Show #2892 - Tuesday, March 11, 1997

Contestants

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Mike Davison, a TV producer from Studio City, California

David Grey, an ophthalmologist from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Linda Slyer, a homemaker originally from Saddlebrook, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,900)

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Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
U.S. CITIES
ALMANACS
SON OF SIMIAN CINEMA
"MONKEY" BUSINESS
    $100 9
At age 72 Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher led the Prussian troops at this battle that spelled the end for Napoleon
    $100 16
A fitted queen one of these would fit a 60" x 80" mattress
    $100 1
Members of a Spanish expedition named the site of this Texas city for Saint Anthony of Padua
    $100 6
The Witches' Almanac advises when handling sheep or goats, resist grabbing them by these
    $100 19
In 1976 this title character went "ape" for Jessica Lange in her first film
    $100 24
The British call this tool an adjustable spanner
    $200 10
Joseph Warren, a physician & soldier, sent William Dawes & this man on their famous ride
    $200 17
Circles & thermometers are divided into these
    $200 2
In 1996 money magazine named this Wisconsin capital the best place to live in America
    $200 7
This weekly magazine's Entertainment Almanac says Holly Hunter was in the TV pilot of "Fame"
    $200 20
This "Seinfeld" actor teamed up with an orangutan in the 1996 comedy "Dunston Checks In"
    $200 27
Simian synonym for a tuxedo
    $300 11
Perkin Warbeck posed as one of the presumably murdered little princes & tried to claim this country's throne
    $300 18
Men's width sizes for these average C or D but go up to EEEEEE
    $300 3
This Nevada city was once billed as "the divorce capital of the world"
    $300 8
In 1848. after 56 years of publication, it added "Old" to its name
    $300 21
This Frenchman's last film was the 1967 Disney comedy "Monkeys, Go Home!"; thank heaven for little chimps
    $300 28
It's the rhyming name of Ben & Jerry's banana ice cream with walnuts & dark chocolate chunks
    $400 12
In 1512 this ruler conquered Navarre & incorporated it into the kingdom of Castile
    $400 25
In area measurements, ca. stands for centare & ha. stands for this
    $400 4
You can visit the George Eastman House & the home of Susan B. Anthony in this New York ctiy
    DD: $500 14
A 30th anniversary tribute almanac to this TV show says Willie unchains Barnabas' coffin in episode 210
    $400 22
This star of "The Miracle Worker" was carried off by an ape in the 3-D thriller "Gorilla at Large"
    $400 30
This South American evergreen tree is named for the "confusion" of its intertwined branches
    $500 13
In 12 B.C. this Roman emperor was given the religious title Pontifex Maximus
    $500 26
Grains, scruples, drams, ounces & pounds are parts of this weight system formerly used by druggists
    $500 5
This city, a suburb of Phoenix, is home to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West
    $500 15
Last name of Benjamin almanack alter ego, Poor Richard
    $500 23
Karl Malden, Bela Lugosi & Jason Robards, Jr. starred in film versions of this Poe story
    $500 29
A classic horror tale by W.W. Jacobs is named for this appendage

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Linda David Mike
$700 $1,500 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Linda David Mike
$500 $2,000 $2,700

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE NEW TESTAMENT
GEOGRAPHY
WOMEN AUTHORS
MUSIC APPRECIATION
NATIVE AMERICANS
EPONYMS
(Alex: A whole category about people whose names have become the names of other things.)
    $200 16
This first Gospel was written by a tax collector
    $200 1
The Nubian desert in Sudan is often considered a part of this larger desert
    $200 17
In 1964 Kath Walker became the first aboriginal woman from this country to have a book published
    $200 22
A mattinata is meant to be sung at this time of day
    $200 6
Crow king, a Hunkpapa Sioux, was a source of information on this June 1876 battle
    $200 11
The botanical name of the saguaro, a type of this plant, is Carnegiea gigantea, for Andrew Carnegie
    $400 27
According to Luke 2, Joseph & Mary went to Jerusalem every year to celebrate this feast
    $400 2
Volcanoes found in this mountain chain include Chimborazo & Cotopaxi
    $400 18
Born Lula Carson Smith, she wrote "Reflections in a Golden Eye" under this name
    $400 23
The "finger" types of these round percussion instruments are played somewhat like castanets
    $400 7
From the Spanish for "town", it's a general name for the Indians of the SW who lived in stone buildings
    $400 12
A "W" had to be added to the raised alphabet named for him so it could be used by English speakers
    $600 28
This Galilean village was the site of Jesus' wedding feast miracle
    $600 3
Kashmir is divided mainly between these 2 countries, though each lays claim to the entire region
    $600 19
She called F. Scott Fitzgerald "the first of the last generation"
    $600 24
Tchaikovsky included the "Marseillaise" & the national anthem of czarist Russia in this "overture"
    $600 8
Deganawida & Hiawatha founded this league of tribes
    $600 13
This adjective likens a person or place to novels such as "Oliver Twist" & "Great Expectations"
    $800 29
Taken before the Sanhedrin after his arrest, Jesus was charged with this crime
    $800 4
This peninsula comprises all of mainland Denmark
    DD: $500 20
"The Exile" was her acclaimed biography of her missionary mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker
    DD: $1,000 25
Hedwige is the wife of this patriot in an 1829 Rossini opera
    $800 9
His name means "hardwood" & he was a leader in the Apache wars of the 1860s
    $800 14
In the 19th c. this Frankfort, Kentucky gardener developed a new lettuce in his backyard
    $1000 30
Matthias was chosen by lot to take the place of this apostle
    $1000 5
Scotland's third-largest city, it shares its name with a breed of cattle
    $1000 21
She was a reporter for the Irish Times before she wrote bestsellers like "Circle of Friends"
    $1000 26
This composer of "Ol' Man River" also wrote an orchestral work called "Portrait of Mark Twain"
    $1000 10
The name of this Delaware Indian, who it's said welcomed William Penn, was later on a NYC hall
    $1000 15
It's the American equivalent of a Quisling

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Linda David Mike
$3,500 $4,000 $10,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LEADERS
Peruvians incorrectly call this man "El Chinito"

Final scores:

Linda David Mike
$1 $7,001 $10,200
3rd place: Integra's LifeShaper Plus 2nd place: Bose home theatre system + Panasonic 27" TV New champion: $10,200

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Linda David Mike
$3,500 $3,900 $10,300
12 R,
2 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $17,700

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Game tape date: 1996-12-03
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