Show #3286 1998-12-14 (taped 1998-10-14) Regular

Contestants

Kristi Yacich — an artist and designer from New Orleans, Louisiana

Patrick McElroy — a bartender from Spokane, Washington

Linda Bird — a law student from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Linda $800 $1,800 $5,600 $2,399
3rd place: Samsung His & Hers Evoca Cameras
$5,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Patrick $100 $1,700 $2,000 $3,200
2nd place: Panasonic 32-inch Super Flat Color TV & Broyhill Home Theater Armoire
$3,500
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kristi $1,400 $1,400 $4,400 $5,700
New champion: $5,700
$5,400
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LADLE, LADLE MADE OF CLAY 20th CENTURY AMERICA SPORTS LEGENDS FOREIGN ANATOMY PHUN WITH PHONICS
$100 [26]
This type of soup is named for letter-shaped pasta
Alphabet soup
Kristi
$100 [21]
This sport's French Open is played on courts made of clay
Tennis
Kristi
$100 [12]
The Wrigleys of chewing gum fame were stuck on this baseball team for over 60 years until selling it in 1981
Chicago Cubs
Patrick
$100 [3]
In 1996 the Magic had a Shaq attack when he signed a 7-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers
Shaquille O'Neal
Linda
$100 [1]
To hurry along a Frenchman, ask him to shake a jambe, this
Leg
Kristi
$100 [7]
Labionasal sounds are produced by these & the nose
Lips
Linda
$200 [27]
A soup of the Southwest is highlighted by fried strips of this Mexican flat bread
Tortillas
Kristi
$200 [22]
The Beverly Hillbillies had a pond made of this substance that can be made with clay & limestone
cement
Patrick
$200 [17]
In March 1976 a Bay Area jury convicted this kidnapped heiress of bank robbery
Patricia Hearst
Linda
$200 [13]
The jersey seenherewas worn during the 1961 season by this slugger who led the majors with 126 walks
Mickey Mantle
Patrick
$200 [2]
If a Hungarian's haj, this, is too hosszu, long, it may be time for a trim
hair
Linda Patrick
$200 [8]
When you speak with a burr you trill this letter
R
Kristi
$300 [28]
The Gruyere variety of this food graces the surface of French onion soup
cheese
Linda
$300 [23]
It's the avian name for the target used in skeet shooting
Clay pigeon
Linda
$300 [18]
This president's memorial with a 19-foot bronze statue was dedicated in Washington in 1943
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick
$300 [14]
Although then a K.C. Chiefs quarterback, he announced his retirement on April 18, 1995 in San Francisco
Joe Montana
Patrick
$300 [4]
To work harder a German might apply some ellenbogen grease, this to us
Elbow grease
Kristi
$300 [9]
Your tongue touching your hard or soft one of these in your mouth produces different sounds
Palate
Kristi
$400 [24]
Daniel interpreted this king's dream about a disturbing idol with feet of clay
Nebuchadnezzar
Kristi
$500 [20]
Though it never went into space, this first shuttle did make a short flight in 1977 co-piloted by Fred Haise, Jr.
Enterprise
$400 [15]
1 of 2 Canadians to have won the overall men's world figure skating title 2 or more times
Kurt Browning or Elvis Stojko
Linda Patrick
$400 [5]
If a Russian has a pain in his zheludok, this, he may take some tzums
stomach
Linda Patrick
$400 [10]
Meaning "single pitch", it's a speaking voice that lacks inflection
Monotone
Linda
$500 [25]
These man & dog stars of "The Wrong Trousers" are made with a mixture of plasticine, wax & clay
Wallace & Gromit
Patrick
DD $600 [19]
On March 8, 1996 this 93-year-old broke the record, becoming the oldest person ever to serve in the U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond
Linda
$500 [16]
In 1982 she was the top-ranked U.S. woman track star in all distances from 800 meters to 10,000 meters
Mary Decker Slaney
Patrick
$500 [6]
A Norwegian might dangle an oredobbe from her ore, this
ear
Linda Kristi
$500 [11]
From the Latin meaning "to hiss", it describes the "ss" sound In "fricassee"
Sibilant
Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS SHE WAS IN THAT? EVERYTHING! OPERA AUTHORS' RHYME TIME PHUN WITH PHOENICIANS
$200 [3]
The bear is the heraldic symbol of this Swiss capital whose name means "bear"
Bern
Kristi
$200 [15]
Antonio Banderas knows she played Miss Simi Valley in the 1975 beauty pageant spoof "Smile"
Melanie Griffith
Linda
$200 [20]
Everything is often called the whole kit & this
Kaboodle
Patrick
$200 [1]
Ambroise Thomas' opera about this man differs from Shakespeare's play; in the opera, he becomes king of Denmark
Hamlet
Linda Kristi
$200 [8]
Danielle's dinners
Steel's meals
Linda
$600 [26]
For the Phoenicians this began on the autumnal equinox; for us, it begins 3 months later
the new year
Linda Patrick
$400 [4]
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale life ended in this capital August 4, 1875
Copenhagen
Linda
$400 [16]
Gwyneth Paltrow played the young Wendy in this 1991 film; too bad her plans with Peter didn't pan out
Hook
Linda
$400 [21]
You don't have everything unless you include this household object
Kitchen sink
Kristi
$400 [2]
This composer's "Rigoletto" is based on Victor Hugo's play "Le Roi S'Amuse" ("The King Amuses Himself")
Giuseppe Verdi
Linda
$400 [9]
Dominick's cinnamon rolls
Dunne's buns
Linda
$600 [5]
Batu Cave in this Malaysian capital is noted for its Hindu temple
Kuala Lumpur
Kristi
$600 [17]
Laura San Giacomo of "Just Shoot Me" appeared as a hooker pal of Julia Roberts in this 1990 film
Pretty Woman
Patrick
$600 [22]
For weaponry, everything is lock, stock & barrel; for fishing, everything is this
Hook, line & sinker
$800 [14]
Concepcion's lovers hide inside clocks in her husband's shop in "L'Heure Espagnole" by this "Bolero" composer
Maurice Ravel
Linda
$600 [10]
London's bags
Jack's sacks
Kristi
$800 [6]
This judicial capital of Bolivia is named for the country's first president
Sucre
Patrick Kristi
$800 [18]
She can be seen briefly as a child in her mom Diane Ladd's film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Laura Dern
Patrick
$800 [23]
A complete dictionary, or the River Kwai after the explosion
unabridged
Linda
DD $1,000 [13]
This 1865 opera named for 2 legendary lovers contains the passage heard here
Tristan and Isolde
Kristi
$800 [11]
Philip's lepidoptera
Roth's moths
Kristi
DD $1,500 [7]
It's situated on numerous islands including Helgeandsholmen, where the house of Parliament is located
Stockholm, Sweden
Patrick
$1,000 [19]
Joan Rivers took the plunge into dramatic acting in this 1968 Burt Lancaster film seen here
The Swimmer
Linda
$1,000 [24]
The term "The whole" this isn't from football but perhaps from the amount of concrete that fills a truck
Nine yards
Kristi
$1,000 [25]
Puccini opera that features the prelude heard here
Madama Butterfly
$1,000 [12]
O'Connor's sardine factories
Flannery's canneries
Kristi

Final Jeopardy!

TV & LITERATURE

The "X-Files" episode entitled "Post-Modern Prometheus" was an update of this classic 1818 tale

Frankenstein

Patrick "What is Frankenstein?" — wagered $1,200
Kristi "What is Frankenstein" — wagered $1,300
Linda "What is Ulysses?" — wagered $3,201

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