Show #2363 - Wednesday, December 7, 1994

Contestants

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Shelley Hander, a chef and instructor from San Francisco, California

Scott Terek, a software engineer from Sherman Oaks, California

George Needham, an association executive from Park Ridge, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,500)

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Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY
ROCK TRIVIA
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
FIRST LADIES
MONTHS
BIBLICAL WORDETHS
(Alex: And in each correct response, the word will end in "E-T-H".)
    $100 7
This Peruvian capital lies just 12 degrees south of the Equator
    $100 6
This Barry Manilow hit was first recorded by Scott English under the title "Brandy"
    $100 14
For wheat this measure is equal to 27 kilograms
    $100 12
We wouldn't call this First Lady typhoid Mary, though her sons Willie & Tad both died of it
    $100 26
Because of Christmas, Saxons once referred to this month as Holy Month
    $100 1
Animals that parteth the hoof & doeth this to their cud are edible
    $200 19
The Seward Peninsula is on one side of this strait
    $200 8
Before forming this group, Don Henley & Glenn Frey played backup for Linda Ronstadt
    $200 15
Abbreviated bd. ft., this measure used for lumber is equal to 144 cubic inches
    $200 13
The Gettysburg Farm she & her husband retired to was their first home of their own
    $200 27
It's the first month of the year that has exactly 30 days
    $200 2
"The light" doeth this "in Darkness; and the Darkness comprehended it not"
    $300 20
An eruption of this Sicilian volcano in 1983 lasted nearly 4 months
    $300 9
Elton John's hit "Candle In The Wind" is a tribute to this star
    $300 23
This Biblical measure was equal to about 18 inches; the Greek unit of the same name, 18.22 inches
    $300 16
She spent her junior year of college at the Sorbonne & the University of Grenoble
    $300 28
It's named for Julius Caesar's grandnephew
    $300 3
In the 23rd Psalm, "He" doeth this to "my soul"
    $400 21
In Roman times this peninsula was called Hispania
    $400 10
The initials on a Mutual of New York Sign gave Tommy James the title for this 1968 hit
    $400 24
Of a parsec, an astronomical unit or a light year, the one that's the longest
    DD: $1,300 17
Her first marriage, to Grand Rapids insurance salesman William C. Warren, ended in divorce
    $400 29
Helen Hunt Jackson described this month as having "summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer"
    $400 4
"He that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he" doeth this
    $500 22
The Inland Sea separates Kyushu & Shikoku from this main island of Japan
    $500 11
Danny Glover's wife in "Lethal Weapon", she sang lead on the '60s hit "He's a Rebel"
    $500 25
This unit of area is equal to 160 square rods
    $500 18
She grew up on a 10 1/2-acre truck farm in Artesia, later Cerritos, California
    $500 30
Opal is one of the birthstones for this month & Libra is one of its zodiac signs
    $500 5
"Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that" doeth this "out of the mouth of the Lord"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

George Scott Shelley
$800 -$600 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

George Scott Shelley
$3,800 $2,100 $100

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MIDDLE AGES
FOOD
ARTISTS
ANIMAL FACTS
MONTANA
THE AMERICAN THEATRE
    $200 26
In 1220 Samarkand fell to this Mongol ruler & was destroyed
    $200 1
The name of this small, thick, pricey cut of beef is French for "dainty fillet"
    $200 21
Saturday Evening Post artist whose 1960 autobiography was titled "My Adventures as an Illustrator"
    $200 9
A zygodactyl bird, such as the parrot, has 2 of these directed forwards & 2 backwards
    $200 2
Though most of this national park is in Wyoming, 3 of its 5 entrances are in Montana
    $200 3
Act I of his comedy "Barefoot in the Park" opens at "about 5:30 on a cold February afternoon"
    $400 27
This group of 100 tales by Boccaccio is considered a medieval prose masterpiece
    $400 14
Mexican dishes are popularly accompanied by frijoles refritos, which are these
    $400 22
In 1888 he threatened Gauguin with a razor, then cut off his own earlobe
    $400 11
The painted lady, also known as Vanessa Cardui, is a well-traveled one of these winged insects
    $400 6
This capital city owes its existence to 4 southern prospectors called "the Georgians"
    $400 4
Actor Victor Jory's son Jon Jory is the producing director of the Actors Theatre of this Kentucky city
    $600 28
The Domesday Book, the 1086 survey he ordered, gave him an inventory of his English vassals' property
    $600 10
Edible species of this fish include the mako & thresher
    $600 23
His eyesight was failing when he painted his famous "Water Lilies" series
    $600 13
The beaded lizard & this close relative are the only 2 poisonous lizards in the world
    $600 12
Montana's state tree is the Ponderosa variety of this
    $600 5
"Here's looking at you, kid" is Bogart's last line in this Woody Allen play
    $800 29
This city called "The New Rome" was captured by the Fourth Crusade
    $800 17
Made of crushed sesame seeds & honey, this Middle Eastern confection is usually sold in bars or slabs
    $800 24
This French impressionist's future wife appears in his 1881 work "The Luncheon of the Boating Party"
    $800 15
The tayra is a furry member of this mammalian family; so is the mink
    $800 19
The name of the state is derived from a Latin word meaning this
    DD: $2,000 7
This actor-playwright won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1978 play "Buried Child"
    $1000 30
This Saracen general made a treaty with Richard I allowing Christians to visit the holy places
    $1000 18
A sandwich you can "count" on, it's made with turkey, cheese & ham, dipped in egg, then fried or grilled
    $1000 25
In 1533 this Venetian painter was knighted by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
    $1000 16
Carpincho is another name for this largest living rodent
    DD: $800 20
One of the state stones is this blue form of corundum often found in Montana
    $1000 8
He not only wrote the play "Purlie Victorious", he starred in it with his wife Ruby Dee

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

George Scott Shelley
$8,600 $6,700 $3,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

POETIC HEROINES
The heroine of this 1847 poem is driven into exile by British soldiers during the French & Indian War

Final scores:

George Scott Shelley
$13,401 $13,300 $5,600
2-day champion: $27,901 2nd place: Gibson refrigerator/freezer, range & dishwasher + Bob Mitchell wall coverings 3rd place: JVC VCR

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

George Scott Shelley
$6,700 $6,700 $3,100
26 R
(including 3 DDs),
6 W		 19 R,
2 W		 9 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $16,500

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Game tape date: 1994-09-13
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