Show #2863 1997-01-29 (taped 1996-11-13) Regular

Contestants

Davia Worthen — a teacher's aide from Lafayette, Indiana

Randy Cohen — a Ph.D. student originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bob Combs — an investigator from Athens, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,701)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bob $1,800 $3,200 $9,000 $6,599
2nd place: Towle silver flatware & glass bowl
$9,600
29 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Randy $200 $400 $1,000 $1,500
3rd place: Whirlpool dishwasher & trash compactor
$1,000
7 R, 3 W
Davia $1,300 $3,300 $5,700 $9,399
New champion: $9,399
$5,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHEMISTRY FOOD & DRINK TRAVEL U.S.A. HISTORY MOST STRESSFUL JOBS CHARACTERS IN DISNEY FILMS
$100 [6]
Dmitry Mendeleyev & Julius Meyer independently proposed a principle that led to this table
the periodic table of elements
Bob
$100 [24]
The 3 primary wine-growing regions of this state are Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley & Walla Walla
Washington
Bob
$100 [19]
Wicker furniture maker Harry Shill built the rolling chairs used on this city's Boardwalk
Atlantic City
Bob
$100 [10]
The third of these military expeditions was led by Frederick I Barbarossa, Philip II & Richard the Lion-Hearted
the Crusades
Bob
$100 [1]
Police officers rank No. 8; this occupation "heats up" at No. 2
fireman
Bob
$100 [7]
The Grand Duke, Prince Charming, the Fairy Godmother
Cinderella
Davia
$200 [8]
Brimstone is another name for this light yellow nonmetallic element
sulphur
Randy
$200 [25]
By U.S. law this spread must be at least 80% milkfat; the rest is water & milk solids
butter
Randy Davia
$200 [20]
This Lake Havasu City landmark had to be trimmed 53 feet from its original length
the London Bridge
Bob
$200 [14]
In 1513 he reached & named Florida
Ponce de León
Bob
$200 [2]
No. 9 on the list is this profession; no wonder Joe Greene was so mean
football player
Bob
$200 [11]
Nana, the crocodile, Mr. Smee
Peter Pan
Bob
$300 [9]
It's the branch of chemistry that studies compounds containing carbon
organic chemistry
Davia
$300 [26]
In China, this dish of fried egg & vegetable patties is never served with sauce
egg foo yung
$300 [21]
In Arkansas you can visit the Daisy International Air Gun Museum in Rogers & Daisy Mae in this Al Capp theme park
Dogpatch USA
Bob
$300 [15]
In 1718 the British tracked down & killed this "dark" pirate in a North Carolina inlet
Blackbeard
Bob
$300 [3]
It's ranked as America's most stressful job; only one person at a time holds it
President of the U.S.
Bob
$300 [12]
Governor Ratcliffe, Kocoum, Nakoma
Pocahontas
Bob
$400 [27]
Chemists use this whirling device to separate solids from liquids or one liquid from another
a centrifuge
Randy
$400 [29]
This lunch meat is named for the Italian city that's also home to mortadella
bologna
Bob
$400 [22]
Houses you can visit in this city include Babe Ruth's & H.L. Mencken's
Baltimore
Bob
DD $300 [17]
In 1946 the Ivory Coast was made an overseas territory of this country; in 1960 it gained its independence
France
Davia
$400 [4]
No. 7 is this job that's been held by a Cooper, a Shepard & a Schweickart
astronaut
$400 [13]
Flora, Prince Philip, Princess Aurora
Sleeping Beauty
Davia
$500 [28]
It's 1 or 2 or more atoms of the same element that differ in atomic weight
an isotope
Davia
$500 [30]
Sogrape, this country's largest wine company, produces Mateus Rose & Ferreira Port
Portugal
Davia
$500 [23]
At his birthplace at 224 S. 2nd St., Winterset, Iowa, you can see the eye patch he wore in a 1969 film
John Wayne (as Rooster Cogburn)
$500 [18]
The treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 was named for this New Hampshire city
Portsmouth
Bob
$500 [5]
At No. 10 the list takes off with these airport personnel
air traffic controllers
Davia
$500 [16]
Nala, Mufasa, Scar
The Lion King
Davia

