Show #2664 1996-03-14 Regular

Contestants

Terry McGill — an attorney and insurance broker from Martinez, California

Michael Ireton — a graduate student originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Cynthia Wilkinson — a veterinary receptionist from Felton, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cynthia $500 $2,600 $2,800 $0
3rd place: Maurice Lacroix watch
$4,500
14 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Michael $1,000 $2,300 $7,300 $7,600
New champion: $7,600
$7,300
22 R, 3 W
Terry $800 $1,500 $2,800 $4,800
2nd place: Donjo sculpture "Sea of Love" + Dale Tiffany stained glass lamp
$4,100
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1994 CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES FOREIGN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ANIMALS TRAVEL & TOURISM "VO"CABULARY
$100 [26]
A casino opened in Windsor when this became the third Canadian province to legalize gaming
Ontario
Terry
$100 [21]
Middle name shared by Jamie Curtis & Kathie Gifford
Lee
Michael
$100 [2]
Founded in 1551, the University of San Marcos in this Peruvian capital is South America's oldest college
Lima
Terry
$100 [1]
Lions don't do this to their food; they don't have the right teeth for it
chew
Michael
$100 [7]
Amarillo in this state is the home of Cowboy Morning, which features a wagon ride & chuck wagon chow
Texas
Cynthia
$100 [16]
It's another term for a singer
a vocalist
Michael
$200 [27]
Prince Charles got a hongi, a traditional Maori greeting, when he visited this country in February
New Zealand
Michael
$200 [22]
She changed the spelling of her middle name, MacLean, & made it her last name
Shirley MacLaine
Cynthia
$200 [3]
It was founded as a college of theology in Paris in the 1200s
the Sorbonne
Terry
$200 [12]
This Arctic pinniped's 2 upper canine teeth may grow to 20 inches or more
a walrus
Michael Terry
$200 [8]
The Banana Slug Derby is an unusual annual event in this state's Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
California
Michael Terry
$200 [17]
The simultaneous discharge of several missiles, or a tennis shot made before the ball hits the ground
a volley
Michael
$300 [28]
On July 4 Philadelphia awarded this Czech president the Liberty Medal
Vaclav Havel
Michael
$300 [23]
Bridget Fonda's middle name; it's her famous aunt's first name
Jane
Terry
$300 [4]
This country has 4 state universities: 2 in Flanders & 2 in Wallonia
Belgium
Michael
$300 [13]
This large flightless bird of Mauritius became extinct by 1681
the dodo
Michael
$300 [9]
The tour of this former "Evening Shade" star's Jupiter, Florida Ranch includes a visit to his petting farm
Burt Reynolds
Michael
$300 [18]
It can be a calling to a religious career or to any specific occupation
a vocation
Terry
$400 [29]
Politician William J. Bennett was on the bestseller list with "The Book of" these
Virtues
Michael
$400 [24]
It's a "gem" of a middle name for actor Lou Phillips
Diamond
Cynthia
$400 [5]
The university of this Canadian city is the largest outside France at which all courses are taught in French
Montreal
Cynthia Michael
$400 [14]
Measuring up to 100 feet long & weighing more than 160 tons, it's the largest animal that ever lived
the blue whale
Cynthia Terry
$400 [10]
Life-size statues of Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn grace this Missouri city, Mark Twain's boyhood home
Hannibal
Cynthia
$400 [19]
This interjection used to point out an accomplishment comes from voir, French for "to see"
Voila!
$500 [30]
First sold in 1994, this "Flavr Savr" salad ingredient was genetically altered to give it a longer shelf life
a tomato
Cynthia
$500 [25]
It's the middle name of Sarah Parker, who went on a "Honeymoon in Vegas"
Jessica
Cynthia
$500 [6]
Founded in the 1590s, this Irish college first allowed Catholics to study for degrees in 1793
Trinity College
Terry
DD $500 [15]
Named for a city, this breed of terrier is the only nonsporting breed developed in the United States
the Boston Terrier
Cynthia
$500 [11]
This hotel & office complex, world-famous since 1972, is named for steps that lead down to the Potomac
the Watergate
Cynthia
$500 [20]
It's a swirling mass of water that can pull everything nearby toward its center
a vortex
Cynthia

