Show #2681 1996-04-08 (taped 1995-12-13) Regular

Contestants

Jim Hankinson — a professor from Austin, Texas

Rebecca Deepchandani — an assistant manager from Walnut Creek, California

Rick Blumenfeld — a research attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rick	$600	$1,500	$5,300	$4,199 New champion: $4,199	$5,300 18 R, 6 W
Rebecca	$-200	$100	$3,200	$1 3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate + Jeopardy! home game & GameTek Jeopardy!	$5,200 12 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Jim	$800	$2,500	$1,300	$1,400 2nd place: General Instruments satellite system & Curtis Mathes 35" home theater monitor + Jeopardy! home game & GameTek Jeopardy!	$3,300 16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CONTEMPORARIES	NEWSPAPERS	FOOD FACTS	WORD ORIGINS	HEALTH & MEDICINE	POTPOURRI
$100 [1] While Thomas Chippendale built furniture, this Thomas constructed the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson Jim	$100 [19] This capital city's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi Little Rock Rick	$100 [30] The traditional sauce served with roast lamb contains confectioners' sugar, vinegar & these leaves mint Rebecca	$100 [6] This synonym for enormous comes from the name of a famous elephant exhibited by P.T. Barnum Jumbo Rick	$100 [10] Atheromas are the fatty deposits on the inner lining of one of these that can cause atherosclerosis arteries Rick	$100 [2] "A bird in the hand is worth two" here in the bush Rick
$200 [3] While John Alden was living in the paradise he found in America, this John was writing "Paradise Lost" Milton Rick	$200 [4] Newspapers in Milwaukee, Providence & Atlanta share this name the Journal Rick Rebecca	$200 [13] A genoise is a light sponge cake whose name is derived from this city Genoa Jim	$200 [7] Llama & quinine are among the words derived from Quechua, the language of this ancient empire the Incan Empire Jim	$200 [11] Attacks of this illness characterized by wheezing are treated with bronchodilators like albuterol asthma Rebecca	$200 [5] In 1994 he visited the prison cellblock near Cape Town where he spent 18 of his 27 years in jail Nelson Mandela Jim
$300 [27] In 351 B.C. Plato could have heard one of Demosthenes' speeches on this Macedonian's threat to Athens Philip Rick Jim	$300 [20] Founder of the newspaper chain that owns USA Today, his empire began with the Elmira, N.Y Gazette Frank Gannett Rick Rebecca	$300 [23] Isinglass is an old-fashioned type of gelatin that comes from the air bladder of this kind of animal a sturgeon (fish, cod) Rick Jim	$300 [8] The name of this black & white bearlike mammal is believed to be a native Nepalese word panda Rebecca	$300 [12] Malocclusion of the permanent teeth may occur if this childhood habit continues after about age 6 sucking your thumb Rick Jim	$300 [15] Introduced in the mid-1960s, this boys' action figure became Hasbro's primary toy line G.I. Joe Jim
$400 [28] Diamond Jim Brady didn't have a country named for him, but in 1895 this diamond magnate did Cecil Rhodes Jim	$400 [21] Mary Baker Eddy founded this newspaper to "injure no man, but to bless all mankind" The Christian Science Monitor Rick	$400 [14] Jan in die sak or "John in the bag" is a dessert from this African country South Africa Jim	DD $500 [9] Popular sports equipment whose name is from Old Norse for "sticks of wood" skis Rebecca	$400 [18] "Baby Blues" is a mild form of this depression that affects women after childbirth postpartum depression Rick	$400 [16] Judge Richard Henderson sponsored his 1775 colonizing expedition through the Cumberland Gap Daniel Boone Rick
$500 [29] While the Venerable Bede wrote history in England, this grandfather of Charlemagne ruled the Franks Charles Martel	$500 [22] In 1887 William Randolph Hearst took over this San Francisco newspaper the San Francisco Examiner Jim	$500 [24] This variety meat, the lining of a ruminant's stomach, is usually sold blanched & parboiled tripe Jim	$500 [25] From Japanese for "flowers kept alive", it's the Japanese art of flower arranging ikebana	$500 [26] Narcolepsy is a disorder characterized by episodes of this several times a day falling asleep Rebecca	$500 [17] Samuel Gompers was the first president of this labor organization founded in Ohio in 1886 the AFL (the American Federation of Labor) Rick

