Show #2267 - Tuesday, June 14, 1994

Contestants

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Richard Showstack, a writer and teacher from Newport Beach, California

John Druva, a radio producer from Alexandria, Virginia

Mary Hetherington, a social worker from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,300)

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Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY
THE MOVIES
PLANTS & TREES
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
THERE TO HELP
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
    $100 12
In 1955 this man formed the 26th of July movement & began planning his Cuban revolution
    $100 1
The story for "The Goonies" was provided by this "Jaws" director
    $100 26
This "black-eyed" flower is a member of the genus Rudbeckia
    $100 8
The Celtic type of this plucked, stringed instrument has changed little in the last thousand years
    $100 16
It's the magazine put out 13 times a year by the Consumers Union of the United States
    $100 3
To the French this century is Le vingtieme siecle
    $200 13
Traveler Marco Polo was born in this city on the Adriatic Sea in 1254
    $200 2
The first of his plays which he adapted for the screen was "Barefoot in the Park" in 1967
    $200 27
The shoots of this giant grass are a common ingredient in Chinese cooking
    $200 21
The cornet has declined as an orchestral instrument since the advent of the valved type of this horn
    $200 17
This philanthropic organization was co-founded in 1936 by an Edsel
    $200 4
In German mussels are muscheln & these shellfish are austern
    $300 14
In the 5th century B.C., this Spanish seaport became the capital of the Visigoths
    $300 9
This future "M*A*S*H" actor had a bit role in 1955's "The Blackboard Jungle", billed as Jameel Farah
    $300 28
Though teak is native to this continent, it's commercially grown in Africa & Central America too
    $300 22
This type of drum has pedals to change the tuning of the membrane
    $300 18
Similar in approach to A.A., G.A. was founded in 1957 to help people who want to stop doing this
    $300 5
In Norway this is called flyplass; a more formal word is lufthavn
    DD: $700 15
In 1968 Alexander Dubcek replaced Antonin Novotny as this country's Communist Party leader
    $400 10
In this 1969 musical co-starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood sang "I Talk To The Trees"
    $400 29
The blight that decimated this "spreading" tree in the U.S. was first seen in 1904
    $400 23
This stringed folk instrument has a long neck & a circular body covered with parchment
    $400 19
"Marching to Glory" & "Soldiers Without Swords" are histories of this organization
    $400 6
A Mexican road sign that says, "Encienda Las Luces" means you should do this to your headlights
    $500 20
In 1870 the French revolted against this leader & established the Third Republic
    $500 11
"The Silencers" was the first of 4 films in which Dean Martin played this secret agent
    $500 30
The name of this popular garden flower is Greek for "star"
    $500 24
With the addition of keys, the double-reeded shawm evolved into this woodwind
    $500 25
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD., it funds its training of the disabled partly by selling donated items
    $500 7
The Portuguese word for this tool is martelo

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

Mary John Richard
$2,400 $900 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mary John Richard
$2,900 $1,600 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

1935
WORLD FACTS
POTENT POTABLES
FEDERAL TAXES
ALS & ALBERTS
SHAKESPEARE
    $200 10
In the NFL Championship game, this city's Lions defeated the New York Giants, 26-7
    $200 9
Mapuche is also spoken in Chile but this is the official language
    $200 7
This ingredient that's fermented to make kumiss may come from a mare, a camel or a cow
    $200 1
The IRS claims they'll do this to about 1 out of every 100 individual tax returns in 1994
    $200 2
Of the first 100 elements, the one named for this scientist ranks 99th
    $200 21
Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of this play is called "Coriolan"
    $400 11
In 1935 Kodak introduced this new color film for home photography
    $400 12
You'll find Bloemfontein, this country's judicial capital, near Lesotho
    $400 8
Lambrusco is a semisweet red wine from the central part of this country
    $400 23
1 of the 2 shorter 1040 forms you may file if your income is less than $50,000
    $400 3
He worked on the "Joe Palooka" comic strip before launching his own, "Li'l Abner", in 1934
    $400 22
Peter Brook's unusual 1970 production of this play featured Oberon & Puck on trapezes
    $600 16
On November 22 this airline launched air-mail service between California & the Philippines
    $600 13
Tulum, one of the most beautiful Mayan sites in Mexico, overlooks this sea
    $600 19
It's traditional to serve scotch on January 25, this poet's birthday
    $600 30
Use Form 8815 to exclude interest paid on Series EE ones of these issued after 1989
    $600 4
This developer of an oral polio vaccine was born in the Polish city of Bialystok
    $600 24
"The Merry Wives of Windsor" is only about 10% this kind of verse
    DD: $1,500 17
In November this president of the United Mine Workers split from the AFL to form the CIO
    DD: $1,500 14
These 3 letters follow the word "Guam" on Guam's license plates
    $800 20
Demerara, which is distilled in Guyana, is the darkest type of this liquor
    $800 29
For a single person, the basic one of these was $3,700 on 1993 returns
    $800 5
He has 4 children: Karenna, Kristin, Sarah & Albert III
    $800 25
The plot of "All's Well That Ends Well" is derived from this Boccaccio work
    $1000 18
During the year, this playwright published 3 dramas including "Waiting for Lefty"
    $1000 15
Women from around the world travel to Tralee in this country to compete in the "Rose of Tralee" contest
    $1000 26
Because it's "strengthened" with brandy or another spirit, sherry is described as this kind of wine
    $1000 28
A business or group that sends one of these people to talk to congressmen can no longer deduct the cost
    $1000 6
In 1957 this Frenchman was the first Albert to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
    $1000 27
Agamemnon's last line in this play is "great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mary John Richard
$9,800 $4,000 $6,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES
In 1921 he was appointed an advisor on Arab affairs to then British colonial minister Winston Churchill

Final scores:

Mary John Richard
$6,900 $8,000 $12,500
3rd place: S&S Mills carpeting 2nd place: trip to Honolulu, Hawaii New champion: $12,500

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Mary John Richard
$8,800 $4,000 $5,600
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 11 R,
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $18,400

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Game tape date: 1994-02-07
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