Show #2479 - Thursday, May 18, 1995

Contestants

Christine Zeigler, a program and information assistant from Columbia, Missouri

Fran Cook, a physician from Moretown, Vermont

Mike Nibley, a multimedia writer and producer from Laurel, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY
SPIELBERG FILMS
FOOD
PENINSULAS
THE ENVIRONMENT
WORD ORIGINS
    $100 6
Though he received aid from Nazi Germany & fascist Italy, he kept Spain neutral in WWII
    $100 23
This 1981 film was the first in the Indiana Jones series
    $100 12
Obtaining "hearts of" this tree kills the plant
    $100 11
The Sinai Peninsula is usually considered part of this continent
    $100 18
A dry spell is more than 2 weeks without much precipitation; this term is defined as years without any
    $100 1
This term for the outer covering on an ear of corn is from Middle Dutch for "little house"
    $200 7
In 1970 this 27-year-old colonel assumed the posts of premier & defense minister in Libya
    $200 24
Spielberg re-edited this 1977 UFO film for a 1980 re-issue, then again for a longer TV version
    $200 13
This nut has bright green flesh covered by a thin, reddish-brown skin
    $200 14
The southernmost point of this peninsula dips into the Strait of Gibraltar
    $200 19
While in what's now this state, naturalist John Muir discovered the glacier named for him
    $200 2
Gypsies are so named because originally they were thought to come from this country
    $300 8
Pope Adrian IV gave Henry II permission to extend English rule over this neighboring island
    $300 25
On March 21, 1994 this film picked up 7 Oscars, including a Best Director Award for Spielberg
    $300 28
Porridge is most often made of this grain
    $300 15
During an 11-month siege, 1854-55, the city of Sevastopol on this peninsula was heavily damaged
    $300 20
Poisoning from mercury salts in the production process made these 19th c. craftsmen "Mad"
    $300 3
This term for a copy or reproduction is from the Latin meaning "to make similar"
    $400 9
In 1992 President Alberto Fujimori dissolved this country's Congress & seized sole power
    $400 26
Oprah Winfrey made her big screen debut in this 1985 film based on a book by Alice Walker
    $400 29
The French call this rich dessert Bavarois
    $400 16
You'll find Mont Jacques-Cartier on this province's Gaspe Peninsula
    $400 21
The use of these devices in cars has cut down on carbon monoxide emissions in the U.S., Canada & Japan
    DD: $500 4
It's the profession derived from 2 Greek words meaning "star sailor"
    $500 10
Russia adopted this calendar in 1700, when most of Europe had abandoned it or was about to
    $500 27
Prior to "Seaquest DSV", Spielberg put Roy Scheider on a boat in this 1975 film
    $500 30
Jamaica pepper is another name for this spice that tastes like cloves, cinnamon & nutmeg combined
    $500 17
The population of Russia's Kola Peninsula includes these people known as reindeer herders
    $500 22
It was created by the federal government in 1970 to bring all the pollution control programs together
    $500 5
These small, seedless raisins are named for the city of Corinth

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

Mike Fran Christine
$2,100 $700 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Fran Christine
$4,100 $2,600 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE KOREAN WAR
GARDENING
OPERA
GEOGRAPHY
AMERICAN LITERATURE
PUT UP YOUR DUKES
    $200 21
The 2 1/2-mile-wide buffer zone between North & South Korea is called this
    $200 16
Manhattan, a variety of this covering, was bred at Rutgers, mainly from selections taken from Central Park
    $200 6
This composer's "The Magic Flute" is an example of the form of opera called Singspiel
    $200 11
Utah Lake discharges into this large Utah lake via the Jordan River
    $200 1
His famous story "The Premature Burial" is set "some miles down the banks of" the James River in Virginia
    $200 26
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, belonged to the junior branch of this family that ruled Florence
    $400 22
In April 1951 Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway replaced this man as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief
    $400 17
The Madonna species of this flower has been cultivated for over 3,000 years
    $400 7
"The Pearl Fishers" was this composer's first major opera; "Carmen" was his last
    $400 12
As you might guess, the Namib Desert is found mainly in this country
    $400 2
"A Tree of Night" is a 1949 collection of short stories by this author of "In Cold Blood"
    $400 27
At George VI's 1952 funeral, he took part in a British royal ceremony for the first time since abdicating
    $600 23
The main opponents in aerial dogfights were the F-86 Sabre Jet & these Soviet-made planes
    $600 18
Both the trumpet & petals of the King Alfred variety of this Narcissus are clear yellow
    $600 8
In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct this man's works at Bayreuth
    $600 13
The name of this Central American lake is thought to come from Nicarao, a chief who lived on its banks
    $600 3
"The Same Door" is a collection of John Updike stories that appeared originally in this magazine
    $600 28
This woman who married the English heir in 1152 was the daughter of William X, last Duke of Aquitaine
    $800 24
On the first day of the war, the U.N. demanded that the Communists retreat to this parallel
    $800 19
Methods of doing this to your homemade potting soil include the formaldehyde drench
    $800 9
John the Baptist is called Jochanaan in this Richard Strauss opera
    $800 14
Arkhangelsk was Russia's chief seaport until this Baltic port city was built by the czar in 1703
    $800 4
Her 1940 novel "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" is a parable on Fascism
    $800 29
After about 1640 Duke of Braganza was a title given to the heirs to this country's throne
    $1000 25
On Oct. 25, 1951 truce talks moved from Kaesong to this village
    $1000 20
The largest single family of succulents are these
    $1000 10
This composer of "The Barber of Seville" wrote 32 operas by the time he was 31
    DD: $2,000 15
This, Europe's largest port by volume, has overrun smaller communities like Schiedam & Vlaardingen
    DD: $1,500 5
Henry Fleming, hero of a classic 1895 novel, is a grandfather in this author's 1896 story "The Veteran"
    $1000 30
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, fought under John Churchill, 1st Duke of this

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Fran Christine
$12,000 $8,000 $1,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

PHILANTHROPISTS
In the early 1900s, he was Lord Rector of the Universities of St. Andrews & Aberdeen

Final scores:

Mike Fran Christine
$16,001 $13,000 $2,000
3-day champion: $36,101 2nd place: Gateway PC + Microsoft Office Professional & Bookshelf 3rd place: South Dakota Gold ring & pendant

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Mike Fran Christine
$11,400 $10,000 $1,000
27 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 24 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 5 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $22,400

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Game tape date: 1995-01-17
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