Show #2658 1996-03-06 Regular

Contestants

Carolyn Christian — a foreign service officer stationed at Jakarta, Indonesia

David Radulski — an environmental investment banker from Washington, D.C.

Tom Wheeler — a stock options trader from Dallas, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tom $-200 $700 $8,400 $5,399
3rd place: Michael C. Fina crystal decanter & goblets
$8,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
David $600 $800 $4,400 $8,600
2nd place: David Winter + Thomas Kinkade artworks
$4,400
16 R, 5 W
Carolyn $1,200 $3,100 $5,700 $11,400
New champion: $11,400
$5,700
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE PRESIDENTIAL PASTIMES BUSINESS & INDUSTRY GAME BIRDS TRAVEL CANADA 2-LETTER WORDS
$100 [26]
This wise king had "four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"
Solomon
Tom
$100 [12]
The Benjamin Harrisons liked to go into the basement & "rack up" a few games of this
billiards
Carolyn
$100 [1]
On this holiday in 1995, Air South gave out free tickets to people named Candy, Goblin, Trick or Pumpkin
Halloween
Tom
$100 [6]
The wild toms of these large game birds can fly; domestic ones can't
turkeys
Tom
$100 [8]
Just for laughs, you might want to attend the Just For Laughs comedy festival in this Quebec city
Montreal
Carolyn
$100 [17]
Pass this in Monopoly & collect $200
GO
David
$200 [27]
"Mocked of the wise men", he "slew all the children that were in Bethlehem"
Herod (the Great)
Tom
$200 [13]
Taft, a fan of this sport, was the first president to start its season with a ceremonial toss
baseball
David
$200 [2]
This cranberry drink maker sponsors the Jaws attraction at Universal Studios
Ocean Spray
David
$200 [7]
A traditional holiday bird in Europe, a group of them is a gaggle
geese
David
$200 [9]
The enormous West Edmonton Mall in this province boasts live dolphin shows & a submarine ride
Alberta
Carolyn
$200 [18]
According to Freud, this part of the mind is motivated by the pleasure principle
the id
Tom
$300 [28]
In Numbers this leader sent men to spy on Canaan & to bring back fruit
Moses
$300 [14]
The hobby of this '70s president, spectators beware, was golf
Gerald Ford
Tom
$300 [3]
This mail order man's initials stand for Leon Leonwood
L.L. Bean
Carolyn
$300 [11]
The French have a special press device to squeeze the juice out of this game bird
duck
David
$300 [10]
Lobster suppers are a highlight of the Summerside Lobster Carnival in this small island province
Prince Edward Island
Tom David
$300 [19]
It can refer to a bovine draft animal or to a dumb, clumsy fellow
an ox
David
$400 [29]
Jesus asked this disciple to join him, & he also walked on the water
Peter
Carolyn
$400 [15]
Calvin Coolidge liked to do this 11 hours a day
nap (or sleep)
David
$400 [4]
The Putterman family are the spokespeople for this battery brand
Duracell
Tom David
$400 [22]
Term for a young pigeon; it should be about 4 weeks old & weigh less than 16 ounces
a squab
David
$400 [24]
Sightseers in this Manitoba capital may ride the Prairie Dog Central, a restored 1900 steam train
Winnipeg
Tom
$400 [20]
It's often approximated as 22/7
pi
David
$500 [30]
Saul became so angry at this son that he hurled a javelin at him
Jonathan
Carolyn
$500 [16]
Woodrow Wilson had the patience to play the Canfield version of this card game
solitaire
David Carolyn
DD $500 [5]
Bennett Cerf & Donald Klopfer's publishing house printed luxury editions of books chosen this way, hence its name
(at) random
Carolyn
$500 [23]
They nest on the ground, prefer walking to flying & fit in a "Foods That Begin with 'Q'" category
quail
Carolyn
$500 [25]
A statue of Mac the Moose greets visitors to Moose Jaw in this Prairie province
Saskatchewan
David Carolyn
$500 [21]
This Sanskrit syllable intoned as part of a mantra means "yes, so be it"
om
Carolyn

