Show #2546 1995-10-02 Regular

Gordon Wean game 2.

Contestants

Mark Belanger — a software publications manager from Austin, Texas

Jeanne Day — a teacher from Timonium, Maryland

Gordon Wean — a teacher from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gordon	$2,300	$3,700	$11,500	$10,500 2-day champion: $30,100	$11,300 29 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W
Jeanne	$700	$1,000	$2,200	$100 3rd place: Paris Art lithograph Drive-In by Daniel Authouart + Jeopardy! home game & Jeopardy! Sports edition for home computer or Super Nintendo	$2,200 7 R, 0 W
Mark	$800	$2,700	$4,900	$5,300 2nd place: Donjo Sea of Love sculpture & Nourison Persian rug + Jeopardy! home game & Jeopardy! Sports edition for home computer or Super Nintendo	$4,900 17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE	TRANSPORTATION	AUSTRALIAN HISTORY	FRUITS	BLACK AMERICA	"LOVE" ON FILM
$100 [1] Juliet cries out, "O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!" when she learns this man has killed Tybalt Romeo Gordon	$100 [16] "Swing low, sweet" this vehicle "coming for to carry me home" chariot Mark	$100 [11] At the arrival of Europeans in 1788, about 300,000 of these natives lived in Australia the Aborigines Mark	$100 [26] This largest South American country is the world's largest producer of oranges Brazil Gordon	$100 [21] In 1876 former slaves honored this president with the Emancipation Statue in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln Mark	$100 [6] This 1969 film about a Volkswagen named Herbie was one of Disney's most successful films The Love Bug Jeanne
$200 [2] The ghost tells him, "I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night..." Hamlet Gordon	$200 [17] In the 1890s this vehicle was improved by adding movable steel runners, allowing steering a sled Mark	$200 [12] In a population of about 5 million, about 329,000 Australians volunteered to serve in this war World War I Gordon Mark	$200 [27] The 2 main types of this fruit are Tahiti & key limes Gordon	$200 [22] This longtime L.A. mayor was the recipient of the 1984 Spingarn Medal (Tom) Bradley Gordon	$200 [7] Ali MacGraw played Jenny Cavilleri in this 1970 tearjerker Love Story Gordon
$300 [3] In 1994 director Peter Sellars set this play in Venice, California instead of Venice, Italy The Merchant of Venice Jeanne	$300 [18] This European city has the world's most extensive subway system London Gordon Jeanne	$300 [13] This $148 million structure opened in October 1973 after 14 troubled years of construction the Sydney Opera House Gordon	$300 [28] Gravenstein is a tart, red-striped variety of this fruit apples Mark	$300 [23] Abbreviated UNCF, it was founded in 1944 to coordinate fund-raising by private educational institutes the United Negro College Fund Gordon	$300 [8] "The Reno Brothers" was the original title for this first Elvis Presley movie Love Me Tender Jeanne
$400 [4] The man who says, "My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me" Marc Antony Gordon	$400 [19] To help begin a bridge in 1847, teen Homan Walsh flew a string across the Niagara River on one of these a kite Mark	$400 [14] The capital was transferred to this city in 1927, 14 years after construction began there Canberra Gordon	$400 [29] This citrus fruit is also known as a mandarin orange tangerine Mark	$400 [24] His ragtime opera "Treemonisha" didn't have its first full performance until 1972 Scott Joplin Gordon	$400 [9] Tony Richardson directed this spoof of the funeral industry based on an Evelyn Waugh novel The Loved One Gordon
$500 [5] Acts I & II of Henry V are set mostly in England; the rest of the play unfolds in this country France Gordon	$500 [20] Oars are sometimes used to propel these wooden sailing vessels of China with high poops a junk Mark	$500 [15] The first British settlement on this island occurred in 1803 on the Derwent River Tasmania Mark	$500 [30] In the Middle East, this fruit of Phoenix dactylifera is used to make arrack, an alcoholic drink figs Mark	DD $500 [25] In 1991 this former Congresswoman was appointed special counsel on ethics by the gov. of Texas Barbara Jordan Gordon	$500 [10] This film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel is set at a television network The Love Machine

