Show #2826 1996-12-09 (taped 1996-10-16) Regular

Contestants

Rosemary Foster — a research scientist from Somerville, Massachusetts

Wade Markel — an Army captain from Wellesley, Massachusetts

Clark Adams — a horse shoer from Batesville, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Clark	$0	$3,300	$4,900	$7,500 3rd place: Magnavox 27" table model stereo TV with remote locator system, smart sound, smart picture & smart window PIP + choice of GameTek Jeopardy! game	$4,900 18 R, 4 W
Wade	$500	$400	$6,300	$9,900 2nd place: Lane Big Sky Country Collection prairie pine desk + Hunt Season limited-edition serigraph numbered & signed by artist Mark King, from Martin Lawrence Galleries + choice of GameTek Jeopardy! game	$5,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Rosemary	$2,400	$3,000	$6,500	$12,601 New champion: $12,601	$5,000 17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE PLANETS	POP MUSIC	PARADES	WORLD FOOD & DRINK	RIP VAN WINKLE	CATCHING SOME "Z"s
$100 [2] This largest planet spins the most rapidly; its day is just 10 hours long Jupiter Rosemary	$100 [3] This 1995 Disney film won Oscars for its musical score & for Best Song, "Colors Of The Wind" Pocahontas Rosemary	$100 [22] This street that runs from the White House to the Capitol is used for ceremonial parades Pennsylvania Avenue Rosemary	$100 [17] Mirin is a sweet Japanese wine made from the glutinous type of this grain rice Rosemary	$100 [16] After waking up & going back to the village, Rip is astonished to find it "had grown a foot long!" his beard Wade	$100 [1] Its signs include Taurus, Gemini & Leo zodiac Wade
$200 [8] At its closest this planet is just 28.6 million miles from the Sun; at its most distant, 43.4 million Mercury Wade	$200 [4] Once a backup singer for David Bowie, he released 2 early albums with his own band, Luther Luther Vandross	$200 [27] Each November a parade starts at the Guildhall in this city when a new lord mayor takes office London Clark	$200 [23] Many visitors to Rotorua in this country enjoy a hangi, a traditional Maori feast of steamed meat & vegetables New Zealand Clark	$200 [18] Rip's grown & married daughter Judith Gardenier tells him she hasn't seen her father for this many years 20 Clark	$200 [12] It means to move back & forth at sharp angles zig-zag Wade
$300 [9] Layers of sulfuric acid clouds completely obscure the surface of this neighboring planet Venus Rosemary	$300 [5] "Valotte" was this first Top 10 hit for this son of a Beatle Julian Lennon Rosemary	$300 [28] Van Cliburn & the Iran hostages were among those to receive this type of parade on Broadway ticker-tape Clark	$300 [24] Marsala is a fortified wine named for a seaport on this large Mediterranean island Sicily Wade	$300 [19] The tale begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up" this river "must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" the Hudson River Clark	$300 [13] Like pumpkin, this Italian squash makes an excellent bread zucchini Clark
$400 [10] This smallest planet always keeps the same face toward Charon, its moon Pluto Rosemary	DD $300 [7] Steven Spielberg film that inspired the 1982 hit heard here:"Turn on your heartlight / Let it shine wherever you go..." E.T. ( the Extra-Terrestrial ) Rosemary	$400 [29] Grand Marshal of the 1996 Rose Parade, he was a balloon in the 1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Kermit the Frog	$400 [25] French dishes described as a l'allemande are inspired by the cuisine of this country Germany Rosemary	$400 [20] Wolf, as henpecked as Rip, is one of these creatures a dog Clark	$400 [14] Israel, as a symbol of the Jewish people, is sometimes referred to by this name Zion Clark
$500 [11] This planet's moon Triton orbits in a direction opposite the planet's rotation Neptune Rosemary	$400 [6] Karen & Richard Carpenter won their 1st Grammys in 1970 & this Carpenter won her 1st Grammy in 1992 Mary Chapin Carpenter Rosemary	$500 [30] Krewes cruise by in the annual parades celebrating this Mardi Gras	$500 [26] This gumbo ingredient is popular in the Middle East, where it's known as bamia okra Clark Wade	$500 [21] Rip's tale appears in "The Sketch Book" written by this man Washington Irving Clark	$500 [15] Popular with the Japanese, it's a flat sandal with thongs, usually made of straw or leather zori

