Show #2890 1997-03-07 (taped 1996-11-20) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Horton — a school board member from Los Angeles, California

Jude Theriot — a graduate student originally from Catahoula, Louisiana

Jenna Jackson — a writer and consultant from El Cerrito, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jenna	$0	$2,100	$3,500	$6,201 2nd place: a trip to Carmel Valley, California + Ricardo luggage	$3,100 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jude	$500	$1,400	$3,100	$2,600 3rd place: Croton Swiss ladies' watch	$3,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jeff	$-100	$1,400	$8,100	$9,100 New champion: $9,100	$8,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS	FOOD	THE MOVIES	STADIUMS & ARENAS	1997 ANNIVERSARIES	IN OTHER WORDS...
$100 [8] He represented Mississippi in the Senate for 8 years before becoming president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Jeff	$100 [2] These 2 vegetables were crossed to produce the broccoflower broccoli & cauliflower Jude	$100 [1] "Hasta la vista, baby" is a memorable line uttered by this actor in "Terminator 2 - Judgment Day" Arnold Schwarzenegger Jude	$100 [15] Knute Rockne urged his team to win one for the Gipper at this "House That Ruth Built" Yankee Stadium Jenna Jude	$100 [23] 1997 is the tenth anniversary of the opening of this Egyptian capital's subway Cairo Jeff	$100 [10] One Granny Smith within one 24-hour period prevents a medic's arrival An apple a day keeps the doctor away Jude
$200 [9] In Fort Wayne, Indiana you can visit the grave of this legendary fruit planter Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) Jude	$200 [3] To make provolone, use milk from this animal a cow Jenna Jude	$200 [7] In "Batman Returns" Paul Reubens played the father of this Danny DeVito character the Penguin Jeff	$200 [22] A game was rained out at this enclosed Houston ballpark in 1976 because 10" of rain flooded the nearby area the Astrodome Jeff	$200 [24] It's 50 years since he became the first black player in the modern major leagues Jackie Robinson Jenna	$200 [11] That man's pumping organ has a correct location His heart's in the right place Jeff
$300 [12] During her crusades against liquor, this saloon smasher was arrested at least 30 times Carry Nation Jeff	$300 [4] To test if an egg is fresh, put it in a bowl of cold water; if it does this, it's old float Jude	$300 [16] Kurt Russell & William Baldwin played bickering firefighting brothers in this 1991 Ron Howard film Backdraft Jeff	$300 [28] Scenes for Disney's "D2: The Mighty Ducks" were filmed at this Anaheim arena Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	$400 [26] 1997 marks the 25th anniversary of this American's defeat of Boris Spassky in chess Bobby Fischer Jude	$300 [19] A single grasping appendage bathes your alternate grasping appendage One hand washes the other Jenna
$400 [13] Brother of Naval hero Oliver, he commanded the Navy's first steamship, the Fulton, in 1837 Matthew Perry Jeff	$400 [5] From a Nahuatl word meaning "chili sauce", it contains chocolate & is often served over chicken mole Jenna	$400 [17] Michelle Pfeiffer film based on "My Posse Don't Do Homework" by ex-Marine Louanne Johnson Dangerous Minds Jenna	—	$500 [27] 1997 is the millennium of this saint's becoming the supreme Magyar prince of Hungary Stephen Jeff	$400 [20] Inspect using one closely-spaced men's hair arranger Examine with a fine-toothed comb Jeff
$500 [14] This "Battle Hymn of the Republic" author was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters Julia Ward Howe Jeff	$500 [6] Boil cane sugar to get light molasses; boil it again to get dark molasses; a third boil yields this blackstrap molasses Jenna	$500 [18] Although set in England, this 1996 Robin Wright film based on a Daniel Defoe novel was filmed in Ireland Moll Flanders Jenna	—	DD $700 [25] 1997 marks the 75th anniversary of Sir Frederick Banting & Charles Best's discovery of this pancreatic hormone insulin Jenna	$500 [21] Inter one's skull among grains of quartz Bury your head in the sand Jude

