Show #2561 1995-10-23 Regular

Contestants

Rachel Owen — a naturalist and puppeteer from Malvern, Pennsylvania

Mary Neville — a registered nurse from Chicago, Illinois

Reita Louis — a quality assurance technician from Akron, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Reita	$1,600	$2,600	$8,200	$100 3rd place: Ascot luggage + Jeopardy! home game + GameTek Jeopardy!	$8,200 18 R, 0 W
Mary	$800	$2,400	$9,200	$16,601 New champion: $16,601	$8,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Rachel	$1,600	$3,700	$8,300	$16,599 2nd place: Bassett bedroom suite & Dream Maker bedding + Jeopardy! home game	$6,800 19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1930s	Mcs & Macs	CAKES & PASTRY	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	STOCK SYMBOLS	HODGEPODGE
$100 [3] This 102-story New York skyscraper officially opened May 1, 1931 the Empire State Building Rachel	$100 [4] Mets pitcher Tug or cartoon horse Quick Draw McGraw Rachel	$100 [15] The "emperor" of pastries, it's usually rectangular a Napoleon Reita	$100 [1] Chicago has been the seat of this county since 1831 Cook Mary	$100 [16] Symbolized DIS, it's in the biz, show biz Disney Reita	$100 [25] The Capitol in Springfield, Illinois has statues of these opposing debaters on its grounds Lincoln & Douglas Rachel
$200 [11] On Jan. 23, 1930 Wilhelm Frick became the first member of this party to take a ministerial office in Germany the Nazi Party Mary	$200 [5] Nelson Eddy's Jeanette or 1920s British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald Mary	$200 [18] This fruit is the main ingredient in the most common strudel filling apple Mary	$200 [2] The St. Johns River, this state's longest, flows about 285 miles, entering the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville Florida Rachel	$200 [17] You're sharp if you know G is this maker of Sensor razors Gillette Rachel	$200 [26] In "A Visit from St. Nicholas", St. Nicholas is "chubby and plump" & "a right jolly old" one an elf Mary
$300 [12] In 1931 he established the first Chinese Soviet republic in a region of Kiangsi Province Mao Tse-tung Rachel	$300 [6] Bull Run General Irvin or "A Clockwork Orange" star Malcolm McDowell Mary	$300 [19] Mille-feuille is a delicate pastry whose name means this many leaves a thousand Reita	$300 [9] Over half of all U.S. land more than 10,000 feet above sea level is in this state Colorado Reita	$300 [20] It's no news that TRB is this company the Tribune Rachel	$300 [27] This New Orleans arena is the world's largest indoor stadium the Louisiana Superdome
$400 [13] Harold Urey discovered deuterium, a "heavy" isotope of this element hydrogen Reita	$400 [7] Anne, the first female to reap a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, or reaper inventor McCormick Reita	$400 [21] A large, flat, sugary pastry is named for these elephant parts an elephant ear Mary	$400 [10] About 75 of every 100 people in Hawaii live on this island Oahu Rachel	$400 [23] Symbolized PZL, it's a "crude" company Pennzoil Mary	$400 [28] In 1541 Pedro de Valdivia founded this Chilean capital Santiago Mary
$500 [14] In Egypt's first elections under this king in 1936, the nationalists made great advances Farouk Rachel	$500 [8] "Robin's Hoods"' Julie or "The Thorn Birds"' Colleen McCullough Reita	$500 [22] The cheese type of this pastry with a "nationality" name is usually made with cream cheese Danish Reita	DD $1,000 [30] Since 1980 this volcano in the Cascade Mountains has erupted more than 20 times Mount St. Helens Rachel	$500 [24] Your CPU may be from CPQ, this company Compaq	$500 [29] Since 1818 all U.S. flag changes have taken effect on this day of the year July 4th Rachel

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	DIARISTS	MEDICAL CENTER	ARTISTS	AMERICAN HISTORY	CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS
$200 [16] In 1771 the Maharajah Pratap Singh founded the city of Alwar in this country India Rachel	$200 [26] Her 1940s diary was reissued in 1995 with some of her emerging sexual feelings reinstated Anne Frank Reita	$200 [1] It's the part of your body monitored by an electro-encephalograph the brain Reita	$200 [9] Apelles was court painter to Philip of Macedon & this man, Philip's son Alexander the Great Reita	$200 [19] In 1960 the CIA devised a plan to overthrow this nearby world leader–didn't work (Fidel) Castro Mary	$200 [2] Christine, Raoul, the Phantom The Phantom of the Opera Mary
$400 [17] Murmansk, this country's chief Arctic Ocean port, is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle Russia Reita Rachel	$400 [27] 1937's "Last Flight" included the diary she transmitted from points along her ill-fated trip Amelia Earhart Mary	$400 [3] This "sweet" term for a volunteer came from the red-lined uniform a candy striper Mary	$400 [10] He decided to devote his life to painting American birds after failing as a general store owner Audubon Mary	$400 [20] Prospectors trampled his crops & stole his cattle after gold was discovered on his land in January 1848 Sutter Rachel	$400 [5] Aunt Eller, Ado Annie, Curly Oklahoma! Rachel
$600 [18] You'll find the National Museum of Kenya in this city Nairobi Rachel	$600 [28] Cambridge's Magdalene College has a library named for this 17th c. diarist that houses his papers Pepys Mary	$600 [4] A neonatologist specializes in treating these people newborn babies Reita	$600 [11] He produced the successful print "The Ruins of the Merchants' Exchange" in 1835. long before teaming with Ives Currier Reita	$600 [21] Sen. Edmund Ross never won office again after casting the deciding vote to acquit this president Andrew Johnson Rachel	$600 [6] Princess Ying Yaowalak, Prince Chulalongkorn, Anna Leonowens The King and I Reita
$800 [24] This city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics lies on the island of Hokkaido Sapporo Mary Rachel	$800 [29] This Jim Carroll book was turned into a 1995 film with Leonardo DiCaprio The Basketball Diaries	$800 [14] This operation involves cutting the vas deferens a vasectomy Rachel	$800 [12] This Frenchman's late work "Four Dancers" is an ambitious study of motion Degas Mary	$800 [22] He named a large region of Antarctica for his wife Marie (Richard) Byrd Rachel	$800 [7] Joe Hardy, Applegate, Lola Damn Yankees Reita
$1,000 [25] Bolivia's Declaration of Independence is in a museum in this legal capital, not La Paz Sucre	DD $2,000 [30] Names in this French-born American woman's diaries include Henry Miller & Lawrence Durrell Anais Nin Mary	$1,000 [15] It's moving or transplanting tissue from one part of your body to another part a graft Reita	$1,000 [13] His "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2" was exhibited at the famous 1913 Armory Show (Marcel) Duchamp Mary	DD $2,000 [23] With President Monroe's help, the American Colonization Society founded what's now this African country Liberia Rachel	$1,000 [8] Pseudolus, Hysterium, Miles Gloriosus A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Reita

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

As British ambassador to Turkey he was allowed to take away "any pieces of stone with old inscriptions"

(Lord) Elgin

Reita "Who is Rosetta?" — wagered $8,100

Rachel "Who is Elgin" — wagered $8,299

Mary "Who was Elgin?" — wagered $7,401

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