Show #2829 1996-12-12 (taped 1996-10-16) Regular

Contestants

Stephen Gorin — an economist and software engineer from Oakland, California

Sandy Siegel — a writer from Playa Del Rey, California

Jeff Punim — a physician from Long Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$300	$-300	$7,100	$2,399 3rd place: Dorling Kindersley Gift Certificate for books	$5,900 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Sandy	$400	$900	$5,900	$3,400 New champion: $3,400	$5,500 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Stephen	$2,800	$3,600	$8,600	$2,900 2nd place: Broyhill Home Theatre & Daewoo TV & VCR	$10,100 29 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ARTS & CRAFTS	AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS	TELEVISION	HISTORY	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
$100 [16] This form of needlework uses a hooked needle to pull the yarn through intertwined loops crochet Stephen	$100 [3] The Dict. of American Literary Characters lists "Great White Shark" from this 1974 Peter Benchley book Jaws Stephen	$100 [8] On Dec. 3, 1995 Marc Kudisch starred as Conrad Birdie in a remake of this musical Bye Bye Birdie Sandy	$100 [14] In 1982 this country's president Jose Lopez Portillo devalued the peso & nationalized the banks Mexico Stephen	$100 [1] This underwear manufacturer's New York Stock Exchange symbol is FTL Fruit of the Loom Jeff	$100 [26] Moo juice(4) milk Sandy
$200 [17] Pyrography or pokerwork is the process of making designs in wood or leather this way burning it in Stephen	$200 [5] Nordhoff & Hall's 1934 "Men Against the Sea", the story of Bligh & his men in an open boat, was a sequel to this Mutiny on the Bounty Stephen	$200 [9] In a 1995 episode of this Fox animated series, Glenn Close played Homer's long-lost mother The Simpsons Jeff	$200 [15] On July 5, 1945 he announced that "The entire Philippine Islands are now liberated" Douglas MacArthur Stephen	$200 [2] This company's beer is "Brewed in Golden, Colorado with Rocky Mountain water" Coors Stephen	$200 [27] Pilgrims progressed on it(9) Mayflower Jeff
$300 [20] This design is pressed into paper by wires in the mold a watermark Jeff	$300 [6] Budd Schulberg based the alcoholic central character of "The Disenchanted" on this "Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald Stephen	$300 [11] The most frequent sketch on this series was "Mr. Bill" with 24 appearances "Saturday Night Live" Stephen	$300 [18] In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality Switzerland Stephen	$300 [4] In 1995 this firm released an upgraded version of its Newton messagepad, a hand-held computer Apple Sandy	$300 [28] Elvisopolis(7) Memphis Stephen
$400 [23] Used on watercolors, bookplates & documents, fraktur is a type of this stylized writing calligraphy Sandy	$400 [12] This character from an 1865 work could vanish at will, with its grin the last part to disappear the Cheshire Cat Sandy Stephen	$500 [24] On this cartoon series, you'll find such characters as Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil & Buster Bunny Tiny Toon Adventures	$400 [19] Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of this czar, became empress of Russia in 1741 Peter the Great Stephen	$400 [7] It owns the world's largest fleet of cargo delivery planes Federal Express Sandy	—
$500 [25] On a cloisonne pin, this material is poured into hollows between wires soldered onto metal enamel Jeff Stephen	$500 [13] Comedy writer Al Franken called his 1996 bestseller this man "Is a Big Fat Idiot" Rush Limbaugh Stephen	DD $1,500 [22] In 1985 he replaced Coach behind the bar at "Cheers" Woody Harrelson (the character's name was Woody Boyd) Stephen	$500 [21] This country formerly known as Dutch Guiana gained independence in 1975 Suriname Stephen	$500 [10] The Golden Gate Bridge was among the structures erected by this 2nd-largest American steel company Bethlehem Steel Stephen	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 104TH CONGRESS	SPORTS	WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY	BIRDS	LANGUAGES	PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [1] On Jan. 23, 1995 he signed the first bill passed by the 104th--the Congressional Accountability Act President Bill Clinton Stephen	$200 [3] This school's Cornhuskers won the 1995 college football title by overwhelming Florida in the Fiesta Bowl Nebraska Stephen	$200 [20] At the time of her abduction, she was married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta Helen of Troy Sandy	$200 [26] The scientific name of this U.S. national symbol is Haliaeetus leucocephalus the bald eagle Stephen	$200 [6] Brazilians have added words from African slaves & the Tupi Indians to this language Portuguese Sandy	$200 [2] Discharged from the military in 1946, this "Odd Couple" author worked in the Warner Bros. mailroom Neil Simon Jeff
$400 [12] Democrats opposed to nuclear tests boycotted a speech by this French president Jacques Chirac Stephen	$400 [10] In 1980 the NHL's Atlanta Flames moved to this Canadian city Calgary Sandy	$400 [22] In book 12 of "The Odyssey", Circe warns of these women "who betwitch everybody who approaches them" Sirens Sandy	$400 [27] Lions & occasionally cheetahs & leopards prey on this largest living bird Ostrich Stephen	$400 [9] Modern speakers of this Semitic language call it Ivrit Hebrew Jeff	$400 [4] He claimed his comic masterpiece "Pygmalion" was a didactic play about phonetics George Bernard Shaw Stephen
$600 [13] In a 1996 mail-in vote, Ron Wyden was elected to the Senate seat vacated by this Oregon politician Robert Packwood Jeff Stephen	$600 [11] Technically, this NFL team is located in Orchard Park, New York Buffalo Bills Jeff	$800 [24] Ariadne supplied Theseus with the ball of thread that led him out of this The Labyrinth Sandy Stephen	$600 [28] The hyacinth macaw is the largest of these birds of the family psittacidae Parrots Jeff	$600 [14] It's the official language of Bahrain Arabic Jeff	$600 [5] After this Czech denounced the Soviet invasion of his country in 1968, his plays were banned Vaclav Havel Stephen
$1,000 [18] This constitutional amendment fell 1 vote short in the Senate March 2, 1995 Balanced Budget Amendment Jeff	$800 [19] At the 1912 Olympics, King Gustav V of Sweden called him "The Greatest Athlete in the World" Jim Thorpe Stephen	DD $1,000 [23] The Parthenon was built in her honor Athena Sandy	$800 [29] Krill are the major prey of the Adelie species of this bird Penguin Jeff	$800 [15] Coptic was the last phase of this language whose 5,000-year recorded history is the longest known Egyptian Jeff Stephen	$800 [7] Although his 1975 play "Seascape" had only a brief Broadway run, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Edward Albee Stephen
DD $2,000 [17] This New York Republican chaired the Senate Banking Committee & the special Whitewater panel Alphonse D' Amato Jeff	$1,000 [21] She holds the U.S. & world records in freestyle swimming at 400, 800 & 1500 meters Janet Evans Sandy	$1,000 [25] Orpheus nearly saved her from the underworld, but he looked back & lost her forever Eurydice Stephen	$1,000 [30] The tiny vestigial wings of this New Zealand bird are hidden in its feathers Kiwi Sandy	$1,000 [16] It's the most widely spoken of the artificial languages Esperanto Jeff	$1,000 [8] This "Picnic" playwright's screenplay for "Splendor In The Grass" won a 1961 Oscar William Inge Stephen

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

The 2 men whose presidencies each began & ended during one calendar year

William Henry Harrison (1841) & James Garfield (1881)

Sandy "Who were Zachary Taylor & Garf" — wagered $2,500

Jeff "Who were Tyler & McKinley?" — wagered $4,701

Stephen "Who was William Henry Harrison & John Tyler" — wagered $5,700

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