Show #3253 1998-10-28 (taped 1998-09-02) Regular

Juliet Wiley game 3.

Contestants

Pam Bybell — a homemaker from West Medford, Massachusetts

Gene Wurth — an attorney and fundraiser from Champaign, Illinois

Juliet Wiley — a stay-at-home mom from Plano, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,499)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Juliet $700 $2,700 $4,500 $8,900
3-day champion: $22,399
$4,500
14 R, 1 W
Gene $900 $2,400 $3,100 $6,200
2nd place: Trip to Pueblo Bonito Rose Resort, Los Cabos, Mexico
$3,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Pam $1,300 $0 $4,600 $100
3rd place: Jaguar Friendship Collection Watches
$6,500
20 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY FESTIVE FOOD PUBLIC HISTORY THE MOVIES NEWSPAPER NAMES LETTERS & NUMBERS
$100 [11]
A spot in this California nat'l park is the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere--282' below sea level
Death Valley
Pam
$100 [1]
Heloise suggests dyeing your kids' pancakes this color on Saint Patrick's Day
Green
Juliet
$100 [7]
It's the site where the mission seenherebegan in 1995
Cape Canaveral
Gene
$100 [3]
Here's the naked truth: this 1997 film is the highest-grossing British movie in history
"The Full Monty"
Pam
$100 [13]
The papers with this name in NYC & L.A. have combined daily circulations of over 2 million
Times
Juliet
$100 [22]
Administered by Pakistan, it's the second-highest mountain in the world
K2
Gene
$200 [27]
Paul Revere Mall, a park in this city, has bronze tablets honoring the people of the North End
Boston
Gene
$200 [2]
You can make pudding, as well as pie, from the pulp of this jack-o'-lantern gourd
Pumpkin
Pam
$200 [8]
They're the 2 historic former presidents seenherein 1992
Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev
Pam
$200 [14]
Of "Carousel", "Rollercoaster" or "Midway", the film that featured a very young Helen Hunt
Rollercoaster
Juliet Pam
$200 [18]
Meaning of the name of Nicaragua's La Prensa, or what Nicaragua hasn't always had "freedom of"
The Press
Juliet
$200 [23]
In 1970 McDonnell Douglas introduced this jetliner to compete with the Boeing 747
DC-10
Gene
$400 [29]
Elfreth's Alley, not far from Betsy Ross' home in this city, is the USA's oldest continuously occupied street
Philadelphia
Gene Pam
$300 [4]
Cheese kreplach & cheese blintzes are suggested dishes for Shavuot, a holiday of this religion
Judaism
Juliet
$300 [9]
Rhyming nickname of the man seenherewho kept the world informed in 1991
"Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf
Pam
$300 [15]
This "heavenly" Meg Ryan film shares its name, but not its plot, with a Tony-winning musical
"City Of Angels"
Juliet
$300 [19]
Portland's largest paper is The Oregonian; this is Nashville's
The Tennessean
Juliet Pam
$300 [24]
Slang for "square", it's the name of an all-female rock band of the 1990s
L7
Juliet
$500 [28]
A statue of this Spanish explorer is displayed at Fountain of Youth Park in St. Augustine, Florida
Ponce de Leon
Gene
$400 [5]
Cinco de Mayo is the perfect time to serve margaritas & this classic avocado dip
Guacamole
Gene
$400 [10]
The "thrilling" Manila brawler seenherein 1975
Joe Frazier
Gene Pam
$400 [16]
This sister of Francis Ford Coppola appeared in all of his "Godfather" films
Talia Shire
Pam
$400 [20]
Correct pronounciation of the name of a 234-year-old Hartford paper, or the type of "events" it covers
Courant (as in "current")
Juliet Pam
$400 [25]
Abbreviation for the period of one's education from age 4 to 6 through high school
K-12
Gene
DD $900 [30]
About 1/3 of this state's visitors arrive by cruise ship, many from Vancouver, British Columbia
Alaska
Pam
$500 [6]
This Hawaiian island celebrates its famous onions with an annual festival that includes a recipe contest
Maui
Pam
$500 [12]
He's the deposed dictator seenherein custody
Manuel Noriega
Pam
$500 [17]
Kirk Douglas played the "gentleman caller" in the film version of this Tennessee Williams play
"The Glass Menagerie"
Juliet
$500 [21]
This Tulsa morning paper is a translation of Germany's Die Welt
The Tulsa World
$500 [26]
Vernon Kell, known as "K", headed this British security service when it was founded in 1909
MI5
Gene Pam

