Show #2460 - Friday, April 21, 1995

Contestants

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Anne Dwyer, a temporary office worker from Chicago, Illinois

Joe Clark, a substitute teacher originally from Chester, Pennsylvania

Steve Irish, an amateur athlete from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY
NYC LANDMARKS
HEALTH & FITNESS
BIRDS
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
THE SMITHS
    $100 1
On May 13, 1846 President Polk signed a declaration of war against this neighboring country
    $100 11
A statue of this man at the Federal Hall National Memorial marks the spot where he was inaugurated
    $100 26
Headlines in April 1994 scared the moviegoing public by revealing this snack's fat content
    $100 21
Between 1917 & 1954, Bounty hunters in Alaska killed more than 100,000 of these national birds
    $100 16
Dr. John Dorrance joined this company in 1897 & discovered a way to condense its soups
    $100 4
At age 20 this future founder of the Jamestown Colony fought the Turks in Hungary
    $200 2
This type of communications line opened across Australia in 1872, linking Adelaide & Port Darwin
    $200 12
2 places to see a starry night are at MOMA, which has van Gogh's, or at the Hayden, one of these
    $200 27
New to this exercise? Use a half-pounder & skip a rate of 70-120 times a minute
    $200 22
This hovering bird feeds mostly on nectar
    $200 17
This company's 777 airplane made its first flight June 12, 1994
    $200 5
In 1777 this economist was appointed Commissioner of Customs & of salt duties for Scotland
    $300 3
On the death of this leader in 1982, Yuri Andropov became General Secretary of the Communist Party
    $300 13
The neighborhood where "West Side Story" was filmed was demolished for this performing arts complex
    $300 28
Step on a crack, break your mother's back; step on a rusty nail, get this shot
    $300 23
Redheads, ringnecks & canvasbacks are members of the Pochard tribe of these birds
    $300 18
R. Burt Gookin was this "57 Varieties" company's first CEO from outside the founding family
    $300 8
Pianist-composer Clarence Williams discovered this "Empress of the Blues" for Columbia Records
    $400 6
This southern neighbor conquered Belgium & annexed it in 1795
    $400 14
Zelda & F. Scott Fitzgerald were married in this cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of New York
    $400 29
60% of your intake of these should come from carbohydrates, less than 30% from fat
    $400 24
The peregrine species of this bird was more severely affected by pesticide pollution than many others
    $400 19
Weber-Stephen Products makes several models of this product, including the Smokey Joe
    $400 9
He may have married as many as 50 women, but publicly acknowledged only the first, Emma Hale Smith
    $500 7
A young nobleman named Pausanias assassinated this father of Alexander the Great
    $500 15
Commodore Vanderbilt named this huge transportation hub when it was originally built
    $500 30
Most Americans consume far more of this element than 2,400 mg a day, the FDA's recommended maximum
    DD: $1,000 25
This unlucky seabird was thought to be the repository of the souls of drowned seamen
    $500 20
Brunswick Corp. produces Mercruiser & Force engines & Quicksilver accessories for these vehicles
    $500 10
On Nov. 11, 1965 this prime minister declared Rhodesia's independence from Great Britain

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

Steve Joe Anne
$1,100 $2,000 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Joe Anne
$2,600 $2,600 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATES OF INDIA
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
NOTORIOUS
MOVIE TRIVIA
GARDENING
POETS & POETRY
    $200 11
Bihar is the cradle of this religion because its founder's great enlightenment occurred there
    $200 2
John Glover's mariners rowed Washington & his troops across this river Dec. 25, 1776
    $200 1
Victor "The Count" Lustig sold this Paris landmark twice to gullible scrap dealers
    $200 16
The con man clothes Paul Newman & Robert Redford wore in this film won Edith Head her 8th & last Oscar
    $200 26
This term for potassium compounds comes from the practice of steeping wood ash in a pot
    $200 17
It's thought that "Annabel Lee" was a tribute to his deceased wife
    $400 12
The region of Bengal was split into the state of West Bengal in India & the country now called this
    $400 3
In 1778 British P.O.W. Archibald Campbell was exchanged for this Green Mountain Boys leader
    $400 5
Some of the perpetrators of this Feb. 14, 1929 massacre wore Chicago police uniforms
    $400 22
Reprising his "Saturday Night Live" role, he played Beldar Conehead in "Coneheads"
    $400 27
The scuffle type of this garden tool is useful for weeding
    $400 18
While writing the original 12 poems of "Leaves of Grass", he built houses for a living
    $600 13
The northernmost state is officially "Jammu and" this area famous for its Vale
    $600 4
After the capture & execution of this man as a spy, Benjamin Tallmadge set up a better spy network
    $600 8
In 1970 a Bolivian disguised as a priest attempted to kill this pope in Manila
    $600 23
1994 film in which Jodie Foster played an isolated young woman with a language of her own
    $600 19
From 1835 to 1854, this "Evangeline" poet was a professor of modern languages at Harvard
    $800 14
The area of Uttar Pradesh is the land of the 2 great Indian epics, the Ramayana & this
    $800 6
Proof exists that she made ships' flags for the Pennsylvania Navy in 1777
    $800 9
Convicted in 1954 of killing his wife, this Cleveland doctor was acquitted of the crime in 1966
    $800 24
He sang "Anatole Of Paris", written by his wife, Sylvia Fine, in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
    DD: $1,300 29
This plant, Zea mays, should be planted in blocks of 3-4 rows to insure pollination
    $800 20
"I never spoke with God nor visited In Heaven" is from her poem "I Never Saw a Moor"
    $1000 15
Until becoming an Indian state in 1975, it was ruled by a hereditary monarch called the Chogyal
    DD: $1,000 7
Nickname of tobacco-chewing Mary Hays, known for fighting alongside male soldiers
    $1000 10
Gen. J.T. Diaz organized the army officers who killed this dictator of the Dominican Republic in 1961
    $1000 25
Former silent screen siren Gloria Swanson portrayed this silent screen siren in "Sunset Boulevard"
    $1000 28
Xeriscaping is a term that applies to gardens needing less of this than other gardens
    $1000 21
In a 1939 elegy W.H. Auden wrote of this man, "mad Ireland hurt you into poetry"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Joe Anne
$4,700 $7,200 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS FAMILIES
Between 1680 & 1765, 5 members of this family were elders of the town of Ajaccio, Corsica

Final scores:

Steve Joe Anne
$9,400 $9,401 $2,200
2nd place: Bassett dining room set + Michael C. Fina crystalware + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System New champion: $9,401 3rd place: Go Video dual-deck VCR + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Steve Joe Anne
$6,000 $7,200 $2,700
19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 23 R,
5 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $15,900

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Game tape date: 1995-01-10
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