Show #2832 1996-12-17 (taped 1996-10-22) Regular

Contestants

Melissa Littman — a textbook editor from Worthington, Ohio

Peter Nielsen — a teacher from Austin, Texas

Gene Ballesty — a railroad conductor from Selden, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gene	$700	$2,700	$2,700	$3,200 2nd place: Aroma Spa	$4,700 12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Peter	$800	$700	$3,700	$0 3rd place: Integra Life-Shaper Plus Fitness Machine	$3,700 9 R, 1 W
Melissa	$2,100	$3,500	$7,000	$6,598 New champion: $6,598	$8,300 27 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

OKLAHOMANS	WORLD HISTORY	GUINNESS RECORDS	MUSEUMS	BIRDS	"BEA"S
$100 [26] Signing him out of high school, you might say the Yankees grabbed him right in "The Mick" of time Mickey Mantle Peter	$100 [1] This country's King Louis IV was nicknamed "Louis from Overseas" because he was raised in England France Gene	$100 [20] This country leads the world in the number of divorces & the number of psychiatrists the U.S.A. Melissa	$100 [3] A Dover, Delaware museum depicts the history of this early phonograph Victrola Melissa	$100 [16] Julius Caesar used them to carry the news of his victory in Gaul back to Rome Carrier Pigeons Melissa	$100 [7] Paul's group before Wings The Beatles Melissa
$200 [27] This male heartthrob who first gained notice in "Thelma & Louise" was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma Brad Pitt Melissa	$200 [2] William Laud, an archbishop of this who opposed the Puritans, was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1645 Canterbury Melissa	$200 [22] The most valuable painting is this 30.5" by 20.9" da Vinci masterpiece Mona Lisa Peter	$200 [4] One of the largest natural history museums in the world, this NYC facility has over 40 exhibition halls American Museum of Natural History Gene	$200 [17] Other woodpeckers will take advantage of the drink holes drilled by these yellow-bellied birds Sapsuckers Melissa	$200 [8] A lighthouse, or a radio transmitter that guides aircraft Beacon Melissa
$400 [29] This senior senator from New York spent the first 6 months of his life in Oklahoma Daniel Patrick Moynihan Gene Peter	$300 [5] The first of this Mongol conqueror's many wives was Borte, to whom he was betrothed as a child Genghis Khan Melissa	$300 [23] With 7 movies in the all-time Top 10, he's the world's most successful director Steven Spielberg Melissa	$300 [6] The National Atomic Museum is located at Kirtland Air Force Base near this largest New Mexico city Albuquerque Melissa	$300 [18] This ruby-throated bird has one of the highest metabolisms of warm-blooded vertebrates Hummingbird Gene	$300 [9] Interesting things are often found off this "path" The Beaten Path Peter
DD $500 [28] Country star heardherein a song played simultaneously across the nation April 19, 1996:"I've been sayin' you'll never change things /And no matter what you do it's still the same thing..." Garth Brooks (played on the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing) Melissa	$400 [14] Born in 12 A.D., this cruel & unbalanced Roman emperor was a great-grandson of Mark Antony Caligula Gene Melissa	$400 [24] The fastest dancer in this style is Solero De Jerez, who attained 16 heel taps per second in 1967 Flamenco Gene	$400 [10] City where you'd find the Stedelijk & Van Gogh Museums Amsterdam Melissa	$400 [19] There are Nashville & Tennessee species of this bird whose name is a synonym for singer Warbler Gene	$400 [12] This ship's 5-year mission: to boldly take Darwin where he hadn't been before the Beagle Melissa
—	$500 [15] The Portuguese captured Muscat, now the capital of this sultanate, c. 1508 but were driven out in 1650 Oman Peter	$500 [25] This Microsoft co-founder became the youngest U.S. billionaire at age 31 Bill Gates Gene	$500 [11] This eastern Minnesota city is home to the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation Duluth	$500 [21] This tallest of North American wading birds has a 5-foot-long windpipe that produces quite a sound Whooping Crane	$500 [13] Among the Muppets, he's Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's assistant Beaker Melissa

