Show #4124 2002-07-04 (taped 2002-02-27) Regular

(Sarah: Next onJeopardy!: find out everything aboutAlcatraz, and maybe even... how to get out ofhere!)

Contestants

Ted Hsu — a pharmacist from Augusta, Georgia

Ellen Di Giosia — a minister from Wimberley, Texas

Jeff Goldfarb — a recent law school graduate from New York, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $73,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $3,200 $3,800 $13,000 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$9,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Ellen $1,000 $2,500 $6,100 $10,100
2nd place: $2,000
$6,400
10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Ted $1,200 $5,000 $20,200 $14,399
New champion: $14,399
$20,200
26 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALCATRAZ-A-MATAZZ PROJECTILES ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES CHICKEN À LA KING SHOPPING LIST GEORGE M. COHAN BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
$200 [23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gets put in her place on Alcatraz.) From the Latin for "alone", it's the type of cell I've been put into, either for punishment or for my own protection
solitary
Jeff
$200 [1]
In this sport you carry your projectiles in a quiver
archery
Ted
$200 [18]
Have you been to this Georgia city?:VANNA HAS
Savannah
Ellen
$200 [14]
You may want chicken described with these 2 words, meaning the bird lived relatively unconfined
free range
Ellen
$200 [9]
"She's a grand old rag", a line from a Civil War vet who was the color-bearer at Pickett's Charge, inspired this Cohan Tune
"You're A Grand Old Flag"
Jeff Ellen Ted
$200 [2]
This newsman was born on July 4, 1943, & not named Jerry Rivers
Geraldo Rivera
Jeff
$400 [24]
Films made about Alcatraz include "Birdman of Alcatraz", "Escape from Alcatraz" & this 1996 Sean Connery actioner
The Rock
Ted
$400 [3]
At the end of "The Dating Game", Jim Lange invited couples to throw these "projectiles" to the audience
kisses
Ted
$400 [19]
A gold rush town:OMEN
Nome
Jeff Ted
$400 [17]
This fortified wine you'll cook with is in a separate section from other Spanish wines
sherry
Ted
$400 [12]
It's the self-introducing line of a Cohan song sung by jockey Little Johnny Jones
"I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy."
Ted
$400 [7]
P.T. Barnum's circus partner, he took his first bow on July 4, 1847
(James) Bailey
Jeff
$600 [25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the tower.) Doing what many inmates had long wanted to do, this illusionist escaped from Alcatraz in a 1987 TV special
David Copperfield
Ted
$600 [4]
Star-shaped projectiles were in the arsenal of these feudal Japanese mercenaries similar to samurai
ninjas
Jeff
$600 [21]
You auto know it:I ROTTED
Detroit
Ted
$600 [28]
Weighty name for a standard ingredient in the sauce
heavy cream
Ted
DD $500 [15]
Enrico Caruso was among those who recorded this million-seller that Cohan wrote during WWI
"Over There"
Ellen
$600 [8]
An associate said of this "boss", "There's nothing more limited than a limited partner in the Yankees"
Steinbrenner
Jeff Ted
$800 [26]
After this man's release from Alcatraz in 1939, he was unable to regain control of the Chicago mob & retired to Florida
Capone
Jeff
$800 [5]
The projectiles fly at 150 mph & can kill in this fronton-based game
jai alai
Jeff
$800 [20]
A desert locale:NO CUTS
Tucson
Ted
$800 [29]
For the mushrooms, try this type named for something found on a shirt
button mushrooms
Ellen
$600 [13]
It should hit you like "Wham!" that the M. stands for this
Michael
Jeff
$800 [10]
Take our advice & name the columnists born in 1918 as Esther Pauline Friedman & Pauline Esther Friedman
Abigail Van Buren & Ann Landers
Ted
$1,000 [27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) The name Alcatrazis derived from the Spanish for "island of" these birds, that come in brown & white varities
pelicans
Jeff
$1,000 [6]
It's the discharge of several projectiles or a return tennis shot made before the ball hits the ground
a volley
Jeff Ted
$1,000 [22]
On the Pony Express route:SPACER
Casper (Wyoming)
$1,000 [30]
To catch the eyes of guests, use these peppers that can be spelled with 1 or 2 I's
pimentos or pimientos
Jeff
$1,000 [16]
In 1942 Cagney played Cohan on film & in 1968 this man played him on Broadway
Joel Grey
$1,000 [11]
Pennsylvania-born in 1826, he penned "Swanee River" only 25 years later
(Stephen) Foster
Ellen

