Show #2711 - Monday, May 20, 1996

Contestants

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Anne Keever Cannon, a public affairs specialist from Lancaster, Texas

Brian Flanagan, a tavern owner from New York City, New York

Jeff Gorsky, a lawyer originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL SCIENCE
HE WAS IN THAT?!
FOOD
BIBLICAL BIRDS
MAINE
OH, HENRY
    $100 2
These nails take about twice as long to grow from base to tip as fingernails
    $100 1
Jeff Goldblum played a party guest in this quirky comedy that won Diane Keaton an Oscar
    $100 14
Parmigiana refers to food made with this ingredient
    $100 4
1 Samuel 26:20 mentions this bird in the mountains, not in a pear tree
    $100 9
A waterspout can be seen at Cape Arundel, near this former president's summer home, Walker's Point
    $100 21
This composer of "Moon River" once worked as an arranger & pianist for Glenn Miller
    $200 3
Doctors use amplified light from this device to remove tattoos & warts
    $200 18
Kevin Bacon made his film debut in 1978 as one of the frat guys in this wild John Belushi comedy
    $200 15
To make pilaf, the first thing you may do is saute some of this grain
    $200 5
Isaiah 34:14 assures us the "screech" type of this bird shall "find for herself a place of rest"
    $200 10
This city, Maine's capital since 1832, is at the head of navigation on the Kennebec River
    $200 22
In 1899 he left the Edison Illuminating Co. to help organize the Detroit Automobile Co.
    $300 6
The Apennines, which border the Mare Imbrium, are this satellite's most conspicuous mountain range
    $300 28
Martin Landau played Rufio & Carroll O'Connor played Casca in this 1963 Elizabeth Taylor extravaganza
    $300 16
The British pronounce this biscuit's name to rhyme with "on"; we say it as a rhyme with "own"
    $300 13
In Psalm 84 this bird finds "a nest for herself", perhaps in Capistrano
    $300 11
Longfellow called this largest Maine city "the beautiful town that is seated by the sea"
    $300 23
This explorer's men nicknamed him "Bula Matari", Congolese for "Breaker of Rocks"
    $400 7
This mineral found in plaster of Paris is No. 2 on the Mohs hardness scale
    $400 29
William Shatner appeared as Capt. Harrison Byers in this acclaimed 1961 film about war crimes trials
    $400 17
It's what a Mexican normally cooks on her comal, a round, flat griddle
    $400 26
The Navy of Tharshish brought Solomon these birds noted for their tail displays
    $400 12
This clothing & sporting goods store in Freeport is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
    $400 24
Between 1953 & 1969, he served as ambassador to the U.N., South Vietnam & West Germany
    $500 8
Members of this order that includes moths & butterflies have coiled proboscises
    $500 30
Beau Bridges played a boy named Beau in this 1949 film based on a Steinbeck novel about a horse
    DD: $700 19
This fruit was named after the Turkish town of Cerasus, or it might be the other way around
    $500 27
God asked Job, "Doth" this bird "mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?"
    $500 20
A bridge across the St. John River links Van Buren, Maine with St.-Leonard in this province
    $500 25
Fortune was one of several magazines that helped ensure his fortune in the publishing industry

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

Jeff Brian Anne
$100 $500 $2,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jeff Brian Anne
$1,800 $3,600 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR
FABRICS & TEXTILES
NEWSPAPERS
OPERA CHARACTERS
WORLD CAPITALS
AUTHORS
    $200 12
Killed by stray bullets, Jennie Wade is the only known civilian casualty of this 1863 Pennsylvania battle
    $200 11
This fabric used to make jeans is usually woven with a blue cotton warp & white cotton filling
    $200 2
In the 1700s the American Weekly Mercury was a rival to this man's Gazette in Philadelphia
    $200 1
Jake sings "A Woman is a Sometime Thing" in the first scene of this Gershwin opera
    $200 21
The Plaza Mayor in this Spanish capital was once used for bullfights & public executions
    $200 8
This "Canterbury Tales" author was born the son of a wealthy London vintner sometime before 1343
    $400 15
After the fall of this city in April 1865, Danville, Virginia became the last Confederate capital
    $400 24
A homburg is made of this matted wool, fur or hair fabric
    $400 4
It's said that "The Little Bears", run by this San Francisco paper in 1892, was the first comic strip
    $400 3
In a famous German opera, Peter the broommaker is the father of these title children
    $400 25
The name of this Ugandan capital means "Hill of the impala"
    $400 9
He wanted to change the title of his "The Great Gatsby" to "Under the Red White and Blue"
    $600 16
When Sherman ended his March to the Sea in 1864, he offered this city to Lincoln as a "Christmas gift"
    $600 27
This "waled" fabric is actually a kind of velvet whose pile has been cut in a striped pattern
    $600 5
At age 19 this current Illinois senator left college to become publisher of a Troy, Ill. newspaper
    $600 6
Bulgarian basso Boris Christoff was renowned for his portrayal of this famous Boris
    $600 22
Built largely of white granite, this Finnish capital is called the "White City of the North"
    $600 10
Jules Verne is known as "The Father of" this genre of literature
    $800 17
In November 1861 he succeeded Winfield Scott as general-in-chief of the U.S. Army
    DD: $2,000 28
The name of this fabric with woven-in plaids, checks, etc. may come from genggang, a Malay word
    $800 13
This state's first newspaper was published in 1813 in Spanish at Nacogdoches
    $800 7
This seductive gypsy foresees her own death in the cards in Act III of the opera named for her
    DD: $2,000 23
A palace & a statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines dominate this capital's Place du Champ-de-Mars
    $800 20
As a teenager this author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" fought for Parliament in the English Civil War
    $1000 18
The seizing of 2 Southern agents in this 1861 naval "Affair" nearly brought England to war with the Union
    $1000 14
In 1884 this future president & 2 others bought the Marion (Ohio) Star
    $1000 19
"Ho-jo-to-ho!" is this Valkyrie's battle cry in Act II of "Die Walkure"
    $1000 26
This novelist & lover of Chopin was descended from Augustus II, king of Poland

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jeff Brian Anne
$3,800 $9,600 $4,800
(lock-tie game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

FOREIGN CURRENCY
The ngultrum, Bhutan's unit of currency, trades at par with this unit

Final scores:

Jeff Brian Anne
$7,600 $9,600 $9,600
2nd place: Gibson refrigerator/freezer New co-champion: $9,600 New co-champion: $9,600

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Jeff Brian Anne
$3,800 $8,200 $6,800
9 R,
1 W		 22 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 22 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $18,800

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