Show #2987 - Tuesday, September 2, 1997

Dan Melia game 3.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Karen Rhodes, a history teacher from Dalton, Georgia

Atish Choudhury, an undergraduate student from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,800)

Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,600)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

18th CENTURY AMERICA
EGGS-ACTLY!
THE NFL
RESORT CITIES
NAME THAT TOON
ODD PLURALS
    $100 9
He published his "Poor Richard's Almanack" at the new printing office near the market in Philadelphia
    $100 24
An egg fried on both sides is flippantly described as this
    $100 2
In 1940 the Pittsburgh Pirates chose this new team nickname
    $100 21
In 1986 voters of this California resort made Clint Eastwood's day by electing him mayor
    $100 16
1943's "Der Fuehrer's Face" starring this Disney quack-up won an Oscar
    $100 1
Louse
    $200 10
As a result of this December 16, 1773 incident, England closed the port of Boston
    $200 27
It describes a Scotch egg or a tough detective
    $200 3
(Hi, I'm Reggie White!) In 1982 I was named Southeastern Conference player of the year while playing for this school's Volunteers
    $200 22
This fashionable Colorado ski getaway was named by prospectors for the trees in the area
    $200 17
Until his death in 1959, Arthur Q. Bryan was the voice of this "Wabbit Hunter"
    $200 5
Ox
    $300 11
In 1789 this future president was elected to Congress from Virginia, defeating James Monroe
    $300 28
To hatch, or to shed one's shyness
    $300 4
On January 5, 1996 this Miami Dolphins coach retired with a record 347 career wins
    $300 23
This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies & railroad cars
    $300 18
He starred in 1948's "Symphony in Spinach"
    $300 6
Alumnus
    $400 12
In 1776 this future Secretary of the Treasury served as a captain of a New York artillery company
    $400 29
What's known as the prairie one of these is actually a raw egg with condiments
    $400 7
Now on ABC's "Monday Night Football", he was the NFL's MVP for 1956
    DD: $700 25
This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944
    $400 19
He was the sidekick of the "smarter than the average bear"
    $400 14
Squid
    $500 13
On Feb. 5, 1736, this Methodist founder arrived in Georgia at James Oglethorpe's invitation
    $500 30
One isn't used to mend a holy cow but a holey sock
    $500 8
During the 1995 season, this expansion team played its home games at Clemson Memorial Stadium
    $500 26
This Crimean health & vacation resort was the site of an important World War II conference
    $500 20
1948's "Magpie Madness" starred this Terrytoon pair
    $500 15
Erratum

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

Dan Atish Karen
$300 $1,800 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Atish Karen
$3,300 $2,900 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA
THAT'S RANK!
NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE
BIG BOOKS
INVENTORS
ANAGRAMS
    $200 1
On February 6, 1899 the Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending this conflict
    $200 5
As generals of the army, Dwight Eisenhower & Omar Bradley wore this many stars, the most for a general
    $200 2
Kathleen Turner went back to the past in this film & met up with Cage, the director's nephew
    $200 12
Webster's 3rd defines it "a reference book containing words usually alphabetically arranged..."
    $200 16
He found his assistant, electrician Tom Watson, in a store where he bought electrical supplies
    $200 22
Members who don't pay these may be sued
    $400 3
He served as governor of the Utah territory until President Buchanan removed him in 1857
    $400 8
It's the highest title in the British peerage, pilgrim
    $400 27
The 1996 Cage film about a "hard place"
    $400 13
It took Edward Gibbon 15 years to chronicle the "Decline and Fall of" this ancient empire
    $400 17
In 1919 this "Father of Wireless Telegraphy" represented Italy at the Paris Peace Conference
    $400 23
People groan when Bob sits down to play this
    $600 4
In 1888 this suffragette organized the International Council of Women
    DD: $1,000 9
Ranking above cherubim, it's the highest order of angel
    $600 29
In a 1987 film, it was the last name of the infant Cage kidnapped to raise
    $600 14
Building & penal are types of these collections of laws
    $600 19
Built in 1831, his first mechanical reaper resembled a 2-wheeled horse-drawn chariot
    $600 24
Bubba barely ever eats this grain -- he drinks it
    $800 6
To extend his influence over the Pacific Northwest, he founded the Pacific Fur Company in 1810
    $800 10
This woman is the highest ranking member of President Clinton's cabinet
    $800 30
Cage appeared in this 1984 film about a Harlem hot spot, directed by his uncle Francis
    $800 15
This Englishman's 900-page novel "Nicholas Nickleby" became a 9-hour play & a miniseries
    $800 20
This Russian-American TV pioneer developed the iconoscope in 1923 & kinescope in 1924
    $800 25
Sam taught himself this language
    $1000 7
His flagship, the Lawrence, was destroyed by British gunfire, September 10, 1813
    $1000 11
In the U.S. it's the highest rank a Cub Scout can achieve before he becomes a Boy Scout
    $1000 28
Cage was billed as Coppola in this 1982 Sean Penn film based on a Cameron Crowe book
    DD: $2,000 18
The remembered taste of a cake provides a turning point in this Proust work about memory
    $1000 21
In 1895 they invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera with a printer & a projector
    $1000 26
It's the religion a former Maoist might practice

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Atish Karen
$7,500 $8,100 $4,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

RELIGION
Written in 1517, the 62nd of these is "The true treasure of the church is the holy gospel of... God"

Final scores:

Dan Atish Karen
$14,900 $1,199 $6,903
3-day champion: $44,500 3rd place: Pair of Wittnauer Watches 2nd place: Trip to Tahiti

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Dan Atish Karen
$6,800 $8,100 $3,900
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 23 R,
3 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $18,800

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

Game tape date: Unknown
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.