Show #2299 1994-09-08 (taped 1994-07-19) Regular

Contestants

Nancy Ungar — an insurance customer representative from Akron, Ohio

Ron Martell — a copywriter from San Francisco, California

Matt Handel — a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $2,300 $6,200 $18,400 $23,400
New champion: $23,400
$17,100
40 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Ron $200 $300 $5,300 $6,300
2nd place: trip on TWA to Honolulu & stay at Pacific Beach Hotel + Jeopardy! home game
$4,900
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Nancy $1,000 $1,900 $2,100 $3,100
3rd place: Samsung 27" TV + Jeopardy! home game
$2,100
7 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS ACTORS ONSTAGE HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES THE BODY HUMAN WHEELS ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [7]
This city is the home of Florida A&M University
Tallahassee
Matt
$100 [5]
Tommy Tune & Christopher Walken played killers in "Baker Street", a musical about this detective
Sherlock Holmes
Matt
$100 [16]
It's the month during which the U.S. celebrates its Independence Day
July
Matt
$100 [1]
The apex beat is the medical term for this organ's throb
the heart
Matt
$100 [21]
The amusement park ride once called a pleasure wheel is now called this after its modern inventor
a Ferris wheel
Ron
$100 [26]
A BMOC is this college personage
the big man on campus
Matt
$200 [8]
Schuyler Mansion in this N.Y. city was the site of A. Hamilton's marriage to Elizabeth Schuyler
Albany
Ron
$200 [9]
In 1993 this playwright's brother Dakin appeared as Blanche DuBois at a Florida Theatre Festival
Tennessee Williams
Nancy
$200 [17]
During Ramadan Muslims are not allowed to eat between these 2 times of day
sunrise & sunset
Nancy
$200 [2]
At this joint the knucklelike condyles of the femur are attached to the tibia
the knee
Matt
$200 [22]
The first regular transatlantic steamships were propelled by these
paddle wheels
Matt
$200 [27]
The CEO of a company is this
the chief executive officer
Matt
$300 [11]
It's the seat of Sangamon County as well as the capital of Illinois
Springfield
Matt
$300 [10]
Martin Short starred in this musical based on a Neil Simon film for which Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar
The Goodbye Girl
Matt
$300 [18]
In Israel Tu Bi-Shevat is the new year of these, which children are encouraged to plant
trees
Matt
$300 [3]
The corpus callosum is the band of fibers that connects the right & left halves of this
the brain
Matt
$300 [23]
Artistic types throw clay on one
a potter's wheel
Matt
$300 [28]
This religion is sometimes abbreviated Xnty.
Christianity
Nancy
$400 [12]
You'll find the Kansas Center for Historical Research in the Kansas Memorial Building in this city
Topeka
Matt
$400 [14]
Bernadette Peters portrayed Vaudeville entertainer Josie Cohan in this 1968 musical
George M!
Nancy
$400 [19]
Pancake Day is another name for this, the last day before Lent
Mardi Gras
Nancy
$400 [4]
Crystals of calcium phosphate build up in rods or prisms to form this hardest substance in the body
tooth enamel
Matt Nancy
$500 [25]
Common device that includes, hands, a detent & an escape wheel
a clock
$400 [29]
If you own a car, you should know that VIN stands for this
the vehicle identification number
Matt
$500 [13]
The Cumberland River flows through the heart of this state capital
Nashville
Matt
$500 [15]
In 1960 he starred in the Broadway musical "Greenwillow" & became a movie "Psycho"
Anthony Perkins
Matt
$500 [20]
On the day of this annual occurrence, you should be able to stand an uncooked egg on its end
the equinox
Matt
$500 [6]
This small organ located behind the stomach has white pulp & red pulp & cleans the blood
the spleen
Matt
DD $1,300 [24]
This country's flag features the Dharma Chakra, or wheel of law
India
Matt
$500 [30]
This title of nobility can be abbreviated Bt.
a baronet
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

