Show #3246 1998-10-19 (taped 1998-09-01) Regular

Contestants

Dave Pedersen — a product manager from Hermosa Beach, California

Judie Cole — an administrative assistant from Quincy, Massachusetts

Tammy Talpas — an engineering secretary originally from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tammy $1,200 $3,400 $7,200 $11,601
2-day champion: $19,402
$7,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Judie $1,600 $1,800 $5,800 $10,801
2nd place: Trip to Marriott's Marco Island Resort & Golf Club, Florida
$5,800
14 R, 1 W
Dave $-100 $1,400 $3,600 $7,200
3rd place: Trip for 2 on Amtrak
$3,600
15 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA ARTSY FILMS SHIPS ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES KING KRAZY "QUEEN" FOR A DAY
$100 [3]
This author's brother, Henry Ward Beecher, was involved in a sex scandal in 1874
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dave
$100 [16]
Playing an artist in this film earned Greg Kinnear an Oscar nomination
As Good as It Gets
Dave
$100 [9]
On July 21, 1997 this "old" ship celebrated the 200th anniversary of its launch by sailing into Boston harbor
the Constitution ("Old Ironsides")
Dave
$100 [26]
SAY CURSE, New York
Syracuse
Tammy
$100 [18]
Thismulti-decade movie star is Skull Island's favorite son
King Kong
Dave
$100 [1]
In Wonderland, she cries "Off with" Alice's "head"! What a card!
the Queen of Hearts
Judie
$200 [4]
In 1870 he published his "National Photographic Collection of War Views and Portraits...."
Mathew Brady
Judie
$200 [17]
Tim Roth played the artist Van Gogh & Paul Rhys played his brother in this 1990 film
Vincent and Theo
$200 [10]
In 1808 this ship's John Adams was found on Pitcairn Island; he was the only adult male still there
the Bounty
Judie
$200 [27]
NEDGO, Utah
Ogden
Tammy
$200 [19]
As his many ex-wives could tell you, he's the "live wire" seen here
Larry King
Judie
$200 [2]
It's the state indicated here, mate
Queensland (in Australia)
Dave
$300 [5]
This New York "boss" fled to Europe but was captured by Spaniards who recognized him from a cartoon
Boss Tweed
Tammy
$300 [23]
In the 1998 film version of this Dickens novel, the hero not only pines for Estella, he sketches her
Great Expectations
Tammy
$300 [11]
In 1960 Johnny Horton had a No. 3 hit with a song about the sinking of this German battleship
the Bismarck
Judie
$300 [28]
SNAIL IS OUT, Missouri
Saint Louis
$300 [20]
Fierce "royal" ready to strike here
a king cobra
Tammy
$300 [6]
There's no mystery that this sleuth solved "The Roman Hat Mystery" & "The French Powder Mystery"
Ellery Queen
Judie
$400 [7]
This lady bandit & her Cherokee husband lived in a cabin that served as a hideout for western outlaws
Belle Starr
$500 [25]
Liv Tyler posed for a sculptor played by Donal McCann in this 1996 Bertolucci film
Stealing Beauty
Tammy
$400 [12]
On March 25, 1961 Elvis Presley performed at Honolulu's Bloch Arena to raise money for this ship's memorial
the Arizona
Tammy
$400 [29]
OLE SAP, Texas
El Paso
Dave
$400 [21]
Clergyman seenherein 1956
Martin Luther King
Dave
$400 [14]
She's the egg-laying pest seen here
Queen termite
$500 [8]
The provisional constitution of the Confederacy was adopted on February 8, 1861 in this city
Montgomery, Alabama
Dave
DD $800 [24]
This 1996 film takes its title from Valerie Solanas' confession of attacking a pop artist
I Shot Andy Warhol"
Tammy
$500 [13]
The arrival of this Cunard liner shortly after the Titanic sank prevented further loss of life
the Carpathia
Judie
$500 [30]
SIN PAL, Georgia
Plains
$500 [22]
The "belted" type of this beauty is seen here
a kingfisher
Dave
$500 [15]
The 9th man with this title, he was responsible for the laws of left hooks & right jabs
the Marquess of Queensbury
Tammy

