Show #2841 1996-12-30 (taped 1996-10-24) Regular

Contestants

Ted Senator — a computer scientist from Bethesda, Maryland

Sara d'Anjou — a college academic specialist from Norfolk, Massachusetts

Jon Woodman — an attorney from Columbus, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $32,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jon $2,100 $3,600 $1,400 $400
3rd place: Amana Free-Standing Range
$1,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 8 W
Sara $300 $1,000 $7,200 $3,200
2nd place: Trip to Cozumel, Mexico
$6,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ted $-700 $700 $5,500 $8,199
New champion: $8,199
$5,300
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PACIFIC DEPENDENCIES TELEVISION FURNITURE GAMES OF CHANCE 1921 "OVER" & "UNDER"
$100 [26]
In 1986 the Northern Marianas were declared one of these, like Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
Ted
$100 [6]
This Candice Bergen character gave up drinking after a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic
Murphy Brown
Sara
$100 [21]
Bridal, dower & hope are types of these
Chests
Jon
$100 [11]
In craps, it's a hardway roll of six
double threes
Jon
$100 [16]
This memorial was dedicated at Arlington in 1921; the monument wasn't completed until 1932
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Jon
$100 [1]
Hades
the underworld
Jon Ted
$200 [27]
Most of the Palmyra Atoll is privately owned by the Fullard-Leo family of this state 1,000 miles away
Hawaii
Ted
$200 [7]
On this series, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ended roll call with "And, hey--let's be careful out there"
"Hill Street Blues"
Jon
$200 [22]
It's believed the lectern was invented when these replaced scrolls
Books
Jon
$200 [12]
Play Honeymoon In Vegas or anywhere & you're playing a variation of this card game
Bridge
Jon Ted
$200 [17]
Peter Paul introduced this candy bar in 1921, for times you don't feel like a nut
Mounds
Jon
$200 [2]
It's a strong current below the water's surface, caused by waves breaking on a beach
Undertow
Sara
$300 [28]
With no permanent inhabitants, Howland, Baker & Jarvis Islands were once worked for this natural fertilizer
Guano
Ted
$300 [8]
The silver for his bullets came from a mine owned by himself & his late brother
The Lone Ranger
Jon
$300 [23]
It's the part of a fancy bed on which you may see a finial
Bedpost
Sara
$300 [13]
In blackjack you can only make an insurance bet if the dealer's up card is one of these
Ace
Jon
$300 [18]
U.S. consumption of these was "puffed up" to 43 billion a year, even though they were illegal in 14 states
Cigarettes
Jon
$300 [3]
In "The Caisson Song", it precedes "We have hit the dusty trail"
"Over hill, over dale"
Jon
$400 [29]
Lying in the "belt" for these storms in the western Pacific, Guam gets 80" or more of rain each year
typhoons
Jon Ted
$400 [9]
On "Rocky And His Friends", Charlie Ruggles voiced the role of this "fabled" old philosopher
Aesop
Ted
$400 [24]
Japanning is a term for applying varnishes to simulate the appearance of this coating
Lacquer
Sara
$400 [14]
Jimmy the Greek defined it as a place "where the windows clean you"
Racetrack
Jon
$400 [19]
On November 25, 1921, he became prince regent of Japan
Hirohito
Jon Ted
DD $500 [4]
It's said Winston Churchill coined this code name for the D-Day invasion of Europe
Operation Overlord
Jon
$500 [30]
The largest private sector employers in American Samoa are 2 canneries that pack this fish
Tuna
Ted
$500 [10]
Airline navigator Howard Borden was Dr. Robert Hartley's neighbor on this show
"The Bob Newhart Show"
Jon
$500 [25]
It's the French equivalent of a whatnot
Etagere
Ted
$500 [15]
