Show #2805 1996-11-08 (taped 1996-09-04) Regular

Last show in 1991-1996 set.

Contestants

Sasha Volokh — a policy analyst originally from Kiev, Ukraine

Susan Giannetto — a legal secretary from San Francisco, California

Marv Macintyre — a development director from Nashua, New Hampshire (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marv	$-400	$2,800	$8,400	$6,799 3-day champion: $28,699	$7,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Susan	$300	$-100	$3,300	$1,600 3rd place: Motorola cellular phone + Crossword Companion roll-a-puzzle system	$4,800 15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Sasha	$600	$600	$5,000	$3,199 2nd place: Dynamark Security Centers wireless home security system & Hammerman gold broaches with sapphire eyes + Crossword Companion roll-a-puzzle system	$5,000 15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES	DAYS OF THE WEEK	FOOD	MUSIC '96	CHEMISTRY	WILDE LINES
$100 [1] About 30% of this state's population lives in metropolitan New Orleans Louisiana Sasha	$100 [3] Finns refer to it as Maanantai Monday Susan	$100 [19] The delicious type of this fruit was discovered near Peru, Iowa in 1872 apple Sasha	$100 [13] "Songs in the Key of X: Music From & Inspired By" this Fox series was released in 1996 The X-Files Marv	$100 [12] A golden yellow when liquid, this element symbolized C is used as a bleach & in making plastics carbon (chlorine) Marv Sasha	$100 [6] "When good Americans die they go to" this French city Paris Marv
$200 [2] The Hudson-Mohawk Lowland & the Adirondack Upland are 2 of this state's 8 land regions New York Susan	$200 [4] To Hungarians it's Vasarnap; to Norwegians, Sondag Sunday Susan	$200 [21] Congee, a gruel made of this grain & water, is a popular morning meal in China rice Susan	$200 [14] The artist formerly known as this married bandmate & belly dancer Mayte Garcia Prince Sasha	$200 [28] Symbolized Co, it's used in paints & varnishes & is essential for a good diet cobalt Sasha	$200 [11] "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is" this getting it Marv Sasha
$300 [7] It's "The Silver State" Nevada Susan	$300 [5] It's Mardi in Paris & Martedi in Padua Tuesday Sasha	$300 [22] Long Island, Rouen, France & Beijing are known for the superiority of these fowl they produce ducks Marv Susan	$300 [16] Spike Lee directed a video of this singer's "They Don't Care About Us" in a Rio de Janeiro slum Michael Jackson Marv	$300 [27] Vulcanite is also known as hard this rubber Susan	$300 [20] Wilde said of this "Pygmalion" author, "He hasn't an enemy in the world and none of his friends like him" George Bernard Shaw Marv
DD $500 [8] Among this state's few natural lakes are the Bottomless Lakes near Roswell New Mexico Susan	$400 [10] In German it's appropriately called Mittwoch Wednesday Sasha	$400 [23] The cherrystone, a medium-sized, East Coast one of these, is good steamed, baked or raw clam Susan	$400 [17] This "Cracked Rear View" group won 2 Grammys, including Best New Artist Hootie & the Blowfish Marv	$400 [26] The energy level of these particles shows if an atom is in its ground state or an excited state electrons Marv Susan	—
$500 [9] This state's border with Pennsylvania is the arc of a perfect circle centered in New Castle Delaware Marv Sasha	$500 [15] The Portuguese call this day Sexta-feira Friday Marv Sasha	$500 [24] The Black Corinth variety of this fruit is the one used to make dried currants grapes Marv	$500 [18] This punk rock group reunited with Glen Matlock, not Sid Vicious, on bass Sex Pistols Marv	$500 [25] The citric acid cycle is also known as this after the British biochemist who described it Krebs	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIANS	INSECTS	ARTISTS	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	THEY ALMOST STARRED IN...	ASIAN CITIES
$200 [14] In 1922 James Truslow Adams' "The Founding of New England" won the fifth of these prizes given for history Pulitzer Sasha	$200 [3] The auditory organs of long-horned grasshoppers are located on the tibias of these body parts legs Marv	$200 [1] 2 decades after finishing the ceiling, he was back in the Sistine Chapel working on "The Last Judgment" Michelangelo Susan	$200 [15] George F. Allen, governor of this state, is the son of former Washington Redskins coach George Allen Virginia Sasha	$200 [9] Mae West was considered for the role of Norma Desmond in this film, but Gloria Swanson got the part Sunset Boulevard Susan	$600 [22] A 16-mile rail line crossing Johor Strait connects this city-state with Malaysia Singapore Sasha
$400 [27] Historian George Bancroft served as Secretary of this armed service & established its Maryland academy United States Navy Marv	$400 [4] Encephalitis is transmitted by the culex type of this insect mosquito Marv	$400 [2] Between 1817 & 1822, John Constable made a series of studies of these sky features clouds Marv	$400 [16] This agency provides grants to states & cities that seek to prevent pollution EPA (Environment Protection Agency) Marv	$400 [10] A costume dispute may have kept Joan Crawford from hitting the beach with Burt Lancaster in this 1953 film From Here to Eternity Susan	$800 [23] This Chinese city's most famous landmark is Zhong Shan Road, which parallels the Huang-Pu River Shanghai Sasha
$600 [28] Byzantine historian & Princess Anna Comnena was born in this city in 1083 Constantinople Marv	$600 [5] 4 stages make up the life cycle of butterflies & moths: egg, larva, adult & this one pupa Susan	$600 [6] An example of social realism is his "Epic of the Mexican People..." in Mexico's Palacio Nacional Diego Rivera Susan	$600 [19] This cabinet department is the chief U.S. government body operating foreign trade programs Department of Commerce Sasha	$600 [11] Jane Fonda & Robert Redford almost starred as Mr. and Mrs. Guy Woodhouse in this devilish 1968 thriller Rosemary's Baby Marv	$1,000 [24] This Russian Pacific port on Peter-the-Great Bay was founded as a military outpost in 1860 Vladivostok Sasha
$800 [25] His wife Ariel is credited as co-author of 5 of the 11 volumes of his "Story of Civilization" (Will) Durant Susan	$800 [17] Dung, Japanese & June beetles are among these brightly-colored beetles scarabs Susan	$800 [7] His pointillist "Bathing Scene" was rejected by the 1884 Salon & shown at the Salon de Independants (Georges) Seurat Susan	$800 [20] This agency, the GSA, stockpiles strategic materials & disposes of surplus property General Services Administration Marv	DD $1,000 [12] Burt Reynolds rejected the astronaut role in this 1983 film; Jack Nicholson took it & won his 2nd Oscar Terms of Endearment Susan	—
$1,000 [26] This author of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" had little formal education (Edward) Gibbon Marv	$1,000 [18] Ants eagerly seek the honeydew emitted by these insects also called plant lice or green flies aphids Sasha	$1,000 [8] After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, this neoclassical French artist went to Brussels, where he died in exile (Jacques-Louis) David Susan	DD $2,000 [21] 1 of 2 justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who were appointed from Arizona (1 of) Sandra Day O'Connor (or Chief Justice Rehnquist) Marv	$1,000 [13] Tallulah Bankhead refused this supporting role in "Gone with the Wind", wishing no one to call her madam Belle Watling Susan	—

Final Jeopardy!

AIRPLANES

This Dutch company whose founder made the Red Baron's triplane went bankrupt in 1996

Fokker

Susan "What is Siemens?" — wagered $1,700

Sasha "What is Krupps?" — wagered $1,801

Marv "WhatD'Havolin" — wagered $1,601

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