Double Jeopardy! Round

17TH C. LIT EUROPEAN CITIES ANIMALS HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAMOUS AMERICANS THE PLAY'S THE THING
$200 [6]
In 1604 this king appointed 54 scholars, including Sir Henry Savile, to retranslate the Bible
James I
Davia
$200 [1]
This capital is the home of the Bourbon Palace, the meeting place of the French National Assembly
Paris
Randy
$200 [9]
If a weasel pops by for lunch in the cold winter, you'll notice its coat is this color
White
Bob
$200 [12]
This star of "Born On The Fourth of July" was actually born on the third of July in 1962
Tom Cruise
Bob
$200 [18]
In 1728 this Philadelphian & partner Hugh Meredith bought a printing press
Benjamin Franklin
Davia
$200 [13]
10 years after its 1956 debut, it was reworked into a musical & its title was shortened to "Mame"
"Auntie Mame"
Bob
$400 [7]
In 1667 Jonathan Swift was born & this poet published "Paradise Lost"
John Milton
Randy
$400 [2]
Once the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Taurini, it was Italy's first capital, 1861-65
Turin
Bob
$400 [27]
Dabbling types of these include the pintail & teal
Ducks
Bob
$400 [19]
This country singer could serve his sausage to Rosanna Arquette on their mutual birthday, August 10
Jimmy Dean
Bob
$400 [20]
This Naval hero helped outfit the Alfred, the first ship bought by the Continental Congress
John Paul Jones
Bob
$400 [14]
The 1974 musical "Mack And Mabel" was about this Keystone Kops director & star Mabel Normand
Mack Sennett
Randy
$600 [8]
His "Compleat Angler" went through 5 editions during the 17th century
Izaak Walton
$600 [3]
The Gothic cathedral in this southern Polish city was once the site of the coronation of Polish kings
Krakow
Bob
$600 [28]
The word mouse is from a Sanskrit word for this, because they stole people's food
Thief
Randy
$800 [25]
She celebrates her "official" birthday in June; her real birthday is April 21
Queen Elizabeth II
Randy
$600 [21]
This man, "Old Tippecanoe", was elected the Northwest Territory's delegate to Congress in 1799
William Henry Harrison
Bob
$600 [15]
In a Christopher Marlowe play, Barabas is "The Jew Of" this island
Malta
Bob
$800 [10]
In 1680 this "Pilgrims Progress" author published "The Life And Death of Mr. Badman"
John Bunyan
Bob
$800 [4]
This capital of Liechtenstein has a postal museum & a museum of the royal family's art collection
Vaduz
Bob
$800 [29]
If you spot several servals slinking south of the Sahara, you'll see slender types of these animals
Cats
Randy
DD $1,000 [24]
On March 7, 2034hecan wish himself a happy 100th birthday:
Willard Scott
Bob
DD $1,000 [22]
Although called the "Great Dissenter", this jurist's dissents numbered only about 3% of some 6,000 cases
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bob
$800 [16]
Hot Dog! He's the villain of "The Rocky Horror Show"
Frank N. Furter
Bob
$1,000 [11]
The first classical work translated in Colonial America was this Ovid work by George Sandys in 1626
"Metamorphoses"
Davia
$1,000 [5]
It's the hub of the British metal goods industry
Birmingham
Davia
$1,000 [30]
Found in all oceans, they have the widest distribution of any whale & use echolocation to hunt
Orcas/Killer Whales
Bob Randy
$1,000 [26]
This actor who played Bobby Ewing on "Dallas" was born on St. Patrick's Day
Patrick Duffy
Bob
$1,000 [23]
In 1887 this future Democratic presidential nominee moved to Lincoln, Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Bob
$1,000 [17]
The starting team of the Chicago Bulls could fill the cast of this 1972 Jason Miller play; it only has 5 parts
"That Championship Season"

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

2 of the 5 U.S. presidents who played football for their college teams

(2 of) Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford & Reagan

Randy "Who were Ford & Reagan" — wagered $500
Davia "Who are Ford & Reagan?" — wagered $3,699
Bob "Who were Bush and Ford" — wagered $2,401

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