Show #2694 1996-04-25 Regular

Beverly Spurs game 3.

Contestants

Ken Stokes — a marketing consultant originally from Twin Falls, Idaho

Gary Lynch — a medical communications worker from Los Angeles, California

Beverly Spurs — a podiatrist from Concord, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Beverly	$3,100	$3,700	$10,800	$8,100 3-day champion: $40,800	$12,100 31 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Gary	$200	$1,900	$6,700	$2,500 2nd place: trip to Mesquite, Nevada	$6,700 13 R, 1 W
Ken	$400	$1,800	$2,200	$100 3rd place: Oneida gift certificate	$2,200 11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FORTS	SONGS & SINGERS	AMERICAN NOVELISTS	HODGEPODGE	BIOLOGY	FOOD FACTS
$100 [6] The U.S. flag didn't fly over this South Carolina fort from April 14, 1861 to Feb. 18, 1865 Fort Sumter Ken	$100 [9] This Mick Jagger group first hit the U.S. charts in mid-1964 with "Not Fade Away", a remake of a Buddy Holly tune The Rolling Stones Gary	$100 [16] As a teenager he wrote copy for his brother's newspaper, the Hannibal Journal Mark Twain Beverly	$100 [14] Among swine, adult males are called boars & adult females are called these sows Beverly	$100 [1] To focus, the shape of this eye part is changed by the ciliary muscles the lens Ken	$100 [26] Young, soft-boned herrings are popularly canned & sold as these sardines Ken
$200 [7] The gold here is stored in a 12,700-square-foot building with concrete & steel vaults Fort Knox Beverly	$200 [10] She sang 6 songs on the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard", which sold 6 million copies in 10 weeks Whitney Houston Gary	$200 [17] When this author of "The Scarlet Letter" began getting published, he added a "W" to his last name (Nathaniel) Hawthorne Gary	$200 [15] On April 30, 1939 he played in his 2,130th consecutive baseball game Lou Gehrig Ken	$200 [2] Its 2 chains of nucleotides are twisted into a double helix held together by hydrogen bonds DNA Beverly	$200 [27] The elephant type of this pungent herb often has bulbs the size of a small grapefruit garlic Ken
$300 [8] This fort is located on Locust Point, just 3 miles from the center of Baltimore Fort McHenry Gary	$300 [11] In 1973 he released his first album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey" Bruce Springsteen Beverly	$300 [20] This "Color Purple" author was once an editor of Ms. Magazine Alice Walker Ken	$300 [23] Formed when water vapor joins with nitrogen & sulfur oxides, it reportedly damaged half of Germany's trees acid rain Beverly	$400 [4] Asexual reproduction may use mitosis; sexual reproduction uses this division process meiosis Beverly	$300 [28] Cordon Bleu is typically made with chicken or this meat, with ham & cheese veal Beverly
$400 [12] Fort Dearborn, named for the Secretary of War, was built on the site of this present city Chicago Beverly Gary	$400 [18] In 1971 this pop star had his only No. 1 hit with "You've Got A Friend" James Taylor	$400 [21] In 1969 his "Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters" was published posthumously Steinbeck Ken	$400 [24] In a new series of books, this teen detective goes to college & dumps her longtime boyfriend Ned Nancy Drew Ken	DD $500 [3] Fungi reproduce by these; one giant puffball may contain trillions of them spores Beverly	$400 [29] Italians refer to duck as anitra; the French call it this canard Beverly
$500 [13] This San Antonio fort named for a leader of the Texas Revolution supplied Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Fort Sam Houston Beverly	$500 [19] This was Janis Joplin's only Top 40 hit as a solo performer "Me and Bobby McGee" Gary	$500 [22] His 1980 work "Of Women and Their Elegance" is an imaginary memoir by Marilyn Monroe Norman Mailer Beverly	$500 [25] Legwear Queen Elizabeth I wore in the 16th century, or the title of a 1957 Fred Astaire film Silk Stockings Gary	$500 [5] It's the bright yellow pigment in leaves & orange vegetables carotene Beverly	$500 [30] Though today most Limburger cheese comes from Germany, it originated in this Low Country Belgium Gary

