Show #2803 1996-11-06 (taped 1996-09-04) Regular

Contestants

Meridith Patera — an educator and writer from Moorpark, California

Marv Macintyre — a development director from Nashua, New Hampshire

Alice Rote — a high school teacher from Doylestown, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alice	$900	$900	$2,300	$4,300 3rd place: Wittnauer watches + Jeopardy! electronic game	$2,300 13 R, 4 W
Marv	$2,900	$5,400	$7,400	$9,400 New champion: $9,400	$7,400 25 R, 3 W
Meridith	$-200	$1,400	$4,600	$9,195 2nd place: Bose home theater system & Busch home theater cabinet in pine finish + Jeopardy! electronic game	$5,400 12 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE JACKIE AUCTION	WORLD CITIES	TELEVISION	CARNIVORES	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	ENDS IN "FF"
$100 [26] Can we talk? This comedienne snapped up a French painting, saying it was for her daughter Melissa Joan Rivers Alice	$100 [6] Residents of this African city are called Cairenes Cairo Marv	$100 [21] The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There For You", the theme from this series, was nominated for a recent Grammy Friends Marv	$100 [16] The name of this reptile is from the Spanish el lagarto, "the lizard" an alligator Alice	$100 [11] This oat company now owns noncarbonated drink maker Snapple Quaker Oats Marv	$100 [1] It's commonly found at the end of a sleeve a cuff Alice
$200 [27] A triple strand of these went for $211,500, even though they were fake pearls Marv	$200 [7] This Colombian capital is sometimes called the "Athens of South America" Bogota Alice	$200 [22] Debbe Dunning, who has her own 1996 calendar, plays this role on "Home Improvement" the Tool Time girl Alice	$200 [17] Weighing up to 1700 pounds, the Alaskan brown species of this animal is the world's largest land carnivore a bear Marv	$200 [12] In 1994 the FTC dropped its ban against this jeans maker retailing its own products in the United States Levi Strauss	$200 [2] The horizontal lines on which notes of music are written a staff Alice Marv
$300 [28] Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager paid $453,500 for this piece of furniture JFK used in the White House a rocking chair Meridith	$300 [8] This largest Scottish city occupies much of the Clyde Valley Glasgow Marv	$300 [23] On this series Bobby Simone's badge number, 3118, was worn by supervising producer & ex-cop Bill Clark NYPD Blue Marv	$300 [18] The thresher type of this aquatic carnivore uses its long tail to herd & stun fish before it eats them a shark Marv	$300 [13] In the 3 years before a profitable 1994, this computer company lost more than $15 billion IBM (Big Blue) Marv	$300 [3] Famous for his monstrous film roles, his real name was William Henry Pratt Boris Karloff Meridith
$400 [29] This husband of JFK's niece "terminated" the bidding for a set of Kennedy's golf clubs with $772,500 Arnold Schwarzenegger Meridith	$400 [9] The French name for this Belgian city is Anvers Antwerp Alice	$400 [24] Cable network that airs "The Secret World of Alex Mack", "Rugrats" & "Gullah Gullah Island" Nickelodeon Meridith	$400 [19] Although confined mostly to Africa, this fastest land animal can also be found in Iran & Afghanistan the cheetah Alice Marv	$400 [14] This Swedish company is famous for innovations in auto safety, including safety belt pre-tensioning Volvo Marv	$400 [4] In a lawsuit it's the person who filed the charges the plaintiff Marv
$500 [30] The decorator who bought this item for $48,875 said the first thing he measured with it was his sanity a tape measure Marv	$500 [10] It's the site of New Zealand's main international airport Auckland Marv Meridith	DD $500 [25] "90210" actress seen here; she was chosen by TV Guide as one of TV's Best Dressed for 1996: Jennie Garth Meridith	$500 [20] As this tusked pinniped grows older, the male becomes nearly hairless a walrus Marv	$500 [15] Pennzoil owns this, the world's largest franchiser of fast oil change centers Jiffy Lube Marv	$500 [5] It's Canada's oldest national park Banff Marv

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD TESTAMENT	ACTORS ONSTAGE	LANGUAGES	ANATOMIC TISSUES	HISTORIC NAMES	20th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
$200 [1] 1 Kings 4:32 says he wrote 1,005 songs Solomon Alice Marv	$200 [7] When this Broadway musical made its London debut in 1964, Laurence Harvey starred as King Arthur Camelot Marv	$200 [12] Wu, Hsiang & Min are forms of this language Chinese Alice	$200 [17] As its name implies, cardiac muscle tissue is found only in this organ the heart Alice	$200 [2] In 1943 General Pietro Badoglio was appointed to succeed this man as premier of Italy Mussolini Meridith	$200 [19] The central character of the first section of this Arthur C. Clarke book is moon-watcher, a man-ape 2001 Marv
$600 [4] The Dead Sea Scrolls contain parts of every book of the Old Testament except the one named for her Esther Meridith	$400 [26] This future "Phantom of the Opera" played the title role in the 1974 musical "Billy", adapted from "Billy Liar" (Michael) Crawford Marv	$400 [13] Theocritus, originator of pastoral poetry, wrote in the Doric dialect of this language Greek Alice	$400 [18] A tissue is a group of like cells with a specific job; this liquid of white & red cells is an example blood Alice	$400 [8] After Plato's death, he left the Academy & soon became a tutor to Alexander the Great Aristotle Marv Meridith	$400 [22] In this 1985 Bret Easton Ellis novel, Trent reveals to Clay that his tan is artificial Less Than Zero Marv
$800 [5] Samuel was the last of these leaders & the first of the classical prophets the Judges Meridith	—	$600 [14] This language evolved mainly from the Zuid-Holland dialect of Dutch settlers in South Africa Afrikaans Marv	$600 [20] Your septum is made of this tissue also known as gristle cartilage Marv	$600 [9] A lover of the arts, this Prussian king played the flute & patronized many writers, including Voltaire Frederick the Great Meridith	$600 [23] Sissy Hankshaw, protagonist of his "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", has humongous thumbs (Tom) Robbins Alice Meridith
DD $1,000 [3] In Exodus 21, 2 of the 4 body parts that follow "Thou shalt give life for life..." (2 of) an eye, a tooth, a hand & a foot Meridith	—	$800 [15] This language of northeastern Spain is also spoken in the French department of Pyrenees-Orientales Catalan Alice	$800 [21] This rigid supporting tissue that may be compact or spongy gets its hardness from calcium bone Alice	$800 [10] John Laurens, aide-de-camp to Geo. Washington, negotiated the terms of this man's surrender in 1781 Cornwallis Marv	DD $1,000 [24] In a 1989 bestselling novel, Suyuan Woo is the founder of this title women's group The Joy Luck Club Meridith
$1,000 [6] He & 300 men launched a night attack on the Midianites with trumpets & suddenly revealed lamps Gideon Marv Meridith	—	$1,000 [16] Today, dialects of this language of the Incas are spoken in Ecuador & Peru Quechua	$1,000 [27] The walls of the human digestive tract are made up of lymphatic tissue & this kind of muscle, not striped smooth Alice	$1,000 [11] This mistress of Lord Nelson died penniless in France in 1815 Emma Hamilton (the Lady Hamilton)	$1,000 [25] Medievalist Casaubon narrates "Foucault's Pendulum" by this author of "The Name of the Rose" (Umberto) Eco Meridith

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

In 1996 it formed a commonwealth with Sao Tome & Principe, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau & Brazil

Portugal

Alice "What is Portugal?" — wagered $2,000

Meridith "What is Portugal?" — wagered $4,595

Marv "What isPortugal" — wagered $2,000

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