Show #2884 1997-02-27 (taped 1996-11-19) Regular

Contestants

Martha O'Malley — a downsize accountant from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Laurent Ruseckas — a part-time consultant from New York City, New York

Jim Fahner — a pediatric oncologist from Grand Rapids, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $30,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$2,400	$4,200	$9,400	$5,999 2nd place: Trip to Antigua	$9,300 26 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Laurent	$600	$700	$6,400	$6,395 New champion: $6,395	$6,100 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Martha	$400	$2,200	$2,400	$100 3rd place: Peoploungers Chaise Lounger	$2,400 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL PEOPLE	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	PROVERBS	BODIES OF WATER	AUTO FIRSTS	NAME DROPPERS
$100 [18] She was created from a single rib Eve Jim	$100 [23] Maraschino liqueur is flavored with the pits & pulp of the marasca kind of these Cherries Laurent	$100 [13] "You can lead" one of these "to water, but you can't make him drink" Horse Martha	$100 [5] The Adriatic & Ionian Seas are arms of this larger sea Mediterranean Laurent	$100 [3] The 1956 Chrysler had an under-dash phonograph; a 1987 Lincoln offered the 1st factory-installed player of these Compact Discs Laurent	$100 [1] The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia calls The Artist Formerly Known As this "Symbol Man" or just "Formerly" Prince Jim
$200 [19] This husband of Mary may have died while Jesus was still a child Joseph Jim	$200 [25] The Yukon Gold variety of this vegetable has a moist texture & is good mashed Potato Martha	$200 [14] According to Edison, "There's no substitute for hard" this Work Jim	$200 [6] The Potomac & Patuxent Rivers flow into this bay Chesapeake Bay Laurent	$200 [4] In 1908 the federal government taxed this for the 1st time Gasoline Jim Martha	$200 [2] She's noted for dropping the last name Judd, but she also dropped her original name: Christina Ciminella Wynonna Judd Laurent
$300 [20] Romans & Thessalonians were among the people he addressed in his epistles Paul Jim	$300 [26] To make Poile Helene, place a poached one of these atop vanilla ice cream & top with chocolate sauce Pear Jim	$300 [15] "There is a black" one of these animals "in every flock" Sheep Jim	$300 [7] During its 1980s war with Iraq, Iran threatened to block this strait to all traffic Strait of Hormuz Jim	$300 [24] In 1932 this motor city laid the 1st mile of concrete pavement; in 1914 it erected the 1st stop sign Detroit Martha	$300 [10] Andrew Clay was "game" to drop this middle name before starring on the sitcom "Bless This House" Dice Jim
$400 [21] After her husband died, Ruth moved to Bethlehem with this woman, her mother-in-law Naomi Jim	$400 [27] The most common mandarin orange in the United States, it was named for a city in Morocco Tangerine (for Tangier)	$400 [16] "A shut" one of these "catches no flies" Mouth Martha	DD $500 [8] Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within this European country's boundaries Switzerland Jim	$400 [29] These seats were first offered in 1953 on Corvettes Bucket seats Martha	$400 [11] This late Tejano singer was known by one name: she dropped her family & married names, Quintanilla & Perez Selena Jim
$500 [22] Though advanced in years, she gave birth to John The Baptist Elizabeth Martha	$500 [28] Many consider the French fraise des bois the most flavorful type of this fruit Strawberry Jim	$500 [17] "There's no" one of these "like an old" one Fool Martha	$500 [9] The longest river in Italy has this short name Po Jim	$500 [30] It sold its 1st car in the U.S. in 1957; in 1969 it became the 1st Japanese car maker to sell 100,000 here in a year Toyota Martha	$500 [12] Singing is the forte of this ex-teen idol who dropped the last name Forte in the 1950s Fabian Martha

Double Jeopardy! Round

WISCONSIN CITIES	AMERICAN HISTORY	NOTABLE WOMEN	GENERAL SCIENCE	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	AUTHORS' CHARACTERS
$200 [18] Known as the Beer Capital of the U.S., this largest Wisconsin city is home to several major breweries Milwaukee Jim	$200 [2] Captain John Smith became president of this Virginia colony's council in September 1608 Jamestown Jim	$200 [6] This aviator liked to be called A.E. Amelia Earhart Laurent	$200 [26] 2 nebulae lie within this constellation, the Hunter: the Great Nebula & the Horsehead Nebula Orion Laurent	$200 [11] He wrote the "1812 Overture" to commemorate Napoleon's retreat from Moscow Peter I. Tchaikovsky Jim	$200 [13] Rabbit, Piglet, Eeyore A.A. Milne Martha
$400 [19] This city has Wisconsin's only National Football League franchise Green Bay Laurent	$400 [1] He served as the first chief justice of New York before he became first chief justice of the U.S. John Jay Jim	$400 [7] In 1995 this Nobel peace laureate visited the U.S. & helped open an AIDS hospice for women & children Mother Teresa Jim	$400 [27] According to Boyle's Law, when a gas is compressed to half its size, this doubles Pressure Jim	$400 [12] In 1713 this oratorio composer wrote a "Birthday Ode for Queen Anne" George Frideric Handel Martha	$400 [14] Wah-Ta!-Wah, Uncas, Chingachgook James Fenimore Cooper Jim Martha
$600 [20] The name of this city, an early logging center, is French for "clear water" Eau Claire Laurent	$600 [3] It was necessary for George Washington to surrender Fort Necessity July 3, 1754, during this war French & Indian War Jim	$600 [8] This beloved jazz singer, "The First Lady of Song", passed away in 1996 Ella Fitzgerald Jim	$600 [28] All amino acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen & this element Nitrogen Laurent	$600 [23] His symphony "From The New World" premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1893 Antonin Dvorak Jim	$600 [15] Ward Stradlater, Robert Ackley, Holden Caulfield J.D. Salinger Laurent
$800 [21] In 1836 Judge James Doty persuaded the legislature to move the capital from Belmont to this city Madison Laurent	$800 [4] This president's political enemies referred to him as the "Beast of Buffalo" Grover Cleveland Laurent	$800 [9] Many believe her 1985 murder was in retaliation for her trying to stop the poaching of gorillas in Africa Dian Fossey Jim	$800 [29] This instrument is used to check the density of liquids, such as the acid in a storage battery Hydrometer	$800 [24] This Austrian's "Quintet In A Major" is better known as "Die Forelle" or "Trout Quintet" Franz Schubert Jim	$800 [16] Nathan Zuckerman, Trick E. Dixon, Alexander Portnoy Philip Roth Laurent
$1,000 [22] Industry in this seat of Winnebago County produces transportation equipment, corrugated boxes & overalls Oshkosh Jim	$1,000 [5] Aaron Burr & Molly Pitcher distinguished themselves at the June 28, 1778 battle of this Monmouth	DD $1,000 [10] In 1904 this American impressionist painter was awarded the French Legion of Honor Mary Cassatt Jim	$1,000 [30] In 1905 this physicist proposed that photons were the carriers of electromagnetic energy Albert Einstein	$1,000 [25] Completed in the 1930s, this Hungarian's work "Mikrokosmos" consists of 153 piano pieces for children Bela Bartok Laurent	DD $1,300 [17] Moses Elkanah Herzog, Eugene Henderson, Von Humboldt Fleisher Saul Bellow Laurent

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

As a senator, he shared lodgings with future vice president William Rufus Devane King

James Buchanan

Martha "Who was" — wagered $2,300

Laurent "Who was Lincoln?" — wagered $5

Jim "Who was W.H. Taft?" — wagered $3,401

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