Show #2638 1996-02-07 Regular

Contestants

Jess Grimm — a real estate appraiser from Downey, California

Marie Corcoran — an elementary school teacher from Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Don Richardson — a software engineer from Haymarket, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Don	$1,700	$3,700	$9,100	$6,799 2nd place: Ashley dining table set + Bob Mitchell Designs home decor set	$11,100 27 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Marie	$1,100	$1,500	$5,700	$11,300 New champion: $11,300	$5,300 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jess	$600	$2,300	$5,300	$100 3rd place: Cutco knife set	$4,700 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1899	TOYS & GAMES	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	LOUISIANA	CHEESE, PLEASE	THE MOORES
$100 [1] This gangster nicknamed "Scarface Al" was born January 17, 1899 (Al) Capone Marie	$100 [2] The most widely played versions of this game are eight ball, nine ball, rotation & straight pool Marie	$100 [26] This is defined as the speed necessary to travel 1 nautical mile in 1 hour a knot Jess	$100 [7] Tourists in this city head to the Cafe du Monde for cafe au lait & beignets New Orleans Don	$100 [3] Heloise recommends doing this to cheese with a piece of dental floss cut it (slice it) Don	$100 [17] Little Richard performed the ceremony when Bruce Willis married her Demi Moore Don
$200 [15] This country became a British protectorate in 1899, 91 years before its occupation by Iraq Kuwait Don	$200 [5] In England this classic game is called draughts checkers Don	$200 [27] In the traditional system of this country, 10 shaku equal 1 go, about 6 fluid ounces Japan Don	$200 [8] Lake Charles' Contraband Days festival in May celebrates this "gentleman pirate" Jean Lafitte Marie	$200 [4] Eugene Field wrote, "the best of all physicians is" this fruit "pie and cheese" apple Marie	$200 [18] She played the woman "who can turn the world on with her smile" Mary Tyler Moore Jess
$300 [16] Acetylsalicylic acid, better known as this, was introduced into widespread medical use aspirin Marie	$300 [6] In 1968 car sales took off when Mattel introduced these miniature speedsters Hot Wheels Jess	$300 [28] Once used to measure this, the English ell is equal to 1/32 of a bolt cloth Don	$300 [12] In 1762 the French ceded the area to this country Spain Don	$300 [11] Cheshire cheeses were once shaped like grinning cats, which may have inspired this author's Cheshire Cat Lewis Carroll Jess	$300 [19] Lincoln Center has an outdoor sculpture by this late, great British artist Henry Moore Jess
$400 [22] In 1899 August Strindberg moved from Lund to this capital city Stockholm Don Marie Jess	$400 [9] Milton Bradley once billed this board game as "a sweet little game for sweet little folks" Candyland Don	$400 [29] This unit is 3.37 inches longer than a yard a meter Don	$400 [13] A museum of these in Monroe has a 1550 Danish Martin Luther & a 1617 King James in its collection Bibles Don	$400 [24] Guinness says the world's largest cheese was a 40,060-lb. cheddar made in 1988 in this U.S. state Wisconsin Don	$500 [21] In a famous 1979 court decision, he was told not to wear the Lone Ranger mask in public Clayton Moore Jess
$500 [23] This American territory whose capital is Pago Pago was created by an 1899 treaty Samoa Marie	$500 [10] In the 1990s these wild-haired figures based on Teutonic legend made a big comeback trolls Marie	$500 [30] -273.15 degrees Celsius is equal to zero degrees on this scale the Kelvin scale Don	$500 [14] This state nickname refers to Boeuf, Lafourche & Teche, to name 3 the Bayou State	$500 [25] The rats "ate the cheeses out of the vats" in Robert Browning's poem about this musician the Pied Piper Don	DD $1,000 [20] Moore associated with thefollowing: Roger Moore Jess

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY	DRAMA	NORSE MYTH	DANCE	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	THE MOORS
$200 [1] The enclave of Baarle-Hertog is Belgian territory completely surrounded by this Low Country the Netherlands Don	$200 [12] In 1971 author Joseph Heller dramatized this 10-year-old book Catch-22 Marie	$200 [6] This chief god assumed the name Bolverk when he stole back "the mead of poetry" Odin Jess	$200 [25] Decade associated with the Charleston the 1920s Marie	$200 [7] Alabama's Crimson Tide uses this animal, a favorite of Republicans, as a mascot an elephant Marie	$200 [21] The Moors changed this brutal sport of the Visigoths into a more formal spectacle; ole! bullfighting Jess
$400 [2] It's the capital of Italy's Firenze province Florence Marie	$400 [13] In this play Veta Simmons tries to get her brother Elwood P. Dowd committed to a sanitarium Harvey Don	$400 [17] Sol, the daughter of Mundilfari, carries this heavenly body in her chariot the Sun Don	$400 [26] This dance of 3 or more people weaving around each other comes in a popular Virginia version the reel Jess	$400 [8] It was originally founded as Rhode Island College in 1764 Brown Don	$400 [22] In this year the Moors lost their last major foothold in Spain & Columbus set sail for the New World 1492 Marie
$800 [4] This new republic consists mainly of the historic regions of Moravia & Bohemia the Czech Republic Don	$600 [14] Gooper is Big Daddy's older son in this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Don	$600 [18] Modi & Magni were the 2 sons of this god of thunder by Jarnsaxa, one of his wives Thor Don	$600 [28] The Haka is a traditional dance of these New Zealanders the Maoris Don	$600 [9] This college was named for Margaret Johns' great-grandson Johns Hopkins Don	$600 [23] This European capital's origins go back to Magerit, a Moorish fortress that guarded Toledo Madrid Jess
DD $1,000 [3] This longest river in Western Europe is navigable to the Schaffhausen Falls at Lake Constance the Rhine Marie	$800 [15] This playwright's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" was based on his alcoholic brother James Eugene O'Neill Don	$800 [19] If one of these warrior maidens was seen by a human without her swan disguise, she had to do his bidding the Valkyries Jess	$800 [30] Aaron Copland composed "Appalachian Spring" under the title "Ballet for Martha", because it was for her Martha Graham Don	$800 [10] Members of its seismology lab seem to appear on local L.A. TV more often than its JPL people Caltech Jess	$800 [24] Probably the most famous fictional Moor is this Venetian army general Othello Don Marie
$1,000 [5] The Swedish call this gulf Bottniska Viken; the Finnish call it Pohjanlahti the Gulf of Bothnia Marie Jess	DD $2,000 [16] This William Inge play takes place in a Kansas restaurant during a blizzard Bus Stop Don	$1,000 [20] This trickster god could change himself into a salmon or a fly Loki Jess	$1,000 [29] Alicia Markova & Natalia Makarova are among those who've danced this solo in tribute to Anna Pavlova the Dying Swan Don	$1,000 [11] 1 of the 4 4-year U.S. colleges & universities under "Q" in the World Almanac's list (1 of) Queen's College (in North Carolina or New York City), Quincy University, or Quinnipiac College	$1,000 [27] This West African country south of Morocco was named for the Moors Mauritania Don

Final Jeopardy!

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Charged with adultery, she, her brother & 4 others were locked in the Tower of London in 1536

Anne Boleyn

Jess "Who is Mary Stuart, Queen" — wagered $5,200

Marie "Who is Anne Boleyn?" — wagered $5,600

Don "Who was Mary?" — wagered $2,301

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