Show #2676 1996-04-01 (taped 1995-12-12) Regular

David Sampugnaro game 1.

Contestants

David Sampugnaro — a writer and consultant originally from Elmsford, New York

Kathryn Perry — a technical consultant from Washington, D.C.

Gary Fulcomer — an Air Force attorney originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gary $600 $3,200 $7,100 $900
3rd place: a gift certificate for books
$8,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Kathryn $500 $2,100 $5,100 $3,100
2nd place: Gateway 2000 Family PC & armoire
$4,700
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
David $1,500 $1,600 $6,600 $13,200
New champion: $13,200
$6,600
21 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

APRIL FOOLS' DAY GOLF INCREDIBLE EDIBLES SOUTH AMERICA CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY RHYME TIME
$100 [7]
Rachmaninoff & Rostand, to name two
April 1 birthdays
Kathryn David
$100 [6]
The Wack Wack course near Manila has often hosted this country's Open
the Philippines
David
$100 [12]
Some cooks deep-fry these aural appendages of a pig & use them as an unusual garnish
pig ears
David
$100 [1]
The widest expanse of this 4,500-mile mountain range is about 400 miles in Bolivia
the Andes
David
$100 [25]
He was born under Capricorn, the sign of the goat, but he "Dances With Wolves"
Kevin Costner
David
$100 [16]
Handbags for RNs
nurses' purses
David
$200 [8]
The "core" of this computer company goes back to its founding, April 1, 1976
Apple Computer
David
$200 [20]
Used to loft the ball, these irons may be sand or pitching
wedges
Gary
$200 [13]
"Joy of Cooking" suggests serving this North American marsupial with turnip greens
possum
Kathryn
$200 [2]
80% of Argentina's farm products come from this fertile plain
Pampas
David
$200 [26]
If you don't know Billy Crystal's sign, go fish
Pisces
Kathryn
$200 [17]
A strange goatee
a weird beard
Kathryn
$300 [9]
On April 1, 1789, the House had its first quorum & elected Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg to this post
Speaker of the House
David
$300 [21]
Bobby Jones is president in perpetuity of Augusta National, the course that's home to this top tournament
the Masters
Gary David
$300 [14]
Hippophagy is the practice of eating this meat, though you may say, "Nay!"
horsemeat
Gary
$300 [3]
Sparked by an oil boom, the population of this Venezuelan capital tripled between 1961 & 1981
Caracas
Gary
$300 [27]
Designer Anne Klein chose a lion's face as her company's symbol because this was her sign
Leo
Gary
$300 [18]
An insatiable eater of aged sheep meat
a mutton glutton
Kathryn David
$400 [10]
This country was declared an Islamic Republic, April 1, 1979
Iran
Kathryn
$400 [22]
Term for the group of spectators that watch a golf tournament
gallery
Gary
$400 [15]
The "World Encyclopedia of Food" says the nine-banded type of this mammal is "edible but far from delicious"
armadillo
David
$400 [4]
This Chilean strait was an important shipping route before the building of the Panama Canal
the Strait of Magellan
Gary
$400 [28]
People born under this sign such as Roseanne are known for passion, but beware their "sting"
Scorpio
Kathryn
$400 [19]
Donor of a hepatic organ
a liver giver
Gary
$500 [11]
Its official date was April 1, 1990, the 21st time it had taken place in the U.S.
the census
$500 [23]
The famous triumverate of the 1960's was Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, & this South African
Gary Player
Gary
$500 [24]
Cajun chefs have been known to cook nutria, a furry member of this order of mammals
rodents
Kathryn
DD $400 [5]
The only European possession on South America's mainland is this territory
French Guiana
Gary
$500 [29]
Sympathetic, helpful people like Oprah Winfrey are often born under this sign of the water carrier
Aquarius
David
$500 [30]
A magazine piece on the neutron or electron
a particle article
Gary

