Show #2512 1995-07-04 (taped 1995-02-15) Regular

Isaac Segal game 1.

Contestants

Steve Zych — an airline agent originally from Vienna, Austria

Isaac Segal — an advertising creative director from Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Tom Pope — a special effects animator from Burbank, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$200	$2,000	$5,000	$1,000 3rd place: a Vuarnet "Squaw Peak Chronograph" watch + the Jeopardy! '92 home game	$5,000 16 R, 3 W
Isaac	$1,700	$4,200	$8,500	$10,001 New champion: $10,001 + the Jeopardy! '92 home game	$9,600 30 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Steve	$800	$600	$800	$1,599 2nd place: a trip to Key Biscayne + the Jeopardy! '92 home game	$800 7 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS TEXANS	THE EMMYS	TRANSPORTATION	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN	MONEY	"L"s ON THE MAP
$100 [12] He was born near Stonewall, Texas in 1908; his wife Lady Bird was born in Karnack Lyndon Baines Johnson Steve	$100 [18] In 1991 Kirstie Alley won an Emmy for playing Rebecca Howe on this sitcom Cheers Tom	$100 [7] The wheels of these ancient Egyptian vehicles usually had 6 spokes chariots Isaac	$100 [2] Ben organized Philadelphia's first company to fight these, much needed where all buildings were wood fires Tom	$100 [23] This German unit of currency is abbreviated DM a Deutsche Mark Steve	$100 [1] World Book says this British city may have been named for the mythical Liver bird Liverpool Isaac
$200 [13] This San Antonio resident helps out America's homemakers with lots of "Hints" Heloise Tom	$200 [19] It holds the record for most Emmys by a miniseries with 9 Roots Isaac	$200 [8] Fire departments have 3 main types of truck: pumper, rescue & this kind ladder Isaac	$200 [3] In 1731 Ben joined this fraternal organization becoming Grand Master of the Grand Penn. Lodge in 1749 the Masons Isaac	$200 [24] The first of these U.S. coins were struck in 1964 Kennedy half-dollars Tom Isaac	$200 [14] There's a monument to the great racehorse Man O' War in this city, Kentucky's second largest Lexington Tom
$300 [20] A native of Texas, this author has set many of his novels there, including "Lonesome Dove" Larry McMurtry Isaac Steve	$300 [28] In 1977 it was said that she "won by a bionic vote" as best actress in a drama series Lindsay Wagner Isaac	$300 [9] Marked out in 1775, it was Kentucky's first road the Wilderness Road Tom Isaac Steve	$300 [4] Ben's last public act was to sign a petition to Congress urging the abolition of this slavery Steve	$300 [25] Of ding, dong or cong, the basic monetary unit of Vietnam a dong Tom	$300 [15] Europeans were once banned from this Tibetan capital, which was known as "the Forbidden City" Lhasa Steve
$400 [21] A Texas county is named for this "father of condensed milk" who was one of the state's pioneer settlers (Gail) Borden Tom	$400 [29] Peter Falk has won 4 Emmys for playing this role Columbo Tom	$400 [10] New Mexico's first railroad, it began operation in the state in 1878 the (Atchison, Topeka and) Santa Fe Railway Isaac	$400 [5] Franklin lived abroad for 27 of his 84 years: 18 in Britain & 9 in this country France Steve	$400 [26] The dirham, the main currency of the United Arab Emirates, derives its name from this Greek coin a drachma Isaac	$400 [16] This city is the home of Bolivian Catholic University La Paz Tom
$500 [22] The family home of this longtime Speaker of the House is now a museum in Bonham, Texas Sam Rayburn Isaac	$500 [30] In 1973 this director & choreographer won a Tony for "Pippin" & an Emmy for "Liza with a 'Z'" Bob Fosse Isaac	DD $500 [11] The Oregon, California & Mormon trails followed this east-west River in Nebraska the Platte Isaac	$500 [6] Franklin's son William, governor of this colony, was a staunch Tory New Jersey Isaac	$500 [27] In 1973 this country introduced coinage of the new Queen Margrethe II Denmark Isaac	$500 [17] Napoleon lost the 1813 Battle of this German city, which is also called the Battle of the Nations Leipzig

