Show #2314 1994-09-29 (taped 1994-07-27) Regular

Contestants

Diane Gelfand — a purchasing agent from Montclair, New Jersey

Dave Seaver — a procurement officer from Los Angeles, California

Jim Clevenger — an attorney and college professor originally from Battle Creek, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$-200	$1,500	$3,300	$6,000 2nd place: Dynamark home security & fire protection system + Hammerman rings	$3,100 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Dave	$900	$2,300	$5,800	$100 3rd place: Orvis luggage set	$7,300 20 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Diane	$1,000	$1,200	$8,600	$11,100 New champion: $11,100	$8,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATE NAMES	MONEY	RANKS & TITLES	MARINE DISASTERS	TRADEMARKS	HOMOPHONES
$100 [14] Before it was a state, its name included "Alta" before its name to differentiate it from Baja California Diane	$100 [20] Argent, a French term for money, comes from a Latin word for this metal silver Dave	$100 [11] Another name for this leader of a Jewish congregation is Reb a rabbi Dave	$100 [8] Ammunition set off by heat from a coal bin fire probably caused the 1898 sinking of this U.S. ship the Maine Dave	$100 [1] Though it's become a synonym for a photocopy, it should only apply to one brand of machine Xerox Diane	$100 [6] It's another word for feeble, or a period of seven days weak/week Diane
$200 [16] It's Sioux for "friendly"; so a person might hail from north Friendly or South Friendly Dakota Dave	$200 [21] The Great Seal of the U.S. is featured on the back of this bill the $1 bill Jim	$200 [15] Title shared by a college professor, a Spanish gentleman & a Corleone Don Jim	$200 [9] Like the Titanic, the Lady of the Lake struck one of these & sank, in 1833 an iceberg Dave	$200 [2] This name can only be stuck on a Johnson & Johnson adhesive cut-coverer Band-Aid Jim	$200 [7] A labyrinth, or Indian corn maze/maize Dave
$400 [19] Its name, an Indian word for "flat" or "spreading water", refers to its Platte River Nebraska Jim	$300 [22] In the 1980s Maldives changed its currency name from this, the same as India's, to the Rufiyaa the rupee Dave	$300 [28] The "Mar" in Marshal goes back to Old English for this animal a horse	$300 [10] The worst U.S. marine disaster occurred in 1865, when the Sultana exploded on this river near Memphis the Mississippi Diane	$300 [3] From Good Humor, it's a colored, flavored ice molded onto a flat stick that acts as a handle a Popsicle (or Creamsicle, Fudgesicle) Dave	$300 [25] It can be a corridor, or it can mean to lug hall/haul Diane
DD $500 [18] The only "New" state not named for a British person or place New Mexico Jim	$400 [23] Susan B. Anthony replaced this man on the U.S. dollar coin Eisenhower Jim Dave	$400 [29] The Queen of England appoints this person as her representative in Canada the Governor-General Dave	$400 [12] This ship ran aground on Bligh Reef in the Gulf of Alaska March 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez Jim	$400 [4] Since 1924 it's been synonymous with facial tissue, but it can only be applied to Kimberly-Clark's Kleenex Diane	$400 [26] A gem, or a knitting stitch pearl/purl Diane
$500 [17] Originally, this state's name began with "Ou"; its legislature changed that to "W" Wisconsin Jim Diane	$500 [24] William Tyndale translated "Aiskhron Kerdos" in the Bible as this, meaning dirty money filthy lucre Jim	$500 [30] Grand guy who was the "Lord High Everything Else" in "The Mikado" Poo-Bah Diane	$500 [13] In 1979 a very large crude carrier blew up in this strategic Persian Gulf strait The Strait of Hormuz Jim	$500 [5] This trademarked name for vinyl-coated fabrics belongs to Uniroyal Naugahyde Jim	$500 [27] A piece of dinnerware, or a braid of hair plate/plait Diane

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	PHOTOGRAPHERS	RELIGION	THE PLANETS	WORLD MAIL	POETRY
$200 [1] In '81 Pres. Reagan & this religious leader survived assassination attempts less than 2 months apart Pope John Paul II Dave	$200 [17] In 1964 Harry Benson arrived in the U.S. with this musical group to cover their tour & never left The Beatles Jim	$200 [6] The "begats" in this first book of the Old Testament have been called the dullest section of the Bible Genesis Dave	$200 [18] The first U.S. astronaut program, or the first planet from the Sun Mercury Dave	$200 [28] This Swiss capital is headquarters to the Universal Postal Union Bern Dave	$200 [23] "When I heard the learned astronomer" & "One's-Self I Sing" are from this 19th C. collection Leaves of Grass Jim
$400 [2] Edward Bruce was king of Ireland & his brother Robert the Bruce was king of this country Scotland Dave	$400 [16] Herb Ritts is known for his photos of this model, whom his mother introduced to Richard Gere (Cindy) Crawford Dave	$400 [7] On loans, Islam forbids this, which it calls riba interest Diane	$400 [19] A 150-mile-wide crater on Venus was named for this "Coming of Age" anthropologist Margaret Mead Diane	$400 [30] Stamps bearing the word Sverige are issued in this country Sweden Jim	$400 [24] She wrote, "I never saw a moor—I never saw the sea" Emily Dickinson Jim
$600 [3] She was known as Rebecca Rolfe when she died in England of a sudden illness in 1617 Pocahontas	$600 [15] Bob McNeely's job is official photographer to the man in this post the President of the United States Diane	$600 [8] The female shamans of this Japanese religion are called Miko Shinto Diane	$600 [20] The USSR sent Phobos 1 & 2 to this planet's moon Phobos but both probes were lost Mars Diane	$600 [29] The northernmost permanent P.O. is on the island of Spitsbergen, a possession of this country Norway Diane	$600 [25] "O better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave" refers to this old frigate the Constitution ( Old Ironsides ) Jim Diane
$800 [4] Cyrus the Great added Babylonia to this empire in 539 B.C. the Persian Empire Dave	$800 [13] In 1993 Vanity Fair sent this photographer, known for her Rolling Stone celebs, to war-torn Sarajevo Annie Leibovitz Dave	$800 [9] The Unification Church was founded in this country in 1954 South Korea Dave	DD $1,000 [21] Planet whose symbol is thefollowing: Neptune Diane	$1,000 [12] Issued in 1961, the Marianne stamp of France was designed by this author of "Les Enfants Terribles" Jean Cocteau	$800 [27] Robert Burns wrote a poem about this "sweet" river in his native Ayrshire the Afton Diane
$1,000 [5] Austria acquired the southern area called Galicia when this country was partitioned in 1772 Poland Diane	$1,000 [14] In September 1993 Newsweek ran a 30-page excerpt of this photographer's "An Autobiography" Richard Avedon Diane	$1,000 [10] For American Indians, doing this with a calumet reaffirms the cosmic network of relationships smoking it	$1,000 [22] It takes Charon 6.4 days to orbit this planet Pluto Diane	DD $1,500 [11] A 1965 2-krone stamp from this country depicted the newly-formed island of Surtsey Iceland Dave	$1,000 [26] In 1615 this writer of "Death Be Not Proud" became an Anglican priest John Donne Dave

Final Jeopardy!

ART & AUTHORS

The Honolulu Academy of Arts has this U.S. author's collection of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints

James Michener

Jim "Who is Michener" — wagered $2,700

Dave "Who is Buck" — wagered $5,700

Diane "Who is J. Mitchner" — wagered $2,500

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