| Date Published: October 19, 2005 |
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| Cruise Questions Make Splash on "Jeopardy!" |
Alex Trebek: "Princess Cruises now offers scuba and volleyball as well as this beloved game that uses cues to push disks."
Cruise Critic: "What is shuffleboard, Alex?"
OK, we admit ... that's not exactly how things went on "Jeopardy!" last night. Contestant Melissa Prepster, a teacher from Kyle, Texas, actually provided the correct question for that $200 answer in a first-round category called "Let's Go Cruising."
The special category was added to the top-rated quiz show's lineup in honor of National Cruise Vacation Month, a month-long annual campaign sponsored by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). They say the purpose was to entice viewers to cruising as a vacation choice. We say it was just plain fun.
Prepster also supplied a winning question for the $400 answer, "The person who handles passengers' accounts: Gopher on 'The Love Boat' was an assistant one," after contestant Kim Strassburger buzzed in with "What is a steward?" (The correct response: "What is a purser?")
What else did the contestants get wrong? Two answers stumped all three players: "This Virgin Island with its city of Charlotte Amalie is among the most popular Caribbean ports of call" for $600 (Question: "What is St. Thomas?") and "Term for a woman who christens a cruise ship, like Kim Cattrall for Norwegian Dawn and Judi Dench for Carnival Legend" for $1,000 (Question: "What is the godmother?").
Strassburger redeemed herself by knowing the question for this $800 answer: "You can sail from Southampton on this Cunard liner that has covered 5.3 million nautical miles, a record for any ship" -- which of course refers to Queen Elizabeth 2.
Note: Didn't catch the episode? We recommend checking out j-archive.com for a rundown of answers and questions from last night's episode. (One of the "founding archivists" for that site is Kenneth Jennings, Jr. -- perhaps the father of big-time "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings III?) | |
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