Show #2528 1995-09-06 (taped 1995-07-18) Regular

Contestants

Lisa Grean — a music critic from Honolulu, Hawaii

John Cassidy — an accountant from Spring Lake, New Jersey

Carol Ann Hilton — a fundraiser from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Carol Ann $2,100 $3,900 $6,900 $13,201
2-day champion: $26,002
$6,900
19 R, 1 W
John $0 $400 $6,600 $0
3rd place: Insight 486SX desktop computer
$5,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Lisa $2,400 $2,800 $10,200 $6,599
2nd place: TWA trip to Miami to Tortola at The Mornings
$10,700
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

RUSSIAN RULERS NURSERY RHYMES HAIRSTYLES FLORIDA ARCHITECTURE 4-LETTER WORDS
$100 [9]
She was born Sophia Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst in Pomerania
Catherine the Great
Carol Ann
$100 [16]
Gardener Mary, Mary was described as "quite" this
contrary
Carol Ann
$100 [3]
Girls of the late '60s pressed their hair with a warm one of these to remove all waviness
iron
Lisa
$100 [23]
There are about 30,000 of these in the state & Okeechobee is the largest
lakes
Lisa
$100 [18]
Designed by Donato Bramante, the Tempietto of San Pietro in this city marks the site of St. Peter's martyrdom
Rome
Lisa
$100 [1]
A cur or a mongrel
mutt
Carol Ann
$200 [10]
In the 1890s he nominally presided over construction of the Trans-Siberian railroad
Nicholas II
Lisa
$200 [17]
In one version, "Threescore men, and threescore more, cannot place" him "as he was before"
Humpty Dumpty
Lisa
$200 [4]
These, called fringe in England, are hair combed forward over the forehead & cut straight across
bangs
Lisa
$200 [24]
This Florida city was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not captured by the Union
Tallahassee
John
$200 [19]
Styles of this building feature include pitched, hipped & gambrel
roofs
John
$200 [2]
A ship runs from this "to stern"
stem
Lisa
$300 [11]
In the 1690s he recruited about 900 technicians on his tour of western Europe
Peter the Great
Lisa
$300 [28]
One rhyme claims he had a pig that was not very lean & not very fat
Jack Sprat
Carol Ann
$300 [5]
This "Indian" style features a shaved head with a strip of hair running from brow to nape
mohawk
Carol Ann
$300 [25]
This space center is headquartered on Merritt Island, not on Cape Canaveral
Kennedy Space Center
Lisa
$300 [20]
This Conn. city's old state house, designed by Charles Bulfinch is a masterpiece of the Federalist style
Hartford
Lisa
$300 [6]
It means to put your money away or to hit a billiard ball off a cushion
bank
Carol Ann
$400 [12]
In 1581 he killed his son & heir in a rage
Ivan the Terrible
Lisa
$400 [29]
Barnyard cry that precedes "My dame has lost her shoe"
cock-a-doodle-doo
$400 [14]
This men's hairstyle was originally worn by Ivy League college rowers, hence its name
crew cut
Carol Ann
$500 [27]
Cars were once raced on this beach that's 23 miles long & 500 feet wide
Daytona Beach
Carol Ann
$400 [21]
The turnpike type of this building feature is circular or winding
staircase
Carol Ann
$400 [7]
It can precede bike or cheap & Ajax is stronger than it
dirt
Carol Ann
$500 [13]
This ruler took his last name, meaning "of the Neva", from the Neva River, where he defeated the Swedes in 1240
Alexander Nevsky
Lisa
$500 [30]
"Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, please to put a penny in" here
old man's hat
Carol Ann
$500 [15]
A special type of this short, boyish cut of the 1920s was named for Irene Castle
bob
Carol Ann
DD $1,100 [26]
This city's name resulted from the 1879 wreck of a ship carrying coconuts
Palm Beach
Lisa
$500 [22]
Charles Garnier won an 1860s competition to design this European city's famed opera house
Paris
Lisa
$500 [8]
From a middle English word for lost or unclaimed, it's a homeless child
waif
Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY TENORS, ANYONE? TRAVEL & TOURISM PHILOSOPHY AMERICAN LITERATURE "GREAT" FILMS
