Show #3666 2000-07-10 (taped 2000-04-12) Regular

Doug Lach game 3.

Contestants

Steve Wang — a software developer from Redwood City, California

Deborah Van Ness — a stay-at-home mom from New City, New York

Doug Lach — a product development manager from Columbus, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Doug	$1,800	$4,700	$12,600	$7,500 3-day champion: $56,000	$8,800 27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Deborah	$300	$100	$-100	$-100 3rd place: $1,000 Sony Card Shopping Spree	$-100 9 R, 5 W
Steve	$400	$1,500	$3,700	$0 2nd place: Trip to Runaway Bay, Jamaica	$5,300 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	BATMAN'S WORLD	LANGUAGES	"DELTA"	COMETS	CALVIN-ISM
$100 [26] In 1874, a major rail crossing, the Eads Bridge, was completed across this river at St. Louis Mississippi River Doug	$100 [1] Oswald Cobblepot is the real name of this "flightless" villain The Penguin Doug	$100 [9] Bavarian-Austrian is the form of this language spoken in such cities as Munich & Vienna German Doug	$100 [21] She said "I Do" to Gerald McRaney Delta Burke Deborah	$100 [6] The Comet of 1680 was the first to be discovered using one of these Telescope Doug	$100 [8] He attended the High School of Art & Design & graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1962 Calvin Klein Deborah
$200 [30] California's highest peak, it was named for the geologist who was chief of the expedition that found it in 1864 Mount Whitney Doug	$200 [2] A family of circus trapeze artists produced this orphaned son Dick Grayson/Robin Doug	$200 [10] World Book says that only about 350 Gaulish words have become part of this modern language French Doug	$200 [22] It operates the Skymiles program Delta Airlines Steve	$200 [7] For Encke's Comet, the period meaning the time it takes to do this is a brief 3.3 years Orbit the sun Steve	$200 [14] Title characters seen here (the comic strip) Calvin & Hobbes Steve
$300 [15] Col. Thomas Baker founded this city, a produce center & California's country music capital Bakersfield Deborah	$300 [3] This bad guy's hideout is sometimes called the Ha-Ha Hacienda The Joker Doug	$300 [11] The Chinese in Hong Kong & Macao speak this dialect that's the one most commonly spoken overseas Cantonese Doug	$300 [23] Since 1890 this company has been carrying passengers on ships like its namesake seen here Delta Queen Deborah	$400 [28] From the Greek for "near the Earth", this word means a comet's closest approach to us Perigee Steve	$300 [16] Calvin Broadus is the real name of this "Top Dogg" rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg Doug
$400 [19] Virginia's Rappahannock River flows into this bay Chesapeake Bay Doug	$400 [4] On TV he was Batgirl's father Commissioner Gordon Steve	$400 [12] Petronius wrote his "Satyricon" in the vulgar form of this language Latin Deborah	$400 [24] The website of this MASCO Plumbing Products division really has the info flowing out of it Delta faucets Deborah	$500 [29] In the 16th century this Dane proved that comets are heavenly, not atmospheric, bodies Tycho Brahe Doug Steve	$400 [17] It's said that when told of a bet to get more than 2 words out of him, he said, "You Lose" Calvin Coolidge Doug
$500 [20] This state capital was founded in 1819 from 2 towns: East Alabama & New Philadelphia Montgomery Deborah Steve	$500 [5] Selina Kyle is the secret identity of this troublesome, yet enticing female Catwoman Doug	$500 [13] The Christian form of this Semitic language is called Syriac Aramaic Deborah	$500 [25] Founded in 1907, it's the USA's foremost business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi Deborah	DD $2,000 [27] Edmond Halley thought a comet might have caused this event described in Genesis 7 Great Flood Doug	$500 [18] In 1961 biochemist Melvin Calvin won a Nobel Prize for identifying the intermediate reactions during this plant process Photosynthesis Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHO'S ON THE BRITISH THRONE?	TOOLS	RUSSIAN AUTHORS	FILMS OF THE '90s	FUN WITH AREA CODES	CALVINISM
$200 [13] President Nixon resigns Elizabeth II (1974) Doug	$200 [1] Sounding transparent, these are powerful scissors used on metalwork shears Doug	$200 [18] Nabokov wrote "The Gift" & "The Defense" in Russian, but "Lolita" in this language English Doug	$200 [30] In 1999 Julia Roberts & this pretty man reunited for "Runaway Bride" Richard Gere Deborah	$200 [7] This 1982 Billy Joel hit is covered by 610 "Allentown" Doug	$200 [28] Calvinists use this word, also a name for a season, to describe Adam & Eve's disobedience the Fall Deborah
$400 [14] Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe Elizabeth I Doug	$400 [2] Samuel Johnson preferred the spelling "S-I-T-H-E", but alas, it was this spelling that prevailed S-C-Y-T-H-E Steve	$600 [20] After several years living in Vermont, he returned to Russia amid fanfare in 1994 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Steve	$400 [29] Astronaut Jim Lovell had a bit role in this film in which Tom Hanks played Jim Lovell Apollo 13 Doug	$400 [8] With 207, it's all about--the state abbreviated this way ME (Maine)	$400 [27] The name of this British offshoot of Calvinism has become synonymous with repression of pleasure Puritanism Doug
$600 [15] Hong Kong ceded to Great Britain Victoria Steve	$600 [10] The original Swiss Army knife didn't have this device; it was added to the offiziermesser, or officer's knife a corkscrew Doug	$800 [22] This poet's 1961 work "Babi Yar" helped make him an international celebrity Yevgeny Yevtushenko	$600 [3] Give a "holler" if you know that this 1996 horror flick won an MTV Award for best movie Scream Steve	$600 [9] The number of Boeing's first Trijet; you'd use it to dial St. Petersburg, Florida on one of its airfones 727 Doug Deborah	$600 [26] This other John met John Calvin in Geneva & brought his ideas to Scotland John Knox Doug
$800 [16] Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima George VI Steve	$800 [11] The tools seenhereare meant to be used on these locks Deborah	$1,000 [23] 1926's "Red Cavalry" is a famous collection of tales by this "tower"ing writer Isaac Babel	$800 [4] In a 1999 film John Travolta & Madeleine Stowe tried to solve the murder of this title character The General's Daughter Steve	$800 [6] Dial this badge number of Sgt. Friday before you call a number at Disneyland 714 Doug	$800 [25] Despite the name, only God gets to "vote" for these people whose souls are saved the Elect Deborah
$1,000 [17] Jamestown, Virginia founded James I Doug	$1,000 [12] It's the tool that makes a screw hole that will allow the head of the screw to be flush with the surface a countersink Doug	DD $2,500 [19] Seen here in 1849 for the crime of conspiracy, he barely escaped the punishment of death Fyodor Dostoyevsky Doug	DD $1,600 [5] Writing credits for this film went to Jane Austen & Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility Steve	$1,000 [21] This area code goes "all around" Olympia, Bellingham & Vancouver 360	$1,000 [24] Calvin believed in the "double" type of this 14-letter term for damnation as well as salvation predestination

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

"The Line King" is a film about this man whose work has been in The New York Times for the last 70 years

Al Hirschfeld

Steve "Who is Ziggy?" — wagered $3,700

Doug "Who is Breslin?" — wagered $5,100

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