Show #2656 1996-03-04 Regular

Contestants

Mollie Ward — a music teacher from Austin, Texas

Melanie Posey — a market analyst from New York City, New York

Allison Wise — a homemaker originally from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Allison	$100	$900	$4,200	$8,400 2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Dale Tiffany stained glass lamp	$5,700 15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Melanie	$1,800	$3,400	$7,800	$8,500 New champion: $8,500	$7,800 17 R, 1 W
Mollie	$1,300	$3,300	$4,200	$5,000 3rd place: Krups kitchen appliance package	$4,000 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY	THE FLINTSTONES	TRANSPORTATION	MUSIC	SICKNESS & HEALTH	17th CENTURY WORD ORIGINS
$100 [1] Austria's highest peak, Grossglockner, lies in the Hohe Tauern range of this mountain system the Alps Mollie	$100 [12] He's the Flintstones' purple pet dinosaur Dino Melanie	$100 [26] Founded in 1902, this organization offers members insurance, travel information & emergency road service AAA Mollie	$100 [2] This violin relative is about 2 inches longer & 1 letter shorter viola Mollie	$100 [19] Osteoporosis most often affects the bones that make up this structure the spine Allison Mollie	$100 [10] This black-masked, bushy-tailed nocturnal carnivore got its name around 1607 a raccoon Mollie
$200 [4] Although it flows into the Atlantic, its headstreams form in the Andes about 100 miles from the Pacific the Amazon Mollie	$200 [13] The Flintstones' hometown, it boasts a population of 2,500 Bedrock Allison	$200 [27] 4 Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 turbojet engines power this SST a Concorde Mollie	$200 [3] It was the keyboard instrument of the basic Baroque orchestra a harpsichord Allison Melanie	$300 [21] This itchy symptom of some allergies is sometimes called nettle rash hives Mollie	$200 [14] This Malay word once referred to fish sauce; today it's a common condiment made of pureed tomatoes Ketchup Allison
$300 [6] The top of this highest peak on Honshu is often hidden by clouds Mount Fuji Mollie	$300 [16] After Fred & Wilma had a daughter, Pebbles, the Rubbles adopted this son Bamm-Bamm Melanie	$300 [28] Trucking companies called common carriers have operating certificates from this federal commission the Interstate Commerce Commission Melanie	$300 [5] The organization of notes in a song; Irving Berlin wrote "the song is ended but" it "lingers on" the melody Melanie	$400 [22] Certain forms of anemia can cause glossitis, an inflammation of this body part the tongue	$300 [15] Paddy whack, give a dog a bone; from 1682, it's an ornamental object a knickknack Melanie
$400 [9] A desert called Rub' al-Khali, "empty quarter", occupies about 250,000 square miles on this peninsula the Arabian Peninsula Allison	$400 [17] In a 1988 animated film, the Flintstones encountered this Space Age family the Jetsons Allison	$400 [29] This bridge spanning the Hudson links Fort Lee, N.J. with Manhattan Island the George Washington Bridge Mollie	$400 [7] Primavera, the first part of this Vivaldi work, has imitations of murmuring streams & bird songs The Four Seasons Melanie	DD $500 [20] In 1960 Enovid 10 became the first commercially available one of these birth control pill Mollie	$400 [18] This word from 1671 refers to the band of colors produced when light passes through a prism a spectrum Mollie
$500 [11] This sea between Australia & New Zealand is known for strong winds & storms the Tasman Sea Allison Melanie	$500 [25] He's Fred & Barney's hot-headed boss at the Construction Company Mr. Slate Melanie	$500 [30] The name of this small rowboat is from the Hindi for "boat" dinghy	$500 [8] Songs in this musical range from the Bebop Fugue "Cool" to the Latin "America" West Side Story Mollie	$500 [23] In 1995 Zaire suffered an outbreak of this virus, one of the deadliest known to man Ebola Melanie	$500 [24] Person to find you a find, catch you a catch whose title appeared around 1639 a matchmaker Allison

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE	FOOD & DRINK	MYTHOLOGICAL RELATIVES	MILITARY MEN	THE U.S.	MAUREENS
$200 [6] For "The Canterbury Tales", he developed an accented 10-syllable line with regular end rhyme Chaucer Melanie	$200 [1] It's the primary liquid in bread pudding & custard Milk Allison	$200 [11] Thetis held this son by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx Achilles Allison	$200 [26] After leading the Rough Riders in battle on this island, Leonard Wood was appointed its governor Cuba Allison Melanie	$200 [16] This Mississippi capital was originally called Le Fleur's Bluff after its founder Louis Le Fleur Jackson Allison	$200 [21] Weissmuller, Tarzan; she, Jane Maureen O'Sullivan Allison
$400 [7] He was married to Gemma Donati but Beatrice Portinari inspired his "Divine Comedy" Dante Melanie	$400 [2] At its simplest it's just confectioners' sugar & water & may be drizzled over a Danish icing Allison	$400 [12] Ull, the Norse god of snowshoes, is the handsome stepson of this thunder god Thor Melanie	$400 [27] As one book puts it, in 1204 he became the undisputed master of Mongolia Genghis Khan Mollie	$400 [17] This state's Havasu Canyon has 4 beautiful waterfalls: Navajo, Havasu, Mooney & Beaver Arizona Mollie	$400 [22] Her filmography includes "How Green Was My Valley" & "Miracle on 34th Street" Maureen O'Hara
$600 [8] Some of this H.G. Wells novel occurs in the year 802,701 The Time Machine	$600 [3] This famous cocktail may have been named after Rossi's partner a martini Mollie	$600 [13] The wolf was sacred to this Roman god of war whose sons Romulus & Remus were suckled by a she-wolf Mars Allison	DD $500 [28] This general who surrendered October 19, 1781 was later commander-in-chief in Ireland Cornwallis Mollie	$600 [18] This U.S. possession's Buck Island Reef has an underwater trail & coral reefs the Virgin Islands Allison	$600 [23] This '50s tennis champ was known as Little Mo Maureen Connolly
$800 [9] His "Death Be Not Proud" was one of the "Holy Sonnets", published in 1633 John Donne Allison	$800 [4] To eat the orange flesh of this tropical pear-shaped fruit, halve it & scoop out the black seeds papaya Allison	$800 [14] Artists often depicted this Egyptian mother-goddess holding her infant son Horus Isis	$800 [29] In 1934 the Turkish National Assembly gave him his new family name meaning "father of Turks" Ataturk Melanie	$1,000 [20] This northernmost lake of Minnesota is shared with Canada Lake of the Woods	$800 [24] This "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" won an Oscar for "Reds" Maureen Stapleton Melanie
$1,000 [10] His unfinished novel "Answered Prayers" was published posthumously in 1986 Truman Capote Mollie	$1,000 [5] The golden type of this comes from whitefish in the Great Lakes caviar Melanie	$1,000 [15] She was the beautiful daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre; a continent is named for her Europa	$1,000 [30] "Old Rough & Ready", he didn't die in battle but from gastroenteritis after a July 4, 1850 party (Zachary) Taylor Allison	DD $1,500 [19] In area, this state follows only Alaska, Texas & California Montana Allison	$1,000 [25] Singer who knows "There's Got To Be a Morning After" Maureen McGovern Melanie

Final Jeopardy!

INVENTIONS

Oliver Wendell Holmes called it "the mirror with a memory"

a camera

Allison "What is the camera?" — wagered $4,200

Mollie "What is a camera?" — wagered $800

Melanie "What is the camera" — wagered $700

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