Show #2439 - Thursday, March 23, 1995

Contestants

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Tove Abrams, a singer and videographer from West Sayville, New York

Bill Clarke, a sales manager from Sassamansville, Pennsylvania

Art Vespignani, a compliance officer from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,699)

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Jeopardy! Round

1950
(Alex: That was a good year, wasn't it?)
SPORTS
FOOD
WORLD FACTS
FIRST NAMES
QUOTATIONS
    $100 7
In a publicity move, this agency issued its first list of the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives"
    $100 23
This weapon appears on the logo of the Atlanta Braves
    $100 2
Named for their resemblance to a gem, these tiny onions are often served in a cream sauce
    $100 1
You'll find the central university of this country in Caracas
    $100 16
Colleen, a popular girl's name in the 1960s, means "girl" in this language
    $100 20
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Every ship that comes to America got its chart from" this man
    $200 8
This increased from 40¢ to 75¢ an hour
    $200 24
Cheryl Miller is the only 3-time female winner of the Naismith Trophy for top college athlete in this sport
    $200 9
In the German dish Lachs gebraten am Stuck, this pink-fleshed fish is braised in butter
    $200 3
Yugoslavia's is "Hej Sloveni", which means "Hey Slavs"
    $200 17
2 Empresses of Russia & 3 of Henry VIII's wives shared this name, one of the oldest on record
    $200 21
According to Robert Frost, it's "twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer"
    $300 11
In one of the biggest heists in history, over $2 million was stolen from this armored car company
    $300 25
The oldest major golf tournament is this one now run by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews
    $300 10
It's the "feminine" name for a light, delicate sponge cake shaped like a part of your hand
    $300 4
The World Almanac lists Italian & Latin as the languages of this country
    $300 18
Ilsa is a German form of this common English name
    $300 22
In 1986 she said, "Say 'Yes' to life. And when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say 'No.'"
    $400 12
This 89-year-old woman's artwork was exhibited in Europe for the first time
    $400 26
This heptathlete was named for Mrs. John F. Kennedy
    $400 14
These nuts are a traditional ingredient in Italian pesto sauce
    $400 5
It was capital of the Northwest Territories from 1883 to 1905; now it's the capital of Saskatchewan
    $400 19
It's the Italian equivalent of Guy
    $400 27
In a 1925 speech Calvin Coolidge said, "The chief business of America is" this
    DD: $500 13
After 6 years in exile, this country's King Leopold III returned, only to abdicate a week later
    $500 29
1 of 2 men to have their uniform numbers retired by 2 different National Hockey League teams
    $500 15
The peel of the bergamot type of this fruit is sometimes candied
    $500 6
This Ukrainian capital lies on both sides of the Dnieper River
    $500 30
Its use as a first name began after Australian opera star Helen Mitchell adopted it as her last name
    $500 28
About this honeymoon destination, Oscar Wilde said, "Every American bride is taken there"

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

Art Bill Tove
$700 $300 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Art Bill Tove
$1,700 $1,600 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE IN HISTORY
FAMOUS WOMEN
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
ASTRONOMY
TRAVEL & TOURISM
LITERATURE
    $200 6
Elected in 1522, Adrian VI was the only Dutchman who held this high religious office
    $200 25
With a reported gross of $13.5 million, her 1993/94 New Year's Concerts in Las Vegas set a U.S. record
    $200 11
Chapter 6, verse 8 of this book says, "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord"
    $200 1
Our solar system is in the Orion arm of this galaxy
    $200 20
This NYC landmark figured prominently in the 1957 Cary Grant film "An Affair to Remember"
    $200 16
This author's 1841 whaling voyage inspired his 1847 adventure novel "Omoo"
    $400 7
The familiar legend that this outlaw killed 21 men by the time he was 21 probably isn't true
    $400 26
It was the nickname of French fashion designer Marie Nielli Ricci
    $400 12
This book of praises is the longest in the Bible with 150 "songs"
    $400 2
The moon nearest a planet in our solar system is Phobos, 5,800 miles away from this planet
    $400 21
His home in Galena, Ill., given to him after the Civil War, is now a state historic site
    $400 17
This Flaubert heroine's maiden name is Emma Rouault
    $600 8
The great military hero Alexander Nevsky took the name "Nevsky" after winning a battle at this river
    $600 27
She operated a riding school & studied horse training in Argentina before becoming an expert on dogs
    $600 13
Chapter 20 of this book contains prophecies about the millennium
    $600 3
Just before it was a nebula, the Crab Nebula was one of these
    $600 22
This Caribbean island's Piarco International Airport is located about 15 miles from Port of Spain
    DD: $600 18
In an 1894 novel, Trilby leaves her fiance, Little Billee Bagot, & falls under the spell of this musician
    $800 9
This conquistador's enemies accused him of murdering his 1st wife, Catalina Xuarez
    $800 14
Luke begins this book where he left off in his own gospel
    $800 4
For a solar eclipse to occur, the Moon must be in this phase
    $800 23
This Italian city's Scuola Grande di San Rocco features 56 works by Tintoretto
    $800 19
"The Triumph of the Egg" is a collection of short stories by this author of "Winesburg, Ohio"
    $1000 10
Gustavus Adolphus was just 16 when he became king of this country in 1611
    DD: $1,500 15
Chapter 1 of this book reports there were 603,550 of the children of Israel
    $1000 5
Number of stars often visible in the Pleiades, hence its "sisterly" other name
    $1000 24
The Tossa de Mar is one of the beaches along this, Spanish for "rugged coast"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Art Bill Tove
$4,600 $4,400 $900

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Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES
This Florida city is named for a man born in Tagaste, Numidia November 13, 354

Final scores:

Art Bill Tove
$8,900 $6,900 $1,000
3-day champion: $38,599 2nd place: Keller Contemporary Classics oak dining furniture + Hale Indian River Groves fruit, nut, jams & cakes gift certificate + the Jeopardy! home game 3rd place: Robert H. Peterson Co. real fire gas logs & brass accessories + the Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Art Bill Tove
$6,100 $4,900 $900
22 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 6 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $11,900

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Game tape date: 1994-12-06
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