Show #3001 1997-09-22 Regular

Contestants

Jon Bourgault — a law student from Brooklyn, New York

Wendy Middleton — a teacher from Barrie, Ontario Canada

Elizabeth Salinas — a historic interpreter from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elizabeth	$1,800	$3,200	$3,200	$6,400 2nd place: a trip to Almond Beach Club, Barbados	$2,000 15 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Wendy	$500	$2,000	$5,000	$2,399 3rd place: a Meade Model 395 telescope	$5,000 17 R, 3 W
Jon	$1,700	$1,600	$7,600	$10,001 New champion: $10,001	$6,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO	TRANSPORTATION	MOVIE DEBUTS	REALLY LONG RIVERS	GONE FISHING	"ET" AL.
$100 [6] In 1970 the world said "Hello, Goodbye" to this group whose film "Let It Be" documented their breakup The Beatles Elizabeth	$100 [11] French authorities may build another airport for this city already served by Orly & De Gaulle Paris Jon	$100 [1] Bridget Fonda knows this "Easy Rider", her dad, made his film debut in "Tammy and the Doctor" Peter Fonda Elizabeth	$100 [21] While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name the Amazon Elizabeth	$100 [26] Control of thumb pressure & wrist position are keys to this motion that puts the line in the water casting Wendy	$100 [16] Stones do it to tools & smells do it to appetites whet Elizabeth
$200 [7] After it broke up in 1991, 11 of its former republics joined the Commonwealth of Independent States the Soviet Union/U.S.S.R. Jon	$200 [12] The icebreaker "Nathaniel B. Palmer" has carried scientists to study the Ross Sea off this continent Antarctica Jon	$200 [2] This Belgian first flexed his movie muscles in "Missing in Action" with Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme Wendy	$200 [22] Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found the Nile Elizabeth	$200 [27] In catching trout, these insects have largely given way to decanter hooks with the same name flies Wendy	$200 [17] In proofreading it means "don't delete" a stet Wendy
$300 [8] In 1982 this communications giant agreed to divest itself of its Baby Bells AT&T Jon	$300 [13] A new research submarine, Deep Flight I, includes these airplane features turned upside down wings Elizabeth	$300 [3] "Taking Off" was her first film, but her film career really took off when she won an Oscar for "Misery" Kathy Bates Wendy	$300 [23] This Chinese river is really "long" since its alternate name, Chang Jiang, means "long river" the Yangtze Elizabeth Wendy	$300 [28] Varying eye locations identify the blue, flathead & channel types of this bottom feeder catfish Wendy	$300 [18] It can mean a temporary bed or a movers' platform a pallet Elizabeth
$400 [9] In 1938 2 Germans became the first to split this, producing barium & krypton from uranium an atom Elizabeth	$400 [14] Before the 1960s these vehicles that carry the injured were rarely stocked with medical equipment ambulances Jon	$400 [4] This director did the right thing & cast Rosie Perez in her first film, "Do the Right Thing" Spike Lee Elizabeth	$400 [24] During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis the Missouri Jon	$400 [29] It's the type of fishing in which bait or lines are towed behind a boat trawling Wendy	$400 [19] It used to mean to hinder, as in a serve that grazes the net let
$500 [10] Ancient supercontinent that many believe broke up, creating Laurasia & Gondwanaland Pangaea Jon	$500 [15] Fleetwood Enterprises makes these vehicles under the names Jamboree, Pace Arrow & Tioga motor homes/RVs Elizabeth Jon	DD $500 [5] This young director made his feature film debut as an actor in his own movie "Reservoir Dogs" Quentin Tarantino Elizabeth	$500 [25] At Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border, this river is 6 1/2 miles wide the Mekong Wendy	$500 [30] This prized game fish of the Great Lakes is the largest member of the pike family a muskie Wendy	$500 [20] Owners of these pets usually remove the animals' scent glands ferrets Elizabeth

