Show #2329 1994-10-20 (taped 1994-08-24) Regular

Contestants

Randy Young — a production manager from Chicago, Illinois

Erik Russell — a high school tutor from Westminster, California

Peg Serenyi — a school librarian from Potomac, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Peg $1,000 $3,100 $9,500 $12,500
3-day champion: $37,100
$9,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Erik $400 $2,300 $4,200 $4,200
3rd place: Iris Arc crystal cottage
$4,100
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Randy $1,700 $2,200 $6,200 $12,200
2nd place: Broyhill dining room set + Carpet One carpeting
$5,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

JERUSALEM ANIMATION AMERICANA NICKNAMES IMMORTALITY FILE UNDER "J"
$100 [1]
Jerusalem residents are accustomed to the khamsin, a hot, dusty one of these
a wind
Peg
$100 [21]
In the '30s the popularity of the Fleischer cartoons starring this sailor rivaled Disney's Mickey Mouse
Popeye
Peg
$100 [20]
This state is sometimes called "Icebergia"
Alaska
Erik
$100 [12]
King Louis V of this country was such a sluggard that he was known as Louis the Do-Nothing
France
Peg
$100 [8]
This Georgia fruit is a symbol of immortality to the Chinese
a peach
Randy
$100 [3]
Versions of this dance popular in the 1930s & 1940s include the Lindy Hop & the Jive
jitterbug
Peg
$200 [2]
Due to the many different religions in the city, these 3 days are each considered a sabbath
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Randy
$200 [23]
Scandal hit the papers in 1994 when a few frames of Jessica Rabbit in this film were found very revealing
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Erik
$200 [22]
The Moravian settlement of Salem, North Carolina grew into a city known by this hyphenated name
Winston-Salem
Peg Erik
$200 [13]
Auto manufacturer William C. Durant was the founder & "The General of" this company
General Motors
Randy
$200 [16]
Tradition places one of these fountains in India, so Ponce de Leon could have looked there
the Fountain of Youth
Peg
$200 [7]
Soweto is the most populous township of this largest South African city
Johannesburg
Erik
$300 [4]
Around 1000 B.C. this king captured the city from the Jebusites & made it his capital
David
Erik
$300 [24]
In a 1977 series this myopic character was given a companion--McBarker, a nearsighted dog
Mr. Magoo
Erik
$300 [28]
Cabbage Row in this South Carolina city was the inspiration for Catfish Row in "Porgy and Bess"
Charleston
Peg
$300 [14]
This magician's ease in slipping out of handcuffs won him the title "The Handcuff King"
Houdini
Peg
$300 [17]
In Buddhism it's the process of a soul repeatedly reborn in new bodies
reincarnation
Erik
$300 [9]
It's a large national or international gathering of Boy Scouts
a jamboree
Randy
$400 [5]
The city is home to this, Israel's parliament
the Knesset
Randy
$400 [25]
Songs in this ABC Saturday morning series of shorts included "Figure Eight" & "Three is a Magic Number"
Schoolhouse Rock
Erik
$400 [29]
Chincoteague Island in this state is famous for its pony auction but it also has an oyster museum
Virginia
Peg
$400 [15]
Some say Martha Jane Canary earned this nickname because she often caused catastrophes
Calamity Jane
Erik
$400 [18]
He shared his immortality with his brother Castor, who was killed by Idas
Pollux
Erik
$400 [10]
From the Spanish for "meeting", it's a small group ruling a country after a coup d'etat
a junta
Peg
$500 [6]
Entrances to this area include the Damascus, Zion & Herod's gates
the Old City
Erik
$500 [26]
Released in 1947, "Tubby The Tuba" was one of his "Puppetoons"
George Pal
DD $800 [30]
The Turquoise Trail is a scenic route that travels along the Sandia Mountains in this state
New Mexico
Peg
$500 [27]
We assume Jenny Lind sang like a Scandinavian bird since this was her famous nickname
the Swedish Nightingale
Randy
$500 [19]
Immortelles are these that retain their color & form after being dried
flowers
Peg
$500 [11]
