Show #2732 1996-06-18 (taped 1996-02-07) Regular

Mary Hirschfeld game 2.

Contestants

Vanessa Whittemore — a customer service technician from Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Don Juergens — a flavor chemist from Placentia, California

Mary Hirschfeld — a professor of economics originally from Pullman, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary	$2,200	$4,100	$8,700	$15,001 2-day champion: $31,202	$9,900 30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Don	$1,200	$4,100	$7,500	$7,401 2nd place: Wallace Silversmiths tea service	$7,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Vanessa	$-500	$-300	$3,700	$2,400 3rd place: Muirfield china set	$3,700 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE & PLACES	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	LETTER PERFECT	THE HUMAN BODY	FRATERNAL SOCIETIES	"M"YTHOLOGY
$100 [12] Grenadians live on an island in this sea the Caribbean Sea Don	$100 [11] When buying this vegetable, look for spears with tightly closed green or purplish tips asparagus Mary	$100 [6] If you know something completely, you know it from A to this Z Mary	$100 [18] Excess ones drain into a nasolacrimal sac tears Mary	$100 [26] Roman Catholic laymen can be members of the Knights of this, founded by Father McGivney in 1882 Columbus Mary	$100 [1] As the god of merchants, this Roman counterpart of Hermes is sometimes shown carrying a purse Mercury Mary
$200 [13] The people of this country's fourth-largest city are called Madrasis India Mary	$200 [17] Some varieties of this vegetable have edible pods & are eaten in much the same way as green beans peas Mary	$200 [7] As a verb, it means to cross out X Vanessa	$200 [19] If this is torn in your knee, a meniscectomy may be performed to remove part or all of it cartilage Don	$200 [27] With its motto "We Serve", it got off to a "roaring" start in 1917 the Lions Club Vanessa	$200 [2] Thor could drink 3 barrels of this alcoholic honey beverage at a meal mead Mary
$300 [14] The majority of this country's people are Bhutias whose ancestors emigrated from Tibet Bhutan Mary	$300 [23] If adequately fertilized, a good palm tree may produce 200 pounds of these little sweet treats each year dates Mary	$300 [8] $1,000 G Don Vanessa	$300 [20] About 70% of your nervous system is found in this, the largest part of your brain cerebrum Mary	$300 [28] To become a Shriner, you must be a 32nd-degree one of these Mason Don	$300 [3] This group of 9 sisters often sang at the gods' celebrations the Muses Mary
$400 [15] Guamanians are citizens of this country United States Don Vanessa	$400 [24] In 1792 Captain Bligh finally managed to get a load of these trees to Jamaica breadfruit Mary	$400 [9] Metaphysicians use it to refer to the ego I Mary	$400 [21] The Haversian canals are in your bones & the semicircular canals are in these organs ears Don	$400 [29] Its name is an Indian term meaning "We Make Ourselves Known" & it sponsors Key Clubs for high schoolers Kiwanis Don	$400 [4] The Capitoline Triad consisted of Juno, Jupiter & this goddess of wisdom Minerva Don
$500 [16] Most Greenlanders belong to this Protestant denomination also dominant in Denmark Lutheran Don	$500 [25] The citron is cultivated not for its acidic pulp, but for this, which is candied peel Mary	$500 [10] The Village People found it fun to stay here Y Vanessa	DD $600 [22] The parietal bones make up the sides & top of this structure the skull Don	$500 [30] The name of this Jewish fraternal organization founded in NYC in 1843 means "Children of the Covenant" B'nai B'rith Don	$500 [5] Taranga is the mother of this Polynesian trickster for whom Hawaii's 2nd-largest island is named Maui Mary Vanessa

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION	TV ACTORS & ROLES	U.S. HISTORY	SPORTS FIGURES	AUTHORS	POTPOURRI
$200 [9] In 1616 Pocahontas & John Rolfe visited with this former colonist & explorer in England John Smith Mary Don	$200 [1] One of the Riddlers on "Batman", he's more famous as Gomez on "The Addams Family" John Astin Vanessa	$200 [4] He was the first vice president of the United States John Adams Mary	$200 [18] This American tennis champ was once married to Tatum O'Neal John McEnroe Mary	$200 [3] His 1st novel, "A Time to Kill", didn't sell very well originally; his 2nd, "The Firm", did better John Grisham Mary	$200 [27] This march king died March 6, 1932 John Philip Sousa Mary
$400 [10] A glacier in Alaska & a redwood forest in California are named for this explorer & naturalist John Muir Don	$400 [2] He played the often heard but not seen owner of Charles Townsend Investigations, a detective agency John Forsythe Mary	$400 [5] In 1957 he flew cross-country in 3 hr. 23 min.; in 1962 he made 3 orbits in 4 hr. 55 min. John Glenn Mary	$400 [19] This quarterback took the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl in 1987, 1988 & 1990 John Elway Vanessa	$400 [14] In 1984 he took a supernatural turn with "The Witches of Eastwick" John Updike Mary	$400 [28] The airport formerly known as Idlewild is now named for this man John F. Kennedy Vanessa
$600 [11] Like father, like son; this Italian's son Sebastian also became an explorer John Cabot Mary	$600 [23] As Jack Tripper, he found "Three's Company" John Ritter Vanessa	$600 [6] It wasn't good luck when this actor broke his leg the night of April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth Mary	$600 [20] At the 1924 Olympics, he won the 100-meter & 400-meter freestyle gold medals Johnny Weissmuller Mary	$600 [15] In prison he studied the writings of John Foxe; he later wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" John Bunyan Mary	$600 [26] On a chronological list of popes, he's last Pope John Paul II Mary
DD $1,000 [12] In 1842 he mapped most of the Oregon Trail; in 1856 he ran for president John C. Frémont Mary	$800 [24] As Higgins he kept Tom Selleck's Magnum in line (John) Hillerman Vanessa	$800 [7] The "Woman in Red" betrayed him to the FBI July 22, 1934 John Dillinger Don	$800 [21] From 1964 through 1975, he coached UCLA to 10 NCAA basketball championships John Wooden Vanessa	$800 [16] His play "Look Back in Anger" made him the first of the "Angry Young Men" of English literature John Osborne	$800 [29] John Lennon's son Sean has this "Rocket Man" for a godfather Elton John Vanessa
$1,000 [13] In 1858 he & Sir Richard Burton reached Lake Tanganyika (John) Speke Mary	$1,000 [25] He plays Dr. Frasier Crane's dad John Mahoney	$1,000 [8] This man who began as a clerk in a Cleveland commission house formed his first trust by 1882 John D. Rockefeller Mary	$1,000 [22] He formed a famous combination with Joe Tinker & Frank Chance (John) Evers Don	DD $800 [17] One critic called his 1818 poem "Endymion" nonsense & recommended he give up poetry John Keats Mary	$1,000 [30] If John Chapman, better known as this, lived today, he might keep track of his plantings on a Macintosh Johnny Appleseed Don

Final Jeopardy!

OPERA PREMIERES

This 1853 Verdi opera's debut failed, partly because its star was too stout to be believable as a consumptive

La traviata

Vanessa "What is La Boheme?" — wagered $1,300

Don "What is RIGOLETTO" — wagered $99

Mary "What is La Traviate?" — wagered $6,301

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