Show #2514 1995-07-06 (taped 1995-02-15) Regular

Isaac Segal game 3.

Contestants

James Greenberg — a public relations coordinator originally from Marlboro, New Jersey

Tom McGuire — a writer from Oakland, California

Isaac Segal — an advertising creative director from Cherry Hill, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Isaac $3,300 $6,800 $16,200 $16,000
3-day champion: $42,800 + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$14,700
33 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tom $600 $600 $1,000 $1,000
3rd place: a Samsung 27" color television + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$1,000
11 R, 4 W
James $500 $1,300 $7,800 $5,600
2nd place: a Bassett dining room + a Troy Lighting chandelier + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$5,900
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIBLE QUOTATIONS SPORTS AMERICAN CUISINE GROVER CLEVELAND RANKS & TITLES "LADY"s
$100 [11]
A familiar line from Matthew says, "What... God hath joined together, let not man" do this
put asunder
James
$100 [1]
Co-captains of the 1992 Olympic basketball "Dream Team" were Magic Johnson & this Celtics star
Larry Bird
Isaac
$100 [13]
Like Monterey Jack, Sonoma Jack cheese originated in this U.S. state
California
Tom
$100 [18]
During his 1st term, Cleveland used this power over 400 times, more than all his predecessors combined
the veto
Tom
$100 [6]
The French equivalent of mr., it's abbreviated just m.
monsieur
Isaac
$100 [19]
One who attends a queen or a princess
a lady-in-waiting
James
$200 [12]
In 1 Kings 3:12 God said to him, "I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart"
Solomon
Tom
$200 [2]
This NFL team's logo features a pirate with a dagger in his mouth
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
James
$200 [14]
New Englanders know that these vegetables put the red in red flannel hash
beets
Isaac
$200 [24]
On Oct. 28, 1886 Cleveland presided over its dedication in New York Harbor
the Statue of Liberty
Isaac
$200 [7]
Title shared by a large moth or the largest penguin
emperor
James
$200 [20]
The earliest account of her ride through Coventry comes from Roger of Wendover in the 13th c.
Lady Godiva
Isaac
$300 [28]
He admitted in Luke 23:14 that "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man..."
(Pontius) Pilate
Isaac
$300 [3]
With a capacity of just 38,756, this Chicago Cubs stadium is the smallest in the National League
Wrigley Field
Isaac
$300 [15]
A favorite in the South, ambrosia is a dessert made with sliced oranges & this shredded tropical fruit
coconut
Tom
$300 [25]
During this war, Cleveland avoided service by hiring a substitute
the Civil War
James
$300 [8]
After taking Venice, Napoleon abolished this title of the ruler of the city
the doge
Isaac
$300 [21]
These beetles feed chiefly on aphids & other small insects
ladybugs
Tom
$400 [29]
Apostle who in 1 Timothy wrote, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief"
Paul
Isaac
$400 [4]
From 1927 to 1945, this World War I flying ace owned the Indianapolis Speedway
Rickenbacker
Isaac
$400 [16]
Rhyming name of the cuisine that combines the flavors of our 28th state & its neighbor to the south
Tex-Mex
James
$400 [26]
It was Cleveland's first name; Grover was his middle name
Stephen
$400 [9]
Arabic's amir-al-bahr, or commander of the sea, became this English title
admiral
Isaac
$400 [22]
This cocktail made with gin, grenadine & egg whites is shaken & strained before serving
a pink lady
Isaac Tom
$500 [30]
In his sorrow this Old Testament figure said, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away"
Job
Isaac
$500 [5]
On July 4, 1919 this boxer from Manassa, Colo. defeated Jess Willard to win the world heavyweight title
(Jack) Dempsey (the "Manassa Mauler")
Isaac
$500 [17]
Craig Claiborne's recipe for Kentucky Burgoo calls for the 100-proof type of this liquor
bourbon
Isaac
$500 [27]
From an Indian term, Republicans who abandoned their party in 1884 to vote for Cleveland were called this
Mugwumps
Isaac
DD $1,000 [10]
A member of a state university board, or a person who substitutes for a king
a regent
Isaac
$500 [23]
The title character of this 1964 Jan & Dean hit was "the terror of Colorado Boulevard"
the Little Old Lady from Pasadena
Isaac

