Show #2659 1996-03-07 Regular

Contestants

Gary Ansok — a software engineer from Camarillo, California

Carl Schulze — a businessman from Princeton, New Jersey

Carolyn Christian — a foreign service officer stationed at Jakarta, Indonesia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Carolyn	$5,000	$6,500	$16,500	$20,500 2-day champion: $31,900	$13,600 31 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Carl	$400	$2,100	$9,100	$18,099 2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa & love seat + Harris lamp ensemble	$8,100 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Gary	$600	$1,400	$4,200	$0 3rd place: Magnavox 27" TV	$4,200 9 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 13th CENTURY	GAME SHOWS	FASTENERS	BIOLOGY	EUROPEAN TRAVEL	"CAT"s & "DOG"s
$100 [16] France's King Louis IX led 2 of these religious military expeditions the Crusades Carl	$100 [6] He hosted "Play Your Hunch" for Goodson-Todman in 1959, then created shows like "Wheel of Fortune" Merv Griffin Gary	$100 [21] The sea horse uses this prehensile appendage to fasten itself to seaweed its tail Gary	$100 [11] A protein is one or more chains of these acids joined by peptide bonds into a molecule amino acids Carolyn	$100 [1] The main airport that serves Rome is named for this Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci Carl	$100 [22] This criminal breaks into buildings with great stealth & agility a cat burglar Carolyn
$200 [17] In 1275 he, his father Niccolo & his uncle Maffeo arrived in Shang-Tu, China Marco Polo Carl	$200 [7] Our contestant coordinator Susanne Thurber was a chaperone for this show's bachelors & bachelorettes The Dating Game Carolyn	$200 [27] Men in this country once used small, carved objects called netsuke to attach items to their sashes Japan Carl	$200 [12] Chasmogamous describes flowers whose petals open so this can occur pollination Carolyn	$200 [2] Wax figures of Anne Frank & Queen Beatrix are displayed at the Amsterdam branch of this London museum Madame Tussaud's Carolyn	$200 [23] At a sports event, you might express your disapproval with this shrill, whistlelike sound a catcall Carolyn
$300 [18] King Edward I began building Caernarvon Castle, where this princely title is bestowed the Prince of Wales Carl	$300 [8] When Hugh Downs hosted it, the board had 30 boxes; when I did the "Classic" version, it had 25 Concentration Carl	$300 [28] This fastening tape has 2 parts: one with tiny nylon hooks & another with nylon pile Velcro Carolyn	$300 [13] Rodents use these chisel-shaped front teeth for gnawing incisors Carolyn	$300 [3] In Portsmouth, England, visitors can tour the HMS Victory, on which this admiral died in 1805 Lord Nelson Carolyn	$300 [24] Maggie Pollitt is the high-strung title heroine of this 1955 Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Gary
$400 [19] In 1230 Ferdinand III inherited Leon, uniting it with this kingdom Castile Carolyn	$400 [9] This "City Slickers" star holds the record for going up Dick Clark's "Pyramid" the fastest Billy Crystal Carolyn	$400 [29] This unit, abbreviated "d", is the measure for nails penny Gary	$400 [14] Between the arterioles & the venules, blood flows through these capillaries Carolyn	$400 [4] A monument to this composer in Warsaw's Lazienki Park is the site of free Sunday concerts Chopin Carolyn	$400 [25] This adjectival phrase refers to ruthless competition without ethics dog-eat-dog Carl
$500 [20] Bishop Albert founded this Latvian capital in 1201 Riga Carolyn	$500 [10] She appeared as a celebrity player on "Password" & went on to marry its host Betty White Carolyn	$500 [30] Patented in 1893, the first of these devices was called the Clasp Locker the zipper Carl	DD $2,000 [15] It lets air in & out of your middle ear the Eustachian tube Carolyn	$500 [5] Attractions in this Italian city include Romeo's house, Juliet's house & Juliet's tomb Verona Gary	$500 [26] An elaborate sales or publicity campaign the dog and pony show

