Show #2912 1997-04-08 (taped 1996-12-17) Regular

Contestants

Beth Coughlin — a librarian from Danvers, Massachusetts

Darren Depuydt — a speech and language pathologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Steve Cook — a medical student from San Mateo, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$100	$1,700	$5,600	$5,600 3rd place: Helbros 14 Karat Gold Masterpiece Watch	$6,600 20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Darren	$900	$2,600	$6,800	$13,600 2nd place: Trip to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Longboat Key, Florida	$6,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Beth	$1,200	$2,500	$6,900	$13,601 New champion: $13,601	$6,900 15 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS	MUSEUMS	MUSICAL THEATRE	U.S. HISTORY	SWIMMING	POT LUCK
$100 [7] He first wrote about Christopher Robin in the verse book "When We Were Very Young" A.A. Milne Beth	$100 [18] One of the world's largest equine museums is the Kentucky Derby Museum in this city Louisville Steve	$100 [3] In Paris this American musical is known as "La Petite Boutique Des Horreurs" Little Shop of Horrors Darren	$100 [10] Edmund Randolph's Virginia Plan was used as the basis for this important American document of 1787 The Constitution Darren	$100 [1] Marty Hull invented Zoomers, a shorter, speedier type of this foot gear Flippers/fins Steve	$100 [23] The largest of this university's 13 campuses are in Madison & Milwaukee University of Wisconsin Steve
$200 [8] He began his "Jabberwocky" poem, " 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves..." Lewis Carroll Steve	$200 [19] This singing movie cowboy's Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles has memorabilia from his films Gene Autry Steve	$200 [4] Treat Williams, Gary Sandy & Jim Belushi have all played the pirate king in this operetta The Pirates of Penzance Darren	$200 [12] Some of Wells Fargo's stagecoaches came from a factory in this New Hampshire capital Concord Beth	$200 [2] In this stroke, not seen in competition, the head rests on the arm while the legs scissors-kick Sidestroke Darren	$200 [24] Pistachio is a shade of this color Green Darren
DD $300 [9] Though written in 1906, her story of "The Sly Old Cat" wasn't published until 1971 Beatrix Potter Steve	$300 [20] This city's art museum in Forest Park was the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1904 World's Fair St. Louis Steve	$300 [5] Football star Joe Namath played baseball star Joe Hardy in a 1981 production of this musical Damn Yankees Darren	$300 [14] After the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp lost his job as this city's marshall Tombstone Steve	$300 [28] It's the only major racing stroke where the swimmers start in the pool Backstroke Steve	$300 [25] The gastrocnemius is the most prominent of the 7 muscles making up this back part of the lower leg Calf Steve
$400 [11] Richard Adams originally told this rabbit tale to amuse his young daughters Watership Down Steve	$400 [21] Displays at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Ala. chronicle such pilots as this "Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen Steve	$400 [6] Jack Cassidy & Carol Lawrence appeared in "Shangri-La", a 1956 musical based on this famous novel Lost Horizon Beth	$400 [15] In 1900 the Taft Commission supervised the transfer of military to civil govt. in these Pacific islands Philippines Steve Beth	$400 [29] Krisztina Egerszegi of this eastern European country has won gold at the last 3 Olympics Hungary Steve	$400 [26] This creator of Ichabod Crane passed the bar exam in 1806 but never practiced much law Washington Irving Beth
$500 [13] This author famous for her Mary Poppins books passed away in 1996 P.L. Travers Beth	$500 [22] The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis has an exhibit on this city's 1955 bus boycott Montgomery, Alabama Beth	$500 [17] This playwright adapted the 1993 musical "The Goodbye Girl" from his own screenplay of the 1977 film Neil Simon Darren	$500 [16] The first major engagement for U.S. troops in this 20th century war was the Battle of Belleau Wood World War I Darren	$500 [30] It's the individual race in which 4 different strokes are used Individual medley Steve	$500 [27] This city's Newberry Library, a top research library, is located at Dearborn & Oak Chicago Darren

