Show #2302 1994-09-13 (taped 1994-07-20) Regular

Contestants

Lane Rensslaer — a policy analyst originally from New York City, New York

Karen Peters — a typesetter originally from Morristown, New Jersey

Matt Handel — a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania (whose 3-day cash winnings total $63,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $2,300 $4,700 $7,300 $0
3rd place: Daniel Mink his & hers watches + Jeopardy! home game
$7,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Karen $1,300 $2,000 $4,600 $100
2nd place: Counterpoint compact disc player + Columbia House membership + Jeopardy! home game
$4,600
15 R, 2 W
Lane $1,000 $1,900 $8,200 $899
New champion: $899
$7,500
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! COUNTIES FIRST AID FISH COLORFUL PHRASES
$100 [6]
This nickname of the 20th Amendment sounds like a wounded mallard
lame duck
Matt
$100 [9]
Known as "Mr. October", I hold the record for most home runs in one World Series
Reggie Jackson
Karen
$100 [1]
Cambridge & Lowell are the seats of Middlesex County in this state
Massachusetts
Matt
$100 [10]
Treatments for this differ if the victim swallowed, inhaled, absorbed or was injected with it
poison
Karen
$100 [14]
These whiskered fish range from about 1 1/2 inches to 15 feet in length
catfish
Karen Lane
$100 [16]
Many adventure seekers enjoy the challenge of rafting on this turbulent part of a river
whitewaters
Matt Lane
$200 [7]
To expel a member, Article 1, Section 5.2 says that this fraction of the House must vote yes
two-thirds
Matt
$200 [27]
Sugar Babe's husband on "The Real McCoys", Sylvester Stallone rescued me in "Rambo III"
Richard Crenna
$200 [2]
There's a Missouri county with this name associated with "Believe It or Not!"
Ripley
Matt
$200 [11]
Your first aid kit should have a pair of these in it for removing thorns & splinters
tweezers
Lane
$200 [15]
The South American pacu is closely related to this feared predator, but it eats only plants
piranha
Karen
$200 [20]
In 1984 Prince had a gold record with this title song from his movie debut
"Purple Rain"
Matt
$300 [8]
Secret meetings were held in 1787 to draw up the Constitution in order to replace these
Articles of Confederation
Karen
$300 [28]
I'm glad I got to be Frank Drebin of Police Squad because I get to kiss Priscilla Presley
Leslie Nielsen
Karen
$300 [3]
With a population of over 2 million, Kings County is this state's largest county
New York
Matt
$300 [17]
If you have to move the victim of a break or dislocation, first apply one of these
splint
Matt
$300 [21]
Male pipefish have an unusual pouch on the abdomen in which they carry these
eggs
Matt
$300 [23]
Floral phrase for a self-effacing or shy person
shrinking violet
Matt
$400 [12]
The preamble states that the Constitution is here to "insure domestic" this
tranquility
Lane
$400 [29]
"Maggie May" know I was in the group "Nose, Hair & Teeth"; I was Nose, E. John, Hair & F. Mercury, Teeth
Rod Stewart
Karen
$400 [4]
This Montana county was named for a river that was named for a type of sheep
Big Horn
Matt
$400 [18]
A pinch of this should be added to the water given to a victim of heat exhaustion
salt
Matt
$400 [22]
In Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", Santiago catches a huge specimen of this game fish
giant marlin
Karen
$400 [24]
To edit a manuscript or the instrument used to do it
blue pencil
Matt Karen
$500 [13]
The U.S. Constitution has this number of amendments
26
Karen Lane
$500 [30]
First Lady of "To Tell The Truth", I'm the chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts
Kitty Carlisle
Matt
DD $1,000 [5]
Of the 50 counties with the largest percentage of children, 15 are in this state
Florida
Matt
$500 [19]
When flushing this body part, flush from the inside corner out to avoid contaminating the other one
eye
Lane
$500 [26]
