Show #2720 1996-05-31 Regular

Contestants

Jim Mangold — an actuary from Bayside, New York

Helene Luce — a student teacher from Falls Church, Virginia

Damien Reynolds — a computer illustrator from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Damien $1,300 $2,800 $3,200 $6,300
3rd place: DK Publishing gift certificate
$4,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Helene $600 $2,400 $9,200 $10,001
New champion: $10,001
$9,200
22 R, 1 W
Jim $1,600 $1,800 $5,000 $6,401
2nd place: trip to Jamaica
$5,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

KANSANS PARTY TIME! THE 1920s CHILDREN'S SONGS LIQUIDS HOTELS BY CITY
$100 [11]
Regional painter John Steuart Curry executed murals in the Kansas state capitol in this city
Topeka
Damien
$100 [15]
It's a celebration of a new domicile
a housewarming
Helene
$100 [2]
In 1920 the 1st transcontinental air mail route was begun between New York & this California bay city
San Francisco
Damien
$100 [20]
He "went a-courtin'; he did ride. H'm, H'm"
Froggy
Jim
$100 [22]
This liquid is homogenized by forcing it through small nozzles that reduce the size of fat globules
milk
Jim
$100 [1]
Waikiki Parc, Waikiki Joy, Outrigger Waikiki
Honolulu
Jim
$200 [12]
This alto sax player nicknamed "Bird" was born in Kansas City, Kansas
Charlie Parker
Helene
$200 [16]
Type of bar at a party where guests pay for their own potent potables
a cash bar (or no-host bar)
Helene Jim
$200 [7]
Named for a South Carolina city, this dance was all the rage
Charleston
Jim
$200 [21]
In this Disney film, 5 crows sing, "When I See An Elephant Fly"
Dumbo
Damien
$200 [23]
The antiknock characteristics of this fuel are indicated by its octane number
gasoline
Jim
$200 [3]
Ledra Marriott, Lycabettus, Divani Palace Acropolis
Athens
Helene
$300 [13]
Bernard Warkentin introduced the Turkey Red Winter variety of this grain to the state
wheat
Jim
$300 [17]
It's a formal high school dance, though its name is from a word for a walk
a prom
Helene
$300 [8]
In 1928 Ras Tafari was crowned King of Ethiopia & he was enthroned as emperor of Japan
Hirohito
Helene Jim
$300 [27]
This "Sesame Street" character sings, "I love trash, anything dirty or dingy or dusty"
Oscar the Grouch
Helene
$300 [24]
The earliest forms of this writing fluid were compounded from lampblack, gum or glue, & water
ink
Damien
$300 [4]
Lafayette Hotel, Maison Dupuy, Pontchartrain Hotel
New Orleans
Damien Jim
$400 [14]
This inventor of basketball was head of physical education at the University of Kansas 1898-1937
Naismith
Helene
$400 [18]
On January 20, 1993, President Clinton visited 11 of them
inauguration parties (inaugural balls)
Jim
$400 [9]
In 1924 Aleksei Rykov succeeded this man as premier of the Soviet Union
Lenin
Damien
$400 [28]
This character has "jelly beans for Tommy, colored eggs for Sister Sue"
Peter Cottontail
Jim
DD $500 [25]
Hydrargyrum is the Latin name of this metal
mercury
Damien
$400 [5]
New Otani Hotel & Garden, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Hollywood Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Damien
$500 [30]
In 1936 he received nearly 17 million votes for president but carried only 2 states
Alf Landon
Helene
$500 [19]
You'll hear a lot of burping at parties held to sell this houseware product
a Tupperware party
Helene
$500 [10]
Camille Saint-Saens & this composer of "Hansel and Gretel" both died in 1921
Humperdinck
Jim
$500 [29]
"On the Good Ship Lollipop", they "play on the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay"
bonbons
$500 [26]
Discovered in 1846, this liquid produces over 1,000 times its own volume in gas when exploded
nitroglycerin
Damien
$500 [6]
Summit Hotel, Hotel Shangrila, Yak & Yeti
Katmandu, (Nepal)
Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

