Show #2594 1995-12-07 Regular

Alex's children, Matthew & Emily, appear on camera before Final Jeopardy!

Contestants

Debra Witter — an attorney from Dallas, Texas

Beth Rambo — an English professor originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Gwen LaTray — a day care provider from Portage, Indiana

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gwen	$2,100	$4,200	$14,500	$13,500 New champion: $13,500	$14,800 37 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Beth	$-500	$900	$3,100	$6,100 2nd place: O'Sullivan home theater + Aiwa home stereo	$3,100 9 R, 3 W
Debra	$300	$1,000	$5,000	$4,500 3rd place: Village home decor set	$5,000 10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA	WOMEN IN SPORTS	MYTHS & LEGENDS	AROUND THE WORLD	PLANTS & TREES	SOUTHERN ENGLISH
$100 [14] This pair sent back a live, caged prairie dog to Thomas Jefferson Lewis & Clark Beth	$100 [7] With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Cheryl Miller & Anne Donovan entered the Hall of Fame for this sport in 1995 basketball Gwen	$100 [19] Legend says King Arthur lives "Evermore" in the guise of one of these black birds a raven Gwen	$100 [6] In 1994 this Asian city's Disneyland greeted its 150 millionth visitor Tokyo Debra	$100 [1] Red clover is pollinated by these large furry bees of the family Bombidae bumblebees Gwen	$100 [25] To crack your sides is to do this so hard it hurts laugh Beth
$200 [15] He never appeared at his 1868 impeachment trial (Andrew) Johnson Gwen	$200 [8] In 1995, for the 2nd year running, Uta Pippig of Germany placed 1st among women in this U.S. race the Boston Marathon Beth Debra	$200 [20] The most beautiful woman on Earth, her name came from the Greek for "light" Helen of Troy Gwen Debra	$200 [10] This famous block of limestone is set into a castle tower near Cork the Blarney Stone Gwen	$200 [2] The sugar species of this tree is a fine ornamental tree but is intolerant of road salt maple Gwen	$200 [26] To cut the cake is to undergo this ceremony a wedding Gwen
$300 [16] In 1855 Congress allocated $30,000 to buy 33 of these to use as pack animals in the southwest desert camels Gwen	$300 [9] This speed skater was chosen Sports Illustrated's 1994 Sportswoman of the Year Bonnie Blair Gwen	$300 [22] In Celtic legend the cry of this female fairy foretells a death a banshee Gwen	$300 [11] The French exchange gifts on this day, which they call Le Jour de l'An New Year's Day Gwen	$300 [3] In gardening terminology, inflorescence refers to the arrangement of these on a plant the flowers Gwen Beth	$300 [27] The marshy, sluggish outlet of a lake or river, this word probably comes from the Choctaw Bayuk a bayou Beth
$400 [17] After U.S. forces burned York in April 1813, the British burned this city in reprisal in 1814 Washington, D.C Gwen	$400 [21] In June 1993 Julie Krone became the 1st woman jockey to win this 3rd leg of the Triple Crown the Belmont Stakes Gwen	$400 [23] A symbol of longevity in Japanese mythology is this bird, a favorite origami figure a crane Beth	DD $300 [13] Charlottetown, the capital of this Canadian province, is named for the wife of King George III P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island) Gwen	$400 [4] Before cutting, teak trees are girdled & left standing to do this to the wood dry it out	$400 [28] An unusually rough or unruly one of these people is called an ankle-biter a child Gwen
$500 [18] This institute that opened in Alabama in 1881 first emphasized farming & crafts Tuskegee Gwen	$500 [30] Second in all-time tournament victories, this American was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995 Chris Evert Lloyd (or Chris Evert Mill) Gwen Beth Debra	$500 [24] This "epic" Babylonian turned Ishtar down; he remembered she destroyed her previous lovers Gilgamesh Beth	$400 [12] There's a statue of Henrik Ibsen in front of the National Theatre in this capital city Oslo Gwen	$500 [5] This widely cultivated grass, Saccharum officinarum, needs 80 inches of rainfall or irrigation a year sugarcane Gwen	$500 [29] This term for unscrupulous northern adventurers came from the luggage they carried south carpetbaggers Beth

