Contestants
Lillie Salsberry, Librarian from Baton Rouge, LA
Tom Parker, Documentary filmmaker from Providence, RI
Robert Morgan, High school teacher from San Juan Capistrano, CA (Returning 1-day champ with $23,500)
JEOPARDY! Round - December 3, 2003
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The number in parentheses preceding the clue denotes the order in which the clue was played.
THE CIVIL WAR
| '70s HITS
| 2 MUCH
| "DEF" JAM
| TAILS
| OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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$200 - Robert (1) This federal fort was still under construction when attacked by the Confederacy on April 12, 1861 | $200 - Tom (6) Jim Croce sang that this Chicago gambler was "badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog" | $200 - Robert (26) U.S. coin with a value of 2 bits | $200 - Robert (21) The amount by which budget expenditures exceed income | $200 - Robert (16) (Video) There are at least 101 reasons for you to name this dog breed | $200 - Robert (8) The first of these thermonuclear bombs was exploded on the Pacific's Eniwetok Atoll on May 8, 1951 |
$1000 - Robert (2) It was the largest as well as the westernmost Confederate state DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1000 | $400 - Robert (7) Rod Stewart donated all his royalties from this "sexy" 1978 No. 1 hit to UNICEF | $400 - Triple Stumper (27) In 1946 Peter Paul introduced this 2-piece candy bar that people are still nuts over today | $400 - Tom (22) An attack on someone's good name, character or reputation | $400 - Robert (17) (Video) Back away if the tail of this predator is in your sight | (-$400) - Tom (-$400) - Robert (9) It's the Pacific island that's home to the world's largest active volcano |
$600 - Robert (3) In July 1863 Union General George Meade defeated Robert E. Lee at this battle | $600 - Triple Stumper (13) In 1977 he remade Jimmy Jones' 1960 hit "Handy Man" & handily won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance | $600 - Lillie (28) It's the most recent year represented by just 2 Roman numerals | $600 - Robert (23) Chemicals used in warfare to strip trees & plants of their leaves | $600 - Tom (18) (Video) Part of the plumage sported by this bird is seen here | $600 - Robert (10) It's possible Gauguin learned to dance the Tamure, the national dance of this French Polynesian island |
$800 - Robert (4) On August 5, 1864 this Rear Admiral attacked Forts Morgan & Gaines, which guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay | (-$800) - Robert $800 - Lillie (14) Her "Killing Me Softly With His Song" topped the Hot 100 chart for 5 weeks, the longest of any song in 1973 | $800 - Tom (29) Back in the 16th century, Robert Recorde used 2 short lines, one above the other, to create this sign | $800 - Robert (24) A machine that delivers a controlled electric shock to the heart | $800 - Tom (19) (Video) The tail of one of these armored vegetarians is seen here | $800 - Robert (11) This island near Chile is believed to be the farthest east that Asians were able to settle in the Pacific |
$1000 - Tom (5) The Battles of Bull Run were known by this name in the Confederacy | $1000 - Triple Stumper (15) Nick Gilder's only Top 40 hit was this "hot" song of 1978 | $1000 - Tom (30) The President of France & Spain's Bishop of Urgel are the 2 heads of state of this principality | $1000 - Robert (25) Fidei Defensor in Latin, this title was first bestowed on British monarchs in 1521 | (-$1000) - Robert $1000 - Tom (20) (Video) The tail fin seen here is from this popular make of car | $1000 - Lillie (12) Islands of the South Pacific are divided into Micronesia, Polynesia & this group meaning "black islands" |
Scores at the first commercial break:
Robert: $3,400
Lillie: $1,800
Tom: $800
Scores at the end of the JEOPARDY! Round:
Robert: $5,800
Tom: $5,400
Lillie: $2,400
Double JEOPARDY! Round - December 3, 2003
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PSYCHOLOGY
| KENNEDY CENTER HONORS DANCERS
| THE KING IS DEAD
| GRAB BAG
| 1880s LIT
| 12-LETTER WORDS
