Show #2160 1994-01-14 (taped 1993-09-27) Regular

Contestants

Mike Shearn — a writer from Batavia, New York

Elizabeth Schmidt — a teleservice representative originally from Tokyo, Japan

Judy Weightman — a puzzle editor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Judy	$1,900	$2,100	$7,900	$15,800 2-day champion: $29,100	$6,900 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Elizabeth	$800	$1,700	$5,900	$11,799 2nd place: a trip for two to San Juan, Puerto Rico	$5,900 13 R, 0 W
Mike	$1,800	$5,200	$9,000	$0 3rd place: Pro Form's Edge 3001 Cross Training System	$9,400 28 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GOING TO THE DOGS	LABRADOR	RETRIEVERS	POINTERS	BOXERS	BONES
$100 [1] This popular breed may have been named for its proficiency in hunting woodcock a cocker spaniel Judy	$100 [26] Ungava is the section of the Labrador peninsula that's located in this French-speaking province Quebec Mike	$100 [21] Menelaus & Agamemnon went with a group to Troy to retrieve her Helen of Troy Mike	$100 [6] When you eat this vegetable held by special little handles, don't butter all the rows at once corn (on the cob) Mike	$100 [16] Before a title fight with Billy Conn, Joe Louis said, "He can run but he can't" do this hide Mike	$100 [11] This framework of bones supporting the lower abdomen includes the Ilium & pubis bones the pelvis Elizabeth
$200 [2] With its short legs & long body it's nicknamed "Sausage Hound" a dachshund Mike	$200 [27] It's believed that this noted Norseman visited the peninsula around 1000 A.D. Leif Erikson Judy Mike	$200 [22] He disguised himself as the goddess Freya to retrieve his hammer from the giant Thrym Thor Mike	$200 [7] Heloise thinks you should turn these old chenille coverings into dishcloths a bedspread Elizabeth	$200 [17] He appears in TV commercials for Doritos tortilla chips with sons George, George, George & George George Foreman Mike	$200 [12] It's the part of the body where you'd find the 7 tarsal bones the foot Elizabeth
$300 [3] Ideally, the spots on this coach dog should be round & well-defined without intermingling Dalmatian Mike	$300 [28] The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the groups exploring the area & trading for these pelts (or furs) Mike	$300 [23] In 1985 Robert D. Ballard sent a camera down into the Atlantic to bring back the first shots of this since 1912 the Titanic Mike	$300 [8] This proverbial advice about how to be have in Italy's capital goes back to St. Ambrose "When in Rome, act as the Romans do" Elizabeth	$300 [18] In 1970 this former champ made a comeback in bouts with Jerry Quarry & Oscar Bonavena Muhammad Ali Mike	$300 [13] Shaped like a horseshoe, this bone normally has 8 teeth on each side the jawbone (or the mandible) Mike
$400 [4] The Basset hound is second only to this relative in having the keenest sense of smell bloodhound Mike	$400 [29] Opalescent specimens of Labradorite are sold under this "lunar" name moonstone Judy Mike	$500 [25] He went through Hell to bring back his wife Eurydice Orpheus Elizabeth	$400 [9] Some people claim the shiatsu type of this can reduce headaches massage Judy	$400 [19] Born Walker Smith, Jr., this great "sweet" middleweight won 174 of his 201 career bouts Sugar Ray Robinson Elizabeth	$400 [14] Of the 2 bones in the lower leg, it's the one not joined to the knee the fibula Judy
$500 [5] Also called a warrigal, this wild dog is one of the few nonmarsupial mammals of Australia dingo Judy	$500 [30] After exploring the area. this partner of Marquette was named royal hydrographer Jolliet Mike	DD $1,000 [24] In 1871 he found the man he was seeking at Ujiji; the man, though sick, wouldn't return with him Henry Stanley Mike	$500 [10] Brooke Shields suggests pushing these back with an orangewood stick your cuticles Judy	$500 [20] Subject of the film "Raging Bull", he held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951 Jake LaMotta Mike	$500 [15] The biceps & triceps muscles surround this arm bone the humerus Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	FLOWERS	COMPOSERS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	NONFICTION	CROSSWORD CLUES "N"
$200 [7] On June 15, 1775 he was chosen to command the Continental Army Washington Judy	$200 [26] The Persians originally called this flower nilak, meaning "bluish" lilac Mike	$200 [21] His father, the composer William Southcombe Lloyd Webber, was the director of the London College of Music Andrew Lloyd Webber Mike	$200 [8] This home of the "Fighting Irish" is governed by a board of 42 lay people & 8 priests Notre Dame Judy	$200 [1] "The Blue and the Gray" is an account of this event drawn from private diaries & state papers the Civil War Judy	$200 [2] One is hit on the head (4) nail Judy
$400 [17] On June 15, 1924 congress passed a law making these native-born people U.S. citizens the Native Americans (or the Indians) Mike	$400 [27] Popular at Easter, a white one of these flowers is sacred to the Virgin Mary lily Mike	$400 [22] Jacques Brel became famous in France, but he was born in this Belgian capital Brussels Mike	$400 [9] This New Jersey school is the fourth-oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. Princeton Judy	$400 [13] In a 1952 book Dixon Wecter detailed this author's early years in Hannibal Mark Twain Elizabeth	$400 [3] About his jacket, critics pandit (5) Nehru Elizabeth
$600 [18] In '80 Pres. Carter announced a grain & high-tech embargo against the USSR for invading this country Afghanistan Mike	$600 [28] An old legend says those who wear this flower will be remembered by their lovers, hence its name forget-me-not Mike	$600 [23] He wrote his first opera, "La Princesse Jaune", in 1872, 14 years before "Carnival of the Animals" (Camille) Saint-Saëns Judy Elizabeth	$600 [10] The Bodleian Library at this university is England's second largest Oxford Judy Mike	$600 [14] In 1989 this news partner of Jim Lehrer wrote a bestselling memoir called "Wordstruck" (Robert) MacNeil Elizabeth	$600 [4] (7) nothing Elizabeth
$800 [19] In the early 1800s, this lexicographer served in the Massachusetts legislature (Noah) Webster Elizabeth	$800 [29] Miniature ones of these flowers include the Starina & the Baby Betsy McCall a rose Judy	$800 [24] This Russian ballet composer was deeply hurt when his patron Madame von Meck cut him off in 1890 Tchaikovsky Elizabeth	$800 [11] This Evanston, Ill. university was the nation's first to have a school of speech Northwestern Mike	$800 [15] Leon Edel won a 1963 Pulitzer for Volumes II & III of his biography of this "Turn of the Screw" author Henry James Mike	$800 [5] Country city (9) Nashville Judy
$1,000 [20] This English firm owned the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party British East India Company Judy	DD $2,000 [30] The jonquil is a species of this flower named for a mythical youth the narcissus Judy	$1,000 [25] He also wrote a "Hollywood Suite", but his "Grand Canyon Suite" is more famous Grofé Judy	$1,000 [12] Baylor University was founded in Independence, Texas & moved to this city in 1886 Waco Judy	DD $1,000 [16] In 1993 this self-help book by M. Scott Peck celebrated its 9th year on the New York Times bestsellers list The Road Less Traveled Mike	$1,000 [6] It falls daily (5) night Mike

Final Jeopardy!

LEGENDS

According to Sir Thomas Malory, the name of this object means "cut-steel"

Excalibur

Elizabeth "What is Excaliber?" — wagered $5,899

Judy "What is Excalibur?" — wagered $7,900

Mike "What is" — wagered $9,000

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