Show #2695 1996-04-26 Regular

Beverly Spurs game 4.

Contestants

Edith Balbach — a health researcher from San Francisco, California

Charles Whetsel — an engineer from Pasadena, California

Beverly Spurs — a podiatrist from Concord, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Beverly	$1,300	$3,100	$10,200	$18,201 4-day champion: $59,001	$11,700 26 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Charles	$1,500	$2,900	$9,100	$9,599 2nd place: trip to 1996 Olympics in Atlanta + John Williams CD, Summon the Heroes	$6,700 18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Edith	$1,000	$1,900	$4,300	$5,300 3rd place: Panasonic 27" super flat TV system + John Williams CD, Summon the Heroes	$4,300 12 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH OF THE BORDER	POLITICAL TERMS	FOOD & DRINK	POP MUSIC	WORLD HISTORY	HOMOPHONES
$100 [21] In this country they could sing, "South of the border down the U.S. way..." Canada Charles	$100 [6] "Go fight" this place expresses the futility of struggling against bureaucracy city hall Beverly	$100 [9] This drink is made by combining lemon juice, water & sugar lemonade Charles	$100 [2] The original title of this Roberta Flack hit was "Killing Me Softly with His Blues" "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Beverly	$100 [1] At the time of the Spanish conquest, this empire occupied parts of Peru, Argentina, Chile & other countries Incan Charles	$100 [26] Uncomplicated, or a carpenter's tool used to level wood plain-plane Edith
$200 [22] Mexicans crossing over their southern border can enter Belize or this country Guatemala Beverly	$200 [10] Rep. Patricia Schroeder was the first to use "Teflon-coated presidency" to refer to this man Reagan Charles	$200 [15] The snap type of these were formerly called "string" because their strings had to be removed beans Edith	$200 [4] "U.N.I.T.Y." is a pro-female rap song about self-respect by this "Queen of Rap Music" Queen Latifah Beverly	$200 [3] England's King Edward I banned the burning of this fuel, objecting to the dirt & fumes coal Charles	$200 [27] Food & drink or an exhibition of farm products where you might buy some fare-fair Charles
$300 [23] It's immediately south of Suriname, Guyana & Venezuela Brazil Beverly	$300 [14] One of these "balloons" is floated to test public reaction to an idea trial balloon Charles	$300 [16] Dungeness & Alaskan king varieties of this shellfish are served with sauce Louis to make a salad crab Charles	$300 [11] In 1982 he sang "The Girl is Mine" with Michael Jackson & "Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder Paul McCartney Charles	$300 [5] When Columbus reached this island in 1493, he named it San Juan Bautista Puerto Rico Charles Edith	$300 [28] A squeaking sound, or a small stream creak-creek Charles
$400 [24] Cross the southern border of Andorra & you're in this country Spain Edith	$400 [17] This term for the small group that rules after a coup comes from the Latin verb jungere, "to join" junta Edith	$400 [19] This herb called estragon in French seasons oysters Rockefeller tarragon Beverly	$500 [13] These brothers made "Cathy's Clown" a No. 1 hit in 1960; Reba McEntire did the same in 1989 The Everly Brothers Edith	$400 [7] After serving time in prison, future Yugoslav President Josip Broz adopted this code name Tito Beverly	$400 [29] A slight error, or the reindeer herders of Northern Europe lapse-Lapps Beverly
$500 [25] It's immediately south of Iraq, Jordan & the United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Beverly	$500 [18] George McGovern used this type of "lunch" as a symbol for tax unfairness to the workingman 3 martini lunch Beverly	$500 [20] Pine resin gives this Greek wine its unique flavor retsina Beverly	DD $600 [12] This 1978 film based on a Broadway musical gave us the No. 1 hit heard here:"You're the one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh ooh..." Grease Charles	$500 [8] During the reign of Bela III, 1173-1196, this country became one of the leading European powers Hungary Beverly	$500 [30] Pertaining to the mouth or to the ear oral-aural Charles

