Show #2956 1997-06-09 (taped 1997-01-29) Regular

Wes Ulm game 4.

Contestants

John Nauss — a state filings analyst from Seattle, Washington

Lisa McLendon — a graduate student from Austin, Texas

Wes Ulm — a medical student from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $47,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Wes $1,600 $3,500 $14,400 $16,200
4-day champion: $63,201
$13,700
31 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W
Lisa $1,200 $2,100 $6,100 $4,900
2nd place: Broyhill Country Level Recliner & Stiffel Lamps
$6,100
14 R, 0 W
John $100 $1,800 $2,400 $3,400
3rd place: Daewoo TV & VCR
$2,400
10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUSINESS & INDUSTRY SINGERS FISH POLITICAL TERMS "SAINT"LY CITIES
$100 [6]
In 1780 George Washington set up a plan to kidnap this traitor from the British; it didn't work
Benedict Arnold
Wes
$100 [28]
In 1921 this medical products company introduced the Band-Aid
Johnson & Johnson
Wes
$100 [5]
He called his second album "The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle"
Bruce Springsteen
Wes
$100 [8]
The male of this "equine" fish takes care of the eggs in an abdominal pouch until they hatch
Seahorse
Lisa
$100 [11]
This amendment permits the "right of assembly" for legal purposes
1st Amendment
Wes
$100 [21]
Situated on the delta of the Neva River, it's Russia's largest port
Saint Petersburg
Wes
$200 [1]
General Richard Montgomery was killed December 31, 1775 leading a hopeless attack on this Canadian city
Quebec
Wes
$200 [22]
In 1938 this electronics firm was founded in David Packard's Palo Alto, California garage
Hewlett-Packard
John
$200 [9]
"Life Is A Cabaret" for this star who was 19 when she won a Best Actress Tony for "Flora, The Red Menace"
Liza Minnelli
John
$200 [27]
The Pacific types of this fish die after spawning; many of the Atlantic types do not
Salmon
Wes
$200 [19]
When a country is under this type of law, military tribunals replace civil courts
Martial Law
Wes
$200 [7]
This Scottish city known for its golf courses was once the country's ecclesiastical capital
Saint Andrews
John
$300 [2]
Commander of a major American division at Yorktown, he returned to France 2 months later
Marquis de Lafayette
Wes John
$300 [10]
This yogurt company's name is derived from the name of Daniel Carasso, son of its founder
Dannon
Lisa
$300 [15]
Steveland is the real first name of this singer who went on a "Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants"
Stevie Wonder
Wes
$300 [20]
This freshwater eellike, jawless fish attaches itself to other fish & sucks out blood
the lamprey
Wes
$300 [18]
Jefferson granted one of these general pardons to those convicted under the Alien & Sedition Acts
Amnesty
Wes
$300 [12]
In the 1840s this future state capital became headquarters of the American Fur Company
Saint Paul
Lisa
DD $400 [3]
In the 1760s painter Charles Willson Peale joined this patriot group, angering Loyalist creditors
Sons of Liberty
Wes
$400 [23]
Brand names owned by this company include Paper Mate, Right Guard, Foamy & Trac II
Gillette
Lisa
$400 [29]
There's a museum devoted to this "Snowbird" singer in Springhill, Nova Scotia, her hometown
Anne Murray
$400 [25]
The striped species of this commercial fish is also known as the skipjack
Tuna
Wes John
$400 [16]
After the Senate passes a treaty, the president does this to put it into effect
Sign/Ratify the treaty
John
$400 [13]
Site of the Winter Olympics twice, this Swiss resort has a leaning tower dating back several hundred years
Saint Moritz
Wes
$500 [4]
This Providence university is named for a son of a merchant family that made a profit in supplies & shipping
Brown
Lisa
$500 [24]
This retailer opened its first "Discount City" in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas
Wal-Mart
John
$500 [30]
She's been "A Little Bit Country" since she had her first solo hit with "Paper Roses" at age 13
Marie Osmond
John
$500 [26]
Pollock & haddock are members of this major food fish family
Cod
John
$500 [17]
