Show #2847 1997-01-07 (taped 1996-11-05) Regular

Claudia Perry game 5.

Contestants

David Charlton, Jr. — a college student from Port Charlotte, Florida

Steve Dhuey — a book editor from Madison, Wisconsin

Claudia Perry — a pop music critic from San Jose, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $45,303)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Claudia $500 $3,200 $5,600 $599
2nd place: Trip to Madrid, Spain
$6,100
21 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Steve $600 $1,700 $2,100 $4,100
New champion: $4,100
$2,100
16 R, 5 W
David $700 $700 $7,600 $1
3rd place: Oneida Gift Certificate
$4,900
12 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SINGERS & THEIR FILMS SCIENCE & NATURE ETIQUETTE CORPORATE AMERICA EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
$100 [1]
At age 9 she was "Zadorable" as a Martian child in 1964's "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"
Pia Zadora
Claudia
$100 [26]
This basic state of matter has no fixed volume or fixed shape
Gas
$100 [20]
On rainy days, be careful not to poke other people with the point of this device
Umbrella
Steve
$100 [10]
While Alco Standard distributes paper products, ALCOA is known for products made of this material
Aluminum
Steve
$100 [3]
Many of these lion-bodied statues were found in ancient Egypt; the most famous is at Giza
Sphinxes
Steve
$100 [8]
Dance or dot(5)
Polka
Steve
$200 [2]
He eased on down the road with his mentor Diana Ross when he played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz"
Michael Jackson
David
$200 [27]
In a rainbow this color appears between blue & violet
Indigo
Claudia
$200 [21]
It's a charming custom to give each guest at a wedding reception a slice of this in a white box
Wedding Cake
Claudia
$200 [11]
In 1995 this fast food division of Pepsico, Inc. introduced a "stuffed crust" product
Pizza Hut
Steve
$200 [7]
Though depicted with the head of a cow, Hathor is a goddess of beauty equated with this Greek goddess
Aphrodite
Claudia
$200 [9]
Peter's pepper(7)
Pickled
Steve
$300 [4]
She was "Divine" as the voice of a French poodle named Georgette in the Disney film "Oliver & Company"
Bette Midler
Claudia
$300 [28]
North American types of this bird include Montezuma, mountain & bobwhite
Quail
$300 [22]
French for "good trip", it's the kind of party you throw for someone leaving on a cruise
Bon Voyage
Claudia
$300 [12]
This bookstore chain founded by Larry Hoyt in 1933 was named for an inspirational pond
Waldenbooks
Steve
$300 [17]
Thoth is a moon god associated with this large, robust monkey
Baboon
$300 [15]
Steeler city(10)
Pittsburgh
Claudia
$400 [5]
We hope this singer got some "Satisfaction" when he starred as the famous Australian outlaw "Ned Kelly"
Mick Jagger
Steve
$400 [29]
In 1928 physicist Walther Muller helped this man improve his radiation detector
Hans Geiger
Claudia
$400 [23]
The "high" form of this meal should feature sturdy food such as eggs rather than dainty little sandwiches
Tea
Claudia
$400 [13]
This media company's NYSE symbol is TWX
Time Warner
Claudia Steve
$400 [18]
Egyptians studied The Book Of The Dead to help them get past this presiding god into paradise
Osiris
Claudia David
$400 [16]
Left on board(4)
Port
David
$500 [6]
He appeared in "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" before he hit the beach with Annette Funicello
Frankie Avalon
David
$500 [30]
Photosynthesis takes place in these specialized structures in the cells of plants
Chloroplasts
$500 [24]
Swedes toast each other with this word derived from Old Norse for "bowl"
Skol
Claudia
DD $500 [14]
Named for the Mississippi area it served, this airline began in 1924 as a crop-dusting service
Delta Airlines
Claudia
$500 [25]
Thor Heyerdahl's 1969 & 1970 expeditions to cross the Atlantic in reed boats were named after this god
Ra
Steve
$500 [19]
Czech out this beer(7)
Pilsner
Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT SHAKESPEARE BAYS TENNIS COURT APPOINTEES 20th CENTURY AUTHORS
$200 [12]
This writer was the daughter of liberal clergyman Lyman Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Claudia
$200 [1]
The shortest of the tragedies, it may have been written to appeal to James I's interest in witchcraft
"Macbeth"
David
$200 [11]
This Maryland-Virginia bay varies between 4 & 40 miles in width
Chesapeake Bay
Steve
$200 [26]
Flat, topspin & slice are the 3 basic types of this first shot
Serve
Steve
$200 [20]
James I created this post, M.C. for short, to have someone in charge of the formalities of public functions
Master of Ceremonies
David
$200 [3]
Like "Presumed Innocent", his novel "Burden Of Proof" is set in fictional Kindle County
Scott Turow
David
$400 [16]
This showman's first attraction was Joice Heth, a slave presented as George Washington's former nurse
P.T. Barnum
Steve
$400 [2]
This jester makes an appearance in the last act of "Hamlet" when a gravedigger uncovers his skull
Yorick
Claudia
$400 [13]
In 1983 artist Christo wrapped islands in this southern Florida bay with pink plastic
Biscayne Bay
Claudia
$400 [27]
She was the No. 1 ranked player in Czechoslovakia 1972-75
Martina Navratilova
Claudia
$400 [21]
In 1915 many high officials in the Russian court were incompetents chosen by this "Mad Monk"
Rasputin
Steve
$400 [5]
This "Ragtime" author's initials stand for Edgar Laurence
E.L. Doctorow
Steve
$600 [17]
His "Blue-Backed Speller", issued in 1783, is still in print in revised form
Noah Webster
Steve
$600 [4]
His youngest daughter, Cordelia, shares his stubbornness & refuses to flatter him like her sisters
King Lear
Claudia
$600 [14]
The ruins of Pompeii are on the eastern shore of this bay
Bay of Naples
Steve
$600 [28]
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge trophy is better known as this, for the man who established it
The Davis Cup
Claudia Steve David
$600 [22]
The first to hold this lifetime appointment in England was John Dryden in 1668
Poet Laureate
Claudia
$600 [6]
His WWII imprisonment in a Dresden slaughterhouse inspired "Slaughterhouse-Five"
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Claudia
$800 [18]
In 1901 this Hartford-born financier organized U.S. Steel, the largest corp. in the world
J.P. Morgan
Steve
$800 [8]
"As You Like It" is set in part in this forest
Forest of Arden
David
$800 [15]
The eastern coast of this bay has many good ports, including Sittwe, Myanmar
Bay of Bengal
David
$800 [29]
Chris Evert retired as a pro in 1989 & this 13-year-old girl trained by Chris' father turned pro in 1990
Jennifer Capriati
David
$800 [24]
In 1830 this British dandy was appointed British consul at Caen
Beau Brummel
Claudia
$800 [7]
In his 1st book, "The Boo", Pat Conroy wrote about this South Carolina military academy, his alma mater
The Citadel
David
$1,000 [19]
This "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" preacher was valedictorian of his class at Yale
Jonathan Edwards
David
DD $2,700 [9]
Act IV, Scene 1 of this play takes place in the English camp at Agincourt
"Henry V"
David
$1,000 [23]
Chaleur Bay separates New Brunswick from the Gaspe Peninsula of this province
Quebec
Claudia
DD $2,000 [30]
To accomplish a Grand Slam, you have to win certain tournaments in these 4 countries
Australia, England, France & United States
David
$1,000 [25]
A year after discovering Uranus, he was appointed private astronomer to King George III
Sir William Herschel
Claudia Steve
$1,000 [10]
"Letting Go" was the 1st full-length novel by this author of "Goodbye, Columbus"
Philip Roth
Claudia

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

His brother Jonathan lost his life in 1976 leading the raid on Entebbe

Benjamin Netanyahu (prime minister of Israel)

Steve "Who is Netanyahu" — wagered $2,000
Claudia "Who was Yitzhak Rabin?" — wagered $5,001
David "Who is Begin" — wagered $7,599

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