Show #2917 1997-04-15 (taped 1996-12-18) Regular

Contestants

Ed McCorduck — a writer and part-time college instructor from Homer, New York

Michael Sweeney — an attorney from San Francisco, California

Sue Keller — a ragtime piano player from Staten Island, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sue	$0	$600	$9,000	$11,500 2-day champion: $15,400	$8,600 17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Michael	$300	$400	$3,200	$2,200 3rd place: Service Merchandise $750 gift certificate + Jeopardy! Scorekeeper	$3,200 9 R, 2 W
Ed	$1,700	$3,500	$8,100	$9,699 2nd place: Lane desk & Klipsch speakers + Jeopardy! Scorekeeper	$8,900 25 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NORSE MYTHOLOGY	BRAND NAMES	1920s FIRSTS	U.S. PRESIDENTS	SPORTS	DANCE ORIGINS
$100 [21] The nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill" may have been inspired by Bil & Hjuki, who also carried a pail of this water Ed	$100 [11] In 1944 All-Pro dog food lost 2 letters to become this still used brand name Alpo Ed	$100 [12] This was lit at the White House for the first time in 1923; it's now a tradition a Christmas tree Ed	$100 [1] In December 1918 he sailed to France to attend the Versailles peace conference Wilson Ed	$100 [6] In this sport, huge men in loincloths compete in a round ring about 15' in diameter sumo Ed	$100 [26] The Charleston the United States Michael Ed
$200 [22] Skilled in witchcraft, Freya rode a chariot pulled by 2 of these house pets cats Sue	$200 [17] In 1954 Swift & Co. began using this name denoting meatiness & tenderness on its turkeys Butterball Sue	$200 [13] On October 6, 1927, playing a cantor's son, he sang for the first time in a feature film (Al) Jolson Ed	$200 [2] This "Centennial President" took office 100 years after Washington & nearly 50 years after his grandfather Benjamin Harrison Ed	$200 [7] Though the air conditioner blew her ribbon away once, Yekaterina Serebryanskaya won Olympic gold in this rhythmic gynmastics	$200 [27] The bolero Spain Sue
$300 [23] He could see everything in the 9 worlds from his high throne, Lidskjalf Odin Ed	$300 [18] This brand name came from a Philadelphia cookie & cracker baker in 1853, not from an elf in a hollow tree Keebler Ed	$300 [14] In 1927 the Cyclone roller coaster made its debut in this New York City site Coney Island Ed	$300 [3] His sister Mary Arthur McElroy acted as his White House hostess Chester Arthur Michael	$300 [8] In 1976 a yacht named "Midnight at the Oasis" set a speed record of 88.4 mph on this surface land (a dry lake bed) Michael Ed	$300 [28] The polonaise Poland Ed
$400 [24] This luminous display seen in the night sky was said to be the radiance of Gerda, a beautiful maiden the aurora borealis Ed	$400 [19] At the 1893 Columbian Expo Nancy Green flipped one million pancakes while portraying this character Aunt Jemima Ed	$400 [15] In 1920 Frei-Sonnenland was the 1st of these camps; in 1996 one staged a revealing version of "Jeopardy!" a nudist camp Ed	$400 [4] When he first married Rachel Robards, her divorce wasn't final, so he had to marry her again Andrew Jackson Michael	$400 [9] The Los Angeles Blades are part of a league that plays this sport roller hockey Ed	$400 [29] The tarantella Italy Sue
$500 [25] This sly trickster turned himself into a mare & gave birth to Sleipnir, an 8-legged horse Loki Ed	DD $800 [20] Meaning "little girl", it was the first brand name put on a fresh fruit product Chiquita Ed	$500 [16] This title was 1st bestowed September 7, 1921 on Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C. Miss America	$500 [5] Orphaned at age 9, he was raised for a time by Quaker relatives in Oregon Hoover Ed	$500 [10] The USSSA covers racing on this winter footwear, an "SS" in its name snow shoes Michael	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

2nd-LARGEST CITIES	ARTISTS	THE MOVIES	PHILOSOPHY	HERBS & SPICES	DICKENS' CHARACTERS
$200 [3] This country's 2nd-largest city, Thessaloniki, is about half the size of its largest Greece Michael	$200 [2] Li Kung-lin was noted for his paintings in ink created during this country's Sung Dynasty China Ed	$200 [9] Ads for this Bette Midler-Goldie Hawn-Diane Keaton film say, "Don't get mad. Get everything" The First Wives Club Michael	$200 [1] The ontological proof for this states there must be a being so great that none greater can be imagined God Sue	$200 [26] Rubbed on poultry before roasting, this Hungarian spice adds color as well as flavor paprika Sue	$200 [14] Scrooge says of this ghost, "There's more of gravy than of grave about you", attributing him to indigestion (Jacob) Marley Ed
$400 [4] Tennis' Australian Open is held in this 2nd-largest city Melbourne Michael	$400 [8] A copy of his famous portrait of his mother hangs at his birthplace & museum in Lowell, Mass. Whistler Ed	$400 [10] Seemingly struck by a strange light, John Travolta becomes a genius in this recent film Phenomenon Sue	$400 [15] Abortion & euthanasia are current topics in this study of the principles of human conduct ethics Sue	$400 [27] Menthol, an ingredient in some mouthwashes & cold medicines, comes from the oil of this herb peppermint Michael	$400 [16] Now yellowed, it's what Miss Havisham wears her wedding gown Sue
$600 [5] Al-Iskandariyah, also known as this, is Egypt's 2nd-greatest city in population Alexandria Michael	$600 [11] In 1988 his sculpture "Man with a Broken Nose" was stolen from a Philadelphia museum (Auguste) Rodin Sue	$600 [20] In 1996 he reprised his role as Snake Plissken in "Escape from L.A." (Kurt) Russell Ed	$600 [23] Empirical & a priori are 2 types of this, the subject of epistemology knowledge Ed	$600 [28] Most associated with rye bread, the seeds of this herb are also used in perfumery caraway Sue	$800 [18] Book that contains the line "Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead" The Old Curiosity Shop Sue
$800 [6] This American city, Georgia's 2nd largest, shares its name with Ohio's largest Columbus Ed	DD $800 [12] By 1901 he had dropped the name Ruiz from the signatures on his paintings Picasso Sue	$800 [21] Katharine Hepburn won an Oscar for her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in this 1968 film The Lion in Winter Sue	$800 [24] This "ism" denies free will, saying all events & choices have been decided by earlier causes Determinism Ed	$800 [29] When Nero entered Rome, the streets were sprinkled with this expensive yellow spice saffron Sue	DD $1,000 [17] In this book Charles Darnay is acquitted when his lawyer points out his resemblance to Sydney Carton A Tale of Two Cities Sue
$1,000 [7] After Brussels, it's the largest city in Belgium Antwerp Sue	$1,000 [13] In the 1920s this creator of "Nude Descending a Staircase" gave up art to play chess (Marcel) Duchamp Sue	$1,000 [22] Hitchcock made 2 versions of this film about a kidnapping: in 1934, & in 1956 with James Stewart The Man Who Knew Too Much Michael	$1,000 [25] In Hegel's theory of progress, this emerges from the conflict between thesis & antithesis synthesis Ed	—	$1,000 [19] The body of this possibly-murdered man is missing in Dickens' last & unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood Sue

Final Jeopardy!

NONFICTION

This reference set's 1768 first edition was published by "A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland"

the Encyclopædia Britannica

Michael "What is Burke's Peerage?" — wagered $1,000

Ed "What is the Encyclopedia Brittanica" — wagered $1,599

Sue "What is Encyclopedia Britannica?" — wagered $2,500

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