CATHEDRALS AMERICAN INDIANS ACTRESSES LITERATURE QUOTATIONS THE FAMILY BUSINESS
$200 [7]
The nave of this New York cathedral has pews for about 3,000 worshipers
St. Patrick's
Damien
$200 [12]
In 1837 Osceola, a leader of this Florida tribe, was captured by government troops
the Seminole
Damien
$200 [6]
In 1995 this "Silence of the Lambs" star directed her second film, "Home for the Holidays"
Jodie Foster
Damien
$200 [13]
Of the 135 chapters in this 1851 novel, 12 are devoted to whales & whaling with no narrative
Moby-Dick
Helene
$200 [1]
He said, "The great society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind"
Lyndon Johnson
Helene
$200 [23]
In 1985 Bob Haas took this jeans company founded by his great- great-granduncle from public back to private
Levi Strauss
Helene
$400 [8]
Since 1578 this ancient piece of linen has been preserved & venerated in the cathedral of Turin
the Shroud of Turin
Helene
$400 [20]
A poignant marker stands at the South Dakota gravesite of the Sioux Indians killed here in 1890
Wounded Knee
Helene
$400 [14]
She's "that girl" in Phil Donahue's life
Marlo Thomas
Helene
$400 [18]
After escaping to Jackson's island, he meets Jim, a runaway slave
Huckleberry Finn
Helene
$400 [2]
At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me."
Martin Luther
Helene
$400 [24]
Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt is in the "Saddle" at this underwear maker
Jockey
Damien
$600 [9]
This London cathedral has Europe's second-largest dome, after Saint Peter's Basilica
St. Paul's
Damien
$600 [25]
The Algonquians lived in these dome-shaped dwellings often covered with reed mats
wigwams
Damien Jim
$600 [15]
Discovered while performing with Billy Rose's Aquacade, she later became film's "Million Dollar Mermaid"
Esther Williams
Jim
$600 [19]
Adso of Melk assists William of Baskerville in this 1980 Umberto Eco murder mystery
The Name of the Rose
Damien
$600 [3]
On July 4, 1939 this ballplayer said, "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"
(Lou) Gehrig
Jim
$600 [28]
The Arisons run this cruise line whose fleet includes ships named Ecstasy, Fantasy & Celebration
Carnival (Cruise Lines)
Helene
DD $1,000 [10]
This High Gothic masterpiece 55 miles southwest of Paris is the sixth church on the site
Chartres Cathedral
Damien
$800 [26]
A tribal group consisting of 6 nations, its name in its own language means "real adders"
the Iroquois
Damien
$800 [16]
In 1994 she & her husband Hume Cronyn received a Tony Award for their life work in theatre
Jessica Tandy
Helene
$800 [21]
This Dickens character works for the law firm of Spenlow & Jorkins & later becomes an author
David Copperfield
DD $600 [4]
In June 1927 Charles Evans Hughes said he has "lifted us into the freer and upper air that is his home"
Lindbergh
Jim
$800 [29]
Type of business run by Jerry, Eileen, Bill & Katie Ford
a modeling agency
Helene
$1,000 [11]
You'll find Grossmunster Cathedral, where Zwingli first preached the Reformation, in this Swiss city
Zurich
Jim
$1,000 [27]
This tribe of Central Idaho was noted for breeding the Appaloosa horse
the Nez Perce
Damien
$1,000 [17]
Her 1967 film "Wait Until Dark" was produced by her then husband Mel Ferrer
Audrey Hepburn
Helene
$1,000 [22]
This first O. Henry novel was a collection of 19 narratives loosely tied together
Cabbages and Kings
$1,000 [5]
Andrew Carnegie said this financier "buys his partners; I grow my own"
J.P. Morgan
Helene
$1,000 [30]
In 1902 Bertha became head of this armament company after her father Friedrich's death
Krupp
Jim

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CAPITALS

This city called "The Mother of Russian Cities" is capital of a country other than Russia

Kiev

Damien "What is Kiev" — wagered $3,100
Jim "What is Kiev?" — wagered $1,401
Helene "What is Kiev?" — wagered $801

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