Show #2682 1996-04-09 (taped 1995-12-13) Regular

Michael Dupée game 1.

Contestants

Michael Dupee — an attorney from Cleveland, Ohio

Ron Jin — a school librarian from San Francisco, California

Rick Blumenfeld — a research attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rick	$200	$1,500	$3,500	$3,500 2nd place: Sculpture Plus console table	$3,500 12 R, 2 W
Ron	$700	$1,500	$7,900	$15,800 New co-champion: $15,800	$5,300 11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Michael	$3,300	$6,100	$15,800	$15,800 New co-champion: $15,800	$15,700 34 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

JAPAN	POP MUSIC	AMERICAN MUSEUMS	THE OLD TESTAMENT	GAMES	LITERARY HODGEPODGE
$100 [6] This custom is not observed in Japan; if you leave change behind, it may be returned to you tipping Rick	$100 [28] In 1960, the year of his Army discharge, he had 3 No. 1 hits including "It's Now Or Never" Elvis Presley Michael	$100 [12] The Pharmacy Museum in this city's French Quarter has an enormous leech jar on display New Orleans Michael	$100 [14] Because not even 10 good people could be found in this wicked city, the Lord destroyed it Sodom Michael	$100 [22] This is a game of guessing words or phrases acted out, sometimes syllable by syllable charades Rick	$100 [1] This author of "The Color Purple" won a 1986 O. Henry Prize for her story "Kindred Spirits" Alice Walker Rick
$200 [8] The name of this monetary unit comes from the word for "round"; earlier coins were often oval yen Ron	$200 [7] His 1983 hit "Beat It" featured Eddie Van Halen on guitar Michael Jackson Michael	$200 [13] Fantastic figureheads are on display in the Mariners' Museum in Newport News in this state Virginia Michael	$200 [15] This Philistine asked David, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?" Goliath Rick	$200 [23] Of boccie, bagatelle, & baccarat, the one that doesn't use balls baccarat Michael	$200 [2] His sci-fi novel, "The Invisible Man" is sometimes subtitled "A Fantastic Sensation" H.G. Wells Rick Michael
$300 [9] Tokyo is served by two of these: Narita & Haneda airports Michael	$300 [29] This band adapted its name from Leonard Skinner, a gym teacher who loathed their long hair Lynyrd Skynyrd Michael	$300 [19] There's a small museum devoted to Father Damien in this state capital Honolulu Rick	$300 [17] The cover, or mercy seat, of this box represented the throne of God the Ark of the Covenant	$300 [24] You take an opponent's checker after you do this to it jump it Michael	$300 [3] She wrote of the Chinese people, "They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break" Pearl S. Buck Michael
$500 [11] The custom of using these seabirds to catch fish has been practiced for over a millennium cormorants Ron	$400 [16] Her 1985 hit "Crazy For You" reached the Top 5 in the U.K., as did its 1991 remixed version Madonna Michael	$400 [20] The Enid A. Haupt garden sits atop this institution's underground museum, education, & research complex Smithsonian Institution Rick	$400 [18] The Old Testament refers to it as Mount Horeb & the mountain of God Mount Sinai Ron	$400 [25] In this game a person whose eyes are covered must determine a person's identity by feeling the face blind man's bluff Ron	$400 [4] "August 1914" is a novel about the first days of WWI by this author of "The Gulag Archipelago" Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Michael
DD $1,000 [10] After being rebuilt in 1855, the Imperial Palace in this former capital was home to just 2 emperors Kyoto Michael	$500 [30] While touring with The Beach Boys, she was cast in a major role in "To Sir With Love" Lulu Rick	$500 [21] Edward Kemeys designed the bronze lions guarding the main entrance to the art institute of this Midwest city Chicago Michael	$500 [26] This biblical patriarch was the son of Lamech & the grandson of Methuselah Noah Michael	$500 [27] In gin rummy, a hand ends when one player calls "gin" or does this knock Michael	$500 [5] This Voltaire title character is thrown out of the baron's castle with several kicks to his backside Candide Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1750s	ART & ARTISTS	DESERTS	FOOD	INSECTS	FILM EPICS
