Show #2782 1996-10-08 (taped 1996-08-21) Regular

Contestants

Steven Wijnberg — an assistant executive director originally from Johannesburg, South Africa

Anita Israel — a museum technician originally from Newburgh, New York

Craig Schneider — a health policy analyst from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Craig	$1,400	$3,100	$4,000	$3,601 2nd place: bedroom suite from Bassett	$5,600 25 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Anita	$600	$1,700	$6,100	$4,199 New champion: $4,199	$6,100 15 R, 3 W
Steven	$-100	$100	$1,800	$800 3rd place: Magnavox television	$2,300 6 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES	PLANTS	THE 1996 TONY AWARDS	HISTORIC HOMES	NORSE MYTHOLOGY	DOUBLE TALK NAMES
$100 [11] In January Campbell sponsors National Soup Month & this company sponsors National Oatmeal Month Quaker Oats Anita	$100 [23] Beetles transfer the fungus that causes this elm disease Dutch elm disease Steven	$100 [1] Donna Murphy of TV's "Murder One" was crowned Best Actress in a Musical for playing Anna in this revival The King and I Craig	$100 [6] Costumed guides lead tours of this lexicographer's birthplace in West Hartford, Connecticut Webster Anita	$100 [12] During Fimbulvetr, the worst example of this season ever, blizzards blow from 4 directions at once winter Craig	$100 [18] Neuwirth of "Cheers" Bebe Craig
$200 [13] The National Federation for this bird has declared June, not November, the month for its lovers the turkey Steven	$200 [24] Of parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme, the one that's not a member of the mint family parsley Craig Anita Steven	$200 [2] The Tonys tapped Savion Glover's choreography for "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da" this the Funk Craig	$200 [7] The Martha Vick house in this Mississippi city was constructed in 1830 by the daughter of the city's founder Vicksburg Anita	$200 [16] This god's hall is called Bilskirnir, which means "lightning" Thor Craig	$200 [19] Bean or Cool J L.L. Craig
$300 [14] This month is Safe Toys & Gifts Month as sponsored by Prevent Blindness America December	$300 [25] In addition to its use as a cow & sheep feed, alfalfa is a favorite of these food-producing insects bees Steven	$300 [3] George Grizzard won a Best Actor Tony for the revival of this playwright's "A Delicate Balance" Albee Craig	$300 [8] The white frame house that served as the first White House of the Confederacy is in this city Montgomery, Alabama Craig Anita Steven	$300 [28] Hildisvini, one of these wild hogs who belonged to the goddess Freya, was noted for his golden bristles a boar Craig	$300 [20] Michelle Pfeiffer's sister who was in "Vamp" & "Falling Down" Dedee
$400 [15] Called "America's favorite dessert", this dairy product's National Month is July ice cream Anita	$400 [26] This substance forms in scales on the leaves of the carnauba palm wax Anita	DD $500 [4] This acclaimed show, featuring the song heard here, earned 4 Tonys, including Best Musical & Original Score:"La vie Boheme! /La vie Boheme! /To days of inspiration, playing hooky, making something out of nothing..." Rent Craig	$400 [9] This Asheville, N.C. estate built by George Washington Vanderbilt has a 250-room house & its own winery Biltmore	$400 [29] Ratatosk, one of these rodents, scampers up & down the tree Yggdrasil spreading nasty gossip & insults a squirrel Craig Anita	$400 [21] Poet cummings, whose first book of poetry, "Tulips and Chimneys", came out in 1923 e.e. Anita
$500 [17] This month is Black History Month, originated by Carter G. Woodson in 1926 February Craig	$500 [27] Common name for large, leafy, brown seaweed; there are giant and bladder types of it in the Pacific kelp Craig	$500 [5] Zoe Caldwell won for playing this tempestuous diva in "Master Class", which also won best play Maria Callas Anita	$500 [10] You'll find this president's boyhood home in the Plymouth Notch Historic District of Plymouth, VT. Coolidge Craig	$500 [30] A hideous giantess named Angerboda was the wife of this Norse trickster Loki Anita	$500 [22] Singer Peniston or Winans CeCe Craig

