Show #2463 1995-04-26 (taped 1995-01-11) Regular

Contestants

Brenda Beck — an actor from Los Angeles, California

Bill Schantz — a software support manager originally from Glen Ullin, North Dakota

Darlis Wood — a librarian from Berkeley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Darlis	$1,400	$2,700	$8,500	$100 3rd place: American Harvest kitchen appliances	$8,500 21 R, 3 W
Bill	$1,300	$2,200	$8,300	$8,099 New champion: $8,099	$10,700 28 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Brenda	$0	$500	$3,300	$3,300 2nd place: Trip to Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, San Juan, Puerto Rico	$3,100 8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS	SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	NATIONAL PARKS	OCCUPATIONS	CITY QUOTES
$100 [13] This "Wizard of Menlo Park" served as president of the Naval Consulting Board in World War I Thomas Edison Bill	$100 [8] William Shatner portrayed Lucius in a 1955 Canadian production of this play; Lorne Greene was Brutus Julius Caesar Brenda	$100 [25] This long, tapering, orange root vegetable contains more sugar than any vegetable except the beet carrot Darlis	$100 [6] The Montana-Wyoming border passes through this national park Yellowstone Bill	$100 [1] It's the American equivalent of a British barrister a lawyer Bill	$100 [18] The 15th c. poet Francois Villon claimed, "There's no good speech save in" this French city Paris Bill
$200 [14] At his inaugural on March 4, 1933, he said, "Our greatest primary task is to put people to work" Franklin Roosevelt Brenda	$200 [9] The Old Vic's 1937 production of this play featured ballet dancer Robert Helpmann as Oberon A Midsummer Night's Dream Darlis	$200 [26] The "heading" type of this green vegetable somewhat resembles the cauliflower broccoli Bill	$200 [7] Lake of the Clouds, these New Mexico caverns' lowest point, lies 1,037 feet below the main entrance Carlsbad Caverns Darlis	$200 [2] It's the person who designs or arranges the dances for a theatrical production or ballet a choreographer Bill	$200 [19] Heywood Broun called this Illinois city "a double Newark" Chicago Bill
$300 [15] On May 20, 1927 he left for Europe with 5 sandwiches & a quart of water Charles Lindbergh Bill	$300 [10] Helen Hayes & Maurice Evans co-starred in a 1940 production of this play named for a holiday Twelfth Night Darlis	$300 [27] The red type of this berry grows on erect canes; the black type, on arching ones raspberry Darlis	$300 [23] The mailing address of this national park is Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738 Great Smoky Mountains National Park	$300 [3] A wainwright is a person who makes or repairs these wagons Darlis Brenda	$300 [20] Pindar called it "O bright and violet-crowned and famed in song, bulwark of Greece... divine city!" Athens Bill
$400 [16] As president-elect in 1980, Ronald Reagan appointed her U.S. Representative to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick Darlis Bill	$400 [11] In 1935 Laurence Olivier & John Gielgud alternated in the roles of Mercutio & this title character Romeo Bill	$400 [28] Sir William Gage brought the greengage variety of this fruit to England around 1725 plum Darlis	$400 [24] The waters of this Arkansas park are at a uniform 143 degrees F. Hot Springs National Park Darlis	$400 [4] It's a woman in charge of a child's upbringing & education, or an obsolete term for a female ruler governess Darlis Bill	$500 [22] Samuel Johnson said, "When a man is tired of" this city, "he is tired of life" London Bill
$500 [17] This explorer of the American west & U.S. senator was nicknamed "The Pathfinder" John C. Fremont Brenda	$500 [12] Peter O'Toole played this shrew tamer in 1960; Alan Bates, in 1973 Petruchio Darlis	$500 [29] Dwarf green curled is a variety of the Savoy type of this vegetable cabbage Darlis	$500 [30] Somes Sound, the only fjord in the lower 48 states, is in Acadia National Park in this state Maine Bill	$500 [5] Often employed by the government, they establish land & water boundaries & compile data for mapmakers surveyors Darlis Bill	DD $1,300 [21] According to a 1910 toast, it's "Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots and the Cabots talk only to God" Boston Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

