Show #2538 1995-09-20 Regular

Contestants

Nancy Reno — a silversmith from Oak Park, Illinois

Marie Magnuson — a waitress from Fall Church, Virginia

Albina Moran — an administrative assistant from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Albina $2,700 $4,900 $9,100 $13,100
3-day champion: $36,900
$10,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Marie $700 $2,600 $3,600 $0
3rd place: Magnavox VHS camcorder + Jeopardy! home game & Tiger electronic Jeopardy!
$3,600
10 R, 1 W
Nancy $500 $1,300 $6,500 $12,999
2nd place: Ashley dining set & Asko washer & dryer + Jeopardy! home game & Tiger electronic Jeopardy!
$6,500
19 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY BEAUTY QUEENS & PAGEANT WINNERS OLD POLITICAL TERMS WORLD CAPITALS COMMON BONDS
$100 [11]
After the Han Dynasty fell, this country was divided into 3 kingdoms: Wei, Wu & Shu
China
Nancy
$100 [12]
This company's revenues soared after the introduction of its model 914 copier in 1959
Xerox
Nancy
$100 [17]
This "Wheel of Fortune" co-star was once 4th runner-up in the Miss Georgia Universe Pageant
Vanna White
Nancy
$100 [26]
Before the Civil War a doughface was a Northerner who favored this practice
slavery
Albina
$100 [6]
A new opera house opened in this Egyptian capital in 1988
Cairo
Nancy
$100 [1]
Happy, rush, witching
hours
Albina
$200 [22]
Number of days the Arab-Israeli War lasted in June 1967
six days
Albina
$200 [13]
In 1988 this newspaper company started "USA Today—The Television Show"
Gannett
Nancy
$200 [18]
This talk show queen once reigned as Miss Black Nashville & Miss Black Tennessee
Oprah Winfrey
Albina
$200 [27]
An adviser was once called a bottle-holder, from a ring assistant in this sport
boxing
Marie
$200 [7]
This Icelandic city is graced by a statue of its founder, Ingolfur Arnarson
Reykjavik
Albina
$200 [2]
Litter, doodle, shutter
bugs
Albina
$300 [23]
In 1580 he became the first Englishman to complete a voyage around the world
(Sir Francis) Drake
Albina
$300 [14]
This German company produces SEAT & Audi automobiles
Volkswagen
$300 [19]
She was crowned Miss World-U.S.A. in 1973; 2 years later she was TV's Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter
Nancy
$300 [28]
The spoils or plums of office were referred to as these 2 items, from Christ's miraculous meal
the loaves & the fishes
Marie
$400 [9]
The 26-story Palacio Salvo in this Uruguayan capital was once the tallest building in South America
Montevideo
Marie Nancy
$300 [3]
Bon, camp, St. Elmo's
fire
Marie
$400 [24]
This 1805 battle near the Strait of Gibraltar destroyed France's naval power
Trafalgar
Albina
$400 [15]
Dave Thomas, founder of this burger chain, previously helped found Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips
Wendy's
Albina
$400 [20]
Peter Bogdanovich cast this former Miss Teenage Memphis in "The Last Picture Show"
Cybill Shepherd
Marie
$400 [29]
Term for a Northerner who went south after the Civil War & became active in Republican politics
a carpetbagger
Nancy
$500 [10]
Australia's Governor-General lives in a house called Yarralumla in this capital city
Canberra
Albina
$400 [4]
Invisible, squid, India
ink
Nancy
$500 [25]
Mustafa Kemal helped found this country & became its first president in 1923
Turkey
Albina
$500 [16]
This wine company no longer produces Ripple but it still makes Thunderbird
Gallo
Marie
$500 [21]
The 1st Miss America crowned on television, she later co-starred on the TV series "Barnaby Jones"
Lee Meriwether
Albina
$500 [30]
This term for a V.I.P. probably came from a Chinook term & followed "high"
a muckamuck
Marie
DD $800 [8]
City in which you'll see thefollowing:
Copenhagen
Albina
$500 [5]
Traffic, strawberry, Pearl
jams
Albina

