Show #2823 1996-12-04 (taped 1996-10-15) Regular

Contestants

Tim Lorch — an asset manager from Peekskill, New York

Curtis Scott — an editor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gay Mollette — a procurement manager originally from Detroit, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gay	$600	$1,900	$6,300	$9,601 2-day champion: $18,001	$6,900 19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Curtis	$1,200	$2,500	$4,800	$3,200 2nd place: Trip to Jamaica	$3,300 15 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Tim	$1,900	$3,400	$7,600	$2,599 3rd place: Wittnauer Montego Watch	$7,600 17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BITTER BATTLES	LATIN LEGAL LINGO	SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA	SHE SELLS	SEYCHELLES	BY THE SEASHORE
$100 [3] The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July 1863 Pennsylvania battle Gettysburg Curtis	$100 [1] It's a writ "to produce the body" of the detained before the court Habeas Corpus Curtis	$100 [17] An Oscar went to Sarandon for playing Helen Prejean, a Louisiana nun, in this film "Dead Man Walking" Tim	$100 [22] Lauren Bacall & Kate Moss have had white moustaches in print ads for this liquid refreshment Milk Gay	$100 [16] The largest tree fruit, the 50-lb. Coco-De-Mer, or "sea" one of these is found only in the Seychelles Coconut Gay	$100 [2] The northern fur seal breeds each summer in the Pribilof Islands in this sea the Bering Sea Curtis Tim
$200 [4] The 1824 battle of Ayacucho marked the end of this European country's power in South America Spain Tim	$200 [8] When a criminal is caught red-handed, he's caught "in" this, "while the crime is blazing" Flagrante Delicto Gay	$200 [23] Sarandon provided the voice of a spider in this 1996 animated film based on a Roald Dahl book "James And The Giant Peach" Gay	$300 [27] This former "Bionic Woman" can be seen in Southern California Ford ads Lindsay Wagner Curtis	$200 [18] The Seychelles is home to these color-changing lizards Chameleons Tim	$200 [12] Yielding 20 pounds of edible flesh, the giant type of this is the largest bivalve mollusk Clam Tim
$300 [5] The Battle of Austerlitz, one of his greatest victories, is sometimes called the Battle of the Three Emperors Napoleon Curtis	$300 [9] Literally "for the good", it refers to a case taken by an attorney free of charge Pro Bono Tim	$300 [24] This midnight cult film featured Tim Curry as transvestite scientist Frank N. Furter "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Curtis	$400 [28] This fashion label's "girls" have included Carre Otis, Claudia Schiffer & Anna Nicole Smith The Gap Gay	$300 [19] To pay for your dinner at a "new deli" in Victoria, the capital, you'll use this currency rupees Curtis Tim	$300 [13] These animals of the class Asteroidea can regenerate body parts & produce new bodies from a fragment Starfish Curtis
$400 [6] The Battle of the Argonne during this war was part of a general offensive against the Hindenburg line World War I Tim	$400 [10] This phrase isn't necessarily an admission of guilt; it simply means "I do not contest it" Nolo Contendere Gay	$500 [26] Sarandon played Southern attorney Reggie Love in this 1994 film "The Client" (based on the book by John Grisham) Gay	$500 [29] It wasn't just Eva Herzigova's career that got a lift on her "Look me in the eyes" billboards for this Wonderbra	$400 [20] In 1956 this Cypriot archbishop was exiled to the Seychelles Makarios Tim	$400 [14] The dried skeleton of this invertebrate resembles a large white coin Sand Dollar Tim
$500 [7] The recapture of Antwerp was a goal of this 1944-45 battle, Germany's last great offensive in the West Battle of the Bulge Tim	$500 [11] "Ignorantia Legis Neminem Excusat" translates to this maxim Ignorance is no excuse of the law Curtis	DD $1,000 [25] Screenwriter Callie Khouri won an Oscar for this 1991 female buddy film Thelma & Louise Curtis	—	$500 [21] The 115 islands of the Seychelles are in this ocean Indian Ocean Tim	$500 [15] In California this fish spawns on the beach the first few nights after the highest tides of the month Grunion

