Show #2780 1996-10-04 (taped 1996-08-20) Regular

Contestants

Ellen Goodman — a math teacher from East Meadow, New York

Cy Gardner — a videographer originally from Riverdale, Maryland

Frances Yasprica — a publicist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Frances	$1,500	$1,800	$6,000	$2,000 3rd place: Michael C. Fina flatware	$6,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Cy	$1,100	$3,100	$6,100	$12,100 2nd place: RCA television and satellite system	$6,100 17 R, 2 W
Ellen	$1,000	$2,900	$7,900	$12,201 New champion: $12,201	$9,900 23 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS SHIPS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	TV ACTORS & ROLES	FOOD	THE 1820s	"BI"WORDS
$100 [20] Remember this ship that blew up in 1898? One inquiry said the cause of the explosion was a submarine mine the Maine Ellen	$100 [7] In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak Pikes Peak Ellen	$100 [3] After 5 years as Dylan McKay, Luke Perry left the cast of this show in 1995 Beverly Hills 90210 Ellen	$100 [26] In a cling peach the flesh clings to this the pit Ellen	$100 [1] On October 27, 1822 a 280-mile section of the Erie Canal opened between Rochester & this capital Albany Ellen	$100 [14] When you wait for something, you do this to your time bide Frances
$200 [22] After striking a reef in 1989 it caused the largest oil spill in U.S. history Exxon Valdez Cy	$200 [8] Belleville, Illinois is part of this Missouri city's metropolitan area St. Louis Ellen	$200 [10] Before sailing on "The Love Boat", Gavin MacLeod played Murray Slaughter on this sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show Cy	$200 [27] This word that often follows wiener means "cutlet" in German Schnitzel Frances	$200 [2] This country signed treaties with the U.S. & Britain accepting 54° 40' as its southern border for Alaska Russia Cy	$200 [15] Divide in two bisect Ellen
$300 [23] The Pearl Harbor memorial built above this sunken battleship was dedicated in 1962 the Arizona	$300 [9] The largest lake in the western U.S., it's fed by freshwater streams but has a heavy saline content the Great Salt Lake Cy	$300 [11] His TV roles have included Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days" & Father Dowling Tom Bosley Frances	$300 [28] Cajun popcorn is made by battering & frying shrimp, or the tails of these freshwater crustaceans crayfish Ellen	$300 [4] In 1825 this Scottish botanist discovered the coniferous evergreen now named for him in the Pacific NW David Douglas Frances	$300 [18] If you speak fluent English & Estonian, you're this bilingual Ellen
$400 [24] The ramains of this ship were found off Pitcairn Island in 1957 the Bounty Ellen	$400 [16] Wind Cave National Park is located in these eroded mountains in western South Dakota the Black Hills	$400 [12] Jerry Orbach plays detective Lennie Briscoe on this crime series Law & Order Cy	$400 [29] The redeye type of this is made from fried ham drippings gravy Cy	DD $400 [5] A great rock along this river inspired Heinrich Heine to write his poem "Die Lorelei" the Rhine Frances	$400 [19] If you live in Miami & Malibu, you're this bicoastal Cy
$500 [25] Name shared by the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic & the 1st nuclear-powered merchant ship the Savannah	$500 [17] Northern California's Mount Shasta & Lassen Peak are at the southern end of this mountain range the Cascades Ellen	$500 [13] In 1996 this talk show host turned actor to play a Navy SEAL turned teacher on "Matt Waters" Montel Williams Frances	$500 [30] Some add onions to this Greek dish of eggplant layered with ground meat & covered in Bechamel sauce Moussaka Cy	$500 [6] Although it was founded in 1821, this Montreal university didn't open until 1829 McGill Ellen	$500 [21] Premolars bicuspids Cy

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN'S FIRSTS	BILL CLINTON	POETS & POETRY	FOREIGN CURRENCY	BIOLOGY	THE CONGO RIVER
$200 [2] In 1995 Roberta Cooper Ramo became the 1st female president of this legal association the American Bar Association Frances Cy	$200 [1] Bill Clinton met Hillary Rodham while both were attending this law school Yale Ellen	$200 [16] Longfellow's poem about this patriot begins, "Listen, my children, and you shall hear..." Paul Revere Frances	$200 [22] This German currency was once a unit of weight, equaling about 8 ounces the Mark Cy	$200 [13] The umbo is the pointed center & oldest part of this part of a clam the shell Frances	$200 [8] In length the Congo is second in Africa to this river the Nile Cy
$400 [3] Now cohost of "20/20", in 1976 she became the 1st woman to co-anchor the network evening news Barbara Walters Cy	$400 [4] While the GOP convention was taking place in California, President Clinton was vacationing in this state Wyoming Cy	$400 [17] According to tradition, Clement Clark Moore wrote this holiday classic for his own children in 1822 "The Night Before Christmas" Frances	$400 [27] In 1833 Greece chose this basic unit of currency to replace the phoenix the drachma Frances	$400 [14] Cutaneous respiration is an exchange of gases through this part of the body the skin Ellen	$400 [9] In the 1870s this British explorer & journalist traveled the entire length of the Congo Stanley Ellen
$600 [10] In 1988 she became the 1st woman to head the government of a modern Muslim state (Benazir) Bhutto Ellen	$600 [5] At the 1988 Democratic Convention, Clinton gave the nominating speech for this candidate Dukakis Ellen	$600 [18] William Blake asked of this wild animal, "Did he who made the lamb make thee?" The Tyger Cy	$600 [28] This Israeli currency originated with the Babylonians the shekel Ellen	$600 [24] Dendrites are projections from this type of cell the nerve cells Ellen	$600 [15] This "Heart of Darkness" author lived his dream of commanding a steamboat up the Congo (Joseph) Conrad Cy
DD $1,000 [11] This 16th century queen was the 1st woman to play golf Mary, Queen of Scots Ellen	$800 [6] Prior to being elected Arkansas Governor in 1978, Clinton held this state office attorney general Cy	$800 [19] He concluded "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" with "The Epitaph"; how appropriate (Thomas) Gray Ellen	$800 [29] Eritrea uses the birr as its basic unit of currency, as does this country which it broke away from in 1993 Ethiopia Ellen	$800 [25] Osmoregulation in the human body is carried out by these organs the kidneys	$800 [21] We presume you know the cataracts on the lower Congo are named for this man Livingstone Frances
$1,000 [12] She became the 1st woman elected to Congress in 1916, before most women could even vote Jeannette Rankin Frances	$1,000 [7] Clinton was born in this Arkansas hamlet in 1946 but grew up in Hot Springs Hope Cy	$1,000 [20] He dedicated "The Rape of the Lock" to Mrs. Arabella Fremor (Alexander) Pope Ellen	DD $1,000 [30] The currency of Ecuador & Bolivia's official capital were both named for this man Antonio José de Sucre Ellen	$1,000 [26] These glands secrete oil into your hair follicles sebaceous (glands) Frances Cy	$1,000 [23] Name given by the Portuguese to the Congo River & still used for much of it today the Zaire Ellen

Final Jeopardy!

15th CENTURY MEN

In 1482 he told the Duke of Milan that he could "make armored wagons to carry artillery"

Leonardo da Vinci

Frances "Who was Machiavelli?" — wagered $4,000

Cy "Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?" — wagered $6,000

Ellen "Who is Leonardo da V" — wagered $4,301

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