Show #2633 1996-01-31 Regular

Bill Sloan game 3.

Contestants

Michelle Roberts — a lab technician from Seattle, Washington

Mike McCarthy — an Air Force officer from Annandale, Virginia

Bill Sloan — a real estate broker from Mission Viejo, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$1,500	$3,400	$10,800	$13,100 3-day champion: $34,000	$10,800 29 R, 2 W
Mike	$1,600	$2,600	$5,000	$8,601 2nd place: Gateway Family Desktop PC & Computer Cabinet	$3,600 11 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Michelle	$1,000	$2,100	$6,500	$2,000 3rd place: JVC Easy One VHS camcorder	$5,300 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	MUSIC	TRANSPORTATION	THE 1930s	INTERNATIONAL CUISINE	"Y" NOT?
$100 [23] This unit of weight is abbreviated mg. Milligram Michelle	$100 [11] His 1995 Greatest Hits album features several new tracks with the E Street Band Bruce Springsteen Bill	$100 [1] In May 1995 this company delivered its first 777 Boeing Mike	$100 [6] In 1935 beer was sold in these containers for the first time Cans Michelle	$100 [12] Found on Dutch menus, gerookte paling is this snakelike fish, smoked & perhaps served on toast Eel Bill	$100 [17] It can be "spun" by a textile worker or a storyteller Yarn Bill
$200 [24] The first modern ones of these, called Lucifers, were invented in 1827 & struck on sandpaper Matches Bill	$200 [22] It took 30 years & an album called "Voodoo Lounge" for this British group to win its first Grammy The Rolling Stones Michelle	$200 [2] In 1979 Israel sent its first cargo ship through this waterway Suez Canal Bill	$200 [7] To generate income, this state legalized the 6-week divorce in 1931 as well as gambling Nevada Michelle	$200 [13] To prepare potatoes a la Hongroise, you need this Hungarian spice Paprika Bill	$200 [18] Name shared by a fanciful clergyman in "Tristram Shandy" & a dead jester in "Hamlet"--- Alas! Yorick Bill
$300 [25] To stop staining, Farah makes men's slacks coated with this, usually found on cookware Teflon Michelle	$300 [28] Fueled by a PBS special, this "ET" co-host's "Live at Red Rocks" album reached No. 1 on the New Age chart John Tesh Bill	$300 [3] This runnerless sled was first used by North American Indians to haul supplies & game over the snow Toboggan Mike	$300 [8] A 1933 New Deal measure set up this, the TVA, to provide rural electric power in part of the South Tennessee Valley Authority Mike	$300 [14] Similar to gingerbread, lebkuchen are spicy cakelike cookies from this country Germany Michelle	$300 [19] If Tibetan oxen could talk, they might indulge in this kind of chatter Yak Bill
$400 [26] Hans Lippershey, who invented this instrument in 1608, called it a "looker" Telescope Bill	$400 [29] Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! In 1995 this actress who played TV's Marcia Brady released a country album Maureen McCormick	$400 [4] This type of aircraft is sometimes called a sailplane Glider Bill	$400 [9] In 1930 Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished "American Gothic" Mike	$400 [15] Cornish pasties, named for this English county, often contain meat & potatoes Cornwall Michelle	$400 [20] You might make a "conference" call to this Crimean resort city Yalta Bill
$500 [27] Cesium was the first element found by this process using the band of colored light produced by a prism Spectroscopy Bill Michelle	$500 [30] Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, is this group's lead singer U2 Mike	$500 [5] It's the name shared by an early warship propelled by oars & the kitchen of a boat or ship Galley Bill	DD $500 [10] On his 1936 presidential campaign button, he used a sunflower motif, from the Kansas state flower Alf Landon Mike	$500 [16] Melitzanosolata, an eggplant salad, is an appetizer or side dish from this Mediterranean country Greece Bill	$500 [21] It was Richard III's "house" York Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	GEMS	SHAKESPEARE	SAINTS	POTPOURRI	ANIMALS ON THE MAP
