Show #2207 1994-03-22 (taped 1993-12-13) Regular

Contestants

Ginny Weeks — a counselor and librarian from Busby, Montana

Tom Lakeman — a writer from Beverly Hills, California

Walter Kramer — an environmental scientist from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Walter	$1,300	$4,200	$9,400	$1 3rd place: Retroneu silverware	$8,600 25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tom	$600	$1,800	$10,400	$18,801 New champion: $18,801	$10,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Ginny	$1,300	$2,600	$4,400	$8,799 2nd place: an NEC notebook computer + a Sanyo cordless phon	$4,400 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALASKA	PEOPLE	DECORATIVE ARTS	ASTRONOMY & SPACE	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
$100 [1] This capital city has an area of over 3,000 square miles & a population of under 30,000 Juneau Tom	$100 [7] In commercials for Pizza Hut, this Queen of Soul sang "Deliver Me" to the tune of "Rescue Me" Aretha Franklin Walter	$100 [21] This dynasty that ruled China between 1368 & 1644 is known for its bright porcelain the Ming Dynasty Tom	$100 [23] Most of the meteors in a meteor shower are debris left behind by one of these tailed bodies a comet Tom	$100 [8] The Anjou & Comice varieties of this fruit originated in France a pear Walter	$100 [2] Blackjack's one or eleven(3) ace Walter Tom
$200 [3] This chain of islands is partly in the Eastern and partly in the Western Hemisphere the Aleutians Walter	$200 [13] His father's first name was Herbert but this general's first name is just the initial H. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Tom	$200 [22] One decorative technique used on this material is called blind tooling leather Walter	$200 [24] In 1966 Venera 3 became the first space probe to reach another planet when it crash-landed here Venus Walter Tom	$200 [9] This Italian summer squash is also called a small marrow zucchini Walter	$200 [17] Galahad's garb(5) armor Walter
$300 [4] Of 6%, 16% or 60%, the approximate percentage of Alaska's land owned by the federal govt. 60% Walter	$300 [14] In 1976 Ludmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov won the 1st Olympic gold medals in this skating event ice dancing Walter	$300 [28] In the 16th century the art of making clear crystal glass was discovered in this Italian city Venice Ginny	$300 [25] Deimos, the outermost moon of this planet has an average diameter of only 7.8 miles Mars Tom	$300 [10] The name of this popular soul food vegetable comes from colewort collard greens Tom	$300 [18] A man of morals(5) Aesop
$400 [5] This Dane credited with discovering Alaska died during his 1741 expedition to the area (Vitus) Bering Ginny	$500 [16] This straight-shooting Texas governor called her autobiography "Straight from the Heart" Ann Richards Tom	$400 [29] It's the process of decorating metal by using acid to bite patterns into the surface etching Walter	$400 [26] Also called the Dog Star, it's the brightest star in the night sky Sirius Tom	$400 [11] The cardoon, a type of thistle, is closely related to this "globe" vegetable artichoke Ginny	$400 [19] Greek beginning(5) alpha Walter
$500 [6] Alaska's principal oil field is on the Arctic Coastal Plain around this bay Prudhoe (Bay) Ginny	DD $1,000 [15] This former First Lady was president of the Dramatic Club at the Girls' Latin School in Chicago Nancy Reagan Walter	$500 [30] The pillow type of this made in the town of Chantilly was usually black; white wasn't as common lace Walter	$500 [27] In 1992 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned home after nearly a year aboard this space station Mir Ginny	$500 [12] The "Japanese" persimmon was introduced to the U.S. by this commodore in 1855 Commodore (Matthew) Perry Tom	$500 [20] Last battle site(10) Armageddon Ginny

Double Jeopardy! Round

KINGS & QUEENS	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	POLITICAL LINGO	THE 1790s	TELEVISION HISTORY	LITERATURE
$200 [1] During his reign, 1953-1964, King Saud nearly bankrupted this country Saudi Arabia Tom	$200 [3] In Italy some families eat a traditional supper of fried eels on this December Eve Christmas Eve Walter	$200 [12] Ronald Reagan was described as this kind of politician because no criticism would stick to him Teflon Walter	$200 [26] He demonstrated his cotton gin in April 1793 Eli Whitney Tom	$200 [11] Between 1951 & 1977 this "automotive" foundation pumped about $290 million into public TV the Ford Foundation Walter	$200 [21] The title of his 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" refers to Natty Bumppo (James Fenimore) Cooper Ginny
$400 [2] 2 members of this Florentine family, Catherine & Marie, became queens of France the de Medici Walter	$400 [4] An annual festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka honors one of this religious figure's teeth Buddha Walter	$400 [13] Though it sounds a little more intimate, "pressing" this just refers to handshaking the flesh Tom	$400 [27] This man who said "Give me liberty or give me death!" died in 1799 (Patrick) Henry Ginny	$400 [14] He was named to the CBS board of directors after he gave up his news anchor position to Dan Rather Walter Cronkite Tom	$400 [22] The sequel to "Tom Brown's Schooldays" is called "Tom Brown at" this university Oxford Tom
$600 [8] Named Franco's successor in 1969, he became king in 1975 Juan Carlos Walter	$600 [5] Though Kwanzaa was inspired by an African harvest festival, it was developed in this country the United States Ginny	$600 [17] A victory so overwhelming it resembles the rapid downward movement of a mass of rock & soil a landslide Ginny	$600 [28] This 44-gun frigate was "new" when launched on Oct. 21, 1797 the U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides") Walter	$600 [15] This company was created to produce "I Love Lucy"; it combined the 2 stars' names Desilu Tom	$600 [23] Natasha Rostova marries Pierre Bezukhov in this classic Tolstoy novel War and Peace Walter
$800 [9] In 1558 Elizabeth I succeeded this half-sister as Queen of England Mary I (Mary Tudor) Walter Tom	$800 [6] The Thursday before Easter is known as Holy Thursday or this Maundy Thursday Tom	$800 [18] A fervent desire to hang on to political power, it sounds like a disease you'd catch on a D.C. river Potomac Fever Tom	$800 [29] In 1793 NYC's daily newspaper The American Minerva was founded by this lexicographer Noah Webster Walter	$800 [16] Launched in 1990, this cable network has been likened to a 24-hour version of "Entertainment Tonight" the E! network Walter Ginny	$800 [24] His poems from the Scots Observer were collected in "Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses" (Rudyard) Kipling Ginny
$1,000 [10] In 1587 Sigismund, the son of Sweden's king, became ruler of this Eastern European country Poland Tom Ginny	DD $1,000 [7] It's the most famous holiday we know that was named for a prison Bastille Day Tom	$1,000 [19] You don't need a medical degree to be this kind of public relations "physician" a spin doctor Tom	DD $1,200 [30] This city was capital of the United States 1790-1800 Philadelphia Walter	$1,000 [20] The 1960 CBS documentary "Harvest of Shame" dealt with the plight of these workers migrant workers Ginny	$1,000 [25] He wrote his 1848 novel "Dombey and Son" while living in Switzerland Charles Dickens Tom

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYWRIGHTS

Mrs. Patrick Campbell said of this vegetarian, "God help us if he should ever eat a beefsteak"

George Bernard Shaw

Ginny "Who is Shaw?" — wagered $4,399

Walter "Who was Shakespeare?" — wagered $9,399

Tom "Who was G. B. Shaw?" — wagered $8,401

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