Show #2948 1997-05-28 (taped 1997-01-15) Regular

Lyn Payne game 1.

Contestants

Lyn Payne — a librarian from Orlando, Florida

David Wyatt — a high school French teacher from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

Doug Antoniazzi — a test systems analyst from Hyde Park, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Doug $1,000 $2,700 $6,500 $12,999
2nd place: Bassett Eden House bedroom suite + the Jeopardy! electronic game from Tiger Electronics
$8,500
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
David $300 $900 $4,900 $9,799
3rd place: Amana extra-large capacity washer/dryer + the Jeopardy! electronic game from Tiger Electronics
$5,500
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Lyn $2,000 $2,800 $8,000 $13,001
New champion: $13,001 + the Jeopardy! electronic game from Tiger Electronics
$8,400
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

INVENTORS & INVENTIONS HISTORY TV & FILM CELLISTS ANNUAL EVENTS POETS & POETRY BUG NAMES
$100 [16]
Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants
Levi Strauss
David
$100 [1]
In 1589 Boris Godunov got this country's Orthodox Church recognized as an independent patriarchate
Russia
Doug
$100 [30]
On this series, Crystal Bernard plays Helen, an airport lunch counter operator & cellist
Wings
David
$100 [7]
The Grune Woche, one of Germany's largest agricultural fairs, takes place in this capital city.
Berlin
Lyn
$100 [14]
It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day"
"Casey at the Bat"
Lyn
$100 [10]
Newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as this "Green" hero
the Green Hornet
Doug
$200 [17]
It's said he added a wire comb to his cotton gin at the suggestion of Catherine Greene, a widow
Eli Whitney
Doug
$200 [2]
When he went to Europe in 1971, he became the first reigning Japanese monarch to travel abroad
Hirohito
David
$200 [29]
In Ghostbusters she played the cellist who fell for, or rather levitated for, Bill Murray
(Sigourney) Weaver
Lyn
$200 [25]
Albany, Georgia has an annual festival devoted to this nut, a type of hickory
the pecan
David
$200 [13]
His poem, "Highland Mary", was inspired by Mary Campbell, to whom he was engaged
Burns
Lyn
$200 [11]
A googly is a deceptive delivery by the bowler in this sport
cricket
David
$300 [18]
During World War I he directed the wireless service of Italy's army
Marconi
Lyn
$300 [3]
In 1942 he replaced Gandhi as leader of India's National Congress Party
Nehru
Doug
$300 [28]
In The Living Daylights he played the Bond who formed a bond with Czech cellist Maryam d'Abo
(Timothy) Dalton
Lyn
$300 [15]
An Urbanna, Virginia festival devoted to this bivalve serves it in every conceivable fashion.
oysters
Doug David
$300 [9]
He included an unflattering description of himself in one of "The Canterbury Tales"
Chaucer
Doug
$300 [12]
This producer brought together "Our Gang", those cute little rascals
(Hal) Roach
Lyn
$400 [23]
In 1959 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce applied for patents on the first integrated ones of these
a circuit
Lyn
$400 [4]
In 1973 Menachem Begin helped form this Israeli political party, a merger of several smaller parties
Likud
Lyn
$400 [27]
Tannis Vallely played the cello-playing honors student on this Howard Hesseman series
the Head of the Class
David
$400 [19]
Gering, Nebraska's 4-day celebration of this pioneer trail features an old settler's reunion and parades
the Oregon Trail
Lyn
$400 [8]
In 1823 Shelley was buried in the same Rome cemetery where this poet had been buried 2 years earlier
Keats
Lyn
$400 [21]
In 1982 he had a hit single, "Goody Two Shoes", & a hit album, "Friend or Foe"
Adam Ant
David
$500 [24]
The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' & was named for its inventor
the Ferris Wheel
Doug
$500 [5]
Great Britain gained most of Eastern Canada from France as a result of this war
the French & Indian War
Lyn
$500 [26]
Buddy Sorrell was the character who played the cello on this comedy series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Doug
$500 [20]
This country sets aside June 15 to honor its Dannebrog, the oldest national flag in the world
Denmark
Doug
$500 [6]
This British poet of "Gunga Din" penned the phrase "East is East, and West is West"
(Rudyard) Kipling
Doug
DD $600 [22]
Last name of the "Back to the Future" movie character seen here
McFly
David

