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00:00This is Jeopardy!
00:03Now entering the studio are today's contestants.
00:06A claims representative originally from Wheeling, Illinois, Marty Ermitter.
00:11A director of planning and building from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Joe Roberts.
00:17And our returning champion, a mail processor from Petaluma, California, Harry Cortez,
00:23whose one-day cash winnings total $15,500.
00:29And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek.
00:34Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
00:38Hi, folks, and welcome again to Jeopardy!
00:40You saw our champion rolling his eyes when we mentioned the total $15,500.
00:44He's promised a brand new car to his wife with that money,
00:48so he's hoping to earn some more today at the expense of Joe and Marty.
00:52Good luck to all three of you. Let's go to work, play this first round.
00:55In which there'll be the one daily double, and you will find that in one of these categories.
01:00Science, famous women, world travel, golden oldies, awards, and milk.
01:09It's good for everybody. Harry, you go first. You're the champion.
01:12Thank you, Alex. Famous women, $100.
01:14The answer is, in 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this faster than the speed of sound.
01:21Marty. What is fly a plane?
01:23Famous women for $200. Born Florence Nightingale Graham,
01:27this cosmetics queen renamed herself for the poem Enoch Arden.
01:31Marty. Who is Elizabeth Arden?
01:34Yes. Famous women for $300.
01:37Her maiden name was Anne Claire Booth.
01:40Marty. Who is Claire Booth Luce?
01:42Yes. Famous women for $400.
01:45She was 20 when she became Helen Keller's teacher, and she was formerly blind herself.
01:49Harry. Who was Annie Sullivan?
01:51That is right. Famous women, $500, please.
01:53Ella Fitzgerald called this jazz singer, nicknamed Sassy, the greatest singing talent in the world.
01:59Joe. Who is Sarah Vaughan?
02:01Sweet and Sassy, Sarah Vaughan. You are right for $500.
02:04Golden oldies for $100, please.
02:06Answer. In a Jerry Reid song, it's the line that follows,
02:09when you're hot, you're hot. Harry.
02:12What is when you're not, you're not? Yes.
02:14Golden oldies, $200, please.
02:16The Drifters, the DeFranco family, and Emmylou Harris all had hits singing Save This for Me.
02:23Marty. What is your love?
02:24No, sorry. That is incorrect. Joe.
02:26What is the last dance? That's right.
02:28Golden oldies for $300, please.
02:29Dusty Springfield sang that he was the only one who could ever reach me.
02:34Marty. Who is the preacher man?
02:36No. Joe.
02:38Who is the son of a preacher man? The son of a preacher man, yes.
02:41Golden oldies for $400, please.
02:43Ivory Joe Hunter sang, when I lost my baby, I almost lost this. Joe.
02:49What is my mind? Right.
02:51Golden oldies for $500, please.
02:52Del Shannon said, I wonder, I wah, wah, wah, wah, wonder why,
02:57why, why, why, why, why she did this.
03:00Marty. Why did she run away?
03:03Well, we'll accept that. What is run away?
03:05Yeah. Run away is the song Why She Ran Away.
03:08Yes, you get to pick again.
03:09Milk for $100.
03:11First clue.
03:12Name of the process that breaks up the fat globules in milk so they don't rise to the surface.
03:18Joe. What is homogenization?
03:20Right. Milk for $200.
03:22The first big herd of dairy cattle in what's now the U.S. was imported by this Virginia colony in 1611.
03:29Harry. What is Jamestown?
03:30Right. Milk, $300, please.
03:32Carl Scheel, a Swedish chemist, first isolated this acid in sour milk in 1780.
03:39Harry. What is lactose?
03:41No.
03:42Joe. What is lactic acid?
03:44Lactic acid, yes.
03:46World travel for $100.
03:47Answer there.
03:48A recreation of a White House room of Teddy Roosevelt's time is found in the Museum of American History of this institution.
03:55Joe. What is the Smithsonian?
