Show #2369 - Thursday, December 15, 1994

Contestants

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Ira Haber, a technical writer from Columbia, Maryland

Mark Krikorian, an editor from Manassas, Virginia

David Stauffer, a carpenter and contractor from Macungie, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $11,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE SUPREME COURT
FAMOUS PAIRS
BUSINESS HISTORY
ANIMAL SUPERLATIVES
AMERICAN FLAG ETIQUETTE
U.S. "C"ITIES
(Alex: Each city will begin with the letter C.)
    $100 11
In the early days these garments had red facing, like those worn in England
    $100 6
Famous pair that sent Columbus on his merry way in 1492
    $100 13
Procter & Gamble owned this bleach company from 1957 to 1968
    $100 26
As you might expect, the smallest nest, about the size of a thimble, is made by this bird
    $100 2
People in uniform, such as soldiers or scouts, may leave these on while saluting; others should remove them
    $100 1
In 1983 this largest North Carolina city elected its first Black mayor, Harvey Gantt
    $200 12
5 Associate Justices have later held this office; Rehnquist is the most recent
    $200 7
When Johnse & Rosanna eloped in 1882, it fueled the famous feud between these 2 families
    $200 22
In 1880 he rented the third story of a building in Rochester, N.Y. to make his dry plates
    $200 27
The heaviest venomous snake is the eastern diamondback species of this snake
    $200 3
A 1953 change to the flag code allows its flag to be flown above the U.S. flag at its NYC headquarters
    $200 10
It's Massachusetts' "University City"
    $300 17
Joseph Story, appointed in 1811 at the age of 32, holds this distinction
    $300 8
This Piano Man & Uptown Girl ended their marriage in 1994
    $300 23
This co. known for its yellow rental trucks began in 1933 with a 1931 black model a Ford truck
    $300 28
Sometimes over 20' long, the saltwater species of this animal is the largest of all living reptiles
    $300 4
If the flag is not present when the national anthem is played, people should face this
    $300 14
This city's daily newspaper, a recent consolidation, is the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
    $400 18
The first woman justice to issue the oath of office at a Pres. inauguration, she swore in Dan Quayle
    $400 20
Name paired with John Speke or Elizabeth Taylor
    $400 24
In 1988 Ross Johnson tried to buy out this company & soon found barbarians at his gate
    $400 29
The gestation period of this American marsupial can be as short as a record 8 days
    $400 5
It's the preferred dignified way to dispose of an old, tattered flag
    $400 15
Parks in this Ohio city include Brookside, Edgewater & Rockefeller
    DD: $1,000 19
This 20th c. Democrat was the only president to serve a full term without appointing anyone to the court
    $500 21
The 2 opposing political factions in 13th c. Italy were the Guelphs & this group
    $500 25
H&R Block & Hallmark were both founded in this city
    $500 30
The heaviest living insect is the Goliath species of this insect from the family Scarabaeidae
    $500 9
When you fold the flag properly, the bundle will be this shape when you're finished
    $500 16
This New Jersey city, once the home of Walt Whitman, was originally called Cooper's Ferry

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

David Mark Ira
$1,400 $1,200 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Mark Ira
$3,300 $2,900 $100

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY
DANCE
VOLCANOES
MYTHOLOGY
AVIATION FIRSTS
POETS
    $200 2
Jean Le Bon, king of this country, was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356
    $200 26
The planting of this grain inspired a work dance that's performed in the Philippines
    $200 7
Catania, Sicily's second-largest city, sits on the slopes of this volcano
    $200 17
When Medusa's head was cut off, this winged steed sprang from her blood
    $200 1
Mme. Thible, a French singer, on June 4, 1784, in a balloon
    $200 12
During the Spanish- American War, this "Chicago" poet served in the 6th Illinois infantry
    $400 3
Duncan I was the first member of the house of Dunkeld to rule this country
    $400 8
Fumes still rise from the volcanic cone of this highest mountain in Washington
    $400 18
The Romans believed that twins Romulus & Remus were the sons of a mortal mother & this war god
    $400 22
In 1922 Lt. Harold Harris became the 1st member of the Caterpillar Club, those whose lives have been saved by these
    $400 13
The only prose work by this "Idylls of the King" poet was a play, "The Promise of May"
    $600 4
This Austrian royal house traces its ancestry back to a man known as Guntram the Rich
    $600 29
The hambo is a folk dance named for a parish in Halsingland in this Scandinavian country
    $600 9
The 1883 explosion of this Indonesian volcano released energy equal to an estimated 150 megatons
    $600 19
This Egyptian fertility god who ruled the underworld was often depicted as a mummy seated on a throne
    $600 23
On July 2, 1900 this German count flew the first of his rigid-frame airships; it wasn't a very successful flight
    $600 14
In 1830 he wrote of "Old Ironsides", "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high"
    $800 5
The Museums of Florence paid tribute to this "Magnificent" Medici in 1992, the 500th anniversary of his death
    $800 28
The 1842 ballet "Napoli" features one of these frenzied dances connected with spider bites
    $800 10
Hawaii's Kilauea is located on the eastern slope of this larger volcano
    $800 20
This youth who loved hero drowned during one of his nightly swims to her
    $800 24
Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier over this state
    $800 15
This poet modeled his "Tales of a Wayside Inn" on Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
    DD: $1,500 6
During an interregnum from 1250-1273, this empire had no emperor
    $1000 27
El Bolonchon is a Mexican folk dance that honors this Biblical woman
    DD: $2,000 11
When Hekla erupted on this island in 1947, ash fell as far away as Finland
    $1000 21
The Romans called the god of sleep Somnus; the Greeks called him this
    $1000 25
Charles A. Levine, the first transatlantic passenger, left this airfield June 4, 1927, 2 weeks after Lindy
    $1000 16
Almost all of his early works, including "Pippa Passes", were printed at his family's expense

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Mark Ira
$10,400 $3,700 $900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

DRAMA
1611 play possibly inspired by the 1609 wreck of the ship carrying future Virginia governor Thomas Gates

Final scores:

David Mark Ira
$12,400 $5,500 $0
3-day champion: $23,800 2nd place: Singer dining room set + Cuthbertson Christmas tree dinnerware set 3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths punch bowl set

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

David Mark Ira
$9,900 $3,700 $900
26 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
2 W		 6 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $14,500

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Game tape date: 1994-09-20
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