Show #2719 1996-05-30 Regular

Contestants

Gale Myers — a media research company owner from Honolulu, Hawaii

Damien Reynolds — a computer illustrator from Chicago, Illinois

John Ned — a student from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$1,000	$300	$6,500	$100 2nd place: Gateway PC	$7,100 18 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Damien	$1,600	$2,600	$8,100	$3,100 New champion: $3,100	$9,000 29 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Gale	$300	$200	$-600	$-600 3rd place: Michael C. Fina flatware set	$-600 4 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AGRICULTURE	REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS	POSTAGE STAMPS	WORLD FACTS	ADVICE	CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS
$100 [12] This grain, threshed & unhulled, is called paddy rice John Damien	$100 [6] A jelly holds this animal's eggs together & dissolves when the tadpoles hatch frog John	$100 [11] This playwright was depicted on a 1995 U.S. stamp with a streetcar in the background Tennessee Williams Damien	$100 [1] This independent state's official name is Stato Della Citta del Vaticano Vatican City John	$100 [17] It's "the Golden Rule" do unto others as they would do unto you John Gale	$100 [18] Merlyn, Mordred, Morgan Le Fey Camelot John
$200 [13] The cutting edge of this common farm implement is called a share a plow Damien	$200 [7] Found on different islands in the Galapagos, these great animals started Darwin thinking about evolution turtles (tortoises) John	$200 [23] A 1988 Israeli stamp featured this young diarist & the Amsterdam house in which she hid Anne Frank Damien	$200 [2] Millions of people travel by train in this country every day; some tourists take the Taj Express India Damien	$200 [27] Irving Thalberg told Louis B. Mayer not to buy this book, saying, "No Civil War picture ever made a nickel" Gone with the Wind Damien	$200 [19] Lucy, Linus, Snoopy You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown John
$300 [14] For this crop to develop fully, each thread of the silk must receive a grain of pollen corn Damien	$300 [8] Used to slit its shell, it falls off a baby mamba a few days after it hatches an egg tooth Damien	$300 [24] The island of St. Vincent honored this Texas pitcher, including his 5,000th strikeout Nolan Ryan John	$300 [3] Crema Danica is a rich dessert cheese from this country Denmark Gale	$300 [28] His advice to people in a 1966 lecture was "Turn on, tune in and drop out" Timothy Leary Damien	$300 [20] Og, Woody Mahoney, Finian McLonergan Finian's Rainbow John Gale
$400 [15] Some organic wastes used as manures are compost & seabird droppings, called this guano Damien	$400 [9] From the Greek for "crawling things", it's the study of reptiles & amphibians herpetology Damien	$400 [25] For the 25th anniversary of the 1st moon landing, Bhutan issued stamps with this type of 3d image a hologram Damien	$400 [4] Haarlem in this country has a museum named for artist Frans Hals, who spent most of his life there the Netherlands Damien	$400 [29] Samuel Butler said to "Look before you ere you leap; for as you sow, ye are like to" do this reap Damien	$400 [21] Marcellus Washburn, Amaryllis, Harold Hill The Music Man John
$500 [16] 2,4-D, a selective one of these weedkillers, came into use in the 1940s an herbicide John Damien	$500 [10] Because people thought the salamander lived in fire, this mineral became "salamander's wool" asbestos John	$500 [26] In 1977, the year of his death, Cyprus issued stamps of this archbishop in full vestments Archbishop Makarios John	DD $600 [5] The joropo is considered the national dance of this country that's named for a city in Italy Venezuela Damien	$500 [30] 1987 Rob Reiner film with Wallace Shawn's advice "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line" The Princess Bride	$500 [22] Georges, Noelle, Gabrielle Chanel Coco John Gale

Double Jeopardy! Round

ACTORS TURNED POLITICIANS	THE BIBLE	1596	ISLANDS	WINE	PEN NAMES
$200 [26] Are you feeling lucky? Then come up with the name of this actor elected mayor of Carmel, Calif. in 1986 Clint Eastwood Damien	$200 [21] This doubting apostle was also called Didymus or "twin" Thomas Damien	$200 [16] This Shakespeare comedy in which Shylock tries to claim a pound of flesh was probably written in 1596 The Merchant of Venice Damien	$200 [8] Columbus named this Caribbean island group for St. Ursula & her 11,000 maidens the Virgin Islands Damien	$200 [3] Wine shops sell a special tool to retrieve this if it's accidentally pushed into the bottle a cork John	$200 [1] Different "Carolyn Keene"s wrote about this girl detective, but Millie Benson was the first Nancy Drew Gale
$400 [27] Alessandra, the granddaughter of this dictator, was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1992 Mussolini Damien	$400 [22] In 1 Chronicles Elhanan defeated the brother of this Philistine champion slain by David Goliath Damien	$400 [17] Johannes Kepler defended this Pole's theory of the solar system in "Cosmographic Mystery" Copernicus Damien	$400 [9] French is an official language of this British-owned group of islands off the coast of France the Channel Islands Damien	$400 [4] The cheaper the champagne, the lower this should be for serving temperature Damien	$400 [2] This Perry Mason creator's pseudonyms included Carleton Kendrake & Charles J. Kenny Erle Stanley Gardner Damien
$600 [28] Silent film star Charlie Farrell was a mayor of this California city, as was Sonny Bono Palm Springs Damien	DD $500 [24] The name of this heroine of a Biblical book is derived from a Persian word for a star Esther Damien	$600 [18] The Spanish seized this French town on the Strait of Dover in 1596 & held it for 2 years Calais Damien	$600 [10] 234-square-mile Lake Taupo on North Island is this nation's largest lake New Zealand John	$600 [5] The two most common ways of getting the juice out of the grapes are crushing & this pressing	$600 [13] This author of "Lost Horizon" wrote the 1931 novel "Murder at School" under the pseudonym Glen Trevor (James) Hilton John
$800 [29] Sioux City citizens sent this seagoing star to Congress in 1986 Fred Grandy	$600 [23] One of his rare mentions outside Genesis is in 1 Chronicles 1:1, where he begins a family tree Adam Damien	$800 [19] This French philosopher known for his "Discourse on Method" was born March 31, 1596 in La Haye Rene Descartes John	DD $600 [11] Toronto Harbor is separated from this Great Lake by the Toronto Islands Lake Ontario John	$800 [6] Name that completes Chateau Lafite & Chateau Mouton Rothschild John	$800 [14] Lute Puckett & Elmer Chubb were pseudonyms used by this "Spoon River" poet Edgar Lee Masters John
$1,000 [30] This Academy Award winner for "Women in Love" ran for Parliament in 1992 & won Glenda Jackson John Damien Gale	$1,000 [25] Ahab, king of Israel, is known for his marriage to this Sidonian who worshiped Baal Jezebel John	$1,000 [20] During the year books 4-6 of his "The Faerie Queene" were published (Edmund) Spenser Damien	$1,000 [12] Malaysia's highest point, Mount Kinabalu, lies in the region of Sabah on this large island Borneo Damien	$1,000 [7] Used in a popular "white" blush wine, it's the most extensively planted red grape in California zinfandel Damien	$1,000 [15] This "I, Claudius" novelist published some poems under the name John Doyle Robert Graves John

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD WAR II NAMES

The 1st U.S. naval ship with a plural name honored their memory; a 2nd ship was christened in 1995

the Sullivans

John "Who were the Seabees" — wagered $6,400

Damien "Who are the Wilsons" — wagered $5,000

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