Show #2725 1996-06-07 Regular

Contestants

Mike Dwight — a marketing executive from Laguna Beach, California

Bob Hunt — a trade commissioner originally from San Francisco, California

Elaine O'Gara — a travel writer from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elaine	$600	$2,900	$7,400	$14,800 2nd place: Lane desk + Dale Tiffany stained glass lamp	$7,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Bob	$1,000	$500	$9,100	$15,100 New champion: $15,100	$9,100 20 R, 3 W
Mike	$2,200	$1,800	$4,900	$7,700 3rd place: Magnavox 27" TV	$4,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

1994	SCI-FI TV	TRAVEL LONDON	THE OLD TESTAMENT	FOOD & DRINK	POTPOURRI
$100 [26] Ayatollah Mohammed Ali Araki, this country's highest-ranking leader, died November 29 Iran Elaine	$100 [9] Showtime brought back this classic sci-fi/horror series in 1995 complete with its control voice The Outer Limits Bob	$100 [1] Spencer House, an 18th century home owned by this princess' family, is open to the public on Sundays Princess Diana Mike	$100 [7] In Genesis 3:20 she is called "the mother of all living" Eve Elaine	$100 [18] Made by Hawaiian Host, Maui Caramacs are these nuts smothered in caramel & milk chocolate macadamias Mike	$100 [2] Pliny the Elder wrote that Sergius Orata established the first artificial beds for these mollusks oysters Mike
$200 [27] At least 32 died in October when part of a bridge collapsed in this South Korean capital Seoul Elaine	$200 [10] In the 1995 Fox series "VR.5" starring Lori Singer, VR stood for this virtual reality Mike	$200 [8] When you visit the Hampstead home where this Austrian lived & worked, don't miss his famous couch Sigmund Freud Mike	$200 [17] Genesis 1 calls this satellite "the lesser light" the Moon Mike	$200 [19] Thac hoa, a type of this beverage, is made from leaves misted by a Vietnamese waterfall tea Mike	$200 [3] He's the Quaker for whom the Quaker State was named (William) Penn Elaine
$300 [28] Hank Ketcham announced his retirement from this comic strip which he'd drawn since 1950 Dennis the Menace Bob Mike	$300 [11] This 1980s Gil Gerard character originated in a comic strip dating from 1929 Buck Rogers Bob	$300 [13] A museum in St. Thomas' Hospital is devoted to this woman who opened a nursing school there in 1860 Florence Nightingale Elaine	$300 [23] A harlot named Rahab sheltered his men when they came to spy on Jericho Joshua Bob	$300 [20] The meat of these animals that were once plentiful on the plains is sold under the slogan "Have you herd?" buffalo Mike	$300 [4] While William Travis commanded the regulars at the Alamo, this man commanded the Texan Volunteers James Bowie Bob Mike
$400 [29] This skater & her husband sold the Ice Capades Dorothy Hamill Elaine	$400 [12] "Set Piece" by Kate Orman is one of the New Adventures books continuing this British show about a Time Lord Doctor Who Bob	$400 [14] Artifacts at this museum include bas-reliefs of a lion hunt from Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh the British Museum Mike	$400 [24] This longest-lived person in the Bible was the 8th member of the Sethite line from Adam to Noah Methuselah Elaine	$400 [21] Food from the 'Hood is a brand of salad dressing developed by Crenshaw High School Students in this city Los Angeles Elaine	$400 [5] The name of this system used by racetracks is from the French for "betting among ourselves" parimutuel Mike
$500 [30] The leaders of Burundi & this country were killed when their plane crashed at Kigali Airport Rwanda Elaine Mike	$500 [16] Judy, Penny & Will were John & Maureen Robinson's 3 children on this series Lost in Space Elaine Mike	$500 [15] The Great Bed of Ware, mentioned in "Twelfth Night", is in this museum nicknamed the V & A the Victoria & Albert Bob	$500 [25] He fathered Dinah as well as many sons whose names became those of tribes Jacob Elaine Bob Mike	DD $700 [22] Mavrodaphne is a heavy dessert wine from this Mediterranean country Greece Elaine	$500 [6] Name shared by Asteroid No. 22, an organlike instrument & the muse of epic poetry Calliope Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	ARTISTS & SCULPTORS	POP MUSIC	COMPUTERS	LANGUAGES	POETS
