Show #3178 1998-05-27 Regular

Lara Robillard game 2.

Contestants

Pamela Rohrich — a veterinarian from El Cerrito, California

Ed Lee — a medical student from New York City, New York

Lara Robillard — a director of health policy from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lara	$800	$1,000	$9,900	$14,400 2-day champion: $29,000	$9,700 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ed	$2,300	$3,200	$10,500	$1,199 3rd place: Pair of Festina Megaquartz Watches	$7,000 27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Pamela	$400	$1,400	$1,600	$1,700 2nd place: Trip to Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Rancho Mirage, California	$1,600 7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BALLET IN THE '90s	"ACE" IN THE HOLE	WOMEN IN SPORTS	OVER THE RIVER	THROUGH THE WOODS	TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO
$100 [1] Of Jerome Robbins' ballet based on this musical, New York Magazine quipped, "When you're a Jete..." West Side Story Ed	$100 [7] Indiana's NBA team Indiana Pacers Ed	$100 [3] 400-meter star Cathy Freeman is the first of these indigenous Australians to win a world track gold medal Aborigines Ed	$100 [23] Before its completion in 1917, the Quebec railway bridge over this river collapsed twice St. Lawrence River Pamela	$100 [19] "Don't sit under" this hardwood "tree with anyone else but me" Apple tree Lara	$100 [16] Just because Grandma collects these shakers doesn't mean there's too much sodium in her diet Salt shakers Lara
$200 [11] Matthew Bourne set his innovative new production of "Cinderella" in this city during the Blitz London Lara	$200 [8] A rhytidectomy; it's a nip & tuck done on the mug Facelift Ed	$200 [4] She had won 7 of 9 Grand Slam singles events when she was stabbed & wounded in 1993 Monica Seles Ed	$200 [25] Clevelander Hart Crane's great poem "The Bridge" praises this one across NYC's East River Brooklyn Bridge Ed	$200 [21] It precedes alder & Hazel & you may ask if it's a good one or a bad one Witch Pamela	$200 [17] Grandma collects this man's albums & has read his memoir "The Kingdom Of Swing" 25 times Benny Goodman Pamela
$300 [12] We hope the Artist Formerly Known As this saw "Billboards", a rock ballet danced to his music Prince Ed	$300 [9] Keyboard button that may have the following symbol: (arrow pointing toward left) Backspace Lara	$300 [5] Paula Newby-Fraser could be called Ironwoman for winning this Ironman event 7 times from 1986 to 1994 Triathlon Ed	$300 [26] This type of movable bridge that protected castles is also used to permit river traffic Drawbridge Ed	$300 [22] By the year 2000 a species of this tree that's resistant to that dreaded Dutch disease should be available American elm Ed	$300 [18] On Grandma's wall there's a picture of this president from his Navy days on a PT boat John F. Kennedy Ed
$400 [13] The 18 vampire brides in the Houston Ballet's show about this count could be called the corpse de ballet Count Dracula Lara	$400 [10] One goes between the dinner plate & the dinner table Placemat Lara	$400 [6] In 1997 this gymnast who vaulted hurt at the '96 Olympics went to Israel for the Maccabiah Games Kerri Strug Pamela	DD $500 [29] River crossed by the Allenby, or King Hussein, Bridge Jordan River Lara	$400 [24] This hardwood may not be cheap, but it is an anagram of cheap Peach Ed	$400 [20] Grandma still has the diaries she wrote at this Poughkeepsie school before it went co-ed Vassar Ed
