Show #2887 1997-03-04 (taped 1996-11-20) Regular

Contestants

Lynda Weiner — a housewife and neighborhood geographer from Daly City, California

Paul Cornbleth — an actuary from Las Vegas, Nevada

Jim Diggins — a legal editor from South Euclid, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$200	$2,100	$6,300	$7,501 2-day champion: $13,601	$6,300 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Paul	$2,100	$2,000	$7,500	$599 2nd place: Lloyd Flanders patio furniture & Ducane 2004SS gas grill	$7,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Lynda	$800	$2,600	$7,200	$100 3rd place: Panasonic 5-in-1 office machine	$7,200 17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH ROYALTY	WINTER OLYMPIC SITES	TRANSPORTATION	MUSICAL TERMS	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	"ZERO"
$100 [26] This conqueror's third son was nicknamed Rufus because of his ruddy complexion William Paul	$100 [1] There was a stampede for tickets when this Alberta city hosted the 1988 games Calgary Paul	$100 [11] On May 20, 1927 while taking off from Roosevelt Field for Paris, he barely cleared the telephone lines Charles Lindbergh Jim	$100 [21] Pibroch, a type of music for this highland instrument, consists of ornate variations on a theme bagpipes Paul	$100 [13] Some refer to it as Trick or Treat Night Halloween Paul	$100 [6] Term for the lowest temperature theoretically possible absolute zero Paul
$200 [27] This younger brother of Prince Andrew served as best man at Andrew's 1986 wedding Edward Paul	$200 [2] Curling will be added as a medal sport in 1998 when the games are held in Nagano in this country Japan Paul	$200 [12] In 1887 the Pennsylvania Limited became the first of these vehicles equipped with electric lights train Paul	$200 [22] An instrumental piece popular in Elizabethan times, or poet Robert or Elizabeth browning Lynda	$200 [14] Commemorating a 1789 event, it didn't become a French national holiday until 1880 Bastille Day Jim	$200 [7] It's another name for weightlessness zero gravity Paul
$300 [28] This Tudor king who was fond of music & mistresses was nicknamed "Bluff King Hal" Henry VIII Paul Lynda	$300 [3] In 1932 this village was the first U.S. site & it hosted the games again in 1980 Lake Placid Paul	$300 [16] In June 1952 Goodyear delivered the ZPN-1, a new type of this, to the Navy at Lakehurst, New Jersey blimp Jim	$300 [23] The direction adagissimo means to play even more slowly than this similar-sounding word adagio Jim Paul	$300 [15] The Jewish festival of Sukkot begins 5 days after this solemn holy day Yom Kippur Lynda	$300 [8] A system in which births are limited to the number needed to replace the existing level zero population growth Paul
$400 [29] Legend says his crown was found under a hawthorn bush after he was killed at Bosworth Field Richard III Lynda	$500 [5] The men's 10,000-meter speed skating event was canceled at this Swiss resort in 1928; the ice melted St. Moritz Jim	$400 [17] In 1852 this company was formed to carry mail & supplies between New York City & San Francisco Wells Fargo Paul Lynda	$400 [24] It can be a group of 8 performers or a composition for 8 instruments octet Jim	$400 [19] Moon Day, celebrating man's first landing there, is observed on the 20th of this month July Jim	$400 [9] It's the spot at which a nuclear device is detonated ground zero Jim
$500 [30] Born in Scotland in 1566, this king of England had such narrow jaws it was hard for him to eat James I (or James VI of Scotland) Paul Lynda	DD $600 [4] 1 of the 3 cities in France to host the winter games Albertville Paul	$500 [18] In 1922 Russian-born American Morris Markin began making these cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan Checker cabs Lynda	$500 [25] French for "study", it's an instrumental piece designed to improve a musician's technique etude Lynda	$500 [20] From the Latin word for "coming", it's the period beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Advent Jim	$500 [10] He made his film debut in 1943's "Du Barry Was a Lady" & was often partnered with Jack Gilford Zero Mostel Lynda

