Show #2906 1997-03-31 (taped 1996-12-11) Regular

Contestants

Paul Roder — a systems engineer from Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Tom Utterback — a software tester from Seattle, Washington

Spencer Parker — a recent college graduate from East Brunswick, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Spencer	$1,700	$1,700	$2,300	$4,599 2nd place: Trip tp Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa, Walt Disney World, Florida	$2,300 14 R, 3 W
Tom	$900	$2,500	$7,200	$3,800 3rd place: RCA Pro 8 8mm Camcorder	$8,300 20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Paul	$1,050	$3,750	$10,550	$14,550 New champion: $14,550	$10,300 21 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT GREECE	MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL	HOTELS, MOTELS & INNS	POETIC POTPOURRI	UNDERGARMENTS	CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
$100 [1] Heraclitus believed that this, not earth, air, or water, was the primordial source of matter Fire Tom	$100 [7] For minor league teams, it's the usual mode of transportation on road trips Bus Spencer	$100 [12] The Jailer's Inn in Bardstown in this Bluegrass State was really a jail in the 1800s; hope they let you out Kentucky Spencer	$100 [21] "Poems by 2 Brothers" features poems by 3 Tennyson brothers: Charles, Frederick & him Alfred, Lord Tennyson Spencer	$100 [22] They hold up hosiery & may be part of a belt Garter Tom	$100 [6] Camelot king(6) Arthur Spencer
$200 [2] In 399 B.C. this philosopher was convicted by a jury of 500 men on a vote of 280 to 220 Socrates Spencer	$200 [8] In 1954 Joe Bauman outdid Babe Ruth with 72 of these in the Longhorn League; he never reached the majors Home runs Paul	$200 [13] In this city you'll find the Cocoa Motel on Cocoa Ave. & the Chocolatetown Motel on Chocolate Ave. Hershey, Pennsylvania Tom	$200 [23] In Shakespeare's poem "The Phoenix and the Turtle", the turtle is this kind of bird, not a reptile Turtledove Tom	$200 [27] Brand that has a "Her Way" label Hanes Paul	$200 [14] Not a pro(7) Amateur Tom
$300 [3] At about 1,000 square miles, twice as big as L.A., it was the largest city-state of ancient Greece Athens Spencer	DD $350 [9] Famed member of the 1994 Birmingham Barons seen here: Michael Jordan Paul	$300 [18] Built in 1901 as the Moana Hotel, the Sheraton Moana Surfrider is the "First Lady of" this Honolulu beach Waikiki Spencer	$300 [24] Dorothy Parker called her 1931 book of verse "Death and" these, 2 things Ben Franklin said were certainties Death and Taxes Paul	$300 [28] Dress-length undergarment with shoulder straps for Anna, not Sigmund Freudian slip Tom Paul	$300 [15] Craftsy's partner(5) Artsy Tom
$400 [4] The stadium for the Pythian Games was located on Mt. Parnassus, near this oracle site Delphi Tom	$400 [10] It's the highest minor league classification, as well as the abbreviation for an auto organization AAA Spencer	$400 [19] This future president & his beautiful wife spent part of their 1953 honeymoon at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara John F. Kennedy Tom	$400 [25] The 1816 sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" was the first mature poem by this ode poet John Keats Tom	$400 [29] It's a tight constrainer for hernia sufferers Truss Spencer Paul	$400 [16] Penny place(6) Arcade
$500 [5] Aritstophanes' first 10 plays were produced during this war Peloponnesian War Paul	$500 [11] Nickname of the Durham, North Carolina minor league team in a 1988 movie & in real life Bulls Spencer	$500 [20] The Hotel Captain Cook covers a city block in this Alaskan city on Cook Inlet Anchorage Paul	$500 [26] This Lake Poet wasn't widely appreciated by critics until he published "The River Duddon" in 1820 William Wordsworth Paul	$500 [30] For 19th century women it was the wool-stuffed pad that added a lump to the rump Bustle Tom	$500 [17] So be it(4) Amen Paul

