Show #2600 - Friday, December 15, 1995

Brad Plovan game 5.

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Sally Tyler, a communications consultant from Washington, D.C.

Bill Moore, an innkeeper from Clifton, New Jersey

Brad Plovan, a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $51,402)

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Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY AMERICA
CLASSIC SONG LYRICS
DINING OUT
NATURE
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
IN OTHER WORDS...
    $100 6
In July 1976 this mystery ailment killed 29 people at a Philadelphia convention
    $100 5
He "frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah-Lee"
    $100 4
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin now owns the legendary Maxim's at 3 Rue Royale in this city
    $100 1
The scented flowers of this shrub are used in perfume & its reddish dye is used as a hair coloring
    $100 2
This tree planting day was first celebrated on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska
    $100 23
Everything's okay which finishes okay
    $200 7
On July 16, 1943 the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb at Trinity site near this New Mexico city
    $200 15
Tony Orlando & Dawn hit that begins, "I'm comin' home; I've done my time"
    $200 11
The Strawberry Street Cafe in this Virginia capital is noted for its bathtub salad bar
    $200 9
With its legs spread out, this largest spider can be as large as a dinner plate
    $200 3
The first president to proclaim this holiday as the third Sunday in June was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966
    $200 27
Unweighty like one quill
    $300 8
In 1994 this Pontiac, Michigan stadium became the first indoor facility to hold a World Cup soccer match
    $300 16
"When you walk through a storm" do this "and don't be afraid of the dark"
    $300 12
You can make his day by dining at his Hog's Breath Inn in Carmel, California
    $300 10
Usually black in color, the glass known as obsidian forms when this cools rapidly
    $300 24
This holiday marking the end of World War I has also been referred to as Poppy Day
    $300 28
Non-moving rivers go to great depths
    $400 19
In 1922 DeWitt Wallace & his wife Lila Acheson founded this monthly magazine
    $400 17
Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect and" do this, "so no one will suspect I'm afraid"
    $400 21
This religious leader's nephew owns the Snow Lion chain of Tibetan-themed restaurants in Indiana
    $400 13
Encarta calls it "the most economically valuable of all insects"
    $400 25
Every summer the Black Hills Passion Play is presented at Spearfish in this state
    $400 29
Polish by hand in an opposite direction to the norm
    $500 20
On January 31, 1958, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach Earth orbit
    $500 18
This song begins, "Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny"
    $500 22
Cafe Max in Pompano Beach, Florida serves batter-dipped, deep-fried rings made from these limes
    DD: $500 14
This large, flightless bird of Australia lays dark green eggs
    $500 26
It's also known as Battle of Puebla Day
    $500 30
An entirely original matchup between the Tigers & the Angels, for example

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Brad Bill Sally
$400 $1,200 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brad Bill Sally
$200 $2,000 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS SCIENTISTS
GEOGRAPHY
RANKS & TITLES
WOMEN
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES
    $200 1
Her book "Radioactivite" was published posthumously in 1935
    $200 13
Inlets along this country's coast include the Firth of Forth & the Firth of Lorn
    $200 21
It's the feminine version of the address "Milord"
    $200 2
In 1970 this lead singer left The Supremes after an appearance in Las Vegas
    $200 18
She met Mark Antony in Cilicia in 41 B.C. & they became lovers
    $200 9
As of 1995 he's been the only talk show host honored
    $400 4
In 1921 he testified about his peanut products before the House Ways & Means Committee
    $400 14
Mount Meron in Upper Galilee is this country's highest point
    $400 25
Meaning first in position or rank, it's a synonym for prime minister
    $400 3
Before entering the Senate, Dianne Feinstein was mayor of this city
    $400 20
This volcano near Pompeii served as a refuge for slaves during the revolt of Spartacus
    $400 12
Fred Astaire was honored in 1978; this woman, his partner, was honored in 1992
    $600 5
In 1926 this botanist was buried under a cedar tree in the yard of his Santa Rosa, California home
    $600 15
The world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, is located in the Guiana Highlands of this country
    $600 26
A hetman or ataman was the leader of a village of these Russian horsemen
    $600 6
This conservationist & author of "Born Free" was born Joy-Friederike Victoria Gessner
    $600 22
Live burial was the penalty for unchastity on the part of these Roman priestesses
    $600 19
There were good vibes all around when this jazz musician picked up his award in 1992
    $800 10
This German inventor of the rotary engine obtained his first patent in 1929
    $800 16
The ancient Babylonians lived in Mesopotamia. most of which now lies in this country
    $800 27
Czarevna is a title given to this person
    $800 7
This terribly gracious author of "Entertaining" was once a Wall Street stockbroker
    $800 23
Under Augustus this governmental body retained the privilege of minting all copper coinage
    $800 29
1 of the 2 husband & wife acting pairs honored together, 1 in 1986, 1 in 1992
    $1000 11
Uranienborg & Stjerneborg were this Danish astronomer's observatories on the island of Ven
    DD: $3,000 17
It's the last country the Rhine flows through before emptying into the North Sea
    $1000 28
You'll find a verger in a church & a shammes in one of these
    $1000 8
Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote this patriotic poem in 1893, was a professor at Wellesley
    DD: $2,000 24
In 26 A.D. he succeeded Valerius Gratus as procurator of Judea
    $1000 30
In December 1994 this political protester & former member of The Weavers picked up an award

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brad Bill Sally
$5,000 $7,800 $5,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY NOVELS
Book 1, Chapter 4 of this 1880 work is entitled "The Third Son Alyosha"

Final scores:

Brad Bill Sally
$10,000 $3,800 $1
5-day champion: $61,402 2nd place: Ashley entertainment wall system & Aiwa digital mini system + Jeopardy! home game 3rd place: Cuthbertson Christmas tree dinnerware + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Brad Bill Sally
$7,000 $5,800 $5,600
19 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 17 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $18,400

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