Show #2087 1993-10-05 (taped 1993-08-02) Regular

Contestants

Joy Bell — a registered nurse from Columbia, Maryland

Fred Perry — a Ph.D. candidate from Raleigh, North Carolina

Matthew Seelinger — a legislative assistant originally from Falls Church, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matthew $300 $1,400 $1,200 $2,400
2nd place: trip on Delta to St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands & stay at Frenchman's Reef Resort + Jeopardy! home game
$4,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Fred $2,000 $4,200 $3,400 $0
3rd place: Michael C. Fina Hancock pattern china service for 8 + Jeopardy! home game
$5,300
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Joy $1,300 $3,000 $8,600 $9,200
New champion: $9,200
$8,600
23 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA CLINT EASTWOOD FILMS TRAVEL & TOURISM BIOLOGY CLICHES LEFTOVERS
$100 [2]
In 1824 Tallahassee became the capital of this territory
Florida
Matthew
$100 [1]
To date "The Dead Pool" is the 5th & last film in which Eastwood played this San Francisco cop
Harry Callahan
Matthew
$100 [22]
This city's CNN Center also houses the Omni Hotel
Atlanta
Fred
$100 [11]
A scorpion's stinger is located in this part of its body
the tail
Joy
$100 [21]
When you accept something you don't want to, you do this to your pride⁠—gulp!
swallow
Joy
$100 [16]
Word that completes the line "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best..."
chocolate
Joy
$200 [3]
By the end of April 1866, this former president was the only Confederate official still held prisoner
Jefferson Davis
Fred
$200 [6]
The Italian title of this first spaghetti Western is "Per un pugno di dollari"
A Fistful of Dollars
Matthew Fred
$200 [24]
Quirinal Palace, once the home of popes, is the official residence of this country's president
Italy
Fred
$200 [12]
They're the glands in females that produce milk
mammary glands
Joy
$200 [23]
A person whose motives are easy to "read" is described as an "open" one of these
a book
Matthew
$200 [17]
The Toledo War of 1835 gave Toledo to Ohio & granted this state its Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Fred
$300 [4]
The first professional game in this sport was played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in August 1895
football
Fred Joy
$300 [7]
This 1992 Eastwood epic of the American West was mostly shot in⁠—Canada
Unforgiven
Matthew
$300 [25]
The library at Eastern Montana College in Billings has a large collection of material on this Lt. Col.
Custer
Fred
$300 [13]
In vertebrates the oculomotor nerve stimulates the muscles that move this organ
the eyes
Fred
$300 [27]
It's the perfect shape for a fair deal or a satisfying meal
square
Joy
$300 [18]
This former Miss Oklahoma's biggest hit record was "Paper Roses" in 1960
Anita Bryant
Joy
$400 [5]
In 1845 the congress of this republic approved annexation by the United States
Texas
Joy
$400 [8]
The 1983 invasion of this Caribbean island was depicted in "Heartbreak Ridge"
Grenada
Joy
$400 [26]
This Alberta city celebrates "Klondike Days" just after the Calgary Stampede
Edmonton
Joy
DD $500 [14]
Like human hair, a bird's feathers are made of this protein
keratin
Fred
$400 [28]
An honored guest at a dinner party is said "to sit above" this seasoning
the salt
Fred
$400 [19]
Dedicated in 1843 by President John Tyler, Bunker Hill Monument is actually on this hill
Breed's Hill
Matthew
$500 [10]
This first Chief Justice of the United States died in Bedford, N.Y. in 1829
John Jay
Joy
$500 [9]
This 1971 film in which Eastwood played a disc jockey was the first that he directed
Play Misty for Me
Fred
$500 [30]
The Mayan ruins at Tikal are a major attraction in this Central American country
Guatemala
Fred
$500 [15]
Many animals exhibit geotactic behavior; that is, they move in response to this force
gravity
Fred
$500 [29]
A weapon that hung by a thread at King Dionysius' banquet gave us this "cutting" phrase for impending danger
the sword of Damocles
Joy
$500 [20]
In May 1978 Chiang Ching-kuo became president of this country, a position his father held for almost 3 decades
Taiwan
Matthew

