Show #2755 1996-07-19 Regular

Last game of Season 12.

Contestants

Chuck Wagner — a magazine writer originally from Beloit, Kansas

Jordan Pistol — an attorney from Reseda, California

Kirstin Olsen — a freelance writer from Santa Clara, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kirstin	$1,400	$3,500	$12,300	$15,001 2-day champion: $24,202	$12,300 30 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jordan	$1,200	$1,500	$7,500	$2,699 2nd place: Ashley dining collection & Amana refrigerator + John Williams CD Summon the Heroes	$8,300 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Chuck	$300	$600	$1,800	$1,000 3rd place: Kroy labeling system + John Williams CD Summon the Heroes	$1,800 5 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

VENOMOUS ANIMALS	AWARDS 1996	NEWSPAPERS	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	DESTROYED	"HOT" & "COLD"
$100 [9] At 18 feet, the king type of this hooded snake is the longest venomous snake a cobra Kirstin	$100 [26] Get this: John Travolta, Dennis Farina & Bette Midler all won American Comedy Awards for this film Get Shorty Kirstin	$100 [12] Founded in 1832, the Newark Daily Advertiser was this state's first daily newspaper New Jersey Kirstin	$100 [1] He drew his own illustrations for his "Just So Stories" Rudyard Kipling Jordan	$100 [6] Holbein's mural of this king & Jane Seymour was destroyed when Whitehall Palace burned down in 1698 Henry VIII Kirstin	$100 [21] This drink consists of brandy or other liquor mixed with sugar, spices & heated water a hot toddy Kirstin
$200 [13] This poisonous lizard was named for the Arizona river valley where it was discovered the Gila monster Kirstin	$200 [27] Gordon Hunt won a DGA Award for directing "The Alan Brady Show" episode of this series starring daughter Helen Mad About You Kirstin	$200 [16] This country's major newspapers, in English & Swahili, are published in Nairobi Kenya Kirstin	$200 [2] "The Frog Prince" & "Hans in Luck" were 2 of the tales they gathered in "Kinder- und Hausmarchen" the Brothers Grimm Jordan	$200 [7] These establishments were the objects of Carry Nation's hatchet jobs saloons Kirstin	$200 [22] Any auto thief can tell you that you do this by short-circuiting the ignition system hot-wiring Jordan
$300 [14] At birth the young of this zodiac arachnid attach themselves to their mother with tiny pincers the scorpion Kirstin	$300 [28] This black-hatted country singer won the 1996 American Music Award for Artist of the Year but turned it down Garth Brooks Chuck	$300 [18] In 1925 this Chicago paper completed its famous 36-story Gothic Tower on North Michigan Avenue the Tribune Jordan	$300 [3] When she's 8 years old, this Johanna Spyri heroine is taken from the mountains by Dete Heidi Kirstin	$300 [8] It destroyed the Pequod Moby-Dick Chuck	$300 [23] A deliberate snub a cold shoulder Jordan
$400 [15] This marine animal's translucent float consists of nitrogen, oxygen & argon gases the (Portuguese) man-of-war Jordan	$400 [29] He thanked the makers of Kaopectate when he won a Golden Globe for his supporting role in "12 Monkeys" Brad Pitt Kirstin	$500 [20] In 1935 & 1992 this Sacramento daily won Pulitzer Prizes for meritorious public service The (Sacramento) Bee Kirstin	$400 [4] Margery Two-Shoes is another name of the title character of this John Newbery story Goody Two-Shoes Jordan	$400 [10] In 1944 all of this city's bridges except the Ponte Vecchio were destroyed Florence Kirstin Jordan	$400 [24] In 1969 Sly & the Family Stone had a hit with this "seasonal" song "Hot Fun In The Summertime"
$500 [17] Unlike most spiders, this one with a violin-shaped mark on its back has 6 eyes instead of 8 a brown recluse Jordan	$500 [30] Jim Carrey called this winner of the AFI Life Achievement Award "a much better mayor than Sonny Bono ever was" Clint Eastwood Kirstin	DD $1,000 [19] Important papers in this state include the Pine Bluff Commercial & the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith Arkansas Jordan	$500 [5] In a 1958 book by Michael Bond, the Brown family discovers this bear's fondness for marmalade Paddington Kirstin	$500 [11] After this commodity was destroyed Dec. 16, 1773, the Mass. Bay Colony government moved to Salem tea Jordan	$500 [25] John le Carre wrote this 1963 novel while an officer in the British foreign service The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Kirstin

