Show #2727 1996-06-11 (taped 1996-02-06) Regular

Missing third-place prize.

Contestants

Barb Cornell — a registered nurse from Eugene, Oregon

Cash Tilton — a marketing writer originally from Rockwall, Texas

Bob Hunt — a trade commissioner originally from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$600	$1,500	$8,200	$0 3rd place: unknown	$7,700 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Cash	$100	$2,700	$5,700	$600 2nd place: Bassett furniture set	$4,700 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Barb	$2,400	$2,800	$8,800	$1,199 New champion: $1,199	$8,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1910s	SIMIAN CINEMA	INVENTORS	GEMS	STATE MOTTOES	SEA____
$100 [1] On Jan. 5, 1914 this automaker announced a $5 per day minimum wage & an 8-hour day (Henry) Ford Barb	$100 [2] The last line in this 1933 film is "Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." King Kong Bob	$100 [16] By 1877 Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with birdlike wings glider Barb	$100 [7] Morganite is a pink or rose-colored gem named for this American financier J.P. Morgan Cash	$100 [26] The shortest mottoes are Washington's "Alki", meaning "By and By" & this smallest state's "Hope" Rhode Island Barb	$100 [21] Seashell tongue twister business site by the seashore Cash
$200 [8] In 1913 King Constantine declared the union of Crete with this country Greece Bob	$200 [3] A gorilla named Amy is featured in this 1995 movie, filmed in part near our "Jeopardy!" sound stage Congo Barb	$200 [17] This man, a goldsmith by trade, invented printing from movable type in Europe (Johannes) Gutenberg Cash	$200 [12] The Hope, a famous Baroque one of these mollusk gems, is 2 inches long & weighs several ounces pearl Barb	$200 [27] "Regnat Populus", "The People Rule", in this land of opportunity Arkansas Cash	$200 [22] Altitude is measured from it sea level Cash
$300 [9] On March 1, 1919 a coalition of leaders declared Korea independent of this nation Japan Bob	$300 [4] Some of the flying monkeys in this 1939 classic were actors in costumes & some were 6" rubber miniatures The Wizard of Oz Barb	$300 [18] Herman Hollerith invented a system of encoding data on cards by means of these holes Bob	$300 [13] The "blazing" name of these opals is misleading; many do not give off brilliant flashes of color fire opals Cash	$300 [28] Complete's Ohio's motto, "With God, All Things are..." possible Cash	$300 [23] Cecil the seasick sea serpent Bob Barb
$400 [10] Some Serbian officials provided support for Gavrilo Princip's June 1914 assassination of this archduke (Franz) Ferdinand Barb	$400 [5] Sigourney Weaver was nominated for a 1988 Oscar for playing this primatologist in "Gorillas in the Mist" Dian Fossey Barb	$400 [19] As a Harvard freshman, this photographic inventor became fascinated by polarized light (Edwin) Land Bob Barb	$400 [14] In 1830 these green gems were discovered in mica schists in Russia's Ural Mountains emeralds Cash	$400 [29] Heavenly body mentioned in the mottoes of Kansas & Minnesota star Barb	$400 [24] Some marine types of algae seaweed Cash
DD $500 [11] The United States took over this island group from Denmark in 1917 the Virgin Islands Barb	$500 [6] In a 1949 film Terry Moore played the piano while this "mighty" ape held her over his head Mighty Joe Young Barb	$500 [20] His most important invention kept an elevator car from falling even if its cable broke (Elisha) Otis Barb	$500 [15] Often a shade of orange, spessartite is a variety of this reddish-brown gem garnet	$500 [30] South Carolina's "Dum Spiro Spero" translates to "While I" do this "I Hope" breathe Bob	$500 [25] Nereids sea nymphs Cash

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN AUTHORS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	GANGSTERS	RUSSIAN HISTORY	BROADWAY LYRICS	DISASTERS
$200 [1] Of Joyce Cary, Joyce Kilmer or Joyce Carol Oates, the one that fits the category Joyce Carol Oates Bob	$200 [21] It's the most modern city in Peru, as well as the largest Lima Barb	$200 [12] Gangster Louis Amberg was just "Pretty" while Charles Floyd was nicknamed this "Pretty Boy" Bob	$200 [6] Osip Bovet redesigned this square near the Kremlin after most of it was destroyed in an 1812 fire Red Square Barb	$200 [7] In "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'", this "is as high as an elephant's eye" the corn Bob	$600 [26] The 1986 disaster at this plant released over 100 million curies of radionuclides into the atmosphere Chernobyl Cash Barb
$400 [2] Nora Ephron wrote the searing novel "Heartburn" after her divorce from this Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein Bob	$400 [22] Astrakhan is situated on several islands in the delta of this river, 60 miles from the Caspian Sea the Volga Cash Barb	$400 [13] This showman got a plaster cast of condemned murderer Albert Hicks for his American museum P.T. Barnum Bob	$400 [8] In 1799 Alexsandr Baranov, first governor of this territory, founded Sitka Alaska Cash	$400 [16] According to a song from "Annie", "You're Never Fully Dressed Without" one of these a Smile Barb	$800 [27] This federal disaster agency was created by an executive reorganization plan in 1978 FEMA Barb
$600 [3] Queen of British romance novelists who wrote "The Wicked Marquis" & "The Impetuous Duchess" Barbara Cartland Barb	$600 [23] This sea forms Pakistan's southern border Arabian Sea Bob Cash	$600 [14] One of the two gangsters who led what was known as the Bug & Meyer Gang Bugsy Siegel Bob	$600 [9] A 1649 code forbade owners to kill these peasants generally treated as chattel serfs Bob	$600 [17] A song from "Finian's Rainbow" asks, "How are Things in" this place? Is that little brook still leaping there?" Glocca Morra Bob	$1,000 [28] A 1988 disaster killed all 259 people aboard Pan Am 103 & 11 in this Scottish town Lockerbie Barb
$800 [4] After writing a book about Marilyn Monroe, this feminist established the Marilyn Monroe Children's Fund Gloria Steinem Bob	$800 [24] Bissau is this west African country's chief port as well as its capital Guinea-Bissau Cash	$800 [15] "Trigger" Burke was hired to silence "Specs" O'Keefe, one of the gang involved in this 1950 Boston heist the Brinks Robbery Cash Barb	$800 [10] Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko & this actor/producer founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 (Constantin) Stanislavski Bob	$800 [19] Flower referred to in the lyric "Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever" edelweiss Barb	—
$1,000 [5] This playwright called her first book of memoirs "An Unfinished Woman" & her last "Maybe" Lillian Hellman Bob	DD $2,000 [25] The Tonle Sap & Bassac Rivers join this major river at Phnom Penh the Mekong Cash	$1,000 [18] Deported to Italy, Lucky Luciano slipped back to this Caribbean island to run his U.S. operations Cuba Barb	DD $1,500 [11] Lithuania passed to Russia at the third partition of this country in 1795 Poland Bob	$1,000 [20] In an Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse song, this title question precedes "who never fell in love" "What Kind of Fool Am I?" Cash	—

Final Jeopardy!

ADVENTURERS

This American adventurer & aviator discovered the world's highest waterfall in 1935

Jim Angel

Cash "Who was Lindbergh?" — wagered $5,100

Bob "Who was [Wiley P] Richard Halliburton" — wagered $8,200

Barb "Who is Amelia Earhartt" — wagered $7,601

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