Show #2697 1996-04-30 Regular

Contestants

Janet Grunwald — a substitute teacher from Port Washington, New York

Girts Lorencis — a computer analyst from Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dave Cook — a writer from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,100	$3,200	$7,200	$13,801 2-day champion: $19,000	$6,700 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Girts	$200	$1,500	$6,900	$3,700 2nd place: American Home Collection Sofas by La-Z-Boy	$6,900 16 R, 1 W
Janet	$2,400	$3,300	$7,800	$1,199 3rd place: Washburn acoustic guitar	$8,900 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PORTS & HARBORS	THE OCCULT	RECKLESS PHRASES	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	SCIENCE HISTORY	"BLUE" MOVIES
$100 [26] In 1887 the kingdom of Hawaii granted the U.S. permission to use this harbor as a repair facility Pearl Harbor Dave	$100 [11] Pythagoras used a form of this board for psychic communication; his had symbols, not letters Ouija board Janet	$100 [16] You can put your head in its mouth or beard it in its den lion Dave	$100 [6] About 75% of the U.S.crop of these "love apples" is processed into juice, ketchup, etc. tomatoes Janet	$100 [21] Astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch found it in the last week of 1758, the year of its predicted return Halley's Comet Girts	$100 [1] Richard Pryor played piano man in this show biz biography, Diana Ross' film debut Lady Sings the Blues Janet
$200 [27] This largest Australian city grew up around Port Jackson, a natural harbor Sydney Girts	$200 [12] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have been the first to clap during "Peter Pan"; he really believed in these fairies Janet	$200 [17] "Stick" this body part "out" & you make it easy for the executioner your neck Dave	$200 [7] The crisp-head types of this, like iceberg, have brittle, prominently veined leaves lettuce Girts	$200 [22] French physicist Paul Langevin invented this echolocation device too late for use during WWI sonar Girts Janet	$200 [2] This 1980 film follows Jake & Elwood as they try to raise money to save their orphanage The Blues Brothers Janet
$300 [28] Dun Laoghaire in this country is the terminus of a car ferry from Wales Ireland Girts	$300 [13] These spirits that aid witches may occupy finger rings or take the form of animals, like cats familiars Janet	$300 [18] You can "hover on the brink", "teeter on the edge" or "hang by" one of these sewing items a thread Janet	$300 [8] You don't have to be a newton to know that the Smyrna, Adriatic & black mission are these figs Janet	$300 [23] Communications history was made when this device was patented March 7, 1876 telephone Dave	$300 [3] Kyle MacLachlan is torn between lovers Laura Dern & Isabella Rossellini in this David Lynch film Blue Velvet Dave
$400 [29] Emperor Claudius had a natural harbor constructed at Ostia, a port at the mouth of this river the Tiber Girts	$400 [14] Oomancy & ooscopy are terms for divination using these objects eggs Janet	$400 [19] Bag in which you're not supposed to "buy a pig" poke Janet	$400 [9] This fruit, including the Crenshaw & Santa Claus, belongs to the gourd family melons Dave	$500 [25] This Russian who won the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize is known for his work in thermonuclear physics Andrei Sakharov Dave	$400 [4] This 1983 movie about a police helicopter later became a television series Blue Thunder Dave
$500 [30] Castillo del Morro & Castillo de la Punta dominate the narrow entrance to this Caribbean city's harbor Havana	$500 [15] This religion gave us the legend of the golem, an artificial man made out of clay Judaism Janet	$500 [20] Don't "sail too near the wind" or "skate on" this thin ice Girts	$500 [10] These fuzzless fruits are generally sweeter than the peaches of which they're a subspecies nectarines Janet	DD $900 [24] In 1975 it was found the nervous system makes these pain blockers that act like morphine endorphins Dave	$500 [5] In this 1966 film George Peppard singlemindedly strives for Germany's highest air medal The Blue Max Janet