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH	WORLD TRAVEL	TELEVISION HISTORY	WORDS ABOUT WORDS	FRUITS	WOMEN AUTHORS
$200 [21] Nickname Charles Lindbergh shares with gangster Charles Luciano Lucky Craig	$200 [1] The city of Edmonton in this Canadian province staes a fringe theatre festival every summer Alberta Craig	$200 [22] This cable network was created by the merger of Ha! & the Comedy Channel Comedy Central	$200 [8] This two-word French phrase refers to an ambiguous statement with a possible indecent meaning double entendre Craig	$200 [13] The Lisbon variety of this sour yellow fruit has few if any seeds a lemon Anita	$200 [3] Among the female novelist born in this Irish capital were Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Bowen & Maeve Binchy Dublin Craig
$400 [27] In 1926 Lindbergh showed "Spirit" as an air mail pilot between this city and Chicago St. Louis Steven	$400 [2] You'll find the Olgas, a series of 26 enormous rock domes, about 35 miles from Ayers Rock in this country Australia Anita	$400 [23] This Fred MacMurray series ran 5 seasons on ABC & 7 more on CBS My Three Sons Anita	$400 [9] If Mark Twain published a book under an autonym, this name would be on the cover (Samuel Langhorne) Clemens Craig	$400 [14] Picked young, they're soaked in lye, fermented in brine for several months, then stuffed olives	$400 [4] "Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful" is a volume of poetry by this author of "The Color Purple" (Alice) Walker Craig
$600 [28] By a special act of Congress in 1927, he was awarded this the Congressional Medal of Honor Craig	DD $500 [20] The Masai Mara Game Reserve in this country is world-famous for its annual wildebeest migration Kenya Steven	$600 [24] In 1964 CBS News paired Roger Mudd & Robert Trout in response to the popularity of this NBC duo Huntley and Brinkley Craig	$600 [10] Similar-sounding words used instead of the correct ones; Norm Crosby is the king of them a malapropism Craig	$600 [15] It looks like a pink celery stalk & some call it the "pie plant" rhubarb Craig	$600 [5] This Dane was once in love with her second cousin Hans, but married his twin brother Bror (Isak) Dinesen Craig
$800 [30] 2-letter pronoun that was the title of his 1927 autobiography We Craig	$600 [18] 3-wheeled pedicabs called becak are a major form of transportation in Jogjakarta in this country Indonesia Craig	$800 [25] This PBS science series was begun in 1974 by WGBH-TV producer Michael Ambrosino Nova Anita	$800 [11] From the Greek for "to transfer", it's describing one thing as another & may be "mixed" metaphor Anita	$1,000 [17] This variety of orange named for its red flesh may not be for the squeamish a blood orange Anita	$800 [6] Her 1985 novel "The Mammoth Hunters" continued the prehistoric love story of Ayla & Jondalar (Jean) Auel Anita
$1,000 [29] This woman, his wife, acted as copilot & navigator on many of his flights Anne Morrow Lindbergh	$800 [19] When visiting this Belgian seaport's zoo, don't miss the Nocturama, a habitat for nocturnal animals Antwerp Craig Steven	$1,000 [26] The PBS series "An American Family" focused on this family: Bill, Pat, Lance, Kevin, Grant, Delilah & Michele the Loud family	$1,000 [12] From French for "flat", it's a dull or trite phrase uttered as fresh a platitude Craig	DD $1,700 [16] This fruit plant can grow 20 feet high & produce a dozen hands a banana plant Craig	$1,000 [7] This author of "The Handmaid's Tale" was once writer-in-residence at the University of Ontario Margaret Atwood

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

French Catholic missionaries led by Father Edward F. Sorin founded this university in 1842

Notre Dame

Steven "What is the University of" — wagered $1,000

Craig "What is Georgetown" — wagered $399

Anita "What is Loyola" — wagered $1,901

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