03:57Yes. World travel for $200, please.
03:59The world's largest blue coral reef is off this country's Ishigaki Island, south of Okinawa.
04:06Joe. What is Japan?
04:07That is right. And with that correct response, you go over $2,000.
04:10You have $2,100.
04:11Marty with $600 in second place.
04:13Harry with $400 in third.
04:14We're going to pause. We'll be back to chat with the three of you, find out a little bit about you,
04:18and then continue with this first round on Jeopardy!
04:21Right after this.
04:22The first player we introduced on our program today is a person who has a fear of the number 13, Marty Ermitter.
04:41Are you superstitious in other areas as well, Marty?
04:44Not as much, but with trickstectophobia, if I have $13 in my pocket, I'll try to leave a dollar at home and just bring the 12.
04:51Or if I'm counting, I try not to leave off on 13.
04:53Oh, really?
04:54Yeah.
04:55What about when you travel and you see the number 13?
04:57I'm not going to tell you what my room number is here.
04:59Oh. Alrighty. Nice having you with us.
05:02Joe Roberts from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, director of planning and building for Livingston Township.
05:07Right.
05:08And you also enjoy woodworking. What kind of things do you carve or do?
05:11That's right. I try to build furniture mostly.
05:13I try and keep about eight projects going at once before I get sick of it and try and finish it.
05:18What kind of furniture are we talking about?
05:20Desks. I'm building a cabinet now for some compact desks that I have and Japanese sliding screens.
05:26I like to make the shoji with Japanese tools.
05:29I see. Well, congratulations. That's very painstaking work. You have to be very exact and very careful.
05:35If you do it well.
05:36If you do it well. And I assume you do it well. You play our game well. Let's keep it going.
05:40Harry Cortez, our returning champion.
05:42You put me in mind, as I mentioned at the end of our last show,
05:45of the only other postal worker that I can recall being a contestant on our program in our first year, Steve Rogetz.
05:51He wound up winning $40,000, so that's something to shoot for.
05:55You're a TV and radio news junkie.
05:58Yes.
05:59What does that mean?
06:00Well, it means on Sundays I make my wife a TV widow, like some husbands make their wives football widows during that season.
06:08So you just watch all the news and news-related telecasts?
06:11McLaughlin Group, Brinkley, everything.
06:13I see. All right. Well, you're trailing badly right now. Joe's in control of the board.
06:17He's got $1,700 more than you have at the moment, Harry.
06:20Let's see what happens as we continue. Joe, make the selection, please.
06:23Awards for $100, please.
06:24The answer is, though he never won a Grammy, the 1988 television special for this composer's 100th birthday won an Emmy.
06:32Joe?
06:33It was Irving Berlin.
06:34That's right.
06:35Awards for $200, please.
06:36The Boston Art Institute gave an honorary degree to Carol Spinney, who's a big bird on this.
06:42Marty?
06:43What is Sesame Street?
06:44Correct.
06:45Awards for $300.
06:46The TV show Owen Marshall was one of the recipients of this organization's Gavel Awards.
06:52Harry?
06:53What is the American Bar Association?
06:54Right.
06:55Awards for $100, please.
06:56In the spring of 1945, he picked up a Pulitzer Prize in music for his ballet, Appalachian Spring.
07:03Harry?
07:04Who is Aaron Copland?
07:05Correct.
07:06Awards for $500.
07:07At the 1983 Academy Awards, Ben Kingsley won for playing Gandhi, and she won for playing Sophie.
07:14Joe?
07:15Who is Meryl Streep?
07:16That's good for $500 more.
07:17Science for $100, please.
07:18Aristotle taught that this was formed by rain reflecting the sun's rays.
07:24Harry?
07:25What is a rainbow?
07:26Yes.
07:27World Travel, $300, please.
07:28Leopards and tigers roam Corbett National Park in Uttar Pradesh, in this country.
07:35Joe?
07:36What is India?
07:37Yes.
07:38World Travel for $400, please.