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS EDITORS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	SAINTS	1980s ROCK MUSIC	HISTORIC AMERICANS	DRAMA
$200 [10] In 1835 this "Raven" poet became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger Edgar Allan Poe Dave	$200 [1] Provincetown, where the Pilgrims first landed, is at the tip of this Massachusetts cape Cape Cod Dave	$200 [5] Not surprisingly, this husband of Mary is the patron saint of carpenters Joseph Janet	$200 [4] Although this Jerry Garcia group had a huge following, "Touch of Grey" in 1987 was its only Top 20 hit The Grateful Dead Girts	$200 [15] Josiah Henson, an escaped slave who told his story to this author, inspired her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Harriet Beecher Stowe Girts	$200 [20] Agatha Christie based this drama on her own radio play "Three Blind Mice" The Mousetrap Janet
$400 [11] His "The Old Curiosity Shop" was serialized in "Master Humphrey's Clock", which he edited Charles Dickens Janet	$400 [2] Kankakee, Pulaski & Peoria are all counties in this state Illinois Girts Janet	$400 [7] With the help of this man, Saint Clare of Assisi founded the order known as the Poor Clares St. Francis of Assisi Girts	$400 [6] This former Lakers cheerleader had the first debut album with 4 No. 1 hits Paula Abdul Girts	$400 [16] On Oct. 9, 1795 George Washington asked this orator to be secretary of state, but was turned down Patrick Henry Girts	$400 [21] This Edmond Rostand drama opened in Paris in December 1897, starring Constant Coquelin Cyrano de Bergerac Dave
$600 [25] In 1969 this Cosmopolitan editor published her "Single Girl's Cookbook" Helen Gurley Brown Dave	$600 [3] Ocean on which you'd find Point Barrow, the northernmost point in the U.S. Arctic Ocean Janet	$800 [29] St. John Fisher shares his feast day with this friend & author of "Utopia" who was beheaded the same year St. Thomas More Girts	$600 [12] The soundtrack from this Patrick Swayze film topped the album charts for 18 weeks Dirty Dancing Janet	$600 [17] When this reformer married Henry Brewster Stanton in 1840, she omitted the word "obey" from her vows Elizabeth Cady Stanton Janet	$600 [22] The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 Joseph Kesselring play "The funniest play about murder ever written" Arsenic and Old Lace Janet
$800 [26] In 1968 he was promoted from managing editor to executive editor of the Washington Post Ben Bradlee Dave	$800 [8] The Ohio River begins in this state Pennsylvania Girts	$1,000 [30] He's the patron saint of Padua & of Portugal St. Anthony	$800 [13] At the August 12, 1984 closing of the Summer Olympics, he sang "All Night Long" Lionel Richie Dave	$1,000 [19] She organized troops of Girl Guides in Scotland before founding the Girl Scouts of America Juliette Gordon Low Janet	$800 [23] His play "A Moon for the Misbegotten" opened on Broadway May 2, 1957, 3 1/2 years after his death Eugene O'Neill Girts
$1,000 [27] This Omaha World-Herald editor was the Democratic candidate for president in 1896, 1900 & 1908 William Jennings Bryan Dave Janet	$1,000 [9] This state capital is about 100 miles northeast of NYC & 100 miles southwest of Boston Hartford Girts	DD $1,500 [28] 2 of 3 saints whose crosses are represented on the British flag (2 of) George, Patrick & Andrew Janet	$1,000 [14] Joining the Traveling Wilburys in the 1980s helped revive this "Only the Lonely" singer's career Roy Orbison Dave	DD $1,200 [18] Woodrow Wilson was the governor of this state when nominated for president in 1912 New Jersey Janet	$1,000 [24] Shelly Levene is a desperate real estate salesman in this 1984 David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross Dave

Final Jeopardy!

THE U.N.

Switzerland & this country are the only 2 mainland European states which never joined the U.N.

Vatican City

Girts "What is San Marino" — wagered $3,200

Dave "What is theAndorraVatican?" — wagered $6,601

Janet "What is Albania" — wagered $6,601

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