$200 [21] In 1982 she passed away in Independence, Missouri at the age of 97 Bess Truman Mike	$200 [16] This partner of Nathaniel Currier served as their firm's bookkeeper before becoming its art director (James) Ives Mike	$200 [26] This country star's only Top 10 hit on the pop charts was "A Boy named Sue" in 1969 Johnny Cash Bob	$200 [7] Tractor feed printers require special paper with these punched in it holes Bob	$200 [2] Wienerisch, spoken in Vienna, is a dialect of this language German Bob	$200 [11] This poet's row house in Camden, N.J. displays a rare first edition of his "Leaves of Grass" Walt Whitman Bob
$400 [22] She was voted the student most likely to succeed by her high school graduating class of 1965 Hillary Clinton Bob	$400 [17] This "Bronco Buster" sculptor supplied magazine illustrations during the Spanish-American War Frederic Remington Bob	$400 [27] Bono & The Edge from this Irish rock group wrote a song on Roy Orbison's last CD, "Mystery Girl" U2 Elaine	$400 [1] The speed of microprocessors is usually measured in this unit abbreviated MHz megahertz Mike	$400 [3] It's the standard form of Spanish that's spoken in Spain Castilian Elaine	$400 [12] He wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep" Robert Frost Bob
$600 [23] In a 1960 Gallup poll, she was named the woman most admired by Americans for the 9th consecutive year Eleanor Roosevelt Elaine	$600 [18] Gala, this Spaniard's wife & muse, appears in his 1937 work "Inventions of the Monsters" Salvador Dali Bob Mike	$600 [28] In 1970 lead guitarist Peter Green was replaced by keyboardist Christine McVie in this group Fleetwood Mac Mike	$600 [8] This type of printer requires a toner cartridge a laser printer Bob	$600 [4] Of the Cyrillic languages, it's the one with the most speakers Russian Mike	$600 [13] Her nickname "The Portuguese" derives from her poem about a Portuguese woman, "Catarina to Camoens" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Bob Mike
$1,000 [25] In need of money, she sold her late husband's notes on the Constitutional Convention for $30,000 Dolley Madison Bob Mike	$800 [19] Except for 1893-95, he spent the last 12 years of his life in French Polynesia Gauguin Elaine	$800 [29] Leon Russell arranged "This Diamond Ring", "Count Me In" & other hits for this 1960s group Gary Lewis & The Playboys Elaine	$800 [9] When speaking of image resolution, DPI stands for this dots per inch Mike	$1,000 [6] Spoken mainly by Muslims, it's an official language of Pakistan Urdu Bob Mike	$800 [14] Collections by this humorist include "The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse" & "I'm A Stranger Here Myself" Ogden Nash Bob
DD $1,500 [24] From 1943 to 1948 she was Fashion director for Herpolsheimer's department store in Grand Rapids, Michigan Betty Ford Elaine	$1,000 [20] His monument "The Burghers of Calais" took 11 years from design to installation Rodin Bob	$1,000 [30] In 1973 this rock star formed his own label, Rocket Records Elton John Mike	$1,000 [10] Just one of these optical disks has the storage capacity of 600 floppies a CD-ROM Mike	DD $1,500 [5] Balcony & umbrella are words we've borrowed from this modern European language Italian Mike	$1,000 [15] The initials in the name of this poet stood for edward estlin E.E. Cummings Bob

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYS

In one version of this play, the heroine stabs herself & says, "There rest"; in another, "There rust"

Romeo and Juliet

Mike "What is Romeo & Juliet" — wagered $2,800

Elaine "What is Romeo and Juliet?" — wagered $7,400

Bob "What is Romeo and Juliet" — wagered $6,000

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