Show #2908 - Wednesday, April 2, 1997

Contestants

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Barry Koron, a musician from San Francisco, California

Romaine White, a lawyer from Mountain Park, Georgia

Christian Stallsmith, a naval engineer from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

AUGUST
POP-ROCK
BEER
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
HODGEPODGE
PROVERBS
    $100 4
On August 14, 1935 FDR signed this act establishing old-age benefits & unemployment insurance
    $100 20
In 1996 the founding members of this group including Gene Simmons reunited for a world tour
    $100 1
Pouring beer to produce this foamy top lets you savor its aroma & lessens the gas you'll consume
    $100 7
The largest country in the world, it has 21 republics, 49 oblasts & 6 krays
    $100 14
This character jumped out of his first biscuit can on TV in 1965
    $100 23
This product changed the proverb "It never rains but it pours" to "When it rains it pours"
    $200 5
On August 12, 1867 President Johnson named this Civil War general his new Secretary of War
    $200 22
"Bohemian Rhapsody", one of this group's early hits, returned to the Top 10 in 1992
    $200 2
Cutter, O'Douls & Sharp's are this type of beer
    $200 9
It uses the Monegasque franc
    $200 15
The earliest form of this weapon was a dagger that fit into the muzzle of a musket
    $200 24
"Even a worm will" do this
    $300 6
In 1936 this American tied or set 3 Olympic records in individual track & field events
    $300 27
In a 1995 hit she posed the question, "What if God was one of us?"
    $300 3
A black & tan mixes light-colored ale & this dark brew that made Guinness famous
    $300 10
There are no permanent lakes in this country that's home to Mecca
    $300 16
To play Milton Bradley's "Channel Surfing" you need one of these hand-held devices
    $300 25
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man" does this "for his friends"
    $400 8
On August 14, 1900 more than 2,000 U.S. troops helped capture Peking, thus halting this uprising
    $400 28
In 1974 this singer had her first No. 1 hit with "I Honestly Love You"
    $400 12
These small, specialized beer producers, like Sierra Nevada, became popular in the 1980s
    $400 18
In this country's parliament, the Dail has 166 seats, the Seanad, 60
    $400 17
He bequeathed $2 million to Columbia University to establish a school of journalism
    $400 26
This is "forearmed"
    $500 11
On August 2, 1927 this president said, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928"
    $500 30
In the '80s this group had U.S. hits with "Lost In Love", "All Out Of Love" & "The One That You Love"
    DD: $700 13
The Boston Beer Co. makes a lager named for this brewer, patriot & cousin of a U.S. president
    $500 19
Its borders with Bolivia & Peru are much shorter than its border with Argentina
    $500 21
Christmas Seals were first sold in 1907 to raise funds to fight this disease
    $500 29
Do this but, "Prepare for the worst"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Christian Romaine Barry
$2,500 $300 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Christian Romaine Barry
$4,600 $2,100 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
(Alex: They've made a lot of money!)
HISTORIC NAMES
INTERIOR DESIGN
ATLANTA
THE EMMYS
SHORT STORIES
    $200 17
In 1995 Kodak lodged a trade complaint that this company had an unfair advantage in Japan
    $200 21
In "Mein Kampf" he wrote, "Germany will either be a world power or there will be no Germany"
    $200 10
A simple way to make a room seem bigger is to hang one of these glass objects on the wall
    $200 5
Tours of the headquarters of this network & its Headline News leave every half hour 9-5:30 daily
    $200 12
It's the only game show whose writers have won more than 1 Daytime Emmy
    $200 1
This Washington Irving title character had "An insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor"
    $400 18
In 1994 it made over a quarter of a million Camrys in U.S. plants
    $400 22
In 1981 this religious leader dismissed Abolhassan Bani-Sadr as president of Iran
    $400 26
The crown type of this decorative strip of wood is found where the wall meets the ceiling
    $400 6
His presidential center & library on Copenhill Avenue contains in excess of 27 million documents & other artifacts
    $400 13
The Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series of 1974-75 was a cartoon based on this '60s sci-fi series
    $400 2
James Thurber's story of this daydreaming husband first appeared in a 1939 issue of The New Yorker
    $600 19
The largest ones of these in the world are Japan's Sanwa & Dai-Ichi Kangyo
    $600 23
While serving as New York governor, this first chief justice signed a bill ending slavery in that state
    $600 27
Using white walls & natural materials, Michael Taylor created "the look" named for this U.S. state
    $600 7
Atlanta had only about 13,000 inhabitants in 1865 when captured & partially burned by this general
    $600 14
He's won Best Actor Emmys for the comedy "Father Knows Best" & the drama "Marcus Welby, M.D."
    $600 3
"The Pastures Of Heaven" is his collection of stories about the people of a farm community of Salinas
    $800 20
Setting out to make the world's smallest transistor radio, it marketed a pocket-size one in 1957
    $800 24
This Israeli military leader lost his left eye in 1941 while scouting positions in Syria
    $800 29
If you want a fancier name for your knickknacks or tchotchkes, use this hyphenated French term
    $800 8
The Scenic Skylift offers cable-car service to the top of this nearby mountain
    $800 15
Keith Michell won for playing this king in the "Catherine Howard" episode of a 1971 series
    $800 4
This Kafka story in which a man turns into a gigantic insect was published as "Die Verwandlung"
    DD: $2,200 28
This brand name meaning "precision" first appeared on Hattori's watches in 1924
    $1000 25
This governor of New Netherland was nicknamed "Wooden Leg Pete"
    $1000 30
This Chinese method arranges furniture & artifacts within a space for the smoothest energy flow
    $1000 9
This agency of the U.S. Public Health Service found the causes of Legionnaires' Disease & Toxic Shock Syndrome
    $1000 16
1989-90 Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Mark Goodson & this "Wide World of Sports" announcer
    DD: $2,000 11
This author's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is set on an African safari

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Christian Romaine Barry
$11,600 $4,900 $9,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE CALENDAR
In the U.S. it's the latest date in November on which Thanksgiving can fall

Final scores:

Christian Romaine Barry
$18,601 $0 $9,801
2-day champion: $19,601 3rd place: Pierre Cardin Classique Watches 2nd place: Bose Lifestyle 12 Home Theater System & Bush Industries Home Theater Cabinet

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Christian Romaine Barry
$11,400 $4,900 $7,100
32 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 13 R,
3 W		 14 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $23,400

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Game tape date: 1996-12-12
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