Show #2879 1997-02-20 (taped 1996-11-14) Regular

Grace Veach game 4.

Contestants

Erik Cansler — a student and writer from Fort Collins, Colorado

Julie Connery — a writer and editor from San Francisco, California

Grace Veach — a librarian from Decatur, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $30,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Grace $1,900 $4,400 $10,200 $11,401
4-day champion: $41,601
$11,000
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Julie $300 $2,100 $2,300 $0
3rd place: Pierre Cardin Classique watches
$2,300
11 R, 2 W
Erik $1,400 $2,500 $5,700 $11,400
2nd place: a trip to Braco Village Resort, Jamaica
$5,700
14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY PHOBIAS FAMILIAR PHRASES THE SOUTH WINE SINGERS "R" US
$100 [3]
In 1981, just minutes after President Reagan was sworn in, the 52 hostages in this country were released
Iran
Julie
$100 [1]
A gephyrophobic won't burn these behind him; he's afraid to cross them in the first place
bridges
Grace
$100 [14]
You may "put" this "on the line" or "where your mouth is"
money
Julie
$100 [11]
This Arkansas capital is nicknamed "The City of Roses" for its many gardens
Little Rock
Grace
$100 [26]
Vin Santo, a sweet specialty of this country's Tuscany region, is made with semi-dried grapes
Italy
Erik
$100 [17]
This former lead singer of the Commodores wrote Kenny Rogers' 1980 hit "Lady"
Lionel Richie
Grace
$200 [4]
In 1950 2 Puerto Rican nationalists made an attempt on this president's life
Harry S. Truman
Grace
$200 [2]
A frigophobic is afraid of this, so a Frigidaire would be off limits
the cold
Julie
$200 [22]
Those who play cricket know an awkward situation is this kind of "wicket"
sticky wicket
Grace
$200 [12]
The historic Natchez Trace Parkway runs about 10 miles north of this Mississippi capital
Jackson
Erik
$200 [27]
Qualitatswein Bestimmter Anbaugebiet is in the middle of this country's 3 quality classifications
Germany
Grace
$200 [18]
He formed the Miracles, then called the Matadors, while in high school
Smokey Robinson
Julie
$300 [5]
Robert McNamara served in this post 1961-68
Secretary of Defense
Erik
$300 [8]
Alektorophobia is the fear of this & we don't know if it comes before or after a fear of eggs
chickens
Grace
$300 [23]
David Copperfield knows to accomplish something that seems impossible is to "pull" this "out of the hat"
a rabbit
Julie
$300 [13]
More crayfish are produced in this state than any other
Louisiana
Grace
$300 [28]
Most of this state's vineyards lie along Lake Erie's shores, from Sandusky to the Pennsylvania border
Ohio
Grace
$300 [19]
Her first solo chart topper came in 1970 with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Diana Ross
Grace
$400 [6]
Philanthropist Gerrit Smith helped finance this man's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Erik
$400 [9]
A sciaphobic would jump at his own one of these, not just at Lamont Cranston's
shadow
Grace
$400 [24]
Something superior is said to be "head and" these above the rest
shoulders
Grace
$400 [15]
It's Alabama's oldest city & its only seaport
Mobile
Julie
$400 [29]
This famous chateau releases some wine under its second label, Les Carruades de Lafite
Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Julie
$400 [20]
His biggest U.S. hit record, "The Dock of the Bay" wasn't released until after his 1967 death
Otis Redding
Julie
$500 [7]
This 1890 act was designed in part to prevent monopolies
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Erik
DD $500 [10]
He's probably the Bible's most famous tonsurphobic
Samson (he was afraid of having his hair cut)
Grace
$500 [25]
A bright person knows "never" do this to "my door again" means stay away forever
darken
Grace
$500 [16]
This fertile valley was called "The Granary of the Confederacy"
Shenandoah Valley
Erik
$500 [30]
This fortified wine is produced in the Iberian Peninsula's Douro Valley
port
Erik
$500 [21]
She made 3 albums with the Stone Poneys before beginning a solo career
Linda Ronstadt
Grace

