Show #2689 1996-04-18 Regular

Contestants

Steve Shimberg — an insurance agent from Melrose, Massachusetts

Leslie Bitner — a law student from Houston, Texas

Tim Toburen — a technical director from Jacksonville, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,398)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tim	$2,300	$2,900	$5,500	$501 2nd place: Dynamark home security system & pair of Hammerman diamond rings	$5,500 16 R, 1 W
Leslie	$1,100	$4,600	$13,300	$11,300 New champion: $11,300	$10,300 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Steve	$700	$1,600	$3,600	$5 3rd place: Pair of Sigma Binoculars	$4,800 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

RUSSIAN RULERS	THE MOVIES	BRITISH HODGEPODGE	FASHION	THE BIBLE	3-LETTER WORDS
$100 [1] A protege of Gorbachev, he became head of the Moscow Communist Party organization in 1985 Boris Yeltsin Steve	$100 [6] He not only starred in "City Slickers", he was executive producer Billy Crystal Leslie	$100 [13] Legend says that Dozmary Pool in Cornwall is where this sword was returned to the Lady of the Lake Excalibur Steve	$100 [19] These include the bridal type, usually of white net, & the shoulder-length black mourning type veils Leslie	$100 [8] In Genesis 3:19 God told him that he would have to earn his living by the sweat of his brow Adam Steve	$100 [29] In "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge precedes "Humbug" with this interjection bah Steve
$200 [2] This first leader of the Soviet Union was the son of a provincial director of elementary education Lenin Leslie	$200 [7] Clint Eastwood played this "Outlaw" in a 1976 film based on the novel "Gone to Texas" Josey Wales Tim	$200 [25] Peterhouse, the first college at this British university, was founded in 1284 Cambridge Leslie Steve	$200 [20] Some say this sports jacket was named because it was originally a fiery red color blazer Steve	$200 [9] Lot's wife looked back at this city where she'd lived Sodom Tim	$200 [30] It's short for facsimile fax Leslie
$300 [3] Empress Elizabeth, who reigned 1741-1762, was an implacable enemy of this Prussian emperor Frederick the Great Tim	$300 [14] In this 1973 Robert Redford-Barbra Streisand film, Streisand appears at a costume party as Harpo Marx The Way We Were Leslie	$300 [26] The houses of Parliament are located in this borough of London; so is a famous church Westminster Tim	$300 [21] Rather than a full wig, it's a long, single hairpiece used to fill out a woman's coiffure fall Tim Leslie	$300 [10] Noah built an ark & his descendants are credited with this larger, unfinished building project Tower of Babel Tim	$300 [27] This term for a spell or charm comes from a German word for "witch" hex Leslie
$400 [4] In 1881 Alexander II was assassinated in this capital by bomb-throwing members of "People's Will" St. Petersburg Steve	$400 [15] The world's tallest building, the Glass Tower in San Francisco, is the setting for this 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno Tim	$400 [17] When this princess' son David was born in 1961, he was given the title Viscount Linley of Nymans Princess Margaret Steve	$400 [22] This coverall combining shirt & trousers & worn by either sex was adapted from an outfit worn by aviators jumpsuit	$400 [11] It was killed for the feast celebrating the return of the Prodigal Son the fatted calf Tim	$400 [24] It can mean once around the track, or to take in liquid with the tongue lap Steve
$500 [5] This first Russian czar was born in 1530 to Vasily III, Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan the Terrible Leslie	$500 [18] This composer was played by Cary Grant in the 1946 musical "Night and Day" Cole Porter Leslie	$500 [16] A monument near Abbotsbury commemorates this man to whom Admiral Nelson spoke his dying words Sir Thomas Hardy	DD $2,000 [28] From the French for "to comb", it's a sheer robe often worn with a matching nightgown peignoir Leslie	$500 [12] The name of this queen who tried to kill Elijah has been applied to any scheming, evil woman Jezebel Tim	$500 [23] An eye, or a royal sphere orb Leslie