In the 1970s concern for the "snail" species of this fish delayed completion of the Tellico Dam
darter
Lane
$500 [25]
In population, it's the smallest of South Africa's provinces
Orange Free State
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY GREEK MYTHOLOGY MORTAL MATTERS FOOD HISTORY ENGLISH LITERATURE
$200 [1]
Bridges in this Turkish city include Galata, Ataturk & Bosporus
Istanbul
Matt
$200 [6]
These half-equine creatures are also called the Ixiondae because they're the sons of Ixion
centaurs
Karen
$200 [26]
When this Tudor king was dying, he yelled, "Monks, Monks, Monks!" not "Wives, Wives, Wives!"
Henry VIII
Lane
$200 [11]
These dark red-skinned beans are a popular ingredient in chili con carne
kidney beans
Karen
$200 [16]
In 1755 one of Europe's most devastating earthquakes destroyed much of this Portuguese capital
Lisbon
Lane
$200 [21]
His first novel, "Burmese Days", was published in 1934, not 1984
George Orwell
Matt
$400 [2]
Over one-third of Canada's population lives in this province
Ontario
Lane
$400 [7]
Hermione was the only child of Menelaus & this famous beauty
Helen of Troy
Matt Karen
$400 [27]
In 1956 you could view this actor's "Death Car" for 25c, sit in it for 25c more, or purchase a piece
James Dean
Matt
$400 [12]
Corn syrup, sugar & gelatin are the basic ingredients in this fluffy confection
marshmallows
Lane
$400 [17]
Begun in 1163, this Paris cathedral was the site of Napoleon's & Mary Stuart's crownings
Notre Dame
Matt
$400 [22]
This prime minister completed only 9 chapters of his novel "Falconet" before his 1881 death
Benjamin Disraeli
Karen
$600 [3]
The Bight of Biafra borders Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea & this country
Nigeria
Karen
$600 [8]
Some say these guardians of the golden apples were the daughters of Atlas and Hesperis
the Hesperides
Matt
$600 [28]
Often used in magic acts, this tool, said to have killed St. Simon, is now his symbol
saw
Matt
$600 [13]
It's the type of crustacean found in sauce aux crevettes
shrimp
Matt Lane
$600 [18]
British forces captured this rocky fortress from Spain in 1704 & have held it ever since
Gibraltar
Karen
$600 [23]
E.M Forster's novel "A Room with a View" opens in the Pensione Bertolini in this Italian city
Florence
Lane
$800 [4]
The Kattegat Strait separates Sweden from this Danish peninsula
Jutland
Lane
$800 [9]
The number 4 was sacred to this god, the Greek counterpart of Mercury
Hermes
Lane
DD $1,000 [29]
Island over which the ashes of Fats Waller & Damon Runyon were scattered
Manhattan
Matt
$1,000 [15]
Named for the Georgia city where it's grown, it's been called "The Sweetest Onion in the World"
Vidalia
Lane
$800 [19]
This last imperial dynasty of China was overthrown in a 1911 revolution
the Manchus
Matt
$800 [24]
His novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge" is subtitled "A Story of a Man with Character"
Thomas Hardy
Matt
$1,000 [5]
The Mau Escarpment is a steep slope along the Great Rift Valley in this African country
Kenya
Matt
$1,000 [10]
This Titaness, Zeus' mother, has the same name as a huge ostrichlike South American bird
Rhea
Karen
$1,000 [30]
Robert Ressler coined this 2-word phrase to classify people like Ted Bundy & David Berkowitz
serial killer
Lane
DD $1,500 [14]
It's the German name for a veal cutlet dipped in egg, breaded & deep fried
schnitzel
Lane
$1,000 [20]
Tragically, in 1988 this U.S. warship shot down an Iranian passenger jet, mistaking it for an attack plane
the Vincennes
Lane
$1,000 [25]
Elshie of the Mucklestanes is the title character of this Scotsman's 1816 novel "The Black Dwarf"
Sir Walter Scott
Lane

Final Jeopardy!

TECHNOLOGY

The first commercial product to use the transistor; the radio came 2 years later in 1954

a hearing aid

Karen "What is the PC" — wagered $4,500
Matt "What is the computer?" — wagered $7,300
Lane "What is television" — wagered $7,301

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