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	ARCHITECTURE	COMPOSERS	PLACE NAME ORIGINS	TREES	WOMEN AUTHORS
$200 [6] In 1856 France joined Britain in a second Opium War with this country China Isaac	$200 [11] Henry Hobson Richardson designed this Massachusetts city's Trinity Church in the Romanesque style Boston Tom	$200 [1] This "Messiah" composer said Christoph Gluck "knows no more counterpoint than my cook" Handel Isaac	$200 [20] The name of this former capital of West Germany is a Celtic word for "town" Bonn Isaac	$200 [25] The pulp of the pods of this Eastern Mediterranean tree is used as a chocolate substitute carob Isaac	$200 [16] Anne Edwards' biography of this author is titled "Road to Tara" Margaret Mitchell Isaac
$400 [7] It was seized by Iranian militants on November 4, 1979 & held for over 400 days the American embassy Isaac	$400 [12] Finlandia Hall in this capital city was one of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's last creations Helsinki Tom	$400 [2] The first English composer elevated to the peerage, his title was Baron Britten of Aldeburgh Benjamin Britten Isaac	$400 [21] The names Donegal & Dundee refer to these structures, one "on the Dee", one "of the foreigners" forts	$400 [26] Rosin & turpentine are obtained from the resin of the slash & longleaf varieties of this tree pine Isaac	$400 [17] Beginning in 1978 Joyce Carol Oates was a writer in residence at this New Jersey university Princeton Isaac
$600 [8] Between 1868 and 1894, Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister of England twice & this man was P.M. 4 times Gladstone Isaac	$600 [13] Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan once owned a museum devoted to this "Prairie Style" architect Frank Lloyd Wright Tom	$600 [3] The plot of this "New World Symphony" composer's opera "Dimitrij" begins where "Boris Godunov" ends Dvorák Isaac	$800 [23] This Belgian port's name may mean "against the dike" Antwerp Isaac	$600 [28] The Japanese varieties of this fruit tree are grown solely for their ornamental value the cherry Tom Isaac Steve	$600 [15] In the mid-1960s this co-founder of Ms. magazine wrote for the TV series "That Was the Week that Was" Gloria Steinem Tom Isaac
$800 [9] The "Golden Age" of this Indian empire occurred during the reign of Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal the Mughals Tom Steve	$800 [14] The Cathedral of Notre Dame at Reims is a masterpiece of this architectural style Gothic Steve	$800 [4] "The Erl-King" & "The Wanderer" are among this 19th century composer's most famous lieder Franz Schubert Steve	$1,000 [24] This northern sea was named for a British admiral who was famous for a wind scale Beaufort Isaac	$1,000 [30] A national park in California is named for this yucca plant that grows there the Joshua tree Tom	$800 [18] "Francois le Champi" is an 1848 novel by this woman who liked to wear men's clothes George Sand Isaac
$1,000 [10] In 404 B.C. a starving Athens was forced to give up its long fight in this war the Peloponnesian War Tom	$1,000 [29] This uppermost part of a capital has the same name as an ancient calculator an abacus Tom Isaac	$1,000 [5] Russian "Eugene Onegin" composer whose brother Modest wrote the libretto for his last opera, "Iolanta" Tchaikovsky Isaac	DD $2,000 [22] The name of this large Russian lake is from Altaic for "rich take", referring to its rich take of fish Lake Baikal Isaac	DD $2,500 [27] South American Indians called this tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cahuchu, which means "weeping wood" the rubber tree Isaac	$1,000 [19] From 1917 to 1919 this poet from Maine was an actress & playwright with the Provincetown Players Edna St. Vincent Millay

Final Jeopardy!

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

1 of the 3 things "we mutually pledge to each other" at the end of the Declaration

(1 of) our lives, our fortunes, & our sacred honor

Steve "What is our lives?" — wagered $799

Tom "What is to defend?" — wagered $4,000

Isaac "What is "sacred honor"?" — wagered $1,501

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