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	HERBS & SPICES	MYTHOLOGY	SINGERS	NEWSPAPERS	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [6] Thomas Jefferson got Congress to authorize $2,500 to outfit this pair's expedition to the West Lewis & Clark Carolyn	$200 [26] The Spanish variety of this spice is milder than the Hungarian variety paprika Carolyn	$200 [1] The hero Ulysses was called this by the Greeks Odysseus Carolyn	$200 [21] The 1995 miniseries about this mother-daughter duo was subtitled "Love can Build a Bridge" The Judds Carolyn	$200 [16] The Sandwich Island Gazette was this state's first English-language newspaper Hawaii Carl	$200 [11] Voltaire called this comic playwright "The painter of France" Moliere Carl
$400 [7] In 1963 this Black leader began writing his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on the margin of a newspaper Martin Luther King, Jr. Carl	$400 [27] It's a symbol of remembrance because its leaves remain green long after picking rosemary Carolyn	$400 [2] Frigga, the queen of the Norse gods, is married to this ruler Wotan (Odin) Gary	$400 [22] Yes, Giorgio, this operatic tenor from Modena, Italy has a cologne named for himself Pavarotti Carl	$400 [17] Published in 1783 & 1784, this city's Pennsylvania Evening Post was America's first daily newspaper Philadelphia Gary	$400 [12] This Wendy Wasserstein play begins with Heidi Holland giving a lecture about neglected women artists The Heidi Chronicles Carolyn
$600 [8] Battles in the USA's 1846-48 war with this country included those at Buena Vista & Veracruz Mexico Carolyn	$600 [28] It takes about 75,000 flowers to yield 1 pound of this yellow-orange spice saffron Carolyn	$600 [3] This object sought by Jason hung in a sacred grove, guarded by a dragon the Golden Fleece Carl	$600 [23] In 1995 this soul singer who gave us "Shaft" released "Branded", his first album in 7 years Isaac Hayes	$600 [18] The Amsterdam News is a major Black weekly published in this U.S. city, not in Holland New York City Carl	$800 [14] He dedicated his play "Glengarry Glen Ross" to Harold Pinter David Mamet Carl
$800 [9] On Jan. 16, 1935 this woman & her bank robber son Fred were killed by the FBI Ma Barker Carolyn	$800 [29] Zanzibar is the largest producer of this spice used in a type of tobacco cloves Carolyn	$800 [4] Hyacinthus was killed when a quoit guided by this west wind struck him in the head Zephyr Carolyn	$800 [24] This singer sells his own brand of candy bars at his Blue Velvet Theatre in Branson, Missouri Bobby Vinton Carolyn	$800 [19] El Universo, this South American country's largest newspaper, is published in Guayaquil Ecuador Carl	$1,000 [15] This David Henry Hwang play about a diplomat & a Chinese man who passes as a woman is based on a true story M. Butterfly Gary
$1,000 [10] On May 29, 1765 in the House of Burgesses, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it" Patrick Henry Carl	$1,000 [30] Bay leaves are the dried leaves of this tree also known as a sweet bay laurel Carolyn	$1,000 [5] After her abduction by Hades, she became the goddess of the underworld Persephone Gary	$1,000 [25] Her first hit song, 1963's "Don't Make Me Over", was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David Dionne Warwick Carolyn	DD $2,000 [20] L'Acadie Nouvelle is the only French daily newspaper in this Canadian province bordering Maine New Brunswick Carl	DD $2,000 [13] Play in which Madame Ranevsky's adopted daughter Varya says, "Look, mamma, what exquisite trees!" The Cherry Orchard Carolyn

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS WOMEN

Karen, a suburb of Nairobi, is named in honor of this woman who once lived there

Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)

Gary "Who is Karen Carpenter?" — wagered $4,200

Carl "Who is Blixen?" — wagered $8,999

Carolyn "Who is Isak Dinesen?" — wagered $4,000

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