Show #2848 - Wednesday, January 8, 1997

Contestants

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Michael Kunes, a furniture manufacturer originally from Princeton, New Jersey

Kim Mihalick, a bartender from Merrillville, Indiana

Steve Dhuey, a book editor from Madison, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL PEOPLE
GUINNESS RECORDS
POP MUSIC
THE OLD WEST
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
(Alex: I'll give you the role; you give me the star who won an Oscar for playing that role.)
    $100 9
She told God, "The serpent beguiled me and I did eat"
    $100 16
No fine was charged when one of these was returned to Sidney Sussex College Library 288 years late
    $100 5
This rocker's 1988 album "Tina Live in Europe" won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance
    $100 14
Ranch hands cooked in the chuckhouse & slept in this "house"
    $100 3
Salvadorans often snack on pupusas -- cakes made from this meal & stuffed with meat, beans & spices
    $100 1
Forrest Gump
    $200 11
1 Kings 11:3 claims this wise king had "seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines"
    $200 17
At 60, Ramon Blanco is the oldest person to reach the summit of this mountain
    $200 6
On Feb. 9, 1964 the Beatles made their live U.S. TV debut on this show, reaching an audience of 73 million
    $200 19
When you rode into a cow town, you dropped your horse at the livery & checked these with the sheriff's office
    $200 22
Travel books recommend Puerto Rico's home-grown version of this breakfast brew
    $200 2
Hannibal Lecter
    $300 12
The book of Matthew gives a genealogy of Jesus beginning with this father of Isaac
    $300 18
The fruit with the lowest nutritive value is this "cool" character
    $300 10
Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean sang on this group's 1966 hit "Barbara Ann"
    $300 26
To do this, race past the cattle & turn the lead ones back into the center of the herd
    $300 23
Popular in Armenia, tan is a beverage made from water, this cultured dairy product & salt
    $300 4
Norma Rae
    $400 28
He was Jacob's elder twin brother
    $400 20
The highest price ever paid for a drawing is $8.36 million for one he drew at Arles in 1888
    $400 13
Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, he was the drummer
    $400 29
The Native American born Goyathlay, "one who yawns", was called this, Spanish for "Jerome"
    $400 24
Judd Mat Gardebo'nen -- smoked pork with broad beans -- is a specialty of this grand duchy
    $400 7
Miss Daisy Werthan
    $500 27
This wicked wife of Ahab was a Phoencian princess
    $500 21
The highest incorporated U.S. city is Leadville in this state at an elevation of 10,152 feet
    $500 15
Mariah Carey joined with this group to record the 1995 hit "One Sweet Day"
    $500 30
In 1860-61 the average age of these was 20; William F. Cody was only 15
    $500 25
In the Dominican Republic, Brugal, Bermudez & Barcelo are local brands of this liquor
    DD: $500 8
Sophie Zawistowska

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Steve Kim Michael
$1,400 $1,200 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Kim Michael
$2,200 $4,500 $0

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
OCEANS & SEAS
PLANTS & TREES
AUTHORS
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
    $200 4
As a boy in Ohio, he was called "Lyss"
    $200 14
Although a pupil of Joseph Haydn, this "Eroica" composer said he never learned anything from him
    $200 1
Part of the Great Rift Valley, it parted in Exodus
    $200 19
Native to a small area on this state's coast, the Monterey Pine has been introduced to New Zealand & South Africa
    $200 9
This "Hunt for Red October" author is a part owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team
    $200 3
A beloved doe
    $400 5
In 1953 this Texas Democrat succeeded Ernest McFarland as Senate majority leader
    $400 15
Instruction books he wrote for his family included "The Little Organ Book" & "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
    $400 2
Some trace this ocean's name back to a Titan
    $400 20
A type of this tall gum tree is Australia's most important timber tree
    $400 27
She had the story idea for "The Thorn Birds" before she published her first novel, "Tim" in 1974
    $400 10
A gun or sword fight between 2 pairs of people
    $600 6
In 1801 he ordered a blockade of Tripoli after that pirate state declared war on the U.S.
    $600 24
His final opera, "William Tell", was to be the first of 5 written for the Paris Opera
    $600 16
The Huang Ho empties into the Huang Hai; ho is river, hai is sea & huang is this color
    $600 21
Papaver is the genus of this Asian flower whose tiny seeds are sprinkled on rolls & used as birdseed
    $600 11
An inactive graven image
    DD: $1,000 7
In 1856 he defeated an incumbent president to win the Democratic nomination
    $800 25
He gave his last public performance Nov. 16, 1848, at a London benefit for Polish refugees
    $800 17
Among the rivers that feed this ocean are the Zambezi & the Shatt Al-Arab
    $800 22
Also called the duramen, it's the innermost part of a tree trunk
    $800 29
From 1984 to 1990, this bestselling author served in the Mississippi legislature
    $800 12
A shy Japanese carp
    $1000 8
From his presidency to 1929, a year before his death, he lost about 90 pounds
    $1000 26
Born in Bohemia in 1824, he was the founder of the Czech National School of Music
    DD: $2,000 18
Sea in which you'd see the Great Barrier Reef
    $1000 23
The porous bark of this oak tree is used to make gaskets & a black paint used by artists
    $1000 28
In 1963 this Texan's first novel, "Horseman, Pass By" was republished as "Hud"
    $1000 13
Was familiar with the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Kim Michael
$2,400 $3,700 $1,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY
Man with whom Cleopatra had the most children

Final scores:

Steve Kim Michael
$4,799 $4,800 $2,799
2nd place: Trip to Almond Beach Resort, Barbados New champion: $4,800 3rd place: Zodiac Sea Wolf watch

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Steve Kim Michael
$3,400 $5,700 $1,400
15 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 23 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
6 W

Combined Coryat: $10,500

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Game tape date: 1996-11-05
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