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOTABLE WOMEN	TREES	THEY ALMOST STARRED IN...	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	GEN. NELSON MILES
$200 [9] Yasuko Namba, one of Japan's leading women mountain climbers, died in a blizzard on this Nepalese peak in 1996 Mt. Everest Spencer	$200 [21] It's a term for a young tree, from the word for a tree's circulating fluid Sapling Spencer	$200 [30] When Winona Ryder bowed out of "The Godfather, Part III" his daughter Sofia replaced her Francis Ford Coppola Paul	$200 [1] The Rue de Rivoli is in Paris & the Gardens of Tivoli are in this Danish capital Copenhagen Tom	$200 [14] His father was vice kappellmeister to the court of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg W.A. Mozart Paul	$200 [6] Miles drew criticism after the Civil War for imprisoning this former Confederate president in leg irons Jefferson Davis Paul
$400 [10] In her 1950s autobiography "This Life I've Led", she wrote, "My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived." Babe Didrikson Zaharias Paul	$400 [23] The large bulbs of this willow expose their silky "fur" early in the year pussy willow Tom	$400 [29] After Mia Farrow & Woody Allen broke up, this "Manhattan" star replaced Mia in "Manhattan Murder Mystery" Diane Keaton	$400 [2] Like the city of Bern, the Bernese Alps are in this country Switzerland Tom	$400 [15] Although he was known as "The Waltz King", his father also composed waltzes--152 of them Johann Strauss Spencer	$400 [7] In 1897 Miles represented the U.S. at the diamond jubilee celebration of this English queen Queen Victoria Tom
$600 [12] 1996 marked the 100th anniversary of her "Boston Cooking-School Cookbook", now published under her own name Fannie Farmer Tom	$600 [24] It's a general term for any evergreen oak Live oak Tom	$600 [26] Debra Winger could have stalked Michael Douglas in this film, but it was a close call--a Glenn Close call Fatal Attraction Spencer Tom	$600 [3] The famous spa town of Baden-Baden lies in this "dark" wooded region of Germany Black Forest Paul	$600 [17] Before becoming director of the N.Y. Philharmonic in 1958, he was music director of the NYC Center Orchestra Leonard Bernstein Paul	$600 [8] In 1894 Miles went to Chicago to stop the riots caused by this railroad workers strike Pullman Strike Spencer
$800 [16] This Nicaraguan president studied for 4 years at a Roman Catholic high school for girls in San Antonio, Texas Violeta Chamorro Tom	$800 [25] The colorful "blue" species of this member of the pine family is a Christmas favorite Spruce Paul	$1,000 [28] Jack Nicholson turned down this Steven Spielberg film, saying the special effects were the real star Close Encounters of the Third Kind Paul	DD $1,000 [4] South America's Cape Horn was named for the city of Hoorn in this country Holland/The Netherlands Paul	$800 [18] A street in Budapest is named for this Hungarian composer who moved to the U.S. in 1940 Bela Bartok Paul	$800 [11] Miles' suppression of the Ghost Dance Movement led to this South Dakota massacre Wounded Knee Spencer
$1,000 [20] Sartre & this philosopher began their lifelong friendship while students at the Sorbonne Simone de Beauvoir Spencer	$1,000 [22] Forests of this tree supported by stiltlike, above-ground roots grow in Florida's coastal areas Mangrove Tom	DD $1,100 [27] James Mason won the role of Norman Maine in this Judy Garland film after Cary Grant turned it down A Star Is Born Tom	$1,000 [5] Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is located on this island St. Thomas Paul	$1,000 [19] In 1945 Heitor Villa-Lobos founded this South American country's academy of music Brazil Tom	$1,000 [13] After his 1877 surrender to Miles, he said, "From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever" Chief Joseph (of the Nez Perce) Tom

Final Jeopardy!

SECRETARIES OF STATE

This man who died in 1994 once said, "We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked"

Dean Rusk

Spencer "Who was Dean Rusk?" — wagered $2,299

Tom "Who was Hopkins" — wagered $3,400

Paul "Who is Dean Rusk?" — wagered $4,000

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