Show #1906 1992-12-14 (taped 1992-09-01) Regular

Contestants

Paul Voiron — a law clerk from Harvey, Louisiana

Ellen Kurek — a health researcher originally from Port Carbon, Pennsylvania

Sheryl Stein — a program analyst from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sheryl	$800	$3,300	$4,700	$2,700 2-day champion: $8,000	$5,200 22 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Ellen	$0	$300	$1,700	$0 3rd place: a set of reference books from Houghton-Mifflin + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune video games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis system	$1,700 10 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Paul	$1,000	$2,300	$5,500	$1,500 2nd place: dining room furniture from Keller and Cuthbertson dinnerware	$5,300 12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WASHINGTON, D.C.	DAYS OF THE WEEK	LITERATURE	ORGANIZATIONS	1960s ROCK	DON'T KNOCK THE "ROCK"
$100 [6] A town crier reads this document on the steps of the National Archives on the Fourth of July the Declaration of Independence Ellen	$100 [2] In 321 Constantine the Great declared it a legal day of rest & worship Sunday Ellen	$100 [3] His stories include "The Man Who Was" and "The Man Who Would Be King" Rudyard Kipling	$100 [5] 70% of the world's known oil reserves is controlled by the 13 countries that make up this organization OPEC Sheryl	$100 [1] His "Blue Hawaii" LP remained No. 1 for 20 straight weeks, a record that stood for 15 years Elvis Presley Paul	$100 [23] Prices that can't get any lower are said to have reached this rock-bottom Sheryl
$200 [14] The Old Ebbitt Grill, billed as "Washington's Oldest Saloon", is just 2 blocks from this famous residence the White House Sheryl	$200 [13] Under an 1845 act of Congress, presidential elections are held on this day of the week Tuesdays Sheryl	$200 [4] John Galsworthy's 1906 work "The Man of Property" was the first in this series of novels The Forsyte Saga	$200 [8] "Barrister" & "Business Lawyer" are publications of this legal organization American Bar Association (or ABA) Sheryl Ellen	$200 [9] The Byrds' first release, "Mr. Tambourine Man", was written by this folk artist Bob Dylan Sheryl	$200 [24] Anything that is firmly fixed is said to be as solid as this famous rock the Rock of Gibraltar Paul
$300 [15] Stalactites have formed in the basement under this presidential memorial--"honest" the Lincoln Memorial Sheryl	$300 [17] It was named for the Norse god of thunder Thursday Paul	$300 [7] This 1852 work was subtitled "Life Among the Lowly" Uncle Tom's Cabin	$300 [21] Each year in mid-November, this organization kicks off its Christmas Seal Campaign the American Lung Association	$300 [10] The song in which "She's afraid to come out of the water, and the poor little girl's turning blue" "The Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini" Sheryl	$300 [25] It's "the hand that rules the world" the hand that rocks the cradle Sheryl
$400 [16] Pierre L'Enfant's grand plan for Washington, D.C. was reminiscent of this capital city, his birthplace Paris Paul	$400 [18] It's the first name of Gomez & Morticia Addams' daughter Wednesday Sheryl	$400 [20] In this Ernest Hemingway story, an author awaits death while on an African safari The Snows of Kilimanjaro Ellen	$400 [29] Nearly 115,000 single parents belong to this nonprofit organization abbreviated PWP Parents without Partners Ellen	$400 [11] "Do the Freddie" was created to promote the antics of this group's leader Freddie & the Dreamers Paul	$400 [26] In a hymn, it's the title line that precedes "Cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee" "Rock of Ages" Paul
$500 [19] The Freer Gallery boasts a major collection of this artist's works, tho his "mother" hangs in the Louvre Whistler Sheryl	$500 [22] In the familiar poem, this day's "child works hard for a living" Saturday Ellen	DD $500 [28] This 1837 Nathaniel Hawthorne collection contained 39 of his stories The Twice-Told Tales Sheryl	$500 [30] Key clubs in high schools & Circle K clubs in colleges are sponsored by this worldwide service organization Kiwanis Sheryl	$500 [12] Michael Nesmith wrote "Different Drum", which was a Top 20 hit for this Linda Ronstadt group the Stone Poneys Paul	$500 [27] In Illinois only Chicago has a larger population than this manufacturing city Rockford Sheryl

