Show #4199 2002-11-28 (taped 2002-08-26) Regular

Contestants

Karen Wallace-Meigs — a non-profit management consultant from Durham, North Carolina

Frank Stevens — a court officer from Freeport, New York

Faith Love — a systems analyst from Boyds, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Faith $4,400 $5,800 $6,000 $5,400
4-day champion: $40,801
$6,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Frank $1,600 $5,600 $4,400 $2,199
2nd place: $2,000
$6,400
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Karen $800 $1,800 $6,600 $2,100
3rd place: $1,000
$6,600
8 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CARS CRY BEOWULF SO GREAT THEY NEED 2 NICKNAMES 20th CENTURY QUOTES HOW AM "I" DOING? SAFARI SO GOOD
$200 [6]
Look! Up in the sky! Those clouds! A Chrysler Cirrus & a Dodge one of these
a Dodge Stratus
$200 [26]
The only surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" is in a research library in this capilal city
London
Karen
$200 [1]
Before he was Magic he was June Bug, because he's Earvin Junior
"Magic" Johnson
Frank
$200 [11]
This scientist wrote to FDR that "The element uranium may be turned into an important and new source of energy"
Einstein
Frank
$200 [16]
Imaginary "drapery" between western Europe & the old Communist bloc
the Iron Curtain
Faith
$200 [21]
In "The Spider Sapphire Mystery" this girl detective goes on safari in Africa
Nancy Drew
Faith
$400 [7]
Aye, it's the name of a pirate sword as well as an Oldsmobile
a Cutlass
Faith
$400 [27]
To scholars, "Beowulf" is the most important one of these long narative poems written in Old English
an epic
Frank
$400 [2]
George Herman Ruth was not just "Babe" but this Italian version, too
The Bambino
Frank
$400 [12]
In August 1964, in a televised address, he told Americans, "We still seek no wider war"
Johnson
Faith
$400 [17]
In 1981 this company introduced its first home computer, the PC
IBM
Faith
$400 [22]
The biography "Dark Safari" tells the story of this man who sought Livingstone
(Henry) Stanley
Frank
$600 [8]
Maurice Chevalier sang, "Every little" one of these Plymouths "seems to whisper Louise"
a Breeze
Faith
$600 [28]
During the course of his heroic adventures, Beowulf not only slays this monster, but his mom too
Grendel
Frank
$600 [3]
By career's end Wayne Gretzky was "The Great One"; earlier he was this, also a Chaplin film title
"The Kid"
$600 [13]
Fanny Brice once said "There is no director who can direct you like "this group of people
"the audience"
$600 [18]
"Kick the bucket" is an example of this type of expression
an idiom
Frank
$600 [23]
Originally from Arabic, safari is this African Language's word for "journey"
Swahili
DD $1,000 [9]
I can't see the sun; this Mitsubishi is blocking it
an Eclipse
Faith
$800 [29]
After 50 years as king, Beowulf dies slaying one of these mythical creatures; St. George had better luck
a dragon
Faith
$800 [4]
The Baseball Encyclopedia lists his nicknames as "The Franchise" & "Tom Terrific"
Tom Seaver
Karen
$800 [14]
At the Watergate hearings this N.C. senator said, "That is not executive privilege. It is executive poppycock"
Sam Ervin
Frank
$800 [19]
Technically, it's the fear of fish
ichthyophobia
Faith
$800 [24]
The starting point for many safaris is this Kenyan capital
Nairobi
Karen
$1,000 [10]
You can buy this Lincoln off the shelf--the shelf off North America
a Continental
Faith
$1,000 [5]
This carrot-topped running back built muscle working on an Illinois ice truck, becoming "The Wheaton Iceman"
"Red" Grange
$1,000 [15]
In his first address as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said, "I have nothing to offer but" these 4 things
"blood, toil, tears & sweat"
Faith
$1,000 [20]
(Sofia presents the clue from the blackboard.) By adding a neutron, you can get this different form of a chemical element
an isotope
Faith Frank
$1,000 [25]
