Show #2551 1995-10-09 Regular

Contestants

Kathy Fowler — a proofreader from Manassas, Virginia

Chuck Pitcock — a real estate attorney from Chesterland, Ohio

Patrick McGeehan — a journalist from Hoboken, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Patrick	$1,900	$3,800	$8,400	$1,800 3rd place: Michael C. Fina crystal decanter & goblets + Jeopardy! home game + GameTek version of Jeopardy! for the computer	$10,400 26 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Chuck	$300	$0	$7,000	$11,000 New champion: $11,000	$7,100 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Kathy	$1,500	$2,000	$4,200	$8,200 2nd place: Ashley wall system & Aiwa digital mini system + Jeopardy! home game + GameTek version of Jeopardy! for the computer	$4,200 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	WARNER BROS. CARTOONS	NOTORIOUS	INTERNATIONAL CUISINE	THE HUDSON RIVER	DRAMA CLASS
$100 [9] In 1819 he defeated the Spaniards at Boyaca, liberating the territory of Colombia Simón Bolívar Chuck	$100 [11] "Carnivorous vulgaris" is one of this Roadrunner-chasing rascal's "scientific" names the (Wile E.) Coyote Kathy	$100 [19] Many consider the gunfight at this Arizona site outright murder by the Earps the OK Corral Kathy	$100 [4] Similar to cassoulet, feijoada is a specialty of this large South American country Brazil Patrick	$100 [1] The Hudson runs through this state capital Albany Patrick	$100 [6] It's the term for the objects, such as Lady Windermere's fan, that an actor handles onstage props Patrick
$200 [10] Of Russia's 4 empresses, she reigned the longest–34 years Catherine the Great Kathy	$200 [12] This "scent-imental" skunk was named after Charles Boyer's character in the film "Algiers" Pepé Le Pew Patrick	$200 [20] Affer a murder attempt in 1925, John Torrio turned over control of his Chicago mob to this man Al Capone Patrick	$200 [8] The cattle that produce this country's Kobe beef are massaged & fed a diet rich in beer Japan Chuck	$200 [2] The Lincoln Tunnel is among those under the Hudson that connect Manhattan with this state New Jersey Patrick	$200 [24] Downstage's antonym, it's where a selfish actor stands to make other actors turn away from the audience upstage Patrick
$300 [28] In 1887 the Chinese acknowledged Portuguese sovereignty over this territory Macau Chuck	$300 [16] This "fastest mouse" made his debut in 1953's "Cat-Tails for Two" Speedy Gonzales Patrick	$300 [21] This assassin of RFK avoided execution when the Calif. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment Sirhan Sirhan Chuck	$300 [13] The British serve fish & chips with the malt type of this sour condiment vinegar Patrick	$300 [3] In 1807 he launched his ship the Clermont, on the Hudson Robert Fulton Kathy	$300 [25] Anything that signals an actor's next line; it could be a single word or a door slam a cue Patrick
$500 [30] In April 1979 Abel T. Muzorewa was elected to succeed this man as prime minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith	$400 [17] This "roughest, toughest he-man hombre that's ever crossed the Rio Grande" could never beat Bugs Bunny Yosemite Sam Kathy	$400 [22] In 1939 columnist Walter Winchell arranged the surrender of Lepke Buchalter to this FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover Chuck	$400 [14] This Swiss specialty consists of one or more cheeses melted with white wine in a special pot fondue Patrick	$400 [5] A bridge named for this fictional character crosses at Catskill Rip Van Winkle Kathy	$400 [26] From the Latin for "talking alone", it's the kind of monologue Hamlet prefers a soliloquy Patrick Chuck
DD $900 [29] In 60 B.C. Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus & this man founded the first of Rome's 2 triumvirates Pompey Chuck	$500 [18] This animal is the symbol of the new Warner Bros. network Michigan J. Frog Kathy	$500 [23] Mass murderer Albert DeSalvo was known as this city's "Strangler" Boston Patrick	$500 [15] This legume, aka the garbanzo bean, is the basic ingredient of the Spanish stew called olla podrida a chickpea Kathy	$500 [7] Franklin Roosevelt's estate is located on the river at this site Hyde Park Patrick	$500 [27] Making up impromptu scenes based on suggestions is called this improvisation Kathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOTABLE NAMES	AMERICAN LITERATURE	WORD ORIGINS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	BIOLOGY	ODDS & ENDS