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$400 - Robert (18) Mom, you're gonna give me this, a group of associated ideas, like the Oedipus one | $400 - Lillie (16) He put on his "top hat" & flew down to D.C., not Rio, in 1978 to pick up his award, as did George Balanchine | $400 - Robert (1) February 7, 1999 in Amman, Jordan | $400 - Robert (6) This organization was founded in 1909 by activists who had initially called themselves the National Negro Committee | (-$400) - Robert $400 - Lillie (11) In 1883 Twain published "Life on the Mississippi" & in 1884 this novel about life on the Mississippi | $400 - Robert (25) Someone you know only slightly is a "nodding" one |
(-$800) - Lillie $800 - Tom (19) (Video) The image of this man, born in Switzerland in 1875, has entered our collective unconscious | (-$800) - Lillie (17) "Yes, I can" name this dancer, singer, entertainer, Mr. Wonderful, 1987 honoree | (-$800) - Robert $800 - Tom (2) August 22, 1485 | $800 - Triple Stumper (7) Guinness called his December 1999 concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club the biggest internet concert ever | $800 - Lillie (12) The title character of this children's classic is taken to Frankfurt but pines for the Alps | $800 - Robert (26) Term for simultaneously talking on the phone, working on your computer, cleaning your gun, etc. |
$1200 - Tom (20) About 40% of schizophrenics belong to this subtype having delusions of persecution | $1200 - Lillie (23) He kicked back with his award in 1982, 2 years after starring in "Xanadu" | $1200 - Robert (3) January 23, 1516 in Madrigalejo, Spain | $1200 - Triple Stumper (8) A law discovered by Galileo let Christian Huygens in 1656 make an accurate clock using one of these | $1200 - Triple Stumper (13) This sonneteer to the Statue of Liberty also published "Songs of a Semite" | (-$1000) - Robert (27) This word meaning "vast or enormous" contains a prefix meaning "star" DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1000 |
$1600 - Triple Stumper (21) From the Latin angere, "to torment", it's defined as the anticipation of danger or problems | $1600 - Robert (24) When born in Riga back in 1948, this ballet star probably never figured he'd turn out to be a 2000 honoree | (-$1000) - Robert (4) 4 B.C. in Jericho, Judea DAILY DOUBLE WAGER $1000 | $1600 - Robert (9) The word "textile" is derived from a Latin word that means to do this | $1600 - Triple Stumper (14) This Cuban poet & martyr lived in New York most of the decade & wrote essays on Emerson & Whitman | $1600 - Triple Stumper (29) It's the term for the absorption of a minority group into the surrounding culture |
(-$2000) - Robert (-$2000) - Tom (22) Leon Festinger said people who smoke knowing it's not healthy experience "cognitive" this | $2000 - Lillie (30) This prima ballerina of Native American descent was a 1996 honoree | (-$2000) - Tom (-$2000) - Lillie (5) June 7, 1329 | $2000 - Tom (10) The 4 rings in this company's logo represent the 4 companies of the Auto-Union Consortium of 1932 | (-$2000) - Tom (15) His novel "La Terre" portrayed peasants as so crude & vile that his former disciples rejected him | (-$2000) - Robert (28) (Video of Sarah in Alaska) Some scientists think we're in this 12-letter type of period between ice ages, and even fear global warming |
Scores at the end of the Double JEOPARDY! Round:
Robert: $5,400
Tom: $4,200
Lillie: $3,600
Final JEOPARDY!
NOTABLE NAMES
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In 1908 he turned the techniques he used to train army troops into a manual for training small groups of boys
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Final JEOPARDY! wagers:
Lillie: $3,600 - $900
Tom: $4,200 - $4,100
Robert: $5,400 - $4,200
Final Scores
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| Lillie: $2,700
Robert: $1,200 Tom: $100 |
| Robert: $6,800 (23 right, including 1 DD; 9 wrong, including 2 DDs)
Tom: $4,200 (12 right, including 4 rebounds; 4 wrong) Lillie: $3,600 (8 right, including 2 rebounds; 3 wrong) Total: $14,600
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