Show #3238 - Wednesday, October 7, 1998

Contestants

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Jonathan Silbert, a superior court judge from Gulford, Connecticut

Sheryl Read, an accounting student from Cinnaminson, New Jersey

Linda Zusman, a foreign language teacher from Albany, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

ON THE MAP
COUNTRY BOYS
HISTORIC CLASSIFIEDS
PEOPLE IN POETRY
ENDS IN "LOW"
STUPID ANSWERS
    $100 19
The Bride, the Boyne & the Shannon rivers all traverse this country
    $100 26
In 1998 he re-issued his first 6 albums as part of a specially-priced "Limited Series" box set
    $100 14
"FSBO." this "vast region including Aleutian Islands. $7.2 million OBO"
    $100 11
His poem on teacher Parker Cleaveland is less well known than his "Paul Revere's Ride"
    $100 6
An associate; in politics you may be coupled with a "strange" one
    $100 1
Baker's calls itself "America's premier" chocolate for this
    $200 20
In South America this Argentinian neighbor runs from about 20º S. latitude to 50º S. latitude
    $200 27
He starred with wife Lisa Hartman in the TV movie "Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack"
    $200 15
In 431 he would have jumped at the ad "Bishop needed for Celtic island. Must have shamrock"
    $200 12
This British Lord Protector spares a maiden's lover in the once-famous poem "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
    $200 7
In this 1966 hit, Donovan was "just mad about Saffron...Saffron's mad about me"
    $200 2
Matt Damon played this character in the film "Good Will Hunting"
    $300 21
Covering about 40,000 square miles, it's the only country between Scotland & Greenland
    $300 28
Though he boasts of being an "Okie from Muskogee", he's really from Bakersfield, California
    $300 16
Situation wanted: this "ex-naval minister seeks post, nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, sweat"
    DD: $600 13
John Ashbery wrote of this U.S. president, "He wasn't a bad egg. Just weak, he loved women and Ohio"
    $300 8
The name of this small 1- or 1 1/2-story house is from the Hindi meaning "of Bengal"
    $300 3
While ABC aired this event on March 23, 1998, FOX countered with a fight night hosted by Oscar De La Hoya
    $400 22
This country is immediately south of Egypt & just west of the Red Sea
    $400 29
Sadly, this singer who had a hit with "Drivin' My Life Away" passed away in 1998
    $400 17
In 1508 he may have successfully responded to "Chapel painter needed. Strong neck a must"
    $400 24
Allen Ginsberg imagined this poet, who sang of himself, out shopping for bananas
    $400 9
The Gettysburg address includes the line "We cannot consecrate, we cannot" do this to "this ground"
    $400 4
It's the real name of the boulevard in Las Vegas known as "The Strip"
    $500 23
You'll find this island country about 60 miles south of Sicily
    $500 30
Young heartthrob seen here whose hits include "Rebecca Lynn" & "Love Is The Right Place"
    $500 18
In the 1660s she could have advertised, "Experienced queen seeks throne. Catholic countries only"
    $500 25
In a poem on painter Andrea del Sarto, Robert Browning wrote that "A man's reach should exceed" this
    $500 10
This author has won 3 National Book Awards, the first for "The Adventures of Augie March" in 1954
    $500 5
Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460 to a noble family from this Spanish province

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

Linda Sheryl Jonathan
$1,000 $0 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Linda Sheryl Jonathan
$900 -$500 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1970s TV
JUDGES
HERE ON EARTH
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
SOUNDING OFF
    $200 6
Founded in 1933, this bookstore chain was named for the Massachusetts pond that inspired Thoreau
    $200 1
ABC's TGIF line-up in '71 was "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family", "Room 222" & this Neil Simon-based show
    $200 17
In 1981, Ronald Reagan nominated this 51-year-old Arizona appellate court judge to the Supreme Court
    $200 13
When Columbus sailed this ocean blue it was about 33 feet narrower than it is now
    $200 11
He's the inventor seen here on the Italian 2000 lire note
    $200 24
This conventional imitation of the sound of a rooster begins with a synonym for "rooster"
    $400 7
This accounting firm has handled the Academy Award balloting since 1935
    $400 2
The fall of 1975 saw "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" & these 2 spin-offs from it on the schedule
    $400 18
John T. Raulston presided over the 1925 "Monkey" trial of this Tennessee teacher
    $400 14
This famous Turkish mountain was volcanically formed, so maybe it's not a good place to park your ark
    $400 12
Seen here, the $1 bill of this vast country features art by native artist David Malangi
    $400 27
The one "of doom" is a thunderclap or perhaps a trumpet blast
    $600 8
Organized in 1888, this Pittsburgh-based firm is the world's largest producer of aluminum products
    $600 3
This title family lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Jefferson County, Virginia
    DD: $1,000 19
(Hi, I'm Melissa Joan Hart.) Of all the judges that presided over the witchcraft trials in this city, only one, Samuel Sewall, admitted his error
    $600 15
Like a Weeble, the Earth does this & it's named after a guy named Chandler
    $600 23
The Guatemalan bank note seen here depicts a hero of these ancient people
    $600 28
In the novel "The Jungle", meatpackers boast they use every part of the pig except this
    $800 9
This insurance company has been using umbrellas in its ads since 1870
    $800 4
It was due to Diana Hyland's death that Dick Van Patten became a widower on this series
    $800 20
Judge who was appointed as the first commissioner of professional baseball
    DD: $1,000 16
From Latin for "soil", it's the decaying organic matter in soil; you can replenish it by adding compost
    $800 25
This man seen here on the Mexican 50 peso note was elected president in 1861
    $1000 10
On September 4, 1984 this Swiss firm announced its acquisition of the Carnation company for $3 billion
    $1000 5
"The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" followed this man's "Goodtime Hour" in 1970, but for only 13 weeks
    $1000 21
"The Tales of" this Chicago 7 trial judge include his having Bobby Seale bound & gagged
    $1000 22
The 2 most common elements in the earth's crust, they are usually found combined as silica
    $1000 26
One of the world's few plastic bank notes, the 50 baht note seen here, is from this country

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Linda Sheryl Jonathan
$3,300 $1,900 $6,600
(lock-tie game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

MOVIE MUSICALS
The area in which this 1961 musical was filmed was soon razed to make way for the new Lincoln Center

Final scores:

Linda Sheryl Jonathan
$0 $3,301 $6,600
3rd place: Rand McNally gift certificate + Jeopardy! electronic game 2nd place: trip Air Europa to Madrid, Spain & stay at Hotel Melia Castilla + Jeopardy! electronic game New champion: $6,600

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Linda Sheryl Jonathan
$3,900 $1,900 $7,200
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
4 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,000

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Game tape date: 1998-08-11
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