1918	SICKNESS & HEALTH	ARTISTS	WORLD RELIGION	TRAVEL & TOURISM	WRITING EDs
$200 [1] Harlow Shapley estimated that this, the Earth's galaxy, was 100,000 parsecs in diameter Milky Way Bill	$200 [25] This "common" illness is actually caused by any one of about 200 viruses the cold Darlis	$200 [3] This country's empress dowager Tz'u-hsi was known for the dramatic style of her painting & calligraphy China Brenda	$200 [17] Made public in 1852, this Mormon practice was abandoned about 40 years later polygamy Bill	$200 [13] Oslo's Holmenkollen ski jump still remains from this 1952 event the Winter Olympics Brenda	$200 [8] E(dward) E(stlin) Cummings wrote the scenario for "Tom", a ballet based on this Harriet Beecher Stowe novel Uncle Tom's Cabin Darlis
$400 [2] In 1918 he was promoted from assistant to head football coach at Notre Dame Knute Rockne Darlis	$400 [26] A diving injury & a slap over the ear are 2 common ways that this membrane becomes ruptured the eardrum Bill	$400 [4] This "Blue Boy" artist's wife Margaret was believed to be an illegitimate daughter to the Duke of Beaufort Thomas Gainsborough Bill	$400 [18] This religious leader is the incarnation of Avalokiteshvara the Dalai Lama Bill	$400 [14] This Rome landmark is one-third of a mile in circumference & almost 150 feet tall the Coliseum Bill	$400 [9] At the age of 66 this Tarzan creator became a war correspondent for the Honolulu Advertiser Edgar Rice Burroughs Darlis
$600 [22] In July this Russian emperor was executed at Yekaterinburg Nicholas II Brenda	$600 [27] Walter Reed's experiments confirmed Carlos Finlay's theory that mosquitoes spread this disease yellow fever Darlis Bill	$600 [5] In the early 1400s Donatello apprenticed at Ghiberti's workshop in this city Florence Bill	$600 [19] Sacred mountains in this religion include Mt. Kirishima & Mt. Miwa Shinto Bill	$600 [15] Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska is a landmark on this pioneer route the Oregon Trail Bill	$600 [10] He won a Pulitzer for "A Delicate Balance", but not for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Edward Albee Darlis
DD $1,000 [23] Transylvania passed from Austria-Hungary to this country in 1918 Romania Brenda	$800 [28] Folic acid deficiency is a type of this disease defined as a decrease in hemoglobin or red blood cells anemia Darlis	$1,000 [7] Nationality of the master neoplasticist Piet Mondrian Dutch Darlis Bill	$800 [20] It's the predominant form of Islam in Iran Shiite Bill	$800 [16] The "Circle" named for him lies at the southwest corner of NYC's Central Park Columbus Darlis	$800 [11] He wrote "If Jesus Came to Boston" as well as the better-known "The Man Without a Country" Edward Everett Hale Brenda
$1,000 [24] This British press lord founded the London Sunday Express Lord Beaverbrook Darlis	$1,000 [29] Those intolerant of this milk sugar may still be able to eat fermented milk products like yogurt lactose Bill	DD $1,100 [6] Born in Malaga in 1881, he was the son of artist Jose Ruiz Blasco, but used his mother's maiden name Pablo Picasso Bill	$1,000 [21] Pope Gregory IX was friends with the founders of the first mendicant orders, St. Dominic & this man St. Francis of Assisi Bill	$1,000 [30] A popular tourist site in this country is the Kolmarden Zoo, one of Europe's largest, in Ostergotland Sweden Bill	$1,000 [12] His travel books were overshadowed by the popularity of poems like "The Owl and the Pussycat" Edward Lear Darlis

Final Jeopardy!

BODIES OF WATER

The meridian of Cape Agulhas, Portuguese for "needles", is the boundary between these 2 oceans

the Atlantic & the Indian Oceans

Brenda "What Pacific and Atlantic" — wagered $0

Bill "What are the Indian and Pacific Oceans" — wagered $201

Darlis "What Are Atlantic & Pacific" — wagered $8,400

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