Show #4296 2003-04-14 (taped 2003-01-28) Regular

Brian Weikle game 3.Brian sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $52,000 and a new regular play cash winnings record of $104,800.

Contestants

Phillip Steele — a security officer from Los Angeles, California

Maura O'Keefe — a legal assistant from West Roxbury, Massachusetts

Brian Weikle — a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $6,200 $15,600 $37,000 $52,000
3-day champion: $104,800
$35,000
41 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Maura $-600 $-600 $1,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$1,400
6 R, 3 W
Phillip $800 $1,200 $6,400 $12,700
2nd place: $2,000
$6,400
9 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE PLANETS ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS BUSINESS ABBREV. WHAT COULD SHE BE DOING IN THERE? QUOTES FROM 2002 IF THEY MARRIED...
$200 [1]
This ringed planet is the farthest one from earth that can be seen with the naked eye
Saturn
Phillip
$200 [26]
20 years before "Murphy Brown", her play "The Freezer" was named one of "the Best Short Plays of 1968"
Candice Bergen
Brian
$200 [8]
No money, no goods:C.O.D.
cash on delivery
Brian
$200 [13]
Giving herself a wavy look with a home one of these--if it doesn't work, she may not come out for days
a permanent
Maura
$200 [3]
After an all-night negotiation led to a settlement, Tom Glavine revealed, "There is no strike" in this sport
baseball
Brian
$200 [2]
Frank Zappa's daughter thinks "Good Times" comic Jimmie is "Dy-no-mite!" & becomes this, like Buzz Aldrin
Moon Walker
Brian Maura
$400 [4]
It's actually too small to influence other planets' orbits, the theory that led to its discovery
Pluto
Brian
$400 [27]
Jason Miller wrote & starred in a 1997 play about this actor nicknamed "The Great Profile"
John Barrymore
Brian
$400 [9]
A first sale of stock on the open market:IPO
an initial public offering
Brian
$400 [18]
Soothing her tired eyes with slices of this veggie that's popular in British tea sandwiches
cucumbers
Phillip
$400 [22]
After that pretzel incident, she said, "You will be glad to know the president is practicing safe snacks"
Laura Bush
Brian
$400 [14]
Sen. Rodham Clinton conquers Sir Edmund who conquered Everest & becomes...
Hillary Hillary
Brian
$600 [5]
With thick clouds reflecting lots of light, this planet was once known as Lucifer & Phosphorus
Venus
Brian
$600 [28]
(Hi. I'm Paula Cale of Providence.) I originated the role of Suzanne in the play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile", written by this "wild & crazy guy"
Steve Martin
Brian
$600 [10]
Pertaining to a fictitious name:DBA
doing business as
Brian
$600 [19]
Improving her pedicure with this object made using ground corundum
an emery board
Brian
$600 [23]
A former senator from Tennessee, he quipped in 2002, "I am concerned about the economy. I was the first one laid off"
Al Gore
Brian
$600 [15]
If actress Lange of "Peyton Place" turned on the "Heartlight" of singer Neil, she'd have this jewel of a name
Hope Diamond
Phillip
$800 [6]
Astrologers say that when this "Planet of Communication" goes retrograde, stuff on Earth falls apart
Mercury
Brian
$800 [29]
Now best remembered as a playwright, in his day he was famous for playing the ghost of Hamlet's father
(himself) William Shakespeare
$800 [11]
Furnisher of financial data on Wall St.:S&P
Standard & Poor's
Brian
$1,000 [21]
Using this Jergens brand's strips to clean out her pores--I wouldn't go in right now
Bioré
Brian
$800 [24]
Prodded about possible insider trading, she remarked on national TV, "I want to focus on my salads"
Martha Stewart
Brian
$800 [16]
Ms. Khan, once the lead singer of Rufus, feels for Senator Trent & gets this sweet name
Chaka Lott
Brian
$1,000 [7]
This planet's day is almost exactly the same as ours--24 hours, 37 minutes
Mars
Brian Maura
$1,000 [30]
This British actress seenherebased the heroine of her play "The Mandrake Root" on her mother, Rachel Kempson
Lynn Redgrave
Maura
$1,000 [12]
A salary increase in response to inflation:COLA
a cost of living adjustment
Brian
DD $3,000 [20]
Using a pumice stone to do this to her skin, from the Latin for "to strip leaves"
exfoliating
Brian
$1,000 [25]
Regarding Mick Jagger's knighthood, he scoffed, "It's a paltry honor... hold out for the Lordship, mate"