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICS '96	CANADIAN CITIES	FILM DIRECTORS	CONTEMPORARIES	MYTHOLOGY	IN THE DICTIONARY
$200 [17] This Reform Party candidate sued to join the presidential debates & lost H. Ross Perot Darren	$200 [1] Known for its stampede, this largest Alberta city is called Canada's oil & gas capital Calgary Beth	$200 [2] Jonathan Frid of TV's "Dark Shadows" starred in this "Platoon" director's first film, "Seizure", in 1974 Oliver Stone Steve	$200 [12] While Stradivari was making violins, this author was fiddling with "Robinson Crusoe" Daniel Defoe Steve	$200 [19] Like Noah's family in the Bible, the Greeks Deucalion & his wife were the only ones to survive this Flood Steve	$200 [7] As a verb, the word skirl means to play this Highland instrument Bagpipes Darren
$400 [18] This cable network's '96 election coverage featured Tabitha Soren & the "Choose Or Lose" bus MTV Beth	$400 [3] General Motors Place is the home of this city's Canucks hockey team Vancouver Darren	$400 [26] As a child, this "Big" director performed with her mother's tap dance troupe on the "Original Amateur Hour" Penny Marshall Beth	$400 [13] In 1547 Hernan Cortes died & this Medici became queen of France Catherine Steve	$400 [21] 5 rivers flow through Hades: Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon & this one Styx Beth	$400 [8] From the Latin word for "four", it's a poem or stanza of 4 lines Quatrain Beth
$600 [20] At a Washington fundraiser, this Republican congressman sang his hit "The Beat Goes On" Sonny Bono Beth	$600 [4] In North America this city's stock exchange is second in size only to the New York Stock Exchange Toronto Steve	$600 [27] He earned his first Oscar nomination for his first film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Mike Nichols	$600 [14] While Charles Babbage was trying to build a computer in the 1820s, this Scot invented what would be a "Mac" Charles McIntosh Darren	$600 [22] After killing the giant Pallas, this goddess flayed him & used his skin as armor Athena Steve	$600 [9] This word can mean a drop downward, or one's lineage Descent Darren
DD $700 [25] The Democratic Convention's keynote address was given by Evan Bayh, the governor of this state Indiana Steve	$800 [5] Sites of interest in this city include the Old Market Square & the Manitoba legislative building Winnipeg Steve	$800 [28] This playwright directed the 1990 film adaptation of his own play "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead" Tom Stoppard	$800 [15] While Abelard was wooing Heloise in Europe, this Rubaiyat author was writing in the Mideast Omar Khayyam Steve	$800 [23] This god of the west wind fathered 2 immortal horses: Xanthus & Balius Zephyr Darren	$800 [10] This alternate name for a werewolf is from the Greek for "wolf man" Lycanthrope
$800 [24] High school teacher Victor Morales challenged this incumbent Texas senator Phil Gramm Steve	$1,000 [6] Province House, Canada's oldest legislative building, was completed in 1818 in this Nova Scotia city Halifax Darren	$1,000 [29] This Italian, father of actress Isabella, directed the acclaimed Neorealist film "Open City" Roberto Rossellini Beth	$1,000 [16] While Gutenberg was setting his type, a duke in this family was setting his sights on Milan Sforza Darren	$1,000 [30] Calliope, one of the Muses, was the mother of this masterful lyre player Orpheus Beth	DD $1,000 [11] This synonym for clumsy is from an old Norse word meaning "turned the wrong way" Awkward Darren

Final Jeopardy!

MYSTERY NOVELS

The first line of dialogue in this 1930 novel is spoken to secretary Effie Perine, "Yes, sweetheart?"

The Maltese Falcon

Steve "What is The Maltese Falcon?" — wagered $0

Darren "What is the Maltese Falcon?" — wagered $6,800

Beth "What is the Maltese falcon?" — wagered $6,701

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