Contestants
Marybeth Meakim, 7th grade teacher from Glenside, PA
Sylvia Parker, Freelance editor from New York, NY
Brian Hindelang, Electronics technician from San Antonio, TX (Returning 1-day champ with $30,800)
JEOPARDY! Round - September 17, 2003
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The number in parentheses preceding the clue denotes the order in which the clue was played.
SAINTS
| MOVIE COMEDIES
| THINK TWICE
| TURIN
| "UR" HEAD
| KAFKA
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$200 - Sylvia (15) He's the patron of Scotland & of fishermen | $200 - Brian (10) Jack Nicholson teamed up with Adam Sandler for this 2003 film | $200 - Brian (1) At Mach 2, a plane is traveling at twice the speed of this | $200 - Marybeth (17) Duke Emanuele Filberto brought it to Turin in 1578; it's now housed in the Cathedral of San Giovanni | $200 - Brian (26) Willam Herschel also discovered 2 moons orbiting this planet that he had discovered in 1781 | $200 - Sylvia (6) When Kafka was born in this city in 1883, it was the capital of Bohemia |
$400 - Marybeth (22) This marytyr who was cooked to death on a gridiron has a river, gulf & seaway named for him | $400 - Brian (11) Mel Gibson got in touch with his feminine side in this 2000 comedy | $400 - Sylvia (2) According to author James M. Cain, it's who "always rings twice" | $400 - Brian (18) (Video) While touring Turin, stop into the Biblioteca Reale, and you'll be drawn to this artist's self-portrait | (-$400) - Marybeth $400 - Brian (27) Look, up in the sky, it's not a bird or a plane, it's this constellation, also known as the Little Bear | $400 - Sylvia (7) After discovering his religious roots, Kafka began studying this language in 1917 |
$600 - Brian (23) Born a Jew, he became the "Apostle of the Gentiles" | $600 - Brian (12) She returned as Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde" | $1000 - Sylvia (3) Number of horses who have won the Kentucky Derby twice DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1000 | $600 - Brian (19) This opera that made its debut in Turin in 1896 probably helped Puccini pay his "rent" | $600 - Brian (28) Last time we checked, Jorge Batlle was still this country's leader | $600 - Sylvia (8) Kafka called those who inspired him, like this "Karamazov" author, his "blood relatives" |
$800 - Marybeth (24) There are women saints named this of Bologna, of Genoa & of Siena | $800 - Brian (13) Sandra Bullock calls it quits as Hugh Grant's attorney in this 2002 romantic comedy | $800 - Marybeth (4) The 22nd amendment puts a limit of twice on this | $800 - Brian (20) Turin's Egyptian Museum has a well-known statue of this "Let my people go" pharaoh | $800 - Brian (29) Since the VIII in 1644, the Popes have let this name lapse; it must be up for "renewal" by now | $800 - Marybeth (9) In "Wedding Preparations in the Country", Raban turns into one of these insects, yeah, yeah, yeah ... |
(-$1000) - Sylvia (25) Saints from this country include 2 11th century kings, Stephen & Ladislas the First | $1000 - Triple Stumper (14) In this 1979 comedy Bill Murray says, "It just doesn't matter if we win or if we lose. It just doesn't matter" | $1000 - Sylvia (5) Majolica, a type of this, is fired twice | $1000 - Triple Stumper (21) For most of the time, from 1720 to 1861, Turin was capital of this fishy-sounding kingdom | $1000 - Brian (30) This author who had his Genesis August 3, 1924 published his "Exodus" in 1958 | $1000 - Sylvia (16) Kafka used this special initial for the land surveyor in "The Castle" & the last name of Joseph in "The Trial" |
Scores at the first commercial break:
Sylvia: $3,800
Brian: $2,200
Marybeth: $1,600
Scores at the end of the JEOPARDY! Round:
Brian: $7,600
Sylvia: $3,800
Marybeth: $2,600
Double JEOPARDY! Round - September 17, 2003
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CHINESE HISTORY
| THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
| LIFE ON THE TITANIC
| GEMS & JEWELS
| QUOTES FROM THE 1920s
| CAN I HAVE A WORD?