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES THE FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSIC BUSINESS PEOPLE SHAKESPEARE'S CATCH PHRASES
$200 [10]
This capital's elegant Corniche Highway runs along the eastern bank of the Nile
Cairo
Terry
$200 [21]
Queen Victoria soup contains chicken, ham, onion, celery, mushrooms & these hard-boiled items
eggs
Michael
$200 [1]
One of the planners of the Boston Tea Party, this silversmith served as an officer in the Seven Years' War
Paul Revere
Cynthia
$200 [5]
The Zarzuela of this Iberian country is a musical form similar to other countries' operettas
Spain
Michael
$200 [23]
In 1971 Irvin Feld sold this "Greatest Show on Earth" to Mattel; in 1982 he bought it back
the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Cynthia
$200 [16]
Macbeth describes an assassination as "the be-all and the" this
the end-all
Michael
$400 [12]
During Prohibition, this Mexican city 12 miles south of San Diego was known for its bars & casinos
Tijuana
Michael
$400 [22]
When sauteeing minced cloves of this, don't let them brown or the flavor will be bitter
garlic
Cynthia
$400 [2]
After a treaty of alliance was signed in 1778, this French king sent troops & warships to aid the colonies
Louis XVI
Michael
$400 [6]
The movement of this across the strings "plays" an Aeolian harp
air (the wind)
$800 [24]
1 of the 3 men who joined bankbooks to form DreamWorks SKG, a Hollywood production company
(1 of) David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, or Jeff Katzenberg
Michael
$400 [17]
The dancing nymphs in "The Tempest" vanish "into" this
thin air
Michael
$600 [13]
In the 13th century, Mongol ruler Kublai Khan made this city his capital
Beijing (Peking)
Cynthia
$600 [28]
Fannie suggests serving creamed sardines on this, the way many people serve creamed chipped beef
toast
Cynthia
$600 [3]
On July 5, 1777 Britain's Burgoyne took back this fort the Green Mountain Boys took in May 1775
Fort Ticonderoga
Terry
$600 [7]
This "Carmen" composer completed "Noe", an opera left unfinished by his father-in-law
Bizet
Michael
$1,000 [25]
In his teens Rowland Macy got a tattoo of one of these figures, now the Macy's trademark
a star
$600 [18]
This Venetian moneylender questions whether he should speak "with bated breath"
Shylock
Cynthia
$800 [14]
This city has been called "Canada's Gateway to the Pacific"
Vancouver
Terry
$800 [27]
This molded salad is often made from tomato juice but can be made with cucumbers or seafood instead
aspic
$800 [4]
Passed by Parliament March 22, 1765, this act was viewed by the colonies as "taxation without representation"
the Stamp Act
Michael
$800 [8]
David Oistrakh & his son Igor were both famous as soloists on this stringed instrument
violin
$1,000 [20]
Play that gave us the phrase "To thine own self be true"
Hamlet
Michael
$1,000 [15]
This city's main post office is a palace once used as the home of Brazil's Portuguese rulers
Rio de Janeiro
Terry
$1,000 [26]
Fannie recommends making sherbet from the preserved Canton type of this spice
ginger
Michael
DD $1,300 [11]
Major battles in this state include those at Brandywine & Germantown
Pennsylvania
Terry
$1,000 [9]
Between 1908 & 1923, this Austrian composer devised the twelve-tone system of writing music
Arnold Schoenberg
Michael
DD $1,200 [19]
In "Henry IV, Part 2" a hostess says of this man, "He hath eaten me out of house and home"
Falstaff
Cynthia

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

1 of 3 presidential candidates who lost an election in which they received over 200 electoral votes

Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford or Charles Evans Hughes

Cynthia "Who is Eisenhower?" — wagered $2,800
Terry "Who is Nixon" — wagered $2,000
Michael "Who is Nixon?" — wagered $300

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