Show #2422 - Tuesday, February 28, 1995

Contestants

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Barbara Schnell, a writer and homemaker from Los Angeles, California

Stephen Krisa, a municipal finance officer from Round Hill, Virginia

Peter Kogan, a law student originally from Kiev, Ukraine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,999)

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Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY HISTORY
A.K.A.
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
AROUND THE WORLD
ENGINEERING
COMMON BONDS
    $100 1
In 1868 Emperor Meiji took the "Charter Oath" of 5 principles, launching Westernization in this country
    $100 11
Originally, the last name of this famed Hollywood family was spelled H-O-U-G-H-S-T-O-N
    $100 22
Coney Island Alsacienne is a euphemism for one of these with sauerkraut
    $100 16
This Egyptian landmark at Giza has a face that's over 13 feet wide
    $100 26
The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River is this type of bridge
    $100 6
Fly,
sand,
litmus
    $200 2
Queen Victoria proposed to him 5 days after they met as adults in October 1839
    $200 12
This magician's real name is David Seth Kotkin -- speak of the Dickens
    $200 23
Gjetost is a Norwegian type of this made of whey from goat's & cow's milk
    $200 17
The Caroline Institute, which awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine, is in this Swedish capital
    $200 27
About 7,000 tons of this material were used to build the Eiffel Tower
    $200 7
Fox,
Easter egg,
scavenger
    $300 3
He became Prussian prime minister in 1862 & dedicated himself to uniting Germany
    $300 13
This TV actress' real name is Concetta Sellecchia, as her husband John Tesh could tell you
    $300 14
The Hamburg type of this herb is not cultivated for use as a garnish but for its root
    $300 18
Often collected, Majolica pottery is named for this Spanish island from which it was shipped
    $300 28
This project of 1904-1914 cost the U.S. over $330 million & it wasn't even in the U.S.
    $300 8
Cat's,
mind's,
bull's
    $400 4
In 1806 this inventor of a steam engine was made an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Glasgow
    $400 15
Patrick Lilley used this stage name when he played Eddie Munster on "The Munsters"
    $400 24
Orecchiette, a type of this, is shaped like little ears
    DD: $600 19
A visit to this country would most likely start & end at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
    $400 29
3 architectural firms collaborated on this New York City complex which houses NBC
    $400 9
Gate,
trading,
Emily
    $500 5
In 1873 a military prison was established on this Kansas post
    $500 21
Jack Benny married hosiery saleslady Sadye Marks in 1927; she became part of his act using this name
    $500 25
This Spanish dish consists of saffron-flavored rice with chicken, seafood, peas, etc.
    $500 20
The 3 countries that make up the Baltic states are Latvia, Estonia & this
    $500 30
The lake behind the Grand Coulee Dam is named for this man who was president during the dam's construction
    $500 10
Dark,
dressing,
delivery

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

Peter Stephen Barbara
$1,500 $1,200 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Peter Stephen Barbara
$2,100 $2,200 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS
LANGUAGES
WOMEN OF NOTE
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
PHYSICS
    $200 29
Grand Canyon explorer John Wesley Powell lost part of his arm at this war's Battle of Shiloh
    $200 21
Lingala & Chiluba are both spoken mainly on this continent
    $200 6
Current biography says that conductor Sarah Caldwell "put" this Mass. capital "on the operatic map"
    $200 20
The Sawatch Mountains in Colorado include the highest peak in this system, 14,433' Mount Elbert
    $200 1
A parrot named Polynesia taught this doctor how to talk to the animals
    $200 24
He is credited with a law of universal gravitation as well as 3 laws of motion
    $400 11
Ernest Giles discovered this huge rock & named it for a former South Australian premier
    $400 12
Many people in Afghanistan speak Dari, a form of this language associated with Iran
    $400 7
Singer Gertrude Pridgett used this name professionally after she married William "Pa" Rainey
    $400 16
Gooseberry, Rhode Island's smallest island, is a clump of rocks in this bay
    $400 2
This mathematician was Sherlock Holmes' nemesis
    $400 25
Some say the universe is a closed system & will eventually begin to do this
    $600 8
This Briton who died in Antarctica in 1912 led his first expedition to the continent in 1901-04
    $600 13
It's the official language of Trinidad & Tobago
    $600 22
In 1939 Marian Anderson sang for an audience of 75,000 at this Washington, D.C. landmark
    $600 17
This river forms the border between Indiana & Kentucky
    $600 3
She's the beautiful teller of tales in "The Thousand and One Nights"
    $600 26
It's about 741 mph through air at sea level; any faster & there's a boom
    DD: $2,100 9
When he returned to Lisbon in September 1499, he'd been away over 2 years & sailed over 24,000 miles
    $800 14
Alkali, almanac & tariff are among the many words derived from this language
    $800 23
A revised edition of her autobiography appeared in 1981 under the title "Bubbles: An Encore"
    $800 18
Pamlico Sound separates this cape, the "Graveyard of the Atlantic", from North Carolina's mainland
    $800 4
This author's "Far From the Madding Crowd" centers on Bathsheba Everdene & the 3 men who love her
    $800 27
It's the bending of a beam of light as it passes at an angle from one medium into another
    $1000 10
His book "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole" was first published in 1912
    $1000 15
Gallego, a dialect of this language, is also known as Galician
    $1000 30
Sadly, multiple sclerosis cut short the career of Jacqueline du Pre, a virtuoso on this instrument
    DD: $3,000 19
This group of coral islands off the coast of Florida was named for the many turtles nearby
    $1000 5
In "The Call of the Wild", gold prospector John Thornton is the beloved master of this dog
    $1000 28
Term for the tendency of a body to remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Peter Stephen Barbara
$6,400 $9,600 $3,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

EPIC POETRY
In the 16th century epic "The Faerie Queene", the Red Crosse Knight represents this patron saint

Final scores:

Peter Stephen Barbara
$12,799 $12,801 $6,700
2nd place: Counterpoint compact disc player + Columbia House music club CDs + Jeopardy! home game New champion: $12,801 3rd place: Pinseeker his or hers custom-made Energy+ woods & irons golf clubs with deluxe bag + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Peter Stephen Barbara
$5,100 $7,400 $3,400
16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
7 W		 14 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $15,900

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Game tape date: 1994-11-16
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