Show #2426 1995-03-06 (taped 1994-11-29) Regular

Contestants

Roger Moyer — a bookstore administrator from Alexandria, Virginia

Jeffrey Dickey — a writer originally from Portland, Oregon

Ben Macrory — a law student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$1,800	$2,200	$4,500	$9,000 2nd place: Artisans du Marais serigraph by Thomas Pradzynski through Caldwell Synder Gallery & Broyhill bedroom + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES	$6,300 21 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Jeffrey	$300	$700	$3,200	$6,350 3rd place: Fendi watch + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES	$2,900 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Roger	$800	$3,200	$7,600	$9,001 New champion: $9,001	$7,600 17 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES	SPORTS HISTORY	CONDIMENTS	SICKNESS & HEALTH	TOWERS	5-LETTER WORDS
$100 [3] Jesus' birth in this town fulfilled a prophecy by Micah Bethlehem Jeffrey	$100 [1] The $75-million Hoosier Dome opened in this city in 1984 Indianapolis Ben	$100 [11] A dill pickle is this vegetable steeped in a spiced brine solution a cucumber Ben	$100 [26] Most of the magnesium in the body is in the teeth & these structures the bones Jeffrey	$100 [16] In 1994 a group in Singapore built a 72'1" tower out of 334,628 of these toy bricks Legos Roger	$100 [20] An industrious, overzealous person is described as this type of "beaver" eager Ben
$200 [4] The Yarmuk River joins this one just south of the Sea of Galilee the Jordan Ben	$200 [2] On June 12, 1974 this boys' baseball organization announced that it would admit girls Little League Jeffrey	$200 [12] A recently introduced jalapeno sauce is McIlhenny's first new pepper sauce under this brand in 125 years Tabasco Ben	$200 [27] This, the first general anesthetic, was in common use until the 1930s ether Roger	$200 [17] It's actually a group of towers including the White, Wakefield & Bloody towers the Tower of London Roger	$200 [22] Give birth to a baby cow or to an iceberg calve Roger
$300 [8] The 5 cities of the plain were Admah, Zoar, Zeboiim & this wicked pair Sodom & Gomorrah Ben	$300 [5] In the original version of this sport, players rode floating barrels decorated to look like horses water polo Ben	$300 [13] This sauce, produced under license from Lea & Perrins in many countries, has over 20 ingredients Worcestershire sauce Roger	$300 [28] Mydriasis, the dilation of this, occurs in the dark & after the consumption of alcohol pupils Ben	$300 [18] According to Guinness, the Poles redubbed their world's tallest tower this after it fell in 1991 the world's longest tower	$300 [23] Its an actor's speech delivered to the audience & not "heard" by the other characters onstage an aside Roger
DD $300 [10] Jesus healed a man in Capernaum while staying in this town where he'd once attended a wedding Cana Ben	$400 [6] In 1923, this city's Memorial Coliseum was expanded to 105,000 seats for the 1932 Olympics Los Angeles Ben	$400 [14] This pungent grated root is sometimes bottled in beet juice to make it red horseradish Ben	$400 [29] Gout can cause nephritis, the swelling of one or both of these the kidneys Jeffrey	$400 [19] Construction of this was halted when it was found the soil was too soft; it was finished in the 14th c. the Leaning Tower of Pisa Jeffrey	$400 [24] It's a bunch of stalks & ears of wheat bound together a sheaf Roger
$400 [9] In this country the children of Israel built the cities of Pithom & Raamses Egypt Ben	$500 [7] The modern version of this sport grew out of a Native American game called baggataway lacrosse Ben	$500 [15] The most famous type of French mustard is this one named for the capital of the Burgundy region Dijon Roger	$500 [30] As opposed to a straight cut or incision, this is the medical term for a torn, irregular wound a laceration Jeffrey	$500 [21] Robert Delaunay combined bits of Fauvism, Cubism & Futurism in a series of paintings of this tower the Eiffel Tower Roger	$500 [25] The Latin for "goat" gives us this word for frolic or gambol, to leap about like a goat caper Roger

