Contestants
Becky Peeler, Secretary from Bremerton, WA
Brian Hindelang, Electronics technician from San Antonio, TX
Jill Kaiser, Trauma center registration secretary from Edgington, IL (Returning 2-day champ with $28,602)
JEOPARDY! Round - September 16, 2003
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The number in parentheses preceding the clue denotes the order in which the clue was played.
THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES
| '80s MUSIC
| INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
| A PUZZLING CATEGORY
| U.S. SENATE HISTORY
| "Z" FOR YOURSELF
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$200 - Becky (26) On April 1, 2003 this "mystery ailment" seen in Hong Kong made the front page of Science Times | $200 - Jill (18) Prince's backing band on the "Purple Rain" soundtrack | $200 - Brian (1) More than blue jays land at this city's Lester B. Pearson International Airport | $200 - Brian (16) When it's fully scrambled, it takes a minimum of 22 twists to solve this puzzling cube | $200 - Brian (6) This man became President of the Senate in 2001 | $200 - Jill (11) (Video) Seen here is a representation of this celestial wheel |
$400 - Becky (27) Worldwide, people dream of these Freudian reptiles more often than of any other animal | $400 - Jill (19) "Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album | $400 - Brian (2) Allow enough time for connections, or you'll be hurryin' at Ben Gurion in this country | $400 - Becky (17) Words, guessed from clues, fitted into an interlocking horizontal & vertical pattern | $400 - Brian (7) In 1795 John Rutledge became the first nominee to this body rejected by the Senate | (-$400) - Becky (-$400) - Jill (12) (Video) The flag of this African nation of about 10 million is seen here |
$600 - Jill (28) The "spokes" that Percival Lowell insisted he saw on Venus were actually shadows of blood vessels here | (-$600) - Jill (-$600) - Becky $600 - Brian (20) This Eagle had solo success in the '80s with hits like "The Heat Is On" | $600 - Triple Stumper (3) Where is Izmir? It iz in this bi-continental country | $600 - Brian (23) Riddle was the middle name of this labor leader whose puzzling 1975 disappearance remains unsolved to this day | (-$600) - Jill (-$600) - Brian (-$600) - Becky (8) In 1789 the Senate convened for the first time, in this city | (-$600) - Jill $600 - Brian (13) (Video) This stitch is good for synthetic fabrics |
$800 - Brian (29) New evidence suggests the British didn't sink this supership May 27, 1941; the Germans scuttled it | (-$800) - Brian (21) Bruce Springsteen sang on this 1985 anti-apartheid single, a project of his old pal Steve Van Zandt | $800 - Brian (4) Seeb's in Oman; Saab's in this country | $800 - Brian (24) These puzzles started as teaching devices for geography & are named for the way they are cut | $800 - Brian (9) In 1798 the Senate began its first trial of this type; the defendant was fellow Senator William Blount | $800 - Brian (14) (Video) It's the first name of this historic American leader & President |
$1000 - Jill (30) (Video) A Dutch mathematician figured out how one could fill in the holes seen here, in a work by this artist | $1000 - Triple Stumper (22) George Strait sang, "You're in someone else's arms in Dallas, does" this city "ever cross your mind?" | $1000 - Brian (5) 2 people dropped off at the same time at the Pisa airport named for this man will hit the ground at the same time DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1000 | $1000 - Becky (25) (Video of Sofia | $1000 - Triple Stumper (10) In 1824 the Senate honored this Frenchman & gave him a seat of honor to the right of the presiding officer | $1000 - Brian (15) (Video) Mesopotamian favorite seen here |
Scores at the first commercial break:
Brian: $5,600
Becky: -$1000
Jill: -$1,400
Scores at the end of the JEOPARDY! Round:
Brian: $7,800
Becky: $400
Jill: $200
Double JEOPARDY! Round - September 16, 2003
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PHILADELPHIA
| THE PELICAN BRIEF
| A SOLDIER'S STORY
| TRAINING DAY
| HE GOT "GAME"
| DENZEL WASHINGTON