In November 1973 this Texas lawyer was named special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
(Leon) Jaworski
Randy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSEUMS MEDICAL HISTORY LITERATURE CHEESE FAMOUS WILSONS
$200 [4]
Before mounting his horse on the night of April 18, 1775, he crossed the Charles River in a small boat
Paul Revere
Randy
$200 [7]
The home of Protestant reformer John Knox is now a museum in this Scottish capital
Edinburgh
Peg
$200 [22]
Doctors in China in the 3rd century B.C. tried to restore the patient's harmony of yin & this
yang
Randy
$200 [1]
"The Old Man and the Sea" was the last of his novels published during his lifetime
Ernest Hemingway
Erik
$200 [2]
Edam cheese is coated with this material in yellow or red
wax
Peg
$200 [21]
James Wilson is 1 of only 6 people who signed both of these historic U.S. documents
the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution
Randy
$400 [14]
After the war he became the only Continental Navy officer awarded a gold medal
John Paul Jones
Peg
$400 [8]
His Salzburg birthplace is that city's second-most heavily visited attraction
Mozart
Randy
$400 [23]
This French chemist is considered the founder of the science of microbiology
Pasteur
Peg Erik
$400 [3]
This Dickens novel begins, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
A Tale of Two Cities
Erik
$400 [6]
This best-known Greek cheese is cured in whey or brine
feta cheese
Peg
$400 [24]
Henry Wilson was this former Civil War general's second vice president
Grant
Peg
$600 [15]
In 1778 this British general became second in command to Sir Henry Clinton
Cornwallis
Erik
$800 [10]
This German state's National Museum in Munich houses a large collection of nativity scenes
Bavaria
Peg
$600 [26]
In 1926 it was found that a diet rich in this raw organ meat could treat pernicious anemia
liver
Randy
$600 [5]
In 1927 he published a book for children called "The Tarzan Twins"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Erik
$600 [18]
This Swiss cheese is named for the Emme Valley in the canton of Bern
Emmentaler
Erik
$600 [25]
In 1965 he broke into the pop Top 40 with "In The Midnight Hour"
Wilson Pickett
Randy
DD $900 [16]
This Prussian has been called the "First Teacher of the American Army"
(Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von) Steuben
Erik
DD $1,000 [9]
A museum in this European city chronicles the history of the Red Cross through films & exhibits
Geneva
Randy
$800 [27]
Australian nurse who was known for her rehab techniques for polio victims
(Sister) Kenny
Peg
$800 [12]
Paul Baumer, a 19-year-old German soldier, is the narrator of this Erich Maria Remarque novel
All Quiet on the Western Front
Randy
$800 [19]
Mi-chevre cheeses are made of cow's milk & at least 25% this animal's milk
goat's milk
Erik
$800 [29]
Samuel Wilson has been saluted by Congress as the progenitor of this national symbol
Uncle Sam
Peg Erik
$1,000 [17]
In Pennsylvania, at Brandywine & Germantown, Washington engaged British troops led by this general
General Howe
Erik
$1,000 [11]
This Dutch museum not only has "The Night Watch", it has an exhibit explaining its history
the Rijksmuseum
Randy
$1,000 [28]
Marcello Malpighi found the capillaries that completed this man's circulation theory
(William) Harvey
Erik
$1,000 [13]
1993's "A Tidewater Morning" was this author's first fiction book since "Sophie's Choice" in 1979
William Styron
Peg Randy
$1,000 [20]
A glass of port is a traditional accompaniment for this British blue cheese
Stilton
Peg
$1,000 [30]
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is part of his cycle of plays about Blacks in America
August Wilson
Erik

Final Jeopardy!

1960s THEATRE

In the 1966-'67 Broadway season, this playwright had 4 shows running simultaneously

Neil Simon

Erik "Who is Neil Simon?" — wagered $0
Randy "Who is Neil Simon?" — wagered $6,000
Peg "Who is Neil Simon" — wagered $3,000

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