Show #2860 1997-01-24 (taped 1996-11-12) Regular

Contestants

Pat Ostenburg — a chemistry teacher from Ocala, Florida

Chad Curtis — a satellite news producer from Charlotte, North Carolina

Laura Glassman — a freelance editor and proofreader from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Laura	$800	$1,400	$5,600	$11,199 2-day champion: $29,400	$5,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Chad	$1,700	$2,900	$5,700	$100 2nd place: Broyhill Entertainment Armoire & Service Merchandise Gift Certificate	$5,300 18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Pat	$500	$1,500	$5,100	$100 3rd place: Carey Limousine Service	$5,100 14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

PUERTO RICO	TELEVISION	GUINNESS RECORDS	4-LETTER WORDS	SCIENCE & NATURE	POT CLUCK
$100 [1] His 1493 stop at Puerto Rico is the foundation for the claim he "discovered America", meaning the U.S. Christopher Columbus Pat	$100 [3] After 12 seasons, Angela Lansbury closed the book on this series in 1996 "Murder, She Wrote" Pat	$100 [21] Carolyn Ann Ash wrote the longest of these religious songs published--the 754-verse "Sing God's Song" Hymn Laura	$100 [13] In "God Bless America" "The oceans" are "white with" it Foam Laura	$100 [2] The Columbia, one of these between Valdez & Anchorage, Alaska can move about 65 feet per day Glacier Chad	$100 [22] The dish of chicken wings in a hot sauce & blue cheese dressing was named for this city, not for an animal Buffalo, NY Laura
$200 [8] This country surrendered Puerto Rico to the U.S. in the 1898 Treaty of Paris Spain Chad	$200 [4] Erika Slezak has played the role of Victoria Lord on this daytime soap since 1971 "One Life To Live" Chad	$200 [27] The longest of these ended after 67 years when Octavio Guillen & Adriana Martinez were married in 1969 Engagement Laura	$200 [14] To kick a football Punt Chad	$200 [10] In 1909 Dutch botanist Wilhelm Johannsen first proposed this name for the unit of heredity in living things Gene Laura	$200 [23] Roy Harper of Van Camp Sea Food is credited with naming this brand of tuna Chicken of the Sea Chad Pat
$300 [9] About 85% of Puerto Ricans profess this faith; most others are Protestants Roman Catholicism Pat	$300 [5] This cable network's "Biography" won a 1995 Cableace Award for best documentary series A&E (Arts & Entertainment Network) Chad	$300 [28] Red Rock, the top bucking one of these, threw 312 before Lane Frost rode him to the 8-second bell in 1988 Bull Laura Pat	$300 [15] It means to drive an airplane on the ground Taxi Laura	$300 [18] The largest living reptile is probably the saltwater species of this animal, which may weigh more than a ton Crocodile Pat	$300 [24] It's the rock referred to in the name of the Rock Cornish game hen Plymouth Rock Laura Pat
$400 [11] Puerto Rico is the smallest & easternmost of the islands of this "greater" group Antilles Chad	$400 [6] He spent 8 years on "Saturday Night Live" before starring as anchorman Bill McNeal on "News Radio" Phil Hartman Chad	$400 [29] The largest fronton, or stadium, for this sport seats 6,000 in West Palm Beach, Florida jai alai Pat	$400 [16] It's a spot on a radar screen Blip Chad	$400 [19] This Russian physiologist's major published work was "Conditioned Reflexes" in 1926 Ivan Pavlov Laura	$400 [25] An old person isn't one of these seasonal items anymore Spring Chicken Chad
$500 [12] Puerto Rico is sometimes called the "Island Of" this; New Mexico is the "Land Of" it Enchantment Laura	DD $500 [7] This sitcom is set at Tom Nevers Field "Wings" Chad	$500 [30] The 1994 race in which she defeated Michael Huffington was the most expensive Senate campaign ever Dianne Feinstein Chad Pat	$500 [17] To cover with clothing Garb/Clad Pat	$500 [20] His first law of planetary motion states the planets' orbits are ellipses with the sun at one focus Johannes Kepler Laura Chad	$500 [26] It's the part of a chicken in rumaki Liver Pat

