Show #2723 1996-06-05 Regular

Contestants

Michael Rausin — a teacher from Upland, California

Tim Walters — a software test engineer from San Francisco, California

Sandy Falck — a physical therapist from South Euclid, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sandy	$1,200	$2,700	$8,500	$13,801 3-day champion: $28,201	$8,000 22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tim	$100	$3,300	$6,900	$11,201 2nd place: a trip to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta	$6,900 20 R, 3 W
Michael	$600	$700	$5,600	$3,600 3rd place: Panasonic 27" TV	$6,100 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	WOMEN IN COMICS	MUSEUMS	PREHISTORIC TIMES	NICKNAMES	QUOTATIONS
$100 [13] On October 14, 1066, Harold II was killed at the Battle of Hastings by this conqueror's men William Sandy	$100 [5] Mary Jane Watson is wed to this webslinger Spiderman Tim	$100 [26] The Vatican has an entire museum devoted to these darn people of ancient Etruria the Etruscans Tim	$100 [3] Found in 1995, Giganotosaurus Carolinii may top this as the largest meat-eating dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex Sandy	$100 [1] "The Bard of Avon" William Shakespeare Sandy	$100 [11] In "Solitude" Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote, "Laugh, and" this happens; "weep, and you weep alone" "the world laughs with you" Sandy
$200 [19] Louis Botha who led the Transvaal forces during this war later became the Union of South Africa's 1st prime minister the Boer War Tim	$200 [6] These 2 Archie gals each have their own comics & pair up for another title Betty & Veronica Sandy	$200 [27] Located in the Marais district, Le Musee Carnavalet is devoted to the history of this capital city Paris Sandy	$200 [9] Environment that was home to the ichthyosaur the water (the sea) Michael	$200 [2] "The Rail Splitter" Abraham Lincoln Michael	$200 [12] "All the people like us are we, and every one else is they", wrote this "Jungle Book" author Rudyard Kipling Tim
$300 [20] In 1804 Jean-Jacques Dessalines became the first president of this Caribbean nation Haiti Sandy	$300 [16] In 1995 artist & writer John Byrne took over the comic book starring this Amazon princess Wonder Woman Tim	$300 [28] The Bytown Museum is housed in the oldest masonry building in this Canadian capital, once called Bytown Ottawa Tim	$300 [10] The procoptodon was a giant one of these in Pleistocene Australia; don't all jump in at once a kangaroo Sandy	$300 [4] "The Believe-It-Or-Not Man" Ripley Tim	$300 [14] Marx & Engels began this work with "a spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism" The Communist Manifesto Sandy Michael
DD $500 [21] In February 1985 Spain reopened its border with this British dependency Gibraltar Sandy	$400 [17] This Baywatch blonde is bringing comic character Barb Wire to the big screen Pamela Anderson Tim	$400 [29] There's a museum of costume in this British city known for its ancient hot springs Bath Tim	$400 [23] Fossils of the Palaeophonus, one of these zodiac creatures, date back to the late Silurian period the scorpion Michael	$400 [7] "The Pen of the Revolution" Thomas Jefferson Tim	$400 [15] Andorran mountains that complete Hilaire Belloc's line "The fleas that tease in the high..." the Pyrenees Tim
$500 [22] In 1628 these French Protestants lost the city of La Rochelle to Cardinal Richelieu's troops the Huguenots Tim	$500 [18] Lady Rawhide was born in the comic about this masked protector of Spanish-era Los Angeles Zorro Tim	$500 [30] The Currier gallery of art in Manchester is one of this state's finest art museums New Hampshire Tim	$500 [24] This genus of the modern horse evolved about 2 million years ago Equus Sandy	$500 [8] "Old Man" who was "The Father of Israel" David Ben-Gurion Tim Michael	$500 [25] Francois-Marie Arouet, known by this name, wrote, "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him" Voltaire Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	WORLD FLAGS	1970s TELEVISION	BIOLOGY	RUSSIAN RULERS	FEMINISM
$200 [14] A 1942 edition of his "For Whom the Bell Tolls" included an introduction by Sinclair Lewis Hemingway Michael	$200 [1] On Nauru's flag a star below a yellow line represents its position 1 degree south of this the Equator Tim	$200 [22] This long-running sitcom made "Meathead" & "Dingbat" household words All in the Family Sandy	$200 [6] In fish this organ has only 1 atrium & 1 ventricle the heart Michael	$200 [11] Boris Godunov was a favorite of this "terrible" czar; Boris' sister was married to his son Ivan (the Terrible) Sandy	$200 [21] This form of address that doesn't reflect marital status dates back to the 1940s Ms. Sandy
$400 [16] His 1995 novel "Dead Man's Walk" is a prequel to "Lonesome Dove" Larry McMurtry Tim	$400 [2] There's one rising on the flag of Antigua and Barbuda the Sun Michael	$400 [23] Among the characters on this controversial comedy were Jessica Tate & Jodie Dallas Soap Sandy	$400 [7] Exobiology will be the study of these, if we ever find any aliens Tim	$400 [12] Nicholas II's personal friendship with this German emperor, his cousin, couldn't stop WWI Kaiser Wilhelm (II) Sandy Michael	$400 [27] In 1981 N.O.W. was disappointed the Supreme Court didn't reverse the ban on women registering for this the draft Sandy
$600 [18] Completes the title of the Mary Higgins Clark bestseller "Loves Music,..." Loves to Dance	$600 [3] Algeria's flag features a red star & this symbol of Islam a red crescent Michael	$800 [25] From 1971 to '74 Arthur Hill played this widower & "Counselor at Law" Owen Marshall Tim	DD $500 [10] Some creatures do this when their protein luciferin is oxidized glow (light up) Michael	$600 [13] Orthodox church leader Philaret helped draft the 1861 manifesto of Alexander II freeing these people the serfs Tim	$600 [28] Called "America's first libber", her profile was put on a U.S. coin in 1979 Susan B. Anthony Sandy
$800 [19] "Sour Land" was Wm. Armstrong's sequel to this 1969 book about a sharecropping family & their devoted dog Sounder Michael	$800 [4] The blue on Tanzania's flag represents this ocean the Indian Sandy	DD $1,000 [24] Crime series that debuted in 1976 & featured the theme heard here: Charlie's Angels Sandy	$600 [8] It's the part of the body in which the gravity-sensing otoliths are found the ear Sandy	$800 [15] Alexis I, the second czar of this dynasty, reigned 1645-1676 the Romanovs Tim	$800 [29] In 1914 she was indicted for mailing an "obscene" magazine article on contraception (Margaret) Sanger Sandy
$1,000 [20] In 1987 some of his other sci-fi works were published together in "Worlds Beyond Dune" Frank Herbert Tim	$1,000 [5] The blue on Eritrea's flag represents the resources from this sea the Red Sea Michael	$1,000 [26] Oscar winner Miyoshi Umeki played housekeeper Mrs. Livingston on this 1969-1972 series The Courtship of Eddie's Father Sandy Michael	$800 [9] Plants & animal matter break down to form this material in soil humus Michael	$1,000 [17] Nicholas I's ambition to add more Turkish territory to his domain led to this 1853-56 war the Crimean War Michael	$1,000 [30] She wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" in 1792; her daughter wrote "Frankenstein" Mary Wollstonecraft Tim

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

The College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is named for him

Howard Hughes

Michael "Who was H. Hoover?" — wagered $2,000

Tim "Who is Hughes?" — wagered $4,301

Sandy "Who was Howard Hughes?" — wagered $5,301

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