Show #2390 1995-01-13 (taped 1994-10-25) Regular

Jim Morgan game 1.

Contestants

Phyllis Betz — a college professor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jim Morgan — a personnel manager from New Brunswick, New Jersey

Adam Goldberg — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Adam $-1,000 $-100 $500 $100
3rd place: Daniel Mink Bolero watch + Jeopardy Sports Edition for home computer or SNES
$1,000
9 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Jim $900 $3,000 $6,800 $1,199
New champion: $1,199
$6,800
19 R, 3 W
Phyllis $1,300 $1,600 $6,200 $200
2nd place: trip on TWA to Stanfordville, New York & stay at the Roseland Ranch + Jeopardy Sports Edition for home computer or SNES
$7,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

REVOLUTIONARY WAR FIGURES FILMS OF THE '90s TRANSPORTATION ANIMALS FRENCH CUISINE HODGEPODGE
$100 [25]
In July 1777 Congress granted a commission but no command to this 19-year-old French nobleman
the Marquis de Lafayette
Phyllis
$100 [2]
When Hurricane Iniki hit the island of Kauai in 1992, this Steven Spielberg dinodrama was on location there
Jurassic Park
Adam
$100 [1]
These ancient 2-wheeled vehicles could be fitted with scythelike blades to injure enemy soldiers
a chariot
Jim
$100 [9]
This equine mammal is a favorite prey of the African lion
zebras
Adam
$100 [11]
Gateau a la noix de coco is a cake made from this tropical fruit
coconuts
Phyllis
$100 [20]
A nitroglycerin tablet is sublingual; you don't swallow it, but keep it here
under the tongue
Phyllis
$200 [26]
Charles Carroll was the only Roman Catholic to sign this 1776 document
the Declaration of Independence
Jim
$200 [5]
This actor's wife Marsha co-produced his hit film "Mrs. Doubtfire"
Robin Williams
Jim
$200 [3]
The subway system in this formerly divided city is called the Untergrundbahn
Berlin
Jim
$200 [10]
This bright yellow bird can be grouped into 2 types of singers: rollers & choppers
a canary
Jim
$200 [12]
Anchoiade, a Provencal dish, is a puree of these fish mixed with chopped garlic & olive oil
anchovies
Adam
$200 [21]
On a golf course these include water & sand traps
hazards
Adam
$300 [27]
Enoch Crosby, American spy, may be the model for the hero of this "Leatherstocking" author's novel "The Spy"
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Jim
$300 [6]
This actor, the son of Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, co-starred in "Reality Bites" & directed it
Ben Stiller
Jim
$300 [4]
The name of this bridge over dry land comes from the word "aqueduct" & the Latin for "way"
a viaduct
Phyllis
$400 [14]
The dark brown pelt of this Siberian animal, a type of marten, is one of the most valuable furs
a sable
Adam Jim
$300 [17]
The French call this pungent condiment raifort; a sauce made from it is served with beef
horseradish
Jim
$300 [22]
1 of the 2 things you can change on your own passport; any other alterations are forbidden
your address or your next of kin (to be notified in case of a problem)
Adam Phyllis
$400 [28]
This author of "The Crisis" served as an aide to General Nathanael Greene
Tom Paine
Phyllis
$400 [7]
She made Nicolas Cage's life a mess as a former first lady in "Guarding Tess"
Shirley MacLaine
Phyllis
$400 [16]
This device used by the Indians consisted of 2 poles, a net & a harness for hitching it to an animal
travois
DD $500 [13]
This aquatic rodent is named for the odor that it emits
a muskrat
Adam
$400 [18]
Sucre de pomme, a specialty of Rouen, is a confection made from sugar & this fruit
apples
Jim
$400 [23]
The name of the Italian lira is from this Latin word for "pound"
libra
Jim
$500 [29]
Nicknamed "Lighthorse Harry", this man is considered the best cavalry officer of the Revolution
(Henry) Lee
Adam
$500 [8]
This "Beverly Hills, 90210" heartthrob plays champion Bull Rider Lane Frost in the 1994 film "8 Seconds"
Luke Perry
Phyllis
$500 [30]
