Show #2693 1996-04-24 Regular

Beverly Spurs game 2.

Contestants

Amy Margolis — a public financial manager from Los Altos Hills, California

Lorraine Latorraca — a word processor from Oakland, California

Beverly Spurs — a podiatrist from Concord, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Beverly	$2,200	$4,300	$14,500	$17,000 2-day champion: $32,700	$12,900 29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Lorraine	$1,000	$2,800	$3,600	$1 3rd place: Panasonic fax machine	$3,600 10 R, 0 W
Amy	$400	$1,700	$2,300	$900 2nd place: a trip to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta	$4,300 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1940s	MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES	U.S. STAMPS	SEAS	GAMES	MAKE YOUR MARK
$100 [3] In 1942 the Supreme Court ruled that divorces granted in this state were valid throughout the U.S. Nevada Lorraine	$100 [1] The animals of a particular region are called this, after the wife of Faunus fauna Beverly Lorraine	$100 [16] A 32¢ POW & MIA stamp was issued May 29, 1995, coinciding with this U.S. holiday Memorial Day Lorraine	$100 [11] Seas bordering this nation include Barents, Kara & Laptev Russia Beverly	$100 [10] Terms in this board game include king & double jump checkers Amy	$100 [2] There's a magazine devoted to collecting these celebrity signatures autographs Amy
$200 [4] In May 1940 he succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister Winston Churchill Beverly	$200 [5] The plants of a particular region are called this, after the Roman goddess of flowers flora Beverly	$200 [20] The Desert Plants series of 1981 featured an agave, & the beavertail, barrel & saguaro types of these cactus Lorraine	$200 [12] Piraeus, Greece overlooks the Saronic Gulf, an inlet of this arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean Sea Beverly Amy	$200 [17] The object of this outdoor game is to maneuver your ball through a circuit of wickets first croquet Amy	$200 [23] It's the mark on a steer used to determine ownership a brand Amy
$300 [7] By the end of the decade, this racial segregation policy became law in South Africa Apartheid Beverly	$300 [6] This word meaning gigantic can refer to the children of Uranus & Gaea or a doomed luxury liner Titanic Lorraine	$300 [21] This illustrator's picture of "Tom Sawyer Whitewashing A Fence" appeared on a 1972 stamp Norman Rockwell Beverly	$300 [13] The waters of this sea are shallow on the Italian side but deep along Croatia the Adriatic Beverly	$300 [18] In this game tiles with the same number of pips on each end are placed crosswise dominoes Amy	$300 [24] This Declaration of Independence signer's name is synonymous with signature John Hancock Amy
$400 [28] This German state, a major power under Frederick the Great, was formally dissolved in 1947 Prussia Beverly	$400 [8] This day of the week is named for the Norse god of thunder Thursday Beverly	$400 [22] A 1993 stamp for "AIDS Awareness" featured this symbol a (red) ribbon Amy	$500 [15] The Netherlands' West Frisian Islands & Germany's East Frisian Islands lie in this sea the North Sea Beverly	$400 [19] It's played on a 50-foot-long, 10-foot-wide court with a stake at each end horseshoes Beverly	$400 [25] An X placed on one of these may get someone elected a ballot Amy
$500 [29] On Oct. 11, 1945 these 2 Chinese leaders jointly pledged their mutual desires for peace & unity Mao Tse-tung & Chiang Kai-shek Beverly	$500 [9] An artist's inspiration may be called his this, in honor of the 9 goddesses of arts & learning the muses (his muse) Lorraine	$500 [30] Delicate Arch appears on a 1996 stamp celebrating this Western state's centennial Utah Lorraine Amy	DD $1,000 [14] Ukrainians call this sea Chorne More; Romanians call it Marea Neagra the Black Sea Beverly	$500 [27] It's the Italian version of lawn bowling bocce Lorraine	$500 [26] It's a small seal or the ring that makes it a signet Lorraine

