Show #2953 1997-06-04 (taped 1997-01-28) Regular

Wes Ulm game 1.

Contestants

Wes Ulm — a medical student from Alexandria, Virginia

Ellen Simmons — a marketing consultant from Warwick, Rhode Island

Stephen Heuser — an editor and writer from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stephen	$200	$700	$2,500	$500 3rd place: Service Merchandise $1,000 Gift Certificate	$2,500 7 R, 0 W
Ellen	$800	$2,700	$5,100	$1,100 2nd place: Trip to Mexico City & Ixtapa	$5,100 12 R, 0 W
Wes	$2,200	$4,100	$19,200	$17,200 New champion: $17,200	$18,000 39 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	MONEY TALK	QUOTABLE WOMEN	TALL TALES	CARS	ON "MY" TV
$100 [6] Carson City, the capital of this western state, is named for Kit Carson Nevada Ellen	$100 [18] It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse Alimony Wes	$100 [2] Sappho once wrote, "No" this sweet "for me, if it comes with a bee" Honey Wes	$100 [23] This logger's griddle was so big it had to be greased by men skating with bacon on their feet Paul Bunyan Stephen	$100 [1] This international automaker opened a U.S. plant in 1978 to build Rabbits Volkswagen Ellen	$100 [26] Mike, Robbie & Chip to Steve Douglas "My Three Sons" Stephen
$200 [7] It's Alabama's first permanent European settlement as well as its only seaport Mobile Stephen	$200 [20] It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim Ransom Wes	$200 [10] "One cannot have too large a party" is a line from her novel "Emma" Jane Austen Wes	$200 [13] Some of the tales about this Tennessee congressman were spread by his Whig allies Davy Crockett Ellen	$200 [4] In 1949 Chrysler pioneered starting a car with one of these rather than by pushing a button Ignition key Wes	$200 [30] In this series Staci Keanan had a pair of possible fathers played by Paul Reiser & Greg Evigan "My Two Dads" Wes
$300 [3] Utah's Uinta Range is the only major range of these mountains in the contiguous 48 states that runs east & west Rocky Mountains Wes	$300 [22] Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money Greed (Avarice) Wes	$300 [12] "We fluctuate long between love & hatred before we can arrive at a happy tranquility", she wrote to Abelard Heloise Wes	$300 [16] Stormalong's soapy ship squeezed through the English Channel, leaving these cliffs clean & white White Cliffs of Dover Wes	$300 [9] In 1968 a U.S. postage stamp was issued commemorating this automaker's 105th birthday Henry Ford Wes	$300 [27] Claire Danes won high acclaim for this low-rated 1994 series "My So-Called Life" Stephen
$400 [5] This state's least populous county, Grand Isle, lies mostly within Lake Champlain Vermont Ellen Wes	$400 [25] It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a government to a scientist to "cary" on with research Grant Wes	$400 [14] Someone spied this dancer saying, "Life is an illusion" as she prepared to meet the firing squad Mata Hari Wes	$400 [19] Annie Christmas, who unloaded boats in this Louisiana city, could carry a barrel of flour under each arm New Orleans Wes	$400 [11] Though the gov't considers it a truck, Motor Trend named this Dodge family vehicle 1996 "Car of the Year" Caravan Wes	$400 [28] The story of a boy, Ken McLaughlin, & his horse, whose name is in the title "My Friend Flicka" Ellen
$500 [8] Chief cities on the banks of this Hudson River tributary include Rome, Utica & Schenectady Mohawk River	$500 [24] From a Latin word for "booty", it's the payment you make to keep your booty insured Premium Ellen	$500 [17] "If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent", said this "Now, Voyager" star Bette Davis Ellen	$500 [21] This "King of the Keelboatmen" boasted of being half-horse & half-alligator Mike Fink	DD $400 [15] GM division named for the son of a Swiss clockmaker Chevrolet Wes	$500 [29] Uncle Martin to Tim O'Hara "My Favorite Martian" Ellen

