Show #2300 - Friday, September 9, 1994

Contestants

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Tim Sinclair, a tax accountant from Ellicott City, Maryland

Nick Cort, an attorney from Concord, New Hampshire

Matt Handel, a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE 50 STATES
SPORTS
RELIGION
20th CENTURY WOMEN
FRENCH CUISINE
"AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS
    $100 1
The 2 most important crops grown in this state are sugarcane & pineapple
    $100 6
If a served tennis ball touches the net & is otherwise good, it's called this
    $100 8
In 1979 this religion celebrated the 1,400th anniversary of its founding by Muhammad
    $100 15
This former first lady won the first annual Franklin D. Roosevelt Brotherhood award in 1946
    $100 26
Serve these green vegetables with butter & you have Choux de Bruxelles au beurre
    $100 18
About half the blood drawn in the U.S. is collected & distributed by this organization
    $200 2
With 34 stories, this state's Capitol Building in Baton Rouge is America's tallest
    $200 7
This L.A. Kings player scored a record 47 points in one playoff year for Edmonton in 1985
    $200 12
In the Mormon Church, this rite is performed when a child is 8
    $200 17
She became secretary- general of Israel's Mapai Party in 1966
    $200 27
The cuisine of Bordeaux features this onion relative known in France as the echalote
    $200 19
It publishes the reference work "The Complete Dog Book"
    DD: $500 3
The motto "Sic Semper Tyrannis" appears on the official seal of this state
    $300 9
On Nov. 20, 1977 this Chicago Bears running back set an NFL record by rushing for 275 yards
    $300 13
A book called the Haggadah explains the rituals of this Jewish holiday's seder
    $300 20
She attended the Duchess of Windsor's burial 8 days after her own gala 60th birthday celebration
    $300 28
Roast this long-tailed game bird with truffles & voila! You have faisan truffe
    $300 23
This U.S. veterans' organization was founded in Paris by members of the AEF after World War I
    $400 4
Lava & ash from Novarupta Volcano created this state's Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
    $400 10
On March 17, 1897, Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title from this man known as "Gentleman Jim"
    $400 14
Latin for "shepherd", it's the term often used for a minister who heads a flock or congregation
    $400 21
In 1971 this anthropologist co-wrote "A Rap On Race" with James Baldwin
    $400 29
The name of this type of pie that may contain ham or cheese comes from the German for "cake", kuchen
    $400 24
From 1920-1950 Roger Baldwin was director of this legal group that participated in the Scopes Trial
    $500 5
East of the Cascades, the main population centers in this state include Bend & Klamath Falls
    $500 11
In 1968 this Frenchman won 3 skiing gold medals in the Winter Olympics
    $500 16
This order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola was dissolved in 1773 & revived in 1814
    $500 22
This woman was voted the world's leading aviatrix in 1937, the year Amelia Earhart disappeared
    $500 30
These freshwater crustaceans are the main ingredient in ecrevisses a la bordelaise
    $500 25
This group was founded in 1968 by Dennis Banks & others to improve the lives of Indians in Minneapolis

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

Matt Nick Tim
$1,500 $1,200 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Nick Tim
$4,200 $1,500 $700

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY
TRANSPORTATION
LANGUAGES
MUSIC
PARKS
BOOKS & AUTHORS
    $200 3
In 1978 the Red Brigades kidnapped this country's former premier Aldo Moro & killed him
    $200 9
The Carib Indians developed a dugout type of this craft called a pirogue
    $200 16
Karelian is closely related to this language heard in Helsinki
    $200 21
Ravel's "Mother Goose" suite includes a "conversation between Beauty and" this character
    $200 26
Covering more area than Texas, a national park on this Danish island is the world's largest
    $200 1
William Manchester subtitled his "Portrait" of this family "From John D. to Nelson"
    $400 4
This country gave up much territory to Germany under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, signed in 1918
    $400 10
Andrew Hallidie, who invented this form of transportation, helped install the first line in San Francisco
    $400 17
This language spoken in a volcanic country is also called Islenska
    $400 22
Scruggs-picking is a playing technique developed for this stringed instrument
    $400 27
This Washington city's 100-acre Riverfront Park was the site of Expo '74
    $400 2
Thor Heyerdahl wrote a 1975 book about "The Art of" this island known for its monolithic statues
    $600 6
In 1925 Reza Khan became the Shah of Iran & changed his family name to this
    $600 12
Introduced in 1945, this car became the USA's bestselling import
    $600 18
Maghrebi is a major dialect of this language
    DD: $4,000 23
Although he composed a 9th symphony, his 1822 8th symphony was left unfinished
    $600 28
In 1912 moose reached Michigan's Isle Royale Nat'l Park by crossing the frozen waters of this Great Lake
    $600 5
"Dead Cert" wasn't just his first novel but his first novel about a jockey
    $800 7
In May 1701 this pirate captain was tried at the Old Bailey & hanged for murder & acts of piracy
    $800 13
A ferry across the Cook Strait connects the railways of this country's 2 main islands
    DD: $2,000 19
The Moldavian language is written in this alphabet
    $800 24
His "Music for the Royal Fireworks" was written originally for wind orchestra; he added the strings later
    $800 29
The baths in this Arkansas national park are said to be helpful in the treatment of joint diseases
    $800 11
He visited airports all over the world to research his novel "Airport"
    $1000 8
In 1867 he had Maximilian shot & was installed as president of Mexico
    $1000 14
Between 1928 & 1937, this German aircraft, the LZ-127, traveled over 1 million miles
    $1000 20
Khalkha is spoken widely in this Mongolian capital
    $1000 25
Czerny taught Leschetizky, who taught Paderewski this instrument
    $1000 30
Established in 1971, Pacific Rim National Park is located in this Canadian province
    $1000 15
As a young man in the 1950s, this author of "Being There" was a ski instructor in his native Poland

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Nick Tim
$12,600 $5,700 $8,500

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Final Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARKS
This barrier is situated in the British Isles about 100 miles south of the Antonine Wall

Final scores:

Matt Nick Tim
$17,001 $10,700 $11,401
2-day champion: $40,401 3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate 2nd place: Singer dining room set + Wallpapers To Go gift certificate

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Matt Nick Tim
$12,600 $4,500 $5,600
28 R,
1 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $22,700

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Game tape date: 1994-07-19
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