Show #2513 1995-07-05 (taped 1995-02-15) Regular

Isaac Segal game 2.

Contestants

Dan Schay — a theater producer and director from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nancy Robertson — a director of administration from Portola Valley, California

Isaac Segal — an advertising creative director from Cherry Hill, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Isaac $3,500 $5,100 $8,400 $16,799
2-day champion: $26,800 + Jeopardy! Sports Edition video game + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$9,400
28 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Nancy $700 $2,200 $5,200 $5,200
2nd place: a trip to the Pennsylvania Poconos+ Jeopardy! Sports Edition video game + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$5,200
15 R, 2 W
Dan $800 $1,700 $8,600 $0
3rd place: a Sanyo 31" TV + Jeopardy! Sports Edition video game + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$6,900
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

LIFE SCIENCE TELEVISION HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES 1994 SEWING VOCABULARY
$100 [1]
The taste buds that sense sweetness are on the tip of this organ
the tongue
Isaac
$100 [21]
Michael, Jackie, Marlon, Jermaine & Tito did their own voices on the '70s cartoon show about these brothers
the Jacksons
Nancy
$100 [16]
In 1972 the mayor of Burbank, Illinois limited trick or treating on this holiday
Halloween
Nancy
$100 [11]
Los Angeles was hit by a major one January 17
an earthquake
Isaac
$100 [26]
Some archaic versions of this sewing device had hooks rather than eyes to hold the thread
a needle
Isaac
$100 [6]
When used to mean a road, pike is short for this
turnpike
Isaac
$200 [2]
Crowns put on front teeth are often made of porcelain; those put on back teeth, of this precious metal
gold
Nancy
$200 [22]
From 1952-54 "The Adventures of" this husband & wife played both on TV and radio
Ozzie & Harriet
Isaac
$200 [17]
The last Monday in March is Seward's Day in this state
Alaska
Isaac
$200 [12]
With one strike this sport was out of commission August 12, 1994
baseball
Isaac
$200 [27]
Thread made of this fiber is often mercerized, giving it greater strength & affinity for dye
cotton
Isaac
$200 [7]
Members of this military group are called leathernecks
Marines
Isaac
$300 [3]
A week or two after the bite of an Anopheles mosquito, this disease's symptoms may appear
malaria
Isaac
$300 [23]
This John Ritter series that debuted in 1977 was based on the British TV series "Man About the House"
Three's Company
Nancy
$300 [18]
Maundy Thursday falls 3 days before this religious holiday
Easter
Nancy
$300 [13]
In December 1994 the Pacific island nation of Palau became its 185th member
the United Nations
Isaac
$300 [28]
This is sewing together 2 pieces of fabric with padding between, perhaps to make a bed cover
quilting
Nancy
$300 [8]
This word can mean a type of small deer or the eggs of a fish
roe
Dan
$400 [4]
Chinese restaurant syndrome is a short-lived illness caused by eating this flavor enhancer
MSG
Isaac
$400 [24]
This actor refused his Oscar in 1971 but accepted an Emmy one month later for "The Price"
George C. Scott
Dan
$400 [19]
Each May this small Arizona community celebrates Wyatt Earp Days
Tombstone
Isaac
$400 [14]
On July 17 Brazil became the first country to win this trophy a fourth time
the World Cup
Isaac
$400 [29]
Ebenezer Butterick is said to have invented the tissue paper type of this
a pattern
Nancy
$400 [9]
This 3-letter word can refer to smoked salmon or liquid oxygen
lox
Isaac
$500 [5]
About 1 in 400 African-Americans has this hereditary disease affecting the hemoglobin
sickle-cell anemia
Nancy
$500 [25]
At the end of each "Mork & Mindy" episode, Mork reported to this Orkan superior
Orson
Dan
$500 [20]
This Christmas flower named for an American diplomat is honored on December 12
Poinsettia
Isaac
DD $1,000 [15]
2 of the 3 people the U.S. sent to Haiti September 17, 1994 to negotiate a settlement
(2 of) Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, & Senator Sam Nunn
Isaac
$500 [30]
Term for a strip of fabric sewn with examples of different stitches, often in silk thread
