Show #2686 1996-04-15 Regular

Michael Dupée game 5.

Contestants

Jeff Corrigan — a medical secretary from Atlanta, Georgia

Bea Kosla — a secondary school teacher from Townsville, Maryland

Michael Dupee — an attorney from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $49,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$3,000	$5,700	$13,500	$17,000 5-day champion: $66,401	$13,300 36 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Bea	$-1,000	$-700	$800	$1 3rd place: Magnavox 27-inch table model TV	$700 10 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Jeff	$800	$300	$2,900	$1,601 2nd place: Lane Chippendale game table & chairs	$2,700 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. SKYSCRAPERS	BIRTHDAY'S THE SAME	THE 1880s	INCREDIBLE EDIBLES	THE PIANO	HODGEPODGE
$100 [6] Skyscrapers in this city include 191 Peachtree Tower, Westin Peachtree Plaza & One Peachtree Center Atlanta Michael	$100 [21] This cartoonist might serve "Peanuts" at a Nov. 26 party for himself, Tina Turner & Robert Goulet Charles Schulz Michael	$100 [11] An 1882 act excluded laborers from this Asian country from entering the U.S. China Michael	$100 [16] French chefs cook these in butter & sprinkle them with brandy; in a nursery rhyme, they were "baked in a pie" Blackbirds Bea	$100 [1] A piano of this type that required insertion of a nickel to operate was called a nickelodeon a player piano Michael	$100 [26] Newspaper is most often the basic ingredient for making this modeling material Papier-mache Michael
$200 [7] This Northwest city's Columbia Seafirst Center is more than 300 feet taller than its Space Needle Seattle Jeff	$200 [22] A twist of fate gave this "twist king" the same birthday as Gore Vidal, October 3 Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) Bea	$200 [12] This baron for whom a hockey trophy is named became governor-general of Canada in 1888 Lord Stanley Michael	$200 [17] Joy of Cooking suggests jellying these pig extremities & serving them cold with remoulade sauce Pigs' Feet/Knuckles Bea	$200 [2] In 1768 his son Johann Christian gave London's first public solo piano recital (Johann Sebastian) Bach Jeff	$200 [27] This unit used to measure the power of engines is equal to 746 watts Horsepower Michael Bea
$300 [8] In the 1970s windows kept falling out of this city's new John Hancock Tower Boston Michael	$300 [23] "Let's Make A Deal" & have a surprise party on Aug. 25 for this TV host, Sean Connery & Elvis Costello Monty Hall Michael	$300 [13] The Congo Free State was established in 1885, with this country's King Leopold II as ruler Belgium Michael	$300 [18] The gray type of this furry-tailed arboreal rodent is less gamy in flavor than the red Squirrel Michael	$300 [3] A piano built by Anton Walter & played by Mozart is at Mozart's birthplace in this Austrian city Salzburg Michael	$300 [28] The former palace of the League of Nations in this Swiss city houses a philatelic museum Geneva Michael
$400 [9] Automotive icons were incorporated into the design for this Manhattan tower, briefly the world's largest Chrysler Building Michael	$400 [24] He could sing his Oscar-winning song "I'm Easy" to Mel Tillis & Connie Stevens on Aug. 8, their mutual birthday Keith Carradine Bea	$400 [14] In 1886 Charles M. Hall developed the electrolytic method for getting this metal from bauxite Aluminum Michael	$400 [19] Despite its skunklike odor, this "skunk" plant may be cooked & eaten Skunk Cabbage Michael	$400 [4] Many European pianos lack a middle, or sostenuto, one of these Pedal Michael Jeff	$400 [29] The fundamental cause of this 1337-1453 conflict was England's possession of the Fief of Guienne Hundred Years' War Bea
$500 [10] Nations Bank Corporate Center towers 871 feet over this city, North Carolina's largest Charlotte Bea Jeff	$500 [25] This author of "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" could celebrate his November 11 birthday with Jonathan Winters Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Jeff	DD $700 [15] The Organic Act of 1884 applied the laws of Oregon to this area purchased by the U.S. in 1867 Alaska Michael	$500 [20] Onions, oatmeal & sheep innards are stuffed into a sheep's stomach to make this Scottish taste treat Haggis Michael	$500 [5] A piano has 52 white keys & this many black keys 36 Michael Bea Jeff	$500 [30] From 1938 to 1952 Walter Gropius served as chairman of this department at Harvard Architecture Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARTISTS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	BIRDS	20th CENTURY WRITERS	ESPIONAGE	WORD ORIGINS
