Show #2462 - Tuesday, April 25, 1995

Contestants

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Darlis Wood, a librarian from Berkeley, California

David Fialkoff, an editor from Rockville, Maryland

John Classen, an antique car race director from Dallas, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,324)

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Jeopardy! Round

ANATOMY
KEN-FOLK
TREES
GEOGRAPHY
GUINNESS RECORDS
POTPOURRI
    $100 26
Their roots are covered with cementum, a sort of living glue
    $100 2
Hairstylist Mr. Kenneth was the man behind this first lady's famous bouffant hairdo
    $100 24
Chippewas & other Native Americans used the bark of this tree to make lightweight canoes
    $100 7
Site of Napoleon's exile, it's the largest island of Italy's Tuscan Archipelago
    $100 1
This star had the most costume changes in a film, 65, in "Cleopatra"
    $100 4
Most of the saturated type of this comes from animal products
    $200 27
The carotid arteries carry blood into the head & these veins carry it away to the subclavian vein
    $200 3
From 1970 to 1977 choreographer Kenneth MacMillan was director of this British ballet company
    $200 25
Phoenix dactylifera is the scientific name of the palm tree grown for these sticky fruits
    $200 10
Founded in 1721, Godthaab is the largest & oldest settlement on this Danish island
    $200 6
His "Peanuts" is the most syndicated comic strip with 2,300 newspapers in 68 countries
    $200 5
The military's Purple Heart decoration bears a likeness of this president
    $300 16
Your voice box & nose contain this tough, rubbery substance
    $300 8
This Ken who played the annoying Eddie Haskell on "Leave It To Beaver" isn't related to Donny & Marie
    $300 28
This "quaking" tree, a type of poplar, has flat leaf stalks that catch the slightest breeze
    $300 13
This island state is Australia's chief producer of tungsten
    $300 19
The greatest altitude attained by humans was 248,655 miles, by the crew of this ill-fated Apollo mission
    $300 12
The house he owned as co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church stands on Sunset Ave. in Atlanta
    $400 17
In women's bodies, the Graafian follicles contain these
    $400 9
In 1969 this British art historian brought "Civilisation" to TV
    $400 29
This tree famous for its lightweight wood is a member of the Bombax family
    $400 14
East Point is the easternmost point on this island, Canada's smallest province
    $400 20
This New York utility's stock has been listed on the NYSE since 1824
    $400 22
This type of football is named for a school in England
    DD: $400 18
The smallest muscle in the body is the stapedius, a threadlike part of this organ
    $500 11
Devlin Deboree is the semi-autobiographical narrator of this novelist's 1986 collection "Demon Box"
    $500 30
The canopy of this multi- stemmed fig tree native to India may cover an area more than 1000' in circumference
    $500 15
This Portuguese territory consists of a Chinese peninsula & the 2 main islands of Taipa & Coloane
    $500 21
This nation leads the world in the number of divorces
    $500 23
This term for Indian Zoroastrians means "Persians"

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

John David Darlis
$1,800 $700 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

John David Darlis
$2,600 $1,200 -$300

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES
CLASSICAL MUSIC
ROYALTY
OLD TESTAMENT
WORLD TOWNS
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
    $200 20
He painted his last portrait in 1837, the same year he applied for his telegraph patent
    $200 6
Rachmaninoff based his choral work "The Bells" on a Russian translation of this man's poem
    $200 9
This "Bonnie" prince's wife, the Countess of Albany, left him for Italian poet Count Vittorio Alfieri
    $200 7
The word gopher appears in the Bible only in connection with the wood used to build this
    $200 8
After 1717 Taxco, Mexico became a leading center in the production & use of this precious metal
    $200 1
In "The Jungle Book", this mongoose fights cobras who are trying to kill the family he lives with
    $400 22
In 1950 this future Attorney General married Ethel Skakel
    $400 16
This "Flight of the Bumblebee" composer was a graduate of the Russian Naval Academy at St. Petersburg
    $400 10
In 1906 this country's King Alfonso XIII survived an assassination attempt on his wedding day
    $400 12
Genesis 3:1 describes this creature as "more subtle than any beast of the field"
    $400 11
The ancient name of this English Channel port was Dubris
    $400 2
Flag, a fawn, causes a crisis between Jody Baxter & his father in this Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book
    $600 28
In 1796, rather than support his cousin John, this man supported Thomas Jefferson for the presidency
    $600 17
When he died in 1924, he was working on the last scene of "Turandot"
    $600 21
John III Sobieski was field commander of this country's army before he was elected king in 1674
    $600 13
Chronicles says David bought a site for this & assembled all the materials to build it, but Nathan rejected the plan
    $600 23
Pakse, Laos is at the confluence of the Xedon River & this major river
    $600 3
Johanna Heusser was the maiden name of this author of "Heidi"
    $800 18
After this composer died, Ernest Guiraud completed his opera "The Tales of Hoffmann"
    DD: $1,000 26
Queen Victoria's daughter Alice was the mother of this Russian empress
    $800 14
His firstborn son Ishmael was banished
    $800 24
Saint-Pierre was founded in 1635 near the base of the Mount Pelee volcano on this island
    $800 4
He published 2 unsuccessful novels before his "King Solomon's Mines" became a bestseller
    DD: $400 19
In 1939 Helsinki's Helsingfors Conservatory was renamed for this composer
    $1000 27
As a child this current queen of the Netherlands was known as Trix
    $1000 15
She reminded Boaz of his obligation to marry her
    $1000 25
This town on Lake Albano near Rome has the same name as the papal residence there
    $1000 5
Sarah Josepha Hale was the first editor to publish stories by this "Secret Garden" author

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

John David Darlis
$4,200 $7,200 $3,900

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Final Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS
Emily Tennessee Donelson served as his hostess because his wife died 7 weeks after the election

Final scores:

John David Darlis
$7,203 $5,999 $7,700
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Afternoon Tea serigraph by Laurie Zeszut from Martin Lawrence Galleries + Jeopardy! home game 3rd place: NordicTrack Pro + Jeopardy! home game New champion: $7,700

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

John David Darlis
$4,200 $8,200 $3,700
15 R,
2 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $16,100

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Game tape date: 1995-01-11
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