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY	ANIMALS	1996 OLYMPIC WOMEN	AUTHORS	GUERRILLAS IN THE MIST	PEOPLE ON MONEY
$200 [1] This hero's sixth labor involved cleaning the Augean Stables, which were a disgusting mess Hercules Jon	$200 [16] This lizard of the Southwest is the USA's largest poisonous lizard a Gila monster Wendy	$200 [21] When Ghada Shouaa won this 7-event competition, she became Syria's 1st gold medalist in Olympic history the heptathlon Jon	$200 [6] "David Copperfield" is considered his most autobiographical novel Charles Dickens Wendy	$200 [11] Known by this 4-letter name, Josip Broz led the partisan resistance against Hitler in Yugoslavia Tito Wendy	$400 [29] Jesus affirmed this man's right to tribute because his image was on Roman coins Caesar Jon
$400 [2] Jason spurned her for a king's daughter named Creusa Medea Wendy	$400 [17] It's the only living mammal in the order Proboscidea an elephant Elizabeth Wendy	$400 [22] Dominique Moceanu's parents came from this country, like her coach, Bela Karolyi Romania Jon	$400 [7] He wrote his 1982 novel "The Running Man" under the pseudonym Richard Bachman Stephen King Elizabeth	$400 [12] Subcomandante Marcos leads this Mexican group named for another guerrilla leader Zapatistas Jon	$600 [28] Recent Fr. coins commemorated this art form, with pictures of Gaumont, Renoir, Lumiere & Montand movie making Elizabeth Wendy Jon
$600 [3] This Roman god of sowing & harvesting had a planet named for him Saturn Wendy	$600 [18] This mollusk, also called a devilfish, may inject a poison to paralyze prey an octopus	$600 [23] 6' 5" Lisa Leslie of this gold medal-winning U.S. team is also centered on a modeling career women's basketball Wendy	$600 [8] The success of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" allowed him to quit the foreign office to write full time John le Carré Jon	$600 [13] Ethan Allen first led this band of Vermonters against the government of New York the Green Mountain Boys Jon	$800 [27] This man, president during 2 Black Friday financial panics, is on the $50 bill Ulysses S. Grant Elizabeth Jon
$800 [4] In Norse myth, this god known for his trickery is the father of Hel, goddess of the underworld Loki Wendy	$800 [19] The fur of this aquatic rodent has been sold as "Hudson seal" a muskrat Elizabeth Jon	$800 [24] The first women's Olympic gold medal in this, the world's most popular team sport, went to the U.S. team soccer Jon	$800 [9] This author of "The Cardinal Sins" was ordained a Catholic priest in 1954 Andrew Greeley Jon	$1,000 [15] In January 1997 this Chechen capital was renamed in honor of rebel leader Dzhokhar Dudayev Grozny Jon	DD $2,200 [26] That's Count Voltaon a bill worth 10,000 of these monetary units: Italian lira Elizabeth
$1,000 [5] This youth was so handsome he was carried off to Mt. Olympus to serve as cupbearer to the gods Ganymede Elizabeth Wendy	$1,000 [20] A toad named for this small South American country carries its eggs on the skin of its back Suriname	$1,000 [25] Time called her "The best woman distance swimmer the world has ever seen" in a story headlined "One Last Splash" Janet Evans Elizabeth	$1,000 [10] This author of the "Kent Family Chronicles" wrote mystery novels under the pen name Alan Payne John Jakes	DD $2,000 [14] After the Cuban revolution, this Argentine wrote a manual on guerrilla warfare Ernesto "Che" Guevara Jon	—

Final Jeopardy!

FOOD & DRINK HISTORY

Its original name meant "bitter water" & it was made palatable to Europeans after the Spaniards added sugar

chocolate

Elizabeth "What is chocolate?" — wagered $3,200

Wendy "What was aqua vita?" — wagered $2,601

Jon "What is chocolate?" — wagered $2,401

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