Show #2560 1995-10-20 Regular

Contestants

Jerry Meisner — a financial consultant from Studio City, California

Reita Louis — a quality assurance technician from Akron, Ohio

Jeff Strobel — a U.S. naval officer originally from Norton, Ohio

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$1,900	$4,400	$8,400	$2,400 3rd place: Peoploungers chaise longue + Jeopardy! home game	$8,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Reita	$300	$1,900	$9,400	$18,700 New champion: $18,700	$8,900 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jerry	$1,200	$2,000	$5,000	$8,600 2nd place: trip to Santa Cruz & stay at the Dream Inn & Magnavox VHS camcorder + Jeopardy! home game	$6,200 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH AMERICA	FILMS OF THE '90s	TRANSPORTATION	HISTORY	"HIGH"	SOCIETY
$100 [6] It's an official language in 9 of the 12 South American countries Spanish Jeff	$100 [26] Gene Hackman played the commander of the USS Alabama, a nuclear sub, in this 1995 hit Crimson Tide Jerry	$100 [11] In ancient Greece, these vehicles were used for Olympic racing chariots Reita	$100 [1] As emperor, Commodus renamed this future Italian capital Colonia Commodiana Rome Jeff	$100 [12] Guennadi Avdeenko holds the Olympic record in this track & field event, 7' 9 1/2" the high jump Jerry	$100 [19] A community of people who live near each other; Mister Rogers lives in one a neighborhood Reita
$200 [7] Around 1000 A.D. tribes in the northern highlands of this country formed the kingdom of Quito Ecuador Jeff	$200 [27] One reviewer said of this film, "Eastwood climbs back into the saddle to make a classic western" Unforgiven Reita	$200 [13] This type of motorbike that's started by pedaling can reach a speed of about 30 miles per hour a moped Reita	$200 [2] The 1545 Council of Trent was called in response to this religious movement Protestantism Jeff	$200 [14] Someone short is this "to a grasshopper" knee high Jerry	$200 [20] The rules of polite social interaction; Emily Post is a popular name in the field etiquette Jeff
$300 [8] The first World Cup final was played in this Uruguayan capital in 1930 Montevideo Jeff	$300 [28] In "The Addams Family", Christopher Hart's hand appeared as this character Thing Jeff	$300 [16] John Volpe & this woman are the only Secretaries of Transportation to serve for 4 years Elizabeth Dole Jeff	$300 [3] In 1917 this czar was forced to abdicate in favor of his brother Michael, who refused the crown Nicholas II Jeff	$300 [15] Left like this, you might be stranded out of the water high & dry Jeff	$300 [21] Yuppie is a slang term which stands for this young urban professional Jeff
DD $400 [9] In 1881 the region of Patagonia was divided between Chile & this country Argentina Jeff	$400 [29] Jasmine's singing in this 1992 Disney animated feature was provided by Lea Salonga Aladdin Jeff	$400 [17] This New England state's largest airport serves the city of Manchester New Hampshire Reita	$400 [4] Pericles was one of the instigators of this war between Athens & Sparta that began in 431 B.C. the Peloponnesian War Jerry	$400 [24] Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, collectively the High Holidays Jerry	$400 [22] A kolkhoz is a collective farm in Russia & this is one in Israel a kibbutz Reita
$500 [10] This Inca city found in 1911 has been called "the most important archaeological site in South America" Machu Picchu Jerry	$500 [30] In 1990's "Ghost", this actor played a ghost who communicated with his girlfriend via a medium Patrick Swayze Jeff	$500 [18] The Boston Post Road was a mail route that began in Boston & terminated in this city New York City Jeff	$500 [5] In 1958, to counter the UAR of Egypt & Syria, Jordan & this country formed a federation Iraq	$500 [25] They were the big gamblers on an old Heatter-Quigley game show the high rollers Reita	$500 [23] The seventies were narcissistically referred to as this "decade" the Me Decade Jerry

Double Jeopardy! Round

WWII	SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS	TEXTILES	AROUND THE WORLD	MYSTERIES	POTPOURRI
$200 [4] Of the 8 battleships damaged at Pearl Harbor, 1 of the 2 that were never put back into service (1 of) the Arizona (or the Oklahoma ) Jerry	$200 [16] She's Mark Antony's "Egyptian dish" Cleopatra Jerry	$200 [1] This light, loosely woven cloth, aka tobacco cloth, is made from cotton, not Cheddar cheesecloth Reita	$200 [9] The second Saturday in May is Windmill Day in this country Holland Jerry	$200 [23] His "The Hound of the Baskervilles" has been brought to the screen at least 7 times, the first time in 1914 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Jerry	$200 [17] Gothic-inspired home furnishings, jewelry & clothes are sold in this "Moonstruck" star's sanctuary catalog Cher Reita
$400 [5] This composer's WWII song "This Is The Army, Mr. Jones" wasn't quite as popular as "White Christmas" Irving Berlin Jeff	$400 [22] Passed over for a promotion, he plots to destroy Othello Iago Jerry	$400 [2] Harris is the best-known Scottish type of this fabric tweed Reita	$400 [10] The Musee National on Av. Princesse-Grace in this country boasts a fine collection of mechanical toys Monaco Reita	$400 [24] Books by this creator of Mike Hammer have sold over 130 million copies worldwide Mickey Spillane Jeff	$400 [18] He was the pilot in Vostok 1 (Yuri) Gagarin Jeff
$600 [6] The SPARS were this service's women's reserves; SPAR is an acronym of "Semper Paratus", always ready the Coast Guard Jeff	$600 [28] In "The Merchant of Venice", he asks, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" Shylock Jerry	$600 [3] Worsted is a smooth fabric made from carded & combed yarn of this fiber wool Jeff	$600 [13] This Scandinavian country is the home of the smorgasbord Sweden Jerry	$600 [25] He created the witty, debonair Nick Charles & the hard-boiled Sam Spade Dashiell Hammett Reita	$600 [19] In measuring champagne, this unit is about one-quarter of a standard bottle a split Reita
$800 [7] In 1941 "Hap"penstance made him chief of the new U.S. Army Air Forces Hap Arnold Jerry	$800 [29] After the death of Hamlet's father, his mother, Gertrude, marries this man, his uncle Claudius	$800 [11] One of the oldest known textile fibers comes from this plant used to make linen flax Jeff	$800 [14] This Southwest Pacific country's longest river, the Waikato, flows 264 miles on North Island New Zealand Reita	$800 [26] This author drew on his intelligence background to write spy novels about George Smiley John le Carré Jeff	$800 [20] Etzel was the German name for this "Scourge of God" Attila the Hun Reita
$1,000 [8] A destroyer was named for this family of 5 brothers killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal the Sullivans Jerry	DD $1,200 [30] His first line is "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" Macbeth Jerry	$1,000 [12] The weft, the threads drawn through the warp to produce woven fabric, is also called filling or this the woof	DD $1,500 [15] The Jubilee Palace in this capital city was once the residence of Emperor Haile Selassie Addis Ababa Reita	$1,000 [27] Dorothy L. Sayers wrote several novels about this aristocratic sleuth, including "The Nine Tailors" Lord Peter Wimsey Reita	$1,000 [21] Oberlin College in this state is named for Alsatian Lutheran pastor Johann Oberlin, who died in 1826 Ohio Reita

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

The name of this capital is an Anglicized form of the Hebrew word for "peace"

Salem

Jerry "What is Salem?" — wagered $3,600

Jeff "What is ASacrameColumbus?" — wagered $6,000

Reita "What is Salem?" — wagered $9,300

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