Show #3071 1997-12-29 Regular

Contestants

Janine Menhennet — a homemaker from Pasadena, California

Tom Geoffino — a librarian from North Haven, Connecticut

Hugh Palmer — a voiceover artist from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Hugh	$1,000	$1,500	$3,300	$4,601 2nd place: Trip to 5th Avenue Suites Hotel, Portland, Oregon	$6,300 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Tom	$-300	$700	$2,300	$0 3rd place: Franchi Menotti His & Hers Sports Watches	$2,300 9 R, 2 W
Janine	$1,000	$3,000	$10,000	$11,000 New champion: $11,000	$9,800 27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN CUISINE	THE MOVIES	A TRASHERY OF OGDEN NASHERY	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	SACRED MOUNTAINS	CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
$100 [6] This taro root paste is available in a powder, so you can bring some home from Maui Poi Janine	$100 [1] In 1941 this movie studio gave us "Dumbo"; in 1995 it released "Operation Dumbo Drop" Disney Tom	$100 [21] "The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo the other" this Milk Janine	$100 [11] [video clue] Slippery When Wet Janine	$100 [26] Japan's most sacred mountain, or the brand of film one may use to photograph it Fuji Janine	$100 [16] Ringo's Renaults & Rolls-Royces Starr's cars Janine
$200 [7] Often filled with fried oysters, a po' boy is a Louisiana type of this item named for an earl Sandwich Hugh	$200 [2] Angela Cartwright of "The Danny Thomas Show" & "Lost In Space" played Brigitta Von Trapp in this film The Sound Of Music Janine	$200 [22] Nash coined the word "Cleopatricide" in his quatrain about this snake Asp Tom	$200 [12] [video clue] Lost And Found	$200 [27] Holy Moses! The monastery of St. Catherine at the base of this mountain dates back 14 centuries Mount Sinai Janine	$200 [17] Hirsch's beers Judd's suds/Buds Hugh
$300 [8] This ingredient that comes from ruminants' stomachs gives Philadelphia Pepper Pot its distinctive flavor Tripe	$400 [4] An animatronic dolphin & 3 real dolphins named McGuyver, Jake & Fatman shared this title role in a 1996 film Flipper Hugh	$300 [23] In "Reflections on Ice-Breaking", he wrote that "Candy is dandy but" this "is quicker" Liquor Janine	$300 [13] [video clue] (Registered) Trademark Hugh	$300 [28] In 1987 thousands participated in the harmonic convergence on this dormant double-peaked Calif. volcano Mount Shasta Janine	$300 [18] Sharon's sultry sighs Stone's groans/moans Hugh
$400 [9] A favorite in New England, red flannel hash gets its color from these red veggies Beets Tom	DD $500 [3] "(Hi, I'm Benjamin Salisbury) I appeared in this 1992 film that inspired the creation of a real-life hockey team" The Mighty Ducks Janine	$400 [24] "God in his wisdom made" this insect "and then forgot to tell us why" Fly Janine	$400 [14] [video clue] Aries the Ram (two horns) Hugh Janine	$400 [29] Everyone in the Chagga tribe of Tanzania sleeps with his or her head toward this sacred peak Mount Kilimanjaro Tom	$400 [19] O'Donnell's teapot covers Rosie's cozies Tom
$500 [10] Craig Claiborne said, "There are more recipes for" this "bread than there are magnolia trees in the South" Cornbread Hugh	$500 [5] This TV "Golden Girl" hit the big screen as Sly Stallone's mom in "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" Estelle Getty Janine	$500 [25] In his poem "The Baby", Nash remarked, "A bit of" this "is always walcum" talcum Janine	$500 [15] [video clue] Storage locker	$500 [30] Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, lives in the inner crater of this volcano on Mauna Loa's southeast slope Kilauea Hugh	$500 [20] Tom's contusions Cruise's bruises Hugh

