Show #2359 1994-12-01 (taped 1994-09-12) Regular

Missing Deanna's introduction.

Contestants

Deanna Duby — an attorney from

John Cotner — a lawyer from Grand Rapids, Michigan

Kevin Mulhern — a computer programming consultant from Stanhope, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kevin	$2,400	$4,200	$7,000	$11,601 2-day champion: $18,601	$5,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
John	$-200	$1,100	$2,600	$1,799 3rd place: Magnavox compact VHS camcorder + Jeopardy! home game	$2,700 16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Deanna	$1,700	$4,200	$5,800	$8,800 2nd place: Broyhill Millwood Creek dining room & Cuthbertson Christmas tree dinnerware + Jeopardy! home game	$7,800 20 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE & NATURE	ACTORS ONSTAGE	TRAINS	U.S. STATES	FOOD & DRINK	BLANKETY-BLANK
$100 [16] This member of the cat family is the fastest 4-legged animal the cheetah John	$100 [8] This actor's last Broadway play, "The Immoralist", led to his starring role in the film "East of Eden" James Dean Kevin	$100 [21] "Funiculi Funicula" was composed for the opening of the railroad that traveled up this Italian volcano Vesuvius Kevin	$100 [1] "The Rushmore State" is a nickname used to refer to this state South Dakota Kevin	$100 [6] This fruit beverage is described as "sweet" before it's fermented & "hard" afterwards cider Kevin	$100 [26] It's the movement of a rabbit across a field hippety-hop Deanna
$200 [17] Hail forms within clouds; this form of precipitation is raindrops that freeze as they fall sleet John	$200 [9] Author played onstage by Yvonne Mitchell in "Bloomsbury" & Maggie Smith in "Virginia" Virginia Woolf Kevin	$300 [23] In 1917 a transcontinental RR was completed between Port Augusta & Kalgoorlie on this continent Australia John	$200 [2] New York's nickname "The Empire State" was suggested before 1800 by this general General Washington Kevin John	$200 [7] This cake is so named because originally it was made with 16 oz. each of flour, butter, sugar & eggs pound cake Deanna	$200 [27] It's the sound of a horse trotting down a paved road clippety-clop Deanna
$300 [18] Of igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic, the type of rock that covers most of the U.S. sedimentary Kevin John	$300 [10] In 1965 teenage Meryl Streep played Marian the Librarian in her high school's production of this musical The Music Man Deanna	$400 [24] In the late 19th century, the Cannonball Express was this engineer's regular train on the Ill. Central Casey Jones John	$300 [3] The Hoosier National Forest is its only national forest Indiana Kevin	$300 [13] Serve oysters Rockefeller on a bed of the "rock" type of this seasoning so the shells won't topple over salt Deanna	$300 [28] "I went to market to buy a fat pig" & went home again this way jiggety-jig Deanna
$400 [19] With a diameter over 35 feet, a Montezuma cypress in this country is the world's thickest tree Mexico Kevin	$400 [11] Surprisingly, Marlon Brando wasn't nominated for a Tony for playing this role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Stanley Kowalski Kevin	$500 [25] In 1880, 21 years after it was founded, this railroad reached the capital of New Mexico the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe Deanna	$400 [4] When it became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital West Virginia Kevin	$400 [14] This spice that's often crystallized or preserved also flavors a popular non-alcoholic ale ginger John Deanna	$400 [29] Gab incessantly about a Coasters hit song yakety-yak Deanna
$500 [20] At one time this desert tree was used to make fence posts, but now it's used for aromatic firewood mesquite Deanna	$500 [12] Jack Palance played the uncouth Caliban in a 1955 production of this Shakespeare play The Tempest Deanna	DD $1,600 [22] The Flying Scotsman once ran between these 2 capital cities London & Edinburgh Kevin	$500 [5] This state, which leads the U.S. in wheat production, has been called the "Breadbasket of America" Kansas Kevin	$500 [15] Malaga is an extremely rich dessert wine that originated in Malaga in this country Spain Kevin	$500 [30] Merriam Webster traces this phrase for "at great speed" back to about 1859 lickety-split Deanna