Double Jeopardy! Round

SWEDE TALK NICKNAMES '90s MUSIC SHOCKING! HODGEPODGE ____ AND ____
$200 [26]
Sweden's got a Gota one--it was dug at the same time as the USA's Erie one
Canal
Pam
$200 [1]
Last name of the mother & son who were "Miss Lillian" & "Grits"
Carter
Pam
$200 [9]
Pepsi canceled a deal with her after complaints over the "Like A Prayer" video
Madonna
Gene
$200 [10]
In the 1970s this state gave the U.S. Nixon's disgraced VP & a governor convicted of mail fraud
Maryland
Gene
$200 [17]
You can't see the "end" of this colorful arc in the sky because it doesn't have one
Rainbow
Pam
$200 [6]
If you taste-test Cortlands against Valencias, you're comparing these
apples & oranges
Gene Pam
$400 [27]
In 1792 King Gustav III was shot at this type of ball; he thought he wouldn't be recognized
a masquerade
Gene
$400 [2]
Nickname shared by football's Vernon Smith & baseball's James Hunter
"Catfish"
Gene
$400 [22]
"Everyday Is A Winding Road" for this singer who used to back Michael Jackson
Sheryl Crow
Juliet Gene
$400 [11]
In 1996 an ex-cop pleaded guilty to trying to have this Texas team's wide receiver Michael Irvin killed
Dallas Cowboys
Pam
$400 [18]
Haptic means of or relating to this tactile sense
Touch
Gene
$400 [7]
To pursue an activity full force is to do it this way, like a blacksmith
Hammer and tong
Pam
$600 [3]
Gangster Martin Goldsmith was nicknamed this, with 2 "G"s; Benjamin Siegel had only one
Buggsy
Pam
$600 [23]
Her album "Pieces Of You" has been on Billboard's top pop catalog album charts for over 100 weeks
Jewel
Juliet
$600 [14]
The last pitcher to win 30 games in a season, he's since done time for extortion & mail fraud
Denny McLain
Gene
$600 [19]
Peas contain this bone-building material whose name is from the Greek for "light-bearing"
phosphorus
Gene
$600 [8]
Famed duo seen here ('70s song & dance/comedy)
Shields and Yarnell
Juliet
$800 [4]
You've got this nailed if you know this is Louis Terkel's nickname
Studs
Pam
$800 [24]
The chorus of this Beck song mentions "two turntables and a microphone"
"Where It's At"
Juliet
DD $700 [15]
In the 1790's William Ireland "discovered" (actually wrote) this man's play "Vortigern And Rowena"
William Shakespeare
Gene
$800 [20]
Last name of British fashion designer Vivienne, or the L.A. community that's home to UCLA
Westwood
Pam
$800 [12]
One founder of this jet engine manufacturer was a cousin of the inventor of the cotton gin
Pratt and Whitney
Pam
DD $1,000 [5]
Born in 1861, this Chicago businessman was known as "Monarch of Mastication"
William Wrigley (chewing gum)
Pam
$1,000 [25]
In this band's "Only Happy When It Rains", Shirley Manson sings, "It Feels So Good To Feel So Sad"
Garbage
Juliet
$1,000 [16]
The prehistoric "man" named for this English place turned out to be part modern corpse & part ape
Piltdown Man
$1,000 [21]
Oh, yes! An oenochoe is an ancient Greek pitcher or jug made to hold this
Wine
Pam
$1,000 [13]
George Bernard Shaw play in which John Tanner philosophizes about evolution
Man and Superman
Gene

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHIC WORDPLAY

The name of this Asian country contains the name of a Mediterranean volcano

Vietnam (contains the volcano Etna)

Gene "What is Vietnam" — wagered $3,100
Juliet "What is Vietnam?" — wagered $4,400
Pam "What is Philippines?" — wagered $4,500

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