Show #3196 1998-06-22 (taped 1998-03-09) Regular

Dave Abbott game 5.

Contestants

Colleen McMahon — a technical writer from College Park, Georgia

Jason Quick — a student from Omaha, Nebraska

Dave Abbott — a musician and contract manager from Cincinnati, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $55,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,500	$3,100	$11,900	$13,399 5-day champion: $68,599	$9,900 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jason	$1,300	$3,800	$5,200	$2,400 2nd place: a trip to 5th Avenue Suites Hotel, Portland, Oregon	$9,000 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Colleen	$0	$200	$3,800	$100 3rd place: a pair of Jaguar Friendship Collection watches	$3,800 10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE NATIONAL GUARD	20th CENTURY HISTORY	CHARACTERS IN DISNEY FILMS	AROUND THE COLONY WITH PRUDENCE	WELL, WELL, WELL	MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS
$100 [16] In 1969 this future vice president joined the Indiana National Guard Dan Quayle Jason	$100 [4] Founded by Jerry Falwell in 1979, this conservative group was soon a major political force the Moral Majority Jason	$100 [1] Prince Eric, King Triton, Ariel The Little Mermaid Dave	$100 [21] Prue made these out of beeswax & bayberry wax as well as tallow candles Dave	$100 [22] Prior to fountains people dropped coins & pins in wells & did this... hopefully made a wish Dave Jason	$100 [11] "Senora Peron" Evita Dave
$200 [17] 75,000 National Guardsmen were called up in this 1991 operation Operation Desert Storm Dave	$200 [5] A book by Jim O'Donnell chronicles July 6, 1957, the day these 2 Beatles first met John Lennon & Paul McCartney Dave	$200 [2] Abu, Iago, Jafar Aladdin Dave	$200 [27] Prue brought the family's one of these to every fire in town & passed it down the line to the fire a bucket Dave	$200 [23] In 1859 Edwin L. Drake drilled one of these wells near Titusville, Pennsylvania & started an industry an oil well Dave	$200 [12] "Apartment Payment" Rent Colleen
$300 [18] During peacetime each state's National Guard is commanded by the person in this post the governor Jason	$300 [7] In 1989 the name of this locale was made famous by footage likethe following:[In the middle of Beijing] Tiananmen Square Colleen	$300 [3] Flit, Governor Ratcliffe, Powhatan Pocahontas Jason	$300 [28] Prue liked the way these meeting-house benches folded up for hymn singing pews Colleen	$300 [24] The name of this largest city in Lebanon is from an ancient word for "wells" Beirut Dave	$300 [13] "P.T." Barnum Dave
$500 [20] They are the 2 military services the National Guard augments the Air Force & the Army Jason Colleen	$400 [8] In 1963 this French president rejected Britain for membership in the European Economic Community Charles de Gaulle Jason	$400 [6] Kaa, Shere Khan, Baloo The Jungle Book Jason	$400 [29] Prue liked going up to the mill on the hill to get a free glass of this pressed apple drink; any traveller would cider Jason	$400 [25] In a nursery rhyme, little Johnny Green put this animal in the well cat (or puss) Colleen	$400 [14] "Yours Truly's Good-Looking Wife" My Fair Lady Dave Jason
DD $600 [19] In 1824 a New York unit took the name National Guard to honor this Frenchman's "Garde Nationale" the Marquis de Lafayette Jason	$500 [9] Event that erupted aboard the Potemkin in 1905 & at the Kiel Naval Station in 1918 Mutiny Jason Colleen	$500 [10] Archimedes, Merlin, Wart The Sword in the Stone Dave	$500 [30] Prue's husband Sherman had to register the design he used for earmarks on these, which he calls "kine" cattle (or cows) Dave	$500 [26] Abraham's servant found her at a well & picked her to be Isaac's bride Rebecca Jason	$500 [15] "The Way to Reach the Top of the Commerce Field Sans True Effort" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

