Show #2615 1996-01-05 Regular

Contestants

Tom Russ — a research scientist originally from Munich, Germany

Earl Williams — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California

Gareth Jones — a real estate appraiser from Visalia, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $18,597)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gareth	$1,100	$2,800	$7,200	$9,199 4-day champion: $27,796	$7,700 24 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Earl	$600	$600	$2,600	$3,201 2nd place: trip to Santa Cruz + Samsung camcorder	$2,600 13 R, 4 W
Tom	$300	$1,400	$1,600	$2,700 3rd place: limousine ride from Carey Limousine	$3,400 10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	TELEVISION	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	THE BIBLE	POLITICAL SCIENCE	ENGLISH GRAMMAR
$100 [1] In Korea this process used metal type by 1250 printing Earl	$100 [5] In 1995 Candice Bergen received her fifth Emmy for playing this title role Murphy Brown Earl	$100 [16] The choke, the fine, hairlike growth covering the heart of this vegetable, is inedible an artichoke Tom	$100 [10] He was the son of either Jacob or Heli as well as the husband of Mary Joseph Gareth	$100 [13] In this type of election, voters choose the candidates who will run in a later election a primary Earl	$100 [24] Also known as an interrogation mark, it ends an interrogative sentence a question mark Gareth
$200 [2] On May 21, 1932 she landed in Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo Amelia Earhart Gareth	$200 [6] On this series Kevin attended Robert F. Kennedy Junior High The Wonder Years	$200 [19] The bell, or green, type of this is produced by the same plant as the pimiento, or red a pepper Gareth	$200 [11] According to Matthew 3:4, this forerunner of Jesus dined on locusts & wild honey John the Baptist Gareth	$200 [14] The heads of the executive departments are part of this group that advises the president the Cabinet Gareth	$200 [27] Generally, adverbs end with these 2 letters -ly Gareth
$300 [3] Seymour Hersh won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on this 1968 massacre My Lai Tom	$300 [8] On "Gunsmoke" Miss Kitty was the owner of this Dodge City watering hole the Long Branch Saloon	$300 [20] This is the favored variety of grape for making grape jelly the Concord Earl	$400 [25] The name of this Old Testament book comes from the Septuagint & probably refers to the census that begins it Numbers Gareth	$300 [15] Phrase for a long-shot candidate for nomination; Polk was the first to win the presidency a dark horse Earl	$300 [28] It's the word used incorrectly in the sentence "My friend and myself attended the party." myself Gareth
$400 [4] In June 1800 he defeated Austrian general Michael von Melas at the Battle of Marengo Napoleon Gareth	$400 [9] This series' theme song, "The Unknown Stuntman", was sung by Lee Majors The Fall Guy	$400 [21] Native Americans showed the early colonists how to make a sweet sauce from this red fruit the cranberry Tom	DD $500 [12] Matthew lists 9 of these declarations whose name comes from Latin for "happiness"; Luke lists only 4 the Beatitudes Gareth	$400 [17] Though the person in this post leads the Senate in the VP's absence, the majority leader has more power president pro tem of the Senate Earl	$400 [29] Can, may & should are considered auxiliary ones verbs Earl Tom
$500 [7] In July 1901 Morocco signed an agreement with this European country, setting its frontier with Algeria France Gareth	$500 [23] This housekeeper was based on Ted Key's cartoons for the Saturday Evening Post Hazel	$500 [22] Vegetable spaghetti, whose flesh forms spaghetti-like strands, is this type of vegetable a squash Earl	$500 [26] This third son of Adam lived 912 years Seth Tom	$500 [18] This agency's "Fairness Doctrine" was repealed in 1987 the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Tom	$500 [30] It's acceptable to end a sentence with one of these parts of speech, as in "She knew what to look for." a preposition Gareth

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	POETRY	LANGUAGES	ARTISTS	"SOUND" & "SILENCE"
$200 [2] Cheng Ho, a Chinese explorer, thought this tallest African animal was the legendary unicorn a giraffe Gareth	$200 [1] Graduates of this New Haven school include Nathan Hale & George Bush Yale Gareth	$200 [10] This Greek poet probably invented the sapphic, a 4-line stanza whose first 3 lines have 11 syllables Sappho Gareth	$200 [13] There are 3 systems for romanizing this language: Hepburn, Kunrei & Nippon Japanese Earl	$200 [7] Botticelli & Ghirlandaio painted Biblical frescoes in this world-famous Papal chapel the Sistine Chapel Earl	$200 [18] Its ports include Seattle & Tacoma Puget Sound Gareth Earl
$400 [3] This Genoese explorer was in Lisbon in 1488 when Dias returned from rounding Africa Columbus Gareth	$400 [5] In Indianapolis Indiana University & this university share a campus Purdue University Gareth	$400 [27] In "The Task" William Cowper wrote, "Variety's the very" this the spice of life Gareth	$400 [14] Tagalog became the nucleus for this country's Pilipino language The Philippines Earl	$400 [23] His famous portrait of his mother was purchased for the Musee du Luxembourg in 1891 Whistler	$400 [19] To alert or raise a hue & cry sound the alarm Tom
$600 [4] Rustichello wrote the original tale of this fellow prisoner's trip to the Far East in French Marco Polo Gareth	$600 [6] The main campus of the University of Colorado lies at the base of the Rockies in this city Boulder Gareth Earl	$600 [28] In "Howl" he wrote, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness" Ginsberg Gareth	$600 [15] Neapolitan is a dialect of this Romance language Italian Gareth	$600 [24] He painted "Mademoiselle Fiocre in the Ballet 'La Source'" around 1866 Degas Tom	$600 [20] 3-word proverb that shows the value of no sound silence is golden Earl
$800 [11] In 1611 his Discovery crew mutinied in James Bay Hudson Gareth Tom	$800 [8] This university has a school of biomedical sciences at Oak Ridge the University of Tennessee Gareth Tom	$800 [29] This Eliot poem begins, "Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky" "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Earl	$800 [16] The name of this literary language of the Hindus means "perfected" Sanskrit Tom	$800 [25] In 1929 & 1930 she completed a series of paintings of the Ranchos de Taos Church in New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe Earl	$800 [21] It was the first number one hit for a duo once known as Tom & Jerry "Sounds Of Silence" Gareth Tom
$1,000 [12] In 1498 he told Calicut's ruler the Portuguese wanted trade; in 1502 he bombarded the city Vasco da Gama Earl	$1,000 [9] City in which the Belarus State University is located Minsk Gareth	$1,000 [30] The introduction of his "Songs of Innocence" begins, "Piping down the valleys wild" William Blake	DD $1,000 [17] Lingala is a language spoken from Kinshasa to Kisangani in this country Zaire Tom	$1,000 [26] Maurice de Vlaminck was one of these "wild beasts" whose paintings shocked the art world in 1905 a Fauvist Gareth	DD $1,800 [22] 1965 & 1991 Best Picture Oscar winners The Sound of Music & The Silence of the Lambs Tom

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

The first Russian winner, he was awarded the 1904 Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Ivan Pavlov

Tom "Who is Pavlov" — wagered $1,100

Earl "Who was Pavlov?" — wagered $601

Gareth "Who is Pavlov" — wagered $1,999

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