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION NATURE POP MUSIC TRANSPORTATION ISLANDS THEATRE
$200 [1]
In 1784 the king considered having this torn down; in July 1789, the people did so on their own
le Bastille
David
$200 [30]
Kangaroo Paw, an unusual-looking wildflower, is native to this country
Australia
Lyn
$200 [16]
In 1985 this performer bought ATV, owner of much of the Beatles' catalogue, for over $40 million
Michael Jackson
David
$200 [29]
This state leads the U.S. in number of registered automobiles with over 17 million
California
David
$200 [7]
Kiribati's largest island is named for this ho-ho holiday
Christmas Island
Doug
$200 [28]
When this Shakespearean theater was rebuilt after a 1613 fire, tile replaced thatch on its roof
the Globe Theatre
Doug
$400 [2]
On July 11, 1789, Lafayette proposed to the Assembly a first draft of the declaration of these
the rights of man
Lyn
$400 [27]
This hybrid offspring of a male donkey & a mare is usually sterile
a mule
Lyn
$400 [15]
The "Acid Queen" costume she wore in "Tommy" is now in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Tina Turner
Doug
$400 [26]
Air in this tunnel between NYC & Jersey City comes from giant fans in 4 10-story towers
the Holland Tunnel
David
$400 [8]
It's separated from the "toe" of Italy by the Strait of Messina
Sicily
Doug David
$400 [24]
The drama theatre, 1 of 4 auditoriums in this Sydney structure, is used for plays
the Sydney Opera House
Lyn
$600 [4]
Written by Rouget de Lisle as "Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin", it's now known as this anthem
La Marseillaise
Doug
$600 [20]
This hot, dry Saharan wind whose name comes from Arabic for "East" can bring rain to southern Europe
Sirocco
David
$600 [14]
"Great Balls of Fire!" In 1968 he played Iago in "Catch My Soul", a rock musical version of "Othello"
Jerry Lee Lewis
Doug
DD $400 [19]
This state capital has a Wiley Post Airport as well as a Will Rogers Airport
Oklahoma City
Lyn
$600 [9]
Yell, Mainland, and Fetlar are among these islands famous for their ponies
the Shetlands
Doug
$600 [13]
Uta Hagen was the first to play Martha in this playwright's"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Albee
Lyn
$800 [5]
Running from July 19 to August 17, this month was so hot... you could cook a lobster on the sidewalk
Thermidor
David
$800 [21]
The dried leaves of the purple foxglove are used to produce this heart stimulant
digitalis
Lyn
$800 [17]
Her 1986 No. 1 hit "That's What Friends Are For" was credited to her "and Friends"
Dionne Warwick
David
$800 [23]
This series of canals allows transportations and commerce between Lakes Superior & Huron
the Sault Ste. Marie Canals
David Lyn
$1,000 [11]
In the West Indies, Dominica lies between Guadeloupe & this French island
Martinique
Lyn
$800 [12]
2 of Wilkie Collins' plays were performed at a theatre in this "Great Expectations" author's home
(Charles) Dickens
Doug
$1,000 [6]
1790's new tricolor flag replaced one with this floral symbol
the fleur-de-lis
David
$1,000 [22]
Most of these birds belong to the genus cygnus
swans
Doug
$1,000 [18]
She refused a 1990 Grammy for best alternative performance for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
(Sinead) O'Connor
Lyn
$1,000 [25]
This city's Logan International Airport is about 180 miles closer to Europe than New York City is
Boston
David
DD $2,000 [10]
It lies 25 miles south of Barbuda
Antigua
Doug
$1,000 [3]
Lady Gregory organized foreign tours of this Dublin theater company from 1911 to 1913
the Abbey Theatre
Doug

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN COUNTRIES

The northernmost country in Africa, it's much smaller than the countries that border it

Tunisia

David "What is Tunisia?" — wagered $4,899
Doug "What is Tunisia?" — wagered $6,499
Lyn "What is Tunisia?" — wagered $5,001

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