Show #2314 - Thursday, September 29, 1994

Contestants

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Diane Gelfand, a purchasing agent from Montclair, New Jersey

Dave Seaver, a procurement officer from Los Angeles, California

Jim Clevenger, an attorney and college professor originally from Battle Creek, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATE NAMES
MONEY
RANKS & TITLES
MARINE DISASTERS
TRADEMARKS
HOMOPHONES
    $100 14
Before it was a state, its name included "Alta" before its name to differentiate it from Baja
    $100 20
Argent, a French term for money, comes from a Latin word for this metal
    $100 11
Another name for this leader of a Jewish congregation is Reb
    $100 8
Ammunition set off by heat from a coal bin fire probably caused the 1898 sinking of this U.S. ship
    $100 1
Though it's become a synonym for a photocopy, it should only apply to one brand of machine
    $100 6
It's another word for feeble, or a period of seven days
    $200 16
It's Sioux for "friendly"; so a person might hail from north Friendly or South Friendly
    $200 21
The Great Seal of the U.S. is featured on the back of this bill
    $200 15
Title shared by a college professor, a Spanish gentleman & a Corleone
    $200 9
Like the Titanic, the Lady of the Lake struck one of these & sank, in 1833
    $200 2
This name can only be stuck on a Johnson & Johnson adhesive cut-coverer
    $200 7
A labyrinth, or Indian corn
    DD: $500 18
The only "New" state not named for a British person or place
    $300 22
In the 1980s Maldives changed its currency name from this, the same as India's, to the Rufiyaa
    $300 28
The "Mar" in Marshal goes back to Old English for this animal
    $300 10
The worst U.S. marine disaster occurred in 1865, when the Sultana exploded on this river near Memphis
    $300 3
From Good Humor, it's a colored, flavored ice molded onto a flat stick that acts as a handle
    $300 25
It can be a corridor, or it can mean to lug
    $400 19
Its name, an Indian word for "flat" or "spreading water", refers to its Platte River
    $400 23
Susan B. Anthony replaced this man on the U.S. dollar coin
    $400 29
The Queen of England appoints this person as her representative in Canada
    $400 12
This ship ran aground on Bligh Reef in the Gulf of Alaska March 24, 1989
    $400 4
Since 1924 it's been synonymous with facial tissue, but it can only be applied to Kimberly-Clark's
    $400 26
A gem, or a knitting stitch
    $500 17
Originally, this state's name began with "Ou"; its legislature changed that to "W"
    $500 24
William Tyndale translated "Aiskhron Kerdos" in the Bible as this, meaning dirty money
    $500 30
Grand guy who was the "Lord High Everything Else" in "The Mikado"
    $500 13
In 1979 a very large crude carrier blew up in this strategic Persian Gulf strait
    $500 5
This trademarked name for vinyl-coated fabrics belongs to Uniroyal
    $500 27
A piece of dinnerware, or a braid of hair

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

Jim Dave Diane
-$200 $900 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Dave Diane
$1,500 $2,300 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY
PHOTOGRAPHERS
RELIGION
THE PLANETS
WORLD MAIL
POETRY
    $200 1
In '81 Pres. Reagan & this religious leader survived assassination attempts less than 2 months apart
    $200 17
In 1964 Harry Benson arrived in the U.S. with this musical group to cover their tour & never left
    $200 6
The "begats" in this first book of the Old Testament have been called the dullest section of the Bible
    $200 18
The first U.S. astronaut program, or the first planet from the Sun
    $200 28
This Swiss capital is headquarters to the Universal Postal Union
    $200 23
"When I heard the learned astronomer" & "One's-Self I Sing" are from this 19th C. collection
    $400 2
Edward Bruce was king of Ireland & his brother Robert the Bruce was king of this country
    $400 16
Herb Ritts is known for his photos of this model, whom his mother introduced to Richard Gere
    $400 7
On loans, Islam forbids this, which it calls riba
    $400 19
A 150-mile-wide crater on Venus was named for this "Coming of Age" anthropologist
    $400 30
Stamps bearing the word Sverige are issued in this country
    $400 24
She wrote, "I never saw a moor—I never saw the sea"
    $600 3
She was known as Rebecca Rolfe when she died in England of a sudden illness in 1617
    $600 15
Bob McNeely's job is official photographer to the man in this post
    $600 8
The female shamans of this Japanese religion are called Miko
    $600 20
The USSR sent Phobos 1 & 2 to this planet's moon Phobos but both probes were lost
    $600 29
The northernmost permanent P.O. is on the island of Spitsbergen, a possession of this country
    $600 25
"O better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave" refers to this old frigate
    $800 4
Cyrus the Great added Babylonia to this empire in 539 B.C.
    $800 13
In 1993 Vanity Fair sent this photographer, known for her Rolling Stone celebs, to war-torn Sarajevo
    $800 9
The Unification Church was founded in this country in 1954
    DD: $1,000 21
Planet whose symbol is the following:
    DD: $1,500 11
A 1965 2-krone stamp from this country depicted the newly-formed island of Surtsey
    $800 27
Robert Burns wrote a poem about this "sweet" river in his native Ayrshire
    $1000 5
Austria acquired the southern area called Galicia when this country was partitioned in 1772
    $1000 14
In September 1993 Newsweek ran a 30-page excerpt of this photographer's "An Autobiography"
    $1000 10
For American Indians, doing this with a calumet reaffirms the cosmic network of relationships
    $1000 22
It takes Charon 6.4 days to orbit this planet
    $1000 12
Issued in 1961, the Marianne stamp of France was designed by this author of "Les Enfants Terribles"
    $1000 26
In 1615 this writer of "Death Be Not Proud" became an Anglican priest

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Dave Diane
$3,300 $5,800 $8,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ART & AUTHORS
The Honolulu Academy of Arts has this U.S. author's collection of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints

Final scores:

Jim Dave Diane
$6,000 $100 $11,100
2nd place: Dynamark home security & fire protection system + Hammerman rings 3rd place: Orvis luggage set New champion: $11,100

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Jim Dave Diane
$3,100 $7,300 $8,400
13 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 20 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $18,800

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Game tape date: 1994-07-27
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