Show #2982 1997-07-15 (taped 1997-02-24) Regular

Contestants

Greg Chernack — a law student from New Haven, Connecticut

Penny Willis — an editor from Flushing, New York

Peter Fiske — an attorney from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$-200	$900	$6,400	$12,800 2nd place: Trip/cruise to Costa Rica	$5,700 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Penny	$2,500	$3,600	$13,000	$13,100 New champion: $13,100	$13,000 26 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Greg	$800	$2,900	$3,900	$6,401 3rd place: Broyhill Entertainment Armoire	$4,900 14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CASANOVA	ACTRESSES	SMALL BUSINESS	QUOTATIONS	ANNUAL EVENTS	NAME THE DECADE
$100 [14] Casanova was director of this gambling game in Paris; it's now state-run in most of the U.S. the lottery Peter Greg	$100 [17] She plays the dastardly Cruella de Vil in the 1996 remake of "101 Dalmatians" Glenn Close Peter	$100 [22] A rough definition of a small business is one with fewer than 500 of these employees Peter	$100 [10] He cried, "Sic Semper Tyrannis! The South is avenged!" at Ford's Theater John Wilkes Booth Peter	$100 [6] This state has a woodchopper's jamboree in Encampment & a primitive weapons contest in Casper Wyoming Penny	$100 [1] "American Bandstand" debuts, Federal troops sent to Little Rock, Alaska becomes a state the 1950s Penny
$400 [28] Besides writing his popular autobiography, Casanova translated this Homer war work in 1775 the Iliad Penny	$200 [18] She not only starred in & directed "The Mirror Has Two Faces", she composed its love theme Barbra Streisand Peter	$200 [23] Tax relief for small businesses was part of the 1996 legislation raising this to $5.15 an hour minimum wage Greg	$200 [11] On seeing the valley of the Great Salt Lake in 1847, he said, "This is the place!" Brigham Young Greg	$200 [7] The 1st Monday in October is Zoo Founders Day in this Calif. city, so admission to its world-famous zoo is free San Diego Greg	$200 [2] Watergate break-in,55 mph speed limit,"Frampton Comes Alive!" the 1970s Penny
$500 [27] In 1755 he was denounced as a magician & sent to prison under the roof of the doge's palace in this city Venice Greg	$300 [19] In a dictionary you'll find her name next to the definition "An inflatable life jacket vest" Mae West Peter	$300 [24] Common term for a store owned & run by a married couple mom & pop Penny	$300 [12] On toppling Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, she said, "I'm sure no one ever thought it would happen" Corazon Aquino Penny	$300 [8] The Crescent City Classic, a 10K run held in the spring in this Louisiana city, is followed by a huge celebration New Orleans Peter	$300 [3] Rh factor discovered, Pentagon opens, Tokyo Rose tried for treason the 1940s Greg
—	$400 [20] In "Mommie Dearest" Faye Dunaway portrayed this famous actress Joan Crawford Peter	$400 [25] Many companies stay open 24 hours & take credit cards to provide this money for the just-jailed bail bonds Greg	$400 [13] He's credited with the remark "L' etat C'est Moi", "I am the state" Louis XIV Penny	$400 [15] Headquarters of the Yakima Indian nation, Toppenish in this state celebrates Yakima Treaty Day in June Washington Penny	$400 [4] Peace Corps founded, The Gambia gains independence, Armstrong moonwalks the 1960s Penny
—	$500 [21] This Oscar winner has made several TV guest appearances as "Roseanne"'s grandmother Nana Mary Shelley Winters	$500 [26] There's nothing gained by this type of "capitalist" if he doesn't finance a start-up company a venture capitalist Greg	$500 [9] Victor Cousin wrote, "We need religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake" & this Art for art's sake Peter Penny	$500 [16] Cheraw State Park is the site of this state's annual Palmetto Regatta South Carolina Greg	DD $500 [5] "O Canada" is made national anthem, Konstantin Chernenko dies, Ford buys Jaguar the 1980s Penny

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE IN HISTORY	PALEONTOLOGY	POP MUSIC	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	LITERATURE	FILE UNDER "D"
$200 [5] Executed in 1587, she was the last reigning queen of Scotland Mary, Queen of Scots Penny	$200 [6] It describes the mouth of the ancient hadrosaur & the mouth of the modern platypus duck-billed Penny	$200 [30] In June 1995 he released "HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book One", a solo double-CD set Michael Jackson Peter	$200 [16] Important mining centers in this range include Leadville, Colorado & Kimberley, British Columbia the Rocky Mountains Penny	$200 [11] In 1922 he published "The Red House Mystery"; in 1928 "The House At Pooh Corner" A.A. Milne Peter	$200 [25] It's Sunday for Placido domingo Greg
$400 [4] In 1894 he succeeded his father, Alexander III, as czar of Russia Nicholas II Greg	$400 [7] The name of the Ichthyornis comes from the Greek for "bird" & this type of animal fish Penny	$400 [29] His 1966 No. 1 hit "Strangers In The Night" was released on his own Reprise Records label Frank Sinatra Greg	$400 [17] Since 1980 most of this Indonesian island known for its giant monitor lizards has been a national park Komodo Peter Penny	$400 [12] Mr. Kurtz is an agent of a Belgian Congo trading station in this Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness Penny	$400 [22] Socialite ball girls, or a Socialist Party presidential candidate Debs Greg
$600 [1] This Portuguese patron of exploration was the grandson of England's John of Gaunt Prince Henry the Navigator Peter	$600 [8] It was similar to the mammoth but it had different teeth the mastodon Penny	$600 [27] Her 1994 hit "All I Wanna Do" won a Grammy for Record of the Year Sheryl Crow	$600 [18] Pest is this European country's most popular county Hungary Peter	$600 [13] This western author stopped using pen names soon after the publication of "Hondo " in 1953 Louis L'Amour Greg	$600 [21] Another term for the 10 Commandments Decalogue Penny
$1,000 [3] Famous for his sonnets, he was crowned poet laureate of Rome in 1341 Petrarch Penny	$800 [9] Continent that was home to the albertosaurus North America Penny	$800 [28] She was the woman in the title of the 1977 album "Allman And Woman: Two The Hard Way" Cher Peter	$800 [23] This sea between the Dardanelles & the Bosporus was once called Propontis the Sea of Marmara Penny	DD $1,000 [14] "The Big Knockover", a collection of his stories & short novels, was edited by Lillian Hellman Dashiell Hammett Greg	$800 [20] Sung by Marlene Dietrich, "See What The Boys In The Back Room Will Have" is from this 1939 Western Destry Rides Again Penny
DD $1,500 [2] In 1900 he became head of a U.S. Army commission in Havana to study yellow fever Walter Reed Peter	$1,000 [10] The fossils of these common 3-lobed primitive arthropods are useful date markers trilobites Penny	$1,000 [26] Shortly after Eric Burdon joined the Alan Price Combo, the group changed its name to this The Animals Peter	$1,000 [24] In 1897 Swiss climber Mattias Zurbriggen became the first to scale this Argentinian peak Mount Aconcagua Penny	$1,000 [15] His novel "Cancer Ward" originally was banned in the Soviet Union Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Penny	$1,000 [19] This term for the female side of the family comes from the rod used by Roman women to spin flax distaff Peter

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox

James Knox Polk

Greg "Who was James Polk" — wagered $2,501

Peter "Who was Polk?" — wagered $6,400

Penny "Who was J. Polk?" — wagered $100

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