Double Jeopardy! Round

19TH CENTURY PORTUGAL	FATHERLY NICKNAMES	OPERA	AUTHORS	POTPOURRI	WORLD "C"ITIES
$200 [1] In 1877, a few years before his famous tower, he built a steel arch bridge over the Douro River in Portugal Gustave Eiffel Wes	$200 [23] "The Father of the Phonograph" Thomas Edison Wes	$200 [16] The role of Scrooge is sung by a baritone in this Thea Musgrave opera "A Christmas Carol" Wes	$200 [26] She taught Black Studies at Jackson State College before she wrote "The Color Purple" Alice Walker Wes	$200 [27] Grown in the northeast U.S., the round white or Katahdin type of this tuber is excellent for boiling Potato Stephen	$200 [25] Strolling on the palm-lined Promenade de la Croisette is a must in this French film festival town Cannes Wes
$400 [10] In May 1898 Portugal celebrated the 400th anniversary of this explorer's arrival in India Vasco da Gama Wes	$400 [12] This Frenchman was "The Father of Bacteriology" Louis Pasteur Wes	$400 [15] This Richard Strauss comic opera is named for Octavian, a young cavalier "Der Rosenkavalier" Ellen	$400 [3] In 1928 Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, a Transylvanian village in this country Romania Wes	$400 [29] This computer maker's NASDAQ symbol is AAPL, not MAC Apple Wes	$400 [14] The government of the state of West Bengal lives in the Raj Dhavan, or Government House, in this city Calcutta Wes
$600 [9] This British army leader put the boot to the French in Portugal in 1808 Wellington Ellen	$600 [18] Secretaries take note: he's "The Father of Modern Shorthand", not Isaac Pitman John Robert Gregg Stephen	$600 [2] This Mussorgsky opera was first performed at the Met in 1913 with Adamo Didur as Boris "Boris Godunov" Wes	$600 [5] Published in 1915, "The 'Genius' " is a semi-autobiographical novel by this author of "Sister Carrie" Theodore Dreiser Wes	$600 [24] Huitzilopochtli was the war & sun god of this civilization Aztecs Ellen	$800 [20] It's the largest city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Wes
$800 [4] In an 1887 treaty, China recognized Portugal's sovereignty over this territory west of Hong Kong Macao Ellen	$800 [19] This ancient Greek playwright is the "Father of Comedy" Aristophanes Wes	$800 [6] Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" deals with the events around this massacre The St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre Wes	$800 [11] This author of "The Alexandria Quartet" was the elder brother of zoologist & writer Gerald Durrell Lawrence Durrell Wes	$800 [28] This president's 1961 farewell address warned of the influence of "The Military-Industrial Complex" Dwight D. Eisenhower Wes	$1,000 [22] This city on South Island is named for a college at Oxford University Christchurch Wes
$1,000 [7] When Napoleon threatened Portugal in 1807, the royal family fled to this country Brazil Wes	$1,000 [21] "The Father of Bluegrass Music"; he passed away in 1996 Bill Monroe Wes	DD $1,400 [8] He wrote both text & music for his 3-act opera "Tristan And Isolde" Richard Wagner Wes	$1,000 [13] This author of "The Moonstone" was named for his father's friend Sir David Wilkie Wilkie Collins Wes	$1,000 [30] With a fan that circulates hot air, this type of oven cooks 25% faster than conventional ovens Convection oven Stephen	DD $1,500 [17] The Coptic Museum in this city is noted for its collection of ancient Coptic textiles Cairo Wes

Final Jeopardy!

ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST

Added to the list in 1997 were the Quino Checkerspot & Laguna Mountains Skipper, types of these

Butterflies

Stephen "What is a pupfish?" — wagered $2,000

Ellen "What are lizards?" — wagered $4,000

Wes "What are leopards?" — wagered $2,000

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