Show #3639 - Thursday, June 1, 2000

Contestants

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Kevin Glaccum, an actor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lise Stephenson, a construction accountant from Metairie, Louisiana

Jamie Meyers, a systems administrator from Toledo, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,800)

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Jeopardy! Round

COASTAL COMMUNITIES
SPORTS SUPERSTITIONS
THE SOMEONE OF SOMEWHERE
STUPID ANSWERS
COLORS
(Alex: We'll give you shades, you give us the color.)
"OO", SORRY!
(Alex: You may hear me say that a lot!)
    $100 3
Incorporated in 1901, there's no place like this Alaskan city on Norton Sound
    $100 24
For boxers, it's unlucky to be the first to enter this area
    $100 18
KInd-hearted train robber Sam Bass has been called this British outlaw "of Texas"
    $100 1
In 1567 Pope Pius V issued a papal bull against the fighting of these
    $100 5
Saffron,
canary,
lemon
    $100 13
This tropical grass can shoot up to 130 feet in height
    $200 4
Yale University is this city's largest employer
    $200 27
It's bad luck in this sport for a dog to cross the diamond before the first pitch
    $200 19
Firdawsi, known for his epic "Book of Kings", has been called this Greek poet "of Persia"
    $200 2
Family of trees on which you'd find pine cones
    $200 6
Ruby,
brick,
crimson
    $200 14
Home, sweet home, to an Inuit
    $300 23
Gloucester in this state has been a fishing center for over 3 centuries
    $300 28
Avoid faults by never holding more than 2 balls when serving in this sport
    $300 20
U.S. Grant was known as "The Hero of" this place, where he's pictured here:
    $300 8
Bangui is the capital of this central African republic
    $300 7
Lilac,
lavender,
puce
    $300 15
Now a children's toy, this musical instrument was popular in jug bands
    $400 25
Hey Jack, it was the capital of Alta California from 1775 to 1846
    $400 29
Hey hockey puck! Don't stack this piece of equipment crossing another player's; it's bad luck
    $400 21
It's what nurse Clara Barton was "The Angel of"
    $400 9
In the binary number system, this number would be 01
    $400 11
Olive,
hunter,
kelly
    $400 16
Carrie Fisher made her film debut in this 1975 Warren Beatty-Julie Christie movie
    $500 26
A whole lotta wood chips are shipped out of Coos Bay in this state
    $500 30
Gone fishing? Don't reveal this until you are done for the day
    $500 22
Ben Franklin dubbed silver-tongued Robert R. Livingston this Roman orator "of America"
    $500 10
In 1851 this yacht won the trophy that was to become the America's Cup
    $500 12
Cornflower,
cerulean,
periwinkle
    DD: $800 17
This Ontario city was settled by Pennsylvania Mennonites who named it for an 1815 European battle

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

Jamie Lise Kevin
$900 $700 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jamie Lise Kevin
$1,900 $600 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

GOVERNORS
THE CINEMA
THE JOY OF INSECTS
TO THE MAX
AUTOBIOGRAPHERS
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
    $200 4
Early in 2000 South Carolina governor Jim Hodges advocated removing this from atop the statehouse
    $200 2
Johnny Depp debuted in this 1984 film & made a cameo later in the series in "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare"
    $200 26
One difference between crickets & these, including locusts, is crickets' longer antennae
    $200 21
With the creation of pancake makeup, he changed the face of Hollywood
    $200 1
A singer:
"Stand By Your Man"
    $200 14
In the E.R., doctors ask for things to be done immediately by using this 4-letter Latin abbreviation
    $400 7
The person heard here is the governor of this U.S. state:

"I'm a 6'4", 250-pound ex-Navy SEAL, pro wrestler, radio personality..."
    $400 3
This martial artist's 1995 film "Hung Fan Kui" was released in the U.S. as "Rumble in the Bronx"
    $400 27
Made of paper, the nests of these wasps are a synonym for hostility & strife
    $400 22
This Swedish actor who tried to expel demons in "The Exorcist" played the devil himself in "Needful Things"
    $400 5
A diva:
"Bubbles: An Encore"
    $400 15
In restaurants this number means "all gone"
    $600 8
In this state's 1998 election, John Engler pulled the plug on the gubernatorial hopes of Jack Kevorkian's lawyer
    $600 11
(Hi, I'm Gil Bellows of Ally McBeal.) In 1994 I was on the wrong side of the law as an inmate in this film that also starred Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman
    $600 28
A maggot represents this stage in the metamorphosis of a fly
    $600 23
Seen here, the stage he designed for "Woodstock '99" was out of this world:
    $600 6
A Scandinavian movie director:
"The Magic Lantern"
    $600 16
When used with "up", this type of little house is slang for living together without being married
    DD: $2,000 9
In 1998 this state's Jim Geringer was the only governor to win election with under 100,000 votes
    $800 19
She was nominated for an Oscar for playing a role based on herself in Neil Simon's "Chapter Two"
    $800 29
The etymology of this word for the study of insects is that it comes from Greek for "notched"
    $800 24
This contemporary of Einstein won the 1918 Nobel Prize for Physics
    DD: $1,200 12
A religious leader:
"Freedom in Exile"
    $800 17
From the Latin for "chest", it's a pen used for small animals such as rabbits
    $1000 10
In 1990 she came within 2 percentage points of defeating Bill Bradley for his senate seat
    $1000 20
This bouncy wirehaired fox terrier shared the spotlight with William Powell & Myrna Loy in "The Thin Man" series
    $1000 30
There are biting & nonbiting types of this tiny insect with the name of an Archie Comics girl
    $1000 25
He wrote the play "Winterset" & co-wrote "What Price Glory?"
    $1000 13
A former vice president:
"Standing Firm"
    $1000 18
Manic depression is another term for this "disorder" marked by mood disturbances

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jamie Lise Kevin
$3,900 $4,400 $6,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ARTISTS
He was born in 1864 to 2 first cousins

Final scores:

Jamie Lise Kevin
$1,700 $4,001 $8,900
3rd place: ViewSonic VP-150 Computer/TV Monitor 2nd place: Trip to Spa Atlantis Ocean Resort, Pompano Beach, Florida New champion: $8,900

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jamie Lise Kevin
$5,900 $4,000 $5,700
15 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
26 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W

Combined Coryat: $15,600

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Game tape date: 2000-02-28
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