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY DANCE 2-WORD LEGAL PHRASES U.S. MUSEUMS PEOPLE IN HISTORY AUTHORS
$200 [1]
In Hindi this great river is called the Ganga
the Ganges
Matthew
$200 [16]
Takehara Han is the most famous 20th century performer of this country's traditional jiutamai dance
Japan
Joy
$200 [21]
It's the proper form of address when you speak to a judge in court
your honor
Fred
$200 [26]
Ohio city that's home to the Goodyear World of Rubber Museum
Akron
Matthew
$200 [6]
Her brother-in-law Tohocomo sailed with her from Virginia to England in 1616
Pocahontas
Fred
$200 [11]
He was born in 1874 in Paris, where his father, Robert Ormond Maugham. worked at the British embassy
Somerset Maugham
Joy
$400 [2]
St. Pierre & Miquelon, islands off Newfoundland's coast, are an overseas dept. of this country
France
Fred
$400 [17]
In names of dances, this young animal's name precedes "hug" & "hop"
the bunny
Joy
$400 [22]
Term for an attorney assigned to you by the court if you can't afford one
a public defender
Fred Joy
$400 [27]
A Miami museum displays the "Ferdinand Magellan", one of these that was once FDR's traveling office
a railroad car
Matthew
$400 [7]
Tamerlane claimed to be a direct descendant of this mongol, but it probably wasn't true
Genghis Khan
Matthew Joy
$400 [12]
Earl Derr Biggers created this "inscrutable" Chinese detective
Charlie Chan
Joy
$600 [3]
Though Rabat is the capital, this is Morocco's most populous city
Casablanca
Fred
$600 [18]
These married ballroom dancers popularized the tango in the United States
the (Irene & Vernon) Castles
Joy
$600 [23]
It's a punitive sentence that requires the convicted person to do unpaid work in the area where he lives
community service
Joy
$800 [29]
The Henry County Museum is in Bishop Hill, Illinois & the Henry Ford Museum is in this Michigan city
Dearborn, Michigan
Fred
$600 [8]
Czar Nicholas II's mother, Maria Fyodorovna, was the daughter of this country's King Christian IX
Denmark
Matthew
$600 [13]
"Coming of Age in Samoa" resulted from her trip as a fellow of the National Research Council
(Margaret) Mead
Fred Joy
$800 [4]
It's the largest lake in Central America & the only freshwater lake in the world that has sharks
Lake Nicaragua
Matthew Joy
$800 [19]
In the 18th century, this whirling ballroom dance evolved from the Deutscher Tanz & the Landler
the waltz
Joy
$800 [24]
This panel of 12 to 23 people hears evidence to determine if there is a case
a grand jury
Joy
$1,000 [30]
Of "Coors" you know the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum & Grave overlook this Colorado city
Golden
Matthew
$800 [9]
This French emperor offered Maximilian the Mexican crown
Napoleon III
Matthew
$800 [14]
This author of "Tropic of Cancer" spoke only German until he went to school
Henry Miller
DD $2,000 [5]
1 of 2 South American capitals lying on opposite sides of the Rio de la Plata
(1 of) Buenos Aires or Montevideo
Fred
$1,000 [20]
John Cranko's ballet "Brandenburg Nos. 2 and 4" is danced to this composer's music
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Joy
$1,000 [25]
It's a person who delivers warrants & subpoenas; a sheriff, for example
a process server
Matthew Joy
DD $3,000 [28]
A museum in Pittsford, Vt. tells the history of this "sweet water" from Indian times to today
maple syrup
Matthew
$1,000 [10]
He became heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne after his cousin Rudolf shot himself at Mayerling in 1889
Franz Ferdinand
Matthew
$1,000 [15]
This author of "The House of the Spirits" is the niece of former President Salvador Allende
Isabel Allende
Joy

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD WAR II

Jan Gies, who was best known for his friendship with this family, died in 1993 at age 87

the Frank Family

Matthew "What is the Frank Family" — wagered $1,200
Fred "What was the Mussolini" — wagered $3,400
Joy "What was the Frank Family?" — wagered $600

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