Show #2880 1997-02-21 (taped 1996-11-14) Regular

Grace Veach game 5.

Contestants

Claudia Traudt — a humanities lecturer and artist from Chicago, Illinois

Michael Grinde — a retired letter carrier from Redondo Beach, California

Grace Veach — a librarian from Decatur, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $41,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Grace $2,100 $5,000 $10,400 $10,000
5-day champion: $51,601
$10,200
29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Michael $1,000 $1,000 $3,400 $3,400
2nd place: Whirlpool appliances + Wolfgang Puck cookware
$3,400
8 R, 0 W
Claudia $300 $1,800 $4,600 $2,399
3rd place: Samsung 27" color TV
$4,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

INVENTORS FOOD & DRINK FAMOUS AMERICANS CLASSIC MOVIE QUOTES TRAVEL & TOURISM BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
$100 [23]
In 1775 David Bushnell built the first of these underwater craft used by the military
Submarines
Grace
$100 [19]
After it molts this colorful crab is the most popular soft-shell variety in the U.S.
Blue crab
$100 [2]
He served as FBI director under every president from Coolidge to Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Michael
$100 [7]
He told Walter Matthau in "The Sunshine Boys", "You know what you are, Willie? You're a 73-year-old schmo"
George Burns
$100 [1]
When visiting this New England capital, stop at Charlestown Navy Yard to see "Old Ironsides"
Boston
Claudia
$100 [13]
The flood & the birth of Isaac are covered in this book
Genesis
Michael
$200 [24]
In 1812 Congress denied his patent renewal for the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Grace
$200 [20]
Named for its consistency, it's a beverage made by blending fruit with yogurt, milk or both
Smoothie
Grace
$200 [3]
She received her nickname "Little Sure Shot" from Sitting Bull
Annie Oakley
Grace
$200 [8]
Film in which Jimmy Stewart told Henry Travers, "Well, you look about like the kind of angel I'd get"
"It's A Wonderful Life"
Grace
$200 [12]
This Washington D.C. theater has been restored to appear as it did on the night of April 14, 1865
Ford's Theater
Grace Claudia
$200 [15]
Obadiah, the shortest Old Testament book with 21 verses, is the fourth of the 12 "minor" ones of these
Prophets
Grace
$300 [25]
This Italian established wireless communication across the English Channel in 1899
Guglielmo Marconi
Grace
$300 [28]
To top off a French meal, you might try this pancake dish served flaming in an orange sauce
Crepes Suzette
Grace Claudia
$300 [4]
In 1948 he became the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Michael
$300 [9]
He remarked to Esther Muir in "A Day At The Races", "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you"
Groucho Marx
Grace
$300 [14]
Open to the public, the U.S. Mint in this city stands near the site of its original 1792 building
Philadelphia
Grace
$300 [16]
These 2 books chronicle the monarchs of Israel & Judah, beginning with David & ending with Jehoiachin
Kings I & II
Grace
$400 [26]
In 1925 this frozen food developer began marketing packaged frozen fish
Clarence Birdseye
Grace
$400 [29]
Lamb served in a pita & topped with onions, peppers & sauce makes up this Greek sandwich
Gyro
Grace
$400 [5]
This photographer was a director of the Sierra Club from 1936 to 1970
Ansel Adams
Claudia
$400 [10]
In this film Vivien Leigh cracked, "Stanley Kowalski, survivor of the Stone Age"
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
Grace
$400 [21]
This bronze symbol of Copenhagen, located in its harbor, was designed by Edvard Eriksen
The Little Mermaid
Claudia
$400 [17]
Chapters 8-10 of this Old Testament book continue the narrative from Exodus 29
Leviticus
Claudia
$500 [27]
In 1953 he was commissioned to design a rotunda dome in Dearborn, Michigan
Buckminster Fuller
$500 [30]
Lynchburg, Tennessee is home to the distillery that makes this brand of sour mash whiskey
Jack Daniels
Claudia
$500 [6]
This man famous for his classification system founded Columbia Univ.'s School of Library Economy
Melville Dewey
Grace
$500 [11]
Elizabeth Taylor said to James Dean in this film, "Money isn't all, you know, Jett"
"Giant"
Michael
$500 [22]
The graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane can be seen at Mount Moriah Cemetery in this South Dakota city
Deadwood
Grace
DD $500 [18]
You'll find the quotation "To every thing there is a season" in Chapter 3 of this book
Ecclesiastes
Claudia

