Show #3580 - Friday, March 10, 2000

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Maggie Harris, a program coordinator from Sautee, Georgia

John Mollenkamp, an attorney from Jefferson City, Missouri

Charles Hubert, a developer from Tucker, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,399)

[next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE
THE CINEMA
NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
ISLANDS
NAME THE DECADE
DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS
    $100 6
In biology it's a finger; in math, a figure like 1
    $100 14
Minnie Driver provided the voice of Jane in this 1999 Disney blockbuster
    $100 11
Joan Crawford died on May 10, the date of this holiday in many countries other than the U.S.
    $100 1
An island named for the animal seen here belongs to this country
[kangaroo]
    $100 26
Elizabeth II became Queen of England
    $100 21
It's the filmy covering soap may leave
    $200 7
A free-falling body accelerates at a rate of about 1 g, g coming from this word
    $200 15
This Eddie Murphy remake of a Jerry Lewis film was the biggest-grossing comedy of the summer in 1996
    $200 12
Islamic Republic Day in Iran is celebrated on this date, no foolin'
    $200 2
This "Valley Island" is found between the islands of Molokai & Hawaii
    $200 27
The American Revolution began
    $200 22
On iron, it's mainly hydrated ferric oxide
    $300 8
Pre-Y1K scientists figured this organ gave out light; they were, of course, wrong
    $300 16
She co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Eraser" & sang its theme, "Where Do We Go From Here"
    DD: $400 13
It was first celebrated in the U.S. in February 1866 as a memorial service
    $300 3
The healthful climate of this south Atlantic island didn't help Napoleon; he died there
    $300 28
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
    $300 23
An adjective for a vile smell, or a noun that pairs with file
    $400 9
These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles' Law in action
    $400 17
In this 1999 film, Clint Eastwood plays a reporter out to prove the guilt or innocence of a condemned murderer
    $400 19
Discovery Day in the Bahamas is observed on this date
    $400 4
It's the largest island in the Malay Archipelago & the second largest in the world
    $400 29
Picasso painted "Guernica"
    $400 24
This term for a sticky, greasy substance came from the brand name of a cleaning solvent
    $500 10
The 5-kingdom system is made up of animals, bacteria, plants, protists & these
    $500 18
This dancer introduced "Something's Gotta Give" in his 1955 film "Daddy Long Legs"
    $500 20
On this British holiday, service people like postmen & trash collectors get gifts
    $500 5
Sounds hypothetical, but it's the real-life island prison in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
    $500 30
Santa Anna led his assault on the Alamo
    $500 25
An anagram of whey's partner is this term for a crusty deposit

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Charles John Maggie
-$800 -$400 -$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Charles John Maggie
$2,000 $500 -$400

Double Jeopardy! Round

LIONS
MASONS
THE ROTARY CLUB
ODD FELLOWS
OPTIMISTS
THE "Y"
    $200 1
The Barbary lion, now essentially extinct, is best known for eating early members of this group in the Coliseum
    $200 2
This 1858 invention was John Mason's contribution to the art of canning
    $200 3
After testing, this technology began to replace the rotary dial in November 1963
    $200 7
He comes upon some odd fellows playing ninepins, gets ripped on their liquor & falls asleep for 20 years
    $200 13
On Oct. 25 of this year, the New York Journal headlined, "Experts Predict Rising Market"--oops
    $200 27
You're in balance if you know it's the complement of "yang"
    $400 4
As well as these on their paws, lions have a patch of rough skin on their tails called the same thing
    $400 18
This comedian was born with the name Yacov Moshe Maza
    $400 22
On an airplane they're "fixed"; on a helicopter they're actually "rotary"
    $400 8
Jed Shaner set a Guinness record in 1991 by covering himself with some 343,000 of these insects
    DD: $500 14
Optimistic 4-word phrase spoken by the title object seen here:
    $400 28
This single-celled fungus can ferment sugars & carbohydrates
    $600 5
(I'm Chris Claiborne of the Detroit Lions.) In the wild, lions' favorite prey are antelopes & this member of the horse family
    $600 19
He led the cast of the 1959 film "Journey to the Center of the Earth", seen here:
    $600 23
The rotary or rotator cuff is part of this joint
    $600 10
This legendary lumberjack was so huge that when he was a baby it took 5 storks to deliver him
    $600 15
On May 25, 1961 JFK called for the U.S. to achieve this goal by decade's end
    $600 29
In 1485 the Tudor family of rulers replaced this Plantaganet house
    $800 6
The highly developed carnassial teeth shear these cords that connect muscle to bone
    $800 20
This actress received 3 of her 4 Academy Award nominations for films written by Neil Simon
    $800 25
The Philadelphia Public Ledger in the 1840s was the first to use this invention by Richard Hoe
    $800 11
Commodus, emperor of this, enjoyed dressing up like Hercules (he thought he was Hercules reincarnated)
    $800 16
Norman Vincent Peale's best-known work is "The Power of" this
    $800 30
Expanded from the tetragrammaton, it's a Hebrew name for God
    DD: $600 9
The lion's genus & species is sometimes given by this 3-letter word repeated
    $1000 21
In 1987 this guitarist recorded a new version of "Classical Gas" with Mannheim Steamroller
    $1000 24
This German made his name with his 1956 epitrochoidal or rotary engine
    $1000 12
Ike Snopes falls in love with a cow in this novelist's Snopes Trilogy
    $1000 17
In 1989 scientists raised energy hopes when they claimed this nuclear reaction at room temperature
    $1000 26
This bright-winged type of woodpecker is the state bird of Alabama

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Charles John Maggie
$10,000 $3,300 $4,300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In a 1963 book this character found out his family motto in Latin would be "Orbis Non Sufficit"

Final scores:

Charles John Maggie
$8,601 $1,300 $300
2-day champion: $15,000 2nd place: a JVC home theater system + a DirecTV satellite system 3rd place: an Epson Photo PC750Z camera

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Charles John Maggie
$10,400 $3,300 $4,800
23 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
4 W
15 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $18,500

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 1999-12-14
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.