Show #2357 1994-11-29 (taped 1994-09-12) Regular

Ryan Holznagel game 4.

Contestants

Brendie Vance — a law student from Chicago, Illinois

Steve Kohl — an international program administrator from Washington, D.C.

Ryan Holznagel — a software writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon (whose 3-day cash winnings total $43,301)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ryan	$300	$400	$7,000	$6,112 4-day champion: $49,413	$7,000 17 R, 4 W
Steve	$100	$3,600	$10,000	$5,999 2nd place: a trip to Florida's Gulf Coast at the Marco Island Resort and Gulf Club	$9,300 25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Brendie	$0	$1,100	$1,900	$1,900 3rd place: Benrus diamond watch	$3,900 11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WASHINGTON, D.C.	NURSERY RHYMES	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	UNUSUAL BOOKS	FOOD	HODGEPODGE
$100 [2] This society's headquarters contains Explorers Hall National Geographic Ryan Brendie	$100 [18] Color of the wool held for the little boy who lives down the lane black Ryan	$100 [17] This insurance company's trademark came from a signature on the Declaration of Independence John Hancock Steve	$100 [11] "Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?" is a humorous collection of these groaners puns Ryan Steve	$100 [12] Anise, fennel, cloves, cinnamon & Szechwan pepper make up this country's 5-spice powder China Steve	$100 [1] It's believed that the first pope is buried under this building St. Peter's Cathedral Ryan Steve
$200 [3] HHS, the Department of Health & Human Services, is located in a building named for this H.H.H. Hubert Humphrey Brendie	$200 [19] The animal musician in "Hey, Diddle, Diddle" the cat Steve	$200 [23] The cover of the 1894 edition of this company's famous catalog called it the "cheapest supply house on earth" Sears Steve	$200 [26] Jewel Shepard's "Invasion of the B-Girls" is a collection of interviews with girls who appear in these B-movies Ryan	$200 [13] Blini, a Russian type of this thin, flat dish, are made with buckwheat flour pancakes Steve	$200 [7] In Greek myth this most beautiful woman was not so much born as hatched Helen Brendie
$300 [4] It's the oldest federal structure in the capital the White House Steve	$300 [20] Dapple Gray is this type of animal a horse Steve	$300 [24] In 1967 Douglas Aircraft merged with this military aircraft supplier McDonnell Ryan	$300 [28] "PL8 SPK" is a collection of stories written using only these (vanity) license plates Ryan	$300 [14] This celebrated blue cheese is aged in limestone caves in Southwestern France Roquefort Steve	$300 [8] "Pigs in the Pen" is a variation of this kid's game played on floors & sidewalks jacks Brendie
$400 [5] It was built in 16 months between 1941 & 1943, which works out to 3.2 months per side the Pentagon Steve	$400 [21] Weather request couplet that precedes "Little Johnny wants to play" Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day (Rain, rain, go away/Come again some other day accepted) Ryan Steve	$400 [25] In 1907 this Philadelphia-based company introduced the paper towel Scott Steve Brendie	$400 [29] This most common letter in English isn't used in Ernest Vincent Wright's 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" E Steve	$400 [15] In bagna cauda, or "hot bath", vegetables are dipped in an oil mixture flavored with these tiny fish anchovies Ryan Steve	$400 [9] An abacus with 13 columns can count as high as these Nos., handy for working on the U.S. national debt trillions Ryan
DD $500 [6] The National Archives displays a copy of the Magna Carta on loan from this Dallas businessman H. Ross Perot Steve	$500 [22] Jack Lemmon comedy title included in the "Pease Porridge" rhyme Some Like It Hot Brendie	$500 [27] Founded in 1884, this Dayton, Ohio company controlled the country's cash register business by 1910 NCR (National Cash Register) Steve	$500 [30] N.E. Thing Enterprises has produced 3 "Magic Eye" books where you stare at patterns that do this form 3D pictures (come out in 3D accepted) Brendie	$500 [16] The Pascal variety of this crisp garden vegetable has nearly stringless stalks celery Brendie	$500 [10] This Madagascan animal is the only primate that pulls hair from its body to make a nest the lemur Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	ASTRONAUTS	ISLANDS	20th CENTURY WOMEN	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
