Show #2453 1995-04-12 (taped 1994-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Margaret Schwind — a housewife from Rockville, Maryland

Mary Brody — an architect from Walnut Creek, California

Carole Denton — an administrative assistant from New Carrollton, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Carole $2,000 $3,400 $6,000 $4,499
3-day champion: $20,799
$8,600
26 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Mary $1,400 $2,700 $7,500 $2,999
2nd place: Gibson 3-piece kitchen & Imperial wall coverings + Jeopardy! Sports Edition & home game
$7,500
18 R, 0 W
Margaret $700 $1,800 $3,000 $500
3rd place: Michael C. Fina 5-piece buffet service + Jeopardy! Sports Edition & home game
$2,700
8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE NEW TESTAMENT FAMOUS ANIMALS TRANSPORTATION SEE THE U.S.A. FOOD "M" TV
$100 [26]
The epistle to Philemon was the shortest of the letters he wrote while in prison
St. Paul
Margaret
$100 [1]
Scannon, a Newfoundland, accompanied this pair on their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis & Clark
Carole
$100 [11]
Though it was called unsinkable, it went down in under 3 hours April 14-15, 1912
Titanic
Mary
$100 [17]
The region called Michiana covers an area in Indiana & this state
Michigan
Carole
$100 [12]
This nut produced by oak trees was eaten by American Indians
acorn
Carole
$100 [6]
This James Garner western once broadcast a satire of "Gunsmoke" titled "Gunshy"
Maverick
Mary
$200 [27]
He referred to Jesus as "He that cometh after me...whose shoes I am not worthy to bear"
John the Baptist
Carole
$200 [2]
This general's horse Traveller was called Jeff Davis when he bought him
Robert E. Lee
Margaret
$200 [22]
Most of the world's 120,000 miles of electrified train track are on this continent
Europe
Mary
$200 [18]
You can visit Edgar Allan Poe's home on North Amity Street in this Maryland city
Baltimore
Mary
$200 [13]
This term for deer meat comes from the Latin venatio, meaning "hunt" or "chase"
venison
Carole
$200 [7]
This series' theme began, "Who can turn the world on with her smile..."
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Carole
$300 [28]
The night before his crucifixion, Jesus prayed at this garden on the slopes of the Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Margaret
$300 [3]
In 1961 Soviet Premier Khrushchev sent this first family a puppy named Pushinka
Kennedys
Mary
$300 [23]
Built over 2,200 years ago as the main road from Rome to Greece, it's still used today
Appian Way
Carole
$300 [19]
Fayetteville, Arkansas was named in honor of this Frenchman
(Marquis de) Lafayette
Carole
$300 [14]
Shabu shabu, a fondue-like dish of this country, is named for the sound it makes while cooking
Japan
Carole
$300 [8]
The creators of this Fox sitcom named the Bundys after their favorite wrestler, King Kong Bundy
Married... with Children
Carole
$500 [30]
The last phrase in the Bible attributed to Jesus, "Surely I come quickly", appears in this book
Revelation
$400 [4]
A groundhog named Phil resides at Gobbler's Knob in this Pennsylvania town
Punxsutawney
Carole
$400 [24]
One theory says that the name jeep came from the initials "g.p.", which stood for this
general purpose
$400 [20]
If you live in this western state, it's better than 50-50 you live in Clark County
Nevada
Mary
$400 [15]
It takes 30-50 gallons of sap from the acer saccharum tree to make 1 gallon of this sweetener
maple syrup
Carole
$400 [9]
In the 1968-69 season of this sitcom, Katie Douglas gave birth to triplets Steve, Charley & Robbie
My Three Sons
Mary
DD $700 [29]
Although Jesus was born in Bethlehem, his mother was from this Galilean city
Nazareth
Margaret
$500 [5]
This canine who became a movie star was discovered by Lee Duncan in a WWI trench
Rin Tin Tin
Margaret
$500 [25]
This new Dodge subcompact sold so well in 1994 that Chrysler had only a 20-day supply of them; normal is 60
Neon
$500 [21]
Alexander Hamilton died in this city & is buried in its Trinity Church cemetery
