Show #2916 1997-04-14 (taped 1996-12-18) Regular

Contestants

Tom Ayala — a medical student from Washington, D.C.

Sue Keller — a ragtime piano player from Staten Island, New York

David Forman — a mathematician originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,901)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$1,400	$2,100	$6,900	$3,800 2nd place: Trip to Volcano House Lodge, Hawaii	$6,900 17 R, 0 W
Sue	$700	$2,400	$7,900	$3,900 New champion: $3,900	$8,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Tom	$2,200	$3,400	$9,000	$2,199 3rd place: Samsung Ultima 19-Inch Color TV & VCR Combo	$8,700 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	NURSERY RHYMES	DISEASES	LIGHTHOUSES	GENEALOGY	SINGERS' FIRST FILMS
$100 [1] The year before assassinating Lincoln, this actor organized an attempt to abduct the president John Wilkes Booth David	$100 [18] Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater put his wife here "and there he kept her very well" Pumpkin shell Sue	$100 [7] This "fever" is caused by a bacterium called salmonella typhosa Typhoid fever Sue	$100 [23] The lighthouse at the Castillo del Morro is a landmark of this Cuban capital Havana David	$100 [15] Conducted every 10 years by the U.S. government since 1790, it's a major resource for ancestor hunters Census David	$100 [4] "Lady Sings The Blues" Diana Ross Sue
$200 [2] In 1862 the Union captured this Louisiana capital; the Confederates moved the capital to Opelousas Baton Rouge David	$200 [19] He told the pieman, "Let me taste your ware" Simple Simon Sue	$200 [10] Most cases of this mosquito-transmitted disease can be cured by chloroquine & primaquine Malaria David	$200 [25] A brick lighthouse on this N.C. cape warns ships away from Diamond Shoals, a famous ship graveyard Cape Hatteras Tom	$200 [16] A "General Society" traces the descendants of passengers on this ship, including Myles Standish Mayflower Sue	$200 [5] "The Bodyguard" Whitney Houston Sue
$300 [3] Before his troops' charge at Gettysburg, he told them "Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia" George Pickett Sue	$300 [20] They were the "Three Men In A Tub" The butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker Sue	$300 [12] Chronic hepatitis can lead to cancer & this disease in which scar tissue forms throughout the liver Cirrhosis Tom	$300 [26] It's said that the fires of this Egyptian lighthouse could be seen for about 30 miles Alexandria Tom	$300 [24] This 1976 bestseller sparked interest in the subject, especially by African Americans Roots Tom	$300 [6] "9 To 5" Dolly Parton Tom
$400 [9] This Union commander's men in the field called him "Little Mac" George McClellan Tom	$400 [21] "There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, he found" this "beside a crooked stile" Crooked sixpence	$500 [14] In 1882 Robert Koch discovered the bacteria that cause this disease also called consumption Tuberculosis David	$400 [27] France's lighthouse the Phare de Cordouan is at the mouth of the Gironde estuary near this bay Bay of Biscay Tom	$400 [29] To aid in the salvation of ancestors, this religious group has the world's largest archive of genealogy Mormons Sue	$400 [8] "Oh, God!" John Denver David
$500 [11] Possibly from a snake's name, this term referred to northern Democrats urging compromise with the South Copperheads Tom	$500 [22] This insect saw Cock Robin die, "With my little eye, I saw him die" The Fly	DD $700 [13] Bulbar paralysis, the most serious form of this disease, results from nerve damage to the brain stem Poliomyelitis Tom	$500 [28] This easternmost "point" of New York state at the tip of Long Island has a lighthouse built in 1796 Montauk Point David	$500 [30] This word comes from middle French for "crane's foot" which the lines on family trees resemble Pedigree	$500 [17] "The Electric Horseman" Willie Nelson Sue

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN CITIES	FIRST NAMES	HISTORICAL OPERAS	BLACK AMERICA	AVIATION	FICTIONAL FEMALES
$200 [1] China's national legislature meets in this capital's Great Hall of the People Beijing/Peking David	$200 [21] Though it's old German for "famous wolf", we know it better as the name of a red-nosed reindeer Rudolph Sue	$200 [6] Spontini's 1809 opera "Fernand Cortez" is also called "The Conquest Of" this country Mexico Tom	$200 [13] This queen of talk shows ranked among Ebony magazine's 15 Most Beautiful Black Women of 1996 Oprah Winfrey David	$200 [26] 1997 marks the 60th anniversary of her disappearance over the Pacific Amelia Earhart Tom	$200 [11] One book calls her " a stereotypical nice girl"; we wonder how Mark Twain would have answered that Becky Thatcher
$400 [2] This Saudi Arabian holy city was called Macoraba by the ancients Mecca David	$400 [22] Bram, as in Bram Stoker, is short for this name Abraham Sue	$400 [7] In "Maria Stuarda", this queen orders Mary Stuart's execution after Mary calls her a "bastarda" Queen Elizabeth I Tom	$400 [14] A statue of this late tennis star now stands on Monument Avenue in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia Arthur Ashe David	$400 [27] Grounded for 3 1/2 months after a crash in the Everglades, this airline resumed flights in September 1996 ValuJet Tom	$400 [12] Holland is the last name of this character whose life was chronicled by Wendy Wasserstein Heidi David
$600 [3] This Vietnamese city's downtown area is still called Saigon Ho Chi Minh City Tom	$800 [24] Denise is derived from the name of this Greek god of wine Dionysus Sue	$600 [8] Bizet & Rimsky-Korsakov both wrote fine operas about this dreadful czar Ivan the Terrible Tom	$600 [15] For President Clinton's 1st inauguration, she wrote & recited the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning" Maya Angelou Tom	$600 [28] In 1995 this airport, in operation for 66 years, was replaced by Denver International Stapleton International Airport David	$600 [18] In this poet's only novel, "The Bell Jar", she related the coming of age of Esther Greenwood Sylvia Plath Sue
$800 [4] The tomb of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is a landmark in this former capital Karachi Tom	DD $1,000 [23] A French form of "white", it was a popular name for women around the turn of the century Blanche Sue	$800 [9] Meyerbeer's opera "Les Huguenots" takes place in 1572 in Touraine & in this capital city Paris Tom	$800 [16] In 1990 he took office as New York City's first black mayor David Dinkins David	$800 [29] In 1913 he built & flew the first 4-engine airplane; later he built helicopters Igor Sikorsky David	$800 [19] Miranda, a young woman, appears in several of her works, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" Katherine Anne Porter
$1,000 [5] With a population of over 2 million, this capital of Uzbekistan is central Asia's largest city Tashkent Sue	$1,000 [25] Name of a late actor-director, it's from Latin meaning "like a bear" Orson Tom	$1,000 [10] The famous aria known as "Handel's Largo" is sung in "Serse", a 1738 opera about this great ruler Xerxes Sue	$1,000 [17] This bandleader whose theme was "One O'Clock Jump" was pictured on a 1996 postage stamp Count Basie Sue	$1,000 [30] Famous for his 1942 raid on Tokyo, he was named Aviator of the Decade in 1950 Jimmy Doolittle David	DD $1,500 [20] This Scottish teacher & spinster is Muriel Spark's most famous creation Miss Jean Brodie Sue

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

Like its major streets Hope, Benefit & Friendship, its name is an abstraction

Providence, Rhode Island

David "What is Santa Fe?" — wagered $3,100

Sue "What is Columbia?" — wagered $4,000

Tom "What is Olympia" — wagered $6,801

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