Show #2888 - Wednesday, March 5, 1997

Missing introductions & prizes.

Contestants

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Sandy Stephenson, a sales representative merchandiser from New Richmond, Wisconsin

Brad Rosenstein, a radio producer originally from Miami, Florida

Jim Diggins, a legal editor from South Euclid, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,601)

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Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY
TV INITIALS
MUSEUMS
ANIMALS
GAMBLING
FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES
    $100 4
His 12 labors were performed as penance for killing his wife & children in a fit of madness
    $100 2
It's set at Chicago's County General Hospital
    $100 11
The finger of this Italian astronomer is displayed at the Museo di Storia del Scienza in Florence
    $100 18
A moon jelly is a luminescent type of this aquatic animal
    $100 10
This game often sponsored by charities has 75 numbers compared to lotto's 90
    $100 1
Relatively speaking, they're mere & pere
    $200 5
Numa Pompilius became the second king of Rome after the death of this founder
    $200 3
In 1995 Kim Delaney joined its cast as Detective Diane Russell
    $200 22
Several museums in Salzburg house collections of this "Magic Flute" composer's manuscripts
    $200 19
The red panda eats this food, the main diet of the giant panda, but it also dines on mice & insects
    $200 12
In 1863 Francois Blanc purchased this principality's gambling concession for over $300,000
    $200 27
It's the French way of saying "Oh well, that's life!"
    $300 6
These creatures, half-man, half-horse, lived mainly in Thessaly
    $300 7
Set at a radio station, it returned in a new syndicated version in 1991
    $300 23
This British city's Merseyside County Museums date back to 1851
    $300 20
This "colorful" snake is the only venomous snake native to the U.S. that is not a pit viper
    $300 13
Using wild cards, spit in the ocean is a type of the draw form of this game
    $300 28
Term for an alcoholic beverage taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite
    $400 14
The Hyades were siblings of these sisters, & like them, were placed in the sky as stars
    $400 8
A Martinez played Daniel Morales on it
    $400 24
The world's largest Jewish service organization, its headquarters in Washington house a Jewish museum
    $400 21
The drill lacks the distinctive facial coloration of this other baboon, its close relative
    $400 16
Edward Thorp's 1962 book "Beat the Dealer" introduced many to the idea of card counting in this game
    $400 29
They're eyeglasses that clip on the nose
    DD: $500 15
She was Athena's Roman counterpart
    $500 9
It starred Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine
    $500 25
Antique streetcars are displayed at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven in this state
    $500 26
The Japanese Bobtail, a type of this pet, is considered a good luck symbol
    $500 17
Term for the person who throws the dice in a game of craps
    $500 30
This 2-word phrase refers to the "high" art of fine cooking

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

Jim Brad Sandy
$900 $1,200 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Brad Sandy
$3,000 $1,700 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEW ENGLAND
CLASSIC NOVELS
ART CLASS
20th CENTURY HISTORY
POTPOURRI
HUSBANDS & WIFE
(Alex: I will give you the names of a number of husbands. You have to identify the one woman who was married to each and every one of those.)
    $200 9
In Connecticut broad leaf & shade types of this plant are grown for use as cigar wrappers
    $200 1
This Charlotte Bronte novel begins, "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day"
    $200 15
After cleaning these, they should be stored bristles up
    $200 4
He first used "Fair Deal", the name of his domestic program, during the 1949 State of the Union address
    $200 12
Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, this one may have overlooked the Ishtar Gate in Babylon
    $200 25
Don Johnson,
Steven Bauer,
Don Johnson,
Antonio Banderas
    $400 10
Providence sits at the head of this Rhode Island bay, a natural harbor
    $400 2
In this novel, a detective named Fix follows Fogg on his journey, believing he's a bank robber
    $400 17
Carbonizing willow twigs produces sticks of this drawing material
    $400 5
The 1920 Treaty of Tartu reaffirmed Finland's independence from this country
    $400 19
In 1996 student L'Kisha Brantley earned some extra "dough" by selling 3,520 boxes of these
    $400 26
Jeff Goldblum,
Renny Harlin
    $600 11
In the early 18th century the sperm oil trade originated on this island 25 miles south of Cape Cod
    $600 3
Egdon Heath, a barren moor in Wessex, is the setting for his novel "The Return of the Native"
    DD: $1,000 18
Artist material seen here in a form that's been made for over 2,000 years
    $600 6
The atomic pile built by this Italian physicist in Chicago in 1942 used pure graphite as a moderator
    $600 20
The Latin proverb "In vino veritas" translates to this
    $600 27
Tommy Lee,
Richie Sambora
    $800 16
The Transcendental Club met at the Concord home where this essayist lived 1835-1882
    $800 13
"Mr. Wegg prepares a grindstone for Mr. Boffin's nose" is a chapter in his novel "Our Mutual Friend"
    $800 21
As its name implies, this printing process was originally executed on limestone slabs
    $800 7
In 1904 Warren G. Harding became this state's lieutenant governor
    $800 23
Soledad Seanez, widow of this Mexican revolutionary, passed away in 1996; she was 100
    $800 28
Mickey Rooney,
Artie Shaw,
Frank Sinatra
    $1000 30
This highest peak in New Hampshire is sometimes visible from the Atlantic Ocean 75 miles away
    DD: $1,200 14
His 1849 novel "Redburn: His First Voyage" was inspired by his own first voyage as a cabin boy in 1839
    $1000 22
Italian term for a type of flooring with bits of crushed marble or granite set in concrete
    $1000 8
On her 1963 space mission, she completed 48 orbits of the Earth in her Vostok 6 capsule
    $1000 24
John Barleycorn is the personification of liquor & he is the personification of England
    $1000 29
Dan Greenburg,
Carl Bernstein,
Nicholas Pileggi

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Brad Sandy
$7,600 $7,900 $3,100

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Final Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
At the end of "Macbeth", he tells his thanes they will "henceforth be Earls, the first" ever in Scotland

Final scores:

Jim Brad Sandy
$6,300 $5,900 $100
3-day champion: $19,901 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jim Brad Sandy
$9,100 $7,700 $3,100
22 R,
2 W
(including 2 DDs)		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,900

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Game tape date: 1996-11-20
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