Show #2636 1996-02-05 Regular

Contestants

Michael Kremer — a high school drama teacher from La Verne, California

Don Richardson — a software engineer from Haymarket, Virginia

Jana Jones — a prepress technician from Austin, Texas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jana	$1,400	$1,400	$400	$800 3rd place: Braun 5-in-1 food preparation center + Jeopardy! home game & GameTek Jeopardy!	$400 12 R, 6 W
Don	$2,300	$5,500	$11,000	$15,700 New champion: $15,700	$9,700 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Michael	$-300	$400	$7,800	$801 2nd place: Bush home theater & RCA 27" TV + Jeopardy! home game & GameTek Jeopardy!	$9,800 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	CLASSIC TELEVISION	ANNUAL EVENTS	GEMS & JEWELRY	AROUND THE WORLD	THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES
$100 [2] As early as 1879 a telephone system was installed in Butte in this state Montana Jana	$100 [1] "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" was the theme to this sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies Don	$100 [11] In celebration of this holiday, Knott's Berry Farm turns into Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Jana	$100 [26] One of the largest canary-yellow diamonds is owned by & named for this Fifth Avenue jewelry firm Tiffany Don	$100 [16] At 3,414', Carrauntoohill in the mountains of Kerry is this country's highest peak Ireland Michael	$100 [12] If you run something up the flagpole, you've used this simple machine of a rope over a wheel the pulley Jana
$200 [7] In 1878 the first salmon canneries were built in this new American possession Alaska Jana	$200 [3] Its opening asked, "Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?" The Odd Couple Jana	$200 [22] Observances in this state include Indian Day in September & Will Rogers Day in November Oklahoma Jana	$200 [27] The jewelry Rene Lalique designed in this "new art" style often featured dreamy feminine figures & opals art nouveau Michael	$200 [17] Air Canada is headquartered in this French-speaking city Montreal Don	$200 [13] The gentler the slope on it, the easier it is to push a load up this simple machine an inclined plane Don
$300 [8] The gold rush in this Rocky Mountain state began in 1858 when gold was discovered at Cherry Creek Colorado Don	$300 [4] On this British import, Honor Blackman preceded Diana Rigg in playing Patrick Macnee's partner The Avengers Jana	$300 [23] On Hangul. Korean Alphabet Day, children compete in this art of beautiful handwriting calligraphy Jana	$300 [28] Uruguay is an important source of this transparent purple variety of quartz amethyst Michael	$300 [18] The name of this city's Limehouse District may be derived from its limekilns, or "lime oasts" London Don	$300 [14] Driven by blows from a hammer, it's used to split logs or to raise a heavy load a wedge Don Michael
$400 [9] This former Texas president was 1 of only 2 southern senators to vote against the Kansas-Nebraska Act Sam Houston Don	$400 [5] For 7 years Clint Eastwood kept "them dogies rollin"' on this western Rawhide Jana	$400 [24] The name of this Jewish holiday is Hebrew for "head of the year" Rosh Hashanah Don	$400 [29] The Dutch call this green gem a smaragd an emerald Don	$500 [20] The Catholic University of Valparaiso was founded in this South American country in 1928 Chile Don	$400 [15] A winch, like one that raises a bucket in a well, is an example of a wheel & this an axle
$500 [10] In Pinckney's Treaty of 1795, Spain granted the U.S. the right to navigate this river the Mississippi Don	$500 [6] Mid-1960s science fiction series in which you'd hear The Robot exclaim, "Warning. Warning." Lost in Space Don	$500 [25] Celebrating the anniversary of its founding, United Nations Day is observed on the 24th of this month October Michael	$500 [30] The National Museum of Natural History has a 22,892.5-carat one of these golden gems the topaz Jana	DD $800 [19] Fish is the main export of Maldives, an island country in this ocean the Indian Ocean Don	$500 [21] The distance between the threads on this simple machine is called the pitch a screw Don