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT GREECE MUSIC APPRECIATION GEOGRAPHY PEOPLE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES BOOKS OF THE '90S
$200 [2]
In 146 B.C. what's now Greece was conquered by this western Mediterranean power
Rome
Michael
$200 [10]
This high female voice may be classified as lyric, dramatic or coloratura
Soprano
Grace
$200 [1]
Canada's James Bay was named for Thomas James, who explored it while looking for this passage
Northwest Passage
Claudia
$200 [9]
In March 1996 this husband of Kim Basinger was acquitted of battering a photographer
Alec Baldwin
Grace
$200 [21]
This country's University of Havana was authorized by the Pope in 1721 & founded 7 years later
Cuba
Claudia
$200 [23]
In 1996 this master of horror turned to serial fiction with a 6-part thriller called "The Green Mile"
Stephen King
Claudia
$400 [4]
Around 430 this large temple on the Acropolis was converted into a Christian church
Parthenon
Claudia
$400 [11]
Parlando is a direction to sing with clear enunciation as if doing this, as its name implies
Speaking
Claudia
$400 [3]
It flows around the Ile de la Cite
The Seine
Claudia
$400 [17]
On Oct. 25, 1993 John Shalikashvili became the first foreign-born chairman of this group
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Claudia
$400 [22]
The Meadows Museum at this church-founded Dallas school houses a large collection of Spanish art
Southern Methodist University
Grace
$400 [24]
This Peter Benchley book about a giant killer squid was turned into a 1996 TV miniseries
"The Beast"
Grace
$600 [5]
This city-state's men were required to eat in the soldiers' barracks until age 60
Sparta
Michael
$600 [12]
The name of this type of sailors' work song is derived from the French word for "sing"
shanty
Grace
$600 [6]
Ulm in this country is home to the cathedral with the tallest spire in the world
Germany
Claudia
$600 [18]
Christine Todd Whitman was elected the 50th governor of this state in 1993
New Jersey
Michael
$600 [28]
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is located at this Boston-area "institute"
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Grace
$600 [25]
He dedicated his bestseller "The Rainmaker" "To American Trial Lawyers"
John Grisham
Grace
$800 [7]
This civilization flourished on Crete beginning around 1900 B.C.
Minoan
Grace
$800 [13]
In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the 1st American opera performed at this American opera house
The Metropolitan
Claudia
$800 [15]
The Golden Gate of Yaroslav the Wise can be seen in this largest city in the Ukraine
Kiev
Grace
$800 [19]
This PBS late night talk show host previously worked for Bill Moyers on 3 series
Charlie Rose
Claudia
$800 [29]
This Hanover, New Hampshire college was established in 1770 when Eleazer Wheelock erected a single log hut
Dartmouth
Grace
DD $1,000 [26]
Newsweek's Joe Klein turned out to be the "Anonymous" author of this 1996 "Novel of Politics"
"Primary Colors"
Grace
$1,000 [8]
This plain northeast of Athens was the site of the Athenians' victory over the Persian army in 490 B.C.
Marathon
Claudia
$1,000 [14]
A fado is a type of melancholy song closely associated with this European capital
Lisbon
Michael
DD $1,000 [16]
You can find the Wilhelmina Mountains in this South American country
Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana)
Grace
$1,000 [20]
In 1989 Daniel Arap Moi named this paleo-anthropologist head of the Kenya Wildlife Service
Richard Leakey
Grace Claudia
$1,000 [30]
This De Land, Florida university is named for a 19th century Philadelphia hat maker
Stetson
$1,000 [27]
Betty J. Eadie touched many lives with this 1992 mega-bestseller about her near-death experience
"Embraced By The Light"
Grace

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH STATESMEN

In a 1940 eulogy of this man, Churchill spoke of his "Love of peace... toil for peace... strife for peace"

Neville Chamberlain

Michael "Who was Neville Chamberlain" — wagered $0
Claudia "Who was Montgomery?" — wagered $2,201
Grace "Who was Gladstone" — wagered $400

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