a sampler
$500 [10]
The name of this common device for regulating the flow of a liquid comes from Latin for "false"
a faucet
Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICIANS EUROPE DANCE SCULPTURE WORLD HISTORY ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
$200 [1]
Throughout the '70s, this Arizona senator's son Barry Jr. was a U.S. representative from California
(Barry) Goldwater
Dan
$200 [16]
Over protests from Vaclav Havel & others, this nation split into 2 states January 1, 1993
Czechoslovakia
Isaac
$200 [26]
A 1981 version of this ballet featured Dame Margot Fonteyn as Lady Capulet
Romeo and Juliet
Nancy
$200 [21]
In Egyptian sculpture, a hieracosphinx has a hawk's head & this animal's body
a lion
Nancy
$200 [6]
In 220 this country's Han dynasty was overthrown, beginning the period of disunity
China
Isaac
$200 [11]
He dedicated "Moby Dick" to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Isaac
$400 [2]
He was Speaker of the Mass. House of Rep. 1948-1952 & Speaker of the U.S. House 1977-1987
Tip O'Neill
Isaac
$400 [17]
Charles Garnier, who designed the Paris Opera House, built the famous casino here in 1878
Monte Carlo
Dan
$400 [30]
The name of the Israeli dance Mayim, Mayim means this liquid, this liquid
water
$400 [22]
A museum in Ogdensburg, New York is devoted to this artist famous for his Wild West bronzes
Remington
Isaac
$400 [7]
In 1920 the League of Nations gave this neighboring country a mandate over the territory of Namibia
South Africa
Isaac
$400 [12]
"The Remains of the Day" author Kazuo Ishiguro was a grouse beater for this grandmother of Prince Charles
the Queen Mother
Nancy
$600 [3]
Indicted on 17 felony counts, this longtime Illinois representative was defeated for reelection in 1994
(Dan) Rostenkowski
Nancy
$600 [18]
In 1973, after a 23-year reign, this country's King Gustav VI died at age 90
Sweden
Isaac
$600 [29]
The name of the gavotte, a dance from this country, is from Provencal for "mountain dweller"
France
Dan
$600 [23]
Luca Della Robbia specialized in sculpture made of this ceramic material whose name is Italian for "baked earth"
terra cotta
Isaac
$600 [8]
In 1025 Boleslaw I became this country's first king but died within the year
Poland
Dan
$600 [13]
These brothers studied law at the University of Marburg before they started collecting folk tales
the Brothers Grimm
Nancy
$800 [4]
This senator who represented Maine from 1959 to 1980 was later a member of the Tower Commission
Edmund Muskie
Isaac
$800 [19]
It's the westernmost country of continental Europe
Portugal
Dan
$800 [28]
Vernon & Irene Castle popularized the "hesitation" style of this ballroom dance
the waltz
Nancy
$1,000 [25]
In the 1430s Donatello sculpted dancing cherubs for the Singing Gallery of the Duomo in this city
Florence
Nancy
$1,000 [10]
In 1579 the Union of Utrecht was formed with this prince of Orange as its leader
William of Orange
Dan
$800 [14]
This author of "Gorky Park" once wrote Western novels under the pseudonym Jake Logan
Martin Cruz Smith
Dan
$1,000 [5]
The last political post William Jennings Bryan held was Secretary of State under this president
(Woodrow) Wilson
Isaac
$1,000 [20]
This large German city on the Elbe River was the birthplace of Felix Mendelssohn & Johannes Brahms
Hamburg
Isaac Nancy
$1,000 [27]
Some movements in the baile grande, a type of this Andalusian dance, resemble classical Hindu dance
flamenco
Nancy
DD $1,500 [24]
Many of the figures Degas modeled in clay or this substance were cast in bronze after his death
wax
Isaac
DD $2,500 [9]
In July 1977 the military took over this nation & Gen. Zia ul-Haq became chief martial law administrator
Pakistan
Dan
$1,000 [15]
He managed the publicity for such films as "Pinocchio" before he wrote "The Manchurian Candidate"
(Richard) Condon
Isaac

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY OPERAS

Operas based on this author's works include "Il Talismano", "Il Templario" & "La Prigione d'Edimburgo"

Sir Walter Scott

Nancy "Who is" — wagered $0
Isaac "Who is Scott?" — wagered $8,399
Dan "Who is Hugo?" — wagered $8,600

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