(his partner) Keith Richards
Maura
$1,000 [17]
Ms. Frontiere, owner of the Rams, marries Lucrezia's brother Cesare & gets this rhyming name
Georgia Borgia
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHERE AM I? THE ANTHONY QUINN FILM FESTIVAL 10-LETTER "W"ORDS HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
$400 [12]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm in this famous urban area that covers 843 acres & boasts a skating rink & a zoo
Central Park
Brian
$400 [26]
In 1962 Anthony Quinn played a fierce Bedouin leader in this desert epic
Lawrence of Arabia
Maura
$400 [1]
Geppetto's occupation
woodworker
Brian Phillip
$400 [20]
Born in Connecticut in 1800, attacked a U.S. arsenal in 1859, hanged for treason the same year
John Brown
Brian
$400 [8]
The record for the largest one of these garden favorites was of the beefsteak variety & weighed 7 lbs., 12 ounces!
a tomato
Brian
$400 [3]
The ruins of the ancient city of Babylon are located just south of this capital city
Baghdad
Brian
$800 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm in this city at the site where Fort Dearborn was established in 1803; it's changed a bit since then
Chicago
Phillip
$800 [27]
Anthony Quinn is best remembered for his role as this earthy title peasant in a film based on a Kazantzakis novel
Zorba the Greek
Brian
$800 [2]
What's gnu? Just another name for this large African antelope
a wildebeest
Brian
$800 [21]
The first woman executed by the U.S. government, Mary Surratt was hanged for her involvement in this crime
the Lincoln assassination
Brian
$800 [17]
The first plant to receive a patent was the "New Dawn" species of this garden flower in 1931
rose
Phillip
$800 [4]
The Salix babylonica seenhereis commonly known by this "unhappy" name
weeping willow
Brian
$1,200 [14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm on the slopes in the Arapaho National Forest in this state
Colorado
Brian
$1,200 [28]
In this 1943 film "Incident", Anthony Quinn & Dana Andrews are mistakenly lynched by a mob
The Ox-Bow Incident
$1,200 [9]
Term for a tornado or whirlwind that occurs over a lake or ocean
a waterspout
Brian
$1,200 [22]
Cuauhtemoc, the last ruler of this empire, was hanged by Hernando Cortes
the Aztecs
Brian
$1,200 [18]
There are Siberian, Dutch, and bearded varieties of this garden favorite
irises
Phillip
DD $1,000 [6]
Following the capture of King Nabonidus in 539 B.C., this empire completed its conquest of Babylon
the Persian Empire
Brian
$1,600 [15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm at a 1902 estate built by railroad mogul Henry Flagler in this state
Florida
Maura
$1,600 [29]
Kirk Douglas was Vincent Van Gogh & Anthony Quinn played Paul Gauguin in this artsy 1956 big screener
Lust for Life
DD $2,000 [10]
It's the breed of dog seenherein a photo by William Wegman
Weimaraner
Brian
$1,600 [23]
Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator, this British major was hanged as a spy on Oct. 2, 1780
Major Andre
Brian
$1,600 [19]
The Pascal variety of this crisp garden vegetable has nearly stringless stalks
celery
Brian
$1,200 [5]
Historians refer to the dispersion of these people after their Babylonian exile as "the Diaspora"
the Jews
Brian
$2,000 [16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm enjoying a cappuccino in this Roman piazza, known for its Baroque masterpieces
the Piazza Navona
Phillip
$2,000 [30]
In 1962 Quinn played this title criminal set free so that Christ could be crucified
Barabbas
Maura Phillip
$2,000 [11]
It's the German equivalent of a child prodigy
wunderkind
Brian
$2,000 [24]
More than 50 white people were slain during the slave rebellion led by this messianic leader hanged in 1831
Nat Turner
Brian
$2,000 [25]
In 1924 the popular magazine originally known as Fruit, Garden, and Home became this
Better Homes & Gardens
Brian Maura
$2,000 [7]
Break the code to discover he was the sixth ruler of Babylon's Amorite dynasty
Hammurabi
Phillip

Final Jeopardy!

MOUNTAINS

All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state

Alaska

Maura "What is Colorado?" — wagered $1,400
Phillip "What is Alaska" — wagered $6,300
Brian "What is Alaska?" — wagered $15,000

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