Show #2699 1996-05-02 Regular

Missing third-place prize.

Contestants

Theron Patrick — a waiter and actor from Dallas, Texas

Kurt Taube — a psychometrician from Culpepper, Virginia

Judy Riley — a patent lawyer from Rochester, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Judy	$0	$1,300	$8,600	$14,701 2-day champion: $30,402 (due to scoring error)	$5,700 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kurt	$1,200	$4,900	$7,300	$9,300 2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set	$8,800 29 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Theron	$1,600	$2,000	$4,600	$6,600 3rd place: unknown	$4,600 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY ALLUSIONS	STEVES & STEVIES	ROYALTY	GOLF	SCHOOL DAYS	WORLD OF FOOD
$100 [2] It brought Aladdin a genie & became a symbol for something that brings great wealth the lamp Kurt	$100 [7] He sold guidebooks & performed magic tricks at Disneyland before he became a movie "Jerk" Steve Martin Kurt	$100 [1] This Princess of Wales was born in 1961 at Park House on the Queen's Estate at Sandringham Diana Kurt	$100 [12] A player may carry a selection of up to 14 of these in various shapes & sizes clubs Kurt	$100 [13] In 1939, after a 2-year study, this school bus color was made a national standard yellow Theron	$100 [24] Sushi, teriyaki, yakitori Japan Judy
$200 [3] A person with unawakened potential may be compared to this heroine who slumbered for 100 years Sleeping Beauty Theron	$200 [8] Formerly with Fleetwood Mac, she recorded "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Stevie Nicks Kurt	$200 [18] Born in 1969, Princess Nori is the only daughter of this emperor Akihito Kurt	$200 [14] 6-time British Open winner Harry Vardon popularized the overlapping type of this a grip Kurt	$200 [16] A 1789 Massachusetts law required grammar schools to teach this 3rd "R" with reading & writing arithmetic Kurt	$200 [25] Guacamole, red snapper Vera Cruz, cochinita pibil Mexico Kurt
$300 [4] When you mention this bird "of happiness", you're referring to a play by Maurice Maeterlinck the blue bird of happiness Kurt	$300 [9] Gorme's groom Steve Lawrence	$300 [19] Albert I, King of Germany, was the son of the first member of this family to wear the German crown the Hapsburgs Kurt	$300 [15] This golfer known as Slammin' Sam was a founder of the U.S. seniors tour Sam Snead Kurt	$300 [17] With Sally, Mother, Father, Spot & Puff, this brother & sister taught generations to read Dick & Jane Judy	$300 [26] Gulyas, paprikas csirke, palacsinta Hungary Kurt
$400 [5] The British call this rainy day accessory a gamp after Sarah Gamp, a Dickens character who carried one an umbrella Theron	$400 [10] Oscar Levant once quipped, "When I can't sleep, I read a book by" this ex-"Tonight Show" host Steve Allen Theron	$400 [20] After giving up the throne of this Scandinavian country, Christina tried to become Queen of Naples Sweden Judy	$400 [29] This course on California's Monterey Peninsula opened for play in 1919 Pebble Beach Kurt	$400 [22] One may be administered to a cosmetology student who missed an exam a makeup Theron	$400 [27] Dolmathes, tyropitta, souvlakia Greece Kurt
$500 [6] Doublethink, the acceptance of 2 contradictory ideas, comes from this George Orwell novel 1984 Kurt	$500 [11] He was Mr. World & Mr. Universe before he muscled his way into Hercules movies in the 1950s Steve Reeves Theron	$500 [21] Maurice of Nassau was a prince of this royal house of the Netherlands Orange Kurt	DD $1,000 [30] The 1st formal golf organization, the Company of Gentleman Golfers, was formed in this capital in 1744 Edinburgh Kurt	$500 [23] Since they had a mix of history, geography & literature, McGuffey's readers were described as this eclectic Kurt	$500 [28] Kalbi, kim chee, bul goki Korea Judy

Double Jeopardy! Round

KENYA	U.S. HISTORY	MIDDLE NAMES	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	THE EARTH	THEATRE
$200 [1] Prides of more than 20 of these predators can be seen at the Masai Mara National Reserve lions Kurt	$200 [2] This "Pelican State" was the first admitted to the Union from land bought from France in 1803 Louisiana Kurt	$200 [8] With this middle name, J.C. Penney was right on the money Cash Theron	$200 [13] His grandfather, also named Ludwig, was a Flemish immigrant who moved to Bonn in 1733 Beethoven Kurt	$200 [21] Because the Earth is tilted on its axis, we have 4 of these each year seasons Kurt	$200 [26] Tina Howe's 1983 play "Painting Churches" takes place on Beacon Hill in this city Boston Judy
$400 [18] About 70% of Kenyans follow this religion; more than half of them are Protestants Christianity Judy	$400 [3] In July 1971 Nixon sent him on a secret mission to Beijing Kissinger Kurt	$400 [9] Western author Grey used this middle name as his first; his original name was Pearl Zane Kurt	$400 [14] His baptismal names were Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Judy Kurt	$400 [22] This force is stronger at the poles since they're closer to the center of the Earth than the equator gravity Kurt	$400 [27] A 1995 revival of this playwright's "Suddenly Last Summer" starred Elizabeth Ashley as the venomous Violet Venable Tennessee Williams Judy
$600 [19] This official is head of state, head of government & Commander in Chief Daniel Arap Moi Judy	$600 [4] He's the lawyer who lost the Scopes Trial Clarence Darrow Kurt Theron	$600 [10] John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald & Robert F. Kennedy's was this Francis Kurt	$600 [15] In the 1830s Paris critics called this Polish-born composer the "Ariel of the Piano" Chopin Judy	$600 [23] Due to the spread of the Mid-Atlantic ridge, this country right over it widens about 1" a year Iceland Theron	$800 [29] His days as a TV comedy writer for Sid Caesar inspired his irreverent comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" Neil Simon Theron
$800 [7] Kisumu, capital of Kenya's Nyanza Province, is located on this lake, Africa's largest Lake Victoria Kurt	$800 [5] Sales of public lands helped virtually eliminate this in the 1830s; the government isn't even close now (the national) debt Theron	$800 [11] Louis Tiffany should have felt at ease with this middle name Comfort	$800 [16] He based his most celebrated piece, "Clair de Lune", on a poem by Paul Verlaine Debussy Kurt	$800 [24] Grasslands are called prairies in North America, Pampas in South America & these in Europe steppes Theron	$1,000 [30] The title of his 1935 play "Awake and Sing" is a quotation from Isaiah 26:19 Clifford Odets Kurt
$1,000 [20] Mombasa, a port on this ocean, is Kenya's second-largest city The Indian Ocean Judy	$1,000 [6] Pair accused of committing the 1920 payroll robbery of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Company Sacco & Vanzetti Theron	DD $2,000 [12] Born into a Roman Catholic family, Edmund S. Muskie has this middle name shared by 5 Popes Sixtus Kurt	$1,000 [17] In 1945 this American won the Pulitzer Prize for "Appalachian Spring" (Aaron) Copland Kurt	$1,000 [25] Quartz is composed of these 2 most common elements in the Earth's crust silicon & oxygen Judy Theron	DD $3,500 [28] Settings for this musical include Schultz' fruit shop & a train en route to Berlin Cabaret Judy

Final Jeopardy!

THE EMMYS

He won Emmys for teleplay writing 3 years in a row, 1955-57

Rod Serling

Theron "Who isGene RoddeRod Serling?" — wagered $2,000

Kurt "Who is Rod Serling?" — wagered $2,000

Judy "Who Serlingg" — wagered $6,101

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