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	STARS	QUOTATIONS	OPERA	MIDDLE NAMES	LITERARY WOMEN
$200 [2] On June 12, 1991 he received about 60% of the vote to become Russia's first directly elected president Boris Yeltsin Ben	$200 [9] Our galaxy, known by this name, is about 170,000 light years away from the nearest galaxy the Milky Way Ben	$200 [10] Advising a young tradesman, Benjamin Franklin said, "Remember, that time is" this money Ben	$200 [1] Tsing Sing is a Mandarin in "The Bronze Horse", which is set in this country China Roger	$200 [14] Middle name shared by theatre critic George Nathan & tennis player Billie King Jean	$200 [19] She dedicated "Frankenstein" to her father, William Godwin Mary Shelley Ben
$400 [3] On Feb. 20, 1985 this British prime minister addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress Margaret Thatcher Jeffrey	$400 [22] Headlines in April 1994 touted the find of 3 of these heavenly bodies around star B1257+12 planets Roger	$400 [11] Martha Graham called this art form "the hidden language of the soul" dance Ben	$400 [4] Portugal's preeminent opera house, Teatro Sao Carlos, opened in this city in 1793 Lisbon Jeffrey	$400 [15] Former Surgeon General Koop's middle name; his first name is Charles Everett Ben	$400 [20] "The Steep Ascent", about a perilous flight, was the first novel by this wife of a famous aviator Anne Lindbergh Jeffrey Roger
$600 [6] During World War II, he organized a Vietnamese independence movement called the Viet Minh Ho Chi Minh Ben	$600 [23] Astronomers use a photometer to measure this brightness Ben	$600 [12] Politics has been defined as "where they pat you on the back so they'll know where to stick" this the knife Roger	$600 [5] The full title of "I puritani" is "I puritani di scozia", which means "The Puritans of" this country Scotland Ben	$600 [16] The residents of Grover's Corners could tell you this playwright's middle name was Niven Thornton Wilder	$600 [21] An avid horseback rider, this poet took her first name from English jockey Steve Donoghue Steven Smith
$800 [7] On July 21, 1986 this Moroccan king became the second Arab leader to meet publicly with an Israeli leader (King) Hassan Roger	$800 [24] The 2 main gases in a star; fusion changes one into the other hydrogen & helium Ben	$800 [13] At the Battle of Copenhagen he said, "I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes" Lord Nelson	$1,000 [27] When Gustav Mahler presented this Beethoven opera, he set its first scene in Rocco's kitchen Fidelio Jeffrey	$1,000 [18] This Nobel prize-winning chemist's middle initial, C., stands for Carl, not for his favorite vitamin Linus Pauling Roger	$800 [29] This author of "The Age of Innocence" was the first woman to receive an honorary Litt.D. from Yale Edith Wharton Ben
$1,000 [8] In 1745 her husband, Francis Stephen, became Holy Roman Emperor Francis I Maria Theresa Jeffrey	$1,000 [28] In 1967 British radio astronomers discovered the first of these spinning neutron stars a pulsar Roger	$1,000 [25] "The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that" does this rules the world Jeffrey	DD $1,100 [26] The German title of this Wagner opera is "Der fliegende Hollander" The Flying Dutchman Jeffrey	DD $1,500 [17] This president's middle name, Knox, was his mothers maiden name (James K.) Polk Ben	$1,000 [30] Several of her works were turned into films, including "The Birds" & "Jamaica Inn" Daphne du Maurier

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1980s

In 1989 a statue called "Goddess of Democracy" was erected in this square

Tiananmen Square

Jeffrey "What is Tianenmen Square?" — wagered $3,150

Ben "What is Tiananmen? 天安门" — wagered $4,500

Roger "What is Tienanmin?" — wagered $1,401

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