New York City
Carole
$500 [16]
To make hominy, this grain's hull & germ are removed with lye or by crushing & sifting
corn
Mary
$500 [10]
This 1960s sitcom was inspired by the 1964 Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night"
The Monkees
Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ART & ARTISTS INVENTORS WORLD GEOGRAPHY ENGLISH LITERATURE
$200 [21]
In 1805 this captain of the Bounty became governor of New South Wales
Bligh
Carole
$200 [11]
The way the lacing is arranged on this type of instrument adds tension to the head
drum
Carole
$200 [16]
Born in the West Indies, Camille Pissarro went to this city in 1855 where he studied with Corot
Paris
Carole
$200 [26]
In 1803 this American launched a steam-driven paddle-wheel boat on the Seine River
Fulton
Mary
$200 [6]
The emirate of Qatar lies on a peninsula bordered by the Gulf of Bahrain & this gulf
Persian Gulf
Mary
$200 [1]
The fortune recovered in this Robert Louis Stevenson tale belonged to the long-dead Captain Flint
Treasure Island
Carole
$400 [22]
In the Tet Offensive of Jan. 30, 1968, communists attacked this capital of South Vietnam
Saigon
Carole Mary
$400 [12]
The helicon, a type of this large instrument, has circular coiling
tuba
Carole
$400 [17]
This pop artist created such movies as the 6-hour-long "Sleep" & the 8-hour-long "Empire"
Andy Warhol
Mary
$400 [27]
In 1884 this man invented paper-backed photographic film
(George) Eastman
Carole Margaret
$400 [7]
2 of France's 95 departments lie on this Mediterranean island
Corsica
Carole
$400 [2]
He came up with the idea for "Goodbye Mr. Chips" while taking a bike ride & wrote it in 4 days
(James) Hilton
Carole
$600 [23]
On June 13, 323 B.C., Alexander the Great died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in this city
Babylon
Carole
$600 [13]
The double reed of this bass woodwind is on the end of a curved metal tube set into the tenor joint
bassoon
Mary
$600 [18]
He painted 3 types of a portraits of George Washington called Vaughan, Athenaeum & Lansdowne
Gilbert Stuart
Carole
$600 [28]
While in debtor's prison, he began his experiments which led to vulcanized rubber
Goodyear
Mary
$600 [8]
The name of this island group 740 miles west of Portugal is from the Portuguese for "hawks"
Azores
Mary
$600 [3]
This British author modeled Adam Bede on her own father
George Eliot
Carole
DD $1,000 [24]
In the 1880s he helped found the British South Africa Co. & the De Beers Diamond Co.
Cecil Rhodes
Carole
$800 [14]
In 1829 Sir Charles Wheatstone invented this hexagonal accordion-like instrument
concertina
Margaret
$800 [19]
Jacopo Robusti was nicknamed this because his father was a dyer or "tintore"
Tintoretto
Margaret
$800 [29]
The "V" in the name of the VS-300 helicopter stood for Vought; the "S" stood for this man
Sikorsky
Carole
$800 [9]
By far, this lake is Peru's largest
Titicaca
Mary
$1,000 [5]
The alternate title of this Izaak Walton work is "The Contemplative Man's Recreation"
The Compleat Angler
Carole
$1,000 [25]
In 1833 he was chosen president of Mexico; later, he became dictator
Santa Anna
Margaret
$1,000 [15]
It's a xylophone-like instrument having metal bars with tubular chambers beneath them
vibe (vibraphone/vibraharp)
Carole Mary
$1,000 [20]
This American painted his famous portrait of a crippled neighbor, "Christina's World", in 1948
Andrew Wyeth
Carole
$1,000 [30]
For almost a year this coil inventor redesigned dynamos for Edison
Nikola Tesla
$1,000 [10]
The Shaba region in the south of this African country was called Katanga until 1972
Zaire
Margaret
DD $1,600 [4]
As stated in Book 1, the theme of this epic poem is the fall of man through disobedience
Paradise Lost
Carole

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS

He said, "If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises"

Gerald Ford

Margaret "Who is FDR?" — wagered $2,500
Carole "Who is Harding?" — wagered $1,501
Mary "Who wasWHT. Roosevelt" — wagered $4,501

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