Show #2690 1996-04-19 Regular

Contestants

Robin Gilliam — a homemaker from Dallas, Texas

Sendhil Revuluri — a trading assistant from Chicago, Illinois

Leslie Bitner — a law student from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leslie	$100	$100	$2,800	$5,400 2nd place: trip to Jamaica	$4,300 8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sendhil	$2,300	$5,200	$11,600	$12,201 New champion: $12,201	$12,100 33 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Robin	$1,100	$1,900	$6,100	$1,102 3rd place: Motorola MicroTAC cellular phone	$3,900 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.	1995 MOVIES	BUSINESS BIGGIES	FASHION STATEMENTS	SCIENCE	OLD GLORY'S STARS
$100 [1] Among the attractions you can visit in this city are Astrohall, Astroworld & the Astrodome Houston Robin	$100 [20] Meryl Streep hated this book but ended up playing Francesca in the film version anyway The Bridges of Madison County Sendhil	$100 [16] Called Big Blue, it controlled nearly 80% of the computer market in the 1960s & 1970s IBM Sendhil	$100 [10] When you take up a collection, you're said to "pass" this accessory a hat Leslie	$100 [2] The intense beam of light produced by this device is used to treat detached retinas a laser Sendhil	$100 [25] From July 4, 1836 to July 3, 1837, the flag had this many stars, half as many as today 25 Sendhil
$200 [7] This national park in New Mexico features a nightly bat exodus from its caves Carlsbad Caverns Sendhil Robin	$200 [21] This ghost befriends Kat, played by Christina Ricci, a lonely girl who lives at Whipstaff Manor Casper Sendhil	$200 [18] This world's largest car rental company grew out of a Chicago concern with 12 Model Ts Hertz Sendhil	$200 [11] When situations are reversed, this "is on the other foot" a shoe Sendhil	$200 [3] Loam, a type of this, is composed of 30%-50% sand particles soil Robin	$200 [26] The number of stars added in 1890, the most since 1818, or the number of points on each star 5 Sendhil
$300 [8] At the restored Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island, a stone marker commemorates the 1587 birth of this child Virginia Dare Sendhil	$300 [22] He played a 21st-century data courier in "Johnny Mnemonic", directed by artist Robert Longo Keanu Reeves Sendhil	$300 [15] HSY is the New York Stock Exchange symbol of this confectioner Hershey Robin	$300 [12] To attack someone unfairly is "to hit him below" this; the Marquess of Queensberry wouldn't approve a belt Robin	$300 [4] Ebonite, a hard, black material, is made by vulcanizing a mixture of about 2 parts this to 1 part sulfur rubber Sendhil	$300 [27] The Flag Resolution of 1777 stated the stars in the Union represented a new one of these in the heavens a constellation Robin
$400 [9] Each summer in Shelbyville, Tenn., over 2,000 of these horses "step out" during a national celebration Tennessee Walkers Robin	$400 [23] Some of the weightless sequences in this Ron Howard movie were filmed in the KC-135 jet Apollo 13 Sendhil	$400 [19] In 1986 Capital Cities bought this television network for $3.5 billion ABC Sendhil	$400 [13] Some men attached to their mothers are said to be tied to these kitchen garment parts apron strings Sendhil	$400 [5] In mammals the base of each hair sits in a pit called this a follicle Sendhil	$400 [29] The area of the flag containing the stars is called this, also the term for a Swiss district a canton Sendhil
$500 [14] Killington in this state offers some of the best skiing in the Eastern U.S. Vermont Sendhil	$500 [24] Time "judiciously" called this 1995 Sly Stallone vehicle "another dose of preposterone" Judge Dredd Sendhil	$500 [17] Hercules, a Delaware-based chemical maker, spun off from this company in 1912 Du Pont Robin	$500 [28] When you treat someone with great tact & gentleness, you "handle him with" these goatskin accessories kid gloves Sendhil	$500 [6] C27H45OH is the formula for this fatty substance whose excess is implicated in atherosclerosis cholesterol Sendhil	DD $500 [30] An order by this president set the stars in 7 rows & columns of 7 each Dwight David Eisenhower Sendhil