$200 [11] This bell was first hung in 1753 in the Pennsylvania state house Liberty Bell Ron	$200 [2] From 1899-1904 Claude Monet created a series of paintings of this English river the Thames Michael	$200 [16] The Gibson desert lies between the Great Sandy & Great Victoria deserts on this continent Australia Ron	$200 [26] Lavender is often included in herbes de Provence, an herb mixture from the south of this country France Michael	$200 [21] Recent DNA studies indicate that cockroaches & these wood eaters evolved from a common ancestor termites Rick	$200 [7] Warren Beatty portrayed John Reed, author of "Ten Days That Shook the World" in this 1981 epic Reds Rick
$400 [12] In 1755, at age 23, he was appointed Commander-In-Chief of all the Virginia forces George Washington Michael	$400 [3] Samuel Morse's 1825 painting of this marquis is one of the finest American romantic portraits Lafayette Michael	$600 [18] This Calif. desert extends from the San Jacinto & San Bernardino mountains east to the Colorado River the Mojave Rick	$400 [27] A wax bean is a variety of green bean that's this color Yellow Michael	$400 [23] The firefly is not a true fly but one of these insects like a junebug a beetle Ron	$400 [1] Mel Gibson charges into battle as Scottish avenger William Wallace in this 1995 epic Braveheart Rick Michael
$600 [13] Great Britain & its colonies adapted this calendar in 1752 Gregorian Calendar Michael	$600 [4] Manfredi, Saraceni, & other followers of this artist were known as the Caravaggisti Caravaggio Michael	$800 [19] The southern part of this desert extends into South Africa's Cape Province the Kalahari Michael	DD $500 [28] This ham is made from pigs fed the whey left over from making parmigiano cheese prosciutto Michael	$600 [24] The Oriental & Mediterranean types of this insect are serious agricultural pests fruit flies Michael	$600 [8] Cecil B. De Mille directed this biblical epic twice, once as a silent, the other in 1956 as a talkie The Ten Commandments Rick
$800 [14] In 1756 this Prussian leader invaded neighboring Saxony, sparking the Seven Years War Frederick the Great Ron	$800 [5] In 1482 Leonardo Da Vinci moved to this city to become its court artist to Ludovico Sforza Milan Ron	$1,000 [20] This Chilean desert's main source of revenue is copper mining the Atacama Michael	$800 [29] This starchy variety of banana is also called the cooking banana the plantain Michael	$800 [22] Introduced circa 1868 in New England, this destructive moth has been found in the western U.S. the gypsy moth Michael	$800 [9] James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, & Henry Fonda were among the stars of this 1962 epic about a pioneer family How the West Was Won Rick
$1,000 [15] Robert Clive recaptured this city from the Nawab of Bengal in 1757 Calcutta Ron	$1,000 [6] This Italian painted a characteristically elongated self-portrait in 1919, shortly before his death Modigliani Michael	DD $3,000 [17] The central part of this desert is crossed by the Jining-Ulan Bator Railway the Gobi Ron	$1,000 [30] Legend says this ice cream treat was created as a "dry" ice cream soda for consumption on the Sabbath (ice cream) sundae	$1,000 [25] Leaf cutter ants cut this, which they grow on masticated green leaves fungi Michael	$1,000 [10] In a 1961 film, Charlton Heston portrayed this legendary Spanish hero El Cid Michael

Final Jeopardy!

THE CABINET

James Wilson of Iowa, who headed this department for 16 years, served longer than any other cabinet officer

Department of Agriculture

Rick "What is Agriculture?" — wagered $0

Ron "What is Dept. of Agriculture?" — wagered $7,900

Michael "What is Interior?" — wagered $0

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