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	MUSIC	PEOPLE	THE BODY HUMAN	THE CIVIL WAR	LITERATURE
$200 [18] All major rivers of Nicaragua drain into this sea Caribbean Sea Tim	$200 [26] In 1872 this "Waltz King" came to the U.S. to conduct 14 concerts in Boston & 4 in New York Johann Strauss Tim	$200 [1] He dedicated his No. 1 bestseller "Dolores Claiborne" to his mother Stephen King Tim	$200 [6] Also called the tympanic membrane, it divides the external & middle ear eardrum Steve	$200 [7] This Union ironclad was launched at Greenpoint, New York January 30, 1862 Monitor Steve	$200 [12] In this story a beast with blazing eyes is said to have caused the death of Hugo Baskerville The Hound of the Baskervilles Leslie
$400 [17] When it reaches Limerick, this Irish river widens to become an estuary the Shannon Steve	$400 [27] Its second verse begins, "Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be" "Yesterday" Leslie	$400 [2] 1995's David Brinkley Award for excellence in communications was presented by Brinkley to this "Nightline" host Ted Koppel Steve	$400 [22] In women, these egg-producing gonads are about the size & shape of an almond ovaries Leslie	$400 [8] In 1954 this village where the South surrendered was made a national historical park Appomattox Court House Leslie	$400 [13] Part I of "Gulliver's Travels" is titled "A Voyage to" this land of 6-inch people Lilliput Tim
$600 [16] Cape Musandam is separated from the rest of Oman by this country, the UAE United Arab Emirates Leslie	$600 [28] In 1992 this country superstar's "The Chase" entered the country & pop album charts at No. 1 Garth Brooks Leslie	$600 [3] This late attorney general would have turned 70 on November 20, 1995 Robert Kennedy	$600 [23] This organ receives blood from 2 sources, the hepatic artery & the portal vein liver Leslie	$600 [9] 2 battles occurred near Manassas, Virginia along this creek Bull Run Steve	$600 [21] Jack Kerouac's 1962 novel "Big Sur" continued the story started in this 1957 book On the Road Steve
$800 [15] The Thar Desert covers over 75,000 square miles in the Indian state of Rajasthan & in this country Pakistan Tim	$800 [29] In 1951 a trombonist in The Herd taped a rare session with Charlie Parker & this band leader Woody Herman	$1,000 [5] The famous Vanity Fair cover photo of a nude, pregnant Demi Moore was taken by this woman Annie Leibovitz Leslie	$800 [24] After the femur, it's the longest bone in the body tibia	$800 [10] This Confederate vice president was called "Little Ellick" because of his 100-pound weight Alexander Stephens Tim	$800 [20] His 1927 collection of short stories "Men Without Woman" included "The Killer" & "The Undefeated" Ernest Hemingway Steve
$1,000 [14] Although it's South Africa's longest river at about 1300 miles, no part of it is navigable Orange River Tim Leslie	$1,000 [30] In 1995 this 1977 Fleetwood Mac LP became the USA's second best-selling album of all time Rumours Leslie	DD $1,200 [4] This woman who inspired a musical was quoted, "I was a pest. That poor convent couldn't have stood me." Maria von Trapp Steve	DD $2,500 [25] The name of this gland indicates that it lies "upon the kidney" adrenal gland Leslie	$1,000 [11] This prison near Americus, Georgia was a 26-acre long stockade with a stream flowing through it Andersonville Leslie	$1,000 [19] Sinclair Lewis' novel "Main Street" is set in the town of Gopher Prairie in this state Minnesota Tim Leslie

Final Jeopardy!

THE CONSTITUTION

According to the terms of the 22nd Amendment, it's the maximum number of years one can serve as president

10 years

Steve "What is 11 years" — wagered $3,595

Tim "What is 12?" — wagered $4,999

Leslie "What is 8 years" — wagered $2,000

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