Show #3242 1998-10-13 (taped 1998-08-12) Regular

Melizza Zygmunt game 4.

Contestants

Miles Madorin — an attorney from Golden, Colorado

Judy Squires — a secretary originally from Galesburg, Illinois

Melizza Zygmunt — a stay-at-home mom from Valparaiso, Indiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $23,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Melizza	$1,100	$2,300	$7,500	$399 4-day champion: $23,599	$7,100 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Judy	$0	$2,000	$5,800	$0 3rd place: JBL Harmony Stereo System	$6,300 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Miles	$500	$1,700	$7,300	$300 2nd place: Trip to Marco Island Marriott Resort & Golf Club, Florida	$7,300 20 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSIC & LITERATURE	WACKY PRODUCTS	LAKES & RIVERS	LANGUAGES	WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?	I DUNNO
$100 [6] "Rip-Rip" is a comic opera about this sleepy head who killed time in the Catskills Rip Van Winkle Miles	$100 [7] The product seen here began its zillion-dollar destiny when introduced by Wham-O in this decade (hula hoop) 1950s Miles	$100 [26] Even though it's the world's second longest river, it still has the world's largest drainage basin Amazon Melizza Miles	$100 [1] The standard form of this language developed from that spoken in Amsterdam & nearby cities Dutch Miles	$100 [12] In 1988 Michael Crawford picked up a Tony for playing the masked title role in this musical Phantom of the Opera Melizza	$100 [19] Alicia Silverstone's 1995 breakthrough film "Clueless" Melizza
$200 [13] This "Messiah" composer set Dryden's poem "Ode For St. Cecilia's Day" to music George F. Handel Judy	$200 [8] It's the wacky, but useful product, in use here ("applause" to turn on the lamp) The Clapper Melizza	$200 [27] The Aare, originating in the Bern canton, is a major river of this country Switzerland Miles	$200 [2] The Finnish national anthem, "Our Land", is "Maame" in Finnish & "Vart Land" in this other official language Swedish Melizza Miles	$200 [15] The title of this category comes from an oft-said phrase on this classic radio & TV show The Lone Ranger Judy	$200 [20] "To draw" this is said to have originally referred to a non-winning lottery ticket A blank Miles
$400 [24] Bernard Naylor adapted her "Sonnets from the Portuguese" for voice & string quartet Elizabeth Barrett Browning Melizza	$300 [9] If you're lonely, this animal might be perfect for you (ceramic cat that grows hair) Chia Pet Melizza	$300 [28] Rising in the Black Forest, it's the second longest river in Europe Danube Melizza Miles	$300 [3] Among the many dialects of this language are Maine, Gallo & Bourbonnais French Melizza	$300 [16] In film he's donned the Riddler's mask & the title mask in "The Mask" Jim Carrey Miles	$300 [21] This phrase for a mind with no empirical knowledge is Latin for "scraped tablet" Tabula rasa Miles
$500 [25] This John Bunyan work inspired the one-act opera "The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains" Pilgrim's Progress Melizza	$400 [10] Banned from use in some parades, it's the alliterative name of the wacky product in use here (sprayed out of a can) Silly String Melizza Miles	$400 [29] You can take a high road or a low road to this, the largest lake in Scotland Loch Lomond Judy	$400 [4] This major language of the Canary Islands is spoken with what has been called a slight Andalusian accent Spanish Melizza	$400 [17] The woman seen here fell for & dueled with this masked man in a 1998 film (Catherine Zeta-Jones) Zorro Judy	$400 [22] Shakespeare wrote, "There is no darkness but" this; having it "of the law is no excuse" Ignorance Melizza