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIA	REPUBLICANS	CARIBBEAN CUISINE	MODERN ART & ARTISTS	HISTORY	FILMS OF THE '40s
$200 [21] This, Asia's highest point, is over 29,000 feet above sea level Everest Gwen	$200 [26] In November 1994 this former president revealed he'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease Ronald Reagan Gwen	$200 [12] Soup & "steak" made from the meat of this shelled reptile are specialties of the Cayman Islands a turtle Gwen	$200 [7] Like Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky left Russia for Germany, then went on to this French capital Paris Gwen	$200 [2] To keep the site of his grave a secret, those who buried this king of the Huns were put to death Attila Gwen	$200 [1] He was Captain Blood & Robin Hood in the 1930s; in 1940 he was The Sea Hawk Errol Flynn Gwen
$400 [22] North Vietnam was separated from South Vietnam by this, DMZ for short the demilitarized zone Gwen	$400 [27] This Virginian spent about $20 million challenging Charles Robb in 1994, but lost Oliver North Debra	$400 [13] In Montserrat the delicacy known as mountain chicken is actually an enormous one of these amphibians a frog Beth	$400 [8] Turn this surrealist's "The Swan of Leda" upside down & it becomes an elephant head Dali Gwen	$400 [3] Term for the short period after Napoleon's March 20, 1815 return to Paris the Hundred Days Debra	$400 [14] 1943's "The Heat's On" was her last film until 1970's "Myra Breckinridge" Mae West Gwen
$600 [23] This title of the rulers of Tibet was first bestowed by Altan Khan on Sonam Gyatso Dalai Lama Gwen	$600 [28] This Kansas senator's middle name is Joseph (Robert) Dole Debra	$600 [18] While visiting Curacao, daring diners may sample the soup made from this large lizard an iguana Gwen	$600 [9] Piet Mondrian was one of the contributors to this Low Country's arts review "De Stijl" The Netherlands Debra	DD $500 [5] In 1653 he dissolved England's "Rump" Parliament (Oliver) Cromwell Gwen	$600 [15] This late host of "Mystery!" could be seen sometimes in 1940's "The Invisible Man Returns" Vincent Price Gwen
DD $1,000 [24] Nishapur, Iran was the birthplace & contains the grave of this famous 11th century poet Omar Khayyam Gwen	$800 [29] He defeated Ann Richards to become governor of Texas George W. Bush Debra	$800 [19] In Puerto Rico mofongos are these cooking bananas mashed, fried & sometimes stuffed with meat or fish plantains Gwen	$800 [10] You have to visit MoMA to see his "Christina's World" Andrew Wyeth Gwen	$600 [4] It was the next major U.S. domestic program after the New Deal The Fair Deal	$800 [16] Director Otto Preminger took over from Rouben Mamoulian on this 1944 Gene Tierney murder mystery Laura Beth
$1,000 [25] In the 19th C. Karachi, now in this country, was developed by the British as a major port city Pakistan Gwen	$1,000 [30] Mark Hatfield of this state is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Oregon Gwen	$1,000 [20] In the Caribbean this mollusk known for its spiral shell is often pounded & made into fritters conch Beth	$1,000 [11] In 1968 this artist was shot by a former member of his "Factory" Andy Warhol Debra	$1,000 [6] He became Byzantine Emperor in 527 & issued his first code of civil laws 2 years later Justinian Gwen	$1,000 [17] He directed & starred in 1948's "The Lady from Shanghai" Orson Welles Debra

Final Jeopardy!

NICKNAMES

Poet Ezra Pound nicknamed this person "Old Possum"

T.S. Eliot

Beth "Who was T.S. Eliot" — wagered $3,000

Debra "Who is ?" — wagered $500

Gwen "Who was Keith" — wagered $1,000

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