Responses for Show #2986 - Monday, September 1, 1997

Dan Melia game 2.
First game of Season 14 (1997-1998).
First season to offer a car as a bonus prize to all 5-time undefeated champs.
New theme and "Think!" music. Microphones on contestants' podiums removed.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Janet vanGrasstek, an international trade reporter from Washington, D.C.

Atish Choudhury, an undergraduate student from Silver Spring, Maryland

Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,800)

[next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round responses

FILMS OF THE '90s
UNINTELLIGIBLE
SALUTE TO LABOR
MOUNTAINS
SUMMIT MEETINGS
THINGS I WISH I'D SAID
    $100 12
Romeo & Juliet

Janet
    $100 8
Greek

Atish
    $100 10
the AFL-CIO

Dan
    $100 6
Volcano

Atish
    $100 18
NATO

Dan
    $100 1
Lee Iacocca

Janet
    $200 20
Howard Stern

Dan
    $200 14
tongues

Dan
    $200 11
railroads

Atish
    $200 7
Rhodes

Dan
    $200 19
George H.W. Bush

Atish
    $200 2
a psychiatrist

Dan
    $300 24
The Piano

Atish
    $300 15
Gobbledygook

Dan
    $300 13
Nuclear/Atomic Workers

Dan
    $300 9
Death Valley

Dan
    $300 21
Camp David

Dan
    $300 3
(Atish: Who is Wells?)

Ray Bradbury

DanAtish
    $700 25
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go, Atish. You can, of course, take the lead on this clue.)
(Atish: I'll just bet $700.)
...
(Atish: What is MIB?)
(Alex: No, sorry. The, uh--the film, of course, is Men in Black, but their names are [*] and [**].)

J & K

Atish
    $400 16
"Louie Louie"

Dan
    $400 27
Steward

Janet
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"white mountain"

Atish
    $400 22
Laos

Janet
    $400 4
(Dan: What is an agnostic?)

an atheist

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $500 26
Soapdish

Janet
    $500 17
jargon

Dan
    $500 28
Boeing

Atish
    $500 23
Potsdam

Atish
    $500 5
(Janet: What is love?)

the guillotine

AtishJanet

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Dan Atish Janet
$700 $600 -$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Atish Janet
$3,000 $1,800 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

O MINNESOTA!
PHYSICAL SCIENCE CONSTANTS
A.K.A.
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
ART & ARTISTS
OUR "WORLD" (& WELCOME TO IT)
    $200 9
Minnesota Twins

Atish
    $200 2
Earth & Sun

Atish
    $200 17
Culkin

Atish
    $200 1
"The Great Gatsby"

Atish
    $200 12
Michelangelo

Janet
    $200 25
"All the world's a stage"

Dan
    $400 18
Gophers

Atish
    $400 3
212 Degrees

Atish
    $400 21
(Janet: Who is Panthurst?)

Tea Leoni

AtishJanet
    $400 5
(Atish: Who is Miss Marple?)

Nancy Drew

DanAtish
    $400 13
Henri

Janet
    $400 26
World War I

Janet
    $600 19
Lake Superior

Atish
    $600 4
c

Dan
    $600 22
(Dan: Whew!)

Michelle Phillips

Dan
    $600 6
Martin Cruz Smith

Janet
    $600 14
Diego Rivera

Janet
    $600 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The Underworld

Atish
    $800 20
Leif Erickson

Dan
    $800 10
Gravity

Atish
    $2,000 23
(Alex: Boy, what a game to start off this year!)

Larry King

Dan
    $800 7
Clive Cussler

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
John Constable

Dan
    $2,000 11
Michael Faraday

Atish
    $1000 24
Iggy Pop

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Miss Havisham

Janet
    $1000 16
Willem de Kooning

Atish

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Atish Janet
$8,400 $8,400 $3,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS NAMES
JanetWho is J Cousteaut
$0
AtishWho is Cousteau
$8,400
DanWho was Jacques Cousteau
$8,400
Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Final scores:

Dan Atish Janet
$16,800 $16,800 $3,800
2-day co-champion: $29,600 New co-champion: $16,800 2nd place: a trip to Majorca, Spain

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dan Atish Janet
$7,200 $8,100 $3,800
20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
21 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,100

[game clues] [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.