$200 [16] Hiram Bingham, who discovered this civilization's city of Machu Picchu, was gov. of Connecticut for 1 day Inca Bill	$200 [24] Sapphires come in many colors, but the finest ones are this color Blue Bill	$200 [9] In "Macbeth" Hecate commands this trio, "And now about the cauldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring" Three Witches/Weird Sisters Michelle	$200 [1] St. Christopher takes care of travelers & St. Bona takes care of these people who take care of plane travelers Flight Attendants/Stewardesses Michelle	$200 [21] From the Latin for "betrothal", it's a marriage partner, either husband or wife Spouse Mike	$200 [3] In 1620 the Pilgrims first landed in the New World on this peninsula & that's no fish story Cape Cod Bill
$400 [17] Columbus named this flagship on his 2nd voyage after the one wrecked on the 1st Santa Maria Mike	$400 [27] This country's diamond rush began after some Boer children found a 21-carat stone in 1866 South Africa Bill	$400 [10] Shakespeare's narrative poem "Venus And Adonis" is based in part on this poet's "Metamorphoses" Ovid Bill	$400 [2] Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors, gets all fired up under this other name St. Elmo Bill	$400 [22] The garden of "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" includes these, along with cockleshells & pretty maids Silver Bells Bill	$400 [4] It's the Canadian partner of the American falls Horseshoe Falls
$800 [19] Some say the Portuguese sent him to India in 1497 after his brother Paulo turned down the command Vasco Da Gama Bill	$600 [28] Auguste Verneuil developed the flame-fusion process of creating these red gems artificially Rubies Bill	$600 [11] Kenneth Branagh & Emma Thompson played Benedick & Beatrice in the 1993 film version of this comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" Michelle	$600 [7] He's known for asking Jesus, "Quo vadis, Domine?" & being crucified upside-down St. Peter Bill	$600 [23] This British author's 2 middle names are Ronald Reuel J.R.R. Tolkien Michelle	$600 [5] This island group in the north Atlantic makes up 2 Spanish provinces Canary Islands Bill
$1,000 [20] This Dutchman's discoveries of Fiji, Tonga & New Zealand were a disappointment, since they had no great wealth Abel Tasman Bill	$800 [29] This "sea-colored" gem, a birthstone for March, should be cleaned often to retain its sparkle Aquamarine Bill	$1,000 [13] Many scholars describe this play about a prince of Tyre as a "romance" "Pericles, Prince of Tyre"	$800 [14] Saint Basil the Blessed was an advisor to the czar in this city; a church there is named for him Moscow Mike	$800 [25] In 1885 this Nez Perce chief & his people were moved to a reservation in Washington where he died in 1904 Chief Joseph Bill	$800 [6] Painters in the Hudson River School featured this mountain range in many of their works Catskills Michelle
DD $2,000 [18] Pedro Cabral formally took possession of it in 1500 & named it Vera Cruz; we know it as this country today Brazil Mike	$1,000 [30] Chatoyancy is the special luminous quality that makes these gems resemble feline features cat's eye Bill	DD $2,000 [12] This play's last scene takes place on the pleasure grounds of Portia's house in Belmont "The Merchant of Venice" Michelle	$1,000 [15] Hadrian is said to have made martyrs of these 3 legendary sisters, also a trio of virtues Faith, Hope & Charity	$1,000 [26] In 1976 the U.S. Mint issued a medal commemorating his flight through the sound barrier Chuck Yeager Bill	$1,000 [8] Named for the largest deer, this Saskatchewan city has the largest Canadian forces jet-pilot training base Moose Jaw Mike

Final Jeopardy!

U.S.A.

The new $92 million Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stands on the shores of this lake

Lake Erie

Mike "What is Lake Erie?" — wagered $3,601

Michelle "What is Michigan" — wagered $4,500

Bill "What is Lake Erie" — wagered $2,300

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