Show #2383 1995-01-04 (taped 1994-10-19) Regular

John McKeon game 4.

Contestants

Michael Parmer — a high school principal from Downey, California

Meredith Strang — an art dealer from Los Angeles, California

John McKeon — a writer from Chevy Chase, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $42,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$1,800	$4,200	$10,400	$2,300 4-day champion: $44,901	$9,400 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Meredith	$1,500	$1,600	$9,200	$400 2nd place: Singer 18th century bedroom set & Minoff table lamps + Sports Jeopardy! for home computer or SNES + Jeopardy! home game	$7,700 20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Michael	$-400	$-300	$300	$1 3rd place: Technics mini components system + Sports Jeopardy! for home computer or SNES + Jeopardy! home game	$300 6 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT ROME	THE MOVIES	MUSEUMS	ASTRONOMY	COOKING	POLITICAL LINGO
$100 [16] Romans swam & got steamed at these popular meeting places; the ones of Diocletian were the largest the baths Michael	$100 [2] Film in which Clark Gable said, "From now on they'll spell mutiny with my name" Mutiny on the Bounty Meredith	$100 [11] In the 17th c. you could find Mona Lisa in Louis XIV's suite; now she "hangs around" here the Louvre John	$100 [25] One of these can be a hundred times more luminous than a regular nova a supernova John	$100 [26] Mushrooms & pimientos go into the rich cream sauce for chicken a la this king Meredith	$100 [1] "Equine" term for a little-known candidate who wins unexpectedly a dark horse Meredith
$200 [17] A retiarius was a gladiator who tried to entangle his opponent in one of these a net Meredith	$200 [3] This John Wayne film was based on a novel by Charles Portis about a 14-year-old girl named Mattie Ross True Grit John	$200 [12] This singing cowboy has a western heritage museum in Los Angeles' Griffith Park Gene Autry John	$200 [24] This comet appendage develops as the comet reaches perihelion, its closest point to the Sun its tail John	$200 [27] To make hard sauce, start by beating sugar & this bread spread together until smooth & creamy margarine (butter) Michael	$200 [4] This term for a president's rejection of a bill comes from the Latin for "I forbid" veto John
$300 [18] This Roman river is named for a king of Alba Longa who drowned in it the Tiber Meredith	$300 [7] "Buck Privates Come Home" was this comedy team's follow-up to their 1941 film "Buck Privates" Abbott and Costello John	$300 [13] Tom Brokaw narrates the audio tour of this old immigration center's museum Ellis Island Meredith	$300 [23] This innermost planet has been explored by only one spacecraft–Mariner 10 Mercury John	$300 [28] This "colorful Massachusetts" bread can be steamed in a coffee can covered with aluminum foil (Boston) brown bread Michael	$300 [5] Half of the word gerrymander is derived from the name of this amphibian a salamander John
$400 [19] Around 445 B.C. this class of free citizens won the right to marry patricians the plebeians John	$400 [9] In "Anchors Aweigh", Gene Kelly danced with this animated partner Jerry Meredith Michael	DD $500 [14] The Fenimore House Museum is 1 mile outside this New York village Cooperstown Meredith	$400 [22] In this phase of the Moon, its illuminated side is invisible to observers on Earth a new moon John Michael	$400 [29] This grated cheese is the traditional topping for veal Orloff Parmesan Michael	$400 [6] It describes a person who's neither too liberal nor too conservative, or the position of a median strip middle-of-the-road Meredith
$500 [20] 13-letter Latin term for the "father of the family" who had total power over everyone in his household paterfamilias John	$500 [10] S. Stallone co-wrote, co-produced & directed this 1983 sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" Staying Alive John	$500 [15] At his museum in St. Petersburg, Florida you can buy a watch inspired by "The Persistence of Memory" Salvador Dali	$500 [21] Of these "minor planets", Vesta is the only one sometimes visible to the naked eye asteroids Meredith Michael	$500 [30] This popover-like British pudding is made with flour, eggs & milk & baked in beef drippings Yorkshire pudding John	$500 [8] Historically, this word for the right to vote has been preceded by "universal' and "woman" suffrage Meredith

