Show #4138 2002-09-04 (taped 2002-06-10) Regular

Contestants

Alba Caraceni — a newswriter and editor from Queens, New York

Merlin DeTardo — an administrative assistant from Cleveland, Ohio

Amy Hummel — a clinical research coordinator from West Norriton, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$1,600	$1,800	$11,000	$8,799 2nd place: $2,000	$11,000 13 R, 2 W
Merlin	$2,800	$5,200	$16,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$15,600 22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Alba	$3,600	$8,200	$14,600	$22,001 New champion: $22,001	$14,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS	PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA	STOCK SYMBOLS	CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF CONGRESS	JOANIE LOVES KARACHI	ENDS IN "O"
$200 [24] The USA's first gold medal was earned by Kelly Clark, who won the halfpipe event in this sport snowboarding Merlin	$200 [19] In the 1790s, Robert Carter, like Thomas Jefferson a planter in this state, freed hundreds of his own slaves Virginia Amy	$200 [11] World leader in soft drink sales:KO Coca-Cola Merlin	$200 [6] Article I, Section 8 says "Congress shall have the power to lay" these; the IRS agrees taxes Alba	$200 [13] With her knowledge of history, Joanie knows forces of this empire captured Karachi in 1839 the British Empire Merlin	$200 [1] In a hit by the Buggles, it's what "killed the radio star" video Merlin
$400 [25] This 16-year-old shocked the figure skating world by winning over Michelle Kwan & Irina Slutskaya Sarah Hughes Alba	$400 [20] James, brother of this Philadelphian, began publishing Rhode Island's first newspaper in 1732 Ben Franklin Merlin	$400 [12] A health care conglomerate of over 190 companies:JNJ Johnson & Johnson Alba	$400 [7] Congress has the right "to Constitutional tribunals inferior to this one" the Supreme Court Alba	$400 [14] Joanie remembers the happy days when Karachi was Pakistan's capital, but she likes this current capital too Islamabad Merlin	$400 [2] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some letters on a chalkboard.) In this language introduced in 1887, the alphabet begins "a b c ĉ d" Esperanto Merlin
$600 [26] Ole Bjoerndalen won 4 golds competing in this sport that combines shooting & skiing the biathlon Alba	$600 [21] This "Pine Tree State" was the first to pass a prohibition law, way back in 1846 Maine Alba	$600 [18] Inventor of the traveler's check:AXP American Express Alba	$600 [8] Yo ho ho, Congress can "define and punish" these acts "and felonies committed on the high seas" piracy Alba	$600 [15] Sometimes when it gets too hot, Joanie takes a dip in this sea on which Karachi sits the Arabian Sea Merlin	$600 [3] We often use this Italian term to refer to outdoor dining al fresco Amy
$800 [27] Vonetta Flowers competing in this 2-woman sport became the first black American to win Winter Olympics gold the bobsled Alba	$800 [22] This NYC tavern built in 1719 is where George Washington bid farewell to his war troops Fraunces Tavern Alba	$800 [29] Specialty retailer which includes Banana Republic:GPS The Gap Alba	DD $1,000 [9] Congress can do this, but by the 27th Amendment it can't take effect until after the next election give themselves a raise Alba	$800 [16] Joanie really admires this woman who was born in Karachi in 1953 & became Prime Minister in 1988 Benazir Bhutto Merlin	$800 [4] It's the position you're standing in when you have your hands on your hips arms akimbo Merlin
$1,000 [28] A judging scandal erupted in figure skating & this Canadian pair got gold 6 days after the event Jamie Sale & David Pelletier	$1,000 [23] This colony's charter was hidden in a large oak tree from 1687 to 1689 Connecticut Amy	$1,000 [30] Largest seller of consumer packaged goods, including Marlboro & Miller Beer:MO the Philip Morris Company	$1,000 [10] Article I, Section 8 says Congress can make this, regulate its value & punish people who copy it money Amy	$1,000 [17] As a lover of natural products, Joanie admires the cotton grown in this ancient river's delta SE of Karachi the Indus Amy Merlin	$1,000 [5] From 1919 to 1991, it was the top decision-making body of the Soviet Union's Communist Party the Politburo Alba