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR I	WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY	CLASSICAL MUSIC	GEOGRAPHY	BOOKS & AUTHORS	JUNGLE POTPOURRI
$200 [22] The Sopwith F1 was nicknamed this from the hump-shaped cover over the breeches of its twin machine guns the "Camel" Jenna	$200 [3] The Egyptians called this great goddess Eset; we know her by this, the Greek form of her name Isis Jenna Jeff	$200 [2] He wrote "William Tell" for the Paris Opera Gioacchino Rossini Jenna	$200 [11] Known in Arabic as Halab, Aleppo is this country's second-largest city, Damascus is first Syria Jude	$200 [17] William Manchester's 1983 book about this president is titled "One Brief Shining Moment" John F. Kennedy Jenna	$200 [1] This weapon used for hacking through the jungle growth is also called a panga a machete Jeff
$400 [23] The Germans tried out this new weapon they called a "flammenwerfer" a flamethrower Jude	$400 [4] The name of this gruesome Gorgon means "queen" or "ruler" Medusa Jenna	$400 [6] The flute plays an important role in this composer's "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune" Claude Debussy Jenna	$400 [12] The name of this capital city found in the Andes means "the peace" La Paz Jeff	$400 [18] He was living in Italy when he wrote "Lady Chatterley's Lover" D.H. Lawrence Jenna	$400 [30] This comic "Lion King" pair have their own CD-ROM called "Jungle Games" Timon & Pumbaa Jeff
$600 [24] According to the Treaty of Versailles, all German colonies would become mandates of this organization the League of Nations Jeff	$600 [5] Name shared by the mother of the Harpies & Clytemnestra's "complex" daughter Elektra Jeff	$600 [8] The first symphonies of Prokofiev & Rachmaninoff premiered in this city 21 years apart St. Petersburg (or Leningrad) Jeff	DD $500 [14] Explorer James Clark Ross named 2 of this continent's volcanoes Erebus & Terror, for his ships Antarctica Jude	$600 [19] The hero of this prime minister's 1846 novel "Coningsby" is the orphaned grandson of a lord Benjamin Disraeli	$600 [29] In addition to starring as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, he also played Jungle Jim Johnny Weissmuller Jenna
DD $700 [25] Later a marshal, on April 14, 1918 he was named commander of all Allied forces in France Marshal Ferdinand Foch Jeff	$800 [7] 1 of the 2 Muses with "terp" in their names Euterpe & Terpsichore Jeff	$800 [9] This German composer of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" overture was a child prodigy Felix Mendelssohn Jenna Jeff	$600 [13] This Taj Mahal city on the Yamuna River is also home to the beautiful marble tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah Agra Jude	$800 [20] "Bad Man from Bodie" was the British title of this "Ragtime" author's first novel "Welcome to Hard Times" E.L. Doctorow Jenna	$800 [28] 90 years after "The Jungle" exposed this industry, Pres. Clinton said inspectors work the same old way meatpacking Jeff
$1,000 [26] On October 12, 1915 this British nurse was executed by a German firing squad in Brussels Dame Edith Cavell	$1,000 [16] This king pursued Britomartis, a Cretan goddess, for 9 months; she leaped into the sea to escape him King Minos of Crete Jeff	$1,000 [10] Death plays a merry dance on the violin in this Frenchman's "Danse macabre" Camille Saint-Saens	$1,000 [15] Africa's Rusizi is one of the few rivers that drains into this, the world's longest freshwater lake Lake Tanganyika Jenna Jeff	$1,000 [21] Tolstoy fought in the siege of Sevastopol during this war, which inspired his "Sevastopol Sketches" the Crimean War Jenna	$1,000 [27] Kinshasa in this country was home to the 1974 Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" Zaire Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY

Performed in England since the restoration of Charles II, shows featuring this pair often include a dog named Toby

Punch & Judy

Jude "Who is ?" — wagered $500

Jenna "Who are Punch & Judy?" — wagered $2,701

Jeff "Who are Punch & Judy" — wagered $1,000

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