Show #2731 1996-06-17 (taped 1996-02-07) Regular

Mary Hirschfeld game 1.

Contestants

Brock Putnam — a high school teacher from East Litchfield, Connecticut

Mary Hirschfeld — a professor of economics originally from Pullman, Washington

Steve Hafner — a church sexton from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$800	$2,700	$8,100	$16,000 2nd place: Broyhill Fontana living room set	$8,100 22 R, 1 W
Mary	$1,600	$4,700	$8,300	$16,201 New champion: $16,201	$7,800 26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Brock	$-500	$-500	$7,500	$14,900 3rd place: Service Merchandise Gift Certificate	$5,500 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MEMOIRS	COOKING	REPTILES	12-LETTER WORDS	SPORTS LEGENDS	EUROPEAN NATIONAL ANTHEMS
$100 [11] He gets right to the point, the ear point, in "I Am Spock" Leonard Nimoy Mary	$100 [21] Croutons may be substituted for breadcrumbs in this traditional Thanksgiving side dish stuffing Steve	$100 [18] This American bayou dweller can survive a wider range of temperatures than most other crocodilians alligator Steve	$100 [12] During the Depression in 1932, it exceeded 20% unemployment Mary	$100 [1] Known as the "Say Hey Kid", he played 2,843 games in center field Willie Mays Steve	$100 [3] The third stanza of "Deutschlandlied" Germany Steve Mary
$200 [15] She tells of life before & after Burt in "My Life in High Heels" Loni Anderson Mary	$200 [24] Joy of Cooking suggests serving slices of this guacamole ingredient with chutney as an hors d'oeuvre avocado Mary	$200 [19] For the tuatara, these take 15 months to hatch eggs Steve	$200 [13] A magazine, or a French miss Mademoiselle Mary	$200 [2] This late Green Bay Packers coach has the highest winning percentage in NFL history--- .740 Vince Lombardi Brock	$300 [7] "Marcha Real" Spain Steve Brock
$300 [20] Her book is "After All", after all, her show's theme song ended "You're gonna make it after all" Mary Tyler Moore Mary	$300 [25] Sugar or molasses may be added to this salt & water solution used in pickling brine Steve	$300 [22] This largest monitor lizard carries bacteria in its mouth, sometimes making its bite fatal Komodo dragon Brock	$300 [14] It's the formal church procedure that declares a person a saint canonization Steve Mary Brock	$300 [4] In the 1960s & 1970s, she won 20 Wimbledon titles: 6 singles, 10 doubles & 4 mixed doubles Billie Jean King Steve	$400 [8] "La Brabanconne" Belgium Mary Brock
$400 [26] "Palimpsest" is "A Memoir" by this "Burr" author Gore Vidal Mary	$400 [28] Craig Claiborne uses yellow tomatoes to make a "golden" type of this cold Spanish soup gazpacho Steve	$400 [23] The king snake is this type of snake that kills by coiling around its prey & squeezing constrictor Mary	$400 [16] It's the type of dentist who specializes in treating diseases of the gum & tissues periodontist Mary	$400 [5] In 1986 at age 46, this "Golden Bear" became the oldest man to win the Masters golf tournament Jack Nicklaus Mary	DD $500 [6] "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe" the Netherlands Mary
$500 [27] "A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures" is by this former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee Mary	$500 [30] Grated for flavoring, it's the thin outer layer of a citrus fruit, or a synonym for gusto zest Mary	$500 [29] Though called a "toad", this North American desert creature is actually a lizard & subsists mainly on ants horned toad Steve	$500 [17] A public street open at both ends, or any major boulevard thoroughfare Mary	$500 [10] A 1951 playoff series homer by Bobby Thomson won the National League pennant for this team New York Giants Steve Mary	$500 [9] "Land der Berge, Land am Strome" Austria Steve Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

JOANS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	FAMOUS NAMES	ROCKS & MINERALS	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [9] From 1983 to 1986 she was the permanent guest host of the "Tonight Show" Joan Rivers Mary	$200 [2] Iran's richest oil deposits lie in the Khuzistan Plain just north of this gulf the Persian Gulf Brock	$200 [16] He's the only U.S. president inaugurated in New York City George Washington Steve	$200 [19] This co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party worked as a library assistant at Beijing University Mao Tse-tung Steve	$200 [26] Heating values of the bituminous type of this range from about 5,600 to 8,000 calories per gram coal Mary	$200 [1] This Norwegian's play "Bygmester Solness", or "The Master Builder", was published in 1892 Henrik Ibsen Mary
$400 [12] After watching her on "Good Morning America", you can exercise to her video "Workout America" Joan Lunden Brock	$400 [7] The island republic of the Comoros lies near Madagascar in this ocean Indian Ocean Mary	$400 [17] This independent agency, the GSA, manages the U.S. government's equipment & property General Services Administration Steve	$400 [20] 7 U.S. counties are named for this steamboat pioneer (Robert) Fulton Mary	$400 [29] This ore of aluminum was named for Les Baux, a place in southeast France bauxite Mary	$400 [3] This "Virginia Woolf" playwright's one-act "The Zoo Story" is set on a Central Park bench Edward Albee Steve
$600 [13] "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" was her only hit to reach the Top 10 Joan Baez Brock	$600 [8] At least 1500 islands make up this group in the St. Lawrence River Thousand Islands Steve	$600 [18] Of the 9 current members of the U.S. Supreme Court, this chief justice has served the longest, 24 years William Rehnquist Mary	$600 [21] In January 1991, this First Lady broke her leg while sledding at Camp David Barbara Bush Steve	$600 [27] The name of this hard igneous rock comes from Latin for "grain" granite Mary	$600 [4] Jean-Louis Barrault directed the first production of this playwright's "Rhinoceros" Eugene Ionesco Steve
$800 [14] She appeared in "Addams Family Values" & opposite her brother John in "Say Anything" Joan Cusack Steve	DD $1,000 [10] Most of Sri Lanka's shipping comes through this port Colombo Mary	$800 [24] This U.S. government agency administers the Fair Packaging & Labeling Act, among others FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Brock	$800 [22] This 1st Indian prime minister was born to a Kashmiri family of Brahmans, the most aristocratic caste Nehru Mary	$800 [28] Amethyst is an example of this mineral, nearly pure silicon dioxide quartz Steve	$800 [5] The subject of his play "The Emperor Jones" was suggested to him by Haitian history Eugene O'Neill Steve
$1,000 [15] Laurence Olivier's widow, she was featured in the movies "Enchanted April", "Avalon" & "Dennis the Menace" Joan Plowright Brock	$1,000 [11] Vatnajokull Glacier in this country is bigger than all continental Europe's glaciers combined Iceland Mary Brock	DD $3,000 [25] 2 of 7 states with only 1 member in the House of Representatives Wyoming & Vermont Brock	$1,000 [23] In 1817, with Laurent Clerc, he established what became the American School for the Deaf in Hartford (Thomas) Gallaudet Brock	—	$1,000 [6] This Pirandello play about a sextet of strange personages premiered in 1921 Six Characters in Search of an Author Mary

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

His "Young Corn" painting is featured on a 1996 stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Iowa's statehood

Grant Wood

Brock "Who was Grant Wood?" — wagered $7,400

Steve "Who is Grant Wood?" — wagered $7,900

Mary "Who is WOOD?" — wagered $7,901

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