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE THIRD WORLD	ANNUAL EVENTS	HISTORICAL MARKER AHEAD	FUN WITH DICK & JANE	COMPOSERS	IN THE DICTIONARY
$200 [10] Costa Rica has coasts on these 2 bodies of water the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans Tom	$200 [14] You'll have a peachy-keen time at this state's peach festival in Fort Valley Georgia Hugh	$200 [19] The Lincoln Home National Historic Site covers 4 blocks in this capital city Springfield, Illinois Janine	$200 [24] Whether you want a "complete" or an "easy going" workout, she has over 20 videos to choose from Jane Fonda Janine	$200 [1] He wrote half of the 48 pieces in his "Well-Tempered Clavier" in Cothen, the other half in Leipzig J.S. Bach Janine	$200 [5] Of befuddled, vagrant or having a fuzzy rear end, what bumfuzzled means befuddled Tom Janine
$400 [11] You may dine on ants' eggs at a restaurant in this country's capital of Vientiane Laos Janine	$400 [15] Sedalia, Missouri has a June festival honoring this "King of Ragtime" who once studied music there Scott Joplin Janine	$400 [20] The "White House of the Confederacy" in Richmond was home to this leader Jefferson Davis Janine	$400 [25] "Today" she's the principal anchor with Stone Phillips of "Dateline NBC" Jane Pauley Tom	$400 [2] At the time of his death, Beethoven was working on this number symphony 10th Janine	$400 [6] Singultus is a fancy name for this involuntary spasm of the diaphragm a hiccup Janine
$600 [12] This group of about 600 islets & islands is located between Grenada & St. Vincent Grenadines Hugh Tom	$600 [16] In August these "reclusive" crabs compete in a Miss Crustacean beauty pageant in Ocean City, N.J. hermit crabs Janine	$600 [21] In 1901 he was sworn in as president at the Wilcox Mansion in Buffalo, New York Theodore Roosevelt Tom	$600 [26] This figure skater turned sportscaster performed the first triple jump in competition Dick Button Hugh Janine	$600 [3] Debussy had also planned an interlude & finale to this tone poem, but only wrote the prelude Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun	$600 [7] "Shrubbery" word for what you do to a bet to reduce or eliminate your risk hedge Hugh
$800 [13] Tourists to this country visit Ambergris Caye, Mayan ruins & the world's second-largest barrier reef Belize Janine	$800 [17] Join this country superstar for a Smoky Mountain Christmas at her theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Dolly Parton Janine	$800 [22] Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia was the meeting place for this delegation in 1774 the Continental Congress Hugh	$1,000 [28] This director of "The Piano" was the first female director to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes Jane Campion Janine	$800 [4] Skeletons trip the light fantastic in this Saint-Saens symphonic poem Danse macabre	$800 [8] A framelike stand that supports barrels, or Sinclair Lewis' Elmer a gantry Tom
DD $1,000 [30] The largest nation in area that's an archipelago, it covers 3 time zones Indonesia Janine	$1,000 [18] A spike driving contest is a feature of the Railroaders Festival near Brigham City in this state Utah Hugh	$1,000 [23] Montana's Bear Paw area, where Chief Joseph surrendered, was the site of this Indian war's last battle Nez Perce Hugh	DD $3,000 [27] The 2 actors seen here, they both played the same role on TV:[Darrin Stephens] Dick Sargent & Dick York Hugh	$1,000 [29] This Russian composer & pianist died in Beverly Hills March 28, 1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff	$1,000 [9] It's a "shell" term for the part of your heart warmed by emotion or sentiment Cockles Janine

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN POLITICS

In 1995 she became the first sitting governor to give the rebuttal to a State of the Union address

Christine Todd Whitman

Tom "Who is Gov. Todd" — wagered $2,300

Hugh "Who is Whitman" — wagered $1,301

Janine "Who is Christine Todd Whitman" — wagered $1,000

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