Show #2667 1996-03-19 Regular

Contestants

Don Eyles — a computer scientist originally from Atlanta, Georgia

Betsy Lyons — a veterinarian from Pukalani, Hawaii

Elliot Wilen — a network administrator originally from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elliot	$1,400	$2,500	$5,700	$8,800 2nd place: Ashley dining table set + Bob Mitchell Designs home decor set	$6,000 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Betsy	$-300	$-300	$1,300	$2,599 3rd place: RCR crystal stemware set	$1,300 8 R, 3 W
Don	$1,200	$3,600	$14,100	$16,700 New champion: $16,700	$13,400 27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1930s	THE MOVIES	INVENTORS	NEW YORK CITY	GARNISHES	"Y"s GUYS
$100 [6] In 1936 this Spanish general was exiled to the Canary Islands by the Popular Front government Franco Elliot	$100 [16] Before directing & acting in "Citizen Kane", he provided narration for 1940's "Swiss Family Robinson" Orson Welles Elliot	$100 [1] Inventor Christiaan Huygens described the pendulum type of this device in 1658's "Horologium" a clock Elliot	$100 [10] A TV transmission tower added to this building in 1951 made it 1,472 feet tall the Empire State Building Don	$100 [25] These cubes of fried or toasted bread sit atop soups & salads croutons Don	$100 [20] In 1992 this Russian leader addressed a joint session of our Congress Yeltsin Don
$200 [7] This Communist leader divorced Ho Tzu-Chen in 1937 & married Chiang Ch'ing in 1939 Mao Elliot	$200 [17] This singer played singer Breathless Mahoney in "Dick Tracy" Madonna Elliot	$200 [2] This steamboat pioneer studied painting in London under Benjamin West (Robert) Fulton Elliot Betsy Don	$200 [11] This railroad terminal on 42nd Street was built between 1903 & 1913 Grand Central Station Elliot	$200 [26] French chefs garnish some dishes with cocks' kidneys & these items found atop roosters' heads combs Betsy	$200 [21] Following his donation to the Collegiate School in New Haven in 1718, the school was renamed for him Yale Elliot
$300 [8] In 1934 this "Public Enemy Number One" fought his way out of a police trap in Wisconsin (John) Dillinger Betsy Don	$300 [18] A wookie named Chewbacca is the sidekick of this "Star Wars" character Han Solo Elliot	$300 [3] Joseph Boyce received a patent on one of these devices decades before Cyrus McCormick A reaper Elliot Don	DD $200 [14] This hotel, a meeting place of Dorothy Parker & Robert Benchley, is located at 59 W. 44th Street the Algonquin Elliot	$300 [27] These potato toppers are the leaves of a grasslike herb, Allium schoenoprasum chives Betsy	$300 [22] This Irish poet & playwright helped found what's now known as the Abbey Theatre Yeats Don
$400 [9] In 1932 the Winter Olympic Games were held in this New York town Lake Placid Betsy Don	$400 [19] Film in which Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron found their "Love is here to stay. Not for a year, but ever and a day" An American in Paris Don	$400 [4] Working for Du Pont, W.H. Carothers invented this, the first successful truly synthetic fiber nylon Don	$300 [12] This legendary Harlem theatre was reopened in 1986 after extensive restoration the Apollo Elliot	$400 [28] When this common green garnish is fried, the French call it persil frit parsley Elliot	$400 [23] During WWI this soldier of the 328th Infantry, 82nd Division captured a German machine-gun battalion (Alvin) York Elliot
$500 [15] This poet began writing "Four Quartets", his most important later work, in 1935 T.S. Eliot Betsy	$500 [29] Ben Johnson & Cloris Leachman won Oscars for this 1971 Peter Bogdanovich film The Last Picture Show Elliot Don	$500 [5] Vannevar Bush invented the differential analyzer, a predecessor of the analog type of this device a computer Don	$400 [13] In this "District" of the city, 7th Avenue is also known as Fashion Avenue the Garment District Elliot	$500 [30] Lamb chops a la Marechale are garnished with truffle slices & the tips of this green vegetable asparagus Don	$500 [24] In 1947 he flew faster than the speed at which my words are reaching the people in this studio (Chuck) Yeager Don