07:39If you walk from river to river on this New York City street, you'll pass the United Nations, Grand Central Station, and the main library.
07:47Marty?
07:48What is the 54th Street Bridge?
07:50Sorry, that is incorrect.
07:51Harry or Joe?
07:52The correct response, not fast enough.
07:54Joe, what is 42nd Street?
07:56But you get to pick again.
07:57Science for $200, please.
07:59The two places on the Earth that are at 90 degrees latitude.
08:04Joe?
08:05What is the North and South Poles?
08:06Yes.
08:07Science for $300, please.
08:08In statistics, normal distribution in an experiment produces a curve shaped like this object.
08:15Joe?
08:16What is a bell?
08:17Correct.
08:18Science for $400, please.
08:19A bacterium called Lactobacillus San Francisco was isolated in 1973 in this kind of bread.
08:26Marty?
08:27What is sourdough bread?
08:28Right.
08:29Milk left.
08:30Milk for $400?
08:31Answered.
08:32The Daily Double.
08:33There, baby.
08:34All right, Marty.
08:35How much of that $800 do you want to risk?
08:38All of it.
08:39A true Daily Double in the category milk.
08:41Here is your clue.
08:42In 1956, a group of mothers founded this organization to promote breastfeeding.
08:53What is Lamaze?
08:54No, sorry.
08:55What is the La Leche League?
08:56La Leche.
08:57All right.
08:58That takes you down to nothing, but you can start building again immediately.
09:00Milk for $500?
09:02In 1875, Daniel Peter used this Swiss man's condensed milk to make the first milk chocolate.
09:10Harry?
09:11Who is Nestle?
09:12Yes.
09:13World Travel, $500, please.
09:15City you'd visit to tour the Carlsberg and Tuborg breweries.
09:21Harry?
09:22What is Stockholm?
09:23No.
09:24Joe and Marty?
09:25Correct response.
09:26What is Copenhagen?
09:27All right, Harry.
09:28We had one more clue to get to, but we won't get to it in this round.
09:31You're in second place with $1,200, Joe leading with $3,500,
09:34and Marty has her work cut out for her in Double Jeopardy.
09:38We'll start that round following this.
09:41In this Double Jeopardy round, our categories will take us from the Mediterranean to the Midwest.
09:46Let's put the dollar figures in the screen while I remind everyone about the two Daily Doubles in these categories.
09:51U.S. politics, dance, vocabulary, Greece, modern novels, and science fiction.
09:59Let's put the dollar figures in the screen while I remind everyone about the two Daily Doubles in these categories.
10:04U.S. politics, dance, vocabulary, Greece, modern novels, and finally, Nebraska actors.
10:13Marty, you're in third place. You make the first selection.
10:15Nebraska actors for $200.
10:17Answer.
10:18French director Roger Vadim was a son-in-law of this performer from Grand Island, Nebraska.
10:24Harry?
10:25Who is Henry Fonda?
10:26Right.
10:28You have five seconds to identify the star of 48 Hours who fits the category.
10:33Joe?
10:34Who is Nick Nolte?
10:35Right.
10:36Modern novels for $200.
10:37Answer.
10:38When this Pearl Buck novel begins, it's Wang Lung's wedding day.
10:42Marty?
10:43What is The Good Earth?
10:44Right.
10:45Nebraskan actors for $600.
10:47Fifty actors were tested before this Nebraskan was chosen to play TV's Richard Diamond, private detective.
10:53Harry?
10:54Who is David Jansen?
10:55Right.
10:56Nebraska actors for $800.
10:57He was one of the Magnificent Seven in 1960 and the president's analyst in 1967.
11:03Harry?
11:04Who is James Coburn?
11:05Right again.
11:06Nebraskan actors for $1,000.
11:07This actor, once billed as the man with the perfect profile, was married to Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951.
11:14Harry?
11:15Who is Robert Taylor?
11:16Good, for $1,000.
11:17U.S. politics for $200, please.
