Show #2834 1996-12-19 (taped 1996-10-22) Regular

Contestants

Lucy Shigemitsu — a writer originally from Tokyo, Japan

Irv Kaplan — a physician from Newton, Massachusetts

Melissa Littman — a textbook editor from Worthington, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,193)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Melissa	$600	$2,300	$4,400	$399 2nd place: dining furniture + a refrigerator	$5,900 19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Irv	$1,100	$3,100	$4,200	$200 3rd place: Pierre Cardin watches	$4,400 17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Lucy	$700	$800	$5,600	$2,399 New champion: $2,399	$5,600 14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	INCREDIBLE EDIBLES	MEDICINE	TELEVISION	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	THIS 'N' THAT
$100 [16] His bat's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but this man nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" is ineligible for induction Pete Rose Lucy	$100 [26] Some say the giant orb-weaving type of this arachnid tastes like raw cabbage a spider Melissa	$100 [8] This medical field specializes in the diagnosis & treatment of heart disorders cardiology Irv	$100 [21] After the May 30, 1996 telecast, he left "Entertainment Tonight" to pursue his musical career John Tesh Melissa	$100 [6] This sea is divided into the Yucatan, Cayman, Colombian, Venezuelan & Grenada basins the Caribbean Sea Melissa	$100 [1] Although born in Florida, Missouri, Mark Twain grew up in this city on the Mississippi River Hannibal Lucy
$200 [17] This "wonder insecticide" developed by Swiss scientists in 1939 was later found less than wonderful DDT Irv	$200 [27] Larousse says this snake whose name is an antonym of subtracter was once eaten as a beauty treatment adder Melissa	$200 [9] A defective gene on the X chromosome causes this disease in which blood doesn't clot normally hemophilia Melissa	$200 [22] This "Lois & Clark" star wrote the April 28, 1996 episode, her first script for the series Teri Hatcher Melissa	$200 [7] Dongfang, China, on Hainan Island, & northern Vietnam's Haiphong lie on this gulf the Gulf of Tonkin Irv	$200 [2] This reddish spice can be sold in both ground & stick form cinnamon Lucy
$300 [18] While Rene Levesque was its PM, French was made its official language & English signs were restricted Quebec Melissa	$300 [28] In China these fiber-spinning caterpillars are sometimes stir-fried silkworms Irv	$300 [10] Elizabeth Kenny was the first to treat this paralytic disease with moist heat & physical therapy polio Irv	$300 [23] Earl Hindman plays Wilson, Tim Taylor's partially-seen neighbor, on this series Home Improvement Melissa	$300 [13] Foveaux Strait separates Stewart Island from this country's South Island New Zealand Lucy	$300 [3] In England the unit of volume roughly equivalent to a quart is spelled this way L-I-T-R-E Melissa
$400 [19] He & co-author Richard Suskind served brief prison terms for their forged bio of Howard Hughes Clifford Irving Irv	$400 [29] The flying fox, a type of this mammal, is considered a taste treat in the Seychelles a bat Irv	$400 [11] In 1963 a vaccine was developed for this disease also called rubeola measles Melissa Irv	$400 [24] Mendocino, California was used to represent Cabot Cove on this CBS series Murder, She Wrote Irv	$400 [14] The Russians call this sea between Asia & Europe Chernoye More the Black Sea Irv Lucy	$400 [4] Legend says the Dannebrog, now this country's flag, dropped from heaven during a 1219 battle Denmark Melissa
DD $600 [20] On August 1, 1975 35 nations signed accords on human rights in this city Helsinki Irv	$500 [30] The young shoots of this marsh plant named for a feline appendage may be eaten in salads cat tails Irv	$500 [12] In 1923 this Topeka, Kansas clinic for mental patients was opened by a father & 2 sons the Menninger Clinic Irv	$500 [25] He starred in "Gabriel's Fire" & performs the opening voice-over of "3rd Rock from the Sun" James Earl Jones Melissa	$500 [15] The ancient poets of India called this longest river of Pakistan "King River" Indus	$500 [5] "It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power" is a feature in this monthly magazine Reader's Digest Lucy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SONNETS	FROM THE PORTUGUESE	O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!	THE BELLES	TREES	RHYME TIME
$200 [1] This bard's Sonnet 119 begins, "What potions have I drunk of siren tears..." William Shakespeare Melissa	$200 [20] The Portuguese once used this name for a wild ass; now it applies to a striped equine a zebra Lucy	$200 [11] With Christopher Jones as captain, this ship departed Plymouth, Mass. April 15, 1621 & returned to England the Mayflower Irv	$200 [17] This ex-reporter for the Atlanta Journal took nearly 10 years to write "Gone with the Wind" Margaret Mitchell Lucy	$200 [12] It has cricket bat & weeping varieties the willow Irv	$200 [6] Horse-drawn transportation for a bride & groom a marriage carriage Melissa
$400 [2] John Milton wrote a sonnet praising this lord protector whom he served as secretary for foreign languages Oliver Cromwell Melissa	$400 [21] Natal, South Africa was named for the Portuguese word for this holiday Christmas Irv Lucy	$400 [25] He & his loyal crew members charted part of the coast of Australia after being set adrift from the Bounty Captain Bligh Lucy	DD $300 [19] In 1967 she succeeded her husband as governor Lurleen B. Wallace Irv	$400 [13] The Virginia cedar is used to make these; the wood sharpens easily yet still supports the lead pencils Lucy	$400 [7] A stylish young woman of the 1920s a dapper flapper Melissa
$600 [3] "Batter My Heart" is one of the best-known "Holy Sonnets" by this author of "Death, Be Not Proud" John Donne Lucy	$600 [22] From the Portuguese for white, it describes a person who lacks normal pigmentation albino Melissa	$600 [26] This author drew on his experiences as captain of a West African river steamer for "Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad Irv	$400 [18] When she joined CBS Sports in 1975, this 1971 Miss America became the first female network sportscaster Phyllis George Irv	$600 [14] The cola tree is from the same family as this tree from which we get the beans to make chocolate cacao Irv	$600 [8] A canvas sports shoe that's trimmer than last year's model a sleeker sneaker
$800 [4] "My love is like to ice, and I to fire" wrote this "Faerie Queene" poet in his sonnet sequence "Amoretti" Edmund Spenser Lucy	$800 [23] Meaning "new trend", this Brazilian music style & dance of the 1960s combined samba & cool jazz bossa nova Lucy	$1,000 [28] In a play by this man, Captain Shotover is the eccentric owner of Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw Melissa	$800 [29] This Oscar winner from Georgia reprised her stage role in the 1989 film "Miss Firecracker" Holly Hunter Melissa	$800 [15] Also called the western yellow pine, you'll find a "bonanza" of them in the U.S. under this other name the ponderosa pine Melissa	$800 [9] An ominous or evil clergyman a sinister minister Irv
$1,000 [5] Irish poet & playwright who wrote the 1928 sonnet "Leda and the Swan" William Butler Yeats Lucy	$1,000 [24] From a word meaning "small vessel", it was a small sailing ship once used by the Portuguese & Spanish a caravel Melissa	—	$1,000 [27] This first lady born in Kentucky in 1818 could speak French fluently Mary Todd Lincoln Melissa	$1,000 [16] After Chippendale used this dark, rich wood for dining tables, its name became synonymous with them mahogany	DD $1,500 [10] An archer for Caesar a roman bowman Melissa

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL PHRASES

Ike defined this as "All of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters."

Middle-of-the-road

Irv "What is on the table?" — wagered $4,000

Melissa "What is the center?" — wagered $4,001

Lucy "What is a bowling alley?" — wagered $3,201

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