Show #2833 1996-12-18 (taped 1996-10-22) Regular

Contestants

Ronny Kaye — a teacher and writer from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Myretta Robens — a technology & operations manager from Medford, Massachusetts

Melissa Littman — a textbook editor from Worthington, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,598)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Melissa	$1,800	$3,400	$10,100	$9,595 2-day champion: $16,193	$10,600 26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Myretta	$400	$600	$1,200	$2,400 2nd place: a trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a 7-night Caribbean cruise from Costa Cruises, Europe's leading cruise line + the Jeopardy! electronic game by Tiger Electronics	$1,200 8 R, 3 W
Ronny	$700	$300	$5,300	$100 3rd place: Daewoo Electronics TV & VCR + the Jeopardy! electronic game by Tiger Electronics	$5,800 19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1982	PLANTS & TREES	ACTORS & THEIR ROLES	HAITI	POT LUCK	"Z" ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [6] He had the dynamite idea to launch a new television network known as TNT Ted Turner Myretta	$100 [30] The potato didn't originate in Ireland but in the valleys of this South American mountain chain the Andes Ronny	$100 [1] 41 years after "On the Waterfront", he played Johnny Depp's therapist in 1995's "Don Juan DeMarco" Marlon Brando Ronny	$100 [11] This Haitian religion combines elements of Roman Catholicism & West African tribal religions Voodoo Ronny	$100 [14] The American Weekly Mercury, founded in this Penn. city in 1719, was the first colonial paper outside Boston Philadelphia Ronny	$100 [19] Z.Hr.; it's time to go zero hour Ronny
$200 [7] Journey into Imagination was an original attraction at this Disney World theme park that opened in 1982 EPCOT Melissa	$200 [29] The cochineal insect, the source of a red dye, feeds on the prickly pear type of this plant a cactus Melissa	$200 [2] James Cromwell, Farmer Hoggett in this 1995 film, is the son of John Cromwell, who directed "Algiers" in 1938 Babe Ronny	$200 [12] Haiti is part of Hispaniola, a corrupted form of Espanola, the name he gave to the island Columbus Melissa	$200 [15] The U.S. pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal was one of these Buckminster Fuller structures a geodesic dome Melissa	$200 [20] The Z in ZIP code is short for this Zone Melissa
$300 [8] At 65, Ashby Harper became the oldest to swim this body of water; Gertrude Ederle must have been impressed the English Channel Melissa	$300 [26] The hard wood of this tree is used for knife handles & black piano keys ebony Myretta	$300 [3] Alan Rickman played sensible Col. Brandon in "Sense and Sensibility" & this "mad monk" in an HBO film Rasputin Ronny	$300 [13] This South American liberator spent time as an exile in Haiti Bolívar Myretta	$300 [16] Since 1907 about 3 million fossils have been extracted from this Los Angeles site the La Brea Tar Pits Ronny	$300 [21] Book of the Bible abbreviated Zech. Zechariah Myretta
$400 [9] More than 80 human skeletons were discovered in the ruins of this city near Pompeii Herculaneum Ronny	$400 [27] The name of this yellow narcissus comes from the Latin juncus, meaning "rush" a jonquil Melissa	$400 [4] A telekinetic teenager on the TV series "Misfits of Science", she now stars as Monica in "Friends" Courteney Cox Melissa	$400 [17] This orator & abolitionist was U.S. minister to Haiti 1889-1891 Frederick Douglass Ronny	$400 [24] This Greek who supposedly sought an honest man was influenced by the less cynical Antis thenes Diogenes Melissa Myretta	$400 [22] You may answer with zeal that zl is short for this currency the złoty Melissa
DD $500 [10] On May 1, 1982 President Reagan officially opened the World's Fair in this Southern city Knoxville, Tennessee Ronny	$500 [28] Members of this "colorful" flower family include the sweet William & the carnation the pink family	$500 [5] Joan Allen earned an Oscar nomination for playing this famous woman in a 1995 film Pat Nixon Melissa	$500 [18] Made governor-general for life in January 1804, he declared himself emperor in September Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Jean Jacques I) Melissa	$500 [25] The title of this opera by Pietro Mascagni means "rustic chivalry" Cavalleria rusticana	$500 [23] The abbreviations for the 2 elements whose names begin with Z Zn & Zr (zinc & zirconium) Melissa Ronny

