Show #2846 1997-01-06 (taped 1996-11-05) Regular

Claudia Perry game 4.

Contestants

Jack Patton — a civil servant from Cleveland, Ohio

Doug Morrison — a director of information services from Ervindale, Iowa

Claudia Perry — a pop music critic from San Jose, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $33,303)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Claudia $2,100 $4,800 $12,600 $12,000
4-day champion: $45,303
$13,500
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Doug $800 $1,900 $3,700 $200
3rd place: Panasonic IQ Series Palmcorder
$3,700
14 R, 3 W
Jack $400 $1,000 $5,500 $8,000
2nd place: Broyhill Dining Room & earthenware dining service
$5,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIRDS FAMOUS FIRSTS TV WEIGHTS & MEASURES NATIONAL FORESTS BODY TALK
$100 [26]
The screech type of this bird has an unusual whistling call
an owl
Jack
$100 [2]
The 1st railway suspension bridge was completed over the gorge near these U.S.-Canadian falls in 1855
Niagara Falls
Jack
$100 [1]
"The Hogan Family" was set in Oak Park, Illinois & "Hogan's Heroes" was set in this country
Germany
Doug
$100 [21]
On the Beaufort scale, it's the next step up from a tropical storm
a hurricane
Claudia
$100 [12]
Missouri's national forest named for this writer is no where near the city of Hannibal
Mark Twain
Claudia
$100 [11]
If you're clumsy your fingers may be all these
thumbs
Jack
$200 [27]
The gray jay is not as famous as this relative whose scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata
the blue jay
Doug
$200 [3]
At the Columbian Exposition in 1893, this tall amusement park ride had everyone going in circles
the Ferris Wheel
Jack
$200 [5]
On its final episode Lt. Gerard shot Fred Johnson, the One-Armed Man
The Fugitive
Doug
$200 [22]
The EPA determines whether drinking water contains more lead than 15 ppb, ppb standing for this
parts per billion
Jack
$200 [13]
Much of this state is covered by 10 national forests including Salmon, Boise & Nez Perce
Idaho
Claudia
$200 [15]
Something quickly accomplished is done in the twinkling of a bedpost or of this body part
an eye
Doug
$300 [28]
These birds are so named because their long legs look like the poles circus performers walk on
stilts
Jack
$300 [4]
With Vince Lombardi as its coach, this team won the 1st Super Bowl in 1967
the Green Bay Packers
Doug
$300 [6]
In 1996 Lily Tomlin took over the role of "F.Y.I." producer on this show
Murphy Brown
Claudia
$300 [23]
This small measurement used by bartenders equals about 1 1/2 ounces
a shot glass (or a jigger)
Claudia
$300 [14]
This Cornhusker State's Blaine & Thomas Counties have the USA's largest hand-planted forest
Nebraska
Doug
$300 [16]
Act bluntly & you "shoot from" this
the hip
Doug
$400 [29]
The coscoroba, which weighs only about 8 pounds, is the smallest of these graceful birds
swans
$400 [9]
The 1st land engagement of this war took place June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Spanish-American War
Doug
DD $500 [7]
Part played on "Bewitched" in the '60s by the person seenherein a recent photo:[Erin Murphy]
Tabitha
Claudia
$400 [24]
To determine this for a circle, multiply the diameter by pi
the circumference
Claudia
$400 [19]
The northernmost of Arkansas' national forests shares its name with these mountains in the area
the Ozarks
Claudia
$400 [17]
You've got them if you can stand on a ship without losing your balance
sea legs
Doug
$500 [30]
The "snowy" type of this member of the heron family is known for its beautiful white plumes
an egret
Claudia Jack
$500 [10]
Oveta Culp Hobby, who passed away in 1995, was the 1st to head this former cabinet department, HEW for short
Health, Education and Welfare
Claudia
$500 [8]
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was the theme to this '90s series featuring Christopher Burke as Corky
Life Goes On
Claudia Doug
$500 [25]
Abbreviated G or GB in computerese, it's equal to 1,024 MB
a gigabyte
Claudia
$500 [20]
Minnesota's largest national forest shares its name with this Great Lake
Superior
Jack
$500 [18]
You put your nose to the grindstone & this to the wheel
a shoulder
Claudia

