Show #2366 - Monday, December 12, 1994

Contestants

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Lisa Laplante, a conveyor systems engineer from Wayne, New Jersey

John Eckhardt, a government contracts attorney from Mount Holly, New Jersey

Leonard Berg, a medical technologist from Van Nuys, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,650)

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Jeopardy! Round

JUPITER
FAMOUS WOMEN
TRAVEL & TOURISM
THE 1930s
FARMING
miniatures
    $100 10
On Jupiter this is less than 10 hours long compared to 24 hours for the Earth
    $100 18
In 1993 she was honored on commemorative stamps issued jointly by the U.S. & Monaco
    $100 3
This berry farm is California's oldest amusement park
    $100 1
In 1939 this team became the first to win 4 World Series in a row
    $100 23
The "belt" for this crop runs from Ohio to Nebraska
    $100 2
The trees made miniature by this art may live for hundreds of years
    $200 11
This large feature in Jupiter's southern hemisphere has existed at least since the 1660s
    $200 19
A 1946 fire that destroyed her Connecticut home also claimed her unfinished book about Anne Sullivan Macy
    $200 5
The "Becky Thatcher House" in this Missouri city was the home of Laura Hawkins, a friend of Mark Twain
    $200 4
After initially rejecting it, Parker Brothers began to cash in on this board game in 1935
    $200 24
This verb means to spray crops with an insecticide, usually from a plane
    $200 6
Bobby Driscoll, Margaret O'Brien & Hayley Mills are among those who've received miniature ones of these
    $300 12
Leda, the smallest moon yet discovered around Jupiter, is about the same size as this planet's Deimos
    $300 20
She had 2 children by her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, before marrying Napoleon
    $300 15
Appropriately, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in North Tarrytown contains this "Rip Van Winkle" author's grave
    $300 7
"My First Days in the White House" was a 1935 fantasy written by this governor of Louisiana
    $300 25
This machine compresses & ties hay into convenient bundles
    $300 28
In 1937 the Minox was the first subminiature or "spy" one of these
    $400 13
Jupiter's 4 largest moons are each bigger than this planet
    $400 21
She modeled wax figures of such contemporaries as Voltaire & Benjamin Franklin
    $400 16
You can tour the home of war correspondent Ernie Pyle in this largest New Mexico city
    $400 8
In 1936 a newspaper said, ask a boy who he wants to be like & 10-1 he'll say this official, "The Director"
    $400 26
The harvest moon is the full moon closest to this celestial event
    $400 29
The town of Madurodam with 1/25 scale buildings is located in a park in this Dutch seat of government
    DD: $900 14
The main antenna of this craft, scheduled to reach Jupiter in 1995, has failed to deploy properly
    $500 22
A dessert made with whipped cream & strawberries or kiwi is named for this Russian ballerina
    $500 17
This marked path winding through Boston leads to many of its famous landmarks
    $500 9
The Lindbergh kidnapping occurred in this state
    $500 27
Crop rotation is done to prevent nutrient loss in the soil & strip farming is done to reduce this
    $500 30
Rock Cornish hens are usually larger than these chickens bred to be less than 1 1/2 pounds

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Leonard John Lisa
$0 $1,800 -$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Leonard John Lisa
$1,900 $2,500 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY
FLOWERS
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
U.S. PLACE NAMES
EDUCATION
OPERA LIBRETTISTS
    $200 2
In 1991 Francois Mitterrand appointed Edith Cresson the first female prime minister of this country
    $200 1
In March 1994 Hillary Rodham Clinton was given a Dutch treat: A new variety of this flower was named for her
    $200 21
Title character who asks, "How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief that was my wife's?"
    $200 8
Ponce de Leon discovered this state during Easter, the Feast of Flowers, & named it accordingly
    $200 16
5.5% of U.S. schoolchildren attend parochial schools affiliated with this church
    $200 26
"The Village Coquettes" has a libretto by this British novelist; what a "Twist"
    $400 3
In 1909 U.S. troops left this Caribbean island after overseeing J.M. Gomez' election as president
    $400 4
The Shasta hybrid of this flower was developed by Luther Burbank
    $400 22
Of Dogberry, Catberry or Fishberry, the one who's a foolish officer in "Much Ado About Nothing"
    $400 12
Moravian missionaries founded this Pennsylvania city in 1741 & named it for Jesus' birthplace
    $400 17
A type of school with special programs, designed to "attract" students from a district
    $400 27
E. Schikaneder, the 1st to play Papageno in this composer's "The Magic Flute", also wrote the libretto for it
    $600 9
As a result of World War II, this country's eastern border was pushed back to the Neisse & Oder Rivers
    $600 5
The blue dawn flower is a type of this flower
    $600 23
Puck calls this fairy "King of Shadows"
    $600 13
This Colorado city was named for its abundance of large rocks
    $600 18
In 1846 this "Eclectic Reader" author's brother Alexander published a spelling book
    $600 28
This late, great southern playwright wrote the libretto for the 1955 opera "Lord Byron's Love Letter"
    $800 10
In 1644 the Ming dynasty fell out of power in China & this dynasty replaced it
    DD: $500 6
Vanilla is the only economically important product derived from one of these flowers
    $800 24
In Act III of "Henry VIII", this first wife says, "I am the most unhappy woman living"
    $800 14
The name of this largest N.H. city was taken from one in England; they're both centers of industry
    $800 19
This Mass. educator was valedictorian of his 1819 graduating class at Brown University
    $800 29
This "Gigi" novelist wrote the libretto for Ravel's operatic masterpiece, "L'Enfant et les Sortileges"
    $1000 11
Maoris killed 4 of his men when they attempted to land on New Zealand's South Island in December 1642
    $1000 7
It's the more feminine name for the moccasin flower
    $1000 25
"The Merchant of Venice" heroine whose "Sunny Locks hang on her temples like a Golden Fleece"
    DD: $1,000 15
The site of an 1820s skirmish between 2 surveyors & 2 Indians gave this Michigan city its name
    $1000 20
Begun in 1965, this federal program offers services for handicapped & disadvantaged preschoolers
    $1000 30
"The Beggar's Opera" was a huge hit for this librettist but his sequel to it, "Polly", wasn't

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Leonard John Lisa
$3,500 $3,100 $6,100

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Final Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
In 1920 he ran using the campaign slogan "Convict No. 9653 for President"

Final scores:

Leonard John Lisa
$500 $0 $6,000
2nd place: trip to Honolulu, Hawaii 3rd place: Armatron watches New champion: $6,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Leonard John Lisa
$4,400 $4,100 $6,400
15 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $14,900

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Game tape date: 1994-09-20
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