EASTERN EUROPE	SONGS	AUTHOR, AUTHOR	WHAT'S "NEW"?	MY HEAVENS!	OH, HELL!
$200 [11] Associated with this large Romanian region, Vlad the Impaler was actually from neighboring Walachia Transylvania Dave	$200 [6] Billy Joel's "Sleeping With the Television On" samples this song played by TV stations at sign-off "The Star-Spangled Banner" Jason	$200 [1] From 1845 to 1847 he lived in a cabin he built on the shore of Walden Pond Henry David Thoreau Dave	$200 [26] It's the rhyme about 4 things a bride should wear "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" Jason	$200 [16] When you've reached this Buddhist heaven, you've broken the cycle of rebirth Nirvana Jason	$200 [21] This Civil War general didn't just say that war is "hell", he said it was "all hell" William T. Sherman Dave
$400 [12] Krakow, Poland was the first city in eastern Europe to have this "festive" hotel chain Holiday Inn Jason	$400 [7] Making a list & checking it twice, we find Bing Crosby & Bruce Springsteen had hits with this song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" Jason	$400 [2] First editions of his "The Portrait of A Lady" & "The Bostonians" each have 3 voulmes Henry James Colleen	$400 [30] These cookies are named for a suburb of Boston, not for a physicist Fig Newtons Colleen	$400 [17] Welcome! Odin receives the souls of slain heroes in this heavenly hall Valhalla Dave	$400 [22] Decorated WWII hero who titled his autobiography "To Hell and Back" Audie Murphy Dave
$600 [13] The resort of Parnu, Estonia has been called the "Pearl of" this sea, due to its white sandy beaches Baltic Sea Dave	$600 [8] Rodgers and Hart classic heard here: "My Funny Valentine" (sung there by Ella Fitzgerald) Dave	$600 [3] This "Animal Farm" author hated his job as a police officer in Burma George Orwell (Eric Blair) Dave	$600 [27] '80s New Wave band heard here: New Order Jason	$600 [18] The "white man"'s name for the Native American heaven where there's plenty of fish & game "Happy Hunting Ground" Colleen	$600 [23] This Roman epic poet was Dante's guide through the inferno in the "Divine Comedy" Virgil Jason Colleen
$800 [14] In the spring of 1992, this peninsula declared its independence from Ukraine & then rescinded it Crimean Peninsula Dave	$800 [9] This somewhat obsessive love song was a No. 1 hit for the Police in 1983 "Every Breath You Take" Colleen	$800 [4] Last name shared by "Invisible Man" author Ralph & "A Boy and His Dog" author Harlan Ellison Dave	$1,000 [29] Medal given for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" Newbery Medal Jason	$800 [19] To the ancient Greeks, these fields were the home of the blessed dead Elysian Fields Colleen	$800 [24] The capital city of Hell, according to Milton; it was a riot! Pandemonium
DD $3,000 [15] A statue of Bohemian theologian Jan Hus graces the center of Old Town Square in this capital Prague, Czech Republic Dave	$1,000 [10] In a 1976 Grammy-nominated song, Bobby Bare asked Jesus to "Dropkick Me" through these "The Goalposts of Life" Jason	$1,000 [5] An inheritance from his great-aunt allowed this "Howards End" author time to pursue his writing E.M. Forster Jason	DD $4,000 [28] He's the only U.S. vice president who fits the category Spiro T. Agnew Jason	$1,000 [20] In Islam, it's the numerical heaven where the most high live Seventh Heaven Dave	$1,000 [25] It's the even worse Hell below Hades where Zeus confined the Titans Tartarus Jason

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

In 1867 the U.S. bought this island group named for a Russian captain & leased it to seal hunting companies

Pribilof Islands

Colleen "What are the Aleutians?" — wagered $3,700

Jason "What are the ?" — wagered $2,800

Dave "What are the Pribilov Islands?" — wagered $1,499

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