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN OF THE WORLD	CHINESE HISTORY	LANGUAGES	FAMOUS MICHAELS	LAKES & RIVERS	PLAYS
$200 [8] This princess of Monaco made her recording debut with the hit single "Comme Un Ouragan", "Like A Hurricane" Stephanie Kirstin Chuck	$200 [26] Nanking was the capital of the Ming Dynasty until Emperor Ming Yung Lo moved it to this city Peking Kirstin	$200 [11] A dialect of this language is spoken on the Ryukyu Islands Japanese Kirstin	$200 [21] In 1994 this retired Chicago Bull made news when he signed a minor league contract with the White Sox Michael Jordan Kirstin	$200 [1] It's the deepest of the Great Lakes as well as the largest Lake Superior Chuck	$200 [3] "Visitor from Mamaroneck" is the title of the first act of his "Plaza Suite" Neil Simon Jordan
$400 [9] A member of the Seanad for 20 years, Mary Robinson became this country's first female president in 1990 Ireland Kirstin	$400 [27] Chinese literature goes back to the 5 classics associated with this man Confucius Kirstin	$400 [14] Italian is the official language of this country's Ticino Canton Switzerland Jordan	$400 [22] He introduced the country's 1st no-fault auto insurance bill to the Mass. House of Representatives Michael Dukakis Kirstin	$400 [2] Major cities on this river include Phnom Penh in Cambodia & Vientiane in Laos The Mekong River Jordan	$400 [4] In "The Moon is Blue", Don Gresham picks up Patty O'Neill on the observation deck of this NYC skyscraper the Empire State Building Jordan
$600 [10] Liv Ullmann is a commander in the order of St. Olav, one of this country's highest honors Norway Chuck	$600 [28] In the 1970s Chiang Ch'ing, Chang Ch'un-Ch'iao, Wang Hung-wen, & Yao Wen-Yuan were this group the Gang of Four Jordan	$600 [16] Maniatika is a distinctive dialect of this language in the southern Peloponnesus Greek Jordan	$600 [23] In July 1969 he flew alone around the Moon Michael Collins Jordan	$600 [15] Created by the Aswan High Dam, it's also known as High Dam Lake Lake Nasser Kirstin	$600 [5] This conqueror of Peru is a character in Peter Shaffer's tragedy "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" Pizarro Chuck
$800 [12] This tennis star of Aboriginal ancestry defeated fellow Australian Margaret Court at Wimbledon in 1971 (Evonne) Goolagong Kirstin	DD $1,000 [29] Chinese historians call this ruler, grandson of a famous conqueror, Yuan Shih Tsu Kublai Khan Jordan	$800 [19] The Dravidian family of languages is spoken in southern India & in this island nation Sri Lanka Kirstin	$800 [24] In 1963 he implanted in a patient a mechanism that helped the heart pump blood Michael DeBakey Kirstin	$800 [17] This chief waterway of western Russia flows more than 2,200 miles before entering the Caspian Sea the Volga Jordan	$800 [6] Michael Frayn's "Clouds" debuted in London almost 2,400 years after his "The Clouds" opened in Athens Aristophanes Kirstin
$1,000 [13] After defecting in 1970, this ballerina said that staying in the Soviet Union would have been "artistic death" Natalia Makarova	$1,000 [30] A treaty ending the first of these wars ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain the Opium Wars Kirstin Jordan	$1,000 [20] 1 of the 2 official languages of Madagascar (1 of) French (Malagasy) Jordan	$1,000 [25] In the 19th c. this British scientist with a "magnetic" personality developed the 1st dynamo Michael Faraday Jordan	$1,000 [18] This Venezuelan lake receives most of its water from the Catatumbo River Maracaibo Kirstin	DD $1,000 [7] This James Goldman play ends with Eleanor of Aquitaine being sent back to prison in England The Lion in Winter Kirstin

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CAPITALS

It's the easternmost mainland capital in the Americas

Brasilia

Chuck "What is Bang" — wagered $800

Jordan "What is Quito?" — wagered $4,801

Kirstin "What is Brasilia?" — wagered $2,701

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