$500 [14] In just 2 months in 1993 the NYCB presented 73 works by this late Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine Ed	$500 [2] Whales, dolphins & porpoises Cetaceans Lara	$500 [15] In 1993 Marge Schott, owner of this team, was suspended for making racist remarks Cincinnati Reds Ed	$500 [30] Puente de Piedras is a centuries-old bridge in this country where "The Bridge Of San Luis Rey" is set Peru Ed Pamela	$500 [27] It's the hardwood used to make clarinets & some piano keys Ebony Lara	$500 [28] Grandma loves the puppy pictures on the plates she collects from this "exchange" The Bradford Exchange Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	NOT-SO-MAD SCIENTISTS	1997 BUSINESS NEWS	CHARLES V	MOVIE LOVE THEMES	BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [1] Get too close to this beloved of Quasimodo & he might just ring your bell Esmeralda Lara	$200 [13] The "E" in his equation, E=mc(squared), stands for energy, not his name Albert Einstein Lara	$200 [7] In Jan. some said this computer chip maker would become the world's most profitable company by 1999 Intel Ed	$200 [12] In 1541 Charles led a doomed naval campaign to take Algiers from this Turkish empire Ottoman Empire Ed	$200 [6] Whitney Houston:"I Will Always Love You" The Bodyguard Ed	$200 [15] 1961 invasion of Cuba wrapped in a tasty pastry "Bay Of Pigs in a blanket" Ed
$400 [2] He & his dog Wolf were hunting squirrels in the Catskills when he fell asleep Rip Van Winkle Ed Pamela	$400 [14] This monk conceived the laws of heredity while minding his peas & Qs as a teacher in Brunn, Austria Gregor Mendel Pamela	$400 [21] In July this retailer said it was closing 400 stores; it had nickeled-&-dimed itself to death Woolworth's Lara	$400 [19] In 1522 he wrote Charles that the Aztecs "said that by no means would they give themselves up" Hernando Cortez Ed	$400 [8] "A Whole New World" Aladdin Ed	$400 [26] The lead singer of Hole appearing on Chuck Woolery's old show "Courtney Love Connection" Ed
$600 [3] In "Vanity Fair" Sir Pitt Crawley proposes to her but she's already secretly married to his son Rawdon Becky Sharp Lara Ed	$600 [16] In 1920 this Dane became director of The Institute For Theoretic Physics in Copenhagen Niels Bohr Ed	$600 [24] New on the magazine stand in 1997 was this women's fitness magazine that might be abbreviated O2 Oxygen Ed	$600 [23] In 1530 Charles became the last of these emperors to be crowned by a Pope Holy Roman Empire Lara	$600 [9] Carly Simon:"Nobody Does It Better" The Spy Who Loved Me Lara	$600 [27] Long disputed Israeli-Palestinian land area that's a mini-shopping complex "The Gaza Strip Mall"
$800 [4] Last name of Soames & Irene, the 2 principal characters in John Galsworthy's 3 novel "Saga" Forsyte Pamela	$800 [17] His discoveries, published in the 1704 work "Opticks", explained why objects appear to be colored Sir Isaac Newton	$800 [29] The FTC blocked Staples' purchase of this company in March--antitrust & all that Office Depot Ed	$1,000 [20] Charles convened the Diet of Worms where this man refused to recant his beliefs Martin Luther Pamela	$800 [10] "You Must Love Me" Evita Lara	$800 [28] King Kong plunges from Edward Gibbon's massive history "The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire State Building"
$1,000 [5] Roxane married Christian de Neuvillette not knowing his love letters were written by this poet & soldier Cyrano de Bergerac Lara	$1,000 [18] This Dane's 1572 supernova sighting helped disprove the idea that no changes occur past the moon's orbit Tycho Brahe Lara Ed	DD $4,500 [25] This automaker, whose logo is seen here, turned 50 in 1997 but has only made about 70,000 cars: (black stallion) Ferrari Ed	DD $1,500 [22] In 1522 Charles introduced this Spanish institution to the Netherlands to persecute Protestants The Inquisition Lara	$1,000 [11] Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams:"I Finally Found Someone" The Mirror Has Two Faces Lara	$1,000 [30] Jimmy Carter's "Achy Breaky" Secretary of State "Billy Ray Cyrus Vance" Lara

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

One of his most famous works had its premiere on a barge in 1717

George Frideric Handel (the Water Music )

Pamela "Who Handel" — wagered $100

Lara "Who was Handel?" — wagered $4,500

Ed "Who is Bach?" — wagered $9,301

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