Show #2757 1996-09-03 (taped 1996-08-06) Regular

Bernie Cullen game 2.

Contestants

Ted Curtis — a teacher from Syracuse, New York

Deb Taub — a college professor from Lafayette, Indiana

Bernie Cullen — a biology graduate student originally from Dublin, Ireland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bernie $2,600 $3,100 $11,900 $16,199
2-day champion: $30,599
$10,500
29 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Deb $600 $400 $3,800 $7,001
2nd place: a Fisher home entertainment center + an O'Sullivan home theater
$4,600
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ted $900 $2,100 $3,500 $3,000
3rd place: Le Roncato Ciak 101 luggage
$3,500
11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME WORLD HISTORY FASHION BIBLICAL FIRSTS NOTORIOUS CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
$100 [3]
Handwritten lyrics on display include Chuck Berry's "School Days" & his "Purple Haze"
Jimi Hendrix
Bernie
$100 [11]
In 1785 this future French emperor graduated from military school in Paris, 42nd in his class of 58
Napoleon
Deb
$100 [1]
Lumberjack shirts & kilts feature these designs
tartans (or plaids)
Bernie
$100 [20]
He's the first person in the Bible to build a ship
Noah
Bernie
$100 [16]
He was an employee of the Texas School Book Depository when he shot JFK from its 6th floor
Oswald
Bernie
$100 [12]
Ire(5)
anger
Bernie
$200 [4]
Jann Wenner, editor & publisher of this magazine, is 1 of 26 on the Hall's board of trustees
Rolling Stone
Bernie
$200 [23]
Barons & churchmen drew up this 1215 document to reduce the power of England's King John
The Magna Carta
Deb
$200 [2]
What's considered the finest cotton in the world is grown in & named for this country
Egypt
Deb
$200 [24]
God's first instructions to human beings were "be fruitful and" do this
to multiply
Bernie
$200 [17]
He established a commune for his "family" on the Spahn Ranch outside Los Angeles
(Charles) Manson
Deb
$200 [13]
Type of turf for the Jetson's dog(5)
astro
Bernie
$300 [5]
Known for playing Ziggy Stardust, he donated a plaster cast of his face for the mannequins representing him
David Bowie
Bernie
$300 [28]
In 1519 he & his men landed at Tabasco & began the Spanish conquest of Mexico
Cortes
Ted
$300 [8]
Worn by South American Indians for centuries, it's square, has a hole in the middle & doubles as a blanket
a poncho
Deb
$300 [25]
This strongman told the first riddle; it concerned a honey-filled lion
Samson
Deb
$300 [19]
Alvin "Creepy" Karpis holds the record for time served on this "rock" — 28 years
Alcatraz
Deb
$300 [14]
Magician's mantra(11)
abracadabra
Bernie
$400 [6]
He said, "In designing this building, it was my intention to echo the energy of rock and roll"
I.M. Pei
Ted
$400 [29]
In 1936 Italy conquered this Ethiopian capital & Haile Selassie fled to Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Ted
$400 [9]
Men's tails are also known by this longer, avian name
swallow-tails
Bernie
$500 [27]
This disguised man was the first person to kiss someone in the Bible; he kissed his father
Jacob
Bernie
$400 [21]
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre broke the power of this Chicago gangster nicknamed "Bugs"
George "Bugsy" Moran
Bernie Deb
$400 [15]
Time "of a faun"(9)
afternoon
Bernie
$500 [7]
Equipment used by Sam Phillips to record Elvis Presley is on exhibit in a tribute to this record company
Sun
Bernie
$500 [30]
In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica
(Admiral) Byrd
Bernie
$500 [10]
Famous for their seeksucker suits, these New York brothers made the frock coat Lincoln wore to Ford's Theatre
the Brooks Brothers
Ted
DD $800 [26]
Rachel is the first shepherdess mentioned & he's the first shepherd
Abel
Deb
$500 [22]
Ramon Mercader, who killed this Russian in Mexico in 1940, died in Havana in 1978
Trotsky
Ted
$500 [18]
"The Night Visitors'" visitee(5)
Amahl
Bernie