$200 [7] In 1639 this Dutch master bought a home in Amsterdam that later became a museum Rembrandt Michael	$200 [2] Cape Agulhas near the Cape of Good Hope is this continent's southernmost point Africa Michael	$200 [17] Benjamin Franklin called this national symbol "a Bird of bad moral Character" a bald eagle Michael	$200 [1] It reportedly took him about 10 years to write "The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger Jeff	$200 [26] In 1962 the CIA enlisted the Mafia to assassinate this Cuban leader Fidel Castro Michael	$200 [12] A chatty person has "the gift of" this, a word derived from Middle English for "to scoff" Gab Bea
$400 [8] His 1770 work "The Blue Boy" resides in the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, California Thomas Gainsborough Michael	$400 [3] The central part of this Australian capital is divided into 2 sections by Lake Burley Griffin Canberra Michael	$400 [18] The males of this familiar "redbird" have a black mark around their eyes & bill Cardinal Michael	$400 [22] In 1905 this "Call of the Wild" author ran for mayor of Oakland, California as a Socialist Jack London Michael	$400 [27] He wrote about cryptography in "The Gold-Bug" & had readers send him cyphers to solve Edgar Allan Poe Michael Jeff	$400 [13] This word for a ceremonial procession is from old Italian cavalcare, "to ride on horseback" Cavalcade Bea
$600 [9] His "Birth of Venus" was painted for the Medici villa at Castello, Italy Botticelli Bea	$600 [4] Surtsey, a volcanic island of this country, was named for Surtur, a mythical god of fire Iceland Jeff	$600 [19] Sailors refer to these large, wandering seabirds as gooneys albatrosses Michael	$600 [23] This poet's annual Christmas greeting for 1949 featured "On a tree fallen across the road" Robert Frost Michael	$600 [28] In 1956 a program that deployed balloons with cameras over Russia ended & this new plane replaced it U-2 Bea	$600 [14] The Ismaili sect of this religion is named for Ismail, a son of the sixth imam, Jafar Islam Jeff
$800 [10] In 1916 she met her future husband, Alfred Stieglitz Georgia O'Keeffe Michael	DD $1,000 [5] The European part of Turkey lies entirely on this peninsula Balkan Peninsula Jeff	$800 [20] The ancient Greeks used these birds to carry news of the Olympic Games pigeons Jeff	$800 [24] He was admonished by the LAPD in 1971 for not getting permission to publish "The New Centurions" Joseph Wambaugh Bea	DD $900 [29] John Honeyman's spying helped take this city in 1776; a plaque in Washington Crossing State Park honors him Trenton Bea	$800 [15] From the Latin for "shaggy" or "bristly", it's a synonym for hairy Hirsute Michael
$1,000 [11] The father of this "Marriage of the Virgin" Renaissance artist was a court painter to the Duke of Urbino Raphael Michael Bea Jeff	$1,000 [6] This gulf between Sweden & Finland is the largest arm of the Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia Michael	$1,000 [21] This bird was named for the resemblance of its colors to those of the Calvert family the Baltimore oriole Michael	$1,000 [25] "The Godwulf Manuscript" in 1974 was his first book about Boston policeman-turned-private eye Spenser Robert Parker	$1,000 [30] In the 1940s Kermit, this president's grandson, served in the OSS & the CIA Theodore Roosevelt Michael Bea	$1,000 [16] Anatomists know the islets of this are named for the German physician who first described them Paul Langerhans Michael

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the universe"

Nicolaus Copernicus

Bea "Who is Galileo" — wagered $799

Jeff "Who is GALILEO" — wagered $1,299

Michael "Who is Copernicus?" — wagered $3,500

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