Show #3076 1998-01-05 Regular

Contestants

Michelle Martinez — a sports agate clerk from Chalmette, Louisiana

Adam Brower — a graphic artist from Chicago, Illinois

Bill Unterborn — a visual merchandiser from Palmyra, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,399)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $400 $2,400 $6,600 $10,500
3-day champion: $31,899
$6,600
18 R, 2 W
Adam $1,600 $1,500 $5,200 $10,000
2nd place: Trip to the Hilton at Short Hills Hotel & Spa, New Jersey
$5,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Michelle $1,300 $4,000 $4,600 $9,100
3rd place: Monorail Desktop PC
$4,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND "NEW" GEOGRAPHY FILL IN THE BLANK DEATH SENTENCES CELEBRITIES IN THE SLAMMER A LITTLE "R" & "R"
$100 [20]
Modern synthetic diamonds were first produced in 1954 by compressing this element under extreme pressure
carbon
Adam
$100 [1]
This U.S. city was formerly known as New Amsterdam
New York City
Michelle
$100 [9]
House____Horse____Tsetse____
fly
Bill
$100 [14]
It was in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy that he wrote nothing is "Certain except death & taxes"
Benjamin Franklin
Adam Michelle
$100 [2]
In 1987, before Madonna straightened him out, he served time for assault & reckless driving
Sean Penn
Bill Michelle
$100 [22]
Dale Evans might enjoy this nonalcoholic cocktail of cola & grenadine
Roy Rogers
Michelle
$200 [27]
1971 James Bond film in which Jill St. John played Tiffany Case
Diamonds Are Forever
Bill
$200 [7]
It's the "Land of Enchantment"
New Mexico
Bill
$200 [10]
Lemon____Rain____Cough____
drop
Bill
$200 [15]
Filmmaker who said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens"
Woody Allen
$200 [3]
In 1990 this ballplayer was "hustled" away to prison for failure to report income from gambling
Pete Rose
Michelle
$200 [23]
While attending Eureka College, this future president served as a reporter for the Pegasus, the school paper
Ronald Reagan
Bill
$300 [28]
It's equal to 200 milligrams
one carat
Adam
$300 [8]
Alphabetically, it's the last "New" entry in Merriam Webster's "Geographical Dictionary"
New Zealand
Adam
$300 [11]
Saddle____Sleeping____Punching____
bag
Michelle
$300 [16]
In a June 1897 issue of the New York Journal he quipped, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"
Mark Twain
Bill
$300 [4]
In the 1960s this future "Love Story" star served 51 days for assault
Ryan O'Neal
Michelle
$300 [24]
This cavalry unit left its horses in Florida when it went to fight in Cuba
Rough Riders
Michelle
$400 [29]
Mae West's reply to the comment "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!"
"Goodness has nothing to do with it"
Michelle
$400 [18]
Over 1/3 of the residents of this former whaling port of Mass. are of Portuguese ancestry
New Bedford
Bill
$400 [12]
Presidential____Rat____Drag____
race
Adam
$400 [17]
He was quoted by Plato as saying, "No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death"
Socrates
Bill
$400 [5]
Charged with bigamy with Carlo Ponti, she later served time in Italy for tax evasion
Sophia Loren
Michelle
$400 [25]
A play area for very young children, or a franchised children's show begun in 1953
Romper Room
Michelle
$500 [30]
Where you might find a diamond pendant on a woman, or the tendency of diamonds to split among lines
cleavage
Adam
$500 [19]
The name of this Virginia city near where the Monitor met the Merrimac sounds like a local daily
Newport News
Michelle
$500 [13]
Fountain____Bull____Pig____
pen
Adam
$500 [21]
Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for death he kindly" did this
stopped for me
Bill
$500 [6]
This "Gift Of The Magi" author served 3 years in an Ohio prison for embezzlement
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
Adam
DD $1,000 [26]
In 1962 Nat King Cole sangthe followingto this title female:
"Ramblin' Rose"
Michelle