He was the director of the St. Louis Zoo before taking us all on safari as the host of "Wild Kingdom"
Marlin Perkins
Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CARS CIVIL WAR PEOPLE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 EUROPE DEM BONES 15-LETTER WORDS
$400 [6]
In his diaries, this pop artist mentions directing The Cars' "Hello Again" music video
Andy Warhol
Karen
$400 [9]
William H. Carney, of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, was the first black soldier honored with this medal
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Frank
$400 [1]
The 5-foot, 3-inch pixie seen here, she gained nation exposure on TV's "Your Show of Shows"
Imogene Coca
Frank
$400 [19]
The Salentina Peninsula forms the "heel" of this country
Italy
Faith
$400 [22]
The name of this bone to which the ribs attach is from the Greek for "breastbone"
sternum
Karen
$400 [16]
I see, oculist is another name for this type of doctor
ophthalmologist
Faith Frank
$800 [7]
One of this legendary pin-up artist's girls graced the cover of The Cars' album "Candy-O"
Vargas
Frank
$800 [10]
In early September 1864 this general ordered all the civilians out of Atlanta
Sherman
Frank
$800 [2]
His "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" began on BBC radio
Douglas Adams
Faith
$800 [20]
Kosovo is now an autonomous province within this Balkan republic
Serbia
Frank
$800 [23]
This joint consists of 8 carpal bones arranged in 2 rows of 4
the wrist
Frank
$800 [17]
This powerful drug, also known as speed, was first used in medicine as a nasal decongestant
methamphetamine
$1,200 [8]
The video for "Drive" featured this Czech model whom Ric Ocasek drove up the aisle in 1989
Paulina Porizkova
Faith Karen
$1,600 [12]
Artillery chief William Pendleton was so religious, he gave these names to his 4 big guns
Matthew, Mark, John & Luke
Frank
$1,200 [3]
He made medical history when he transplanted the heart of Denise Darvall into Louis Washkansky in 1967
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Faith
DD $1,000 [21]
In 1924 it became the first country to host the Summer & Winter Olympics in the same year
France
Faith
$1,200 [24]
The biceps and triceps muscles surround this bone
humerus
Faith Karen
$1,200 [18]
(Sofia is taking a walk through the woods.) A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing
outdoorsmanship
$1,600 [14]
It's a "no-brainer" to tell us that in 1984 this Cars video won MTV's first Video of the Year award
"You Might Think"
Frank
DD $2,000 [11]
This Civil War figure was born in 1808 & named after the President of the U.S.
Jefferson Davis
Frank
$1,600 [4]
A former actor, he made millions penning bestsellers like "The Osterman Weekend" & "The Gemini Contenders"
Robert Ludlum
$1,600 [27]
In 1999 NATO welcomed 3 members of this organization, formed in 1955 to counter NATO
the Warsaw Pact
Frank
$1,600 [25]
Its 3 parts are the ilium, ischium & pubis
the hip bone
Frank
$1,600 [29]
Before she was a TV star, Candice Bergen was this, meaning she took poignant pictures that told a story
a photojournalist
Faith
$2,000 [15]
"Dance all night with anyone don't let nobody pick your fun just" do this
"Shake It Up"
$2,000 [13]
Lincoln called this newspaper artist "Our best recruiting sergeant"
Thomas Nast
$2,000 [5]
He was half of the research duo who wrote books on sex like "Human Sexual Inadequacy"
(William) Masters
Karen
$2,000 [28]
This dual monarchy began with Franz Josef in 1867 & broke up in 1918, 2 years after his death
the Austro-Hungarian
Frank
$2,000 [26]
The mandible is the lower jaw; this is the upper jaw
maxilla
Karen

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

Rendered numerically, it was the last complete date where every digit was an odd number

11-19-1999

Frank "What was 11/29/99?" — wagered $2,201
Faith "What is 11-31-1999?" — wagered $600
Karen "What is 9-9-99?" — wagered $4,500

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