Show #2307 1994-09-20 (taped 1994-07-26) Regular

Contestants

Chris Keller — a data processing consultant from Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Neil Quarterman — a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.

Jim Sears — a transit analyst from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$500	$2,700	$11,500	$9,500 2nd place: Lane video cabinet + Sanyo TV	$11,300 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Neil	$2,700	$3,800	$10,000	$12,000 New champion: $12,000	$7,300 18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Chris	$700	$1,600	$2,000	$2,500 3rd place: Gibson freezer	$2,000 9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	TELEVISION	WORLD ALMANAC 1893	LOUISIANA	GAMBLING	PREFIXES
$100 [1] Sarah Phillips designed the stunning violet gown this first lady wore to the 1993 inaugural balls Hillary Clinton Jim	$100 [22] On Oct. 4 1957 this sitcom starring Jerry Mathers premiered Leave it to Beaver Jim	$100 [7] A list of these, perhaps the largest ever published, included "Rah, rah, ru, Bucknell, B.U." cheers Neil	$100 [12] Louisiana has 3 of the nations top 6 ports, including New Orleans & this capital Baton Rouge Chris	$100 [4] A "Megabucks" system links these machines between Las Vegas casinos to increase their jackpots one-armed bandits (slot machines) Jim	$100 [16] This 4-letter prefix can denote opposition to abortion or slavery anti- Jim
$200 [2] She said, "There'll be great presidents again...but there'll never be another Camelot again" Jacqueline Kennedy Jim	$200 [23] "Diary of a Perfect Murder", which aired in 1986, was the pilot film for this Andy Griffith series Matlock Neil	$200 [8] Of about 33, 51 or 72 years, the "average duration of human life" in 1893 33 years Jim Neil	$200 [13] He coerced Spain to return Louisiana to him in 1800, then sold it to the U.S. in 1803 Napoleon Jim	$200 [27] The winning numbers for the Irish Sweepstakes came from the winners of this type of race a horse race Chris	$200 [17] Oto- pertains to the ear, sono- pertains to sound & this pertains to hearing & sound audio-
$300 [3] She said 1944 "was the year I fell in love with Jimmy's picture"; she was a close friend of his sister Ruth Rosalynn Carter Chris	$300 [24] In 1971 this former N.Y. Giants player joined the crew of "Monday Night Football" & he's still there Frank Gifford Jim	$300 [9] Chicago packed & marketed 5,249,798 of these animals in the year ending March 1, 1892 hogs Jim Neil	$300 [14] These, Louisiana's equivalent of counties, are often governed by bodies called police juries parishes Chris	$300 [28] Knucklebones, made from the ankles of sheep, are considered the earliest of these dice Chris	$300 [18] Before soil it means below; before human, nearly or almost sub- Jim
$400 [5] She was the oldest of Colonel John Dandridge's 8 children Martha Washington Neil	$400 [25] On "Family Matters", this character was introduced as Laura Winslow's blind date from Hell Steve Urkel Chris	$400 [10] A fifth satellite was found orbiting this planet by E.E. Barnard in 1892; the others were found by Galileo Jupiter Neil	$400 [15] The Vieux Carre section of New Orleans is better known as this the French Quarter Jim	$400 [29] 1962's "Beat the Dealer" by Edward O. Thorp was about card counting in this game blackjack Neil	$400 [19] Meaning ancient and often involving fossils, it precedes -lithic, -zoic & zoology paleo- Jim
$500 [6] In 1875 a jury decided this former first lady was insane; in 1876 another jury declared her sane Mary Todd Lincoln Neil	$500 [26] Dobie Gillis often gave his weekly monologues in the Central City Park in front of this statue the Thinker Chris	DD $1,000 [11] In terms of population, it was the largest city on Earth London Neil	$500 [21] In 1948 his son Russell was elected to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana Huey Long Jim	$500 [30] The 2 suits that feature one-eyed jacks spades & hearts Neil Chris	$500 [20] The 2 prefixes, one meaning large, the other meaning small, that describe 2 branches of economics macro- & micro- Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MIDDLE AGES	FOODS OF THE WORLD	MUSIC	MYTHOLOGY	COMPUTERS	AUTHORS
$200 [16] The fourth of the military expeditions never reached Palestine, capturing Constantinople instead the Crusades Jim	$200 [13] This fatty, eellike fish is the main ingredient in the French dish lamproie a la bordelaise a lamprey Jim	$200 [8] The top number in a 4/4 time signature refers to the number of quarter notes in one of these a measure Neil Chris	$200 [24] Its name is from the Greek kyklos, "circle", & ops, "eye" the cyclops Neil	$200 [1] On computers this key is marked ESC escape Chris	$200 [3] This author of "The Catcher in the Rye" was once an entertainer on a Caribbean cruise ship J.D. Salinger Jim
$400 [17] This Spanish warrior served the Moors before undertaking the conquest of Moorish Valencia in 1089 El Cid Jim	$400 [14] Garum, a pungent flavoring made from fermented fish, was a specialty of this ancient civilization the Roman Empire	$400 [9] A snare is played with drumsticks & tubular chimes are played with one of these a mallet (a hammer) Jim	$400 [25] After he wounded Venus with an arrow, Venus fell in love with Adonis Cupid Neil	$400 [2] When this device is moved along a tabletop, it causes a pointer to move across the screen a mouse Neil	$400 [4] Thomas Wolfe was born in North Carolina & Tom Wolfe was born in this state directly north of North Carolina Virginia Jim
$600 [18] Established in 640, this city at the south end of the Nile delta was first called Al-Fustat Cairo Neil	$600 [15] It's the lizard most commonly eaten in the western hemisphere iguana Neil	$600 [10] After he wrote "William Tell", the French court broke its contract with him for 4 more operas Rossini	$600 [26] Zeus & Eurynome produced the 3 graces & Zeus & Mnemosyne produced this nonet the Muses Chris	$600 [21] Despite its name, this type of thin plastic disk should not be bent a floppy Jim	$600 [5] "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" was her only bestseller Gertrude Stein Neil
$800 [19] The Abbasid dynasty of caliphs moved the capital of the caliphate from Damascus to this city Baghdad Neil	$800 [22] Taramasalata, a taste treat from this country, is often made from carp roe Greece Jim	$800 [11] Chopin wrote 27 of these pieces designed to help the performers develop their techniques études Jim	$1,000 [28] Since he couldn't escape from King Minos' prison by land or sea, he devised a way to do it by air Daedalus Neil	$800 [30] It's the use of personal computers to design & produce professional-quality typeset documents desktop publishing Jim	$800 [6] "Ragged Dick", his 1st successful rags-to-riches story, was 1st serialized in 1867 Horatio Alger Jim
$1,000 [20] At its height some 100 towns belonged to this league of merchants & towns the Hanseatic League Chris	$1,000 [23] Scots love to eat this sheep's stomach entree with neeps & tatties--turnips & potatoes haggis Jim	DD $1,200 [12] Term for a piece of music that suggests a rural scene a pastorale Jim	DD $3,000 [27] These 4 were Boreas, Notus, Eurus & Zephyrus the winds Neil	$1,000 [29] In CAD/CAM, called the "new Industrial Revolution", it's what the D stands for design	$1,000 [7] In "The Tin Drum", this German author wrote, "Even bad books are books and therefore sacred" Günter Grass Jim

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN SPORTS

With 5, she's won more Olympic gold medals than any other U.S. female athlete

Bonnie Blair

Chris "Who is Bonnie Blair?" — wagered $500

Neil "Who is Blair?" — wagered $2,000

Jim "Who is Joyner?" — wagered $2,000

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