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEN NAMES	TRAVEL & TOURISM	HAIL TO THE CHIEF	THE MOVIES	BOTANY	SAINTS
$200 [26] This "Lolita" author wrote 9 Russian novels under the name V. Sirin Nabokov Beverly	$200 [1] The story of the Pilgrims is told by life-size figures in a wax museum in this Massachusetts town Plymouth Beverly	$200 [15] The main charge against this impeached president was violation of the Tenure of Office Act Andrew Johnson Amy	$200 [20] This dancer first appeared with Ginger Rogers in the 1933 film "Flying Down to Rio" Fred Astaire Amy	$200 [11] This legume is sometimes called a groundnut because its pods develop underground a peanut Beverly	$200 [2] Saint Genevieve's prayers are believed to have saved Paris from this Hun Attila Beverly
$400 [27] While a student, this "Congo" author used the pen names John Lange & Jeffery Hudson (Michael) Crichton Amy	$400 [7] Travel Town, an outdoor transportation museum, lies within this city's Griffith Park Los Angeles Beverly	$400 [16] The October 1929 stock market crash, the beginning of the Great Depression, came 7 months into his term Hoover Beverly	$400 [21] Macaulay Culkin has a McDonald's in his house in this 1994 film based on a comic book Richie Rich Beverly	$400 [12] This part of a flower's stamen usually contains 4 small baglike structures that produce pollen the anther Amy	$400 [3] In prison this baptist was able to follow Jesus' ministry & sent messengers to ask him questions John the Baptist Beverly
$600 [28] William Sydney Porter wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief" under this pen name O. Henry Beverly	$600 [8] A large water-bird refuge lies on Bonaventure Island off this Canadian province's Gaspe Peninsula Quebec Beverly	$600 [17] In 1976 this sitting president sent condolences to China on the death of Mao Tse-Tung Ford Amy	$600 [22] In this role in "The Westerner", Walter Brennan believes that Gary Cooper is a friend of Lily Langtry Judge Roy Bean Beverly	$600 [13] It's the term for a plant that blooms & dies within a single year an annual Beverly	$600 [4] This gospel author is the patron saint of physicians & surgeons St. Luke Beverly
$800 [29] His early work appeared in an obscure Armenian language publication under the name Sirak Goryan William Saroyan Lorraine	$800 [9] The silversword plant grows only in Haleakala National Park on this "Valley Island" of Hawaii Maui Amy	$800 [18] James K. Polk didn't get a single vote until the eighth ballot at this party's 1844 convention Democratic Amy	$800 [23] Cameron Mitchell provided the voice of Christ in this 1953 film, the first Cinemascope feature The Robe Amy	$800 [14] This organism composed of an alga & fungus covers much of the surface of the Arctic a lichen Amy	$800 [5] Olaf, king & patron of this country, was killed in the 1030 Battle of Stiklestad Norway Beverly
$1,000 [30] He wrote "The Big Needle" as Symon Myles & "Eye of the Needle" as himself Ken Follett	$1,000 [10] Each Labor Day weekend, this Illinois city founded by Joseph Smith holds a grape festival Nauvoo Beverly	DD $2,000 [19] He fathered a child by Nan Britton while married to Florence Kling de Wolfe Warren G. Harding Amy	$1,000 [24] 2-letter title of a 1968 Malcolm McDowell film set in a British boarding school If	DD $2,000 [25] The name of this flower of the crowfoot family comes from the Greek word for dolphin delphinium Beverly	$1,000 [6] As a bishop Saint Ambrose baptized this future Bishop of Hippo & author of "The City of God" St. Augustine Beverly

Final Jeopardy!

THE OLYMPICS

The Summer Games in this city were opened by Queen Elizabeth II

Montreal

Amy "What is Melbourne?" — wagered $1,400

Lorraine "What is Sydney?" — wagered $3,599

Beverly "What isCalgary?Montreal?" — wagered $2,500

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