$200 [16] Though sick with typhoid & pneumonia, Jim Bowie fought & died at this fort in 1836 the Alamo Kathy	$200 [8] A chapter from "Life on the Mississippi" was intended for this "Tom Sawyer" sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Patrick	$200 [3] The name of this large deer is probably an alteration of the Old English eolh an elk Patrick	$200 [1] The Brooks Range in Alaska is the northern extension of this 3,000-mile-long mountain range the Rockies Chuck	$200 [26] All living things on Earth are constructed of these or are just a single one cells Chuck	$200 [17] Aleph & tav are the first & last letters of this alphabet the Hebrew alphabet Kathy
$400 [22] His brother Carloman was king of the Eastern Franks 768-771 Charlemagne Patrick	$400 [9] This "Magnificent" Booth Tarkington novel was the second book in his "Growth" trilogy The Magnificent Ambersons Patrick	$400 [4] A funeral hymn, from dirige, the first word in a prayer for the dead a dirge Patrick	$400 [2] The Czechs call this river the Dunaj the Danube Patrick	$400 [27] As opposed to bird eggs, human eggs have very little of this material in which nutrients are stored the yolk (albumen) Patrick Chuck	$400 [18] Biographers Day, May 16, is the anniversary of Samuel Johnson's first meeting with this man Boswell Chuck
$600 [23] The enameled Easter eggs he made for Russia's royalty often contained a surprise jewel Fabergé Patrick	$600 [10] In 1930 this author dramatized her 1946 novel "The Member of the Wedding" Carson McCullers Kathy	$600 [5] This slang term for a jail comes from the name of a former English prison; it's also the sound made by shackles the clink Patrick	$600 [13] France shares the Ardennes with this neighbor to the north Belgium Chuck	$600 [28] Among hormones made in the pancreas, glucagon has the opposite effect of this one insulin Chuck	$600 [19] While giving birth in 1853, Queen Victoria became one of the first women to use this anesthetic chloroform Chuck Kathy
$800 [24] In 1898 she founded the Christian Science Publishing Society Mary Baker Eddy Chuck	$800 [11] The middle name of this Sinclair Lewis title character is Follansbee (George F.) Babbitt Chuck	$1,000 [7] The "double talk" name of this disease is Sinhalese for "weakness weakness" beriberi Kathy	$800 [14] The Vietnamese call this river the Song Cuu Long the Mekong Chuck	$1,000 [30] In the early 1900s, Thomas Hunt Morgan found that red was the dominant color of these insects' eyes fruit flies Patrick	$800 [20] In Italian this familiar proverb is "l'amore e cieco" love is blind Kathy
$1,000 [25] In 1954 this Sherpa guide became director of training at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Tenzing Norgay Chuck	$1,000 [12] In "The Old Man and the Sea", this Cuban fisherman finally hooks a marlin after almost 3 months Santiago Chuck	DD $2,000 [6] The origins of alcalde, a Spanish word for a judicial official, go back to this language Arabic Patrick	$1,000 [15] Nicaragua's capital shares its name with this body of water, the nation's second-largest lake Lake Managua Patrick	DD $1,600 [29] Process illustrated by the equation seen here: 6CO2+ 6H2O light > C6H12O6+ 6O2 photosynthesis Chuck	$1,000 [21] In 1910 Victor Berger of Wisconsin became the 1st member of this political party elected to Congress the Socialist Party Patrick

Final Jeopardy!

SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

He served as assistant attorney general of Missouri under John C. Danforth from 1974 to 1977

(Clarence) Thomas

Kathy "Who is Thomas" — wagered $4,000

Chuck "Who is Clarence Thomas" — wagered $4,000

Patrick "Who was Rehnquist" — wagered $6,600

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