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$400 - Jill (26) In Philadelphia during the 1730s he founded America's first public library & first volunteer fire department | (-$400) - Brian $400 - Jill (21) This 1960s TV show starring Sally Field was based on the book "The Fifteenth Pelican" by Tere Rios | $400 - Brian (16) Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, wounded on page 963 of this novel, dies on page 1166 | $400 - Becky (11) From the Latin for "seed plot", it's a school for the training of priests, ministers or rabbis | (-$400) - Becky $400 - Brian (6) It's Nintendo's handheld video game playing machine | $400 - Brian (1) Back in the '80s Denzel was Dr. Philip Chandler on this TV medical drama |
$800 - Brian (27) The Graff House on 7th & Market is where he resided while drafting the Declaration of Independence | $800 - Jill (22) It's the common term for a marsupial nursery or the sack under a pelican's bill | (-$800) - Jill $800 - Brian (17) Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" follows Christopher Tietjens, a soldier in this war | $800 - Brian (12) You can use a Soyuz simulator at the Cosmonaut training center bearing the name of this man in Russia's Star City | $800 - Triple Stumper (7) A carefully thought out strategy in sports for one particular match | $800 - Jill (2) Derek Luke played a sailor who is counseled by Navy psychiatrist Denzel in this 2002 film, Denzel's directorial debut |
$1200 - Triple Stumper (28) (Video of Sarah | $1200 - Becky (23) "Isle of the Pelicans" is the English translation of the name of this former federal prison | (-$1200) - Becky $1200 - Brian (18) He's heard here reading from his memoir: "It is a story of my benefitting from opportunities created by the sacrifice of those who went before me, and maybe my benefitting those who will follow." | $3400 - Brian (13) In 1887 he established the world's first school for librarians at Columbia University DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $3400 | $1200 - Jill (8) A rooster of a fighting breed | $1200 - Jill (3) In a 1992 Spike Lee film, Denzel Washington played this slain African-American leader |
$1600 - Triple Stumper (29) On New Year's Day comics, fancies, string bands & fancy brigades hit the streets during this famous procession | $1600 - Brian (24) This state's official flag depicts a pelican feeding its young | $4200 - Brian (19) A book with this alliterative title tells of Sgt. Michael Mullen, who was killed by a shell from his own side DAILY DOUBLE $4200 | $1600 - Triple Stumper (14) The Great Lakes Recruit Training Center on this lake is the U.S. Navy's only recruit training center | $1600 - Becky (9) (Video of Cheryl | $1600 - Jill (4) In 1987's "Cry Freedom", Denzel Washington played this slain South African activist |
$2000 - CLUE NOT REVEALED FOR LACK OF TIME | $2000 - Triple Stumper (25) As it passed the Straits of Magellan, this explorer's ship, The Pelican, was rechristened The Golden Hind | $2000 - Triple Stumper (20) In Charles Frazier's novel, a wounded soldier hikes across the Blue Ridge Mountains toward this title peak | $2000 - Becky (15) On his way to becoming a knight in the Middle Ages, a young man first served as a page & then as one of these | $2000 - Brian (10) At this annual observance in Scotland there are dances & events like the caber toss | $2000 - Brian (5) This 1995 Denzel Washington film takes place on the U.S. nuclear sub Alabama |
Scores at the end of the Double JEOPARDY! Round:
Brian: $25,400 (Lock game)
Jill: $5,800
Becky: $4,000
Final JEOPARDY!
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
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About the islands he discovered, he wrote, "To the first of these I give the name of the Blessed Savior"
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Final JEOPARDY! wagers:
Becky: $4,000 + $3,999
Jill: $5,800 - $3,000
Brian: $25,400 + $5,400
Final Scores
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| Brian: $30,800
Becky: $7,999 Jill: $2,800 |
| Brian: $20,600 (27 right, including 3 DD & 5 rebounds; 3 wrong)
Jill: $5,800 (11 right, including 1 rebound; 4 wrong) Becky: $4,000 (9 right; 6 wrong) Total: $30,400
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