Show #2297 1994-09-06 (taped 1994-07-19) Regular

Steve Chernicoff game 4.

Contestants

John O'Donnell — a Ph.D. candidate originally from New York City, New York

Kim Smith — a ticket counter originally from Sedalia, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)

Steve Chernicoff — a technical writer from Berkeley, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,803)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$2,600	$6,400	$18,100	$23,399 4-day champion: $59,202	$15,800 39 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Kim	$400	$800	$2,800	$5,600 3rd place: Oneida gift certificate	$2,800 8 R, 2 W
John	$900	$900	$6,400	$12,800 2nd place: Broyhill living room set + Carpet One carpeting	$5,300 12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

METALS	THE CINEMA	AROUND THE WORLD	FAMOUS AMERICANS	TEXTILES	"UNDER"
$100 [2] The first commercial use of titanium was as a substitute for this poisonous metal in paint lead John	$100 [8] This big ape was billed as "The Eighth Wonder of the World" King Kong Steve	$100 [1] The Rialto over the Grand Canal is one of the most famous bridges in this Italian city Venice Kim	$100 [3] In 1926 this cowboy humorist toured Europe as Calvin Coolidge's "ambassador of goodwill" Will Rogers Steve	$100 [24] This fiber can be obtained from the fleece of camels & llamas as well as from sheep wool Steve	$100 [19] It's the manner in which a softball is pitched underhand Steve
$200 [9] Iridium's chief use is to harden this metal, symbol Pt platinum Steve	$200 [11] In "My Fair Lady", Audrey Hepburn played this Cockney flower-seller who learned to speak like a lady Eliza Doolittle Steve	$200 [4] As an overseas territory of France, Tahiti also celebrates this July 14 holiday Bastille Day Steve	$200 [14] Addressing Congress in 1951, he said, "I now close my military career and just fade away..." Douglas MacArthur Steve	$200 [25] This type of fabric resembles the skeleton of a certain fish herringbone tweed (or weave, or twill) Steve	$200 [20] A subordinate or lackey an underling Steve
$300 [10] Some of this metal, eliminated from U.S. quarters & dimes in 1965, remained in half dollars until 1970 silver John	$300 [16] To play boxer Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull", this actor gained 50 pounds Robert De Niro Steve	$300 [5] This largest museum in Russia houses over 2 million works of art the Hermitage Steve	$300 [15] This author & clergyman best known for his "Power of Positive Thinking" passed away in 1993 at age 95 Norman Vincent Peale Kim	$300 [26] The name of this fabric used to make sheets comes from the Persian word pargalah percale Steve	$300 [21] This term refers to a freshman or sophomore in high school or college an underclassman (or undergraduate) Steve
$400 [12] K, the symbol for this metal, comes from Kalium, a Latinized version of the word alkali potassium Steve	$400 [29] In the 1976 film "Two-Minute Warning", this creator of "Jeopardy!" sang the national anthem Merv Griffin Kim	$400 [6] In 1872 this city succeeded Spanish Town as Jamaica's capital Kingston Steve	$500 [18] In 1881 he founded Chicago's premier department store Marshall Field Steve Kim	$400 [27] This best-known Scottish tweed has its own trademark, an orb Harris tweed Steve	$400 [22] In 1964 the Drifters sang, here, "down by the sea, on a blanket with my baby's where I'll be" "Under The Boardwalk" Steve
$500 [13] After neptunium, this radioactive metal was the next transuranium element discovered plutonium Steve	$500 [30] "Fast Times at" this high school was the 1982 feature film debut of director Amy Heckerling Ridgemont High Kim	$500 [7] Of Switzerland's 4 national languages, it's the one spoken by the most Swiss German John	DD $1,000 [17] This winner of the 1958 Int'l Tchaikovsky Piano Competition established his own contest in 1962 Van Cliburn Steve	$500 [28] Though named for a Middle Eastern capital, this lustrous textile originated in China Damask Steve	$500 [23] To stress or emphasize to underscore Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

1911	ARCHITECTURE	'70s FADS	NORTH CAROLINA	WORLD LITERATURE	"OVER"
$200 [1] This house of the British Parliament lost its veto power the House of Lords Steve	$200 [13] Thomas Ustick Walter was responsible for adding the wings & dome to this D.C. structure The U.S. Capitol Steve	$400 [15] In 1977 the President's brother endorsed a potent potable product called this Billy Beer John	$200 [20] North Carolina produces almost 40% of the USA's output of this, its chief crop tobacco Steve	$200 [6] Natasha Rostova, one of Tolstoy's most compelling characters, is the heroine of this classic novel War and Peace Steve	$200 [14] If you want your fried eggs cooked briefly on the yolk side, ask for them this way over easy John
$400 [2] This man, later the 40th president, was born February 6 Ronald Reagan Kim	$400 [25] McKim, Mead & White designed the second of the 4 NYC sports arenas to bear this name Madison Square Garden Steve	$600 [16] This fad involved dancing on wheeled skates to loud music roller disco Steve John	$400 [21] This denomination is North Carolina's largest religious group Baptists John	$400 [7] This "Brideshead Revisited" author was 24 when he published his first novel, "Decline and Fall" (Evelyn) Waugh John	$400 [18] This phrase refers to drugs or medicine that can be sold without a prescription over-the-counter John
$600 [3] This famous temperance activist died June 9 in Leavenworth, Kansas Carrie Nation Kim	$600 [26] Jean-Francois-Therese Chalgrin designed this monument that stands in Place Charles de Gaulle The Arc de Triomphe Steve	$800 [17] Werner Erhard's seminar to transform your life est Steve	$600 [22] For the first half of the 19th C., most of the USA's gold was mined near this city, the largest in N.C. Charlotte Steve	$600 [10] This "Faust" author is the hero of Thomas Mann's novel "The Beloved Returns" Goethe Steve	$600 [29] If one is past his prime, he is said to be this over the hill Steve
$800 [4] Physicist Ernest Rutherford announced his model for the structure of this the atom Steve	$800 [27] Gordon Bunshaft designed the Hirshhorn Museum building of this museum complex the Smithsonian Steve	$1,000 [19] This author called the '70s the "Me Decade" & coined the term "radical chic" Tom Wolfe John	$1,000 [24] The first known European to explore N.C. was this Italian in 1524; he reached New York Harbor that same year Verrazzano Kim	$800 [11] This Irishman's famous stream-of-consciousness technique was inspired by Edouard Dujardin James Joyce Steve	$800 [30] In the mid-1800s this type of stagecoach carried passengers & mail throughout the West an overland stage John
$1,000 [5] This composer's comic opera "Der Rosenkavalier" had its premiere in Dresden Richard Strauss Steve Kim	$1,000 [28] Swiss-born architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret is better known by this pseudonym Le Corbusier Steve	DD $1,300 [8] Popular in the early '70s, they've now gone the way of the dodo 8-tracks John	DD $2,500 [23] In 1972 he became the first N.C. Republican elected to the U.S. Senate this century & he's still there Jesse Helms Steve	$1,000 [12] This Spaniard finished writing "The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda" just 3 days before his death in 1616 Cervantes Kim	$1,000 [9] According to a song from "Carousel", this is happening "all over the meadow and the hill" "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" Steve

Final Jeopardy!

THE OLD TESTAMENT

1 of the 2 talking animals of the Old Testament

the serpent or Balaam's ass

Kim "Who is Balaam's ass" — wagered $2,800

John "Who is the serpent" — wagered $6,400

Steve "Who is Balaam's ass?" — wagered $5,299

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