Double Jeopardy! Round

NONFICTION	SAINTS	ZOOLOGY	19th CENTURY AMERICA	GENE KELLY MOVIES	MAN-MADE LAKES
$200 [23] This star of "Ellen" shares some of her outrageous observations in "My Point... and I Do Have One" Ellen DeGeneres Jim	$200 [13] No actual details are known about the life of this patron saint of England St. George Jim	$200 [5] This bat is not only unique in drinking blood, it can also walk & run upright the vampire bat Rick	$200 [1] The Tremont House, the first modern first-class hotel, opened in this Massachusetts city in 1829 Boston Rebecca	$200 [3] Kelly played D'Artagnan in this 1948 MGM swashbuckler The Three Musketeers Rick	$400 [25] Lake Burley Griffin in this Australian capital contains the Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet Canberra Rebecca
$600 [28] "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" is his follow-up to "Cosmos" Carl Sagan Rebecca	$400 [14] In the name of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, Thaumaturgus means "wonder-worker" in this language Greek Jim	$400 [6] 3 distinct groups make up the amphibians: caecilians, newts & salamanders & this pair frogs & toads	$400 [2] William Rufus De Vane King died in 1853 just 25 days after he was sworn into this office vice president	$400 [4] Kelly's first on-screen pairing with this dance rival was in "Ziegfeld Follies" in 1946 Fred Astaire Jim	$600 [24] Lake Powell extends from northern Arizona into the southern part of this state Utah Rick Rebecca
$800 [18] In 1977 this restauranteur published "Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's" Ray Kroc Rick Jim	$600 [15] This Spanish mystic was originally named Teresa de Cepeda y Ahuamda St. Teresa of Ávila Jim	$600 [10] The Chinook is the Pacihc variety of this fish that migrates the farthest the salmon Rick	$600 [7] In 1809 he published the comic work "A History of New York... by Diedrich Knickerbocker" Washington Irving Rebecca	$600 [20] This co-star of "An American in Paris" was discovered by Kelly at the Ballets des Champs Elysees Leslie Caron Rick	$1,000 [27] Lake of the Ozarks is an artificial reservoir on the Osage River in the central part of this state Missouri Rebecca Jim
$1,000 [19] This N.Y. senator covers topics from his childhood to the Republican Party in "Power, Pasta and Politics" (Alfonse) D'Amato Rick	$800 [16] Eleutherius, a deacon, was supposedly martyred with this patron of France St. Denis (St. Dennis) Rebecca Jim	$800 [11] It's the common Spanish term for a small donkey that's used as a pack animal a burro Rick	$800 [8] This prestigious college for women opened outside Philadelphia in 1885 Bryn Mawr Rick	$800 [21] Kelly's first on-screen song was a duet with this actress in the title tune of "For Me and My Gal" Judy Garland	DD $1,500 [26] About 10% of this 350-mile-long lake evaporates, reducing the amount of Nile water downstream Lake Nasser Rebecca
—	DD $2,000 [17] Rose Philippine Duchesne worked as a missionary among the Potawatomi Indians in what's now this state Kansas Jim	$1,000 [12] Seen running across ceilings, this tropical lizard is the only lizard with a distinct call other than a hiss the gecko Rebecca	$1,000 [9] By 1821 he developed the Cherokee alphabet that would enable thousands to read & write Sequoyah Rebecca	$1,000 [22] Musical numbers in this film include "Make 'Em Laugh", "Moses Supposes" & "You were Meant For Me" Singin' in the Rain Rick	—

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS ENGINEERS

In 1960 he became director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama

(Wernher) von Braun

Jim "Who is von Braun" — wagered $100

Rebecca "Who is Steve l" — wagered $3,199

Rick "Who is Chris Cr?" — wagered $1,101

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