Show #3260 1998-11-06 (taped 1998-09-02) Celebrity

1998 CelebrityJeopardy!Legends in Sports Night.

Contestants

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — a former pro basketball player and actor originally from Brooklyn, New York

Martina Navratilova — a former tennis pro and novelist originally from Prague, Czechoslovakia

Reggie Jackson — a former pro baseball player originally from Wyncote, Pennsylvania

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Reggie $0 $100 $100 $0
3rd place: $10,000 for The Mr. October Foundation for Kids
$100
5 R, 2 W
Martina $900 $1,900 $4,500 $8,999
2nd place: $10,000 for PETA and Kidstuff Foundation
$8,500
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Kareem $1,700 $5,800 $12,000 $22,000
Winner: $22,000 for Athletes & Entertainers for Kids
$7,900
25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SPORTS SUPERSTARS HISTORY 101 THE PRODUCE SECTION VINTAGE CARS TRUTH OR DARE HORSING AROUND
$100 [22]
This 22-year-old won the 1997 Masters golf tournament by 12 strokes, the biggest margin in its history
Tiger Woods
Reggie
$100 [9]
The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C.
Egypt
Martina
$100 [7]
Smooth-skinned relative of the peach, seen here
Nectarine
Martina
$100 [1]
This famous flop was named after Henry Ford's son
Edsel
Kareem
$100 [2]
Take off all your clothes, or name this "lady" who rode naked through Coventry
Lady Godiva
Kareem
$100 [13]
It's the proper term for getting on a horse; most riders do it from the horse's left
Mounting
Kareem
$200 [23]
In 1998 this superstar won his 10th NBA scoring title in 12 seasons
Michael Jordan
Martina
$200 [18]
When asked how she'd survived the Titanic, she replied, "I'm unsinkable"--hence, her famous nickname
Molly Brown
Kareem
$200 [8]
You would expect to find this fruit in New Zealand
Kiwi fruit
Kareem
$200 [3]
Deliver the "To Be Or Not To Be" speech in Zsa Zsa Gabor's voice, or tell us this play it's from
Hamlet
Kareem
$200 [14]
This horse seen here shares its name with a bean & a car
Pinto
Kareem
$300 [24]
In 1997 this 16-year-old Swiss miss became the youngest in the 20th century to win at Wimbledon
Martina Hingis
Kareem
$400 [20]
John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him
Pocahontas
Kareem
$300 [10]
Just saying the name of this fruit makes me feel romantic
passion fruit
Martina
$300 [4]
Duel with Johnny Gilbert, or name this U.S. statesman who died in a duel against Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Kareem
$300 [15]
Oscar Wilde called this sport seen here "The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable"
Fox hunting
Martina
$500 [21]
In 1862 Jefferson Davis named this Confederate general his chief military advisor
Robert E. Lee
Martina
$400 [11]
This tropical fruit may be eaten raw or cooked like squash
Papaya
Kareem
$400 [5]
Breakdance in the middle of stage, or identify this dancing pair who starred in "Top Hat"
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Kareem
$400 [16]
Specifically, it's the term for a female horse who's less than 4 years old
Filly
Kareem
DD $2,000 [19]
This future president graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1940
John F. Kennedy
Kareem
$500 [12]
It's believed this tropical fruit originated in India where it's found in chutney
Mango
Martina
$500 [6]
Give me all your money, or name this aviation billionaire who died a recluse in 1976
Howard Hughes
Martina
$500 [17]
This term for riding without a saddle sounds like you have to be partially nude to do it
Bareback
Kareem

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEMORIES OF OAKLAND SPORTS ON FILM THE MAP OF EUROPE THE ANATOMY LESSON MUSICAL THEATER 4-LETTER WORDS
$200 [1]
Oakland stretches along the mainland side of this large bay
San Francisco Bay
Reggie
$200 [10]
It's the sport in common to "Happy Gilmore" & "Tin Cup"
golf
Reggie
$200 [3]
Of Norway, Sweden & Denmark, this one is the largest in area
Sweden
Reggie Martina Kareem
$200 [9]
It's reported that it takes 43 muscles to frown & 17 to do this
smile
Reggie
$200 [8]
You have our word it's Broadway's longest-running nostalgic musical set in a high school
Grease
Reggie Kareem
$200 [24]
Bee home
a hive
Kareem
$400 [2]
Oakland was founded in the 1800s soon after the discovery of this element nearby
gold
Martina
$400 [19]
Help me help you by naming this 1996 film seen here"Booyah, touchdown!, I make millions of catches..."
Jerry Maguire
$400 [4]
It's the only country that borders Portugal
Spain
Kareem
$400 [12]
Asthma attacks involve these organs' bronchioles & the bronchi leading to them
the lungs
Kareem
$400 [15]
"Bring Back Birdie", a 1980 sequel to this 1960 musical, didn't fly
Bye Bye Birdie
Kareem
$400 [25]
Simply stated these are the facts, this is what a bald man lacks
hair
Kareem
$600 [11]
This regional "rapid transit" system is headquartered in Oakland
the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Kareem
$600 [21]
In "A League of Their Own", this talk show host played third baseman Doris Murphy
Rosie O'Donnell
Martina
$800 [6]
This "white mountain" on the border of France, Italy & Switzerland is the highest peak in Europe
Mont Blanc
Martina
$600 [13]
In this organ's "middle" part the ossicles pass on the vibrations to the oval window
the ear
Reggie Kareem
$800 [18]
This "Murder, She Wrote" star has won Tonys for her performances in "Mame", "Gypsy" & "Sweeney Todd"
Angela Lansbury
Kareem
$600 [26]
A computer ready to receive information over a modem is "on" this
line
Kareem
$800 [22]
1993's "Cool Runnings" told of a group of Jamaicans who formed an Olympic team in this sport
bobsledding
Martina
$1,000 [7]
Major cities on this important river include Bonn, Basel & Cologne
Rhine
Martina
$800 [14]
Weighing about 3 pounds, it has more than 10 billion neurons, which works out to... argh, mine hurts
the brain
Martina
$1,000 [20]
This guitarist for The Who wrote the musical score for Broadway's "Tommy"
Pete Townshend
$1,000 [23]
This female drag racer was the subject of the 1983 movie "Heart Like a Wheel"
Shirley Muldowney
Martina
DD $3,000 [5]
If you're foolishly hunting vampires in Transylvania, you're risking your neck in this country
Romania
Kareem
$1,000 [16]
Tear this tendon that runs from the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus & you can't stand tippytoe
the Achilles tendon
Martina
DD $4,000 [17]
This musical about a group of auditioning dancers features the songs "I Hope I Get It" & "One"
A Chorus Line
Martina

Final Jeopardy!

LEGENDARY PEOPLE

He lived with his girlfriend, a fat priest & a 7-foot-tall archer

Robin Hood

Reggie "Who?" — wagered $100
Martina "Who was Robin Hood" — wagered $4,499
Kareem "Who was Robin of Locksley "Robin Hood"" — wagered $10,000

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