$200 [1]
Jane Addams & Helen Keller were among the founders of this organization abbreviated ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
Carol Ann
$200 [11]
This legendary Italian tenor who died in 1921 was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987
Caruso
Lisa
$200 [6]
On a clear day atop Hong Kong's Victoria Peak, you can see all the way to this country
China
Lisa
$200 [26]
This philosopher & student of Plato was born in Stagira in northern Greece in 384 B.C.
Aristotle
Lisa
$200 [21]
This Alex Haley work is subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"
Roots
John
$200 [13]
Steve McQueen did many of the stunts himself for this film about inmates breaking out of a POW camp
The Great Escape
Carol Ann
$400 [2]
In 1947 he was at the controls when the world's largest aircraft made its first & only flight
Howard Hughes
John
$400 [12]
As GM of this N.Y. opera company, tenor Edward Johnson introduced Rise Stevens & Robert Merrill
Metropolitan Opera
Carol Ann
$400 [7]
At this island's Marina Grande, you can book a boat tour of the Blue Grotto
Isle of Capri
John
$400 [27]
This French philosopher & lover of Heloise was an early exponent of the doctrine called Scholasticism
Abelard
Lisa
$400 [22]
James A. Michener used this war as a background for "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" & "Sayonara"
Korean War
John Lisa
$400 [14]
It was Charlie Chaplin's first film with spoken dialogue
The Great Dictator
$600 [3]
In 1916 Gen. John Pershing was sent to capture this Mexican rebel
Pancho Villa
Carol Ann
$600 [18]
Beniamino Gigli, best known for Italian opera, was also praised for his performance in this composer's "Lohengrin"
Wagner
Lisa
$600 [8]
In Tel Aviv it's the number of streets that meet at Kikar Magen David
6
Carol Ann
$600 [28]
This Scottish economist wrote "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", a philosophical treatise, in 1759
Adam Smith
John
$600 [23]
This recent James Redfield novel tells of an ancient manuscript fround in Peru
The Celestine Prophecy
$600 [15]
James Earl Jones received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of boxer Jack Jefferson in this film
The Great White Hope
John
$800 [4]
Asian country with which the "Killing Fields" were originally associated
Cambodia
John
$800 [19]
In 1992 this "King of the High C's" admitted lip-synching a concert
Pavarotti
Lisa
$800 [9]
The emerald-hilt dagger featured in the film "Topkapi" can be seen in this Turkish city's Topkapi palace
Istanbul
Carol Ann Lisa
$800 [29]
He refined his concept of the superman in "Beyond Good and Evil"
Nietzsche
John
$1,000 [25]
This 1939 James Thurber short story about a henpecked husband was first published in The New Yorker
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Carol Ann John
$800 [16]
Robert Redford was flying high as a barnstorming pilot in this 1975 film
The Great Waldo Pepper
Carol Ann
$1,000 [5]
On Nov. 18, 1978 the Jonestown massacre occurred in this country
Guyana
John
DD $1,600 [20]
This tenor's name means "peaceful Sunday"
Placido Domingo
Lisa
$1,000 [10]
This largest language instruction company also publishes travel guides
Berlitz
Lisa
$1,000 [30]
Some consider his "Critique of Pure Reason" the most influential modern work of philosophy
(Immanuel) Kant
Lisa
DD $2,000 [24]
John Updike has won 2 Pulitzer Prizes for novels about this title character
Rabbit Angstrom
John
$1,000 [17]
Robert Duvall as a marine pilot imposed a militaristic lifestyle on his family in this 1979 film
The Great Santini
Lisa

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS WOMEN

Of a famous 1955 event she said, "My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work"

Rosa Parks

John "Who was Elizabeth II" — wagered $6,600
Carol Ann "Who was Rosa Parks?" — wagered $6,301
Lisa "Who was Monroe" — wagered $3,601

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