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN GEOGRAPHY ACTRESSES SHIPS 1897 AMERICAN RESTAURANTS AUTHORS ON AUTHORS
$200 [19]
In 1923 Angora, now called Ankara, succeeded this city as its country's capital
Istanbul
Grace
$200 [1]
This "Striptease" star provides the voice of Esmeralda for Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
Demi Moore
Grace
$200 [6]
Due to stormy weather, this ship arrived at Cape Cod instead of Virginia November 21, 1620
the Mayflower
Erik
$200 [29]
This jiggly dessert was introduced in 1897 by Pearl B. Wait
Jell-O
Grace
$200 [14]
This famous chef's sister Enola Prudhomme has her own Cajun cafe in Carencro, Louisiana
Paul Prudhomme
Erik
$200 [9]
Saul Bellow said this "Jazz Age" author "couldn't distinguish between innocence and social climbing"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grace
$400 [20]
Island that's home to the picturesque Mount Fujiyama
Honshu
Erik
$400 [2]
In 1988 she showed her flair for comedy as Wanda Gerschwitz in "A Fish Called Wanda"
Jamie Lee Curtis
Grace
$400 [7]
On May 7, 1915 the Germans sank this British liner because of the 173 tons of rifle ammunition & shells on board
the Lusitania
Julie
$600 [22]
This leader of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, was born Elijah Poole in 1897
Elijah Muhammad
Erik
$400 [17]
California Fat's in this state capital isn't named for its caloric content; it's owned by the Fat family
Sacramento
Grace
$400 [10]
Ambrose Bierce described this "Earnest" playwright as "That sovereign of insufferables"
Oscar Wilde
Grace
$600 [21]
These 2 largest rivers of the Asian portion of the Mideast flow to the Persian Gulf
Tigris & Euphrates
Erik
$600 [3]
Julia Ormond played "Sabrina" in the 1995 film, & this actress played her in the original
Audrey Hepburn
Grace
$600 [8]
In November 1609 the British seized this Henry Hudson ship but later returned it to the Dutch East India Co.
The Half Moon
$800 [23]
The Vladivostok to Khabarovsk section of this Russian railroad opened to traffic in 1897
Trans-Siberian Railway
Julie
$600 [18]
The Trellis in Williamsburg, Va. is run by Marcel Desaulniers, who hosts the TV series "Death By" this sweet
Chocolate
Grace
$600 [11]
This poet said of Ezra Pound, "mr. pound is humane, but not human"
E.E. Cummings
Grace
$800 [25]
During the rainy season the Mekong backs into the Tonle Sap, flooding the central part of this country
Cambodia
Erik
$800 [4]
Abby Bradford on "Eight Is Enough"; today she's one of Broadway's leading divas
Betty Buckley
$800 [15]
Jacques Cousteau's ship; John Denver sang about it
Calypso
Erik
$1,000 [24]
In this French artist's 1897 painting "The Sleeping Gypsy", a woman sleeps while a lion examines her
Henri Rousseau
Grace Julie
$800 [27]
This pirate-themed Las Vegas hotel has a restaurant called The Plank; hope they don't make you walk it
Treasure Island
DD $1,000 [12]
In a 1931 issue of The New Yorker, she quipped, "Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer"
Dorothy Parker
Grace
DD $1,000 [26]
2 of the 4 countries bordering Afghanistan whose names also end in "stan"
(2 of 4) Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan
Grace
$1,000 [5]
This British star won acclaim for her roles in "Enchanted April", "Damage" & "The Crying Game"
Miranda Richardson
Erik
$1,000 [16]
Brothers Martin & Vincente Pinzon commanded these 2 ships on Columbus' first voyage to the New World
the Niña & the Pinta
Julie Erik
$1,000 [28]
Poi pancakes & taro hash browns are served for breakfast at Bali Hai on this, Hawaii's "Golden Isle"
Kauai
Grace
$1,000 [13]
Sean O'Casey sniped that this author of "Jeeves" was "English literature's performing flea"
P.G. Wodehouse
Julie

Final Jeopardy!

HANDICRAFTS

Supposedly made by William the Conqueror's wife, there's a 230' long copy of it in the V&A Museum

The Bayeux Tapestry

Julie "What is a tapestry?" — wagered $2,300
Erik "What is the Bayeux Tapestry?" — wagered $5,700
Grace "What is the Bayeux Tapestry?" — wagered $1,201

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