Show #2977 1997-07-08 (taped 1997-02-12) Regular

Contestants

Fazal Khan — a medical and law student from Champaign, Illinois

David Smith — an attorney originally from Norwich, England

Peter Braxton — a math teacher from Fairfax, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$2,400	$2,500	$9,800	$6,799 3rd place: a Franchi Menotti elegant watch	$8,200 24 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W
David	$300	$1,800	$6,400	$10,001 New champion: $10,001	$6,400 15 R, 1 W
Fazal	$300	$1,400	$5,000	$9,880 2nd place: a trip to Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada	$5,000 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	FAMILY TELEVISION	COOKING EQUIPMENT	ASTRONOMY & SPACE	AWARDS	FRENCH NAMES OF COUNTRIES
$100 [2] While in the VA. legislature, this 3rd president introduced his religious freedom statute Thomas Jefferson Peter	$100 [15] The 1996 Thanksgiving episode of this Tim Allen sitcom featured a claymation dream sequence Home Improvement Fazal	$100 [11] Use these bristly implements to butter pastries or to keep meat moist on the grill brushes Peter	$100 [1] Though it's currently Polaris, Vega will become this directional star around 14,000 A.D. the North Star (or the Pole Star) David	$100 [25] The Federation of Fly Fishers, Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club & Time Magazine all name one of these Man of the Year Peter	$100 [20] Suisse Switzerland Peter
$200 [3] Founded in 1607, the Popham colony on the Kennebec River was this state's first English settlement Maine David	$200 [16] Al Bundy is head of the household on this TV sitcom Married... with Children Fazal	$200 [12] Waffles are made in an iron & muffins are made in an implement named for this metal tin Peter	$200 [7] In 1996 one of these minor planets the size of Pikes Peak was named for newsman Walter Cronkite an asteroid Fazal	$200 [26] A silver medal goes to totally blind men who score over 185 in this indoor sport bowling Peter David	$200 [21] Arabie Saoudite Saudi Arabia Peter
$300 [4] In 1952 composer Stuart Hamblen was the presidential candidate of this anti-liquor party Prohibition Peter Fazal	$300 [17] Dick Van Patten played Tom Bradford, father of many, on this ABC drama Eight Is Enough Peter Fazal	$300 [13] Used to keep food warm, this "dish" is a container with a pan of hot water beneath it a chafing dish	$300 [8] America's first weather satellite, its name stood for Television & Infrared Observation Satellite TIROS Peter	$300 [27] The developers of this sound system, in common use since the '70s, received an Academy Award in 1989 Dolby Peter	$300 [22] Norvege Norway David
DD $500 [5] On Dec. 23, 1921 President Harding pardoned this Socialist so that he could have Christmas dinner with his wife Eugene Victor Debs Peter	$400 [18] Stephen Collins plays a minister & father of 5 on this WB Network drama 7th Heaven	$400 [14] When using this short, axlike butcher's knife, keep your other hand out of the way a cleaver Fazal	$400 [9] Corvus, a small constellation south of Virgo, is said to represent this black bird the crow Peter	$400 [28] His innovative poems like "The Waste Land" earned him the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature Thomas Stearns Eliot Peter	$400 [23] Liban Lebanon Peter David
$500 [6] This soldier & frontiersman won important victories over the British in the Northwest Territory George Rogers Clark	$500 [19] She played Kate Lawrence, mother of 4, on the '70s series "Family" Sada Thompson	$500 [30] The mandoline, resembling a washboard, eases this process of cutting potatoes into matchlike strips julienning Peter Fazal	$500 [10] In 1973 Alan Bean spent nearly 2 months aboard this U.S. space station Skylab Peter	$500 [29] The MacArthur Foundation's 6-figure awards to brilliant people in various fields are known as these "grants" Genius grants David	$500 [24] Lettonie Latvia David

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	COURT CASES	LITERATURE	FAMOUS NAMES	OPERETTAS	HODGEPODGE
$200 [6] Peach County is the center of this state's peach-growing belt Georgia David	$200 [1] From Miranda v. Arizona, before interrogation one must be told of the right to remain this silent David	$200 [16] Readers in 1860-61 picked up copies of "All the Year Round" to read installments of his "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens David	$200 [21] Before marrying Jackie Kennedy, he was linked romantically with Maria Callas Aristotle Onassis Peter	$200 [11] According to the title of a Victor Herbert operetta, it's where the "Babes" are in Toyland Peter	$200 [26] It's the only continent occupied by a single nation Australia Fazal
$400 [7] Theodore Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia lies in this river Potomac David	$400 [2] In 1962's Engel v. Vitale the Supreme Court eliminated this practice in New York State's public schools prayer David	$400 [17] Time in this futuristic Aldous Huxley novel is measured from the invention of the Model T Ford Brave New World David	$400 [22] In 1951 she was nominated for vice president of Argentina, but was forced to withdraw from the race Eva Peron Fazal	$400 [12] This bandmaster probably knew his operetta "The Free Lance" so well he could "phone" it in John Philip Sousa	$400 [27] The red marking on a black widow is described as this shape hourglass Peter Fazal
$600 [8] This site of the U.S. Immigration Depot was called Oyster Island by the Dutch Ellis Island Peter	$600 [3] Founded in 1920, this organization has been involved with the Scopes trial & Brown v. Board of Education the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Peter	$600 [18] This 1975 E.L. Doctorow novel relates the story of Coalhouse Walker Jr., who's harassed by local firemen Ragtime	$600 [23] Though best known for his popcorn, this late entrepreneur also pioneered the use of liquid fertilizer Orville Redenbacher Fazal	$800 [14] By the end of this Sigmund Romberg operetta, the title pupil has become the King of Karlsberg The Student Prince Peter	$600 [30] A fool or madman card is among the 78 cards that make up this special fortune telling pack tarot Peter
$1,000 [10] The U.S.A.'s strongest surface wind, 231 mph, was recorded on this New Hampshire mountain Mount Washington Peter	$800 [4] In December 1996 the 1993 federal conviction of this S&L operator was thrown out Charles Keating David Fazal	$800 [19] Saul Bellow's title character whose "gift" to Charlie Citrine was a sense of hope Humboldt Fazal	$800 [24] From 1942 to 1956 he headed the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University Alfred Kinsey Fazal	DD $900 [13] The 1879 operetta about this title group ends with the song heard here: The Pirates of Penzance Peter	$800 [29] Reigning from 1449 to 1453, Constantine XI Palaeologus was this empire's last emperor the Byzantine Empire Peter
DD $2,000 [9] At one point this state is less than 2 miles wide between its borders with Pennsylvania & West Virginia Maryland Peter	$1,000 [5] F. Lee Bailey took the case of this Ohio doctor & convicted murderer to the Supreme Court in 1966 & won Sam Sheppard David	$1,000 [20] Willa Cather's "My Antonia", "O Pioneers!" & "A Lost Lady" are set on the frontier in this Midwestern state Nebraska Fazal	$1,000 [25] Though she became queen of the Netherlands in 1890, she wasn't crowned until September 6, 1898 Queen Wilhelmina	$1,000 [15] Johann Strauss fans are just batty over this operetta whose German title means "The Bat" Die Fledermaus David	$1,000 [28] 3 U.S. presidents died on this date & one, Calvin Coolidge, was born on it July 4 Fazal

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

This word meaning an expert commentator is derived from the Sanskrit for "learned man"

Pundit

Fazal "What is pundit?" — wagered $4,880

David "What is pundit?" — wagered $3,601

Peter "What is guru?" — wagered $3,001

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