Show #2326 1994-10-17 (taped 1994-08-24) Regular

Contestants

George Fries — a civil engineer from Hamilton, New Jersey

Bazil Facchina — an attorney from Washington, D.C.

Eileen Lynch — a project manager from West Windsor, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Eileen	$2,300	$3,700	$7,600	$3,999 2nd place: trip for 2 to Mexico City and Zihuatanejo	$7,500 28 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W
Bazil	$400	$1,800	$5,600	$7,650 New champion: $7,650	$6,200 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
George	$800	$1,500	$3,500	$1,300 3rd place: Lane Venture wicker furniture	$3,500 9 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICA	THE MOVIES	NAMES	BODIES OF WATER	APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES	"SILVER"
$100 [6] There's a statue of this lexicographer in the center of West Hartford, Conn., his hometown (Noah) Webster Eileen	$100 [11] The first of his 3 "Best Actor" nominations came for 1934's "The Thin Man" William Powell George	$100 [1] Women named Deborah should be busy, because Deborah is from Hebrew for this "busy" insect a bee Eileen	$100 [16] One Hindu legend says that this sacred river sprang from the foot of the god Vishnu the Ganges George	$100 [26] Something that happens quickly happens in "leaps and" these bounds Eileen	$100 [21] Term describing an eloquent person, such as an orator silver-tongued Eileen
$200 [7] Shirley Plantation in this state was the site of the 1793 wedding of Robert E. Lee's parents Virginia Bazil	$200 [12] "Man of Conquest" was a 1939 biography of this president of Texas Sam Houston Eileen	$200 [2] Among the months of the year used as names, this one is first alphabetically April Eileen Bazil	$200 [17] The area surrounding this sea has been called "The Cradle of Civilization" the Mediterranean Bazil	$200 [27] You'd file this extremely large indefinite number under "Z" zillion Eileen Bazil	$200 [22] This 2-word phrase, no longer on our currency, made bills redeemable in metal silver certificate George
$300 [8] Old Deseret is a re-created 19th century pioneer community in this state capital Salt Lake City Eileen George	$300 [13] Athlete portrayed by John Goodman in a 1992 film Babe Ruth Eileen	$300 [3] Bianca is Italian for this color white Eileen	$300 [18] About a third of the earth's surface is covered by this body of water the Pacific Eileen	$300 [28] Anatomically speaking, an outpouring of gossip can be a "real" one of these earful	$300 [23] Because his hair turned white prematurely, country singer Charlie Rich was given this nickname the Silver Fox Eileen
$400 [9] This Washington, D.C. house, once the residence of Harry Truman, is named for the founder of the Washington Globe Blair House Eileen	$400 [14] It completes the Mae West line "Well, it's not the men in your life that count,..." "it's the life in your men." George	$400 [4] You may think of it was pulled candy, but in Wales it's a popular nickname for David Taffy Eileen	$400 [19] A channel called Pentland Firth separates the Orkney Islands from the mainland of this country Scotland Eileen	$400 [29] At an auction it's a number of items that are bid on as one item a lot Eileen	$400 [24] This wingless household pest feeds on such starchy items as wallpaper & books a silverfish George
$500 [10] The Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. use this founder's Savannah, Georgia birthplace as a national program center Juliette Low Eileen	$500 [15] He was the Figg in "How to Frame a Figg" Don Knotts	DD $500 [5] This surname, from Old English for "west meadow", is a popular first name among Methodists Wesley Eileen	$500 [20] Nicaragua's capital is located on the southern shore of this lake Lake Managua Eileen Bazil	$500 [30] It's a group of legislators who vote together, or a group of countries with a common purpose a bloc Bazil	$500 [25] The eyes of newborns are often treated with a solution of this chemical to prevent blindness silver nitrate Eileen

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	FLOWERS	THE DEPT. OF COMMERCE	MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS	NATIONAL PARKS	AUTHORS AT WAR
$200 [1] Thomas Brunner explored the interior of this country's South Island from Tasman Bay to Mt. Cook New Zealand Bazil	$200 [21] The flower of the banana plant is pollinated by these flying mammals bats Bazil	$200 [2] The NTIS & NTIA are there to supply you with this, their "I", & you don't have to call 411 to get it Information Bazil	$200 [7] You need a tenor to play Loge the Fire God in this composer's "Das Rheingold" Wagner Bazil	$200 [12] After Yellowstone, this Florida park is the largest in the lower 48 states The Everglades Eileen	$200 [26] This author of "Don Quixote" lost his the use of his left hand at the 1571 Battle of Lepanto Cervantes Eileen
$400 [17] In 1864 John M. Bozeman helped establish a town in the Gallatin Valley in what's now this state Montana Eileen Bazil	$400 [22] The Alabama, Wisconsin & Hawaii are hybrids of this plant with a continent in its name the African violet Eileen	$400 [3] The Bureau of the Census performs a full population & housing census this often every ten years Bazil	$400 [8] "Orpheus in the Underworld" is one of the countless operas that feature this Roman goddess of love Venus Eileen	$400 [13] About a million gals. of water flow daily from the hot springs at Hot Springs National Park in this state Arkansas Eileen	DD $500 [27] This count participated in the Crimean War siege of Sevastopol & later wrote about it Tolstoy Eileen
$600 [18] When Pedro Cabral claimed this New World territory for Portugal, he called it Vera Cruz Brazil Eileen	$600 [23] Tap water that contains a heavy amount of this strong-smelling element is bad for your orchids chlorine Eileen Bazil	$600 [4] Ronald H. Brown earns $148,400 a year in this post Secretary of Commerce Bazil	$600 [9] Jove disguises himself as this goddess of the hunt, his own daughter, in Cavalli's opera "La Calisto" Diana Eileen	$600 [14] Blindfish & blind Crayfish are among the unique animals that inhabit the waters of this Kentucky national park Mammoth Cave Bazil	$600 [28] This author of "The Gulag Archipelago" was awarded the Order of the Wed Star for his WWII service Solzhenitsyn Eileen
$800 [19] Partnered with Speke in African exploration, he'd been expelled from Oxford for attending a horse race Sir Richard Burton Eileen Bazil	$800 [24] Try to remember that the flower of the forget-me-not comes in white, pink or this primary color blue George	$800 [5] It's the P of the PTO; Edison received many of them a patent George	$800 [10] Richard Strauss' opera about Menelaus & this wife features 3 elves & a singing seashell Helen (of Troy) Bazil	DD $600 [15] Famous for its colorful display of eroded rocks, this Utah "Canyon" was named for a Mormon settler Bryce Bazil	$800 [29] This "Ethan Frome" author was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for her work with WWI refugees Edith Wharton Eileen
$1,000 [20] He chose the Bay of Whales as the base for his 1911 conquest of the South Pole Amundsen Eileen	$1,000 [25] The state flower of Massachusetts is the mayflower, aka the trailing type of this the arbutus Bazil	$1,000 [6] This department was originally with the Commerce Dept., but they split; we guess it didn't "work" out the Department of Labor Eileen	$1,000 [11] Gluck's opera about Echo & Narcissus is based on this poet's "Metamorphoses" Ovid Bazil	$1,000 [16] The national park in this U.S. territory contains one of the best-preserved coral reefs in the Pacific American Samoa Eileen Bazil George	$1,000 [30] This author of "Deliverance" served in both WWII & the Korean War James Dickey George

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

It was created in 1931 by a merger of, among others, Boeing Air Transport & National Air Transport

United Airlines

George "What is TWA?" — wagered $2,200

Bazil "What is United Airlines?" — wagered $2,050

Eileen "What is Boeing Aircraft" — wagered $3,601

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