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE MONEY AMERICAN LITERATURE CULINARY TERMS THE 1590s DENZEL WASHINGTON FILMS
$200 [16]
In an atom these elementary particles spin around the nucleus
electrons
Tom
$200 [1]
This term for the obverse side of a coin obviously came from the portrait found on it
heads
David
$200 [21]
"Jo's Boys" was her second sequel to "Little Women"
Louisa May Alcott
Carolyn
$200 [22]
In America the clarified type of this substance is the equivalent of the ghee of India
butter
Tom
$200 [6]
This Japanese city on which an atomic bomb was dropped Aug. 6, 1945 was founded in 1593 around a castle
Hiroshima
Carolyn
$200 [11]
Denzel locked horns with Gene Hackman in this 1995 sub standard
Crimson Tide
Carolyn
$400 [17]
It's the part of an airplane on which you'd find the aileron
the wing
Tom David Carolyn
$400 [2]
In France 100 centimes equal 1 franc; in Italy, 100 centesimi make 1 of these
a lira
David
$400 [24]
"George's Mother" is a lesser-known novel by this author of "The Red Badge of Courage"
(Stephen) Crane
Tom
$400 [27]
It means to press a potato through a sieve-like utensil to make little grains
to rice
David
$400 [7]
On Jan. 28, 1596 this British circumnavigator died off the coast of Panama
Drake
Tom
$400 [12]
In this film ambulance chaser Denzel gets on Tom Hanks' case
Philadelphia
Tom
$600 [18]
The thin strands that make up fiber optic cables can be plastic, but this material is more efficient
glass
David
$600 [3]
This old British unit was abbreviated s.
shilling
Tom
DD $500 [26]
Norman Mailer called book one, part seven of this "true life novel" "Death Row"
The Executioner's Song
Tom
$600 [30]
This cornmeal pudding is a specialty of Italy
polenta
David
$600 [8]
In 1599 this Danish astronomer was appointed Imperial Mathematician of the Holy Roman Empire
(Tycho) Brahe
Tom
$600 [13]
Denzel earned a Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in this 1989 Civil War drama
Glory
Carolyn
$800 [19]
Cement, sand & a little lime are combined to make this plaster for external walls
stucco
David
$800 [4]
One bit is worth this much of a dollar
12 1/2 cents
Tom
$600 [23]
He dedicated "Look Homeward, Angel" to his married lover Aline Bernstein
Thomas Wolfe
$800 [29]
In German a Hase is this 4-letter animal, an ingredient in Hasenpfeffer
a hare
Tom Carolyn
DD $1,000 [9]
In 1591 Morocco conquered this historic trading outpost in modern-day Mali
Timbuktu
Tom
$800 [14]
1 of the 2 Spike Lee movies in Denzel's filmography
Mo' Better Blues or Malcolm X
$1,000 [20]
This Danish physicist won a Nobel Prize in 1922 & his son won one in 1975
(Niels) Bohr
Tom
$1,000 [5]
The opportunity to spend some escudos may arise in Oporto in this country
Portugal
Tom
$1,000 [25]
His "Growth" trilogy of novels includes "The Turmoil", "The Magnificent Ambersons" & "The Midlander"
(Booth) Tarkington
Tom
$1,000 [28]
It's the classic French emulsion of egg yolks, seasonings & vinegar mixed with oil
mayonnaise
David
$1,000 [10]
This 1598 edict allowed French Protestants to hold government office
the Edict of Nantes
Carolyn
$1,000 [15]
Martyred African activist played by Denzel in 1987's "Cry Freedom"
(Steven) Biko
Tom

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY

He started the Third Servile War in 73 B.C.

Spartacus

David "Who is Spartacus?" — wagered $4,200
Carolyn "Who is Spartacus?" — wagered $5,700
Tom "Who is J. Caesar" — wagered $3,001

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