Double Jeopardy! Round

MINORITIES	SHAKESPEARE	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	EXPLORERS	INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES	POTPOURRI
$200 [11] The name of the Montagnards, a Vietnamese minority, means "highlander" or "mountain man" in this language French Rosemary	$200 [1] Act II of this tragedy opens in Polonius' house Hamlet Wade	$200 [8] This Alabama institute was the major training facility for Black airmen during World War II the Tuskegee Institute Rosemary	$200 [21] In 1502, during his fourth voyage to the New World, he landed in what is now Honduras Columbus Wade	$200 [26] She starred in the high-seas thriller "Dead Calm" before she married Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Wade	$200 [3] Willem Einthoven devised a way to measure & record its electrical current, thus producing the EKG the heart Clark Wade
$400 [17] The Nubians live along the Nile in the southern part of this country Egypt Clark	$400 [2] These families in Verona have been the cause of three civil brawls the Montagues & Capulets Clark	$400 [9] The Universities of Mandalay & Rangoon are the chief universities of this country Burma Rosemary	$400 [22] In 1581, a year after circumnavigating the Earth, this explorer became mayor of Plymouth, England Sir Francis Drake Wade Rosemary	$400 [27] Chinese-born actress Joan Chen played Pu Yi's wife in this Oscar-winning 1987 epic The Last Emperor Clark Wade	$400 [4] In 1032 this Venetian official gave up most of his authority but remained commander of the army & navy the Doge Clark
$600 [18] Albanians form the largest minority group in this Balkan republic whose capital is Belgrade Yugoslavia (or Serbia) Wade	$600 [14] Name shared by the heroine of "The Merchant of Venice" & Brutus' wife in "Julius Caesar" Portia Wade	$600 [10] The library at this Hanover, New Hampshire school has a special collection on Robert Frost Dartmouth Clark	$600 [23] On Nov. 29, 1929 this American flew over the South Pole in his trimotor aircraft, the Floyd Bennett Admiral Byrd Clark	$600 [28] This Norwegian known for her enigmatic "Persona" directed her 1st film, "Sofie", in 1993 Liv Ullmann Rosemary	$600 [5] This is Mississippi's state tree--its flower is the state flower the magnolia Clark
$800 [19] A small German-speaking minority lives on the eastern edge of this country's region of Wallonia Belgium Wade	$1,000 [16] Play containing the line "There is among the Greeks a lord of Trojan blood, nephew to Hector; they call him Ajax" Troilus and Cressida	$800 [12] In the 1850s this Massachusetts educator founded Antioch College & became its first president Horace Mann	$800 [24] In 1481 this sailor landed in present-day Ghana; 6 years later he rounded the Cape of Good Hope Bartolomeu Dias Clark Wade	DD $2,500 [29] When Liam Neeson married Natasha Richardson, he became this British actress' son-in-law Vanessa Redgrave Rosemary	$800 [6] A thin sheet of fine wood applied over cheaper material for decoration veneer Clark
$1,000 [20] In 1988 thousands of Kurds were killed by the armed forces of this country--some by poison gas Iraq Clark	DD $1,500 [15] Bertram, the Count of Rousillon, is the hero of this comedy whose title foretells its happy ending All's Well That Ends Well Wade	$1,000 [13] In 1898 DePaul University was founded in this city & named for St. Vincent de Paul Chicago Clark Wade Rosemary	$1,000 [25] This French discoverer of the St. Lawrence River may have been with Verrazano on his 1524 trip to North America (Jacques) Cartier Wade	—	$1,000 [7] Some historians consider this first "dark horse" the best president between Jackson & Lincoln Polk Rosemary

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY

Some attribute these 1692 proceedings to the psychotic effects of ergot poisoning

the Salem witch trials

Clark "What are The Salem Witch Trials" — wagered $2,600

Wade "What are the Salem Witch Trials?" — wagered $3,600

Rosemary "What are the Salem witch trials?" — wagered $6,101

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