Show #2631 1996-01-29 Regular

Bill Sloan game 1.

Contestants

Bill Sloan — a real estate broker from Mission Viejo, California

Rocky Feemster — an attorney from Dallas, Texas

David Bowen — a scientist originally from London, England (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$-100	$200	$800	$1,000 3rd place: Rug Doctor carpet cleaner	$800 13 R, 5 W
Rocky	$800	$2,300	$3,000	$4,300 2nd place: a sofa, loveseat & carpet	$4,500 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$1,700	$5,300	$10,800	$6,600 New champion: $6,600	$11,400 27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS	FILMS OF THE '90s	MUSEUMS	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	1853	STARTS WITH "A"
$100 [11] Rattlesnakes belong to the pit group of this snake family vipers Rocky	$100 [20] Meryl Streep as an Iowa farm wife finds a once-in-a-lifetime love with Clint Eastwood in this 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County David	$100 [1] Art collected by Peggy Guggenheim is displayed in her palazzo on the Grand Canal in this city Venice David	$100 [5] These organizations called BBBs protect consumers from unethical business practices Better Business Bureaus Rocky	$100 [26] The first of these buildings for publicly displaying fish was opened at Regent's Park in England aquarium David	$100 [10] They're what a pompous person "puts on" airs David
$200 [12] The silvery blue, the spring azure & the common oakblue are blue-winged types of this beautiful insect butterfly David	$200 [21] This 1994 prison film with Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman was based on a Stephen King tale The Shawshank Redemption David	$200 [2] The Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art isn't in Tibet but in this "island" borough of New York City Staten Island Bill	$200 [6] In 1906 this auto firm introduced its Silver Ghost model Rolls-Royce Bill	$200 [27] This 1,932-foot-deep Oregon lake in the Cascades was discovered by a prospector in 1853 Crater Lake Bill	$200 [16] Formerly the sixth month, it was originally called Sextilis August Bill
$300 [13] This tall bird whose scientific name is Struthio camelus is nicknamed the camel bird ostrich	$300 [23] A call-in radio show brings Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan together in this romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle Bill	$300 [3] There's a London museum devoted to these objects formerly fluttered by flirtatious females fans David	$300 [7] Before moving to Chicago in 1856, this department store owner clerked in a Pittsfield, Mass. dry goods store Marshall Field David Rocky	$300 [28] 2 of his best-known works debuted, "Il Trovatore" & "La Traviata" Giuseppe Verdi Bill	$300 [17] Words that have opposite meanings are called these antonyms David
$400 [14] The Patagonian cavy, which resembles a hare, belongs to this order of mammals rodents Bill	$400 [24] He played Elijah Wood's cruel & creepy cousin in 1993's "The Good Son" Macaulay Culkin Bill	$400 [4] Once a center for blockade runners, this British colony in the Atlantic has a Confederate museum Bermuda Rocky	$400 [8] This stagecoach company owned the Pony Express during the last few months of its existence Wells Fargo Bill	$400 [29] On December 30 this American diplomat signed a treaty ceding Mexican land south of the Gila River to the U.S. (James) Gadsden Bill	$400 [18] On a typewriter keyboard, this symbol usually appears above the number 8 asterisk David Bill
$500 [15] Found in Africa, the colobus type of this mammal often has distinctive black & white fur monkey David Bill	$500 [25] This 1994 Oliver Stone film featured Woody Harrelson & Juliette Lewis as murderers on the run Natural Born Killers Rocky	$500 [22] A statue of King Olav V on skis stands near the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in this capital Oslo Rocky	$500 [9] In 1962 he founded Electronic Data Systems after working for IBM for 5 years Ross Perot Rocky	DD $1,400 [30] Born on July 5, 1853 in Hertfordshire, he later founded the De Beers mining company Cecil Rhodes Bill	$500 [19] From the Latin word for "tree", it's a place where many kinds of trees & plants are exhibited arboretum Rocky

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENERALS	SONG STANDARDS	LAKES & RIVERS	SWEETS	AMERICAN LITERATURE	ENDS WITH "Z"
$200 [8] Horemheb, general to this boy pharaoh, fought the Hittites in Syria Tutankhamun David	$200 [16] "Some Day My Prince Will Come" is from this 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs David	$200 [1] At about 2/3 of a square mile, Upper Lake is the smallest of this country's lakes of Killarney Ireland Rocky	$200 [26] In names of thin, crisp cookies, this word follows brandy & ginger snap David	$200 [19] He first wrote about a woman doomed to wear the letter in his 1838 story "Endicott and the Red Cross" (Nathaniel) Hawthorne Rocky	$200 [5] Variations of this dance include the Boston & Viennese waltz Bill
$400 [9] This Israeli lost his left eye fighting with Allied forces in Lebanon during WWII Moshe Dayan Bill	$400 [17] "Nothing could be finer than to be" here "in the morning" in Carolina Rocky	$400 [2] Explorer Jacques Cartier called it the "River of Canada" the St. Lawrence Bill	$400 [27] Yogurt Gone Crazy is a low-fat treat from this company famed for its 31 flavors Baskin-Robbins Rocky	$400 [20] Henry March in his novel "The Deerslayer" is nicknamed Hurry Harry because he's always on the move James Fenimore Cooper Bill	$400 [6] Often printed with flowers, this glazed fabric has been used to make drapes & slipcovers as well as dresses chintz Bill
$600 [10] In the early days of WWI, General Erich Ludendorff captured the fortress city of Liege in this country Belgium Rocky	$600 [18] "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off," do this start all over again Bill	$600 [3] Cities on this Swiss lake include Montreux & Lausanne Lake Geneva David Bill	$600 [28] This crystalized candy that looks like chunks of quartz may be used to sweeten coffee rock candy Rocky Bill	$600 [21] The storytelling characters in his book "Tales of a Wayside Inn" are based on real people (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow Bill	$600 [7] Begun in 1967, it was the USSR's third man-in-space program Soyuz David
$1,000 [12] At the outbreak of WWII, General Joseph Stilwell became chief of staff to this generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Bill	$800 [24] This Cole Porter tune's second line is "I've got you deep in the heart of me" "I've Got You Under My Skin" Bill	$800 [4] This lake in the Andes is divided into 2 bodies of water connected by the Tiquina Strait Lake Titicaca Bill	$800 [29] Nesselrode pudding contains a puree of these nuts that the French call marrons chestnuts David Bill	$800 [22] This "Sophie's Choice" author set his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness", in his native Virginia William Styron Bill	$800 [14] German for "replacement", this word describes something artificial & usually inferior ersatz David
DD $1,500 [11] Tomas Estrada Palma, a leader in this Caribbean island's indep. movement, became its first president in 1902 Cuba Rocky	$1,000 [25] This 5-word phrase follows "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" I'm in love with you Bill	$1,000 [13] This river in west central Africa is also called the Zaire River the Congo Rocky	$1,000 [30] Baklava is made from many layers of this paper-thin pastry whose name is Greek for "leaf" phyllo Bill	DD $1,500 [23] Book one of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Shimerdas" "My Antonia" Bill	$1,000 [15] Court painter to King Philip IV, he was Spain's greatest Baroque artist (Diego) Velazquez Bill

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIANS

In 1962 she said, "Nineteen-fourteen was the birthday of us all"

Barbara Tuchman

David "Who is Barbara Tuchman?" — wagered $200

Rocky "Who is Tuchman" — wagered $1,300

Bill "Who is Margaret Mead" — wagered $4,200

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