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROYALTY	MUSIC	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO	BRITISH AUTHORS	WORLD "C"ITIES
$200 [26] Some say this emperor "fiddled" around by reciting poetry while Rome burned Nero Sendhil	$200 [11] This style of music associated with Scott Joplin often has a steady march-type bass line rag (ragtime) Robin	$200 [20] Capital & Franklin universities, as well as Ohio State University, are located in this city Columbus, (Ohio) Robin	$200 [6] Among his many wives were Ahinoam, Abigail & Bathsheba David Robin	$200 [21] This James Bond creator was a Moscow correspondent for Reuters in the early 1930s Ian Fleming Sendhil	$200 [1] The Nilometer on Rawdah Island in this city was built to measure the height of the Nile's floods Cairo Sendhil
$400 [27] A fanatical monk named Jacques Clement stabbed this country's King Henry III at St.-Cloud in 1589 France Sendhil	$400 [12] A marimba is a Central American version of this instrument that uses wooden bars to make music a xylophone Sendhil	$400 [16] Holy Cross in Worcester in this state is the oldest Roman Catholic college in New England Massachusetts Sendhil	$400 [7] The first theocratic covenant was made between God & this patriarch Abraham Sendhil Robin	$400 [22] He wrote "The Jungle Book" partly for his daughter Josephine while living in the U.S. (Rudyard) Kipling Sendhil	$400 [2] Landmarks in this Indian city include the Howrah Bridge & the Parasnath Jain Temple Calcutta Sendhil
$600 [28] Prince Henry the Navigator is entombed in a small chapel in the town of Batalha in this country Portugal Leslie	$600 [13] The lyric type of this highest female voice is more suitable for operetta than the dramatic soprano Sendhil	$600 [17] American University of this Lebanese city was founded in 1866 as Syrian Protestant college Beirut Leslie	$600 [8] The crew on the ship to Tarshish thought he was a jinx & threw him off Jonah Robin	$600 [23] The initials P.G. in his name stood for Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Sendhil	$600 [3] This German city's twin-spired Gothic cathedral was begun in 1248, but not completed until 1880 Cologne Leslie
$800 [29] He was chancellor of Salford Univ. for 23 years, until his daughter-in-law Fergie succeeded him in 1991 Prince Philip Leslie	$800 [14] The 6 strings of this popular musical instrument are tuned E A D G B E the guitar Leslie	$1,000 [19] This Pasadena, California school oversees the Palomar & W.M. Keck observatories Caltech Sendhil	$1,000 [10] The morning after the wedding, he learned he had married Leah, not her sister Rachel Jacob Leslie	$800 [24] In 1688-89 this "Moll Flanders" author participated in the Glorious Revolution Defoe Leslie	$800 [4] This Italian city is known for its violin making, which reached its height in the 1600s & 1700s Cremona Robin
$1,000 [30] This Dutch queen's second daughter, Princess Irene, married a Spanish prince in 1964 Juliana Leslie Robin	$1,000 [15] These groups of notes played together may be in root position or inverted a chord Sendhil	DD $1,500 [18] This Poughkeepsie, N.Y. college is the only coeducational member of the Seven Sisters colleges Vassar Leslie	DD $3,000 [9] Mary is the New Testament version of this Old Testament name by which Moses' sister was known Miriam Robin	$1,000 [25] In 1958 he published a follow-up to "Brave New World", titled "Brave New World Revisited" Huxley Sendhil	$1,000 [5] This New Zealand city was founded in 1850 by the Canterbury Association, an Anglican group from England Christchurch Robin

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

121-year-old Jeanne Calment remembers this man buying canvases at her in-laws' store in Arles

Vincent van Gogh

Leslie "Who was van Gogh" — wagered $2,600

Robin "Who was Manet" — wagered $4,998

Sendhil "Who was Van Gogh?" — wagered $601

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