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHYSICIANS ISLANDS GEMS MOVIE DEBUTS U.S. PRESIDENTS QUOTATIONS
$200 [11]
About 5 years after writing his first Sherlock Holmes novel, he quit medicine to write full time
Conan Doyle
Bernie
$200 [16]
This largest Greek island separates the Aegean Sea from the Mediterranean
Crete
Bernie
$200 [1]
The gemstone known as Brazilian emerald is actually a tourmaline of this color
green
Ted
$200 [26]
The 1988 "Aria" was the first film for this member of the Fonda family
Bridget Fonda
Bernie
$200 [2]
On March 4, 1885 this president took the oath of office for the first of his 2 nonconsecutive terms
Cleveland
Ted
$200 [21]
This sexy star of the '30s & '40s said, "It's not the men in my life that counts—it's the life in my men"
Mae West
Deb
$400 [12]
The first to break the 4-minute mile, he quit athletic competition in late 1954 to practice medicine
(Roger) Bannister
Bernie
$400 [17]
These "Inner" islands of Scotland include Skye & Mull
the Hebrides
Bernie
$400 [5]
Sri Lanka is an important source of this purple quartz gem
amethyst
Deb
$400 [27]
William Shatner debuted onscreen as one of Yul Brynner's siblings in a 1958 film of this Dostoyevsky novel
The Brothers Karamazov
Bernie
$400 [3]
Of the first 5 presidents, he was the only non-Virginian
John Adams
Ted
$400 [22]
In 1917 this Russian said "We shall proceed to construct the socialist order"
Lenin
Deb
$600 [13]
This degenerative disease of the brain is named for the German neuropathologist who described it in 1906
Alzheimer's
Bernie
$800 [19]
Odense & Svendborg are major ports of Fyn, an island of this country
Denmark
Deb
$600 [6]
For centuries the world's finest rubies have come from the Mogok area, NE of Mandalay in this country
Burma
Bernie Ted
$600 [28]
My cousin Vinny could tell you she made her debut in "The Flamingo Kid" with Matt Dillon
Marisa Tomei
Ted
$600 [4]
The sluggish pace of the Senate was one reason this Tennessean resigned from it in 1798
Andrew Jackson
Deb
$600 [23]
In 1932 this defender of Scopes wrote, "The truth is, no one really believes in immortality"
(Clarence) Darrow
Bernie
$800 [14]
His 2 essays "On the Circulation of Blood" were written to Jean Riolan, professor of anatomy in Paris
Harvey
Ted
$1,000 [20]
Guam & Saipan are the most heavily populated of these islands near the Pacific Ocean's deepest point
the Mariana Islands
Bernie
$800 [7]
It was once believed that this sea-colored variety of beryl could cure laziness
aquamarine
Deb
$800 [29]
The 1981 horror film "The Burning" marked the screen debut of this "Broadcast News" actress
(Holly) Hunter
Bernie Ted
$1,000 [10]
In 1852 this New Hampshirite ran against Winfield Scott, his former commander in the Mexican War
(Franklin) Pierce
Bernie
$800 [24]
This Girl Scouts founder wrote "To put yourself in another's place requires real imagination"
(Juliette Gordon) Low
Deb
$1,000 [15]
In 1798 he wrote on "The Causes and Effects of... a Disease Known by the Name of Cow Pox"
(Edward) Jenner
Bernie
DD $4,000 [18]
In Spanish it's known as Isla de Pascua
Easter Island
Bernie
$1,000 [8]
The name of this gem may come from the Sanskrit sanipriya, meaning "dear to the planet Saturn"
the sapphire
Bernie
$1,000 [30]
"Hot Rod Hullaballoo" revved up her screen career in 1966; "The Goodbye Girl" came in 1977
Marsha Mason
Deb
DD $2,000 [9]
President heard here:"The principles for which we stand are the principles of fair play and a square deal for every man and every woman in the United States."
Theodore Roosevelt
Bernie
$1,000 [25]
In her "Diary", this "French-born woman wrote, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"
Anais Nin
Ted

Final Jeopardy!

POETS

In 1879 the children of Cambridge, Massachusetts gave him an armchair made of chestnut wood

Longfellow

Ted "Who is Whitman" — wagered $500
Deb "Who was Longfellow?" — wagered $3,201
Bernie "Who is Longfellow?" — wagered $4,299

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