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART	WORLD WAR II	THE WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC	ANNUAL EVENTS	THE BIBLE	AUTHORS
$200 [17] Coptic art, which developed in this river valley, was inspired by the Hellenistic style of Alexandria Nile Chad	$200 [22] The second time this U.S. general lost patience with combat fatigued soldiers, he nearly lost his command George Patton Chad	$200 [2] Record producer Billy Sherrill suggested that Virginia Wynette Pugh change her name to this Tammy Wynette Laura	$200 [4] A Sept. festival in Seaside Heights, New Jersey features hundreds of these silly circus performers Clowns Chad	$200 [11] Elah, the valley where he killed Goliath, was protected by the cities of Libnah & Azekah David Laura	$200 [1] Nadine Gordimer, born in the Transvaal in this country, had her 1st story published when she was 15 South Africa Chad
$400 [18] Encaustic painting, practiced by the ancient Greeks, uses this melted insect substance as a binder Wax Pat	$400 [23] As chief of staff to this man, General Joseph Stilwell urged him to fight the Japanese, not the Communists Chiang Kai-shek Laura Chad	$400 [27] Vince Gill's wife Janis sings duets with her sister Kristine as The Sweethearts Of this The Rodeo	$400 [5] Pecos in this state has a world championship bar-b-q contest & a cantaloupe festival Texas Chad	$400 [13] Matthew 1:19 shows him as a just man by his refusal to divorce & humiliate the pregnant Mary Joseph Pat	$400 [3] Douglas Southall Freeman won a Pulitzer Prize for his 4-volume biography of this Confederate general Robert E. Lee Pat
$600 [19] This muralist was only 10 when he began studying at Mexico City's Academy of San Carlos Diego Rivera Laura	$800 [25] This Japanese admiral & Pearl Harbor strategist was shot down by U.S. forces April 18, 1943 Yamamoto	$600 [28] Her big sister Loretta Lynn wrote her 1st single, "I've Cried The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes" Crystal Gayle Pat	$600 [6] An April festival in Independence, Kansas honors this playwright; we hope they have a "Picnic" William Inge Laura	$600 [14] The musical instrument called a shofar was made from this part of a ram Horn Laura	$600 [8] Born Edith Newbold Jones, she published "The House of Mirth" under this, her married name Edith Wharton Laura
$800 [20] Giovanni Antonio Canal was the real name of this artist known for his paintings of Venice Canaletto Laura	DD $1,000 [24] About 40,000 men were left in this French port after the last evacuation ship left June 4, 1940 Dunkirk Chad	—	$800 [7] Drivers race Model Ts while holding pigs in their laps at the Tillamook County Fair in this state Oregon	$800 [15] She was busy with her housework while her sister Mary sat at Jesus' feet & listened to his teachings Martha Pat	$800 [9] This author of "The Group" based the heroine of her book "The Company She Keeps" on herself Mary McCarthy Pat
DD $1,000 [21] The Bronze Family Group sculpted by this Englishman in the 1940s is in the Museum of Modern Art Henry Moore Laura	$1,000 [26] In May 1941 this deputy to Hitler flew to Britain as a self-appointed peace emissary Rudolf Hess	—	$1,000 [10] A conch shell blowing contest is held annually in this southern Florida city whose people are called Conchs Key West Pat	$1,000 [16] When the United Monarchy failed, Rehoboam became head of this kingdom in southern Palestine Judah	$1,000 [12] He dedicated his 1888 book "Plain Tales From The Hills" "To the wittiest woman in India" Rudyard Kipling Chad

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. CURRENCY

Of men pictured on currently printed paper money, he's the one most recently deceased

Ulysses S. Grant (on the $50 bill; died in 1885)

Pat "Who is Madison?" — wagered $5,000

Laura "Who is Grant?" — wagered $5,599

Chad "Who is Lincoln?" — wagered $5,600

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