In bingo the "B" numbers run 1-15; the "O" numbers run from 61 to this
75
Jon
$500 [20]
In 1921 he reached his peak of stardom with "The Sheik"
Rudolph Valentino
Jon
$500 [5]
In 1974 this Canadian quartet reached the top of the American pop charts with "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONDUCTORS AMERICAN HISTORY WORDS LITERATURE ANCIENT GREEKS FILMOGRAPHIES
$200 [6]
Wilhelm Furtwangler, born in this German capital in 1886, became director of its philharmonic
Berlin
Jon
$200 [7]
15 indentured servants were aboard this ship when it sailed for the new world, Sept. 16, 1620
The Mayflower
Jon
$200 [1]
It's a synonym & an anagram of tap
Pat
Sara
$200 [11]
In 1923 Vladimir Nabokov translated "Alice In Wonderland" into this language
Russian
Ted
$200 [19]
Plato's "Phaedo" describes this philosopher's execution by hemlock
Socrates
Jon
$200 [20]
"Love Affair","Heaven Can Wait","Dick Tracy"
Warren Beatty
Sara
$400 [14]
This Bombay-born maestro is the son of violinist Mehli Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Ted
$400 [8]
He was hanged in Charlestown, Virginia about 6 weeks after he led the attack on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Ted
$400 [2]
It can mean one who doesn't speak, or to soften the tone or color
Mute
Sara
$400 [12]
Ernest Hemingway's novel "For Whom The Bell Tolls" takes place during this country's Civil War
Spain
Ted
$400 [21]
He was seated with a sword dangling above his head at a feast hosted by Dionysius
Damocles
Jon Sara
$400 [25]
"Love Affair","Casablanca","Sabrina"
Humphrey Bogart
Jon Ted
$600 [15]
He was conductor of the New York City Symphony before taking over the New York Philharmonic in 1958
Leonard Bernstein
Ted
$600 [9]
In 1834 Stephen Austin was held in prison for 8 months in this country
Mexico
Ted
$600 [3]
Nausea comes from the same root as nautical & originally applied to this syndrome
Seasickness
Sara
$600 [18]
First published in 1835, "Berenice" has been called "his most horrifying tale"
Edgar Allan Poe
Ted
$800 [26]
This actor of the 6th century B.C. is credited with introducing the use of masks on stage
Thespis
Jon
$600 [27]
"Love Affair","All This And Heaven Too","Algiers"
Charles Boyer
DD $1,000 [16]
After 1936 Serge Koussevitzky conducted the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in this state
Massachusetts
Ted
$800 [10]
In 1818 this general ordered 2 traders arrested & executed for inciting the Seminole Indians
Andrew Jackson
Sara Ted
$800 [4]
This term for a small, upright piano may be derived from the name of an Italian instrument maker
Spinet (Giovanni Spinetti)
Sara
$800 [22]
He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"
John Updike
Sara
DD $1,000 [24]
This Greek who taught in Alexandria has been called "The Father of Geometry"
Euclid
Sara
$800 [28]
"An Affair To Remember","I'm No Angel","Charade"
Cary Grant
Jon
$1,000 [17]
Sir Thomas Beecham introduced this impresario's Ballets Russes to London in 1911
Sergei Diaghilev
Sara Ted
$1,000 [13]
This Oglala Sioux chief was fatally stabbed Sept. 5, 1877 at Fort Robinson, Nebraska
Crazy Horse
Jon Sara Ted
$1,000 [5]
Mother-of-pearl is also known by this 5-letter French name
Nacre
Ted
$1,000 [23]
"Buddenbrooks" was the first important novel by this 20th century German author
Thomas Mann
Sara
$1,000 [29]
"Sleepless In Seattle","A League of Their Own","Exit to Eden"
Rosie O'Donnell
Jon

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1500s

In 1520 he wrote Pope Leo X, "Let no person imagine that I will recant"

Martin Luther

Jon "Who was Galileo?" — wagered $1,000
Ted "Who was Martin Luther?" — wagered $2,699
Sara "Who is Galileo" — wagered $4,000

« Back to Games