$200 [1] This Macedonian visited Siwa Oasis in 331 B.C. & was hailed as a son of Amon by the oracle Alexander the Great Brendie	$200 [15] In 1946 Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka was born in Kealakekua in this state Hawaii Ryan	$200 [21] Amityville, Oyster Bay, & Brooklyn are located on this New York island Long Island Brendie	$200 [26] She was elected president of India's Congress Party in 1959, while her father was Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Brendie	$200 [9] There are colleges called this in Illinois & Connecticut as well as in Dublin, Ireland Trinity Steve	$200 [3] After hearing the variations on "Don Giovanni", Robert Schumann called this Polish composer "a genius" Chopin Steve
$400 [2] This country's 28th dynasty had just one ruler: Amyrtaeus Egypt Steve	$400 [18] William Anders later served as the first chairman of this government body, the NRC the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ryan	$400 [22] This country's highest peak, Pico Turquino, lies about 100 miles west of Guantanamo Bay Cuba Ryan	$400 [27] For work on the biochemistry of cell growth, Rita Levi-Montalcini won this medicine prize in 1986 the Nobel Prize Ryan	$400 [10] The remains of this P.T. Barnum elephant were given to Tufts University Jumbo Ryan	$400 [4] In 1874 he moved into his Bayreuth home, Wahnfried, which means "peace from illusion" Wagner Ryan
$600 [5] Thucydides' history of this war ends in 411 B.C., 7 years before the war ended Peloponnesian War Steve	$600 [14] In 1971 this first American in space served as a delegate to the 26th U.N. General Assembly Alan Shepard Brendie	$600 [23] At 40,420 square miles, Luzon is this nation's largest island the Philippines Brendie	$600 [29] After her husband's impeachment, Miriam "Ma" Ferguson was elected gov. of this state in 1924 Texas	$600 [11] Purdue University operates a Fort Wayne campus jointly with this state's university Indiana Steve	$600 [6] He wrote his Wedding March, from music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", 5 years after his own wedding Mendelssohn Steve
$800 [19] A few years after the death of Antipater in 43 B.C., Rome made this "Great" ruler King of Judea Herod Ryan	$800 [16] He was capsule communicator for Gemini 5 & 10 before becoming the second to walk on the moon Aldrin Ryan	$1,000 [25] Mount Olympus is the highest point on this Eastern Mediterranean island Cyprus Steve	$800 [28] This folk singer & anti-war activist is nicknamed "The Queen of Protest" Joan Baez Ryan	$800 [12] The University of Arizona is a major employer in this second-largest Arizona city Tucson Steve	$1,000 [8] The Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, inspired many of his works, including "The Swan of Tuonela" (Jean) Sibelius Steve
$1,000 [20] The slab containing his code was placed in the Temple of Marduk, Babylon's chief god Hammurabi Steve	$1,000 [17] Florida congressman Bill Nelson was the second politician in space; the first was this Utah senator ("Jake") Garn Ryan	DD $2,000 [24] The Sultanate of Brunei is located on the northern coast of this island in the East Indies Borneo Brendie	$1,000 [30] The financial dealings of her husband, John Zaccaro, caused controversy during her run for V.P. Geraldine Ferraro Brendie	$1,000 [13] In 1993 this state university decided to retain its mascot, the Minuteman Massachusetts Ryan	DD $2,000 [7] This Frenchman dedicated his 1908 "Children's Corner" suite to his daughter Claude-Emma Debussy Steve

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYS

The title of a Sean O'Casey play refers to these symbols on the flag of the Irish Citizen Army

a plow & stars

Brendie "What is Guest of the Nation [M Rybe written above]" — wagered $0

Ryan "What are shamrocks?" — wagered $888

Steve "What are shamrocks?" — wagered $4,001

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