Show #2614 1996-01-04 Regular

Missing introductions.

Contestants

Glenn Gilbert — a business entrepreneur originally from Wilmington, Delaware

Janet Hoffman — an attorney from Valley Village, California

Gareth Jones — a real estate appraiser from Visalia, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $11,398)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gareth	$1,400	$3,500	$10,200	$7,199 3-day champion: $18,597	$10,700 24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Janet	$1,100	$800	$6,600	$2,900 2nd place: David Winter hand-painted castles & Thomas Kinkade painting Hometown Chapel + GameTek Jeopardy!	$6,600 18 R, 3 W
Glenn	$0	$2,300	$2,300	$100 3rd place: Sansui MS5944 mini component system + GameTek Jeopardy!	$4,100 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.	FASHION HISTORY	SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES	ANIMALS	INVENTIONS	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [9] This "Sunshine State" is also known as "The Alligator State" Florida Janet	$100 [14] Low-waisted dresses & bobbed hair typified the flapper look of this decade the 1920s Gareth	$100 [22] In "Demolition Man", future cop Sandra came on like Rambo with this, well... film Rambo Sylvester Stallone Gareth	$100 [7] The robber species of this crustacean will drown in water a crab Janet	$100 [1] If, as some say, Gen. Han Hsin invented this c. 200 B.C., he was the 1st to tell someone to go fly one a kite Gareth	$100 [6] In German these 2 relatives are der bruder & die schwester your brother & your sister Gareth
$200 [15] This Alabama capital is named for a Revolutionary War hero Montgomery Gareth	$200 [24] After the Jacobite Rebellion, these Scottish plaid patterns were banned by British law tartans Janet Glenn	$200 [23] As Angela Bennett in this 1995 film, Sandra found her identity deleted "from the information superhighway The Net Janet	$200 [12] The condor is a bird & the conger is one of these an eel Janet	$200 [2] In 1947 Arthur Samuel designed a computer that could play this game; chess on the same board came later checkers Gareth	$200 [8] On a Dutch beach a sign reading "verboden te zwemmen" would indicate this swimming is forbidden Gareth
$300 [16] The Atchafalaya Floodway & the Bonnet Carre Spillway help control flooding in this state Louisiana Janet	$300 [27] This men's headdress made by winding fabric around the head inspired a draped hat worn by women a turban Glenn	$400 [26] Sandra waitressed at the Sweetwater Cafe in the Robert Duvall-Richard Harris film "Wrestling" this author Hemingway Janet	$300 [19] This very slo-o-o-w creature can turn its head 270", likes to hang upside down & is three-toed a sloth Glenn	$300 [3] In 1901 the first Mercedes introduced Wilhelm Maybach's honeycomb design for this cooling system the radiator Gareth	$300 [10] French for "in fashion", it's the phrase used when ordering ice cream on top of pie a la mode Janet
$400 [17] This state is the site of the annual Makawao Rodeo Hawaii Gareth	$400 [29] In ancient Rome freeborn boys wore the toga praetexta, which was white with a border of this color purple Glenn	DD $500 [25] 1992 film based on & named for thefollowinggolden oldie:"I held my nose, I closed my eyes /I took a drink" "Love Potion No. 9" Glenn	$400 [20] A shrimp has 2 pairs of these, with one pair as long as its body an antenna Gareth Janet Glenn	$400 [4] The first mechanical one of these was invented in 1915 & marketed under the Ever-Sharp name a pencil Janet	$400 [11] In Greece a doctor would refer to your liver as sikoti & this organ as nefro your kidney Gareth
$500 [18] This city the starting point of the Santa Fe Trail & the home of President Truman Independence Glenn	$500 [30] A broad necktie & a broad scarf were named for this fashionable English racetrack Ascot Gareth	$500 [28] Sandra fell for Peter Gallagher, who fell into a coma, in this "sleeper" hit of 1995 While You Were Sleeping Gareth	$500 [21] The blue whale is this type of toothless whale that strains its food baleen Glenn	$500 [5] The World Almanac's list of inventions runs from A for adding machine to Z for this device zipper	$500 [13] Japanese for "exalted gate", it was the title formerly used for the emperor of Japan mikado