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 17th CENTURY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY COMPOSERS TRAVEL & TOURISM COLUMNISTS -OLOGIES
$200 [18]
George Chapman's translation of this Homer work was completed in 1611; his "Odyssey" appeared in 1616
the Iliad
Kathryn
$200 [12]
In 1894 this inventor sold all of his shares in General Electric, but stayed on as a consultant
Thomas Edison
Gary
$200 [3]
Written in 1966, "Requiem Canticles" was the last major work by this composer of "The Firebird"
Igor Stravinsky
David
$200 [1]
You can get a free cup of coffee at the Mauna Loa Royal Kona Coffee Mill & Museum in this state
Hawaii
Gary
$200 [2]
Books by this Washington humorist include "I Am Not a Crook" & "While Reagan Slept"
Art Buchwald
Kathryn
$200 [26]
The branch of medicine that deals with the use of these rays is known as roentgenology
X rays
Gary
$400 [21]
Sophia Alexeyevna served as regent of this country from 1682 to 1689
Russia
Kathryn
$400 [14]
In 1914, 1-pound cartons of this product came on the market under the brand name Jolly Time
popcorn
Gary
$400 [6]
Court composer Michel-Richard De Lalande gave harpsichord lessons to this "Sun King"'s daughters
Louis XIV
David
$400 [4]
Including the statue, Nelson's Column towers 185 feet above this London square
Trafalgar Square
David
$400 [9]
This Newsweek columnist is a regular commentator on "This Week with David Brinkley"
George Will
Gary
$400 [27]
It's the science that studies biomes, food chains & the relationship of living things & the environment
ecology
Gary
$600 [23]
A royal observatory was founded in this London borough in 1675
Greenwich
$600 [15]
In 1988 she became chairman of Playboy Enterprises
Christie Hefner
Kathryn
$800 [20]
This Viennese composer called one of his many waltzes "Wiener Blut", which means "Vienna Blood"
Johann Strauss
Gary
$600 [5]
Poet Alexander Pushkin's home at 53 Arbat Street in this capital is now a museum
Moscow
Kathryn
DD $500 [13]
Formerly a Nixon speechwriter, he's now known for his syndicated column on language
William Safire
Gary
$600 [28]
Franz Boas & Margaret Mead were experts in this field
anthropology
David
$800 [24]
In 1660 this author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" was arrested for preaching without a license
John Bunyan
David
$800 [16]
It's IBM's "colorful" nickname
"Big Blue"
David
DD $1,000 [19]
In 1969 he was named Conductor Laureate for life of the New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein
Kathryn
$800 [7]
You can see artist Henri Matisse's tomb in this French city on the Riviera
Nice
David
$600 [10]
In 1955 she began her advice column by assuming the pen name of a columnist who just died
Ann Landers
Kathryn David
$800 [29]
Penology is a branch of this social science
criminology (corrections accepted)
Gary Kathryn
$1,000 [25]
Andrew Melville, who succeeded this man as the leader of Scottish Presbyterianism, died in 1622
John Knox
David
$1,000 [17]
In 1946 this tool company marketed its first electric drill for home use
Black & Decker
David
$1,000 [22]
This Austrian composer wasn't Mozart's father, but Mozart did call him "Papa"
Franz Josef Haydn
Kathryn
$1,000 [8]
About a mile from Edinburgh Castle, this palace of Mary, Queen of Scots is open to the public
Holyrood
David
$800 [11]
During WWII this "Washington Merry-Go-Round" columnist was a reporter for The Stars and Stripes
Jack Anderson
$1,000 [30]
It refers to the history of books, or the study of the Bible
bibliology
David

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

The two presidents whose fathers signed the Declaration of Independence

William Henry Harrison & John Quincy Adams

Kathryn "Who are Andrew Jackson & James Monroe" — wagered $2,000
David "Who were William Henry Harrison & John Quincy Adams?" — wagered $6,600
Gary "Who are John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson?" — wagered $6,200

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