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$400 - Sylvia (26) This now autonomous region of China got its first Buddhist monastery around 775 | $400 - Brian (21) I cannot tell a lie, he's the only George to take home a gold heavyweight boxing medal | $400 - Sylvia (7) First class passengers got to sample this beverage, & some bottles of Cliquot 1900 were recovered | $400 - Brian (2) Siberian jasper has alternating bands of these 2 yuletide colors | $400 - Marybeth (12) In 1920 he said that "The Italian proletariat needs a blood bath for its force to be renewed" | $400 - Triple Stumper (1) Potamic means of these, such as the Rio Negro & the Cuyahoga |
$800 - Brian (27) The Sui Dynasty cemented the system of exams to qualify for the coveted jobs in this service | (-$800) - Marybeth $800 - Brian (22) You lose a point in this game if your team makes more than 3 contacts with the ball in succession | (-$800) - Brian (17) (Video of Jimmy | $800 - Brian (3) The largest of the Cullinan diamonds is currently in her scepter | $800 - Sylvia (13) In "The Jazz Singer", he ad-libbed, "You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks" | $800 - Triple Stumper (8) Groats & groschens are old ones of these used in Europe |
$1200 - CLUE NOT REVEALED FOR LACK OF TIME | $1200 - Brian (23) Of the 2 main types of softball, Olympic women's softball is this type | $1200 - Brian (18) The orchestra had a repertoire of some 350 pieces, including this tune they're said to have played near the end | $1200 - Brian (4) An opal is silicon dioxide & this, which explains why they tend to dry out | $1200 - Sylvia (14) In a 1925 book, Anita Loos wrote, "Gentlemen always seem to remember" these people | (-$2000) - Sylvia (9) The corbicula is the small pollen basket below the knees on these DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $2000 |
$1600 - CLUE NOT REVEALED FOR LACK OF TIME | $1600 - Triple Stumper (24) At the 1924 games Finland barred him from defending his 10,000 m gold to give teammate Ville Ritola a chance | (-$1600) - Brian $1600 - Marybeth (19) (Video of Sofia | (-$1600) - Brian (-$1600) - Sylvia (5) An emerald is a beryl colored by this metal, which some people take to try to build muscle & lose fat | (-$1600) - Sylvia (15) Architect Le Corbusier said that this "is a machine for living" | (-$1600) - Brian (10) Add one letter to etiquette to get this word for acceptable online behavior |
$2000 - CLUE NOT REVEALED FOR LACK OF TIME | $2000 - Brian (25) This "seasonal" swimmer qualified for 5 events at the 1992 games & swam away with 4 medals | $2000 - Sylvia (20) (Video) One artifact brought up was this type of bag, named for a Prime Minister, Disraeli's rival | $2000 - Triple Stumper (6) On seeing this large diamond, Nadir Shah said this, meaning "mountain of light", & the name stuck | (-$1000) - Sylvia (16) In 1925 he told a Dayton, Tenn. courtroom that it wasn't an insult, but a "compliment to be called an agnostic" DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1000 | $2000 - Triple Stumper (11) From the Greek kolpos, "the bosom", comes this term for an indentation in a coast |
Scores at the end of the Double JEOPARDY! Round:
Brian: $10,800
Marybeth: $3,800
Sylvia: $2,400
Final JEOPARDY!
ACADEMY AWARD HISTORY
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"Chicago" was the first musical to win the Best Picture Oscar since this film won for 1968
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Final JEOPARDY! wagers:
Sylvia: $2,400 - $2,300
Marybeth: $3,800 - $800
Brian: $10,800 + $1,200
Final Scores
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| Brian: $12,000 (2-day total of $42,800)
Marybeth: $3,000 Sylvia: $100 |
| Brian: $10,800 (23 right, including 2 rebounds; 4 wrong)
Marybeth: $3,800 (7 right, including 1 rebound; 2 wrong) Sylvia: $5,000 (13 right, including 1 DD; 5 wrong, including 2 DD) Total: $19,600
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