Show #2425 1995-03-03 (taped 1994-11-16) Regular

Contestants

Bob Michael — a geologist from Santa Barbara, California

John Vallerga — an astrophysicist from Oakland, California

Ben Macrory — a law student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,002)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$1,600	$3,800	$11,200	$22,400 3-day champion: $40,402	$11,200 29 R, 2 W
John	$1,800	$2,700	$6,300	$5,295 2nd place: Keller dining furniture & RCR crystal stemware + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES.	$6,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bob	$300	$600	$9,000	$1,000 3rd place: + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES.	$5,200 11 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	1994 MOVIES	MEASURING DEVICES	NOTABLE ANIMALS	TRAVEL & TOURISM	6-LETTER WORDS
$100 [1] His first expedition to the New World began from Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492 Columbus Ben	$100 [16] He returned as street-smart Detroit policeman Axel Foley in "Beverly Hills Cop III" Eddie Murphy Ben	$100 [14] A chronoscope is used to measure this time Ben	$100 [22] George, the tallest of these ever in captivity, was almost 20 feet tall a giraffe Ben John	$100 [6] Mementoes of Walt Whitman can be seen at his home in Camden in this state New Jersey John	$100 [26] It's the type of "pie" that apologetic people are said to eat humble Ben
$200 [2] The Black Stone, a sacred object in Islam, was stolen from this city by rebels in 930 & kept for 20 years Mecca Ben	$200 [17] Steven "Spielrock" presented this May 1994 Universal release The Flintstones Ben	$200 [11] You might want to put one of these on the plain in Spain to measure how much precipitation occurs a rain gauge Bob	$200 [19] Sizi was this medical missionary's cat at his African clinic at Lambarene Schweitzer Ben	$200 [7] A huge statue of him atop Mount Corcovado overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro Christ Bob	$200 [27] It can be a protective covering above a walkway, or an ornamental covering above a bed canopy
$300 [3] France's king Henry II died in 1559 after he was wounded during this type of tournament a joust John	$300 [18] Star Brandon Lee died during the filming of this 1994 release The Crow Bob	$300 [12] This synonym for a sovereign is also a measuring device ruler Ben	$300 [23] Snowflake, the world's first known albino one of these animals, was discovered in 1966 a gorilla Ben John	$300 [8] The Luxembourg Gardens are not in Luxembourg but on Boulevard St.-Michel in this European capital Paris Ben	$300 [28] It's a horse's natural gait between a trot & a gallop a canter John
DD $500 [4] In 1984 John Turner served briefly as Canadian PM, then lost the office to this man (Brian) Mulroney John	$400 [20] Gary Bakewell played Paul McCartney & Ian Hart played this Beatle in "Backbeat" John Lennon Ben	$400 [13] Found in a car, its name is from the Greek hodos, "road", & "metron", measure an odometer John	$400 [24] This Scottish Terrier was named Big Boy when he was given to FDR in 1940 Fala Ben John	$400 [9] The Nehru Planetarium is worth visiting in this seaport on India's West Coast Bombay Bob	$400 [29] A brief period of heavy trading on the stock market, or a brief snowfall a flurry John
$500 [5] This luxury liner was en route from Italy to the U.S. when it collided with the Stockholm in 1956 the Andrea Doria Ben	$500 [21] People magazine wrote, "If anyone asks if you want to see" this Hugh Grant movie "Just say 'I do.'" Four Weddings and a Funeral Ben	$500 [15] A steelyard is a portable one of these on which the arms are unequal in length a scale John	$500 [25] This woman tells about Flo, the dominant female chimp of Gombe, in her book "In the Shadow of Man" Jane Goodall Ben	$500 [10] A room in this city's Federal Hall has exhibits dealing with John Peter Zenger & freedom of the press New York City Bob	$500 [30] It's a sacred word or formula that's repeated in prayer or meditation a mantra Ben