At 33.5 miles, this country's Seikan Tunnel is the world's longest railroad tunnel
Japan
Adam
$500 [15]
Snails are gastropods which belong to this phylum of the animal kingdom
mollusks
Adam Jim
$500 [19]
It's a green or yellow liqueur, or a dish of vegetables layered in alternating colors
a chartreuse
$500 [24]
Cecil Rhodes graduated from this school in 1881
Oxford
Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES WOMEN ARTISTS BIOLOGY BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY THEATRE
$200 [1]
In 1988 a ceasefire ended the 8-year war between Iran & this country
Iraq
Adam
$200 [17]
His "The Fall of the House of Usher" appeared in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, which he co-edited
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Jim
$200 [8]
British painter Vanessa Bell was the older sister of this leader of the Bloomsbury Group
Virginia Woolf
Phyllis
$200 [24]
Your coccyx is a rudimentary one of these which reaches its maximum length in the 6th week of development
tail
Adam Jim Phyllis
$200 [16]
This place from which mankind was expelled was the source of 4 rivers
(the Garden of) Eden
Phyllis
$200 [3]
It's the planet visited in Gore Vidal's "Visit to a Small Planet"
Earth
Phyllis
$400 [2]
During the Fourth Crusade, this Byzantine capital was sacked & a new Latin Empire was established there
Constantinople
Jim
$400 [20]
In 1994 American Publishing Co. agreed to buy this 2nd-largest Chicago paper for $180 million
the Chicago Sun-Times
Adam Jim
$400 [9]
She married Alfred Stieglitz in 1924; he was 23 years her senior
Georgia O'Keeffe
Phyllis
$400 [18]
Solomon extended the walls of this city to enclose the Temple Mount
Jerusalem
Jim
$400 [4]
It's the bridge in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge"
the Brooklyn Bridge
Phyllis
$600 [12]
In 1951, to ensure mutual aid in the event of aggression, the U.S. & these 2 nations signed the ANZUS Pact
New Zealand & Australia
Phyllis
$600 [21]
De Telegraaf & de Volkskrant are 2 of this country's biggest papers
the Netherlands
Adam Jim
$600 [10]
After Frida Kahlo's death, he gave her house in Coyoacan to Mexico for use as a museum
Diego Rivera
Phyllis
$600 [19]
The land of Nod is mentioned only once, as the place of his self-imposed exile
Cain
Adam
$600 [5]
1 of the 2 women characters in "1776"
(1 of) Abigail Adams (or Martha Jefferson)
Phyllis
$1,000 [15]
During the Korean War, U.N. forces retook Seoul after launching a surprise landing at this port
Inchon
Jim Phyllis
$800 [22]
It wasn't a "dubious achievement" when Edward Kosner was named new editor of this magazine in 1993
Esquire magazine
$800 [11]
One version of A. Gentileschi's "Judith and Holofernes" is in this most famous Florence gallery
the Uffizi
Jim
DD $1,000 [25]
This place where Jesus grew up was an insignificant settlement near a trade route to Egypt
Nazareth
Phyllis
$800 [6]
This 1948 Maxwell Anderson play features the Boleyn family
Anne of the Thousand Days
Phyllis
DD $1,600 [14]
In 1926 Emiliano Chamorro briefly returned to power in this country but was then forced to resign
Nicaragua
Phyllis
$1,000 [23]
In 1993 Rupert Murdoch bought this NYC tabloid for the second time
the New York Post
Adam
$1,000 [13]
After leaving Russia, Natalia Goncharova created stage designs for this Ballets Russes impresario
Diaghilev
Phyllis
$1,000 [26]
Salt Sea, Sea of the Arabah & Eastern Sea are some Biblical names for this lake
the Dead Sea
Jim
$1,000 [7]
Oscar Hammerstein's update of a Bizet opera, set in an American parachute factory
Carmen Jones
Phyllis

Final Jeopardy!

ARCHITECTURE

The name of this type of structure comes from the unit of length of an ancient foot race--606 feet

a stadium

Adam "What is a coliseum" — wagered $400
Phyllis "What is abeamsprint" — wagered $6,000
Jim "What is a Cemetery?" — wagered $5,601

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