Show #2769 1996-09-19 (taped 1996-08-12) Regular

Lucien Schmit game 5.

Contestants

Laurie Suter — a dental assistant from Street, Maryland

Doug Zang — an environmental consultant from Saint Paul, Minnesota

Lucien Schmit — a lawyer from Sherman Oaks, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $36,982)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lucien	$1,700	$4,100	$8,600	$3,700 3rd place: Gibson washer & drier	$9,200 24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Doug	$300	$1,400	$6,700	$7,399 New champion: $7,399	$6,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Laurie	$-400	$-400	$3,000	$5,000 2nd place: Perry Ellis men's clothing + Zodiac watch	$3,000 5 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

NATURE	LANGUAGES	POP CULTURE	U.S. HISTORY	ROOMS	____ THE ____
$100 [3] Leaves change color in autumn due to a breakdown of this green pigment chlorophyll Doug	$100 [20] Most people in Taiwan speak a Min dialect of this language Chinese Lucien Doug	$100 [5] The credits to this July 1996 movie claimed "No animal or alien was harmed in the making of this film" Independence Day Lucien	$100 [1] As a result of this 1861-65 conflict, over 600,000 died and 375,000 were wounded the U.S. Civil War Lucien	$100 [22] It's a series of connecting rooms in a hotel; the "bridal" one is perfect for honeymooners a suite Doug	$100 [15] Children's game in which a line of people mimic the person at the head of the line Follow the Leader Lucien
$200 [4] This flightless bird of New Zealand shares its name with a fruit a kiwi Doug	$200 [21] Ionic was a historic division of this European language Greek Doug	$200 [7] This 1981-87 police series is the only show to win Emmys for Best Drama 4 straight years Hill Street Blues Lucien	$200 [2] In 1666 Puritan families founded a village that later became this largest New Jersey city Newark Doug	$200 [23] This kind of room named for the beverage served in it became popular in the late 18th century a tea room Doug	$200 [16] Hank Ketcham's comic strip creation Dennis the Menace Doug
$300 [6] Silica derived from this giant grass is used in making an Oriental medicine called tabasheer bamboo Doug	$300 [24] It's the language in which the Koran was written Arabic Lucien	$300 [13] In 1992 she became the only Miss America ever to top the Billboard charts Vanessa Williams Lucien	$300 [8] On Sept. 10, 1813 he sailed from South Bass Island off Ohio's shore to battle the British Oliver Hazard Perry Lucien	$300 [28] Sometimes it's a small private room for prayer & meditation, but more often it's a place to hang your clothes a closet Lucien	$300 [18] Set out on a journey, or a command to beat it, Jack hit the road Doug
$400 [11] The potato is an example of this swollen part of a stem that grows underground a tuber Doug	$400 [26] The dialect of Bucharest is the standard form of this language Romanian Lucien Doug	$400 [14] In 1976 this American became the first woman tennis player to reach $1 million in career prize money Chris Evert Lucien Laurie	$400 [9] In 1869 the U.S. attempted to annex this nation on eastern Hispaniola the Dominican Republic Lucien Doug	$400 [29] The name of this kind of waiting room, actually means "before room" an anteroom Doug	$400 [19] Out of public view, like at the theater behind the scenes
$500 [12] Apis Mellifera is the scientific name for this insect the honeybee Lucien	DD $400 [27] "Bogurodzica", the oldest text in this language, has been ascribed to Wojciech in the 10th century Polish Lucien	$500 [17] This Susan Sarandon baseball film was directed by Ron Shelton, a former minor league player Bull Durham Lucien	$500 [10] This third party of the 1890s called for free silver & government ownership of railroads the Populist (or People's) Party Doug	$500 [30] It can be a room used for telephone solicitations of the steamiest room on a ship a boiler room Lucien	$500 [25] A 1964 Arthur Miller play or, as Adam & Eve learned the hard way, when winter comes After the Fall

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN AMERICANS	FURNITURE	PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES	THE BIBLE	STATE CAPITALS	NOVELS
$200 [11] This judge in the O.J. Simpson trial also presided over the Charles Keating trial (Lance) Ito Doug	$200 [16] It's the highly ornamented seat of a sovereign a throne Doug	$200 [1] "The Red Fox of Kinderhook", he was also called "The Little Magician" Martin Van Buren Doug	$200 [28] Deuteronomy 13 reminds thee that God took thee out of the house of bondage in this country Egypt Lucien	$200 [5] This capital of Alaska is located in the panhandle region of the state Juneau Lucien	$200 [20] His 1863 work "Kazaki" or "The Cossacks" secured this count's reputation as a novelist Tolstoy Doug
$400 [12] She was World Figure Skating champion in 1991 & '92 Kristi Yamaguchi Lucien	$400 [17] Louix XIV owned 413 of these; we don't know how many were four-posters a bed Doug	$400 [2] "The Tennessee Tailor" was a nickname of this president who was a tailor in Tennessee Andrew Johnson Laurie	$400 [29] The letter of James is addressed to these scattered groups of Israel the Twelve Tribes Doug	$400 [6] It's where you'd find Sutter's Fort Historic Park Sacramento Laurie	$400 [21] In a Dickens book, Bill Sikes kills Nancy for helping this title character Oliver Twist
$600 [13] Entrepreneur Rocky Aoki founded this Japanese steakhouse chain famous for its hibachi tables Benihana Lucien	$600 [18] In Japan a byobu is a folding one of these that usually has 6 panels a screen Laurie	$600 [3] This successor of Garfield was called "The Gentleman Boss" Chester Arthur Lucien	DD $500 [27] The king's eunuch gave Daniel's companions Hananiah, Mishael & Azariah these Babylonian names Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego Lucien	$600 [7] Assassinated in this city in 1935, Huey P. Long is buried on the Capitol grounds Baton Rouge Lucien Doug	$600 [23] Casper Gutman & his gunsel Wilmer are characters in this Dashiell Hammett novel The Maltese Falcon Lucien
$800 [14] He's the only Hawaiian politician to hold elected office every year since Hawaii became a state (Daniel) Inouye Doug	$800 [19] Authors Ralph & Terry Kovel say these were numerous due to the large number of elderly Shakers rocking chairs Lucien	$800 [4] This president who dies in 1901 was nicknamed "The idol of Ohio" McKinley Doug	$600 [30] He was a righteous man, blameless in his generation" so God saved him and his family Noah Doug	$800 [8] This city founded in 1836 was originally inhabited by Winnebago indians Madison Lucien	$800 [24] This American's first novel "Player Piano", was reissued as "Utopia 14" in 1954 Kurt Vonnegut Lucien
DD $1,100 [15] This musician won his first Grammy in 1985 for "Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites" Yo-Yo Ma Doug	$1,000 [22] In 1946 this New York museum gave furniture designer Charles Eames a one-man show the Museum of Modern Art Doug	$1,000 [10] The first to take office on the death of a president, he was called "The Accidental President" Tyler Laurie	$800 [26] Angry at the Philistines, he caught 300 foxes, set their tails on fire & turned them loose in the fields Samson	$1,000 [9] North Carolina's "Research Triangle" is bounded by Durham, Chapel Hill & this capital city Raleigh Laurie	$1,000 [25] His "One Hundred Years of Solitude" covers several generations of the Buendia family Gabriel García Márquez Lucien

Final Jeopardy!

FILM DIRECTORS

This actor-writer-director born in 1963 was named for a Burt Reynolds TV character

Quentin Tarantino

Laurie "Who is Quentin Tarantino" — wagered $2,000

Doug "Who is Tarantino?" — wagered $699

Lucien "Who is Jodie Foster" — wagered $4,900

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