Show #3451 - Monday, September 13, 1999

First regular game of Season 16.

Contestants

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Leni Sumich, a physician from River Ridge, Louisiana

Greg Lambert, a paramedic and software engineer from Albany, New York

Jackie Wollner, an actress and comedienne from Van Nuys, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

AFRICA
SILENT G
SCRAMBLED ROMANTIC POETS
FAMOUS AMERICANS
COUNTRY MUSIC
CITY TELEVISION
    $100 1
Oil-producing nations belonging to OPEC include Algeria, Nigeria & this one led by Muammar al-Qaddafi
    $100 16
In the late 1960s this neighborhood was the center of San Francisco's hippie population
    $100 19
Steak
    $100 9
In 1926 this future first lady started a furniture factory at Hyde Park to help the unemployed
    $100 26
In 1956 Elvis "Found a new place to dwell" when this pop hit topped the country charts for 17 weeks
    $100 6
This NBC drama series is filmed in part in the Rhode Island city for which it's named
    $200 2
Africa's second-longest river, it shares its name with a country formerly called Zaire
    $200 17
To formally quit or give up one's job or office
    $200 20
Hell, yes
    $200 10
On July 20, 1957 this evangelist set a Yankee Stadium attendance record when 100,000 jammed in to hear his message
    $200 27
His classic song "Your Cheatin' Heart" didn't chart until several weeks after his death
    $200 7
Before starring as Greg on "Dharma & Greg", Thomas Gibson played Dr. Daniel Nyland on this medical series
    $300 3
In the summertime of 1796, he, not Mungo Jerry, explored the Niger River
    $300 18
Last name shared by writers Ted & Langston & chief justice Charles Evans
    DD: $500 23
Throw sword!
    $300 11
In 1929 this American hero married Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico
    $300 28
1 of 2 prisons at which Johnny Cash recorded live gold albums in the late 1960s
    $300 8
Sheena Easton appeared as a rock singer who married detective Sonny Crockett on this series
    $400 4
Western Cape & Kwazulu-Natal are 2 of its provinces
    $400 21
A gold coin once used in Great Britain, or the chief of state in a monarchy
    $400 24
Ogle cider
    $400 12
Although he made no campaign speeches, he was elected president in 1868 by a wide electoral margin
    $400 29
This group's Bob Nolan wrote their classic hits "Cool Water" & "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds"
    $400 14
Brenda & Dylan's spring dance rendezvous was a highlight of this series' first season
    $500 5
Sierra Leone's capital is Freetown while this Gabon capital's name is French for "free town"
    $500 22
Knotty, misshapen or rugged due to old age or work, such as the hands of an old carpenter
    $500 25
Hot suey
    $500 13
In 1837 his phonetic system of shorthand was published as "Stenographic Soundhand"
    $500 15
Dame Judith Anderson starred as grande dame Minx Lockridge when this Calif.-set soap debuted in 1984

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Jackie Greg Leni
$600 $1,000 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jackie Greg Leni
$700 $800 $1,100

Double Jeopardy! Round

(Alex: We start off with a tribute to the American Physical Society & it's called...)
A CENTURY OF PHYSICS
PRO FOOTBALL
NOTABLE WOMEN
17th CENTURY ARTS
20th CENTURY CLIP ART
RHYME TIME
    $200 2
Ernest Rutherford, the first to split this central part of the atom, doubted you could get power by doing so
    $200 4
This team's home, the Pontiac Silverdome, is the NFL's largest stadium with a seating capacity of over 80,000
    $200 1
She was born in 1946, the year her mother Judy Garland starred in "The Harvey Girls"
    $200 17
Composer Jean-Baptiste Lully brought this French country dance to Louis XIV's court
    $200 25
Item removed with the device seen here:
(holds papers together)
    $200 16
A flabby tabby
    $400 3
In 1998 it was in the news that particles called neutrinos do have this -- perhaps a millionth of an electron's
    $400 12
This team's Marv Levy is the only coach to lead his team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances
    $400 8
The Duchess of Bedford introduced the beloved British custom of afternoon tea in this century
    $400 18
Then the largest church in the Christian world, this basilica was dedicated in 1626
    $400 26
Term for a person who okays projects with no discussion, or the object illiustrated here:
    $400 19
An iguana who's skilled at sorcery
    $600 5
It's not a great railway employee, it's a modern material in which electricity meets no resistance
    $600 13
(Hi, I'm Jake Plummer, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals.) On November 16, 1997 I set an NFL rookie record by passing for 388 yards, breaking the record set by this Cowboys quarterback
    $600 9
She's written some of her romance novels under her married name, Barbara McCorquodale
    DD: $1,000 23
Now a museum, its Grande Galerie was completed by Henri IV around 1606
    $600 27
It's what the artwork seen here is warning you against doing with eggs:
    $600 20
Seat you sit on in a Parisian park
    $800 6
The M in maser, which preceded the laser, stands for these "waves"
    $800 14
This University of Kentucky quarterback was the first player picked in the NFL's 1999 draft
    $800 10
Goalkeeper Gwen Cheeseman was part of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in this sport at the 1984 Olympics
    $800 24
This Dutch master was barely 22 in 1628 when he started teaching in Leiden
    $800 21
A puzzle such as "Why did the violin cross the road?"
    $1000 7
This late quantum electrodynamics pioneer was also known for his memoir "Surely You're Joking..."
    DD: $1,300 15
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is on a street named for this longtime owner-coach
    $1000 11
"The Dying Swan" was a "cygnet"ure solo for this ballerina for whom it was created in 1905
    $1000 28
This Dutch artist turned out "The Jolly Toper" & "The Laughing Cavalier"
    $1000 22
The thighbone of a Madagascar mammal

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jackie Greg Leni
$4,900 $3,600 $6,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC ARTIFACTS
In 1996 it came home to Scotland after 700 years

Final scores:

Jackie Greg Leni
$0 $3,400 $2,199
3rd place: a Daewoo video system New champion: $3,400 2nd place: a trip to Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Canada

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Jackie Greg Leni
$4,500 $4,100 $5,700
14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
18 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $14,300

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Game tape date: 1999-07-13
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