Show #2318 - Wednesday, October 5, 1994

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Carolyn Ramm, an attorney from Andover, Massachusetts

Kent Harrill, a graduate business student originally from Shelby, North Carolina

Dan Seiden, a computer consultant originally from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,601)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES
WINE
DANCE
FAMOUS FRENCH CANADIANS
WALLS
WORD ORIGINS
    $100 1
Before he became an explorer, Ponce de Leon was a page at the court of this royal couple
    $100 16
Winemaking was supposedly carried to Central Asia in the 300s B.C. by this Macedonian conqueror
    $100 23
It's the most famous American version of the reel
    $100 18
In 1718 Sieur de Bienville founded this city near the end of the mighty Mississippi
    $100 11
The list of the 7 Ancient Wonders sometimes includes the walls of this city along with its Hanging Gardens
    $100 6
The Latin umbra, meaning "shade", gave us the name of this device that protects you from rain
    $200 2
Sergius III seized this high office in 904 after arranging the murder of his predecessor, Leo V
    $200 17
The process of fermentation releases this gas
    $200 24
Polacca is the Italian name of this stately "Polish" dance that dates back to the 1500s
    $200 19
Wilfrid Laurier was the first French Canadian to hold this top post
    $200 12
Georgi Dobrovolsky, a cosmonaut, is among those whose ashes are interred in it
    $200 7
This term for a building equipped for indoor sports comes from the Greek gumnos, meaning "naked"
    $300 3
Around 1070 this country's King Olaf The Quiet founded the city of Bjorgvin, now known as Bergen
    $300 28
Among this country's top wine-producing regions are Mosel, Baden & Wurttemberg
    $300 25
To perform a running set, square dancers make this kind of formation, not a square
    DD: $700 20
She had her first hit in the States in 1991 with the following:

"Where does my heart beat now?/ Where is the sound"
    $300 13
The American Immigrant Wall of Honor is outside a museum on this East Coast island
    $300 8
The name of this light gas comes from the Greek for "sun"
    $400 4
In 1771 his grandson John inherited one-fourth of the proprietary rights in Pennsylvania
    $400 29
Cognac is the most famous of these liquors distilled from wine
    $400 26
Of all the ballroom dances we know, this one has the most "vulpine" name
    $400 21
Trapper Joseph Robidoux founded this U.S. city that was a terminus for the Pony Express
    $400 14
Between 1948 & 1967, Israeli Jews were denied access to it by Jordan
    $400 9
This word for a bullfighter comes from Spanish meaning "to kill"
    $500 5
This woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat was a descendant of the great playwright Pierre Corneille
    $500 30
This Italian wine is made primarily from Sangiovese grapes grown in Tuscany
    $500 27
Casanova was once asked to perform this nautical dance in the nude but declined because he felt weak
    $500 22
In 1922 this Beat author was born to French- Canadian parents in Massachusetts & baptized Jean-Louis
    $500 15
35-foot-high walls surround the area known as this in Beijing
    $500 10
Strategy comes from strategos, the Greek word for this high military rank

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

Dan Kent Carolyn
$2,300 $600 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Kent Carolyn
$3,500 $1,100 $3,700

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
FINANCE
WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS
WORLD CAPITALS
THE DERBY
(Alex: Not the Kentucky Derby, not the Epsom Derby, but a category devoted to hats.)
    $200 12
On the night of April 18, 1775 he returned to Lexington on foot, because the Brit. captured him & took his horse
    $200 9
Stocks not sold on the floor of an exchange are sold O.T.C., which stands for this
    $200 2
One legend says this beautiful woman of Troy ended up on an island, married to Achilles
    $200 7
He won the Fiction prize for "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" 10 years before his drama prize for "Our Town"
    $200 6
The name of this Canadian capital comes from the Indian word Adawe, meaning "to trade"
    $200 22
On a classic "This Is Your Life", Ralph Edwards had this comedy team put on their trademark bowlers
    $400 14
Teddy Roosevelt's great-great-grandfather Archibald Bulloch was Georgia's delegate to this
    $400 27
The debt-to-this ratio is a measure of leverage
    $400 15
She was created to bring misfortune on man, & she did when she opened that infamous box
    $400 8
John Kennedy Toole, who died in 1969, won for "A Confederacy of" these in 1981
    $400 5
When founded in 723, this Nepalese capital was called Manju-Patan
    $400 23
This Los Angeles restaurant was the birthplace of the Cobb salad
    $600 19
This Swamp Fox often battled alongside George Washington's cousin William
    $600 28
It's the process of closing a company by turning its assets into cash to pay the creditors
    $600 16
Medea was the niece of this enchantress who turned Odysseus' men into swine
    $600 10
She won for her only published novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
    $600 1
In 1802 the British established this city as capital of Ceylon
    $600 24
In the film "Goldfinger", this villain tossed a mean bowler, one with razor-sharp edges
    DD: $2,000 20
Henri Christophe, later king of this country, helped in an assault on Savannah
    $800 29
For a house that costs an arm & a leg, a buyer may get an A.R.M., one of these
    $800 17
Demeter brought famine upon the Earth after this woman, her daughter, was abducted to the underworld
    $800 11
William Styron based this winner on a transcript of the testimony of the slave who led an uprising
    DD: $1,000 4
With a population of more than 1 1/2 million, Minsk is this country's largest city by far
    $800 25
In France this British spy series was "Chapeau Melon et Bottes de cuir", bowler & leather boots
    $1000 21
This enemy of the colonies was the first of the Hanoverians born in England
    $1000 30
It's a battle to control a company using the votes of shareholders not present at a meeting
    $1000 18
In answer to her prayers, this nymph loved by Apollo was turned into a laurel tree
    $1000 13
He won for "Alice Adams" 3 years after his win for "The Magnificent Ambersons"
    $1000 3
Founded by the Portuguese in 1576, Luanda is this African country's capital & largest city
    $1000 26
This Belgian surrealist was known for his men in bowler hats

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Kent Carolyn
$5,900 -$300 $8,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ARCHAELOGISTS
This archaeologist named his children Andromache & Agamemnon

Final scores:

Dan Kent Carolyn
$11,800 -$300 $5,500
2-day champion: $23,401 3rd place: Samsung 27" color TV 2nd place: cruise to Cozumel, Mexico via Tampa, Florida

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Dan Kent Carolyn
$7,900 $300 $8,700
24 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $16,900

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 1994-08-02
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.