Show #2740 1996-06-28 (taped 1996-02-13) Regular

Contestants

Steve Schwartzman — a computer graphic producer from Austin, Texas

Paul Carlson — a transit policy analyst from Washington, D.C.

Don Sloan — a composer and music professor from Wadsworth, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Don	$2,700	$7,200	$11,000	$10,000 2nd place: trip on Air Jamaica to Jamaica & stay at Couples Resort + John Williams CD Summon the Heroes	$10,000 29 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Paul	$800	$2,100	$16,000	$22,002 New champion: $22,002	$13,300 23 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Steve	$600	$300	$1,300	$2,500 3rd place: Amana range + John Williams CD Summon the Heroes	$1,300 7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NOCTURNAL CREATURES	WOMEN IN SPORTS	TRANSPORTATION	ANNUAL EVENTS	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	FRENCH NAMES OF COUNTRIES
$100 [17] This member of the weasel family noted for its foul-smelling spray is wrongly called a polecat a skunk Steve	$100 [13] Appropriately nicknamed "Ping", Leah Thall Neuberger was a top player in this sport in the 1940s & '50s ping-pong Steve	$100 [11] It's the most common form of public transportation in the U.S. bus Paul	$100 [24] Dothan, Alabama's national festival of this goober features parades & a beauty pageant the peanut Paul	$100 [1] This percussion instrument is a bar of metal bent into a certain 3-sided shape with an open corner a triangle Don	$100 [6] Belgique Belgium Don
$200 [18] This common house pet's nocturnal habits led to the belief it consorted with the devil a cat Paul	$200 [20] In 1976 Romania named this gymnast a hero of socialist labor Nadia Comăneci Don	$200 [12] This wagon named for a Pennsylvania village was sometimes called the "camel of the prairies" Conestoga Don	$200 [27] The National Boardwalk Professional Art Show is one of several annual art shows held in this city Atlantic City Don	$200 [2] A frog is the part of this violin accessory that secures the hair at the lower end the bow Don	$200 [7] Afrique du Sud South Africa Don
$300 [19] The binturong, a type of civet, is 1 of 2 carnivores that have a prehensile one a tail Don	$300 [21] In 1967 his daughter Catherine Lacoste became the youngest golfer to win the U.S. Women's Open René Lacoste Don	$300 [14] Engelbert Humperdinck sang of these vehicles "de Belsize" Bicycles or Bicyclettes Paul	$300 [28] An October festival in Barbourville, Kentucky is named for this frontiersman Daniel Boone Don	$300 [3] The last vehicle in a circus parade often carried this steam-powered musical instrument the calliope Don	$300 [8] Suede Sweden Don
$400 [25] The male of this animal that gave Michigan its state nickname shares its territory with 2 or 3 females wolverine Don	$400 [22] Ellen Osiier V/as the 1st woman to win an Olympic gold medal in this sport; her opponents were "foiled" again fencing Don	$400 [15] Oarsmen on this long Roman warship weren't slaves as is often believed, but noncitizen subjects a galley Paul	$400 [29] In October Philadelphia has a parade honoring this Pole who died serving America in the Revolution (Casimir) Pulaski Don Steve	$400 [4] In 1938 this piano-making family gave the White House a piano with eagle-shaped legs Steinway Don	$400 [9] Autriche Austria Don
$500 [26] These "chambered" mollusks lack the ink sacs of octopi the nautilus Paul	DD $1,500 [23] In 1993, at age 15, she became the youngest skater since Sonja Henie to win the world championship Oksana Baiul Don	$500 [16] This African country has 2 international airports, in Mombasa & in Nairobi Kenya Paul	$500 [30] A Geronimo Days Festival is celebrated in Truth or Consequences in this state New Mexico Don	$500 [5] This long-necked, plucked Hindu instrument with 5 melody strings is a type of lute the sitar Don	$500 [10] Ecosse Scotland Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

