Show #3072 1997-12-30 Regular

Contestants

Andrew Locke — a lawyer from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Elaine Lang — a public relations executive from Vienna, Virginia

Janine Menhennet — a homemaker from Pasadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Janine $400 $1,000 $6,400 $12,400
2-day champion: $23,400
$6,900
18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Elaine $400 $2,000 $4,800 $1
3rd place: Panasonic LCD Palmcorder
$4,800
11 R, 0 W
Andrew $1,900 $4,000 $10,000 $5,000
2nd place: Trip to Sands Resorts, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
$8,000
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL INDIANAPOLIS CELEBRITIES ABBREV. FISH CHIPS
$100 [16]
The Sikorsky Skycrane, this type of aircraft, can lift 10 tons while hovering
helicopter
Andrew
$100 [21]
At Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977 this king of Rock 'n' Roll gave his last live concert
Elvis Presley
Janine
$100 [11]
The screenplay for "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was written by this partner of Gene Siskel
Roger Ebert
Andrew
$100 [1]
You might have to go to awhse(warehouse) to get something this way, whsle
wholesale
Janine
$100 [22]
A freshwater fish's tail, like a marine fish's bill, resembles this weapon, & gives both fish their names
Sword
Elaine
$100 [6]
According to Guinness, a cookie made Oct. 15, 1993 contained over 3 million of these
chocolate chips
Andrew
$200 [17]
This city's subway system, made up of the IRT, BMT & IND, has 238 route miles & 469 stations
New York
Elaine
$200 [27]
The RCA Dome, formerly known as the Hoosier Dome, is this home of this National Football League team
Indianapolis Colts
Janine
$200 [12]
It's love all for Brooke Shields and this tennis star who tied the knot in April of '97
Andre Agassi
Janine
$200 [2]
Theccon an office letter refers back to this now little-used office supply
carbon copy (or carbon paper)
Andrew
$200 [23]
It's a term loosely applied to any small fish, but also to the 2- to 4-foot Colorado squawfish
minnow
$200 [7]
This chip-off-the-old-Flintstone was born February 22, 1963
Pebbles
Janine
$300 [18]
In 1996 this company began leasing electric-powered EV1s through its Saturn dealerships
General Motors
Elaine
$300 [28]
Union Station has a hotel that features these sleeping cars converted into hotel suites
Pullman cars
Janine
$300 [13]
Before starring on "Hill Street Blues" & "NYPD Blue", he was a mailman
Dennis Franz
Andrew
$300 [3]
3-letter abbreviation for a fight stopped by the referee to prevent a disabling injury
TKO
Andrew
$300 [24]
This food fish of the herring family shares its name with a fat-averse nursery rhyme character
sprat
Andrew
$400 [9]
The Las Vegas Hilton has a $100,000 chip for this elegant game; hope you don't say goodbye to that chip, Mister
baccarat
Elaine
$400 [19]
The British SRN 4 type of this machine was designed to ferry people & cars across the English Channel
hovercraft
Andrew
$400 [29]
Crown Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of 3 Vice Presidents & this Public Enemy No. 1
John Dillinger
Andrew
$400 [14]
She's Ben Stiller's famous mom
Anne Meara
Janine
$400 [4]
At the coroner's office in our nation's capital, D.C. is an abbreviation for this document
death certificate
Andrew
$400 [25]
Croakers, named for the noise they make, are also called by the name of this percussion instrument
drumfish
Andrew
DD $500 [8]
(Hello, I'm Kathy Ireland.) It's the chip of choice of Vendela, Naomi Campbell, Miss Piggy & moi
Baked Lays
Janine
$500 [20]
This type of fishing boat drags a large conical net behind it
trawler
Elaine
$500 [30]
The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza is next to the headquarters of this largest veterans' organization
American Legion
Janine
$500 [15]
This actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave is named for the heroine of "War and Peace"
Natasha (Richardson)
Janine Elaine
$500 [5]
Affectionate synonym for father that's an abbreviation for the number of all the people in a country
pop
Andrew
$500 [26]
A Pinellas County, Florida city is named for this fish that often "springs" from the water when hooked
tarpon
Andrew
$500 [10]
It's a microchip integrated circuit that contains organic material
bio-chip

