Caucasian who could outbox Jack Johnson; later it referred to any promising leader
Great White Hope
Marisa
$300 [28]
Published in 8 volumes in 1917, it went to 22 volumes in 1972, went on a CD-ROM in 1990 & online in 1998
World Book Encyclopedia
Marisa
$300 [7]
The top show of each season from 1985 to 1989 was a sitcom starring this man as a Brooklyn obstetrician
Bill Cosby
Eugene
$300 [24]
Following Ecuador's lead, El Salvador also decided to make this currency legal tender
the (U.S.) dollar
Mark Eugene
$300 [18]
Brewer Michael Bass established orphanages, parks & museums in this country of his birth
England
Mark
$300 [12]
"Farewell, My Lovely"
Raymond Chandler
Eugene
$300 [4]
Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase "captains of" this to mean powerful businessmen
industry
Mark
$400 [29]
This union organized in Chicago in 1905 wanted to overthrow capitalism
the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW or the "Wobblies")
Mark Eugene
$400 [8]
He was Jim Anderson, insurance agent, for 13 years; he was Marcus Welby, M.D. for only 7
Robert Young
Eugene
$400 [25]
This city opened Enron Field for its baseball team, broke ground on a new football stadium & OK'd a basketball arena
Houston
Mark
$400 [19]
Money from the golden nectar was used to start this women's liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York
Vassar
Eugene
$400 [13]
"The First Deadly Sin"
Lawrence Sanders
Marisa
$400 [5]
Meaning "in trouble", the expression "in" this presumably refers to the briny liquid it's made in
a pickle
Eugene
$500 [30]
In 1998 MCI Communications merged with this major company
WorldCom
Marisa
$500 [9]
In 1976 "The Practice" was a medical sitcom with this "Make Room for Daddy" star
Danny Thomas
Eugene
$500 [26]
Found under an old palace, the body of this last emperor of Ethiopia was moved to a tomb with a view
Haile Selassie
Mark
$500 [27]
This Canadian brewer founded in 1786 builds recreational facilities & gives suds & funds to AIDS benefits
Molson
Mark Eugene
$500 [17]
"Devil in a Blue Dress"
Walter Mosley
DD $800 [14]
It now means a person who's an example of something; the original one is seen here
a poster child
Eugene

Double Jeopardy! Round

A BANNER YEAR INTHE NEW YORK TIMES ROBERT REDFORD ROLES THE GOOD BOOK KITCHEN NONESSENTIALS "D" TOUR IF THEY MARRIED...
$200 [22]
Year of the fateful headline seen here
1914
Mark
$200 [2]
Journalist Bob Woodward
All the President's Men
Eugene
$200 [11]
The serpent said that on eating the fruit, "Ye shall be as" these, "knowing good and evil"
gods
Mark Eugene
$200 [4]
The dipper seenhereis to be used with this sticky substance
honey
Eugene
$200 [1]
This nation's regions include Viborg, Ringkobing & Fyn
Denmark
Eugene
$200 [14]
If fictional girl Longstocking married real basketball player Scottie, she'd love this new name
Pippi Pippen
Marisa
$400 [23]
Think back to this year of "Clinton Acquitted Decisively: No Majority for Either Charge"
1999
$400 [3]
Baseball player Roy Hobbs
The Natural
Mark
$400 [12]
Moses begged to "Go over and see the good land that is beyond" this river
the River Jordan
Eugene
$400 [27]
It's what you do to cherries or olives with the item seen here
pit them
Marisa
$400 [7]
Off the coast of French Guiana, it became part of a penal colony in the late 19th century
Devil's Island
Mark
$400 [15]
Ms. Marshall, TV's Laverne, gets hitched to "Mule Train" singer Frankie & becomes...
Penny Laine
Eugene
$600 [24]
November of this year brought the headline seen here
1984
Mark
$800 [6]
Billionaire John Gage
Indecent Proposal
Mark
$600 [19]
In Luke 2, an angel tells a group of these, "I bring you good tidings of great joy"
shepherds
Mark
$600 [28]
Use the item seenhereto remove these from shrimp
the veins
Eugene
$800 [9]
A shipping point for agriculture, this eastern Iowa city is located on the Mississippi River across from Rock Island
Davenport
Mark Eugene
$600 [16]
Actress Clark, an Oscar nominee for "American Graffiti", weds "Cider House Rules" Oscar winner Michael & becomes...
Candy Caine
Eugene
$800 [25]
It was the roaring year of "Lindbergh Does It!" & "Sacco & Vanzetti Put to Death"
1927
Mark
$1,000 [13]
TV news director Warren Justice
Up Close and Personal
Eugene
$800 [20]
According to Proverbs, "A merry" one of these "doeth good like a medicine"
heart
Marisa Eugene
$1,000 [10]
You'll find this African country in the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea
Djibouti
Mark
$800 [17]
"Armageddon"'s Tyler weds "Spartacus" author Howard & takes this name, like a phrase paired with "die young"
Liv Fast
Eugene
$1,000 [26]
Post World War II-year of the headline seen here
1948
Mark
DD $1,400 [5]
Senate hopeful Bill McKay
The Candidate
Eugene
$1,000 [21]
David told Solomon, "Be strong and of good" this; "dread not, nor be dismayed"
courage
DD $1,600 [8]
About 20 miles northwest of Raleigh, this city is also home to North Carolina Central University
Durham
Mark
$1,000 [18]
If Clint's ex Sondra wed "Untouchable" Eliot, hyphenated her name & then wed TV character Herman, she'd be...
Locke-Ness-Munster
Mark Eugene

Final Jeopardy!

ON THE MAP

2 of the 3 countries classified as extending across 2 continents

(2 of) Turkey, Russia, or Egypt

Marisa "What are Russia + C U.S." — wagered $0
Eugene "What Africa + Euroupe" — wagered $4,100
Mark "What are Turkey and Russia" — wagered $800

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