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY	U.S. MUSEUMS	THE MIDDLE AGES	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	THE SUN	TV NEWS NAMES
$200 [6] This Titan who held up the heavens was the father of the Pleiades Atlas Ronny	$200 [16] The Museum of Westward Expansion is located under the Gateway Arch in this city St. Louis Myretta	$200 [11] From 618 to 907 China was ruled by this dynasty whose name sounds like a breakfast drink the Tang Melissa	$200 [1] Tom Sawyer takes the blame when this girl, his sweetheart, tears the schoolmaster's book Becky Thatcher Myretta	$200 [26] The Sun completes one revolution around the center of this galaxy every 225 million years the Milky Way Ronny	$200 [21] In 1987 she visited China for the first time & interviewed several of her relatives for a special report Connie Chung Ronny
$400 [7] As the god of this type of weather, Jupiter had the epithet Pluvius rain Melissa Ronny	$400 [17] The B&O Museum in this city has many examples of full-sized railroad equipment Baltimore Melissa	$400 [12] In 813 he personally crowned his son Louis as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne Melissa	$400 [2] In "Wuthering Heights", Catherine Earnshaw spurns this man & marries Edgar Linton instead Heathcliff Melissa	$400 [27] The photosphere, the Sun's visible surface, measures about 5800° on this "absolute" temperature scale kelvin Melissa	$400 [22] On Dec. 13, 1989 this newswoman gave birth to her first child, Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger Maria Shriver Melissa
$600 [8] The winged horse Pegasus arose from the blood of this Gorgon when Perseus cut off her head Medusa Ronny	$600 [18] This Alaskan oil city's museum has a display of the effects of the big oil spill of March 1989 Valdez	$600 [13] In 995 Olaf Tryggvesson became the first Christian king of this country Norway Ronny	$600 [3] This Melville title character's last words are "God bless Captain Vere!" Billy Budd Melissa Myretta	$800 [29] This outermost layer of the Sun produces the solar wind the corona Ronny	$600 [23] Steve Kmetko is letter perfect as the host of this show biz-oriented cable network's "News Daily" E! Melissa
$800 [9] Athena promised him wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess Paris Melissa Ronny	$1,000 [20] The Fogg, Busch-Reisinger & Arthur M. Sackler art museums belong to this New England university Harvard Myretta	$800 [14] In 1094 this Spanish warrior captured Valencia from the Moors El Cid Ronny	$800 [4] When Count Vronsky's love for her seems to fade, she throws herself under a train Anna Karenina Melissa	$1,000 [30] After becoming a red giant, the Sun will probably shrink to the size of the Earth as one of these a white dwarf Melissa	$800 [24] Now the "Today" show's co-anchor, she once produced the CNN news & information show "Take Two" Katie Couric Myretta
$1,000 [10] Though her name was Greek for "strangler", this riddler usually ate her victims or threw them from her rock the Sphinx Melissa	DD $2,000 [19] This 38th president's museum displays a selection of bicentennial items Gerald Ford Melissa	$1,000 [15] These societies for craftsmen & merchants originated in western Europe in the 11th century guilds Melissa	$1,000 [5] Joan Durbeyfield is the mother of this Thomas Hardy title character Tess of the d'Urbervilles Ronny	DD $2,100 [28] More than 95% of the Sun's mass consists of these 2 elements hydrogen & helium Melissa	$1,000 [25] He won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Vietnam War before he covered the Gulf War for CNN Peter Arnett Melissa Myretta Ronny

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN CAPITALS

This city was named for a Byzantine church

Sofia, Bulgaria

Myretta "What is Sophia?" — wagered $1,200

Ronny "What is Constantinople?" — wagered $5,200

Melissa "What is Ankara?" — wagered $505

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