Show #2618 1996-01-10 Regular

Barbara Walker game 1.

Contestants

Marion Hughes — a fabric sales consultant from Rydal, Pennsylvania

Barbara Walker — an elementary school principal from Westminster, Maryland

Gail Bock — an appraiser from Racine, Wisconsin (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,301)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gail	$500	$1,900	$5,700	$5,700 3rd place: Samsung 19" TV/VCR	$6,900 15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Barbara	$2,100	$4,600	$8,600	$13,400 New champion: $13,400	$10,600 27 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Marion	$1,600	$2,000	$6,600	$8,601 2nd place: Kingsdown mattress & Waverly Place bedding set	$6,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

RELIGION	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	MOVIE DEBUTS	PLANTS & TREES	RELATIVELY SPEAKING	"A" IN GEOGRAPHY
$100 [11] On the first day of Lent, Catholic priests put this on the foreheads of worshipers ashes Marion	$100 [20] Orbit, a sugar-free gum introduced by this Chicago company in 1977, failed Wrigley Barbara	$100 [1] Albert Brooks debuted in this Martin Scorsese film but Robert De Niro was in the "Driver's" Seat Taxi Driver Gail Barbara	$100 [16] The name of this narcissus comes from the Middle English Affodylle the daffodil Gail	$100 [26] Title shared by Cabrini, Teresa & Nature Mother Gail	$100 [6] Tasmania was separated from the mainland of this continent about 12,000 years ago Australia Marion
$200 [12] From the Latin for "to make holy", it's an animal killed as a gift to a god, for example a sacrifice Barbara	$200 [21] In 1979 the Bechtel Corp. won the right to help clean up this Pennsylvania nuclear plant Three Mile Island Barbara	$200 [2] This "Sleepless In Seattle" star played Candice Bergen's daughter in "Rich and Famous" Meg Ryan Barbara	$200 [17] The cacao tree yields seeds called these cocoa beans (cacao beans)	$200 [27] This old, robed & white-bearded man carrying a scythe is a real clock watcher Father Time Barbara	$200 [7] This U.S. state has thousands of lakes, including Minchumina, Naknek & Teshekpuk Alaska Barbara Marion
$300 [13] From the Aramaic for "father", it's the head of a monastery an abbot Barbara	$300 [22] This business magazine gained a large readership under its founder's son Malcolm Forbes Barbara	$300 [3] Discovered at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, he was cast as Sir Gawain in "Excalibur"; "Schindler's List" came later Liam Neeson Barbara	$300 [18] Discovered in Mexico by a Spaniard, these flowers are named for a Swede, Anders Dahl a dahlias Gail	$300 [28] For Dad it's the boy his daughter married a son-in-law Barbara	$300 [8] A haik is a long outer garment with a veil worn by women in this North African country Algeria Marion
$400 [14] On March 30, 1995 Pope John Paul II released his 11th of these, the 194-page "Evangelium Vitae" an encyclical Barbara	$400 [23] In 1870 he & his associates, including his brother William, founded the Standard Oil Co. of Ohio John D. Rockefeller Gail	$400 [4] While a drama student in Sydney, he made his screen debut as a shy surfer in 1977's "Summer City" Mel Gibson Gail	$400 [19] This "alligator pear" tree is a member of the laurel family avocado Marion	$400 [29] In "Macbeth" the witches are also called these "weird" relatives sisters Barbara	$400 [9] The Buene is the only river in this Balkan country that can be used for shipping Albania Marion
$500 [15] Muhammad's Hegira was a migration from Mecca to Yathrib, a city called this today Medina Barbara	$500 [24] This company's first computer, the HP 2116A, debuted in 1966 Hewlett-Packard Barbara	$500 [5] Carrie Fisher's first film was "Shampoo" & Ricki Lake's was named for this other hair care product Hairspray Barbara	$500 [25] The Ponderosa or Western yellow species of this tree lives up to 500 years a pine Gail	$500 [30] He's a symbol of the U.S. government or the whole nation Uncle Sam Barbara	DD $500 [10] This island separated from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 & is scheduled to become fully independent in '96 Aruba Marion

