Show #2304 - Thursday, September 15, 1994

Contestants

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Frances Germeshausen, an advertising researcher from San Francisco, California

Steve Sosensky, a photographer originally from New Haven, Connecticut

Robert Chung, a demographer from Berkeley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS
TV PAIRS
AWARDS
JAPAN
FAKES & FALSEHOODS
"O" BOY
(Alex: And notice that "O" is in quotation marks, which means that each correct response will begin with that letter of the alphabet.)
    $100 21
In a 1977 TV interview, he denied having committed any impeachable offense
    $100 3
More properly, this 1980s CBS sitcom would have been titled "Katherine & Allison"
    $100 1
Prof. J. Frank McGill & Herman Talmadge are in this legume's Hall of Fame in Georgia & Jimmy Carter isn't
    $100 7
The predecessor of this traditional Japanese garment was the kosode of the Nara period
    $100 12
Human body part you pull when you put something over on someone
    $100 26
This Pledge or Promise is taken by officials before taking public office
    $200 22
He may have suffered from Marfan's syndrome, a rare disorder featuring long, lanky arms & legs
    $200 17
This pair consisted of an alien Earth observer & a Boulder, Colorado woman
    $200 2
Women directors of these are eligible for the Silver Baton Award
    $200 8
One of the most famous of these shrunken trees was first owned by a 17th century shogun
    $200 13
N.Y. governor Al Smith popularized the line "No matter how thin you slice it, it's still" this
    $200 27
It's from a Greek word meaning "without parents"
    $300 23
Between terms as an administrative judge, he worked briefly for the Kansas City Automobile Club
    $300 18
Name on the salvage yard located at 9114 South Central in Los Angeles
    $300 4
In 1926 Samuel Ryder donated a competitive cup for pros in this sport
    $300 9
This elite warrior class was dissolved between 1873 & 1876, after the Meiji Restoration
    $300 14
They're shed with hypocritical sorrow
    $300 28
An object impervious to the passage of light is said to be this
    $400 24
In 1884 he wrote an article for Century Magazine on the Battle of Shiloh
    $400 19
This title pair was a trucker & his simian companion, whom he named for coach Paul Bryant
    $400 5
The Illinois Society for Microbiology named its award for this French microbiologist
    $400 10
The Cherry, the first of these commercially produced in Japan, was made by a forerunner of Konica
    $400 15
A tale of these 2 farm animals is a false "story"
    $400 29
Petroleum accounts for over 90% of this Arabian sultanate's exports
    $500 25
Assassinated in 1881, he had the second-shortest term of any president
    $500 20
Scarecrow had Mrs. King; this Mountie had Yukon King
    $500 6
The Washington Theatre Awards are named for this first lady of the American theatre
    $500 11
The name of this Japanese form of fencing means "the way of the sword"
    DD: $900 16
This term for a fraud or quack goes back to a name for a person from Cerreto, Italy
    $500 30
This plant used to thicken & flavor soups is also known as gumbo

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

Robert Steve Frances
$200 $1,800 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Robert Steve Frances
$2,100 $3,700 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round

BATTLES
ISLANDS
FAMOUS WOMEN
MATH FORMULAS
NEWSPAPERS
LITERATURE
    $200 1
In 1798 Napoleon defeated Murad Bey in this country at the Battle of the Pyramids
    $200 6
Large bays cutting into this island's coast include Galway, Donegal & Clew
    $200 18
In '60 she decreed that certain of her descendants would use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor
    $200 11
For a pyramid this, V, is equal to 1/3 (the area of the base times the height)
    $200 16
First published in 1900, the Nome Nugget is this state's oldest newspaper
    $200 26
The famous Tea Party chapter of this Lewis Carroll work didn't appear in the first version
    $400 2
This attack in which Custer & all of his men died lasted less than half an hour
    $400 7
Islands in this Spanish group include Fuerteventura, Lanzarote & Tenerife
    $400 19
Saxophonist Lester Young nicknamed this jazz singer "Lady Day"
    $400 12
C=pi d or 2 pi r, r being this
    $400 17
Founded in 1847, this capital's Republican newspaper was the first English paper in New Mexico
    $400 27
His short story collection "The Four Million" includes "The Gift of the Magi"
    $600 3
Famous battles of this war include Heartbreak Ridge & Pork Chop Hill
    DD: $1,000 8
This country's Pacific Ocean territories include the Society Islands & the Tuamotu Archipelago
    $600 20
In January 1994 this hotel queen was freed after serving 21 months
    $600 13
Newton calculated that m, mass, times a, acceleration, gives you F, this
    $600 23
The Manchester Union Leader is the only newspaper in this state with statewide circulation
    $600 28
Joseph Heller novel that features such characters as Captain Yossarian & Major Major Major Major
    $800 4
In a bittersweet victory, England won this 1805 battle but lost Lord Nelson
    $800 9
This Michigan island once served as the headquarters of John Jacob Astor's fur company
    $800 21
On completion of her Christian Science "Mother Church" in Boston, she took the title Pastor Emeritus
    $800 14
This famous theorem in trigonometry is a2 plus b2 = c2
    $800 24
This largest newspaper in Louisiana is New Orleans' only daily
    $800 29
Her 1927 novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is set in the Southwest, not in Nebraska
    DD: $1,000 5
In this battle of 490 B.C., an Athenian army overran a Persian force nearly twice its size
    $1000 10
About 10% of this island forming northeastern Nova Scotia consists of the saltwater Bras d'Or Lake
    $1000 22
She was 21 & a student at Yale when she designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
    $1000 15
The formula to calculate the area of this figure is A=1/2bh
    $1000 25
Newspapers in this state include the Grand Forks Herald & the Minot Daily News
    $1000 30
"The Dead" is the longest piece in this James Joyce short story collection

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Robert Steve Frances
$6,300 $8,300 $4,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

1994
James Gregory, a former Robben Island warden, was an invited guest at this May 10, 1994 event

Final scores:

Robert Steve Frances
$100 $3,999 $1
2nd place: General Instrument satellite system + Sanyo 31" TV New champion: $3,999 3rd place: Trimble GPS system

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Robert Steve Frances
$6,300 $8,900 $5,300
16 R,
3 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $20,500

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Game tape date: 1994-07-20
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