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH LITERATURE	FIRST LADIES	TRANSPORTATION	MOVIE VILLAINS	MOUNTAINS	ISAAC NEWTON
$200 [9] His 2 great epic novels, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" & "Les Miserables", were wrriten 30 years apart Hugo Charles	$200 [1] Julia Grant was the first president's wife to write one, but it wasn't published until 1975 memoir (*autobiography) Edith	$200 [26] In the early 1900s, the U.S. Weather Bureau flew the box type of these to lift weather instruments kite Edith	$200 [17] Dennis Hopper played the chain-smoking villain of this $172 million Kevin Costner epic Waterworld Beverly	$200 [6] Bamboo groves & pine forests cover the slopes of this tallest mountain on the island of Honshu Mt. Fuji Beverly	$200 [14] Though James Gregory had designed a reflecting type of this instrument, Newton built the first one telescope Beverly
$400 [10] This 19th c. author imagined space flights, air conditioning, guided missles & motion pictures Jules Verne Beverly	$400 [2] For awhile she entertained as First Lady from her house on Broadway Martha Washington Edith	$400 [27] These chambers allow ships on a canal to move from one water level to another locks Edith	$400 [18] In the climactic airport scene of this movie, Rick shoots Nazi Major Strasser dead Casablanca Beverly	$400 [7] 5 mountains in this system rise above 27,000 feet Himalayas Beverly	$400 [22] This man most famous for his comet paid to have Isaac's "Principia Mathematica" published Halley Beverly
$600 [11] Guy de Maupassant made his name in this literary form; he wrote over 200 of them short stories Edith	$600 [3] During her term as First Lady, 1929-1933, she made several radio addresses Lou Hoover Beverly	$600 [28] In the U.S. this runnerless sled is made of thin boards curved up in the front to form a prow toboggan Edith	$600 [19] Incestuous tycoon Noah Cross is the villain of this 1974 Roman Polanski film Chinatown	$600 [8] 75 miles long & 65 miles wide, this Hawaiian volcano is the world's largest in cubic mass Mauna Loa Beverly Charles	$600 [23] Isaac was born in 1642, the same year this Italian astronomer died Galileo Charles
$800 [12] His "Salammbo" is considered more romantic than his "Madame Bovary" (Gustave) Flaubert Edith	$800 [4] Edith Bolling Galt brought this widower out of his lethargy Woodrow Wilson Beverly	$800 [29] The first flight of an aircraft powered by this type of engine occurred in 1939 in Germany jet engine Charles	$800 [20] Played by Laurence Harvey, Raymond Shaw is the brainwashed assassin in this 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate Beverly	$800 [15] Mount Chimborazo in the Andes appears on the seal of this small country Ecuador Beverly	$1,000 [25] Isaac was knighted by this queen in 1705 Queen Anne Beverly
$1,000 [13] In "Candide" he writes about being in the "best of all possible worlds" Voltaire Charles	DD $1,500 [5] Married name of Jane Appleton or maiden name of Barbara Bush Pierce Beverly	$1,000 [30] In 1904 a rail loop around this Siberian lake was completed on the Trans-Siberian Railroad Lake Baikal Beverly	$1,000 [21] In this film Holly Martins finally meets the mysterious Harry Lime on a Ferris wheel The Third Man Beverly	$1,000 [16] The French government maintains a volcano observatory on this peak on Martinique Mt. Pelée Beverly	DD $3,000 [24] Newton engaged in a protracted argument with Leibniz over which of them invented this branch of math calculus Charles

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN DRAMA

In Act One of this 1890 play, the heroine has just returned from her honeymoon; at the end, she shoots herself

Hedda Gabler

Edith "What is Hedda Gabler?" — wagered $1,000

Charles "What is Hetta Gabler" — wagered $499

Beverly "What is Hedda Gabler?" — wagered $8,001

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