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 16th CENTURY	LIBRARIES	POLITICIANS	QUOTES ABOUT AUTHORS	BAYS	OPERA
$200 [29] In 1510, before he discovered the Pacific Ocean, he founded the settlement of Darien Balboa Ben	$200 [27] Built by Emperor Trajan around 110 A.D., this city's Ulpian Library lasted for centuries Rome Ben	$200 [11] In 1974 George Ariyoshi was elected this state's first Japanese-American governor Hawaii Ben	$200 [28] Henry James said, "Whatever" this author of "The Time Machine" "writes is not only alive, but kicking" H.G. Wells Ben	$200 [30] All islands within this 475,000-square-mile bay belong to Canada's Northwest Territories Hudson Bay (Hudson's Bay) Bob	$200 [24] In a Goldmark opera, Assad, King Solomon's favorite courtier, falls in love with the queen of this of Sheba John
$400 [12] Type of body part discovered by Italians Bartolommeo Eustachio in 1552 & Gabriel Fallopius in 1561 tubes Ben	$400 [20] The James Madison Memorial Building, part of this library, is the largest library building in the world the Library of Congress John	$400 [2] In 1968 he'd just won his fifth presidential primary when an assassin took his life Robert Kennedy Bob	$400 [16] A 19th c. poem says, "Goethe in Weimar sleeps, and Greece, long since, saw" this lord's "struggle cease" Byron Ben	$400 [7] This bay is the largest inlet on the USA's East Coast the Chesapeake John	$400 [1] In the opera "Czar and Carpenter", this Russian czar works incognito in the Dutch shipyards Peter the Great Ben
$600 [13] Around 1596 an early one of these devices was installed in Elizabeth I's palace at Richmond a toilet John	$600 [21] This country's national library, located in Aberystwyth, is noted for its collection of Celtica Wales John Bob	$600 [5] Calling him "morally obtuse", the Maryland Court of Appeals disbarred him in 1974 (Spiro) Agnew John	$600 [17] Matthew Arnold called this "Kubla Khan" author a "poet and philosopher wrecked in a mist of opium" Coleridge Ben	$600 [8] This bay on the coast of the island of Luzon has been called the finest harbor in Southeast Asia Manila Bay Ben	$800 [4] His opera "Don Giovanni" is subtitled "Il dissoluto punito"—"The Rake Punished" Mozart Ben
$800 [14] Epithet bestowed on Scottish adventurer James Crichton by poet John Johnston the Admirable Crichton	$800 [25] This is the French word for library; librairie refers to a bookstore bibliothèque Ben	$800 [9] A 1992 Time magazine article called this Connecticut governor "The Gutsiest Governor in America" Weicker Ben	$800 [18] Ezra Pound compared this creator of Father Brown, to "a vile scum on a pond" (G.K.) Chesterton Ben	$800 [22] The Ganges & Brahmaputra Rivers empty into this bay, the world's largest the Bay of Bengal Bob	DD $1,000 [3] "Mi chiamano Mimi" is a famous soprano aria in this Puccini opera La bohème Bob
$1,000 [15] In 1584 17-year-old Maurice of Nassau succeeded this man, his father, as stadtholder of Holland William of Orange Ben	$1,000 [26] Excavated in the 19th c., the library of King Ashurbanipal was in Nineveh, the last capital of this empire Assyria John	$1,000 [10] A supporter of the Missouri Compromise, he represented Kentucky in Congress on & off 1806-52 (Henry) Clay John	$1,000 [19] According to Mark Twain, this author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" "hadn't a sincere fiber in him" Bret Harte	DD $4,400 [23] Beaches on this bay include San Sebastian in Spain & Biarritz in France the Bay of Biscay Bob	$1,000 [6] The hero of this oratorio composer's opera "Rinaldo" is a crusader Handel Bob

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Frederick Barnard was president of this university from 1864 to 1889

Columbia

John "What isH" — wagered $1,005

Bob "What is Princeton" — wagered $8,000

Ben "What is Columbia?" — wagered $11,200

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