Show #2315 - Friday, September 30, 1994

Contestants

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Harry White, an attorney from Los Angeles, California

Martha Gehan, an office manager from New York City, New York

Diane Gelfand, a purchasing agent from Montclair, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS
NURSERY RHYMES
SHIPS
1960
HINTS FROM HELOISE
LEGAL "E"s
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with the letter E.)
    $100 4
This Delaware capital boasts some fine examples of Victorian architecture
    $100 1
"Did you ever see such a sight in your life, as" this trio
    $100 12
At the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, his flagship, the Victory, was 40 years old
    $100 7
On January 2 this Massachusetts Democrat announced his candidacy for president
    $100 13
Heloise suggests putting Easter eggs in a small trash can or football helmet instead of this typical container
    $100 16
This term is from Latin meaning "and others"
    $200 15
This city's Frontier Days is the most popular annual event in Wyoming
    $200 2
The kind of low seat little Miss Muffet sat on; it wasn't spider-proof
    $200 23
In 1821 Great Britain launched the Aaron Manby, the first iron- hulled ship powered by this
    $200 8
This fast food chain had its beginnings when Tom Monaghan & his brother took over a Michigan pizzeria
    $200 14
Heloise hints that it's easier to do this to Brazil nuts if you freeze them first
    $200 17
This one of the three branches of government is charged with the detail of carrying the laws into effect
    $300 22
This Washington city's Japanese garden commemorates its sister city relationship with Yashiro, Japan
    $300 3
He's "the boy who looks after the sheep" & "he's under the haystack fast asleep"
    $300 24
Launched in 1853, the Great Republic, one of these speedy ships, was the largest sailing ship of its time
    $300 9
In February Crown Princess Michiko gave birth to Naruhito & Queen Elizabeth gave birth to this son
    $300 19
Heloise makes a deodorizing sachet by pouring baking soda into one of these filters & taping it shut
    $300 18
Obtaining property or money from another by coercion or intimidation is called this
    $400 29
In December candlelight pub crawls led by guides in colonial costume take place in this Maryland capital
    $400 5
"Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, eating a" pie named for this holiday
    $400 27
In 1839 this steamship line was founded as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
    DD: $500 10
At 12:01 A.M. on July 4, the new 50-star flag was raised at this national monument
    $400 20
Heloise makes a homemade polish for this by boiling a quart of beer with a little sugar & some beeswax
    $400 21
A legal prohibition on commerce, the U.S. imposed one on exports to Cuba over 30 years ago
    $500 30
The Sunrise Museum in this West Virginia capital includes a planetarium & an art museum
    $500 6
Despite being baked in a pie, four and twenty blackbirds recovered & did this "when the pie was opened"
    $500 28
In 1942 a fire destroyed this country's ocean liner The Normandie as it lay in New York Harbor
    $500 11
This philanthropist who donated land for the U.N. building died at age 86
    $500 25
One of Heloise's fans recommends putting dry beans in your tennis shoes to give yourself one of these
    $500 26
A right to benefits, like Social Security, which may not be abridged without due process

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

Diane Martha Harry
$1,200 $200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Diane Martha Harry
$2,500 $1,800 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY
HONG KONG
ART
PUBLISHING
FISH
LITERARY CHARACTERS
    $200 5
In 1524 an epidemic, possibly smallpox, swept through this South American empire, killing millions
    $200 2
A few of these 2-wheeled, man-pulled vehicles still exist, but they're dwindling in number
    $200 1
Michelangelo's statue of David shows him just before he confronted this giant
    $200 4
"The Farmer's Almanac" added this word to its official title in 1848
    $200 14
Most species of this fish, including the sockeye, live in the Pacific
    $200 8
In his 1852 novel "Pierre, or The Ambiguities", Pierre Glendinning is a young writer, not a whale
    $400 16
Between 1213 & 1215, he conquered most of the Chin Empire of northern China
    $400 27
This unit of currency has an exchange rate of 7.8 to the U.S. greenback
    $400 3
In Edward Savage's "The Washington Family", Martha is pointing out this street on a map
    $400 23
The Christian Science Monitor was founded in this city in 1908
    $400 15
From their resemblance to a quilled mammal, spiny members of the family Diodontidae are called this
    $400 10
The vampire Lestat's mother, Gabrielle, was inspired by this novelist's mother, Katherine
    $600 17
In 1976 this country gave Transkei its independence but other countries did not recognize it
    $600 28
Though Mandarin is gaining in popularity, this is the Chinese dialect most commonly spoken in Hong Kong
    $600 6
In a c. 1615 Rubens work, while Daniel is gazing at the sky, several of these animals are staring at you
    $600 24
Argosy is considered the first of these magazines named for the cheap paper on which they were printed
    $600 20
The young of this large shark are born with stripes that fade as they grow
    $600 11
In an Oscar Wilde novel, Lord Henry Wotton leads this young man into a dissolute, licentious life
    DD: $1,500 18
In 1967 this head of Romania's Communist Party became his country's head of state
    $800 29
This Portuguese possession 40 miles away is a popular gambling destination for Hong Kong residents
    $800 7
In the last half of the 19th c., this American pair's firm was producing 3 new lithographic prints a week
    $800 25
Bertelsmann, based in this country, owns American publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell
    $800 21
This small, tropical fish with a feather-like tail rivals the goldfish as the most popular aquarium pet
    $800 12
The wife of this Sinclair Lewis realtor sometimes calls him "Georgie Boy"
    $1000 19
The Danish Constitution was amended in 1953, allowing her to succeed her father as sovereign
    $1000 30
The name of this peninsula on the mainland comes from gau-lung, Chinese for "nine dragons"
    $1000 9
Raphael's "St. George and the Dragon" shows George as a member of this order of knighthood
    $1000 26
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor edited this magazine for more than 50 years
    $1000 22
Native to Africa & South America, these small, colorful fish include the bleeding- heart & neon
    DD: $700 13
Wallstreet Panic Snopes is one of the few honest members of the vicious Snopes family created by this novelist

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Diane Martha Harry
$7,600 $10,100 $5,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS
Of the presidents who attended a service academy, the only one who graduated in the top 10 percent of his class

Final scores:

Diane Martha Harry
$0 $12,700 $10,500
3rd place: Samsung camcorder New champion: $12,700 2nd place: Trip to Quail Lodge Resort, Carmel, California + Fox his & hers tennis rackets & bags

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Diane Martha Harry
$7,900 $9,900 $5,500
18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $23,300

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Game tape date: 1994-07-27
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