Show #2500 1995-06-16 (taped 1995-02-07) Regular

Jim Vercolen game 4.

Contestants

Tim Wood — a graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Steven Meyer — an attorney from Middletown, Connecticut

Jim Vercolen — a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $33,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$300	$2,500	$8,700	$6,700 4-day champion: $40,200	$9,200 22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Steven	$1,700	$3,000	$5,100	$2,999 3rd place: Cutco set of 7 kitchen knives + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$5,600 18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Tim	$500	$2,200	$2,800	$5,200 2nd place: Gateway 2000 family PC & Dorling Kindersley gift certificate for books + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$4,800 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CONNECTICUT	MOVIES	MUSEUMS	HISTORY	BREAKFAST CEREALS	COWBOY TALK
$100 [5] Nathan Hale lived & studied in Connecticut Hall, this university's oldest building Yale Jim	$100 [10] Julie Andrews made her film debut as the magical nanny in this musical Mary Poppins Steven	$100 [13] Sweden's Ethnographical Nordic Museum is in this capital city Stockholm Steven	$100 [2] In 1952 a junta led by General Naguib deposed this country's King Farouk Egypt Jim	$100 [20] This "Breakfast of Champions" was General Mills' first ready-to-eat cereal Wheaties Tim	$100 [1] An easterner who wears fancy duds, or a guest at a tourist ranch dude Tim
$200 [7] An East Haddam church boasts the hemisphere's oldest church one of these, cast in Spain in 815 bell Steven	$200 [23] Bill Murray becomes a better person after living the same day over & over again in this comedy Groundhog Day Jim	$200 [14] The George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles features creatures recovered from this adjacent site La Brea Tar Pits Steven	$200 [3] After reconquest by this power in 296, Britain was divided into 4 provinces Rome Steven	$200 [21] 1994 marked the 40th birthday of this fruity cereal for kids & not silly rabbits Trix Tim	$200 [16] This word for a motherless calf may be an alteration of "doughgut" dogie (doggie) Tim
$300 [8] A shrine complete with grotto in Litchfield is modeled on the Shrine of Our Lady in this French town Lourdes Jim	$300 [24] Susan Sarandon plays legal counsel to an 11-year-old in this film, based on a John Grisham novel The Client Tim	$300 [15] Small independent state in which you'd find the Gregorian Museum of Etruscan Art Vatican (Vatican City) Jim Steven	$300 [4] In 1279 this grandson of Genghis Khan became the first emperor of China's Yuan Dynasty Kublai Khan Steven	$300 [22] As suggested by its name, this cereal, created in 1961, provides 100% of the U.S. RDA for vitamins & iron Total Jim	$300 [17] It's also a synonym for a round-up but you know it better as a public exhibition of ropin' & ridin' rodeo Jim
$400 [11] This town is home to a marinelife aquarium as well as the more famous Seaport Museum Mystic Tim	$400 [25] 1994 action film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays intelligence agent Harry Tasker True Lies Steven	$400 [18] The house of this creator of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is now maintained as a museum Beatrix Potter Steven	$400 [6] This Babylonian's code had different rules for free men, slaves & the middle class Hammurabi Steven	$400 [29] Many kids tried this cereal for the first time after they discovered that Mikey liked it Life Tim	$400 [27] The milling around of frightened bison may have given us this word that means "confused" buffaloed Jim
$500 [12] A plaque in Hartford commemorates this historic tree that stood until 1856 Charter Oak Steven	$500 [26] Kathleen Turner's first film was this steamy drama in which she & William Hurt plot to kill her husband Body Heat Steven	$500 [19] Objects by this Russian jeweler are on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fabergé Tim	DD $500 [9] In 1979 this country's leader Hafizullah Amin was overthrown by Babrak Karmal, backed by Soviet troops Afghanistan Jim	$500 [30] The "Kellogg's Kids" featured on Corn Flakes boxes in the 1950s were illustrated by this artist Norman Rockwell Jim	$500 [28] This "inflammatory" term for liquor is probably a translation of a Native American word firewater Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTURE	ADMIRALS	MUSIC APPRECIATION	FOREIGN CURRENCY	FAMOUS WOMEN	LITERATURE