Double Jeopardy! Round

EDUCATION	IN THE BOOKSTORE	U.S. CITIES	HEALTH & MEDICINE	SINGERS	19th CENTURY AMERICA
$200 [22] WRAS-FM in this largest Georgia city is the USA's most powerful student-run college radio station Atlanta Curtis	$200 [5] "Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach has this many messages for women, one for each day in 1996 366 Curtis	$200 [4] In 1790 it succeeded Charleston as South Carolina's capital Columbia Gay	$200 [12] Gustatory organ is another term for these flavor receptors found mostly on the tongue taste buds Gay	$200 [1] "Everybody Loves Somebody" & Las Vegas loved this man, dimming the Strip's lights in his honor December 28, 1995 Dean Martin Gay	$400 [29] On Jan. 16, 1855 the first territorial legislature of Nebraska met at this city on the Missouri River Omaha Gay Curtis Tim
$400 [28] In 1925 he was fined $100 for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenn., but the conviction was reversed John Scopes Gay	$400 [9] This talk show host's mom, Dorothy, published a cookbook David Letterman Curtis	$400 [6] Steamboat builder & operator Henry M. Shreve has a city named for him in this state Louisiana Gay	$400 [13] Swollen & bleeding gums are a symptom of this vitamin C deficiency, once the scourge of sailors scurvy Curtis	$400 [2] This Monkee called his 1993 autobiography "I'm a Believer" Micky Dolenz Gay Curtis Tim	$600 [21] A stirring speech by Daniel Webster marked the dedication of this monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts the Battle of Bunker Hill Gay
$600 [27] The brother of Pres. Eisenhower, he served as president of Kansas State, Penn State & Johns Hopkins Milton Eisenhower Gay	$600 [17] In 1994 this sitcom star had a bestseller with "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man" Tim Allen Gay	$800 [11] Since 1907 this Oregon city has hosted an annual Rose Festival Portland Tim	$600 [15] Once widely used as an anesthetic, trichloromethane is better known as this chloroform Gay Curtis	$600 [3] Before "Married... with Children", Katey Sagal was a Harlette, one of this star's backup singers Bette Midler Tim	$800 [24] In December 1875 this former commissioner of NYC's public works escaped from jail & fled to Cuba Boss Tweed Gay
$800 [25] In 1909, 2 years after introducing her teaching method in Rome, she wrote a book about it Maria Montessori Curtis	DD $600 [20] "The Tenth Insight" is James Redfield's sequel to this book about spiritual exploration The Celestine Prophecy Gay	$1,000 [14] This largest North Dakota city lies across the Red River of the North from Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo Tim	$800 [16] In strabismus one or both of these may turn inward or outward the eyes Gay	$800 [7] Born Patricia Andrzejewski, she recorded "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" under this name Pat Benatar	$1,000 [23] Joel Poinsett, the 1st U.S. minister to this Latin American nation, opposed the war with it in 1846 Mexico Curtis
$1,000 [26] He was chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities before becoming Secretary of Education in 1985 William Bennett Tim	$800 [18] "In the Name of Sorrow and Hope" is about this late Israeli PM by his granddaughter Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof Yitzhak Rabin Curtis Tim	DD $1,500 [10] This Florida city was named by a railroad official for his boyhood home in Russia St. Petersburg Curtis	$1,000 [19] There are 3 types of this in humans: lanugo, which is shed before or shortly after birth, vellus & terminal hair Gay	$1,000 [8] In 1994 Julio Iglesias recorded Patsy Cline's hit "Crazy", written by this man, once his duet partner Willie Nelson Gay	—

Final Jeopardy!

BASEBALL

The best American League lef than ded pitcher 1916-18, he was moved to left field in 1919

Babe Ruth

Curtis "Who was Honus Wagner?" — wagered $1,600

Gay "Who was Babe Ruth?" — wagered $3,301

Tim "Who is Dizzy Dean?" — wagered $5,001

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