Show #2831 1996-12-16 (taped 1996-10-22) Regular

Contestants

Andy Jackson — a substitute teacher and carpenter from Watervliet, Michigan

Gene Ballesty — a railroad conductor from Selden, New York

Jere Souza — a homemaker from El Dorado Hills, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jere	$1,400	$2,400	$9,400	$799 2nd place: Trip to Puerto Rico	$10,100 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Gene	$500	$2,200	$9,000	$11,500 New champion: $11,500	$6,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Andy	$2,500	$4,300	$5,700	$100 3rd place: Wallace Punch Bowl Set	$5,700 23 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

1996	TOWERS	BIRD TV	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	WORLD RELIGION	"V" DAY
$100 [16] These brothers were sentenced to life without parole for killing their parents Kitty & Jose Erik & Lyle Menendez Andy	$100 [21] Smoke inundated this NYC complex' towers after a bomb exploded in its garage, February 26, 1993 World Trade Center Andy	$100 [11] This fast-moving bird got his own TV series in 1966--Beep! Beep! The Roadrunner Andy	$100 [1] A cylindrical drum called the okedo is used in the kabuki theatre of this country Japan Jere	$100 [6] Traditionally the Lord's Supper is a ritual meal of these two items Bread & Wine Gene	$100 [26] The peak on a cap, or the movable front piece on the helmet of a suit of armor Visor Gene
$200 [17] This CBS News show finally aired its interview with former tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand "60 Minutes" Andy	$200 [22] The Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma was designed by this great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright Andy	$200 [12] The Munsters had a pet one of these who was fond of saying, "Nevermore" Raven Andy	$200 [2] This military flute derives its name from the German word for "pipe" Fife Jere	$200 [7] Sukkot & Shavuot were ancient pilgrimage festivals requiring males to visit this city Jerusalem Jere Andy	$200 [27] As a noun it can be a burial chamber; as a verb, it means to leap Vault Andy
$300 [18] Galileo probe data released in January showed this planet had less water than expected Jupiter Gene	$300 [23] The towers of Angkor Wat in this country symbolize the peaks of mythical Mount Meru Cambodia/Kampuchea Andy	$300 [13] Waldo, who was murdered on "Twin Peaks", was a talkative one of these birds Mynah Bird Andy	$300 [3] It was Benny Goodman's instrument Clarinet Jere	$300 [8] The first day of Lent falls on this weekday Wednesday Andy	$300 [28] From the Latin for "to be watchful", it's a person who takes the law into his own hands Vigilante Andy
$400 [19] Lee Teng-Hui won the presidency of this country in its first democratic presidential election Taiwan Andy	$400 [24] A lamp in her tower was the guiding light for Leander in his swim across the Hellespont Hero Gene	$400 [14] The title of this acclaimed miniseries referred to a frontier town, not to a solitary pigeon "Lonesome Dove" Andy	DD $500 [4] It's the smallest & highest sounding brass instrument in an orchestra Trumpet/Cornet Jere	$400 [9] Suffering, cause, cessation & the path were his four noble truths Buddha Gene	$400 [29] This British title was first given to John Beaumont in 1440 Viscount Gene
$500 [20] On Feb. 26 this Fox Broadcasting Co. head pledged free air time for major presidential candidates Rupert Murdoch Jere	$500 [25] In 1906 this natural formation in Wyoming was made the first U.S. national monument Devils Tower Jere	$500 [15] It's the bird name of the Emmy-winning actor who plays twins Adam & Stuart Chandler on "All My Children" David Canary Jere	$500 [5] The amadinda of Africa is a type of this percussion instrument made of logs instead of wooden bars Marimba/Xylophone Andy	$500 [10] It once referred to the leaden seal on a Papal document; now it refers to the document itself Papal Bull Andy	$500 [30] It's a short ornamental drapery placed across the top of a window Valence Gene

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION	AUTHORS	GERMAN CUISINE	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	INVENTORS	PORT CITIES
$200 [14] The two legislative bodies created in Article I, Section 1 House & Senate Jere	$200 [6] Shortly after "The Grapes of Wrath" was published, he embarked on an expedition to Mexico John Steinbeck Gene	$200 [1] This ever-popular pickled cabbage dish may be flavored with weisswein--white wine Sauerkraut Andy	$200 [11] This current 007 was born in Ireland & moved to England at age 11 Pierce Brosnan Jere Andy	$200 [21] John Boyd Dunlop patented a pneumatic one of these in 1888 & built a whole company around it Tire Jere	$200 [26] It's about 30 miles north of the Cape of Good Hope Cape Town Gene
$400 [17] It lasted from May 25 to September 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Jere	$400 [7] After leaving the Mayo Clinic, this author committed suicide July 2, 1961 at his Ketchum, Idaho home Ernest Hemingway Andy	$400 [2] It's traditional to serve bockwurst, a delicately flavored sausage, with this beverage Beer Andy	$400 [12] This "Grace Under Fire" star tells all in her searing autobiography "Knee Deep In Paradise" Brett Butler Jere	$400 [22] More than 25,000 mourners came to Dayton, Ohio in 1912 to pay their last respects to this aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright Gene Andy	$400 [27] 4 of the top 10 U.S. ports, including the port of Plaquemine, are in this state Louisiana Andy
$600 [18] It took longer to get this amendment passed than it did to repeal it 18th Amendment (Prohibition) Jere	$600 [8] Songwriter Paul Dresser, who changed the spelling of his name, was this "Sister Carrie" author's brother Theodore Dreiser Jere	$600 [3] In Germany, these sweets are known as kokonuss-makronen Coconut macaroons Gene	$600 [13] Christine Lahti of this TV medical series won an Oscar for her live-action short film "Lieberman in Love" "Chicago Hope" Andy	$600 [23] This inventor of a railroad sleeping car also designed a dining car in 1868 George Pullman Andy	$600 [28] Piraeus is the port for this capital city Athens Gene
$800 [19] Article II, Section 3 commands the president to periodically inform the Congress on this the State of the Union Jere Andy	$800 [9] His 1885 work "King Solomon's Mines" was suggested by the ruins at Zimbabwe H. Rider Haggard	$800 [4] Leberknodel are dumplings made from this organ meat Liver Jere	$800 [15] Denzel Washington rode into Venice on a submarine to promote this 1995 film Crimson Tide Jere Andy	$800 [24] When he retired from Polaroid in 1982, he held 533 patents Edwin Land Gene	$800 [30] In 1927 Australia's government moved from this port city to Canberra Melbourne Jere
DD $800 [20] He was the only signer representing New York Alexander Hamilton Jere	$1,000 [10] In 1858 W.M. Thackeray quarreled with this author in the so-called Garrick Club Affair Charles Dickens	$1,000 [5] This fruit is the main ingredient in the cold soup kirschkaltschale Cherries Jere	$1,000 [16] This star of "Annie" returned to Broadway as John Davidson's daughter in the 1996 staging of "State Fair" Andrea McArdle Jere	$1,000 [25] His invention of a weaving loom was delayed by his service in the French Revolution Joseph Jacquard Andy	DD $4,000 [29] Most of this nation's imports come through its port of Lagos on the Bight of Benin Nigeria Gene

Final Jeopardy!

BRAND NAMES

Common household product named for a 19th century surgical pioneer

Listerine (named for Sir Joseph Lister)

Andy "What is a knife?" — wagered $5,600

Gene "What is Listerine?" — wagered $2,500

Jere "What is detergent?" — wagered $8,601

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