Show #2596 1995-12-11 Regular

Brad Plovan game 1.

Contestants

Carl Cope — a credit agent from Allentown, Pennsylvania

Brad Plovan — a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland

Gwen LaTray — a day care provider from Portage, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,301)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gwen	$1,200	$2,500	$9,300	$6,399 2nd place: Chippendale game table & chairs and a stereo system+Jeopardy! home game	$9,300 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Brad	$1,100	$1,200	$3,600	$7,200 New champion: $7,200	$3,400 12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Carl	$1,500	$3,700	$6,100	$5,800 3rd place: Sanyo 31" stereo TV+Jeopardy! home game	$6,100 20 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	CELEBRITIES	FOOD	THE BODY HUMAN	BASEBALL	FAMILIAR PHRASES
$100 [1] The name of this largest Wisconsin city comes from an Algonquian word that may mean "a good place" Milwaukee Carl	$100 [20] In 1995, after nearly 2 years of marriage, Lyle Lovett & this "Pretty Woman" called it quits Julia Roberts Gwen	$100 [16] Valencias account for about half the crop of these grown each year oranges Brad	$100 [5] This disk-shaped organ in a pregnant woman provides the baby with food & oxygen placenta Gwen Carl	$100 [15] This stadium is called "The House that Ruth Built" Yankee Stadium Carl	$100 [26] The word roger, meaning a rouge, may have led to this term for a pirate flag Jolly Roger Carl
$200 [11] In 1905 this Oregon city hosted the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition Portland Carl	$200 [22] Restaurant chain whose owners include Demi Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger Sly Stallone & Bruce Willis Planet Hollywood Gwen	$200 [17] The name of this dish often made of leftovers comes from the French word hacher, meaning "to chop" hash Gwen	$200 [6] Part of the body in which you'd find the pectoralis major muscle the chest Gwen	$200 [8] The cleanup hitter has this numerical position in the batting order fourth Carl	$200 [27] A person who moves quickly doesn't let this grow under his feet grass Gwen
$300 [12] The submarine USS Drum is on display at this Alabama city's waterfront Mobile Brad	$300 [23] In 1995 Jerry Lewis made his Broadway debut as the devilish Applegate in this musical Damn Yankees Gwen	$300 [18] Vegetables cooked a la Grecque are stewed in lemon juice, seasonings & this oil olive oil Gwen	$300 [7] Most of the 19 major muscles attached to these 2 forearm bones move the wrist & fingers the ulna & the radius Carl	$300 [4] This pitch is often called a hook for its hooklike trajectory a curveball Brad	$300 [28] The term "dressed to" these may be a corruption of "dressed to then eyne", meaning "to the eyes" the nines Carl
$400 [13] Only 2 West Virginia cities have populations over 50,000: Huntington & this one Charleston Gwen	$400 [24] The real last name of this "Phantom of the Opera" star is Dumble-Smith Michael Crawford	$400 [19] Durum, the hardest type of this grain, is often made into semolina flour wheat Carl	DD $300 [10] The chief storage areas for iron in the body are the bone marrow, the spleen & this organ the liver Gwen	$400 [3] The mysterious "disease" that struck hitters about to face this pitcher was dubbed Ryanitis Nolan Ryan Carl	$400 [29] Pride in group endeavors is called this, French for "spirit of the body" esprit de corps Carl
$500 [14] During World War II this Kansas city produced 26,000 military aircraft Wichita Brad	$500 [25] This star of "My Cousin Vinny" once recorded a jazz blues album as Little Joe Ritchie (Joe) Pesci Carl	$500 [21] The Hass is a blackish, pebble-skinned variety of this fruit avocado	$400 [9] The lower end of this 4 1/2-inch tube divides into 2 bronchi the trachea Gwen Carl	$500 [2] This stadium's imposing left-field wall became "the Green Monster" after it was painted in 1947 Fenway Park Carl	$500 [30] 19th c. poet William Ross Wallace wrote that "the hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world" the hand that rocks the cradle Carl

