Show #3931 2001-10-08 (taped 2001-08-21) Regular

(Cheryl: I'm Cheryl of the Clue Crew. See what weserve up todayonJeopardy!)

Contestants

Brandon Ferris — a director of communications from Concord, New Hampshire

Kathy Widmayer — a systems project manager from Moorestown, New Jersey

Rod Sanders — a master control operator from Corpus Christi, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $21,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rod	$1,600	$3,600	$9,400	$9,500 4-day champion: $31,400	$7,900 27 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Kathy	$600	$1,600	$3,800	$7,500 2nd place: Trip to Ireland	$3,800 15 R, 7 W
Brandon	$900	$1,000	$3,300	$6,300 3rd place: Trip to Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco	$3,200 11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE HISTORY OF INDIA	INTERNET LINGO	JENNIFER	U.S. STATES	TENNIS	CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
$100 [16] 1 of the 3 Indian cities where the British founded universities in 1857 (1 of 3) Bombay, Calcutta or Madras Rod Kathy	$100 [23] The advice DQYDJ means don't quit your this day job Rod	$100 [1] In 2001 she made history: her album "J. Lo" & her movie "The Wedding Planner" were both No. 1 in the same week Jennifer Lopez Rod	$100 [10] Its state dog is the Boston Terrier Massachusetts Brandon	$100 [5] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the tennis court.) Once meaning "to hinder", it's the call on a serve when the ball hits the net & drops over let Kathy Brandon	$100 [20] Unit of sand, or of sense(5) grain Rod
$200 [17] In the 200s B.C., after the bloody Kalinga campaign, King Ashoka embraced this religion & nonviolence Buddhism Kathy	$200 [27] This animated TV mom is symbolized here:@@@@ :-) Marge Simpson Rod	$200 [2] She got an Oscar nomination for her role as a gun moll in "Bullets over Broadway" Jennifer Tilly Rod	$200 [12] 2/3 of this state's population lives in New Castle, one of its 3 counties Delaware Rod Kathy	$200 [6] In tennis it's an exchange of strokes; in auto racing it's a long-distance competition rally Brandon	$200 [21] Relative with his own clock(11) grandfather Rod
$300 [18] After a 1998 nuclear test, this country's prime minister said, "We have evened the score with India" Pakistan Kathy	$300 [28] Nixon could have used "IANAC"--"I am not" this a crook Brandon	$300 [3] This sitcom star was the voice of Hogarth's mom in "The Iron Giant" Jennifer Aniston Rod	$300 [13] This state's name comes from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters", which probably refers to its 10,000 lakes Minnesota Kathy	$300 [7] (Sofia serves up an infraction.) 2-word term for the infraction being committed here foot fault Rod Kathy	$300 [22] It precedes Dane & Depression(5) Great Brandon
$400 [19] The bodacious Tata family launched this industry in India in 1901, the year the "U.S." corporation was founded steel Rod	$400 [29] The abbreviation "BBFBBM" means "Body by Fisher, brains by" this toymaker Mattel Kathy	$400 [4] Joe Cocker sang "Up Where We Belong", the love theme from "An Officer and a Gentleman", with this woman Jennifer Warnes Brandon	$400 [14] Nestled between Ohio & Illinois, it's the smallest mainland state in area west of the Appalachians Indiana Rod	$400 [8] This American phenom with a 140-MPH serve is known as the "A-Rod of Tennis" Andy Roddick Brandon	$500 [25] Whippet relative(9) greyhound Kathy Brandon
$500 [26] A 1967 law kept English as a national language of education until all states would accept this one Hindi Rod Kathy	$500 [30] Look sideways at the smiley seen here & you'll have sighted this king:5:-) Elvis Presley Rod	$500 [9] She gave notice as Jeanie Bueller, Ferris' cranky sister in a 1986 film Jennifer Grey Rod	$500 [15] This state was home to the world's first drive-in movie theater & the first boardwalk New Jersey Kathy	$500 [11] (Sofia serves up a shot.) The shot being gracefully executed here is this one with an 8-letter name overhead Brandon	DD $1,100 [24] "Just a" male escort(6) gigolo Rod

Double Jeopardy! Round

OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT	DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY	IN THE DICTIONARY	CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES	MARSHALL MATTERS	THE REAL SLIM PICKENS
$200 [5] After slaying Grendel, the title character of this epic poem becomes king of the Geats & rules for 50 years Beowulf Rod	$200 [1] It was Gabriel Fahrenheit who substituted this for alcohol in the thermometer mercury Rod	$200 [2] This prefix appears with thyroid, normal & legal para Rod	$200 [9] Director Roberto Rossellini Rome Kathy	$200 [17] Appointed by President Johnson, he was the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall Rod	$200 [19] Slim Pickens was the B-52 captain who saddled up a hydrogen bomb in this 1964 Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove Rod
$400 [25] The general prologue of this masterpiece is heard here The Canterbury Tales	$400 [8] Oxygen discoverer Joseph Priestley dubbed the material he used as an eraser this rubber Rod	$400 [3] The schwa used in a dictionary's pronounciation key looks like this lower case letter turned upside down e Rod Kathy	$400 [10] Marcel Proust Paris Rod	$400 [18] At 34 years, he was the longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Marshall Kathy Brandon	$400 [24] We got a laugh when Slim appeared on this comedy variety show hosted from 1969 to 1992 by Roy Clark Hee Haw Kathy
$600 [26] The titular hero of this allegory is a simple plowman Piers Plowman Kathy	$600 [14] Frederick Russell is best known for his study on the life history of this whale food found on the ocean surface plankton Rod Brandon	$600 [4] A simple song, or the bag used by military personnel to carry small items ditty Kathy Brandon	$600 [11] Ricardo Montalban Mexico City Rod Kathy	$600 [20] This '70s "Hollywood Squares" host was born Pierre LaCock Peter Marshall Rod	$600 [29] Slim made a statement in a bean-eating scene in this 1974 Mel Brooks Western spoof Blazing Saddles Rod
$800 [27] This Arthurian hero stars in an alliterative Middle English poem in which he battles the Green Knight Sir Gawain Rod Kathy	DD $900 [15] To get a suitable celluloid film for his new inventions, Edison called on this man George Eastman Brandon	$800 [6] It's the act of shaving one's head, or the part of a monk's head that has been shaved tonsure Kathy	$800 [12] Melina Mercouri Athens Kathy	$1,000 [22] He was the man with a 1947 "Plan" that helped rebuild Europe George Marshall Brandon	$800 [30] Educating as well as entertaining, Slim appeared in the 1973 film "Pat Garrett &" this outlaw Billy the Kid Rod
$1,000 [28] This venerable monk quoted Caedmon's Hymn in his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" Bede Rod	$1,000 [16] Like Mobius & his strip, this German mathematician is famous for a one-sided object--a bottle Felix Christian Klein	$1,000 [7] A synonym for delectable, it may be an alteration of sumptuous scrumptious	$1,000 [13] Martina Navratilova Prague Kathy	DD $1,600 [21] Seen here, he gave us plenty of "Happy Days" Garry Marshall Rod	$1,000 [23] In 1979 Slim played Sgt. Wiley on this TV series with trucker Greg Evigan & a simian sidekick B.J. and the Bear Rod

Final Jeopardy!

RELIGION

Among the 854 people the Russian Orthodox Church canonized in 2000 was this czar who was buried in St. Petersburg in 1998

Nicholas II

Brandon "Who was Nicholas II?" — wagered $3,000

Kathy "Who is Nicolas II?" — wagered $3,700

Rod "Who is Nicholas II?" — wagered $100

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