DD $700 [14] Franz Liszt's symphony based on this work includes the movements "Inferno" & "Purgatorio" The Divine Comedy Judy	$500 [11] Japanese term for the "egg" seen here Tamagotchi Miles	$500 [30] This lake in Manitoba, Ontario & Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake Lake of the Woods Judy Miles	$500 [5] Of Latvian, Lithuanian, or Estonian, the language not closely related to the other 2 Estonian Judy Miles	$500 [18] A newswire reported this singer, disguised as an Arab woman, shopping in a Munich toy store Michael Jackson Miles	$500 [23] In the Iran-Contra affair, George Bush was "out of" this, like a Chicago suburbanite The Loop Judy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION	1890s TECHNOLOGY	PEOPLE WITH MUPPET NAMES	GUEST EDITORS	THE BLUES	MYTHOLOGICAL CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
$200 [1] Per Article II Luke Perry can become president in 2001, since he'll be this age 35 Melizza	$200 [6] The collaboration between this man & W.K.L. Dickson led to the production of the kinetoscope in 1894 Thomas Edison Miles	$200 [21] Elmo Lincoln was the 1st to play this film character as an adult; he was later played by Weissmuller Tarzan Judy	$200 [22] This Tibetan's resume includes: 1992 - Guest Editor, French Vogue; 1989 - Nobel Peace Prize Dalai Lama Miles	$200 [14] In the 1940s Bobby "Blue" Bland & B.B. King were in the Beale Streeters, a blues group in this city Memphis Judy	$200 [11] "Touch"y golden guy(5) King Midas Judy
$400 [2] The president has the power to make these agreements, "provided two-thirds of the senators present concur" Treaties Judy	$400 [7] It was discovered that these, which share their name with insect parts, improved radio reception Antennas Miles	$400 [23] A host of "Break the Bank", he's best known as the former singing host of the Miss America pageant Bert Parks Melizza	$800 [28] For its Christmas 1993 issue, French Vogue tapped this South African leader to guest edit Nelson Mandela Miles	$400 [15] This blues empress' "Down Hearted Blues" sold 780,000 copies, restoring the ailing Columbia Records Bessie Smith Judy	$400 [12] Quicksilvermessenger(7) Mercury Judy
$600 [3] Article 3 may have soothed the Arnolds by saying this crime doesn't taint the offender's family treason Judy Miles	$600 [8] Whitcomb Judson's "clasp locker" of 1893 was this fastener's forerunner Zipper Melizza	$600 [24] In 1945's "The Story Of G.I. Joe", Burgess Meredith played this war correspondent Ernie Pyle Judy	$1,000 [27] The October 1996 issue of England's Prima was edited by this prime minister's wife, Cherie Tony Blair Miles	$600 [16] Sonny Terry played this instrument, also called the blues harp, in a whooping style Harmonica	$600 [13] Hair today, snakes tomorrow(6) Medusa Miles
$800 [4] The name of this tax regulated by the 24th Amendment doesn't refer to voting; it's a synonym for head Poll tax Miles	$1,000 [10] Edward Acheson failed when he tried to form these, but he did create carborundum Diamonds Melizza	$800 [25] In 1998 Liam Neeson portrayed this Victorian author's downfall in Broadway's "The Judas Kiss" Oscar Wilde Judy	—	DD $1,000 [17] McKinley Morganfield played in a creek as a child & was given this nickname "Muddy Waters" Judy	$800 [19] Jason pulled the wool over her eyes(5) Medea Melizza
$1,000 [5] The Constitution uses this 3-word Latin term for laws banning an action retroactively Ex post facto Miles	DD $1,200 [9] By 1897 this German had perfected his alternative to the Otto gasoline engine Rudolf Diesel Melizza	$1,000 [26] Singer Bill Withers & this saxophonist had a hit with 1981's "Just The Two Of Us" Grover Washington, Jr.	—	$1,000 [18] Said to have sold his soul to the Devil for his guitar skills, he recorded only 29 songs & died at age 27 Robert Johnson Judy	$1,000 [20] Helen's hubby(8) Menelaus Melizza

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

In 1999 these related events will occur on Tuesday, February 16 & Sunday, April 4

Mardi Gras & Easter

Judy "What Presidents" — wagered $5,800

Miles "What are Lent & Easter" — wagered $7,000

Melizza "What is Easter & Ash" — wagered $7,101

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