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	BIOLOGY	WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY	ASIA	MUSIC & LITERATURE	GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES
$200 [14] This Charleston Harbor garrison endured 34 hours of bombardment before surrendering in April 1861 Fort Sumter Mark	$200 [11] A person's navel marks the spot where this cord was attached during development in the womb the umbilical cord Gordon	$200 [6] Some say it wasn't evils that she let escape from the box, but the blessings of the gods Pandora Mark	$200 [21] This British dependency lies only about 90 miles southeast of Canton Hong Kong Gordon	$200 [1] Coleridge-Taylor's cantata "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" is based on a poem by this author Longfellow Jeanne	$200 [26] Vater is this person, relatively speaking your father Mark
$400 [15] This highest U.S. decoration for valor was first authorized for naval enlisted men in 1861 the Congressional Medal of Honor Gordon	$400 [12] It's the baglike organ that contains a cow's mammary glands udder Mark	$400 [7] The Matronalia, a festival celebrated on March 1, honored this supreme Roman goddess Juno Gordon	$400 [22] The reign of this country's Taira Dynasty ended in 1183 when Emperor Antoku died in a sea battle Japan Gordon Mark	$400 [2] Christopher Fry wrote the libretto for the 1978 opera "Paradise Lost", based on a 1667 poem by this man Milton Jeanne	$400 [27] This item used in playing billiards is der billardstock the cue Gordon
$600 [16] The Southern victory at the first battle of this, July 21, 1861, dashed Union hopes of a 90-day war Bull Run (Manassas) Gordon	$600 [13] Adipose tissue beneath the skin is made of this fat Gordon	$600 [8] Vesta's Greek counterpart, this goddess of the hearth was the firstborn child of Cronus & Rhea Hestia	$600 [23] At 27,923 feet, Lhotse is the third highest peak in this mountain range the Himalayas Gordon	$600 [3] The spoken words in Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon" are taken from an anti-Napoleon poem by this lord Byron Gordon	$600 [28] If you don't know what a worterbuch is, you might look it up in das worterbuch a dictionary Jeanne
$800 [17] This Union general's nickname, Fighting Joe, came from a series of press dispatches General Hooker Mark	$800 [19] It's thhe middle region of the body of an insect, or the chest region in mammals the thorax Gordon	$800 [9] She was Pyramus' beloved Thisbe Gordon	DD $1,000 [24] The Nan, the Ping, the Wang & the Yom Rivers unite to form this country's Chao Phraya River Thailand Gordon	$800 [4] In the 1830s this Hungarian composed a piano sonata called "After a Reading of Dante" Liszt Gordon	$800 [29] If you're strapped for cash, ask, "Nehmen sie kreditkarten?" which means this Do you take credit cards? Gordon
$1,000 [18] With little to do as Lincoln's VP, this man enlisted in the Maine Coast Guard while in office Hannibal Hamlin Mark	DD $1,000 [20] When a male & female gamete fuse, they form one of these cells that develops into the embryo the zygote Gordon	$1,000 [10] These maidens included the oreads of the mountains & the nereids of the sea nymphs Mark	$1,000 [25] Sarawak & Sabah, regions of this country, cover most of northern Borneo Malaysia Gordon	$1,000 [5] Prokofiev's powerful opera "The Gambler" is an adaptation of a novel by this 19th century Russian Dostoyevsky	$1,000 [30] Die bademutze is this type of cap bathing

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

2 of the 4 states that border only 2 other states

(2 of) Florida, Washington, South Carolina & Rhode Island

Jeanne "What are Maine & Oregon?" — wagered $2,100

Mark "What areMaineFlorida Washington" — wagered $400

Gordon "What are N. Dakota & Maine?" — wagered $1,000

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