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY	FISH	MUSIC APPRECIATION	MOUNTAINS	LITERATURE	GOULASH
$200 [1] Under a 1947 treaty, this country acquired the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea Greece John	$200 [22] This popular food fish is also called a tunny a tuna fish Meredith	$200 [16] This composer designed 2 French horn-like tubas to be used in his opera cycle "The Ring" Wagner John	$200 [14] The Abominable Snowman is said to inhabit the Himalayas, especially this highest peak Everest John	$200 [12] Tolstoy spent years researching Napoleon & Alexander I before writing this massive novel War and Peace John	$200 [26] Boat races are a feature of this state's Aloha Week each fall Hawaii John
$400 [4] From 1328 to 1707, Mantua in the Lombardy region of this country was ruled by the Gonzaga family Italy John	$400 [23] The dwarf species of this fish with a prehensile tail measures only about 1 1/2 inches the seahorse	$400 [15] From the croaking noises in its finale, Haydn's String Quartet in D major is nicknamed for this animal the frog John	$400 [17] In Arabic it's known as Jabal Musa, the mountain of Moses Mount Sinai Meredith	$400 [13] This Johann Wyss classic was inspired by "Robinson Crusoe" The Swiss Family Robinson Meredith	$400 [29] This unique building was originally built to house the offices of the War Department the Pentagon Meredith
$800 [10] In March 1919 Count Mihaly Karolyi resigned as president of this country & Communist Bela Kun took control Hungary Meredith	$600 [24] Pink & coho are species of this salmon John	$600 [5] The Rudolf Friml operetta that features the "Song Of The Vagabonds" The Vagabond King Meredith	$600 [18] The Basques inhabit the westernmost part of these mountains the Pyrenees Michael	$600 [8] Gloriana in Edmund Spenser's poem "The Faerie Queene" represents this ruler Elizabeth I Meredith	$600 [25] During his lifetime, this Scottish-born industrialist financed over 2500 libraries Carnegie Meredith
$1,000 [11] The city of Trondheim was founded in 997 & once served as this country's capital Norway Meredith Michael	$800 [30] This family of fish includes the chub, bream & bitterling as well as the goldfish carp	$800 [3] An eisteddfod is a type of competitive music festival that originated in this part of the British Isles Wales Meredith	$800 [21] Kibo, this volcanic mountain's highest peak, was first scaled in 1889 Kilimanjaro John	$800 [7] Some have described this Machiavelli novel as a manual for tyrants The Prince John	$800 [28] This "angry" American Rev. general had such nicknames as "The Tornado" & "The Chief Who Never Sleeps" Anthony Wayne John
DD $2,000 [9] In 1690 it became the established church of Scotland the Presbyterian Church Meredith	$1,000 [20] This fish that can inflate its body to 3 times its normal size is also called a blowfish or swellfish a pufferfish Meredith	DD $2,000 [2] He wrote the "Symphonie Pathetique" about 95 years after Beethoven wrote the "Sonate Pathetique" Tchaikovsky John	$1,000 [19] Many Andean peaks, including Ojos del Salado, rise to over 22,000 feet; this is the tallest Aconcagua	$1,000 [6] A portion of this Kafka novel was published separately under the title "Before the Law" The Trial Michael	$1,000 [27] This son of a cigar maker became president of CBS in 1929 & remained at the helm for over 50 years (William S.) Paley John

Final Jeopardy!

UNIVERSITIES

The golden spike removed after the May 10, 1869 ceremony is now at this university

Stanford

Michael "What is Brigham Young University?" — wagered $299

Meredith "What is the University of Colorado?" — wagered $8,800

John "What is Brigham Young University?" — wagered $8,100

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