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS	HALLMARK HALL OF FAME	ANATOMY	GARDEN TALK	MATHEMATICIANS	HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
$400 [9] In addition to developing industrial uses for peanuts, he developed a new hybrid of cotton (George Washington) Carver Merlin	$400 [19] On Christmas Eve, 1951, Hallmark presented its first program, this Menotti opera Amahl and the Night Visitors Merlin	$400 [1] Both men and women possess these glands, but only in women do they normally produce milk mammary glands Merlin	$400 [6] "Black Beauty" is a popular variety of this "plant" that goes into ratatouille eggplant Amy Merlin	$400 [21] He discovered the law of universal gravitation as well as a new way to calculate curves Newton Amy	$400 [14] An animation song a tune toon Merlin Alba
$800 [10] In 1957 he co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & became its first president Martin Luther King Jr. Alba	$800 [20] "To be or not to be", it was to be Hallmark's first presentation of a Shakespeare play in 1953 Hamlet Amy	$800 [2] It's the 2-word Latin name for those 2 big muscles you sit on gluteus maximus Amy	$800 [7] From the edible part, parsnips & carrots are known as these "crops" root crops Amy	$800 [22] In the 19th century William Clifford jumped on the bandwagon of geometry not based on this Greek Euclid Merlin	$800 [15] Grossly offensive chickens and turkeys foul fowl Alba
$1,200 [11] In 1946 this African American became director of the U.N. Trusteeship division Dr. Ralph Bunche	$1,200 [28] Catherine Zeta-Jones appeared in the 1994 adaptation of this author's "The Return of the Native" Hardy Amy Alba	$1,200 [3] They're the 2 bones of the forearm the radius & the ulna Amy	$1,200 [8] When transplanting, or flattening, you can "lay it on" with this tool, from the Latin for "ladle" a trowel Alba	$1,200 [23] George Boole's "Mathematical Analysis of" this allied it with math, not philosophy; maybe he was Vulcan logic Amy	$1,200 [16] A Siamese dead heat a Thai tie Merlin
$1,600 [12] In 1993 she became the second Black American elected to serve in the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction Carol Moseley Braun Alba	$1,600 [29] One of the highest rated TV movies of the 1990s was this Hallmark presentation seen here"You can't, Jacob. The children are alive. they need the connection to her." Sarah, Plain and Tall Alba	$1,600 [4] This straw-colored fluid which makes up 50 to 60% of the blood is over 90% water plasma Amy	DD $2,000 [26] Frankincense is extracted from the Boswellia; this gift is from the Commiphora myrrh Merlin	$1,600 [24] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates the problem at the blackboard.) Diophantus gave his name to the Diophantine type of this, whose solution is an integer an equation Merlin	$1,600 [17] How you might be charged for each cat hum per purr Amy
$2,000 [13] An African-born slave, she published her "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" in 1773 Phillis Wheatley	$2,000 [30] There's plenty to learn from this 1995 presentation seen here, written & produced by August Wilson"You're always talkin' about your daddy, but you ain't never stopped to look at what his foolishness cost your mama." The Piano Lesson Merlin	$2,000 [5] Also called the auditory tube, this tube that's normally closed opens up when you yawn or swallow the eustachian tube Merlin	$2,000 [27] The 3rd petal on this hothouse flower is called the labellum, or lip, & acts as a platform for pollinators an orchid Merlin	DD $2,000 [25] Born around 290 B.C., this boy from Syracuse was the original "lever" brother Archimedes Merlin	$2,000 [18] The royal seat that was hurled the thrown throne Alba

Final Jeopardy!

NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS

Moving several times, the first was originally P.T. Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome

Madison Square Garden

Amy "What is Yankee Stadium?" — wagered $2,201

Alba "What is Madison Square Garden?" — wagered $7,401

Merlin "What is Radio City Music Hall?" — wagered $16,000

« Back to Games