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD'S FAIRS	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	LANGUAGES	ABBREVIATIONS	THE 1550s	PLAY CHARACTERS
$200 [22] Treasure Island was built as the site for this city's Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco Beverly	$200 [6] From 1900 to 1903 Sanford Dole served as the first governor of this territory Hawaii Beverly	$200 [7] Sicilian is a southern dialect of this language Italian Beverly	$200 [17] Once in a while you'll see this abbreviated occas. occasionally Ken	$200 [12] Humayun, the 2nd Mogul emperor of this country, died in 1556, 6 months after recapturing his empire India Beverly	$200 [1] Oscar Madison & Felix Ungar are the title pair in this comedy The Odd Couple Beverly
$400 [23] A 1988 fair in Brisbane helped this country celebrate the 200th anniversary of its European settlement Australia Beverly	$400 [27] In 1993 Texas state treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison won the Senate seat vacated by this Treasury Sec'y Lloyd Bentsen Gary	$400 [8] Scotland's Hebrides are one of the strongholds of this Celtic language Gaelic Beverly	$400 [18] An eighth of a mile, it's abbreviated fur. furlong Beverly	$400 [13] This Mexican resort city famous for its cliff divers was founded in 1550 Acapulco Ken	$400 [2] Soon after her arrival, she asks, "Will Stanley like me, or will I be just a visiting in-law, Stella?" Blanche DuBois Beverly
$800 [25] This famous iron & glass structure housed the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London's Hyde Park Crystal Palace Beverly	$600 [28] Celebrations in August 1995 marked the 75th anniversary of this amendment that gave women the right to vote the 19th Amendment Gary	$600 [9] It's the official language of Yemen Arabic Beverly	$600 [19] To a Londoner, LM is Lord Mayor; to an astronaut, it's this craft lunar module Beverly	$600 [14] This French astrologer completed "The Centuries", a book of more than 900 predictions Nostradamus Beverly	$600 [3] In 1995 Patrick Stewart played Prospero in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of this play The Tempest Ken
$1,000 [26] This Spanish city's first opera house was built for the 1992 fair held there Seville Gary	$800 [29] The Temperance movement led to the formation of this political party in 1869 the Prohibition Party Gary	$800 [10] French & Kirundi, a Bantu language, are official languages of this country Burundi	$800 [20] Capitalized, it's short for a book of the Bible; not capitalized, it's any division of Canada Prov Beverly Ken	$800 [15] People from this country settled Macao in 1557 Portugal Beverly	$800 [4] Sarah Norman, a deaf student, becomes involved with her speech teacher in this Mark Medoff drama Children of a Lesser God Beverly
DD $2,500 [24] This city's 1876 fair, the first successful one in the U.S., displayed a new invention: the telephone Philadelphia Beverly	$1,000 [30] This N.Y. Democrat who ran for president in 1928 got his nickname "The Happy Warrior" from FDR Al Smith Gary	DD $2,000 [11] It's the language of instruction at Arhus University, Alborg University & the University of Odense Danish Beverly	$1,000 [21] An RN may be an NP, one of these a nurse practitioner Beverly	$1,000 [16] She was queen of England for 9 days in 1553 & was beheaded in 1554 Lady Jane Grey Beverly	$1,000 [5] Ken Harrison, paralyzed & fighting for his right to die, is the main character of this 1978 play Whose Life Is It Anyway Gary

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

The name of this ancient ruler translates as "It is well with the sun disk"

Akhenaten

Ken "What is Nebu" — wagered $2,100

Gary "What is Nebucanneser" — wagered $4,200

Beverly "What is Pharaoh?" — wagered $2,700

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