Double Jeopardy! Round

SMALL ISLANDS	SEPTEMBER	SCIENCE	COLORFUL FOOD	ARCHITECTURE	ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [2] The Republic of Nauru, which lies in this ocean, uses the Australian dollar as its currency Pacific Ocean Jim	$200 [6] In September 1996 fans mourned the death of this actor & rapper who was gunned down in Las Vegas Tupac Shakur Jim	$200 [11] In 1913 Robert Millikan became the first to precisely measure the charge of this negative atomic particle electron Jim	$200 [16] Rices are divided into white or this color brown Lynda	$200 [21] The buildings of Mexico City's University City were built in the 1950s out of this once-molten local rock lava Lynda	$200 [26] He co-wrote the play "Foxfire" with Susan Cooper & co-starred in it with his wife, Jessica Tandy Hume Cronyn Jim
$400 [3] The 1883 volcanic explosion of this island produced one of the loudest sounds ever & an even smaller island Krakatoa Jim	$400 [7] On Sept. 19, 1995 the Washington Post published a 35,000-word manifesto by the criminal code-named this The Unabomber Lynda	$400 [12] Between 1856 & 1863, Gregor Mendel tested at least 5,000 of these plants to arrive at his laws of heredity pea plants Paul	$400 [17] Sockeye is the red variety of this; humpback is pink salmon Paul	$400 [22] Fischer von Erlach's 1690 design for this city's Schonbrunn Palace was much greater than it turned out Vienna Paul	$400 [27] When he starred in his own play "Le Misanthrope" in 1666, his wife Armande Bejart was his leading lady Moliere Lynda
$600 [1] Among the islands in this lake are Pelee Island, Ontario & Kelleys Island, Ohio Lake Erie Jim	$600 [8] This Englishman discovered Manhattan September 11, 1609 Henry Hudson	$600 [13] Adrenaline is an "emergency" type of this substance secreted by glands hormone Jim	$600 [18] Scrumptious-sounding name for a popular yellow apple golden delicious Paul	DD $500 [25] The design of the rotunda at the University of Virginia is based on this still-standing temple in Rome the Pantheon Paul	$600 [28] This "Blithe Spirit" played a character known as the Witch of Capri in the Taylor-&-Burton film "Boom!" Noel Coward Lynda
$800 [4] Devils Island is part of this overseas department of France French Guiana Jim Lynda	$800 [9] In September 1986 Congress voted to make this the USA's national flower rose Lynda	$800 [14] This author of "The Sea Around Us" taught zoology at the University of Maryland 1931-36 Rachel Carson	$800 [19] Gorgonzola & Stilton are classified as these blue cheeses Paul	$600 [23] Le Corbusier, Niemeyer & Harrison were part of the int'l team that designed its NYC headquarters the United Nations Paul	$800 [29] He acted in community theater before writing hit plays like "Glengarry Glen Ross" David Mamet Lynda
DD $1,000 [5] This Portuguese territory consists of a peninsula & the Coloane & Taipa Islands Macao Jim	$1,000 [10] This "Swedish Nightingale" opened her U.S. concert series at Castle Garden in New York, September 11, 1850 Jenny Lind Paul	$1,000 [15] Around 1740 this naturalist helped found the Swedish Academy of Science Carl Linnaeus Lynda	$1,000 [20] This popular salad dressing was named for a 1920s play green goddess Lynda	$800 [24] Walter Gropius said this Dessau, Germany school "designed itself" the Bauhaus Paul	$1,000 [30] Native country of Emlyn Williams, who starred in his own plays "Night Must Fall" & "The Corn is Green" Wales Paul

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE

Chapter 8 of this book first published in 1900 is titled "The Deadly Poppy Field"

The Wizard of Oz

Jim "What is The Wizard of Oz?" — wagered $1,201

Lynda "What is The Good Earth?" — wagered $7,100

Paul "What is The Jungle?" — wagered $6,901

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