Adjective for the member of a given party with seniority on a Congressional committee
Ranking
$500 [14]
In 1804 this city became the seat of government of the Louisiana Territory
Saint Louis
Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY 19th CENTURY OPERA ANNUAL EVENTS CLOTHING MATERIAL BASEBALL MOVIES AMERICAN NOVELS
$200 [22]
In 1982 he became the first Pope in modern history to visit Sicily
Pope John Paul II
Wes
$200 [8]
Karl Goldmark's opera "The Queen Of Sheba" opens in the palace of this Biblical king
Solomon
Wes
$200 [23]
On March 17 Maryville, Missouri holds "The World's Shortest" parade for this holiday
St. Patrick's Day
Lisa
$200 [26]
Polyvinyl Chloride, a leather substitute, is known by these initials
PVC
John
$200 [13]
This "Magnum, P.I." star got his turn at bat in the 1992 movie "Mr. Baseball"
Tom Selleck
Lisa
$200 [12]
Of the 2 remaining members of his tribe, only Chingachgook survives this 1826 Cooper novel
"The Last Of The Mohicans"
Lisa
$400 [1]
Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty
Egypt
John
$400 [17]
Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" is so named because Amina, its heroine, has this nocturnal habit
Sleepwalking
Wes
$400 [16]
This Longfellow chief is the subject of an outdoor pageant each July & August in Pipestone, Minn.
Hiawatha
Lisa
$400 [30]
On "Late Night" David Letterman put on a suit of this material & stuck himself to a wall of it
Velcro
Lisa
$400 [14]
Geena Davis played Dottie Hinson, catcher for the Rockford Peaches, in this 1992 film
"A League Of Their Own"
Wes
$400 [4]
A series of travel guides provides the title of this 1985 Anne Tyler novel
"The Accidental Tourist"
Wes
$600 [2]
This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901
Wilhelmina
$600 [15]
This Finnish composer's only opera, "The Maiden In The Tower", is rarely performed
Jean Sibelius
Wes
$600 [18]
Around Halloween Moab in this state celebrates the mountain bike with a fat tire festival
Utah
Lisa
$600 [29]
This material, the dried stems of grain, is often used to make hats & buttons
Straw
Wes
$600 [19]
Film in which Kevin Costner tells Susan Sarandon, "I believe in....kisses that last 3 days"
"Bull Durham"
Wes
$800 [6]
Key West smuggler Harry Morgan is the protagonist of his novel "To Have And Have Not"
Ernest Hemingway
Wes
$800 [3]
In 1828 Brazil & Argentina recognized this neighboring country as an independent republic
Uruguay
Wes
$800 [9]
A mezzo-soprano plays Violetta's friend Flora Bervoix in this Verdi opera
"La Traviata"
Wes
$800 [20]
Jonesborough in this Volunteer State hosts the National Storytelling Festival each October
Tennessee
Wes
$800 [28]
A plain knitted fabric, or a pullover shirt that may or may not be made from it
Jersey
John
$800 [24]
In this 1994 movie celestial spirits turn Danny Glover's losing team into a winner
Angels in the Outfield
John
$1,000 [7]
During WWII Gene & Finny become friends at prep school in this John Knowles novel
"A Separate Peace"
Lisa
$1,000 [10]
This empress of Mexico was a first cousin of Queen Victoria
Carlota
$1,000 [11]
"Les Troyens A Carthage" was the only part of his long opera "Les Troyens" performed during his lifetime
Hector Berlioz
Wes
DD $900 [21]
The Ms. Foundation For Women encourages parents to do this on the 4th Thursday in April
Take their daughters to work with them
Wes
$1,000 [27]
13th century weavers in Norfolk "bested" rivals by making this fabric of combed & carded wool
Worsted Wool
Lisa
$1,000 [25]
Much of this Robert Redford film was shot at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York
"The Natural"
Wes
DD $1,400 [5]
In this Twain novel, a New Englander saves himself by predicting a solar eclipse
"A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court"
Wes

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICA

In the 1980s the U.S.-backed FNLA & UNITA battled the Cuban-backed MPLA for control of this country

Angola

John "What is Angola?" — wagered $1,000
Lisa "What is Somalia?" — wagered $1,200
Wes "What is Angola" — wagered $1,800

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