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	OXFORD UNIVERSITY	NOTORIOUS	COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	WOMEN POETS	ODDS & ENDS
$200 [1] Country that won the Battle of Bunker Hill England Kevin John	$200 [10] The university sits on the upper reaches of this river that Oxonians call the Isis the Thames	$200 [11] Henry Methvin betrayed this criminal couple & led them into the 1934 ambush in which they died Bonnie & Clyde Kevin	$200 [18] This world's oldest Black republic occupies the western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola Haiti John	$200 [4] The line "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses" appeared in her poem "News Item" Dorothy Parker Deanna	$200 [22] This symbol of forest fire prevention retired in 1975 & died at the National Zoo the following year Smokey Bear Deanna
$400 [2] In the 5th century Clovis I moved the Franks into this land conquered by Julius Caesar 500 years earlier Gaul or France John	$400 [12] In 1602 Sir Thomas Bodley gave the university a number of these which he had bought in Europe books Deanna	$400 [13] This scandal of the 1920s got its name from the site of a government oil reserve Teapot Dome Kevin	$400 [19] The parliament of this Asian island nation is in Sri Jayewardenepura-Kotte, a suburb of Colombo Sri Lanka Kevin	$400 [5] This poet's only novel was "The Bell Jar" published in 1963 Sylvia Plath Deanna	$400 [23] To speak this language, transpose the 1st consonant of each word to the end & add "ay" Pig Latin John
$600 [3] He conquered millions of people of the Inca Empire with about 180 men Pizarro John Deanna	$600 [28] While studying medicine at Oxford, he took up track & in 1954 ran a 3:59.4 mile at a meet there Roger Bannister John	$600 [14] This Cuban dictator reportedly got a $1 million kickback from Meyer Lansky (Fulgencio) Batista Deanna	$600 [20] Shortly after this country lost the Falkland Islands War in 1982, President Galtieri resigned Argentina John Deanna	$600 [6] A chapter in "The House of Seven Gables" may have influenced her "I heard a fly buzz-when I died" Emily Dickinson John	$600 [24] Mark Twain once said these facial features "should merely indicate where smiles have been" wrinkles Deanna
$800 [8] The War of Spanish Succession was ended in 1713 with the "Peace of" this Dutch city Utrecht Kevin John	$800 [29] Pronunciation of the name of the Oxford college that's spelled M‑A‑G‑D‑A‑L‑E‑N "MAWD-lin"	$800 [16] No member of this team, accused of throwing the 1919 World Series, was ever convicted the (Chicago) Black Sox (Chicago White Sox) John	$1,000 [27] The Selous Game Reserve SW of Dar es Salaam in this country is the world's largest animal reserve Tanzania Kevin John	DD $700 [7] During her last decade this British poet lived in the Casa Guidi in Florence, Italy Elizabeth Barrett Browning John	$800 [25] The insignia for the U.S. Army Medical Corps features this symbol, a staff with 2 coiled serpents a caduceus Kevin
$1,000 [9] In 1925 this dynasty replaced the Qajar Dynasty in Iran the Pahlavi dynasty John	—	$1,000 [17] In 1992 Gov. Cuomo commuted the sentence of this killer of diet Dr. Herman Tarnower Jean Harris Kevin John	DD $2,000 [21] Eduard Shevardnadze heads this country Georgia Deanna	$1,000 [15] This Black American is the poet laureate of Illinois Gwendolyn Brooks Kevin John	$1,000 [26] When he retired as Supreme Court justice in 1932, he'd served to an older age than any, 90 Oliver Wendell Holmes Kevin

Final Jeopardy!

BESTSELLING AUTHORS

He was 50 yards from victory in Britain's Grand National Steeplechase of 1956 when his horse collapsed

Dick Francis

John "Who is Rodgers?" — wagered $801

Deanna "Who is Dick Francis" — wagered $3,000

Kevin "Who is Dick Francis" — wagered $4,601

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