Double Jeopardy! Round

FLICKS POLITICIANS MUSIC MAKERS 1952 TO THE "NTH" DEGREE STATE FAIR SITES
$200 [11]
Marlon Brando played Fletcher Christian to Trevor Howard's Captain Bligh in this 1962 film
Mutiny on the Bounty
Andrew
$200 [21]
In 1990 champion surfer Fred Hemmings lost his bid to become governor of this state
Hawaii
Janine
$200 [16]
He composed the "King Cotton" March in 1897, the same year as "The Stars & Stripes Forever"
John Philip Sousa
Janine
$200 [6]
In February George VI died & this woman was proclaimed Queen by the Privy Council
Elizabeth II
Janine
$200 [1]
Hampton Court in England has an "amazing" one made out of high hedges
a labyrinth
Elaine
$400 [27]
Pueblo
Colorado
Elaine
$400 [12]
In "In Love and War", Chris O'Donnell portrayed this author during WWI
Ernest Hemingway
Andrew
$400 [22]
In 1997 he set a record, becoming the longest-serving senator in U.S. history
Strom Thurmond
Janine
$400 [17]
Though at birth his first name was spelled Fryderyk, he preferred the French spelling Frederic
Chopin
Andrew
$400 [7]
On July 26 this Argentinian first lady succumbed to cancer at age 33
Eva Peron
Janine
$400 [2]
This Ancient Greek city was so wealthy it had its own isthmus
Corinth
Andrew
$600 [26]
Great Falls
Montana
$600 [13]
Humphrey Bogart played an escaped killer in "High Sierra" & a gold prospector in this film
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Janine
$600 [23]
Russell B. Long, who was chairman of the Senate Finance committee from 1966 to 1981, was the son of this politician
Huey Long
Elaine
$800 [19]
This "Hansel und Gretel" composer also wrote incidental music for Shakespeare's plays
Engelbert Humperdinck
Janine
$600 [8]
In November most of the nation liked Ike, but some went "madly" for this Democrat
Adlai Stevenson
Janine
$600 [3]
Since the rediscovery of this ancient fish in 1938, only a few hundred have been caught
coelacanth
Andrew
$800 [28]
Lincoln
Nebraska
Elaine
$800 [14]
At the end of this film, Elaine Robinson, about to be married, runs off with Benjamin Braddock
The Graduate
Andrew
$800 [24]
In 1994 Ted Kennedy's son Patrick was elected to the House from this state, not too far from Mass.
Rhode Island
Elaine
$1,000 [20]
In 1993 Spillville, Iowa celebrated the 100th anniversary of this Czech composer's summer visit there
Dvorak
$800 [9]
In October the British deployed troops to stamp out a rebellion of this secret society in Kenya
the Mau Mau
Andrew
$800 [4]
If you're an architect you may want to base your column on one
plinth
Andrew
DD $2,000 [15]
Multiple Oscar-winning 1966 film seen here:"I die his majesty's good servant, but God's first."
A Man for All Seasons
Andrew
$1,000 [25]
Though he had 250,000 fewer votes than Samuel J. Tilden, he became president in 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
Janine
DD $1,600 [18]
19th century composer whose work is heard here
Wagner
Andrew
$1,000 [10]
In 1952, with a Swiss team, he came within 1,000 feet of the summit of Mount Everest; he reached it in 1953
Tenzing Norgay
Andrew
$1,000 [5]
A violet colour, or a plant in the lily family with spiky flowers
hyacinth
Janine Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

FOOD HISTORY

13th century invading Asian people who brought the idea of eating raw, chopped meat into the Germany area

the Tatars

Elaine "Who were the Mongols" — wagered $4,799
Janine "Who were the Tatars" — wagered $6,000
Andrew "Who were the Huns" — wagered $5,000

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