Show #2552 1995-10-10 Regular

Contestants

Don Mueller — a teacher from San Marcos, Texas

Joanne Timmins — a social worker from Ardsley, New York

Chuck Pitcock — a real estate attorney from Chesterland, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Chuck	$400	$2,800	$9,800	$4,599 2-day champion: $15,599	$9,900 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Joanne	$400	$200	$2,000	$1,900 3rd place: Tasco telescope + Jeopardy! by GameTek for the computer	$2,000 10 R, 3 W
Don	$1,500	$2,500	$7,500	$4,001 2nd place: Gateway 2000 PC & Sanyo fax machine + Jeopardy! by GameTek for the computer	$6,100 21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	HOBBIES & CRAFTS	ARIZONA	SILENT MOVIES	BANKRUPT	CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
$100 [8] From 1942-45 this nation controlled the major sources of natural rubber in Asia Japan Chuck	$100 [13] A receptarist would cut these out of the food section of the L.A. times recipes Chuck	$100 [1] A train that departs from Williams offers all-day excursions to the South Rim of this national wonder the Grand Canyon Don	$100 [22] In 1918 Elmo Lincoln starred in the first film about this Edgar Rice Burroughs hero Tarzan Don	$100 [7] Mark Twain went bankrupt investing in a typesetting machine instead of this man's new phone company (Alexander Graham) Bell Chuck	$100 [2] Merry month(3) May Don
$200 [9] Implicated in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I, she was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots Joanne	$200 [26] This brownish-yellow fossil resin is used to make jewelry amber Joanne	$200 [14] Arizona's state flower is the blossom of this giant cactus saguaro Don	$200 [23] Albert Dieudonne played this French emperor in Abel Gance's 1927 film Napoleon Chuck	$200 [18] This county, home of Disneyland, in 1994 became the biggest U.S. municipality to file for bankruptcy Orange Chuck	$200 [3] Mork's mate(5) Mindy Don
$300 [10] In 1770 he explored Australia's east coast & named it New South Wales Cook Joanne	$300 [27] A phillumenist collects labels from boxes of these illuminators matches Joanne Don	$300 [15] Prospector Ed Schieffelin named this town famous for its Boot Hill graveyard Tombstone Chuck	$300 [24] His "City Lights" was released in 1931, after talkies had become the norm Charlie Chaplin Chuck	$300 [19] After his family's business went bankrupt in 1818, he returned to writing tales like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Washington Irving Don	$300 [4] "Lunar" liquor(9) moonshine Chuck
$400 [11] On Oct. 26. 1979 this country's president Park Chung Hee was assassinated by the chief of his own CIA South Korea Joanne	$400 [28] From Old English for a fishhook, this is the term for fishing with a hook & line angling Don	DD $300 [16] This was Arizona's largest city from the turn of the century until surpassed by Phoenix in the 1920s Tucson Chuck	$400 [25] "Way Down East" was this director's second biggest moneymaker, after "The Birth of a Nation" D.W. Griffith Joanne	$400 [20] This showman became a sucker when he lost over $500.000 in an 1855 clock company investment Barnum Chuck	$400 [5] 60 second soldier(9) a Minuteman Don
$500 [12] This capital of Ancient Egypt was first known as the White Wall Memphis Chuck Joanne	$500 [29] By pursuing this hobby a gardener may dig up the roots of his family tree genealogy Don	$500 [17] A Frank Lloyd Wright building on the ASU campus in this city was built after Wright's death Tempe Chuck	$500 [30] Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann & Walter Rohrig designed the expressionistic sets for this 1919 German film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Joanne	$500 [21] In 1788, under this king, the French government went bankrupt Louis XVI Chuck	$500 [6] Painter Piet(8) Mondrian Don

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	TRAVEL & TOURISM	FIRST LADIES	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	SOCIAL STUDIES	FICTION
$200 [13] In 1608 Hans Lippershey invented a refracting type of this a telescope Don	$200 [8] Opened in the 1920s, Gorki Park is this city's most popular amusement center Moscow Don	$200 [26] She was born in Chicago on October 26, 1947 (Hillary) Clinton Joanne	$200 [6] Those played in the Scottish Highlands often have tartan-covered sacks bagpipes Joanne	$200 [15] Gunpowder invented during China's T'ang dynasty was first used in these, not in weapons fireworks Don	$200 [1] This Boris Pasternak novel wasn't published in Russia until 1988 Doctor Zhivago Don
$400 [14] This band of winds in the upper troposphere can reach speeds over 200 mph the jet stream Joanne	$400 [9] This country's Mediterranean resort areas include Costa Brava & Costa del Sol Spain Don	$400 [27] She wore a Parisian turban topped with bird-of-paradise plumes at her husband's 1809 inaugural ball Dolley Madison Chuck	$400 [7] Andres Segovia described it as a "small orchestra... every string is a different color, a different voice" a guitar Joanne	$400 [19] In this ancient Greek city boys from age 7 to 20 lived in barracks & had physical & military training Sparta Don	$400 [2] His "The Hunt for Red October" was the Naval Institute Press' first work of fiction Clancy Chuck
$600 [20] Konstantin Tsiolkovsky designed the 1st of these devices in Russia to test scale model aircraft a wind tunnel Don	$600 [10] A state historical site in Osawatomie, Kansas is named for this abolitionist John Brown Chuck	$600 [28] It was Mrs. Garfield's first name; her nickname was Crete Lucretia Don	$800 [17] Wanda Landowska was renowned for playing this instrument, which she helped revive in the 20th century harpsichord	$600 [23] This venerable English historian created the dating concept of A.D. Bede Chuck	$600 [3] Fe a recent Book-of-the-Month Club poll, her "Atlas Shrugged" ranked as the most influential novel Ayn Rand Joanne
$800 [21] Stars are born in these clouds of gas & dust nebulae Don	$800 [11] Donatello's statue of this biblical king is on display at the Bargello Palace in Florence David Don	$800 [29] Gossip linked Grover Cleveland with Emma Folsom, but he had his eye on this young lady, Emma's daughter Frances Folsom Don	$1,000 [18] An early relative of the violin was the ravanastron, a 2-stringed instrument of this country India Chuck	$800 [24] This company, founded by the Dutch in 1602, drove the Portuguese out of Ceylon the Dutch East India Trading Company Chuck	$800 [4] This 1981 bestseller by James Clavell was subtitled "A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong" Noble House Chuck
$1,000 [22] A satellite in this type of orbit is always over the same point on Earth geosynchronous Chuck	$1,000 [12] This German port city is said to have more bridges than any European city — over 2,000 Hamburg Chuck	DD $1,500 [30] Edith Kermit Carow married him in London, where she lived with her mother & sister Teddy Roosevelt Don	DD $1,500 [16] The name of this instrument is French for "set of bells" carillon Don	$1,000 [25] The Risorgimento was a 19th century movement to unify this country Italy Chuck	$1,000 [5] The Overlook Hotel in Colorado is the sinister setting for this Stephen King novel The Shining Chuck

Final Jeopardy!

COMMEMORATIVE COINS

On a 1995 dollar commemorating the Special Olympics, she's the first living woman depicted on a U.S. coin

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Joanne "Who is?" — wagered $100

Don "Who is?" — wagered $3,499

Chuck "Who is Rosylin Carter" — wagered $5,201

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