Double Jeopardy! Round

LIFE	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	NOTABLE NAMES	BOXING MOVIES	INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	19TH CENTURY AUTHORS
$200 [8] An amoeba is made up entirely of this jelly that makes up all living things Protoplasm	$200 [26] Much of this Georgia capital is in Fulton County, but part of it lies in DeKalb County Atlanta Melissa	$200 [21] In 1924, 2 years before his death, he published "A Magician Among the Spirits" Harry Houdini Melissa	$200 [16] In "The Main Event", she inherits a boxer played by her "What's Up Doc?" co-star Ryan O'Neal Barbra Streisand Melissa	$200 [1] This dairy product is sweetened & mixed with wine or cider to make the old English drink Syllabub Milk Peter	$200 [3] His first novel, "The Snake's Pass", was published in 1890, 7 years before "Dracula" Bram Stoker Gene
$400 [9] Every second, stem cells in this body tissue divide to replace 2 million red & white blood cells Bone Marrow Melissa	$800 [27] The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, there's no place like dome Clingmans Dome	$400 [22] Ponce De Leon was governor of Puerto Rico & Hernando De Soto was governor of this largest Caribbean island Cuba Gene	$400 [17] Tony Lo Bianco played this famous Rocky, not Rocky Balboa, in a 1979 TV movie Rocky Marciano Peter Melissa	$400 [2] The Canadian type of this distilled liquor is always blended Whiskey Melissa	$400 [4] His monumental collection "La Comedie Humaine" encompasses about 90 novels & stories Honore De Balzac Peter
$600 [10] Scientists date these last Asian homo erectus specimens at 300,000 - 500,000 years old Peking Man Melissa	DD $1,500 [28] Mount Hood, a volcanic peak, rises 11,239 feet in this mountain range the Cascades Melissa	$800 [24] During the 1782-1810 Hawaiian Wars, he became king of all the Hawaiian Islands King Kamehameha Gene	$600 [18] Yo! She played Adrian in all 5 "Rocky" movies Talia Shire Melissa	$600 [13] This dark green vegetable is the main ingredient in spanakopita, a Greek pie spinach Gene	$600 [5] This novelist's mother, Frances Trollope, wrote a derogatory book about American manners in 1832 Anthony Trollope Melissa
$800 [11] Beatrix Potter was among the first to see that these organisms were a symbiosis between fungi & algae Lichens	—	$1,000 [25] General U Ne Win became ruler of this country twice, each time deposing U Nu in a coup Burma/Myanmar Peter	$800 [19] Cathy Moriarty earned an Oscar nomination for her screen debut as Vikki La Motta in this film Raging Bull Melissa	$800 [14] The Turkish dish Imam Bayildi, whose name means "The imam fainted", is made with this heavy purple vegetable Eggplant Melissa	$800 [6] "Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country" is a children's book by this creator of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris Melissa
$1,000 [12] Meaning "diminution", this cell division process cuts the number of chromosomes in half meiosis Melissa	—	DD $2,000 [23] For most of the 1960s, this man was U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk Gene	$1,000 [20] In "The Kid from Brooklyn", this "White Christmas" co-star played a meek milkman who accidentally becomes a champ Danny Kaye Melissa	$1,000 [15] This tripe soup, a favorite in Mexico, is often served with lime wedges, chopped chiles & onion Menudo Peter	$1,000 [7] This author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" served as U.S. consul in Glasgow 1880-85 Bret Harte Melissa

Final Jeopardy!

ASIA

It's the largest landlocked country in the world

Mongolia

Gene "What is Mongolia?" — wagered $500

Peter "What is Kazakhstan?" — wagered $3,700

Melissa "What is China?" — wagered $402

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