Show #2691 1996-04-22 Regular

Contestants

Rich Wiebe — a graduate student from Tucson, Arizona

Ellen Curtis — a tax examiner from Austin, Texas

Sendhil Revuluri — a trading assistant from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sendhil	$1,200	$3,300	$8,300	$16,600 2nd place: Bose home theater system	$7,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Ellen	$400	$1,900	$2,100	$0 3rd place: Samsung 19" TV/VCR	$2,100 10 R, 2 W
Rich	$900	$1,600	$13,400	$16,601 New champion: $16,601	$11,400 25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION	GOLF	GARDENING	MYTHOLOGY	MAMMALS	POTPOURRI
$100 [10] While the 13th Amendment banned this practice, it still allows involuntary servitude for convicts slavery Rich	$100 [2] Before this peg came into use, golfers hit the ball off a mound of sand or turf a tee Sendhil	$100 [23] The true "York and Lancaster" is a Damask type of this thorny flowering plant a rose Rich	$100 [21] In the "Odyssey" Proteus was in charge of tending this Greek god's sea creatures Poseidon Sendhil	$100 [1] Ringed seals are the favorite food of this bear, but it also preys on walruses & whales a polar bear Rich	$100 [5] The University of New Haven is actually in West Haven in this state Connecticut Sendhil
$200 [11] Article I limits its size to 10 miles square Washington, D.C. Ellen	$200 [8] A player may ask advice only from his partner or from this person who carries his clubs the caddie Ellen	$200 [27] This "pile" is made by layering absorbent material with manure or other nitrogen-rich material a compost Rich	$200 [22] Aconite, a poisonous plant, was infected by the venom that dripped from this watchdog of Hades Cerberus Sendhil Ellen Rich	$200 [3] With its black spots, this fastest land mammal may be mistaken for a leopard a cheetah Sendhil	$200 [6] This substance is responsible for dependence on tobacco nicotine Ellen
$400 [17] When the Constitution mentions this state, it includes "and Providence Plantations" Rhode Island Sendhil	$300 [13] The apron, the grass surrounding this area, is somewhat shorter than the fairway the green Sendhil	$300 [28] Term for plants pruned & trained into balls, pyramids or other shapes topiary Rich	$300 [24] Marsyas lost a music contest to this lyre player, who then flayed Marsyas alive Apollo	$300 [4] Brush wolf is another name for this howling canine a coyote Ellen	$300 [7] In Japan this paper-folding art is used to produce objects for ceremonial functions origami Rich
$500 [18] He signed the Constitution as "President and deputy from Virginia" George Washington Sendhil	$400 [19] A scratch golfer is one skillful enough to play without one of these a handicap Rich	$400 [29] The Pattypan is a round, summer type of this vegetable a squash Sendhil Ellen	$400 [25] This 2-faced god was one of the oldest in the Roman Pantheon Janus Ellen	$400 [14] This African mammal has been described as "rather hideous" & "an extremely ugly wild pig" the warthog	$400 [9] In 1896 Adolph Simon Ochs gained control of this nearly bankrupt newspaper The New York Times Rich
DD $1,200 [16] This person presides over the impeachment trial of a president the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Sendhil	$500 [20] This term means to position oneself before hitting the ball, not to speak to the ball to address the ball Rich	$500 [30] The dry, fibrous shells of the fruit of the Luffa plant are often used as these sponges Ellen	$500 [26] He was the son of Daedalus & Naucrate, one of Minos' slaves Icarus Sendhil	$500 [15] Developed in France, the Percheron is a breed of this animal a horse Ellen	$500 [12] In 1906-07 artist Georges Braque adopted this "Wild Beast" style fauvism Sendhil

Double Jeopardy! Round

RULING FAMILIES	20th CENTURY QUOTES	OPERA	FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS	LAKES & RIVERS	MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
$200 [21] It's the last name of Haiti's Papa Doc & Baby Doc Duvalier Rich	$200 [11] Andy Warhol predicted, "In the future everyone will be famous for" this length of time 15 minutes Rich	$200 [7] This gypsy leaves her lover Don Jose for Escamillo, a bullfighter Carmen Rich	$200 [6] This Greek thinker known for his "method" apparently supported himself as a stonecarver Socrates Rich	$200 [24] Because of its location, this country's lake of Lucerne is also called the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons Switzerland Rich	$200 [1] "Bruce Wayne's Alter Ego Eternally" Batman Forever Sendhil
$400 [22] A tale of the Malatesta family that ruled Rimini 600 years ago is in his "Divine Comedy" Dante Sendhil	$400 [12] James Thurber observed, "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all" of these the answers Sendhil	$400 [8] In a Gounod opera the devil appears to this old man & grants him youth Faust Rich	$400 [15] This 17th century Frenchman is considered the founder of modern philosophy (René) Descartes Sendhil	$400 [23] This sacred river flows nearly 1,600 miles from the southern Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal the Ganges Ellen	$400 [2] "Yuri the Russian Physician" Doctor Zhivago Sendhil
$600 [25] It's the family name of Peter the Great & Alexander I Romanov Sendhil	$600 [14] Garrison Keillor calls this fictional place "the little town that time forgot, that the decades cannot improve" Lake Wobegon Rich	$600 [9] Figaro's first song in this 19th century opera is the comic aria, "Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville Rich	$600 [16] In 1963 this existentialist published his autobiography, "The Words" Jean-Paul Sartre Rich	$600 [28] This African lake is the largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior Victoria Rich	$600 [3] "Jim Henson's Puppets Steal a New York Island" The Muppets Take Manhattan Rich
$800 [29] Louis XIV's grandson Philippe established the Spanish branch of this house as Philip V Bourbon Sendhil	$800 [17] The modern author who noted, "Radical chic...is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of society" Tom Wolfe Rich	$800 [10] "The Dance of the Seven Veils" is one of the numbers in this 1905 Richard Strauss tragic opera Salome Ellen	$1,000 [19] This "Critique of Pure Reason" author taught at Konigsberg University for over 40 years Immanuel Kant Rich	$800 [27] The Sava flows through Slovenia, Croatia & Serbia before entering this river at Belgrade the Danube Rich	$800 [4] "Speculate What Guest Is Showing Up for the Evening Repast" Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sendhil
$1,000 [30] This famous family ruled Milan for only 85 years, 1450-1535 the Sforzas Ellen	DD $2,300 [20] She told Ernest Hemingway, "Remarks are not literature" Gertrude Stein Rich	$1,000 [13] This Verdi opera opens at a salon in the house of a courtesan named Violetta La Traviata	DD $1,500 [18] He served as a teacher in Concord, Mass. & as a tutor of Emerson's brother's children Thoreau Rich	$1,000 [26] Isla del Sol in this lake is the legendary birthplace of the Incas Titicaca Rich	$1,000 [5] "What Person Fears the Author of 'To the Lighthouse'?" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sendhil

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

Alvaro de Mendana named these Pacific islands believing they provided gold for the Jerusalem temple

the Solomon Islands

Ellen "What" — wagered $2,100

Sendhil "What are the Solomons?" — wagered $8,300

Rich "What are the Solomon Islands?" — wagered $3,201

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