Show #3293 1998-12-23 (taped 1998-11-03) Regular

Contestants

John Hurst — a musician from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Gail Fouts Bernstein — an advertising account executive from Salem, Massachusetts

Debra Keil — a school counselor from Inola, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Debra $800 $2,000 $3,000 $600
2nd place: Monorail Desktop PC & Broyhill Home Office Armoire
$2,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Gail $0 $500 $300 $1
3rd place: Intel Create & Share Camera Pack Software/Hardware
$2,300
5 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
John $1,500 $5,000 $9,600 $8,200
New champion: $8,200
$11,200
29 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE BIRDS A CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK GUINNESS RECORDS BRITISH FICTIONAL CHARACTERS THE PERFECT GIFT "JOY" TO THE WORLD
$100 [26]
Arizona's state bird is a wren named for this type of plant
a cactus
John
$100 [11]
This "jolly happy soul" had a "corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal"
Frosty the Snowman
Debra
$100 [16]
In 1970 the Pringles plant in Tennessee produced one of these measuring 23" X 14 1/2"--yum! yum!
a potato chip
John
$100 [1]
Disraeli created Vivian Grey; he created Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
John
$100 [21]
This greeting card company operates "Gold Crown" stores full of gift ideas
Hallmark
John
$100 [6]
It's slang for a control lever on an airplane or on a video game
a joystick
Debra
$200 [27]
There'll be blue hens over the capital, Dover, in this state where they're the state bird
Delaware
Gail
$200 [12]
"On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten lords" a-doin' this
leaping
John
$200 [17]
Charles Osborne did this every 1 1/2 seconds from 1922 to 1990; what he needed was a good scare!
hiccupped
Debra
$200 [2]
He created Mrs. Flanders, also known as Moll
Daniel Defoe
Debra
$200 [22]
In the past, a gold watch from an employer followed an employee's decision to take this action
retirement
Debra
$200 [7]
A pleasurable trip in an automobile, especially when driving recklessly
a joyride
Debra
$300 [28]
City name of the state bird seen here
the Baltimore oriole
Debra
$300 [13]
Elvis sang, "You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white, but I'll have" this
a blue Christmas
Debra
$300 [18]
Located near Seattle, the world's largest building in volume is this company's main assembly plant
Boeing
Gail
$300 [3]
Griffin is the name of this H.G. Wells title character
the Invisible Man
Debra John
$400 [24]
When prom dates exchange flowers, the girl gets a corsage & the boy gets one of these
a boutonniere
John
$300 [8]
A "wrapped up" baby is described as one of these happy packages
a bundle of joy
Debra
$400 [29]
Wyoming honors this blackbird relative whose name also belongs to a legendary Harlem Globetrotter
the meadowlark
John
$400 [14]
"I saw Mommy" doing this, "underneath the mistletoe last night"
kissing Santa Claus
Debra
$400 [19]
There are more statues honoring this religious leader than any other person in the world
Buddha
John
$400 [4]
Richard Llewellyn novel with coal miner Gwilym Morgan & minister Mr. Gruffydd
How Green Was My Valley
DD $500 [23]
(Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks.) Traditionally, presents for newlyweds' first anniversary are made from this material
paper
Debra
$400 [9]
A classic practical joke, this device vibrates irritatingly when pressed into the hand of another
a joy buzzer
John
$500 [30]
The willow ptype of this ptundra dweller is Alaska's state bird
the ptarmigan
John
$500 [15]
In the 1964 TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", this singer introduced "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Burl Ives
John
$500 [20]
A 1987 Sunday edition of this U.S. newspaper holds the record for most massive issue, 12 pounds & 1,612 pages
The New York Times
John
$500 [5]
Self-described "singleton" whose bestselling "diary" was concocted by Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones
Debra
$500 [25]
This large gift France gave to the U.S. was dedicated in 1886
the Statue of Liberty
John
$500 [10]
It's the rousing musical composition heard here
"Ode To Joy" (from Beethoven's 9th)
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES THIS MEANS WAR! TV PARENTS GO WITH THE FLOW CROSSWORD CLUES "F" AT HOME IN EUROPE
$200 [20]
In May 1927 this American aviator became the first man to fly the Atlantic solo
Charles Lindbergh
John
$200 [2]
It's German for "struggle", as in my or "Mein" struggle
Kampf
Debra
$200 [1]
Can we talk? This comedienne guest-starred as Kathy Griffin's wacky mom on "Suddenly Susan"
Joan Rivers
John
$200 [12]
The Nile of Africa
the Mediterranean Sea
John
$200 [7]
Dining utensil "in the road"(4)
fork
John
$400 [27]
While living in Davos, Switzerland, far from an ocean, he wrapped up "Treasure Island"
Robert Louis Stevenson
John
$400 [21]
He abdicated the Russian throne in 1917, a year before he & his family were executed
Nicholas II
Debra
$400 [3]
Churchill's famous statement about the R.A.F. begins "Never in the field of human" this
conflict
John
$400 [16]
She went from being "That Girl" to appearing as Rachel Green's mom on "Friends"
Marlo Thomas
Debra
$400 [13]
The Rio Grande of the U.S.
the Gulf of Mexico
John
$400 [8]
Morris the Cat's adjective(7)
finicky
John
$600 [26]
In 1895 these newlyweds moved into a home on Rue de la Glaciere in Paris, & radiated happiness
Pierre & Marie Curie
John
$600 [22]
Leopold I became king of this country in 1831 after refusing the throne of Greece
Belgium
Gail
$600 [4]
Vic Morrow was Sergeant Chip Saunders in this 1960s TV series
Combat
John
$600 [17]
Jerry Stiller & Estelle Harris were the ever-screeching parents of this "Seinfeld" character
George Costanza
John
$800 [15]
The Danube of Europe
the Black Sea
Gail
$600 [9]
Mr. Christian's Christian name(8)
Fletcher
John
$800 [25]
La Rabida, a Franciscan monastery in Spain, was home to this explorer in 1485 & later, to Hernando Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Gail
$800 [23]
After his mother died in 1827, this Zulu chief became openly psychotic & was murdered the next year
Shaka
Debra
$800 [6]
As it's French for "war", it makes the title "The Return of Martin War"
guerre
John
$800 [18]
George Segal plays Jack Gallo, publisher of Blush magazine & Laura San Giacomo's dad on this sitcom
Just Shoot Me!
Debra Gail
DD $1,600 [14]
The Jordan of Israel
the Dead Sea
John
$800 [10]
Just, or just blond(4)
fair
John
$1,000 [28]
In the 1890s while studying law, he lived with an Anglo-Indian family at 20 Baron's Court Road, London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
$1,000 [24]
This Austrian archduchess' 1736 marriage established the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine
Maria Theresa
$1,000 [5]
A Muslim may fulfill one of these fights against evil by heart, tongue, hand or sword
jihad
John
DD $2,000 [19]
(Hi, I'm Carol Burnett.) On the 100th episode of "Mad About You", I played Jamie's mom & this actor played her dad
Carroll O'Connor
Gail
$1,000 [11]
Pits that lack atheists(8)
foxholes

Final Jeopardy!

FOOD & DRINK

This coffee brand was so named because its creator served it only once a year at a yuletide dinner party

Yuban

Gail "What is Chock Full O' Nuts?" — wagered $299
Debra "What is Noel?" — wagered $2,400
John "What is Taster's Choice?" — wagered $1,400

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