$200 [1] Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen designed the U.S. embassy in this Norwegian capital Oslo Jim	$200 [8] He became a rear admiral more than 20 years after surviving the mutiny on the Bounty Bligh Steven	$200 [17] Like "Guillaume Tell", the opera "La Sonnambula" is set in this country Switzerland Jim	$200 [20] Like guilder in Dutch, zloty in Polish refers to this metal gold Jim	$200 [7] This orphaned daughter of Irish immigrants was just 20 when she became Helen Keller's teacher Anne Sullivan Steven	$200 [2] Athos, Porthos, & Aramis make up this famous trio Three Musketeers Jim
$400 [10] The origins of the pagoda are traced back to burial mounds & Buddhist stupas in this large Asian country India Steven Tim	$400 [9] He was an admiral of the Austrian navy before becoming emperor of Mexico Maximilian Tim	$400 [18] Popular in the 1920s & 1930s, the xylorimba is a combination of these 2 musical instruments xylophone & marimba Jim	$400 [26] When Kazakhstan issued the tenge in 1993, 1 tenge was equal to 500 of this old currency ruble Jim	$400 [21] Born in Iowa in 1861, this stage star renowned for her beauty was nicknamed "Airy, Fairy Lillian" Lillian Russell Steven Tim	$400 [3] This first James Bond novel is set at a French gambling resort Casino Royale Jim
$600 [11] This Canton-born architect designed the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse I.M. Pei Jim	$600 [12] Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter succeeded Robert McFarlane in this post in 1985 National Security Advisor Tim	DD $500 [25] Thishitfrom the 1890s operetta "Robin Hood" later became popular at weddings:instrumental only "Oh Promise Me" Steven	$600 [27] In 1993 the Czech Republic & this country stopped using the same currency Slovakia Steven	$600 [22] Margaret Court's sport tennis Steven	$600 [4] This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1947 told of the rise & fall of Willie Stark All the King's Men
$800 [13] James Renwick designed "The Castle", part of this museum complex, in Norman Romanesque style Smithsonian Tim	$800 [15] He was promoted to rear admiral 9 days after his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay Dewey Jim	$600 [19] In 1934 he composed variations on "I Got Rhythm" for piano & orchestra George Gershwin Steven	$800 [28] The currency of this Asian country, home to the world's wealthiest person, is the dollar Brunei Tim	$800 [23] She's the Queen of the Netherlands Antilles as well as the Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix Steven Tim	$800 [5] He subtitled his autobiographical novel "Look Homeward, Angel" "A Story of the Buried Life" Thomas Wolfe Jim
$1,000 [14] A style of architecture was named for this dynasty whose most notable ruler was Charlemagne Carolingian Steven	$1,000 [16] In 1660 this future British king became Lord High Admiral under his brother Charles II James II Jim	$1,000 [30] "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" was this composer's only comic opera Richard Wagner	DD $2,000 [29] One part of this island uses the pound; the other, the Turkish lira Cyprus Tim	$1,000 [24] In 1970, while on tour with the Kirov Ballet, this Russian ballerina defected to the West Makarova Steven	$1,000 [6] This American's 1860 novel "The Marble Faun" was published in England under the title "Transformation" (Nathaniel) Hawthorne Jim

Final Jeopardy!

THE WINTER OLYMPICS

In 1994 this country's 2 medals were won by women, one in figure skating, the other in the biathlon

Ukraine

Tim "What is Ukraine?" — wagered $2,400

Steven "What is Japan?" — wagered $2,101

Jim "What isBelorussiaGeorgia" — wagered $2,000

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