Show #3012 1997-10-07 Regular

Contestants

Yolanda Diaz — a financial service representative from Atlanta, Georgia

Diane Shafer — a homemaker from Hampton, Virginia

James Fraleigh — a senior journal production editor from Hackensack, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
James	$0	$1,800	$9,200	$0 3rd place: Ducane 2004SS Gas Grill	$9,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Diane	$900	$-300	$1,900	$1 2nd place: Trip to Jamaica	$2,900 11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Yolanda	$400	$2,000	$6,200	$2,000 New champion: $2,000	$6,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	SLOGANS	THE FALL CLASSIC	FAMOUS 17th CENTURY NAMES	JUST US CHICKENS	ENDS IN "ETTE"
$100 [5] This Canadian province's largest lake is Lake Mistassini, about 350 miles north of Montreal Quebec James	$100 [1] "The milk chocolate melts in your mouth--not in your hand" M&M's Yolanda	$100 [2] In 1932 he pointed to the stands & hit the ball there--or maybe he just gestured at the Cubs' bench Babe Ruth James	$100 [26] Jan Vermeer, who made only about 40 of these in his life, gave 2 to a baker in exchange for credit paintings Yolanda	$100 [12] The name of this enclosure where chickens are confined comes from a middle English word for "basket" coop James	$100 [13] Audio player that came between reel-to-reel & CD cassette James
$200 [8] Namibia's coastline is provided by this body of water Atlantic Ocean Diane	$200 [4] "Quality is job one" Ford Diane	$200 [17] The 1989 "Bay Bridge Series" between these 2 teams sadly became the "Earthquake Series" Oakland A's & San Francisco Giants Yolanda	$200 [27] On Jaunuary 1, 1660 this Englishman began his diaries in shorthand; he stopped 9 years later (Samuel) Pepys James Yolanda	$200 [22] New Hampshires & Rhode Island reds usually produce eggs of this color brown Yolanda	$200 [14] Don't ever play the "Russian" version of this casino game Russian Roulette James
$300 [9] An agricultural area through which this Scottish river flows is the home of a breed of horse Clyde	$300 [6] "Be all that you can be" The Army Yolanda	$300 [18] This team's Pat Borders was the series MVP in 1992 as the championship crossed the border Toronto Blue Jays Yolanda	$300 [28] Real playwright who wrote "The Imaginary Invalid" Molière	$300 [23] Chickens are often given grit to replenish the supply of stones in this digestive organ gizzard James Diane Yolanda	$400 [16] Howdy Doody was one of these, so you had to pull the right strings to get him to do something marionette Yolanda
$400 [10] This river rises in the Black Forest & flows easterly about 1,770 miles, where it empties into the Black Sea Rhine James Diane	$400 [3] "Life is not a spectator sport" Reebok Diane	$400 [19] Career .242 hitter Ron Swoboda hit .400 & made an amazin' catch in this team's 1969 Series win New York Mets Yolanda	$400 [29] This Dutch explorer discovered & named Van Diemen's Land, an island now named for him Abel Tasman Diane	$400 [24] This term is used to refer to a miniature member of a standard chicken breed bantam James	DD $500 [15] Object seen here: palette James
$500 [11] The Ucayali & Maranon rivers converge near Nauta, Peru, forming this river Amazon	$500 [7] "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" United Negro College Fund Diane	$500 [20] In Game 2 of the 1956 series, he was gone in the second inning; in game 5, he was perfect Don Larsen Yolanda	—	$500 [25] Tyson Foods could tell you that this state leads the USA in broiler production Arkansas James Diane	$500 [21] Last name of acting sisters Rosanna & Patricia, & grandpa Cliff Arquette James

Double Jeopardy! Round

DOCUMENTS	AMERICAN LITERATURE	MACHINES NEVER BUILT	BLASTS FROM THE PAST	ENTERTAINERS	ODD WORDS
$200 [3] The U.S. government gets over 100,000 requests a year for these documents that protect inventors patents Yolanda	$200 [9] Novel in which Hawthorne wrote, "On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth,...appeared the letter A" The Scarlet Letter Yolanda	$200 [22] Around 1500 he sketched not only a flying machine, but a parachute Leonardo da Vinci Diane	$200 [16] Havana Harbor February 15, 1898 the blowing up of the Maine Diane	$200 [4] He co-starred in "True Lies" in 1994, the year his marriage to Roseanne ended Tom Arnold Yolanda	$200 [1] To sibilate is to do this, like a snake or a disapproving audience hiss Diane
$600 [27] A "living" one gives family members the right to end treatment of a dying person will James	$400 [10] This vice president is the title character of a 1973 novel by Gore Vidal Aaron Burr	$400 [23] This Reagan administration plan included anti-missile lasers & particle beams Star Wars James	$400 [17] Cascade Range May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens James	$400 [5] This cross-dressing diva plays the title role in the music video "Supermodel (You Better Work)" RuPaul Diane	$400 [2] Though a lummox is a stupid person, this word with one more letter would confuse anyone flummox James
$800 [28] In countries under civil law, they can be real estate lawyers; in the U.S., they seal documents notaries James	$600 [11] He won a 1951 Pulitzer for his "Complete Poems" & one in 1940 for "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years" (Carl) Sandburg Diane	$600 [24] A machine that achieved this type of motion would violate at least one of the laws of thermodynamics perpetual motion James	$600 [18] Trinity Site July 16, 1945 the first nuclear blast Diane	$600 [6] Savion Glover put his "stamp" on 1996's "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk", a chronicle of this dance form tap Yolanda	$600 [12] To decaudate is to do this, as a farmer's wife in rhyme did to cut the tail off of James
$1,000 [29] This synonym for "arranged" refers to documents designed as secret classified James	$800 [14] When featured on "Oprah", her 1977 novel "Song of Solomon" returned to the bestseller list in 1996 Toni Morrison James	$800 [25] In 1993 Congress killed this Texas project that would have shown physicists subatomic impacts superconducting super collider James	DD $1,000 [19] Indonesia August 26, 1883 explosion or eruption of Krakatoa Diane	$800 [7] This "Saturday Night Live" "Opera Man" has since starred on film in "Billy Madison" & "Happy Gilmore" Adam Sandler Yolanda	$800 [13] Now meaning "drivel", it used to be a trick to gain applause claptrap
—	$1,000 [15] Francis Phelan an ex-baseball player, is the main character in this author's "Ironweed" William Kennedy	$1,000 [26] Around 1900 he built a 12-million volt electric coil, but fell short with a worldwide radio transmitter Tesla James	$1,000 [20] Just north of Kiev April 26, 1986 Chernobyl Diane	DD $1,200 [8] This single-named singer heardherecombines New Age music with Irish folk: Enya Yolanda	$1,000 [21] In an ancient Roman house the impluvium was a basin in the atrium set up to receive this rain Yolanda

Final Jeopardy!

THE BIBLE

The Hebrew title of this 2-part Old Testament book can be translated as "the events of the days"

Chronicles

Diane "What is Genesis? Hi VA / WV / MD / NJ / PA" — wagered $1,899

Yolanda "What is Leviticus?" — wagered $4,200

James "What is Deuteronomy" — wagered $9,200

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