Show #2911 1997-04-07 (taped 1996-12-17) Regular

Contestants

Linda Triegel — a writer and editor from Palm, Pennsylvania

Rod Jackson — a high school history teacher from Jacksonville, Florida

Steve Cook — a medical student from San Mateo, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$2,600	$3,400	$11,400	$8,601 3-day champion: $34,401	$10,800 32 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Rod	$1,100	$900	$4,300	$2,200 2nd place: Bassett Bedroom Suite Furniture & DuPont Comforel Bedding Products	$4,300 11 R, 2 W
Linda	$800	$2,000	$3,200	$1 3rd place: Amana Freestanding Smoothtop Range	$3,100 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE BIRDS	RHYME TIME	THE MEXICAN PESO	SONG LYRICS	APPETIZERS	SYSTEMS OF THE BODY
$100 [16] This red-breasted state bird of Connecticut lays 3 to 6 blue eggs 2 or 3 times a year the robin Steve	$100 [26] A short, chunky race horse rider a stocky jockey Steve	$100 [21] The L.A. Times reports 1875 was the first & only time 1 peso equaled this amount in U.S. funds 1 dollar Steve	$100 [6] In the Beatles hit, "I said something wrong, now I long for" this "Yesterday" Steve	$100 [11] French for an appetizer, it literally means "outside the main work" hors d'oeuvre Steve	$100 [1] Arteries, veins, the heart, blood circulatory Steve
$200 [17] This "crazy" state bird of Minnesota is also called the great northern diver the loon Linda	$200 [27] Cozy corner in which to store your bestsellers a book nook Rod	$200 [22] In 1931 the Mexican government took the pesos made of this metal out of circulation gold Steve Rod Linda	$200 [7] It includes the lines "What a glorious feeling, I'm happy again, I'm laughing at clouds..." "Singin' In The Rain" Linda	$200 [12] Traditionally, this pocket bread is served with hummus pita bread Steve	$200 [2] Salivary glands, stomach, intestines digestive Linda
$300 [18] In 1943 South Dakota selected the ring-necked species of this game bird as its state bird the pheasant Steve	$300 [30] It's what you might call a smart-mouthed young Scottish woman a brassy lassie (or a sassy lassie) Steve Linda	$300 [23] The peso is divided into 100 of these centavos Steve Rod	$300 [8] Springsteen sang, "You can't start a fire without a spark, this gun's for hire, even if we're just" doing this "Dancing In The Dark" Rod	$300 [13] As an appetizer, prosciutto is usually accompanied by this fruit melon Steve	$300 [3] Trachea, bronchi, lungs respiratory Steve
$400 [19] This pouched state bird of Louisiana has been designated an endangered species in North America the pelican Linda	$400 [29] A stain from a hot chocolate sundae a fudge smudge Steve	$400 [24] The peso is now symbolized N$, meaning this nuevo (new) peso	$400 [9] Jimmy Buffett sang of "Wasting away in" this place "searching for my lost shaker of salt" "Margaritaville" Rod	$400 [14] Collective term from the French for pieces of raw celery, carrots, etc. served with dip crudites Linda	$400 [4] Ganglia, axons, brain stem nervous Rod
DD $600 [20] This New Mexico state bird is noted for its swiftness of foot & the ability to lower its body temperature the roadrunner Linda	$500 [28] Official penman for the Pima or Navajo a tribe scribe	$500 [25] This Austrian archduke was the first to have the peso coin inscribed "1 Peso" Maximilian Rod Linda	$500 [10] Question asked by Alanis Morissette, "It's like rain on your wedding day, it's a free ride when you've already paid" "Isn't It Ironic" Steve	$500 [15] Mee Krob is a sweet, crispy noodle dish from the cuisine of this country Thailand Steve	$500 [5] Pituitary gland, adrenal gland, thyroid gland endocrine Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	THE SILVER SCREEN	AROUND THE WORLD	PHOTOGRAPHY	GASES	AMERICAN LITERATURE
$200 [1] She called her autobiography "First Lady from Plains" Rosalynn Carter Rod	$200 [6] Mykelti Williamson played Bubba Blue in this Oscar-winning 1994 Tom Hanks film Forrest Gump Rod	$200 [11] The Raj Path, a tree-lined avenue in this world capital, leads to the home of India's president New Delhi Steve	$200 [22] Arny Freytag shot this magazine's 40th anniversary centerfold, Anna-Marie Goddard Playboy Steve	$200 [16] In 1844 Horace Wells became the first to have a tooth pulled while under the influence of this gas nitrous oxide (laughing gas) Steve Linda	$200 [17] In a Longfellow poem, Minnehaha marries this Indian hero Hiawatha Steve
$400 [2] Michael Jackson's "Moonwalk" was among the many books she edited while working for Doubleday Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Rod	$400 [7] Mercedes McCambridge performed the demonic dubbing in this 1973 film The Exorcist Steve	$400 [12] An orange tree on this country's coat of arms symbolizes the Orange Free State South Africa Steve	$400 [23] These lens attachments include polarizing star & neutral density filters Steve	$400 [18] This poisonous gas, CO, is about 3% lighter than air carbon monoxide Steve	$400 [30] His story "MS. Found in a Bottle" was the prize-winning entry in an 1833 newspaper contest Edgar Allan Poe
$600 [3] During WWI, rather than waste manpower on mowing the White House lawn, she grazed sheep Edith Wilson Steve	DD $600 [8] Ronald Reagan said this film most affected his life:[video clue] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Steve	$600 [13] Punta Arenas, the world's southernmost mainland city, lies on this strait the Strait of Magellan Rod	$600 [24] Term for the opening of the lens through which light enters the aperture Steve	$600 [19] This noble gas has 92% of hydrogen's lifting power even though it's twice as dense helium Steve	$600 [29] In "White Fang", Jack London reversed the theme of this earlier novel Call of the Wild Steve
$800 [4] Ida Saxton, the daughter of a Canton, Ohio banker, married this future president in 1871 William McKinley Steve Linda	$800 [9] Alan Alda played Hawkeye on TV's "MAS*H"; this actor played him in the film Donald Sutherland Steve	$800 [14] A catfish is one of the indigenous species of fish that inhabit this highest navigable lake Lake Titicaca Steve	$800 [25] Like his paintings, this Belgian surrealist's photos have included men in bowler hats Rene Magritte Steve	$1,000 [21] This gas is the chief component of firedamp, an explosive gas found in mines methane Steve	$800 [28] In 1990 his "Stranger in a Strange Land" was reissued with 60,000 words that had been cut from the original Robert Heinlein Linda
$1,000 [5] In 1898 she became the first woman in America to earn a degree in geology Lou Henry Hoover Rod	$1,000 [10] Based on a James A. Michener novel, this 1957 film earned Red Buttons & Miyoshi Umeki Oscars Sayonara Linda	$1,000 [15] This abbey in Gwent County, Wales inspired a famous poem by Wordsworth Tintern Abbey Steve	$1,000 [26] The Nat'l Gallery of Art has a print of every negative printed & kept by this husband of Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz Rod	DD $1,400 [20] When liquefied, this form of oxygen with 3 atoms in each molecule is deep blue ozone Steve	$1,000 [27] John Steinbeck first came to prominence with this 1935 novel about a group of Mexican-Americans Tortilla Flat

Final Jeopardy!

GERMAN OPERA

The swan that pulls this title character's boat is actually Elsa's enchanted brother, Gottfried

Lohengrin

Linda "Who is Parsifal?" — wagered $3,199

Rod "Who is Wolfgang" — wagered $2,100

Steve "Who is Siegfried?" — wagered $2,799

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