11:20When she ran for Congress in 1970, Bella Abzug's campaign slogan said,
11:24This woman's place is here.
11:26Joe?
11:27What is In the House?
11:28Yes.
11:29U.S. politics for $400, please.
11:31After three terms, this liberal GOP senator from Connecticut was defeated for re-election in 1988.
11:37Joe?
11:38Who is Weicker?
11:39Lowell Weicker.
11:40Right.
11:41U.S. politics for $600, please.
11:42Had he won the 1976 GOP nomination, his running mate would have been Pennsylvania Senator Richard Schweiker.
11:48Joe?
11:49Who is Reagan?
11:50Yes.
11:51U.S. politics for $800.
11:52The answer there is...
11:53That's an audio.
11:54That's an audio.
11:55And you're back in the lead.
11:58You have $1,300 more than Harry at the moment, Joe.
12:01$1,000, please.
12:02For $1,000, U.S. politics.
12:04Let me give you the clue first.
12:06While Senate Minority Leader, he made the Billboard Top 40 in 1967 with the following.
12:13Down through the years.
12:17Who was Everett Dirksen?
12:18Who was Senator Everett Dirksen?
12:19Yes, indeed.
12:20You need a response to that before the music ends.
12:23Select again, Joe.
12:24U.S. politics for $1,000.
12:26This author of Dragon's Teeth ran for governor of California in 1934 using the slogan,
12:31End Poverty in California.
12:34Harry?
12:35Who is Sinclair Lewis?
12:36No.
12:37Joe or Marty?
12:39You were sort of on the right track, Harry.
12:41You realize now your mistake.
12:42It was Upton Sinclair, not Sinclair Lewis.
12:44Joe, select again, please.
12:46Vocabulary for $200.
12:47Answer.
12:48The Damson Plum is so named since it was the plum of this Syrian capital.
12:54Harry?
12:55What is Damascus?
12:56Correct.
12:57Greece for $200.
12:59Ancient Greeks believed this mountain, Greece's highest point, was the home of the gods.
13:04Marty?
13:05What is Zeus?
13:06No.
13:07Harry?
13:08What is Olympus?
13:09Mount Olympus, that's right.
13:10Greece, $400.
13:11In 1981, Greece became the 10th full member of this group of nations.
13:15Joe?
13:16What is the Common Market?
13:17Correct.
13:18Greece for $600.
13:19This peninsula is named for Pelops, the mythological ruler of southern Greece.
13:24Joe?
13:25What is Peloponnesia?
13:26Yes.
13:27Vocabulary for $400.
13:28Answer there.
13:29A tarpon is a horse, and a tarpon is this.
13:34Harry?
13:35What is a fish?
13:36That is right.
13:37Greece for $800.
13:38The Greek national emblem consists of a white cross surrounded by a wreath of these leaves.
13:44Harry?
13:45What are olive leaves?
13:46No.
13:47Joe or Marty?
13:48The correct response, what are laurel leaves?
13:52Harry, you go again.
13:54Greece for $1,000.
13:55In 490 BC, the Athenians defeated the Persians on this plain, 25 miles northeast of Athens.
14:02Harry?
14:03What is Marathon?
14:04That is right.
14:05Modern novels, $400.
14:07This beloved detective made her final appearance in Agatha Christie's Sleeping Murder.
14:13Marty?
14:14What is a Christmas marble?
14:15Yes.
14:16Dance for $200.
14:17Answer.
14:18Chubby Checker was on the top 40 charts with this dance in 1960, 61, and 62.
14:23Joe?
14:24What is the twist?
14:25Correct.
14:26Vocabulary for $600.
14:27A halyard is a rope used to raise or lower one of these.
14:31Joe?
14:32What is a flag?
14:33That is right.
14:34Dance for $400.
14:35Considered an innovator of modern dance, she revived the barefoot dancing style of ancient Greece.
14:40Harry?
14:41Who is Isadora Duncan?