Double Jeopardy! Round

PROVERBS TRAVEL & TOURISM FICTIONAL CHARACTERS YOUR OLD ALBUMS THE WAR OF 1812 "G" WHIZ!
$200 [22]
It completes the proverb "One man's meat is..."
another man's poison
Bill
$200 [16]
The Hilton Hotel in this Hungarian capital was built around 13th century ruins
Budapest
Bill
$200 [1]
As this Stephen Crane novel opens, Henry Fleming looks forward to proving himself in battle
The Red Badge of Courage
Bill
$200 [11]
His first Top 40 album was 1970's "Sweet Baby James"
James Taylor
Adam
$200 [17]
By the dawn's early light of Sept. 14, 1814, the U.S. flag was still flying over this Baltimore fort
Fort McHenry
Adam
$200 [6]
The only one of Snow White's dwarfs who fits the category
Grumpy
Michelle
$400 [23]
It precedes "weep and you weep alone"
"Laugh and the world laughs with you"
Michelle
$400 [18]
If you scream for ice cream, you'll want to tour this duo's factory in Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry
Adam
$400 [2]
This Alice Walker novel tells Celie's story through letters she writes to God & her sister
The Color Purple
Bill
$400 [12]
"Born to Run" only took the Boss to No. 3 on the album chart; this 1984 "Born" album took him to No. 1
Born in the U.S.A.
Bill Michelle
$400 [24]
On June 1, 1812 this president asked Congress for a declaration of war against Great Britain
James Madison
Adam
$400 [7]
A piece of sand or of common sense
grain
Bill
$600 [28]
It's said that "everything has" one, & "all good things must come to" one
an end
Adam
$600 [19]
Crow Haven Corner, a witchcraft shop, is owned by the daughter of this city's official witch
Salem, Massachusetts
Bill
$600 [3]
A literary critic & a poet are rescued at sea by ruthless Capt. Larsen in this Jack London classic
The Sea Wolf
Adam
$600 [13]
His 1985 album "No Jacket Required" produced the No. 1 hits "One More Night" & "Sussudio"
Phil Collins
Michelle
$800 [26]
Most of the ships in Commodore Perry's fleet were built & equipped at this port
Erie, Pennsylvania
$600 [8]
In a familiar phrase, you do it to your loins to prepare for action
gird
Adam
DD $1,400 [29]
This proverb about taking a spill is attributed to heavyweight boxer Robert Fitzsimmons
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
Adam
$800 [20]
This country on Hispaniola has rich deposits of amber; you can shop for it in Puerto Plata on the Amber Coast
Dominican Republic
Bill
$800 [4]
In this novel, Carson McCullers' first, townspeople confide in John Singer, a deaf-mute
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
$800 [14]
This 1973 Pink Floyd album has sold over 20 million copies
The Dark Side of the Moon
Bill
$1,000 [27]
Negotiators for the U.S. in Ghent included John Quincy Adams & this Speaker of the House from Kentucky
Henry Clay
Adam
$800 [9]
Nokomis kept her wigwam "By the shores of" this
Gitchee Gumee
Adam
$1,000 [21]
Queen Mary's Dollhouse, on display in this castle, has real running water & real wine in its wine cellar
Windsor Castle
Bill
$1,000 [5]
Harvey Birch runs sneaky errands for George Washington in this James Fenimore Cooper novel
The Spy
Adam
$1,000 [15]
He went solo to record albums like "All Things Must Pass" & "Dark Horse"
George Harrison
Adam Michelle
DD $1,300 [25]
Shot was seen bouncing off the sides of this American frigate during its battle with the Guerriere
USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")
Adam
$1,000 [10]
Avarice, as in the title of an Erich Von Stroheim film
greed
Adam

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

2 of the 5 presidents buried west of the Mississippi River

(2 of) Eisenhower, Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon & Truman

Michelle "Who are Nixon and LBJ?" — wagered $4,500
Adam "Who are Nixon and LBJ?" — wagered $4,800
Bill "Who are Richard Nixon & Harry Truman" — wagered $3,900

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