Double Jeopardy! Round

"C" IN SCIENCE	HANDWRITING	LAKES & RIVERS	MUSIC	HISTORIC EVENTS	SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS
$200 [1] It's the name of a chemical substance made up of 2 or more elements a compound Sheryl	$200 [2] This word refers to anything that's handwritten, not just a celebrity's signature an autograph Sheryl	$200 [19] Vatican City lies on the west, or right, bank of this river the Tiber Sheryl	$200 [8] This tone poem by Richard Strauss was based on a book by Cervantes Don Quixote Sheryl	$200 [5] This ship's historic Atlantic crossing took from September 16 to November 21, 1620 the Mayflower Ellen	$800 [27] A 1934 production of this play featured the young Orson Welles as Tybalt Romeo & Juliet Ellen
$400 [13] In 1985 Giacobini-Zinner became the first one of these to be intercepted by a spacecraft a comet Sheryl Paul	$400 [3] This style of letters that slant to the right goes back to handwriting used in the Vatican chancery italics Ellen	$400 [20] This "beautiful blue" river begins as 2 small springs, the Breg & Brigach, in the Black Forest the Danube Paul	$400 [9] In boogie-woogie piano music, the left hand plays this many beats to the bar repeatedly eight Sheryl	$400 [6] The taking of England by William in 1066 is known as this "Conquest" the Norman Sheryl	$1,000 [26] This English beauty known as the "Jersey Lilly" played a seductive Lady Macbeth in 1889 Lillie Langtry Sheryl
$600 [16] These windstorms spiral clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere & counterclockwise in the Northern a cyclone Paul	$600 [4] This 10-letter word for the art of attractive writing has the name of a writing implement in it penmanship Sheryl	$600 [21] Including Lake Managua, the 2 largest lakes in Central America are found in this country Nicaragua Sheryl	$600 [10] It's the instrument associated with Jean-Pierre Rampal the flute Ellen	$600 [7] In June 1756 the Nawab of Bengal imprisoned a number of Europeans in a dungeon nicknamed this the Black Hole of Calcutta	—
$800 [17] When boiled, this fibrous protein found in bones & connective tissue dissolves & forms gelatin collagen Sheryl Ellen Paul	$800 [24] In this area of study, handwriting is analyzed to determine personality traits graphology	$800 [22] Early explorers gave it a Spanish name meaning "large river" the Rio Grande Ellen	$800 [11] Virtuoso keyboard piece whose name is Italian for "touched"; Bach paired several with fugues a toccato Ellen	DD $1,000 [14] People born while this war continued include Chaucer, Leonardo da Vinci, and Joan of Arc The Hundred Years War Paul	—
$1,000 [18] It's the force that holds the molecules of a substance together cohesion Sheryl	$1,000 [25] It's a professional copyist, like Bartleby in the title of a Melville work the scrivener Sheryl	DD $1,000 [23] Major tributaries of this river include the Pelly, Porcupine & Klondike the Yukon Ellen	$1,000 [12] Donizetti opera about Marie, who as a baby was found on a battlefield & raised by a group of soldiers "Daughter of the Regiment" Ellen	$1,000 [15] He & his 1,000 "Red Shirts" took Sicily in 1860 Garibaldi Ellen	—

Final Jeopardy!

ROMAN EMPERORS

In 54 A.D., as the result of his mother's scheming, he became the first teenage emperor of Rome at age 16

Nero

Ellen "Who's Caligula?" — wagered $1,700

Sheryl "Who isTiberiCaligula" — wagered $2,000

Paul "Who was August Cea" — wagered $4,000

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