Contestants
Snowden Becker, Film archivist originally from Shelton, WA
Ron Blood, Window artist from Maui, HI
Tom Walsh, Writer from Washington, D.C. (Returning 5-day champ with $118,100)
JEOPARDY! Round - January 12, 2004
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The number in parentheses preceding the clue denotes the order in which the clue was played.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
| MOVIE LOCATIONS
| SIMPLY SIMON
| PRESIDENTS' WIVES
| TOYS & GAMES
| LETTER & LETTER
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(-$200) - Ron $200 - Tom (11) It's the country where you'll find Cape Nordkyn, the northernmost point on the European mainland | $200 - Tom (21) (Video of Cheryl in Martha's Vineyard) | $200 - Snowden (26) His first Broadway success was 1961's "Come Blow Your Horn" | (-$200) - Snowden $200 - Ron (6) Her maiden name was Martha Dandridge | $200 - Snowden (16) Mr. Boddy is the victim whose murder you try to solve in this classic board game | $200 - Tom (1) The Biography Channel was spun off from this one |
$400 - Tom (12) In ancient times this city in Campana was called Neapolis | $400 - Tom (22) In 2003 there was talk of demolishing this city's Cook County Hospital, featured in "The Fugitive" | $400 - Tom (27) This character has Uncle Tom beaten to death in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | $400 - Tom (7) He married Rachel Robards in 1791 but since her divorce was not yet final, they had to remarry on January 17, 1794 | $400 - Snowden (17) Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie | (-$400) - Tom $400 - Snowden (2) In police talk they're the 2 elements of burglary |
$600 - Tom (13) In Arabic this British territory on Spain's southern coast is called Gebel-Al-Tarik (Hill of Tarik) | $600 - Ron (23) (Video of Sofia | $600 - Snowden (28) L.A.'s Museum of Tolerance is a part of the center bearing the name of this man | $600 - Tom (8) The First Lady who lived the longest, this native Missourian died in 1982 at age 97 | $600 - Snowden (18) It's the classic naval combat game from Milton Bradley | $600 - Snowden (3) This west coast company has been refining that pure cane sugar since 1906 |
$1200 - Tom (14) If you flew directly from the capital of Turkey to the capital of Ukraine, you'd have to cross this sea DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1200 | $800 - Tom (24) L.A.'s Biltmore played the Sedgewick Hotel, where guests got slimed in this 1984 comedy | $800 - Tom (29) In 1812 he penned the "Cartagena Manifesto" | $800 - Tom (9) She & the future President spent part of their 1948 honeymoon at a Michigan-Northwestern football game | $800 - Snowden (19) Lesney Products, a die-casting firm, experimented with making toys & this brand known for its miniature cars was born | $800 - Snowden (4) Charles Keating owned the Lincoln one that failed in the 1980s |
$1000 - Ron (15) Victoria Peak is the highest point in this Central American country | $1000 - Snowden (25) (Video of Sarah in Alaska) | (-$1000) - Ron $1000 - Tom (30) A popular Pasadena museum bears the name of this businessman & art collector | $1000 - Ron (10) Edith Galt, whom he married in 1915, was related to Pocahontas | $1000 - Tom (20) (Video) This cartoon girl is also a doll, seen here | $1000 - Snowden (5) Xerox productizes about 70% of the technology it develops in these labs |
Scores at the first commercial break:
Tom: $4,000
Snowden: $2,600
Ron: $2,000
Scores at the end of the JEOPARDY! Round:
Tom: $8,600
Snowden: $6,400
Ron: $1,600
Double JEOPARDY! Round - January 12, 2004
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GENESIS
| IN THE BIG INNING
| GOD
| CREATED
| THE HEAVENS
| THE "EARTH"
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$400 - Tom (23) A mother's frustration with hand-straining solid baby food in 1927 led to the creation of this brand | $400 - Ron (21) In 1999 St. Louis' Fernando Tatis became the first player ever to hit 2 of these in one inning, earning 8 RBIs total | $400 - Tom (16) In this speech Jesus said that God "knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him" | $400 - Snowden (11) Making forms from a mold, it can also mean picking people to be in a play | $400 - Ron (6) Telescopes on Earth can only view this galaxy from the inside out | $400 - Ron (1) They're recorded on seismographs |
$800 - Snowden (24) The owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant invented this chopped salad as a way to use leftovers | $800 - Tom (22) In the 8th inning of a 1941 game, a play by shortstop Lou Boudreau ended this Yankee's 56-game hitting streak | $2500 - Tom (17) This prophet tried to flee God's presence by shipping out to Tarshish -- didn't work DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $2500 | $800 - Snowden (12) Also called frottage, some people do it to tombstones & brass plaques | $800 - Snowden (7) Ancient astronomers figured the Earth was 3 times larger than the Moon by timing one of these | $800 - Ron (2) 1990 festivities for the 20th anniv. of this annual observance included a trash cleanup trek on Mount Everest |
$1200 - Snowden (25) French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867 | $1200 - Tom (28) Coming to bat in the 4th inning of a game against the L.A. Dodgers in 1974, this Atlanta Brave hit his 715th home run | (-$1200) - Snowden (18) Nebuchadnezzar told him, "Your God is a god of gods, and a lord of kings" | $1200 - Ron (13) Term for the designs carved or stamped into a piece of leather | $5000 - Snowden (8) In terms of light speed, it's 8 minutes away from the Earth DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $5000 | $1200 - Ron (3) Coarse-textured baked ceramics |
$1600 - Snowden (26) In 387 B.C. Plato founded this school on the outskirts of Athens | $1600 - Tom (29) In the 3rd inning of a 1982 game, this Oakland player set a record with his 119th stolen base of the season | $1600 - Triple Stumper (19) This synonym of "omnipotent" is used to refer to God by Job & by Bob Marley in "Redemption Song" | (-$1600) - Ron $1600 - Snowden (14) An escutcheon is a shield bearing a coat of arms, or a decorative plate often found around this opening in a door | $1600 - Ron (9) Like her late husband Eugene, Carolyn Shoemaker hunts these | $1600 - Tom (4) A popular ISP |
(-$2000) - Snowden (27) Every time you get a vaccination, you can thank this British physician who pioneered the process in the 1790s | $2000 - Tom (30) Up 5-3 in the 10th, this team lost game 6 & later the '86 Series after a ball went through Bill Buckner's legs | $2000 - Triple Stumper (20) After conquering Amalek, this king disappointed God by not killing every living thing; he spared the fat sheep | $2000 - Snowden (15) It can be the metal band that holds a stone, or the upper faceted portion of a stone | $2000 - Tom (10) In 1664 Robert Hooke discovered this still largely mysterious feature of Jupiter | $2000 - Tom (5) Globe-friendly Al Gore bestseller |
Scores at the end of the Double JEOPARDY! Round:
Tom: $23,100
Snowden: $17,400
Ron: $6,000
Final JEOPARDY!
AMERICAN WRITERS
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In 1936 the San Francisco News sent this man to investigate living conditions among migrant workers
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Final JEOPARDY! wagers:
Ron: $6,000 + $5,700
Snowden: $17,400 + $15,000
Tom: $23,100 + $11,700
Final Scores
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| Tom: $34,800 (6-day total of $152,900)
Snowden: $32,400 Ron: $11,700 |
| Tom: $21,000 (25 right, including 2 DDs & 2 rebounds; 1 wrong)
Snowden: $13,600 (20 right, including 1 DD & 2 rebounds; 3 wrong) Ron: $6,000 (11 right, including 1 rebound; 3 wrong) Total: $40,600
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