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD TESTAMENT	SPORTS	AUSTRALIA	POTENT POTABLES	HISTORIC WOMEN	LITERARY TITLE PAIRS
$200 [6] "And what sover" he "called every living creature, that was the name thereof" Adam Jana Michael	$200 [1] On April 22, 1995 he retained his heavyweight boxing title in a controversial decision against Axel Schulz George Foreman Jana	$200 [11] There are over 500 species of this kind of tree in Australia the eucalyptus Michael	$200 [14] Pisco, a South American kind of this snifter spirit, is distilled from Muscat grapes brandy Jana	$200 [15] In 1922 she broke a women's shooting record by smashing 100 clay targets in a row Annie Oakley Jana	$200 [26] Dostoyevsky's 1866 tale of murder & its consequences Crime and Punishment Don
$400 [7] God told him to "stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians" Moses Michael	$400 [2] On August 30, 1991, Mike Powell set the world record in this event with a leap of 29' 4 1/2" the long jump Jana Michael	$400 [12] This capital is a totally planned city equidistant from Sydney & Melbourne Canberra Don	$400 [22] A 1736 British law effectively banned this juniper-flavored spirit; it was repealed a few years later gin Don	$400 [16] During her reign, 1762-1796, she established the first Russian schools for girls Catherine the Great Michael	$400 [27] Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" is set in a fishing boat & this Lear poem in a pea-green boat "The Owl and the Pussy-cat" Don
$600 [8] "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be" this Abraham Michael	$600 [3] In 1972 & 1973 this school's Bill Walton was named Outstanding Player of the NCAA Basketball Tournament UCLA Don	$800 [20] The first group of settlers in Australia included 717 of these people, 188 of them women convicts Michael	$600 [23] Moscato di Siracusa is a sweet, strong dessert wine made on this Italian island Sicily Michael	$600 [17] For her nursing reforms & care of the sick. she was the 1st woman to receive the British Order of Merit Florence Nightingale Jana Michael	$600 [28] George Bernard Shaw's tale that gave a Greek tailor "paws" to think Androcles and the Lion Michael
$800 [9] After interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's dream, he was made "ruler over the whole province of Babylon" Daniel Jana	$800 [4] In the 1950s this Brooklyn Dodgers catcher was named the National League's Most Valuable Player 3 times Roy Campanella Jana Michael	$1,000 [21] This island south of Australia was colonized in 1803-04 for fear the French might seize it Tasmania Michael	$800 [24] This Greek spirit is a close cousin to French pastis or Pernod ouzo Don Michael	$800 [18] By the time this Girl Scouts leader died in 1927, there were over 140,000 members in the U.S. (Juliette Gordon) Low Don	$800 [29] Maugham's tale of a man who moves to Tahiti to paint The Moon and Sixpence
$1,000 [10] Jacob was the father of Joseph & Benjamin; she was their mother Rachel Michael	$1,000 [5] Nicknamed "Cha Cha", she exceeded 250 mph as the first woman licensed to drive top fuel drag racers Shirley Muldowney Michael	DD $1,500 [13] Some parts of this 1,250-mile-long structure are 100 miles from shore the Great Barrier Reef Don	$1,000 [25] Cherry Heering is made by the firm of Peter Heering in this Scandinavian country Denmark Don	$1,000 [19] Appointed by FDR, she was the 1st female cabinet member, serving as Secretary of Labor until 1945 (Frances) Perkins Don	DD $2,000 [30] Of Jane Austen's 6 novels, the 2 titles that fit the category Pride and Prejudice & Sense and Sensibility Michael

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY COMPOSERS

This Italian-born American won his 2nd Pulitzer Prize in 1955, for an opera set in NYC's Little Italy

(Gian Carlo) Menotti

Jana "Who is Menotti" — wagered $400

Michael "Who is Bernstei" — wagered $6,999

Don "Who is Menotti?" — wagered $4,700

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