PATENTS	LANGUAGES	OPERA	SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR	'50s FILM FACTS	AUTHORS
$200 [26] These magnificent men & their flying machine received patent 821,393 the Wright brothers Don	$200 [1] Netherlandic is another name for this language Dutch Paul	$200 [7] Mozart's "Don Giovanni" was first performed at the National Theatre in this Czech capital Oct. 29, 1787 Prague Paul	$200 [6] Sec'y 1875-77, Zachariah Chandler had played an important role in this president's impeachment Andrew Johnson Don	$200 [16] Errol Flynn played this Barrymore, his former drinking buddy, in the 1958 film "Too Much, Too Soon" John Barrymore Paul	$200 [19] In 1859 this "Tom Sawyer" author became a licensed riverboat pilot Mark Twain Don
$400 [27] Patents 365,701 & 608,845 went to types of these invented by Nikolaus Otto & Rudolf Diesel engines or motors Steve	$400 [2] In a dictionary this language is abbreviated Lith. Lithuanian Steve	$400 [9] This Gershwin character, a crippled beggar, kills a stevedore named Crown Porgy Don	$400 [8] FDR appointee Harold Ickes had earlier been a supporter of this president's Bull Moose Party Teddy Roosevelt Don	$400 [17] In 1936 this talking mule was "in the Haunted House" with Mickey Rooney, not Donald O'Connor Francis Paul	$400 [20] His pseudonym Boz was a mispronunciation of Moses as "Boses" in early childhood Charles Dickens Paul
$600 [28] 16 plant patents were issued posthumously to this plum & potato man (Luther) Burbank Don	$600 [3] Telugu is spoken widely in this country's state of Andhra Pradesh India Steve	$600 [10] Suzuki is the faithful maid of this Puccini title character Madama Butterfly Don	$600 [12] A statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood represents this "Hawkeye State" in the U.S. Capitol Iowa Steve	$600 [18] Classic 1953 western in which little Brandon de Wilde begs Alan Ladd to "Come back!" Shane Don	$600 [21] From 1950 to 1952, this "Catch-22" author taught English at Penn State Joseph Heller Don
$800 [29] Patent 2,708,656 went to this Italian-American's neutronic reactor Enrico Fermi Paul	$800 [4] The Creoles in Sierra Leone speak Krio, a local form of this, their country's official language English Paul	$800 [11] In a Verdi opera Gilda is the daughter of this hunchbacked jester Rigoletto Paul	$800 [14] Appointed by this president, Manuel Lujan was the first Hispanic American to head the department George Bush Paul	$800 [24] She was nominated for a 1958 Oscar for "Auntie Mame" but lost to Susan Hayward for "I Want to Live!" Rosalind Russell Paul	$800 [22] During the last year of his life, this author edited Uncle Remus's Magazine Joel Chandler Harris Paul
$1,000 [30] Patent 223,898 was for this invention by the 1st inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame the electric lamp Steve	DD $2,500 [5] Spoken by Sephardic Jews, Ladino is based on a 15th century form of this Romance language Spanish Paul	$1,000 [13] German opera in which you'd hear the line "Farewell, farewell, beloved swan" Lohengrin Paul	$1,000 [15] This Clinton appointee worked for a time as a geologist in Bolivia Bruce Babbitt Paul	$1,000 [25] She appeared briefly as Chiquita in "The Lavender Hill Mob" in 1951, 2 years before "Roman holiday" Audrey Hepburn Paul	DD $2,200 [23] His first 2 novels were "Red Harvest & "The Dain Curse", both published in 1929 Dashiell Hammett Paul

Final Jeopardy!

RIVERS

The world's first underwater tunnel was dug beneath this foreign river in the 1840s

the Thames

Steve "What is the Thames?" — wagered $1,200

Don "What is the Danube?" — wagered $1,000

Paul "What is the Thames" — wagered $6,002

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