Show #2738 1996-06-26 (taped 1996-02-13) Regular

Contestants

Barbara Egseth — a secretary from Honolulu, Hawaii

Mark Leder — an attorney from Manchester, Connecticut

Don Sloan — a composer and music professor from Wadsworth, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Don	$1,300	$4,700	$14,400	$15,000 2-day champion: $27,000	$13,600 26 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Mark	$1,000	$900	$3,900	$7,800 2nd place: trip to 1996 Olympics in Atlanta + John Williams CD Summon the Heroes	$3,900 16 R, 4 W
Barbara	$1,000	$1,800	$6,800	$100 3rd place: 1996 international flag collector's pin set by Ho Ho Art + John Williams CD Summon the Heroes	$6,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ENVIRONMENT	THE OLD TESTAMENT	ANIMAL VERBS	INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	THE MOVIES	COUNTIES BY STATE
$100 [25] In 1990 this industry announced it would become dolphin-safe tuna fishing Mark	$100 [1] The conquest of Canaan began with the taking of this city in a battle fit by Joshua Jericho Mark	$100 [2] It means to twist, like a road through the mountains snake	$100 [16] Gundel, a restaurant in this Hungarian capital, is famous for its crepes in chocolate sauce Budapest Barbara	$100 [3] In 1995 this "Friendly Ghost" starred in his own big-screen adventure Casper Mark	$100 [8] St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sarasota Florida Don
$200 [27] Denver gets almost every kilowatt-hour of its electricity by burning this coal	$200 [4] According to Deuteronomy 6:3, the 2 things that floweth in the promised land milk & honey Mark	$200 [5] To trick by using sly ingenuity or cunning to outfox Mark	$200 [17] The mint type of this beverage is considered the national drink of Morocco tea Barbara	$200 [6] In 1992 this comic played "The Distinguished Gentleman"; in 1995, he was a "Vampire in Brooklyn" (Eddie) Murphy Barbara	$200 [9] Accomack, Albemarle, Appomattox Virginia Don
$300 [28] Half of these in the U.S., including bogs, swamps & salt marshes, have been filled in wetlands Don	$300 [15] Details of the second census begin in chapter 26 of this book Numbers Don Mark	$300 [7] To trail persistently, like reporters after the president to dog (hound) Don	$300 [18] Mandelhalbmonde are German cookies made from these nuts & shaped like crescent moons almonds Mark	$300 [14] In this hit movie, John Travolta played Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark gone Hollywood Get Shorty Mark	$300 [10] Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa Alabama Barbara
$400 [29] They make up about 6% of the earth's surface but are home to 50% of the world's species rainforests Mark	$400 [23] In Genesis it's reported Pharaoh renamed this dream interpreter Zaphnathpaaneah Joseph Don	$400 [13] This simian word means to play with or tamper with something monkey Mark	$400 [19] Trinidadians often feature pelau, a savory dish made of meat & this grain rice Mark	$400 [20] As instructed, Kevin Costner built a baseball diamond in this 1989 film & Joe Jackson & others did come Field of Dreams Don	$400 [11] Camden, Cumberland, Cape May New Jersey Don
$500 [30] In 1995 the Supreme Court ruled the government could ban logging to protect this Pacific NW bird the spotted owl Don	DD $800 [24] Among those to whom this book's title refers are Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Abdon & Gideon Judges Don	$500 [26] To bug a native of Wisconsin to badger Don	$500 [22] Casu becciu, a rare cheese, is a specialty of this Italian island, the 2nd largest in the Mediterranean Sardinia Don Mark	$500 [21] Theodore Bikel's Soviet submarine gets stuck off the coast of New England in this 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Barbara	$500 [12] Davidson, Durham, Dare North Carolina Barbara

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL SMITHS & JONESES	PHYSICS	DECORATIVE ARTS	PRESIDENTS	IRA GERSHWIN LYRICS	POT LUCK
$200 [1] The title of his "The Dead Zone" refers to the damaged part of Johnny Smith's brain Stephen King	$200 [15] Einstein's "Special" theory of this, put forth in 1905, refers only to inertial frames of reference Relativity Mark	$200 [14] This style that followed Art Nouveau is also called Jazz Modern or Moderne Art Deco Don	$200 [3] This 36th U.S. president died on his Texas ranch January 22, 1973 Lyndon Johnson Mark	$200 [4] "A foggy day in" this place "had me low and had me down" London Town Mark Barbara	$200 [23] Shakespeare play in which you'd hear "Et tu, Brute" Julius Caesar Barbara
$400 [2] Loye Jones causes a fight between Willie & Junebug in her "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" Carson McCullers Mark	$400 [17] She shared her first Nobel Prize, awarded in 1903, with Henri Becquerel & her husband Marie Curie Barbara	$400 [16] Born in 1500, Benvenuto Cellini was this type of "Smith", perhaps the most famous of all time a goldsmith Don Mark	$400 [10] He's the first president of whom there is a known photograph; none exists of his father John Quincy Adams Don	$400 [5] "They all laughed at" this man "when he said the world was round" Christopher Columbus Mark	$400 [24] This Renaissance city's florin coin depicted a lily, the city's symbol Florence Barbara
$600 [6] Januarius Jones is an obese sensualist in this Mississippian's first novel, "Soldiers' Pay" Faulkner Don	$600 [19] The torr is a unit of pressure equal to the mm Hg, or millimeter of this metal mercury Barbara	$600 [18] Point de gaze refers to a needlepoint type of this material made in Brussels lace Don	$600 [11] "Father of the Constitution" is a nickname of this fourth president Madison Don	$600 [7] "It's very clear our love is" this "not for a year, but ever and a day" here to stay Don	$600 [25] This astronomer's "The Dragons of Eden" won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Carl Sagan Don
$800 [28] Beauty Smith buys this Jack London wolf/dog to use in dogfights White Fang Barbara	$800 [21] Critical mass is the minimum mass that can sustain this kind of nuclear reaction fission Don	$800 [20] This Dutch town began making its famous tin-glazed blue & white ear then ware around 1650 Delft Don	$800 [12] In June 1930 this president signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act raising duties Hoover Barbara	$800 [8] "The way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea, the memory of all that... they can't" do this take that away from me Don	$800 [26] The British Parliament awarded him £30,000 for his contribution to smallpox vaccination Jenner Don
$1,000 [30] Jones, a New Yorker, befriends the title character of this "Omoo" author's "Redburn" (Herman) Melville Barbara	DD $1,500 [22] Sometimes called a fourth state of matter, this is a gaseous mixture of free electrons & positive ions plasma Don	$1,000 [29] These "Jugs" resembling a seated, drinking figure in a 3-cornered hat were 1st made in the 18th c. a Toby Jug Mark	DD $1,000 [13] Lodged his heart, a bullet from a duel with Charles Dickinson caused him periodic pain Andrew Jackson Barbara	$1,000 [9] "The winds grow colder and suddenly you're older—and all because of the man that" did this got away Don	$1,000 [27] The words that follow Richard Lovelace's "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars..." a cage Mark

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

Until August 1883 it had an area of 18 square miles; today it's about 6

Krakatoa

Mark "What is Krakatoa?" — wagered $3,900

Barbara "What is Ellis Island" — wagered $6,700

Don "What is Krakatoa?" — wagered $600

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