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	RELIGION	AWARDS	MOUNTAINS	WORLD UNIVERSITIES	20th CENTURY AUTHORS
$200 [6] This island near San Francisco ceased being a military prison & became a federal prison in 1934 Alcatraz Janet	$200 [15] The person who holds this religious office is the primate of all England the Archbishop of Canterbury Janet	$200 [17] The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was shared by Israeli leaders Shimon Peres & Yitzhak Rabin, & this PLO leader Yasser Arafat Janet	$200 [1] 10 mountains in this South American chain exceed a height of 22,000 feet the Andes Glenn	$200 [7] For several decades the University of Leipzig was named for this founder of communism Karl Marx Gareth	$200 [13] He published his first novel, "A Daughter of the Snows", the year before "The Call of the Wild" Jack London Glenn
$400 [8] The steeple of this Boston church, where lanterns were hung April 18, 1775, blew down in 1804 the Old North Church Janet	$400 [21] Statues of foxes are found at the inari shrines of this Japanese religion Shinto Janet	$400 [19] In 1993 this tennis great was awarded a Medal of Freedom posthumously Arthur Ashe Glenn	$400 [2] This highest Greek mountain lies on the border of Macedonia & Thessaly Mount Olympus Gareth	$400 [9] The university of this capital city is the largest university in Algeria Algiers Gareth	$400 [14] Sportswriter & "Poseidon Adventure" author Paul Gallico helped begin this amateur boxing event the Golden Gloves Gareth
$600 [18] In 1921 she founded the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Glenn	$600 [28] The Tantric form of this religion is also called Mantrayana, which means "vehicle of the mantra" Buddhism Janet Glenn	$600 [23] This reggae singer was en route to Jamaica to receive the Order of Merit when he died in 1981 Bob Marley Glenn	DD $500 [5] When St. Pierre, Martinique was destroyed by this volcano in 1902, only one man, a prisoner, survived Mount Pelée Gareth	$600 [10] The most recent British prime minister who studied at Oxford Margaret Thatcher Janet	$600 [16] Her novel "Ship of Fools" was inspired by a 28-day voyage she made from Mexico to Germany in 1931 Katherine Anne Porter Glenn
$800 [26] Maine entered the Union in 1820 as a part of this compromise the Missouri Compromise Gareth	$800 [29] In this religion the god Shiva is often depicted as Nataraja, the cosmic dancer Hinduism Janet	$1,000 [25] In 1985 Steven Jobs & this partner were recipients of the National Medal of Technology (Steve) Wozniak Gareth	$600 [3] Known as Peak XV, it was renamed in 1865 for the Surveyor General of India Mount Everest Gareth Janet	$800 [11] The National Autonomous University of Honduras was founded in this city in 1847 Tegucigalpa Janet	$800 [20] In 1962, the year he published "Travels with Charley", he won the Nobel Prize for Literature John Steinbeck Gareth
$1,000 [27] In 1968 vast oil deposits were discovered at this bay, an arm of the Beaufort Sea Prudhoe Bay Gareth	$1,000 [30] In 1739 this Methodist wrote in his journal, "I look upon all the world as my parish" John Wesley Gareth	DD $2,000 [24] This late Russian-born pianist won over 20 Grammys & a 1972 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Vladimir Horowitz Glenn	$800 [4] The base of this highest Alpine peak extends into France, Italy & Switzerland Mont Blanc Gareth	$1,000 [12] Laval University is named for the first Roman Catholic bishop of this Canadian city Quebec Janet	$1,000 [22] This author of 1985's "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" was once a stage manager for the "Howdy Doody" show Dominick Dunne

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES IN THE NEWS

He was born Newton Leroy McPherson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 17, 1943

Newt Gingrich

Glenn "Who is O.J. Simpson" — wagered $2,200

Janet "Who is Leroy Neiman" — wagered $3,700

Gareth "Who is" — wagered $3,001

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