Show #2901 1997-03-24 (taped 1996-12-11) Regular

Contestants

Pat Posner — an administrative assistant from Pikesville, Maryland

Max Jacobson — a writer from Long Beach, California

Robert Manuel — an analyst from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,950)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Robert $1,200 $2,500 $8,600 $6,600
2-day champion: $17,550
$8,100
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Max $0 $1,200 $3,200 $500
3rd place: Service Merchandise $1,000 Gift Certificate
$3,200
9 R, 0 W
Pat $2,500 $4,300 $9,900 $1,900
2nd place: Broyhill Home Theatre Cabinet & Daewoo TV & VCR
$9,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION TV PILOTS INSTRUMENTS MAY DAY ROGER "OVER" & "OUT"
$100 [6]
In 1918 Argentine lieutenant Luis C. Candelaria made the first flight over these mountains
Andes
Robert
$100 [19]
A family moves into a haunted house in "Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck", written by this "Jaws" author
Peter Benchley
Robert
$100 [1]
The average string quartet contains 2 of these instruments
violins
Robert
$100 [9]
On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary
Amtrak
Robert
$100 [14]
From 1973 to 1985 he could say "The name is Bond, James Bond"
Roger Moore
Robert
$100 [23]
In baseball it consists of left, right & center
the outfield
Robert
$200 [7]
The name of this craft comes from 2 Greek words meaning "spiral" & "wing"
the helicopter
Pat
$200 [20]
This playwright's movies "The Cheap Detective" & "The Goodbye Girl" were adapted as pilots for NBC
Neil Simon
Pat
$200 [2]
His Brandenburg Concertos 2 & 4 are noteworthy pieces for recorder
J.S. Bach
Pat
$200 [10]
This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him
Yasser Arafat
Robert
$200 [15]
He's been the film critic at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967
Roger Ebert
Robert
$200 [24]
The remote part of Australia
the Outback
Pat
$300 [8]
Superfortress was another name for this type of plane that dropped the atomic bombs in 1945
the B-29
$300 [28]
A 1965 U.S. pilot of England's "Steptoe and Son" was recast & sold as this comedy show in 1972
Sanford and Son
Max Pat
$300 [3]
The name of this stringed instrument is derived from Arabic al-ud
the lute
Pat
$300 [11]
On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica"
Pablo Picasso
Pat
$300 [16]
After a shoulder operation he won the Cy Young Award in 1986 & 1987
Roger Clemens
Pat
$300 [25]
One in business may be hostile
a takeover
Robert
$400 [21]
In 1988 a Greek cyclist pedaled 74 miles across the Aegean in an aircraft named for this father of Icarus
Daedalus
Robert
$400 [29]
In a 1986 unsold pilot he starred as cop Popeye Doyle; in 1987 he was "Married... with Children"
Ed O'Neill
Max
DD $500 [4]
This triangular Russian instrument is normally played with the fingers or a leather plectrum
the balalaika
Pat
$400 [12]
The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired
Jimmy Carter
Robert
$400 [17]
He founded the first Baptist church in America in 1639
Roger Williams
Robert
$400 [26]
Pete Seeger & others added lyrics to the civil rights song "We Shall" do this
"Overcome"
Pat
$500 [22]
In 1962 the National Aviation Hall of Fame was established in this Ohio city
Dayton
$500 [30]
Barbara Stanwyck was a detective in 2 pilots that aired as episodes of this '60s Robert Stack series
The Untouchables
Pat
$500 [5]
Colloquially called a "sweet potato", the modern form of this instrument originated in 19th century Italy
the ocarina
Pat
$500 [13]
He was ready & he fired May 1, 1898
Captain Charles Gridley
Pat
$500 [18]
If you gave him 4 minutes in 1954, he could run a mile & still have time remaining
Roger Bannister
Max
$500 [27]
Galoshes
overshoes
Pat

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST NAMES STATE CAPITALS AMERICAN LITERATURE HISTORIC EUROPEAN LEADERS RELIGION POT LUCK
$200 [21]
It's an Irish form of William, as actor Neeson could tell you
Liam
Max
$200 [1]
In the 19th century it had co-capitals: Newport & Providence
Rhode Island
Max
$200 [11]
His "Red Badge Of Courage" first appeared in shortened form in the Philadelphia press
Stephen Crane
Max
$200 [4]
On June 15, 1961 Walter Ulbricht assured journalists that "No one intends to build a wall" dividing this city
Berlin
Robert
$200 [3]
Also called the "Our Father", it begins "Our father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name"
The Lord's Prayer
Pat
$200 [30]
The E & J in E & J Brandy stand for the names of these Gallo brothers
Ernest & Julio Gallo
Robert
$400 [22]
The 3 most common first names that are months, they follow each other in the calendar
April, May & June
Robert
$400 [2]
Before closing in 1893, this Nevada city's mint made almost $50 million in silver dollars & other coins
Carson City
Robert
$400 [13]
He had one of his western novels in the Top 10 list every year from 1917 to 1924
Zane Grey
Max
$400 [7]
He was "The Great", "Le Grand Monarque" & "The God-Given" as well as "The Sun King"
Louis XIV
Robert
$400 [17]
Traditionally, a minyan of 10 male adults is needed to conduct public prayer in this religion
Judaism
Pat
$400 [29]
From the French for "disguise", it's used by the military for concealing people or things from the enemy
Camouflage
Max
$600 [23]
The name Reed was once used for a person who had this feature
Red hair
$800 [6]
It's home to Belmont, David Lipscomb & Vanderbilt universities
Nashville
Pat
$600 [14]
Characters in this Hemingway novel include Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley & Pedro Romero, a bullfighter
The Sun Also Rises
Robert
$600 [8]
She had about 300 heretics burnt during her reign over England 1553-58
Mary Tudor (Mary I)
Pat
$600 [18]
It's the more common name for the religious Society of Friends
Quakers
Robert
$600 [27]
The name of this Russian monetary unit equal to 100 kopecks is from a word meaning a cut piece
Ruble
Max
$800 [24]
This masculine name is derived from French for "The King"
Leroy (le roi)
Pat
$1,000 [12]
This capital's population is 47.4% Hispanic
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Robert
$800 [15]
Some of the names in this 1915 Edgar Lee Masters work were taken from tombstones in a Lewiston, Illinois cemetery
Spoon River Anthology
Robert
$800 [9]
When his nephew & heir was killed in 1914, this man had ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 56 years
Franz Joseph
Robert
$800 [19]
In Hinduism the greatest of all mantras is this sacred syllable
Om
Robert
$800 [26]
This American won her gymnastics gold medal in 1984 just 6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery
Mary Lou Retton
Pat
$1,000 [25]
Used for both men & women, the "Guinness Book of Names" calls it the "windiest name"
Gale/gail
DD $1,500 [5]
In 1957 this capital's Central High School was under court order to integrate
Little Rock, Arkansas
Robert
$1,000 [16]
This novel about love, marriage & regret earned Anne Tyler a 1989 Pulitzer Prize
Breathing Lessons
$1,000 [10]
He gave his first Paris recital March 3, 1888; he became prime minister of Poland in January 1919
Jan Paderewski
Pat
DD $3,000 [20]
This religious group held its 100th annual meeting in Boston in 1995
Christian Science
Robert
$1,000 [28]
It's the popular name for Bethlehem Royal Hospital, England's first hospital for the insane
Bedlam
Pat

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE

Not long after its development, Robert Boyle renamed the Torricellian Tube this

Barometer

Max "What is the test tube?" — wagered $2,700
Robert "What is a thermometer?" — wagered $2,000
Pat "What is the vacuum?" — wagered $8,000

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