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY ENGINEERING ART CLASS TRAVEL & TOURISM PEOPLE BOOKS & AUTHORS
$200 [6]
Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of this country twice, in 1925 & 1932
Germany
Tom
$200 [30]
The gravity type of this structure, like the Grand Coulee, uses its own weight to withstand the water pressure
a dam
Tom
$200 [21]
c. 1490 he found that the span of a man's arms equals his height & drew a picture showing it
Leonardo da Vinci
James
$200 [16]
Cape May, at the end of the Garden State Parkway in this state, is the USA's oldest seashore resort
New Jersey
Tom
$200 [11]
Notified of this rival's death in March 1993, Dr. Jonas Salk called it "a great loss"
Sabin
Isaac
$200 [1]
Sheila Burnford wrote about 2 dogs & one of these animals on an "Incredible Journey"
a cat
Isaac
$400 [7]
Before battle on Oct. 21, 1805, he signaled, "England expects that every man will do his duty"
Nelson
Isaac
$400 [29]
This military corps' projects have included the St. Lawrence Seaway & the Manhattan Project
the Army Corps of Engineers
Isaac
$400 [22]
Term for the decoration of Medieval manuscripts with fancy initials, patterns & borders
illumination
Isaac James
$400 [17]
The northwest corner of Death Valley National Park lies in this state
Nevada
Isaac Tom
$400 [12]
This British expert on black holes has been called "the greatest theoretical physicist since Einstein"
Stephen Hawking
Tom James
$400 [2]
In this Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, Colonel Pyncheon is cursed by convicted wizard Matthew Maule
The House of the Seven Gables ( The House of Seven Gables accepted)
Isaac
$600 [8]
In 1734 this city near Mount Vesuvius became the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Naples
Isaac Tom
$600 [28]
Built in 1865, America's first successful oil pipeline was 2" wide & traveled 5 miles in this state
Pennsylvania
Isaac
$600 [23]
There are 2 major techniques of this type of painting: transparent & gouache, which is opaque
watercolor
Isaac
$600 [18]
When traveling through this Kansas city, be sure to stop at Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home
Abilene
Isaac
$600 [13]
This Soviet-born dancer was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989
Nureyev
Isaac
$600 [3]
This author of "2010: Odyssey Two" sold his first science fiction stories while in the RAF during WWII
Arthur C. Clarke
Tom
$800 [9]
In 1943 this Chinese leader met with FDR & Winston Churchill at the Cairo conference
Chiang Kai-shek
James
$800 [26]
Waterway originally dug in the 4th century B.C.; Kublai Khan had it rerouted in the 13th
the Grand Canal
$800 [24]
It's believed that Vermeer used this image-making device to help transfer images to canvas
a camera obscura
James
$800 [19]
This Alabama city has a collection of spacecraft at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Huntsville
Tom
$800 [14]
In 1989 his wife Sarah was named chairperson of Handgun Control Inc.
(James) Brady
Isaac
$800 [4]
Among his novels featuring spy George Smiley are "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" & "Smiley's People"
John le Carré
James
DD $2,900 [10]
At the Congress of Vienna, William I of the Netherlands traded Nassau for this Duchy
Luxembourg
James
$1,000 [27]
On May 10, 1869 telegraphs around the U.S. flashed the news that it was "done"
the Transcontinental Railroad
James
$1,000 [25]
In the rules of perspective, this is the place at which parallel lines converge on the horizon
the vanishing point
Isaac
$1,000 [20]
You can whale-watch at Grand Manan, Deer & Campobello Islands in this Canadian bay
the Bay of Fundy
Tom
DD $2,000 [15]
In August 1994 he was sworn in as the 108th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer
Isaac
$1,000 [5]
His story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" appeared in 1869 in the Overland Monthly, which he edited
Bret Harte
Isaac

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS PLAYS

Play that includes, "I was so mean as to kill this bird today... soon I shall kill myself in the same way"

The Seagull

Tom "What is William T" — wagered $0
James "What is To kill A Mockingbird" — wagered $2,200
Isaac "What is ?" — wagered $200

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