Double Jeopardy! Round

DISCOVERY JUNG AT HEART THE BIBLE SIGNATURE SONGS RUN "IT" UP THE FLAGPOLE
$400 [18]
In 1540 Coronado's men spent 3 days trying to figure out a way to get to the bottom of this before giving up
the Grand Canyon
Jeff Ellen
$400 [16]
Jung met this noted psychiatrist in 1907 & became a friend, but after a disagreement in 1912 things turned sour
Freud
Ellen
$400 [1]
The births of John & Jesus were heralded by this archangel
Gabriel
Ted
$400 [2]
"People"
(Barbra) Streisand
Ted
$400 [11]
Nike's simple slogan
"Just Do It"
Ted
$400 [21]
Originally a flagpole was just a straight one of these cut, trimmed & treated
a tree trunk
Jeff Ellen
$800 [29]
In 1580 he brought back to England the silver, gold, jewels & 3 tons of cloves he got during his round-the-world trip
Drake
Jeff Ted
$800 [17]
Jung figured that though you're predominantly an extrovert or this, you still have tendencies to both
an introvert
Ted
$800 [7]
Acts says Judas bought a plot of land & it only cost him this much
30 pieces (of silver)
Ellen
$800 [3]
"Mona Lisa"
Nat "King" Cole
Ted
$800 [12]
As Max Bialystock says in "The Producers", "When you've got it..."
"...flaunt it"
Ellen Ted
$800 [24]
50 aluminum flagpoles encircle this D.C. landmark
the Washington Monument
Jeff
$1,200 [30]
In 1888 Fridtjof Nansen crossed this island from Umivik Fjord to the west coast in 42 days & wintered in Godthaab
Greenland
Jeff
$1,600 [20]
Jung's theory of archetypes came from studying the symbols in these of uneducated patients
dreams
Ted
$1,200 [8]
(Hi. I'm Alan Dershowitz.) In "The Genesis of Justice" I present as a case this Biblical character's abduction by his jealous brothers
Joseph
Ted
$1,200 [4]
"Fever"
Peggy Lee
Jeff Ellen
$1,200 [13]
One more time, it's the 1975 title order from the Eagles
"Take It To The Limit"
Ted
$1,200 [28]
As they are so "attractive", you should do this to metal poles that are outside & over 25 feet tall
ground them
Ellen
$1,600 [26]
In 1866 Francis Garnier sailed up this Vietnamese river to seek a navigable route to China
the Mekong
Jeff
$2,000 [22]
It was Jung, not Sting, who first applied this 13-letter word to the coincidence of events that seem related
synchronicity
Jeff
$1,600 [9]
Published in 1989, the NRSV is short for this
the New Revised Standard Version
Ellen
$1,600 [5]
"Tennessee Waltz"
Patti Page
Ted
$1,600 [14]
For TV Superman Dean Cain hosts this show on TBS
Ripley's Believe It Or Not
Ted
$1,600 [27]
This simple machine is found at the top of many flagpoles
a pulley
Ted
DD $4,700 [25]
In the 1820s Rene Caillie traveled to this fabled African city only to find "a mass of ill-looking houses built of earth"
Timbuktu
Jeff
DD $2,500 [19]
Jung wrote about a "collective" this shared universally by all humans
unconscious
Jeff
$2,000 [10]
Exodus tells of its use for lighting; Ezekiel for cooking; & Psalms for anointing
oil
Ted
$2,000 [6]
"Goldfinger"
Shirley Bassey
Ted
$2,000 [15]
After a visit to Russia in 1919, Lincoln Steffens said about communism, "I have seen the future and..."
"...it works."
$2,000 [23]
In degrees, it's the usual inclination for wall-mounted outrigger poles, though some are set at 30 or 60
45
Ted

Final Jeopardy!

CONTEMPORARY WOMEN

According to the London Times she was England's highest-earning British woman in 2001, followed by Queen Elizabeth II

J.K. Rowling

Ellen "Who is J.K. Rowling?" — wagered $4,000
Jeff "Who is Spears?" — wagered $12,999
Ted "Who is Speake?" — wagered $5,801

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