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES U.S. STATES PETES & PETERS THE HUMAN BODY POETRY FISH ANAGRAMS
$200 [1]
She bore John Adams 3 sons & 2 daughters
Abigail Adams
Nancy
$200 [26]
This state is now No. 2 in butter but still leads the nation in cheese production
Wisconsin
Nancy
$200 [6]
For 14 years he was the master of the Hollywood Squares
Peter Marshall
Nancy
$200 [21]
Sudden spasms of this dome-shaped muscle cause hiccups
the diaphragm
Albina
$200 [16]
In a preface to "Leaves of Grass", he wrote, "A great poem is for ages and ages"
Walt Whitman
Nancy
$200 [11]
Lee thinks this slimy fish makes a fine pet
eel (from Lee)
Albina
$400 [2]
Though he became "The Wizard of Menlo Park", New Jersey, he was born in Milan, Ohio in 1847
Edison
Nancy
$600 [29]
The Mackinac Bridge connects this state's 2 peninsulas
Michigan
Albina
$400 [7]
You can write to him at: Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814
Pete Wilson
Nancy
$400 [22]
Connective tissue called the renal fascia helps hold these organs in place
the kidneys
Marie
$400 [17]
This 4-time Pulitzer Prize winner was called "The Voice of New England"
Robert Frost
Nancy
$400 [12]
Doc eats a lot of this fish known for its liver oil
cod (from Doc)
Albina
$600 [3]
Bishara is the middle name of this convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Albina
$800 [27]
This state was named for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I
Maryland
Albina
$600 [8]
When Pete Rose retired as a player in 1986, this man was commissioner of baseball
Peter Ueberroth
Albina
$600 [23]
About 13 feet long, the ileum is the longest section of this organ
the small intestine
Nancy
$600 [18]
In his poem "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan", Vachel Lindsay paid tribute to this man
William Jennings Bryan
$600 [13]
You can't lose if you serve this flatfish for dinner
sole (from lose)
Marie
$800 [4]
He's the only U.N. Secretary-General to win a Nobel Peace Prize, posthumously in 1961
Dag Hammarskjöld
DD $2,500 [28]
The Perdido River forms part of the border between Florida's Panhandle & this state
Alabama
Albina
$1,000 [10]
In 1969 Laurence J. Peter published this work on advancement in the workplace
The Peter Principle
Albina
$800 [24]
Heparin, which prevents blood clotting, is produced mainly in the lungs & this organ
the liver
Albina
$800 [19]
This 3,182-line poem in Old English merges Norse legend with 6th century Danish history
"Beowulf"
Nancy
$800 [14]
I make a mad dash for this fish when it's baked on a wooden plank
shad (from dash)
Nancy
$1,000 [5]
Prior to befriending the Pilgrims, this Pawtuxet Indian had been sold into slavery in Spain
Squanto
DD $1,500 [9]
The last names of the Peter in the group heard here& the Pete who wrote the song: "Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? / Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? / Where have all the flowers gone?"
Seeger & Yarrow
Albina
$1,000 [25]
Some taste buds are located on this leaf-shaped flap of cartilage on top of the larynx
the epiglottis
Marie
$1,000 [20]
Probably written around 1373, his "Saint Cecilia" later appeared as the "Second Nun's Tale"
Chaucer
Marie
$1,000 [15]
Dolly Parton might know this game fish springs out of the water
tarpon (from Parton)
Nancy

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

Published in 1989, "Daughter of Destiny" is this prime minister's autobiography

(Benazir) Bhutto

Marie "Who is Winston Churchill?" — wagered $3,600
Nancy "Who is Bhutto?" — wagered $6,499
Albina "Who is Bhuto?" — wagered $4,000

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