Show #3570 - Friday, February 25, 2000

Contestants

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Blair Fisher, a middle school teacher from Duluth, Georgia

Pam Simmons, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Tim Hughes, a grocery clerk from Rockville, Maryland

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Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER
A BAR EXAM
(Alex: In which you have to name the type of liquor)
WORDS WE DON'T USE ENOUGH
HOTELS
PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE
(Alex: I'm not in it!)
BANNED AS PETS IN NYC
    $100 6
This South American river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean
    $100 1
Beck's,
Sierra Nevada,
Pabst Blue Ribbon
    $100 12
Kew-kaw is a synonym for this hyphenated word, so you could make a pineapple kew-kaw cake
    $100 11
The Fairmont is one of the fancy-schmancy hotels on Nob Hill in this city
    $100 19
He's been "An Officer And A Gentleman" & in 1999 he moved up the ranks to "Sexiest Man Alive"
    $100 24
It'll be a cold day in New York before the Department of Health allows you to keep one of these
    $200 7
Churchill, Manitoba is the chief port on this Canadian bay
    $200 2
Cutty Sark,
Glenlivet,
Cock O' The North
    $200 13
To crunkle means to cry like this bird, perhaps the whooping one
    $200 15
Nobel Prize winners are put up at this city's Grand Hotel on the water opposite the royal palace
    $200 20
Jennifer Aniston no doubt approves of this pick for 1995
    $200 25
No exemptions! You can't keep these in a basement or a baseball park
    $300 8
This river begins in Turkey's eastern Anatolian Highlands & flows through Baghdad on its way to the Persian Gulf
    $300 3
Myers,
Ron Rico,
Conch Republic
    $300 14
A backstress is a woman with this job (you might "knead" one in your neighborhood)
    $300 16
The Drake Hotel in this Midwestern city offers lovely views of Lake Michigan
    $300 21
This "Man Without A Face" had his face on People's first "Sexiest Man Alive" issue
    $300 26
You won't "spot" one of these in Central Park
    DD: $500 9
The Chinese call this sea Huang Hai due to the tint of the waters along its shore
    $400 4
Christian Brothers,
Courvoisier,
Remy Martin
    $400 29
Flesh-spades are these, as your manicurist should know
    $400 17
FDR wrote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" while staying at this city's Mayflower Hotel
    $400 22
Once "Down And Out In Beverly Hills", in 1992 he was "The Sexiest Man Alive"
    $400 27
Not even if you get its food chocolate-covered can you keep this animal
    $500 10
In 1994 many of the beautiful islands in this Vietnamese gulf were designated a world heritage site by UNESCO
    $500 5
Skyy,
Cristall,
Blavod
    $500 30
Annette was a Mouseketeer; a person who writes 14-line poems is this 9-letter word
    $500 18
In a classic children's book, Eloise is a 6-year-old girl who lives at this New York hotel
    $500 23
Great Scot! People said of this pick for 1989: He's "Older, Balder...and Better!"
    $500 28
It may be wild to have this wild dog in Australia but in New York City it's no go

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Tim Pam Blair
$700 $1,100 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tim Pam Blair
$2,500 $2,200 $3,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL NOVELS
CALL ME W
EMMY FACTS
THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES
IT'S "ALL"
A COMMUNIST PLOT
    $200 2
"Witching Times" is John De Forest's novel about this city's witchcraft trials
    $200 26
In 1940 he was "The Bank Dick"
    $200 11
This FOX sitcom is the longest-running primetime series never to win an Emmy; it was on for 10 seasons
    $200 1
1986-today
    $200 16
Proverbially this "is not gold"
    $200 21
His mausoleum in Red Square was designed by Alexei Shchusev in 1930
    $400 3
A 19th century novel by John Esten Cooke enhanced the legend of this playful daughter of Powhatan
    $400 27
The 1941 book "Father Of The Blues" was about him
    $400 12
With 16 nominations, this "Murder, She Wrote" star is the most nominated primetime actress with no wins
    $400 7
1801-1835
    $400 17
This 2-word phrase means "Passengers get on the train"
    $400 22
His glass sarcophagus is displayed inside a monumental edifice found on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi
    $600 4
"Kenilworth" tells the tale of the Earl of Leicester, who some say killed his wife in an attempt to marry this queen
    $600 28
This Anglo-American poet picked up a Pulitzer in 1948
    $600 13
Set partly at a Seattle radio station, it has won a record 5 consecutive Emmys as TV's Best Comedy Series
    DD: $900 8
1953-1969
    $600 18
November 1 on the Christian calendar
    $600 23
Buried in Santa Clara, Cuba this revolutionary leader was born in Argentina in 1928
    $800 5
"The Orphan Angel" depicts what might have happened to this romantic poet if he'd been rescued from drowning
    $800 29
"Perfection...it is apt to be dull", wrote this author of "Of Human Bondage"
    $800 14
It holds the record for wins by a miniseries with 9; its follow-up, "The Next Generation", won only 2
    $800 9
1969-1986
    $800 19
It's been the motto of the New York Times since 1896
    DD: $1,400 24
This Russian revolutionary leader is buried on the grounds of the Mexico City museum that bears his name
    $1000 6
"The Partisan" is one of several W.G. Simms novels that feature this "Swamp Fox" of the Revolutionary War
    $1000 30
His foundation has given money to colleges & also to public TV to broadcast "Sesame Street"
    $1000 15
This director is the only Emmy winner also to win a Tony & an Oscar the same year; his Oscar was for "Cabaret"
    $1000 10
1921-1930
    $1000 20
During the Revolutionary War, the Liberty Bell was hidden in this eastern Pennsylvania city
    $1000 25
In 1994, a nearly 4-hour funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang ended with his burial

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tim Pam Blair
$8,100 $4,300 $6,300

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THEATRE
In 1999 Del Close willed this to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago to be used in Act 5, Scene 1 of "Hamlet"

Final scores:

Tim Pam Blair
$10,200 $2,200 $6,300
New champion: $10,200 3rd place: a Meade ETX90 telescope 2nd place: a trip to Devon, England

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Tim Pam Blair
$8,100 $4,000 $5,600
23 R,
3 W
13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
16 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $17,700

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Game tape date: 1999-11-30
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