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	COMPOSERS	ANIMALS	TRAVEL & TOURISM	VILLAINS
$200 [8] This U.S.-Canadian waterway was formally opened at St. Lambert, Quebec June 26, 1959 the St. Lawrence Gwen	$200 [5] This unit of a foot was once defined as the breadth of a man's thumb an inch Gwen	$200 [3] In 1954 this "Rite of Spring" composer wrote the vocal work "In Memoriam Dylan Thomas" Stravinsky Gwen	$200 [1] This "masked" mammal derives its name from an Indian word meaning "he who scratches with his hand" a raccoon Gwen	$200 [26] This capital of Washington is a great place to sample the oysters of the same name Olympia Carl	$200 [21] This villain is jealous when Michael Cassio is appointed o the position of Othello's lieutenant Iago Brad
$400 [9] Since 1867 Japan had has 4 emperors: Mutsuhito, Yoshihito, Hirohito & him Akihito Gwen	$400 [17] Abbreviated dB, this unit of sound intensity is logarithmic a decibel Carl	$400 [13] Legend says he didn't compose the overture to "Don Giovanni" until the night before its first performance Mozart Brad	$400 [2] The alligator snapper isn't an alligator but one of these reptiles a turtle Carl	$400 [27] Dating back to the 13th century, the Adam and Eve is the oldest of these in Norwich, England a pub Gwen	$400 [22] Hiding in an apple barrel, Jim Hawkins hears this one-legged pirate planning mutiny Long John Silver Brad
$600 [10] In May 1957 President Eisenhower met in Washington with this country's leader, Ngo Dinh Diem South Vietnam Gwen	$600 [18] The astronomical unit is based on the average distance between these 2 bodies the earth & the sun Brad	$600 [14] As a piano duet, his overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was introduced by him & his sister in 1826 Felix Mendelssohn Brad	$600 [4] 3 to 4 feet tall, damas are the largest of these graceful antelopes gazelles Carl	$600 [28] We figure you'll know this is the currency of Singapore the dollar Brad	$600 [23] In this novel O'Brien, a member of the Inner Party, is Winston Smith's personal torturer & educator 1984 Brad
$800 [11] The destruction of a Turkish fleet by the Russians Nov. 30, 1853 led to Britain entering this war the Crimean Gwen	$800 [19] Arcs can be measured in these, minutes & seconds or in radians degrees Carl	DD $1,000 [15] In 1888 the remains of Beethoven and this Lieder composer were buried side by side in a Vienna cemetery Schubert Brad	DD $1,000 [6] Perhaps the best known macaque is this monkey used in medical research the rhesus Gwen	$800 [29] The County Wicklow Gardens Festival is one of this country's most fragrant annual events Ireland Brad	$800 [24] It's not unusual to find Master Blilfil committing villainy in this Henry Fielding novel Tom Jones Gwen
$1,000 [12] In 1926 this Norwegian & 2 companions became the first to fly from Europe to North America via the North Pole Amundsen Gwen	$1,000 [20] IU, used to measure the activity of vitamins, is an abbreviation for this international unit Brad	$1,000 [16] A chemistry professor by day, this "Prince Igor" composer took years to complete a work Alexander Borodin Gwen Carl	$1,000 [7] The baby lynx of North America is more commonly referred to by this name bobcat Gwen Brad	$1,000 [30] The tallest surviving Mayan building is a temple at the ruins of Tikal in this Central American country Guatemala Gwen	$1,000 [25] Monsieur Lheureux drives this Flaubert title character deeper & deeper into debt Madame Bovary Carl

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH AUTHORS

Among guests who surprised him on a 1994 British "This is Your Life" were Buzz Aldrin & Alexi Leonov

Arthur C. Clarke

Brad "Who Arthur C Clarke" — wagered $3,600

Carl "Who is Ray Bradbury?" — wagered $300

Gwen "Who" — wagered $2,901

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