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPE 20th CENTURY WOMEN NOVEL VOCABULARY TV NICKNAMES PLACIDO DOMINGO "QUE" TIPS
$200 [14]
This nice principality is 10 miles from Nice
Monaco
Dave
$200 [17]
This big name in women's fashion launched her DKNY Menswear collection in 1993
Donna Karan
Tammy
$200 [11]
In "Sense and Sensibility", this part of a letter is called the direction
the address
Tammy Judie
$200 [1]
Aaay! Fonzie called this character "Shortcake" on "Happy Days"
Joanie Cunningham
Tammy Dave
$200 [26]
In 1968 Placido made his debut at this New York opera house with only 35 minutes notice
Metropolitan Opera House
Dave
$200 [6]
This type of show with broad humor arose in the 1860s; the striptease came about 60 years later
Burlesque
Judie
$400 [15]
Helsinki is situated on the Gulf of this
Finland
$400 [18]
Her gold medal vault at the 1984 Olympics was a perfect "10"
Mary Lou Retton
Tammy Dave
$400 [12]
In this novel, Jonathan Harker overhears the word "vrolok" & finds out it means "werewolf or vampire"
"Dracula"
Tammy
$400 [2]
Get intelligent & tell me Barbara Feldon's numerical TV nickname
Agent 99
Tammy Dave
$400 [27]
Placido is associated with the title role of this 1887 Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean tragedy
"Othello"
Judie
$400 [7]
In an Edgar Allan Poe story, Prince Prospero gives one in which the Red Death appears
Masque
Tammy
$600 [16]
Catalan cuisine is featured at Set Portes, a 161-year-old restaurant in this Catalonian city
Barcelona
Tammy
$600 [19]
Born in Tarlac province in 1933, her original name was Maria Corazon Cojuangco
Corazon Aquino
Tammy
$600 [13]
His novel "Lord Jim" uses the term cat's-paws for breezes that ruffle the surface of the sea
Joseph Conrad
Judie Dave
$600 [3]
As Sherman Hemsley could tell you, this actress played "Weezie"
Isabel Sanford
$600 [28]
In the 1984 movie of a Bizet opera, Placido was Don Jose & Julia Migenes-Johnson was this title character
Carmen
Dave
$600 [8]
Suggestive of impropriety, such as a joke or manner of dress
Risque
Tammy
$800 [22]
When in Prague, this saint's cathedral may make you want to "dance"
St. Vitus
Dave
DD $800 [20]
In the 1920s she wrote, "In soloing....it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it"
Amelia Earhart
Tammy
$800 [24]
In "1984" standard English is known as this, in contrast to newspeak
Oldspeak
$800 [4]
It's the nickname of the "M*A*S*H" character from Crabapple Cove, Maine
Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Judie
$800 [29]
Placido has conducted this Puccini opera, as well as sung the part of Rodolfo
La bohème
DD $800 [9]
Tchaikovsky died a few weeks after the debut of this symphony which has been called his "swan song"
the Pathétique Symphony
Tammy
$1,000 [23]
The Kalamatianos is one of the most popular wedding dances of this country
Greece
Dave
$1,000 [21]
Hanna Suchocka became this eastern European country's first female prime minister in 1992
Poland
Judie
$1,000 [25]
Cedric spoke of this kind of knife in "Ivanhoe" years after Hamlet mentioned a "bare" one
a bodkin
$1,000 [5]
This actor turned the tables as "Venus Flytrap"
Tim Reid
Judie
$1,000 [30]
On a 1984 TV special, Carol Burnett sang "Be A Clown" & Placido sang an aria from this clown opera
"Pagliacci"
Judie
$1,000 [10]
Medical use of the rhesus species of this monkey declined when India halted its export in 1978
a macaque
Tammy Dave

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC LEADERS

His 1830 last testament read, "I aspire to no other glory than the consolidation of Colombia"

Simon Bolivar

Dave "Who is Bolivar?" — wagered $3,600
Judie "Who is Simon Bolivar?" — wagered $5,001
Tammy "Who is Bolivar?" — wagered $4,401

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