Double Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH AFRICA	NOVEL MUSICALS	U.S. PRESIDENTS	MEDICAL TERMS	BIRDS	FAMOUS PAINTINGS
$200 [5] This large South African city may be named for Field-Cornet Johannes Meyer Johannesburg Gail	$200 [1] A romantic, operetta-style musical inspired by this Emily Bronte novel played off-off-Broadway in 1992 Wuthering Heights Marion	$200 [21] He began work on Monticello when he was about 25 but didn't complete it until his 60s Thomas Jefferson Barbara	$200 [10] Otoplasty is the technical term for plastic surgery on this organ the ear Marion	$200 [16] It's the only bird larger than an emu an ostrich Gail	$200 [15] His 1899 painting of 2 Tahitian women is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gauguin Barbara
$400 [6] The name of this notorious suburb is derived from south-western townships Soweto Gail	$400 [2] Part of this musical based on a Victor Hugo novel takes place in the Paris sewers Les Misérables Barbara	$400 [27] The last of his Fourteen Points called for the creation of a League of Nations (Woodrow) Wilson Barbara	$400 [11] The name of this liver disease is derived from a Greek word for "orange-tawny" Cirrhosis Barbara Marion	$400 [22] The budgerigar or budgie is the most popular of these colorful pet birds parakeets Marion	$400 [17] The 3 central panels on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel tell this pair's story Adam & Eve Barbara
$600 [7] In February 1990 he announced that his government was lifting the 30-year ban on the ANC De Klerk Gail	$600 [3] This 1960 musical was adapted from the T.H. White novel "The Once and Future King" Camelot Barbara	$600 [28] Though generally "silent", he was chosen to give the humorous speech at his college graduation Coolidge Barbara	$600 [12] This term literally means "after childbirth" postpartum Marion	$600 [23] The "sacred" species of this long-billed wading bird was sacred to the ancient Egyptians an ibis Barbara	$600 [18] His "Guernica", showing the horrors of war, was once exhibited at the Prado behind bulletproof glass Pablo Picasso Barbara
$800 [8] South Africa is bordered on the west & north by this country that became independent in 1990 Namibia Gail	$800 [4] New York magazine said the 1992 musical based on this Tolstoy novel "should be tied to the tracks" Anna Karenina Marion	$800 [29] Until Ronald Reagan, this "Hero of Tippecanoe" was the oldest man to take the Oath of Office William Henry Harrison Barbara	$800 [13] It's the straw-colored liquid part of the blood without the cells plasma Barbara	$800 [24] Over 5 feet long, it's the largest of the swans a trumpeter Barbara	$800 [19] A self-portrait hangs above the bed in his 1889 "The Bedroom at Arles" Van Gogh Gail
$1,000 [9] Led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Inkatha Freedom Party's support is based in this Bantu group the Zulus Marion	$1,000 [26] Harold Prince told the L.A. Times this play based on an Edna Ferber novel has "the best score ever written" Show Boat Gail	DD $2,000 [30] As envoy extraordinary to France, this future president helped arrange the Louisiana Purchase James Monroe Barbara	$1,000 [14] Food moves through the alimentary canal by this rhythmic process of contraction & relaxation peristalsis Marion	$1,000 [25] The male's grayish coloring, which resembles a coarse cloth, gave this large duck its name a canvasback Gail	DD $1,200 [20] Canaletto's "Arrival of the French Ambassador" shows him arriving in this city Venice Gail

Final Jeopardy!

FURNITURE

This upholstered seat, with or without a back, was introduced to Europe from Turkey in the 18th century

an ottoman

Gail "What is an ottoman?" — wagered $0

Marion "What is ottoman" — wagered $2,001

Barbara "What is an ottoman?" — wagered $4,800

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