Show #2626 1996-01-22 Regular

Bill Dickenson game 5.

Contestants

Carol Anne Herlihy — a lawyer from Brooklyn, New York

Frank Lexa — a scientist and physician from Rosemont, Pennsylvania

Bill Dickenson — a college instructor from Richardson, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $37,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $2,100 $2,800 $5,400 $10,800
5-day champion: $48,401
$6,100
25 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Frank $400 $1,300 $2,900 $400
3rd place: Washburn acoustic guitar + Jeopardy! home game & GameTek Jeopardy!
$2,900
12 R, 2 W
Carol Anne $1,100 $2,200 $9,200 $5,500
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set & etching/collage Sonata by Daniel Lacroix + Jeopardy! home game & GameTek Jeopardy!
$8,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY AMERICA MONTHS THE SMITHSONIAN OCEANS & SEAS THE CIRCUS COMMON BONDS
$100 [3]
In 1907 "A. Mutt", the 1st successful daily comic striip was launched; it would later be called this
Mutt and Jeff
Bill
$100 [1]
In terms of days, it's the shortest month
February
Bill
$100 [16]
For its 150th anniversary, the Smithsonian takes to the road with treasures like this film's ruby slippers
The Wizard of Oz
Frank
$100 [22]
It's the invisible divider that creates the North Atlantic & the South Atlantic
the equator
Frank
$100 [20]
In 1796 Jacob Crowninshield imported the first of these pachyderms exhibited in the U.S.
elephants
Bill
$100 [9]
Sand, mouse, booby
traps
Bill
$200 [7]
"Energy Turns the World" was the theme of the 1982 World's Fair held in this Tennessee city
Knoxville
Bill
$200 [2]
The holder of several World Series records, Reggie Jackson is known as "Mr." this
October
Frank
$200 [17]
The lap desk on which he drafted the Declaration of Independence is at the National Museum of American history
Thomas Jefferson
Frank
$200 [23]
You cross this sea sailing from Tripoli to Napoli
the Mediterranean
Bill Carol Anne
$200 [27]
The forerunners of these circus performers can be found in commedia dell'arte & English pantomime
clowns
Bill
$200 [10]
Yellow, strait, Nehru
jackets
Frank
$300 [8]
In 1950 eating out became easier with the introduction of this first credit card
Diners Club
Carol Anne
$300 [4]
In the Roman calendar, it was the seventh month
September
Bill
$300 [18]
In addition to its 16 museums & galleries, the Smithsonian operates this refuge for over 5,000 animals
the National Zoo
Bill
$300 [24]
Principal ports of this sea include Port Sudan, Suez & Jiddah
the Red Sea
Bill
$300 [28]
Some circuses, like Polack Bros., have specialized in appearing under the auspices of this masonic order
the Shriners
Bill
$300 [12]
Ice, tooth, of the litter
picks
Bill
$400 [11]
In 1916 Fania Mindell, Ethel Byrne & this woman opened America's first birth control clinic
Margaret Sanger
Carol Anne
$400 [5]
It's the month during which Ponce de Leon discovered Florida
April
$400 [19]
The Freer Gallery has the largest U.S. collection of this American artist's works. but no portraits of his mother
Whistler
Carol Anne
$500 [26]
Its greatest length, about 930 miles, is between Lubeck, Germany & Haparanda, Sweden
the Baltic
Carol Anne
$400 [29]
This man, the greatest modern animal trainer, was the son of Max Gebel, a theatrical set designer
Gunther Gebel-Williams
Bill
$400 [14]
Legal, launch, lily
pads
Carol Anne
$500 [13]
He served as Secretary of the Navy before becoming governor of Texas in 1963
John Connally
Bill
$500 [6]
This month begins with back-to-back observances: All Saints' Day & All Souls' Day
November
Bill Frank
$500 [21]
Housing the Gemini 4 & Spirit of St. Louis, it's the most visited museum in the world
the Air and Space Museum
Frank
DD $700 [25]
The Bay of Bengal lies on the east side of India; this sea lies on the west side
the Arabian Sea
Bill
$500 [30]
In 1941 M'Toto was brought to the Ringling Bros. Circus as a mate for this giant gorilla
Gargantua
$500 [15]
Traffic, tennis, kangaroo
courts
Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH ROYALTY TRAVEL & TOURISM AMERICAN MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS ALL ABOUT AUTHORS TV "O"s
$200 [2]
King Stephen of England was the third son of Stephen, Count of Blois & Adela, the daughter of this conqueror
William the Conqueror
Bill
$200 [26]
This downtown area of Chicago is named for the rectangle formed by its elevated train tracks
the Loop
Frank
$400 [22]
When Tommy Dorsey died in 1956, this co-leader took over the band
Jimmy Dorsey
Carol Anne
$200 [12]
Hi-Y clubs for high school-age boys & girls are sponsored by this organization
the YMCA
Bill
$200 [7]
It was the profession of Poe's mother & father & both his maternal grandparents—how dramatic
actor
Bill
$200 [1]
He was Chief Bill Gillespie on "In the Heat of the Night"
Carroll O'Connor
Bill
$400 [3]
Cecil Beaton photographed this former king & his American-born wife on their 1937 wedding day
Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor)
Frank
$400 [27]
In Norway you can visit the Holmenkollen, at 196 feet one of the highest of these sports structures
a ski jump
Bill
$600 [23]
He scored an Oscar for his score of "Jaws"
(John) Williams
Frank
$400 [13]
This nonprofit organization's records on canine breeding date back to 1878
the American Kennel Club
Bill
$400 [17]
Milan Kundera wrote his novel "The Unbearable Lightness of" this in Czech, his native language
Being
Carol Anne
$400 [8]
1995's "Maybe This Time" stars this female member of a famous family of singers
Marie Osmond
Bill
$600 [4]
She was stripped of her princess title after her half-sister Elizabeth was born in 1533
Mary I
Carol Anne
$600 [30]
The Harbour Bridge near this Australian city's opera house is one of its best-known scenic features
Sydney
Bill
$800 [24]
His full nickname was Yardbird, but he was also called Bird
Charlie Parker
Bill
$600 [14]
In 1910 lawyer Moorfield Storey became the first president of this oldest U.S. civil rights organization
the NAACP
Bill Frank
$600 [18]
He created the first crossword puzzles written in Russian before he wrote "Lolita"
Nabokov
Carol Anne
$600 [9]
He plays shoe salesman Al Bundy on "Married... with Children"
Ed O'Neill
$800 [5]
This king was nicknamed "Dollheart" in sharp contrast to his brother Richard the Lionheart
John
Frank
$800 [29]
You can see Father Flanagan's memorabilia in his home in this community outside Omaha
Boys Town
Carol Anne
DD $1,000 [21]
Early press reports claimed this singer took his name from a poet he liked; he's denied it"Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe..."
Bob Dylan
Carol Anne
$800 [15]
One of this U.N. agency's great accomplishments was the eradication of smallpox by the late 1970s
the World Health Organization
Bill
DD $1,000 [19]
He had "The Right Stuff" to illustrate his own book about art criticism, "The Painted Word"
(Tom) Wolfe
Carol Anne
$800 [10]
Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Ruth Buzzi & this announcer were the only regulars to stay the entire run of "Laugh-In"
Gary Owens
$1,000 [6]
King Richard II was the son of the warrior prince known by this "dark" nickname
the Black Prince
Frank
$1,000 [28]
Margaret Island in this river is Budapest's most popular park
the Danube
Bill
$1,000 [25]
This George & Ira Gershwin political play was the first musical to win a Pulitzer
Of Thee I Sing
Bill Carol Anne
$1,000 [16]
In 1991 reformer Ronald Carey was elected president of this largest U.S. labor union
the Teamsters
Bill Carol Anne
$1,000 [20]
Among this Baltimore wit's pseudonyms were Amelia Hatteras, Raoul Della Torre & The Ringmaster
(H.L.) Mencken
Carol Anne
$1,000 [11]
On "The Muppet Show", this Muppeteer was always right under Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear & Animal
Frank Oz

Final Jeopardy!

1995

Frank C. Gaylord II sculpted the figures for the memorial to this, dedicated July 27, 1995

the Korean War

Frank "What is the Holocaust" — wagered $2,500
Bill "What is the Korean War Memorial?" — wagered $5,400
Carol Anne "What Vietnam War Women" — wagered $3,700

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