1921 DESIGNERS ISLANDS PRIMATES POLITICAL CONVENTIONS AUTHORS
$200 [17]
In September this international organization accepted Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania as members
the League of Nations
Matt
$200 [2]
VDB, the initials of designer Victor David Brenner, are seen under ABE on this monetary unit
the Penny
Matt
$200 [1]
The Fox & Rat Islands are among the 5 major groups that make up this Alaskan chain
the Aleutians
Nancy
$200 [22]
It's the largest of all living primates
the gorilla
Matt
$200 [10]
At the 1932 Democratic Convention, he became the first nominee to make an acceptance speech in person
Franklin Roosevelt
Matt
$200 [5]
It "Just So" happens that he was the 1st British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Rudyard Kipling
Ron
$400 [18]
William Lyon Mackenzie King formed the first of his 5 governments as prime minister of this country
Canada
Ron
$400 [27]
German Willy Messerschmitt was famous for designing these
airplanes
Matt
$400 [3]
The Isle of Skye was ruled by Norsemen until the 13th century when it became part of this country
Scotland
Matt
$400 [23]
The uakari, the only short-tailed New World monkey, lives in the basin of this South American river
the Amazon
Matt
$400 [11]
A chant at the 1940 Republican Convention of "We Want" this man helped get him nominated
Wendell Willkie
Matt
$400 [6]
He followed "Ben-Hur" with a nonfiction book entitled "The Boyhood of Christ"
(General) Lew Wallace
Matt
$600 [19]
The first radio broadcast of a World Series was carried by WJZ, featuring these 2 New York teams
the Yankees & the Giants
Matt Ron
$600 [28]
Known for his photos, Cecil Beaton won 4 Tonys & 2 Oscars for designing these
costumes
Ron
$600 [4]
This island between Cuba & Puerto Rico contains the highest point in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte
Hispaniola
Ron
$600 [24]
Studies suggest that these African apes are the closest to humans genetically & in intelligence
chimpanzees
Ron
$600 [12]
In 1956 a vote for his running mate came down to John Kennedy & Estes Kefauver, who got it
Adlai Stevenson
Matt
$600 [7]
This author of "A Passage to India" was once private secretary to an Indian maharajah
(E.M.) Forster
Matt
$800 [20]
Hjalmar Branting, Social Democratic prime minister of this country, won the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize
Sweden
Matt Ron
$800 [29]
In 1754 he published "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director"
Chippendale
Ron
$800 [15]
This island, Australia's smallest state, was once connected to the Australian mainland
Tasmania
Matt
$800 [25]
Today this reddish- brown ape is confined entirely to the forests of Borneo & Sumatra
orangutans
Ron
$800 [13]
The Silver Republicans met in July 1900 & picked this man, also the Democrats' choice for president
William Jennings Bryan
Matt
$800 [8]
It's the pseudonym under which Washington Irving wrote "A History of New York"
Knickerbocker
Matt
$1,000 [21]
Lloyd George negotiated the treaty establishing this "Free State"
Ireland (the Irish Free State)
Matt
$1,000 [30]
Beatrice Behrman designed the Madame Alexander line of these collectibles
dolls
Ron
$1,000 [16]
Most of the oil produced by Chile comes from the Strait of Magellan & this island
Tierra del Fuego
Matt
DD $1,400 [26]
The traditional organ grinder's monkey, it's named for the patch of hair that resembles a monk's hood
the Capuchin
Ron
$1,000 [14]
On the 1st ballot of the 1880 Republican Convention, he received no votes; in November he won the election
Garfield
Matt
DD $1,400 [9]
This author best known for his detective novels co-wrote the screenplay for "Watch on the Rhine"
Dashiell Hammett
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

In 1877 his remains were buried at West Point, where he had graduated last in his class

George A. Custer

Nancy "Who is Custer?" — wagered $1,000
Ron "George A. Custer?" — wagered $1,000
Matt "Who was Custer?" — wagered $5,000

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