Show #2505 - Friday, June 23, 1995

Contestants

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Jon Regardie, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California

Brenda Jackson, a Spanish teacher from Fountain Valley, California

Paul Bondor, an engineer from Bakersfield, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

OLD TESTAMENT
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
AMERICANA
CONSTELLATIONS
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES
    $100 19
Exodus 32 says when he came back to the camp everyone was dancing around a golden calf
    $100 16
In a 1994 TV biopic, Terumi Matthews played this Material girl
    $100 1
This "Peach State" has 2 national forests: Chattahoochee & Oconee
    $100 2
This sign of the zodiac may be abbreviated Aqr.
    $100 11
Corning supplied this material used to make Edison's first light bulb
    $100 25
In song titles it precedes "What a Beautiful Mornin'" & "You Beautiful Doll"
    $200 20
He tore apart a lion & later found a swarm of bees & honey inside
    $200 17
As Blanche Taylor Moore in "Black Widow Murders", she did more than "bewitch" her husbands
    $200 3
If you want to be crowned Miss Jalapeno in Laredo, Texas, you have to wear this color
    $200 5
Monoceros is one of these mythical creatures
    $200 12
Bookkeeper Frank Robinson named this soft drink invented by John Pemberton in 1886
    $200 26
A ram's romantic quarry
    $300 21
The 12 captains of Israel would alternate serving David for this part of a year
    $300 18
1993's "Fatal Deception" was based on the life of this assassin's wife, who moved from Moscow to Dallas
    $300 4
North Dakota is called "The Flickertail State" in honor of a "ground" type of this rodent
    $300 8
Sagitta translates to this weapon, something Sagittarius may use
    $300 13
The U.S. headquarters of this oil giant, abbreviated BP, is in Cleveland, Ohio
    $300 28
A blue bird, or Chief Justice John
    $400 24
One purpose of this book, a collection of sayings, is to give "subtlety to the simple"
    $400 22
In a 1994 CBS miniseries, Travis Fine & Damian Chapa played this pair accused of killing their parents
    DD: $500 6
In 1629 North & South Carolina were part of the Province of Carolana, named for this man
    $400 9
1 of the 2 constellations with a 3-letter name
    $400 14
The origins of this Connecticut-based chemical company go back to National Carbon Co. in 1886
    $400 30
It's the third person plural of to be
    $500 27
Samuel anointed him the first king of Israel
    $500 23
Beau Bridges starred in 1991's "Without Warning:" this Reaganite's "Story"
    $500 7
The cui-ui, a large suckerfish, is found only in Pyramid Lake in this state
    $500 10
This constellation & mechanical device is known in Latin as Horologium
    $500 15
In 1990 Bass PLC completed its acquisition of this lodging chain named for an Astaire/Crosby film
    $500 29
A braid of hair, or a line of people

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

Paul Brenda Jon
-$800 $800 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Brenda Jon
$400 $1,500 $3,100

Double Jeopardy! Round

BLACK AMERICA
ROMANTIC ERA COMPOSERS
FOOD & DRINK
D-DAY
WOMEN'S LANDMARKS
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
    $200 15
In 1994 Chicago unveiled a bronze statue of this basketball star & his No. 23 jersey was retired
    $200 11
In "The Nutcracker", he parodied his contemporaries' use of exotic melodies
    $200 18
Swedish julbrod, with raisins & almonds, is popular on this holiday
    $200 1
This British P.M. had a premonition of "tides running red with blood"
    $200 25
The Brunswick, Maine home in which she wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is now a restaurant & inn
    $200 6
He's "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"
    $400 16
Among the Black heroes of this June 1775 battle near Boston were Peter Salem & Salem Poor
    $400 12
In 1837 this Hungarian composer competed in a piano duel against rival Sigismond Thalberg
    $400 20
Ruth Wakefield, who created this cookie in 1930, eventually sold the rights to Nestle
    $400 2
The invasion was originally planned for this date; bad weather forced a one-day delay
    $400 30
There's a statue of this aviatrix in North Hollywood, California, where she lived in the 1930s
    $400 7
She's Hiawatha's beloved
    $600 17
In 1855 this famed orator published an autobiography, "My Bondage and My Freedom"
    $600 13
Mephistopheles is a character in this Charles Gounod work
    $600 21
Joy of Cooking's recipe for fritter or tempura batter calls for 3/4 cup of this potent potable
    DD: $1,000 3
At a 50th anniversary tribute to the U.S. Warriors of D-Day, he said, "They gave us our world"
    $600 29
Lynn Sherr & Jurate Kazickas called their book about women's landmarks this suffragist "Slept Here"
    $600 8
She's Perry Mason's faithful secretary
    $800 19
This author of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" was an editor of the African Review in Ghana in the 1960s
    $800 14
At the start of his career, this "William Tell" composer wrote 7 operas in 16 months
    DD: $1,000 23
This tea flavored with orange was named for a 19th century British prime minister
    $800 4
This German field marshal, in charge of the defenders, was away on leave on D-Day
    $800 28
The schoolhouse this primitive painter attended was moved from Eagle Bridge, N.Y. to the Bennington Museum in Vt.
    $800 9
Detective Edward X. Delaney is the hero of this author's "Deadly Sin" novels
    $1000 26
Spelman College, America's oldest college for black women, was founded in this southern city in 1881
    $1000 22
In 1847 doctors declared this "Lucia di Lammermoor" composer insane
    $1000 24
This legume is an important ingredient in hummus & couscous
    $1000 5
"Domineering" code name for the invasion plan
    $1000 27
A park in Missoula, Montana is named for this congresswoman famous for voting against World War I
    $1000 10
In a Hemingway story, his "Short Happy Life" is over when he's shot by his wife during a safari

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Brenda Jon
$6,200 $2,500 $4,900

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE SUPER BOWL
With 7 appearances, this team has played in more Super Bowls than any other

Final scores:

Paul Brenda Jon
$9,801 $2,000 $7,201
2-day champion: $21,001 3rd place: stay at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Jeopardy! Sports edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2nd place: trip on TWA to Honolul & stay at the Pacific Beach Hotel + Jeopardy! Sports edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Paul Brenda Jon
$7,300 $2,500 $4,900
24 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 11 R,
3 W		 14 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $14,700

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Game tape date: 1995-02-08
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