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD FLAGS	ARTISTS	VOCABULARY	COLONIAL AMERICANS	NEWSPAPERS	SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
$200 [6] The white band on Chile's flag symbolizes the snow of these mountains the Andes Betsy	$200 [9] He was 25 when he painted "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", a departure from his Rose Period Picasso Don	$200 [1] Bifid, as in the case of a snake's tongue, means this forked Elliot	$200 [16] In 1774 this Pennsylvanian was stripped of his deputy Postmaster General's office Benjamin Franklin Don	$200 [26] Mainichi Shimbun has the third-highest circulation of this nation's 5 national newspapers Japan Betsy	$200 [21] At the end of the play, the only part of this title Scotsman that's onstage is his severed head Macbeth Betsy
$400 [7] This country's present flag, red & white with a maple leaf, was adopted in 1965 Canada Betsy	$400 [10] This artist famous for his works of the Moulin Rouge was the son of a French nobleman Toulouse-Lautrec Elliot	$400 [2] While this bed cover can be any color, it takes its name from the French word for white blanket Elliot	$400 [17] In 1622 John Rolfe, widower of this Indian princess, was presumed killed in an Indian massacre Pocahontas Elliot	$400 [27] The Walter family wholly or partly owned this London newspaper from its founding in 1785 until 1966 The London Times Don	$400 [22] Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius & this man all die in the same scene— something must be rotten Hamlet Don
$600 [8] Adopted in 1993, Eritrea's flag shows this branch, a symbol of peace, on a red, blue & green field an olive branch Don	$600 [11] In 1891 he auctioned off his paintings & used the proceeds to move to Tahiti Gauguin Betsy	$600 [3] It's the term for a word or phrase that reads the same way backwards & forwards a palindrome Don	$600 [18] From 1733 to 1743 this future British general served as Georgia's first governor (James) Oglethorpe Elliot Don	$600 [28] Joseph Stalin served as an editor of this Communist Party newspaper Pravda Elliot	$600 [23] Emilia calls him a "dull Moor" for suspecting Desdemona of hanky-panky Othello Don
$800 [14] The "R" on its flag stands for republic, referendum & revolution, as well as the country's name Rwanda	$800 [12] At his death in 1891, this pointillist was working on a painting of "The Circus" Seurat Don	$800 [4] It's the more common term for a dactylogram; yours is unique a fingerprint Elliot	$1,000 [20] Tradition says he was the first Pilgrim to set foot on Plymouth Rock John Alden Elliot	$800 [29] This tiny European country has its own daily newspaper— L'Osservatore Romano the Vatican Don	$800 [24] In this comedy Anne Page & some boys dress up like fairies to pinch Falstaff & burn him with tapers The Merry Wives of Windsor Don
$1,000 [15] This Mediterranean island country's flag is red & white with a George Cross Malta Don	$1,000 [13] This Venetian who painted "The Rape of Europa" probably lived past the age of 90 Titian Elliot	$1,000 [5] This word meaning to wind & turn or wander aimlessly comes from the name of a river in Asia Minor meander Elliot	DD $1,500 [19] In 1636 he bought land at the head of Narragansett Bay Roger Williams Don	$1,000 [30] England's Guardian newspaper dropped this city's name from its title in 1959 Manchester Don	DD $1,000 [25] These 2 plays end with Octavius discussing funerals Julius Caesar & Antony and Cleopatra Don

Final Jeopardy!

THE AMERICAS

It's the only country in the Americas currently headed by a woman president & vice president

Nicaragua

Betsy "What is Nicarauga?" — wagered $1,299

Elliot "What is Nicaragua" — wagered $3,100

Don "What Nicaragua?" — wagered $2,600

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