Double Jeopardy! Round

NONFICTION AMERICAN HISTORY NOTORIOUS WORLD GEOGRAPHY FOOD MUSICIANS & THEIR INSTRUMENTS
$200 [22]
In 1993 she published "The Downing Street Years", a memoir of her time as prime minister
Margaret Thatcher
Jack
$200 [1]
On the night of April 14, 1986, U.S. warplanes bombed Tripoli & Benghazi in this African country
Libya
Jack
$200 [6]
He began his famous murder spree in the slums of London's Whitechapel on August 7, 1888
Jack The Ripper
Jack
$200 [11]
Puerto Varas is in Chile & Puerto Vallarta is in this country
Mexico
Claudia
$200 [17]
A spring roll is a smaller, more delicate version of this Chinese appetizer
Egg Roll
Claudia
$200 [12]
At 14 Wynton Marsalis was a featured soloist on this instrument with the New Orleans Philharmonic
Trumpet
Doug Jack
$400 [23]
Conrad Busken Huet wrote "The Country of Rembrandt", a classic cultural history of this country
Holland/The Netherlands
Jack
$400 [2]
Traffic on this trail between San Antonio & Abilene peaked in 1871 with 600,000 cattle
the Chisholm Trail
Jack
$400 [7]
She wrote "The Story of Suicide Sal" as well as "The Story Of" herself "And Clyde"
Bonnie Parker
Doug
$400 [27]
Part of the Northwest Passage, the Davis Strait separates Canada's Baffin Island from this Danish one
Greenland
Claudia
$400 [18]
The Jordan type of this nut is often sold encased in a candy coating
Almond
Claudia
$400 [13]
James Galway has performed in several orchestras playing the flute & this smaller relative
Piccolo
Doug
$600 [24]
"Motherhood In Bondage" is one of the books by this birth control pioneer
Margaret Sanger
Doug
$600 [3]
Until the late 1840s, this largest North Carolina city was the USA's chief source of gold
Charlotte
Claudia Doug
$600 [8]
Albert Anastasia was "Lord High Executioner" of the gang of killers dubbed this by the press
"Murder, Incorporated"
Jack
$800 [29]
About 65% of the Philippines' total land area is divided between Luzon & this island
Mindanao
Claudia
$600 [19]
English name of the mashed-bean specialty Frijoles Refritos
Refried Beans
Claudia
$600 [14]
Kenny G took up this instrument after seeing someone play it on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Saxophone
Claudia
$800 [25]
"Ten Days That Shook The World" was his last book published during his lifetime
John Reed
Claudia
$800 [4]
At the same time that John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, his brother Allen headed this agency
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
Jack
$800 [9]
"Babe" & "Dickie" were the nicknames of these Chicago thrill killers of young Bobbie Franks
Leopold & Loeb
Claudia
DD $1,000 [28]
The city of Tangier lies at the western end of this strait
Strait of Gibraltar
Claudia
$800 [20]
The French name of this layered ice cream dessert means "perfect"
Parfait
Claudia
$800 [15]
Jacques Offenbach was a virtuoso on this instrument, as is Yo-Yo Ma
Cello
Claudia
$1,000 [26]
This Swiss-born woman psychiatrist wrote the bestselling book "On Death And Dying"
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Claudia
DD $1,500 [5]
19 members of this Irish-American terrorist society active in 1870s Pennsylvania were hanged
The Molly Maguires
Jack
$1,000 [10]
In 1985 3 members of this family were arrested for participating in a Naval spy ring
The Walkers
Doug
$1,000 [30]
The Potala, the former palace of the Dalai Lama, is a landmark of this Tibetan city
Lhasa
Doug
$1,000 [21]
The Chioggia type of this round root vegetable has concentric circles of red & white
Beets
Claudia
$1,000 [16]
Midori is one of the most celebrated players of this instrument
Violin
Claudia

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSICAL LITERATURE

4 single biographies & 23 pairs of biographies make up this classical work

"Plutarch's Lives"

Doug "What is Lives" — wagered $3,500
Jack "What is Plutarch's Lives?" — wagered $2,500
Claudia "What is the Iliad?" — wagered $600

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