14:42Right.
14:44Modern novels, $600, please.
14:46Set in the Outback, this novel opens on December 8, 1915.
14:51Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.
14:54Marty?
14:55What is the Thorn Birds?
14:56That is right.
14:57Modern novels for $1,000.
14:59The answer there.
15:01In his novel, Faulconer, Faulconer is a prison.
15:07The author's name was John Cheever.
15:09Marty, go again, please.
15:12Dance for $1,000.
15:13Dance for $1,000.
15:14We have the Daily Double.
15:17All right, Marty.
15:18How much are you going to risk?
15:20$900, Alex.
15:21For $900 in dance.
15:23Here is your clue.
15:24In July, 1988, she announced she was folding her 23-year-old dance company and joining the American Ballet Theater.
15:38Who is Twyla Torp?
15:42Oh, you're placing me in a difficult situation.
15:44I can't accept it.
15:45You came so close.
15:46Her name is Twyla Thorp.
15:48Twyla Thorp.
15:49All right, we have less than a minute to go.
15:51Select again.
15:52Okay, vocabulary for $1,000.
15:53Answer.
15:54From the Latin word for small hand, it's another word for handcuffs.
15:58Joe?
15:59What are manacles?
16:00Right.
16:01Vocabulary for $800, please.
16:02Snake-like or a greenish mineral used as a decorative stone.
16:11Correct response.
16:12What is serpentine?
16:13Joe, select again.
16:14Modern novels for $800.
16:16Answer.
16:17In chapter one of this Edna Ferber novel, all Texas was flying to Jet Rink's party.
16:24Joe?
16:25What is giant?
16:26Right.
16:27Dance for $600.
16:28That's it.
16:29We've done with this round.
16:30Marty, you're still on the plus side, and that is good news because it means you'll be around to play in Final Jeopardy.
16:34You'll see what the clue is in that one.
16:36Harry and Joe, it's between the two of you.
16:37A reminder that the player who winds up with the most cash will be the champ.
16:41And for our runners-up, we have these prizes.
16:43Johnny, please.
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17:06Today's third-place contestant will receive Pauley's Island original cotton rope hammock,
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17:18And all contestants receive either the Jeopardy box game to play at home or the computerized version of Jeopardy.
17:24And now, once again, here's Alex.
17:26And it's time to find out what our Final Jeopardy category is.
17:31The calendar. Back with a clue right after this.
17:39The Final Jeopardy category is the calendar.
17:41I'll give you the clue, players, and you'll then have 30 seconds in which to write down your response.
17:45Here we go. Final Jeopardy answer today is this.
17:48The first leap year of the 21st century.
17:53Good luck.
18:00All right.
18:26This is our annual attempt, definite attempt,
18:29definite attempt to educate Americans.
18:32We'll see how well we do.
18:33We're going to start with Marty.
18:35Let's see what you put down as your response.
18:36What year?
18:37What is 2003?
18:39No, sorry.
18:40That is incorrect.
18:41How much did you wager?
18:43$100.
18:44That'll drop you down to zero.
18:45Let's go to Harry Cortez, who had $4,200.
18:47What was his response?
18:49What is 2001?
18:51No, that, too, is incorrect.
18:53What was your wager?
18:55Nothing.
18:56So you remain at $4,200.
18:57Now let's go to Joe Roberts.
18:58He had the lead with $9,700.
19:00What was his response?
19:02What is 2004?
19:04Joe remembered that centuries begin with the year 1
19:08and they end with the year 100.
19:09The 21st century, therefore, begins with 2001
19:13and the first leap year is in 2004.
19:16Divided by 4, you are going to be the new Jeopardy champion
19:19with how much cash?
19:21$1,000 more than you have at present.
19:23That means $10,700.
19:25Way to go, Joe. Well played.
19:27Congratulations to you.
19:28And thanks to Marty and our returning champion, Harry,
19:31for a good game also.
19:32We've got to go. See you tomorrow. So long.
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