Show #2332 1994-10-25 (taped 1994-08-30) Regular

Bill Pitassy game 2.

Contestants

Jeff Wieler — an entrepreneur from Piedmont, California

Dianne Cooke — a writer from Chicago, Illinois

Bill Pitassy — a labor attorney from Cranford, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $1,600 $2,700 $7,000 $13,001
2-day champion: $28,602
$10,300
26 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Dianne $1,600 $2,300 $6,500 $3,105
3rd place: Sanyo fax machine
$7,500
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff $400 $1,800 $3,400 $6,500
2nd place: CounterPoint compact disc player + Columbia House membership
$3,400
10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE WARNINGS MAMMALS HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES COMMON BONDS
$100 [1]
In 1927 he set a distance record by flying from New York to Paris without refueling
Charles Lindbergh
Jeff
$100 [21]
Though it's now Mann's Chinese Theatre, many people know it by this, its original name
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Bill
$100 [11]
An old proverb warns, "Don't put all your eggs" here
in one basket
Jeff
$100 [12]
Jumbuck is an Australian term for this woolly mammal
a sheep
Bill
$100 [22]
Leap Day falls on this date every 4 years
February 29
Dianne
$100 [2]
Pipe, crescent, monkey
wrench
Bill
$200 [7]
The oldest extant home designed by this architect was built in 1889 in Oak Park, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright
Jeff
$200 [30]
He & his brother Roy opened their 1st Hollywood studio in 1923; it wasn't much bigger than a mouse hole
the Disney brothers (Walt and Roy)
Dianne Jeff
$200 [17]
This symbol alerts you to pirates & poisons
the skull & crossbones
Bill
$200 [13]
After the moose, this is the largest deer
the (American) elk
Dianne
$200 [23]
The National Federation of these people sponsors White Cane Safety Day on October 15
the blind
Dianne
$200 [3]
Pipe, bowl, fiddlers three
what Old King Cole called for
Dianne
$300 [8]
When Bob Ford shot & killed him in 1882, this outlaw was using the alias Thomas Howard
Jesse James
Bill
$300 [27]
This Swede reportedly used raw egg & hamburger as a facial; maybe she wanted to be alone
Garbo
Dianne
$300 [18]
It's what's advised by a PG film rating; in fact, it's what the PG stands for
parental guidance
Bill
$300 [14]
There are only 2 species of this wild mammal, Canis lupus & Canis rufus
wolves
Bill
$300 [24]
The rose of Tralee Festival is held in late August or early September in this country
Ireland
Jeff
$300 [4]
Pipe, time, cherry
bombs
Dianne
$400 [9]
In 1955 he was given command of the Navy's expedition to Antarctica, Operation Deepfreeze
Admiral Byrd
Bill
$400 [28]
Sadly, this popular nightclub that was nicknamed the "Troc" closed in 1946 & was torn down
the Trocadero
Jeff
$400 [19]
After Lot left Sodom, God gave him this warning
not to look back
Dianne
$400 [15]
Found in Florida, this endangered sea cow is protected by law
the manatee
Bill
$400 [25]
On July 28 this tiny country surrounded by Italy celebrates the fall of fascism
San Marino
Dianne
$400 [5]
Pipe, dove, olive branch
peace offerings
Dianne
$500 [10]
1 of 2 men to carry the most states, 49, in a presidential election
Reagan (or Nixon)
Dianne
$500 [29]
Before becoming a gossip columnist, she acted in such silent classics as "Girls Gone Wild" & "The Whip Woman"
Hedda Hopper
Bill
$500 [20]
It's the first right in the Miranda warnings
the right to remain silent
Dianne
$500 [16]
This breed of show horse was developed in 1580 near Trieste, Italy
the Lipizzaner
Jeff
DD $1,000 [26]
On November 6 this North African country commemorates its 1975 takeover of Spanish Sahara
Morocco
Dianne
$500 [6]
Pipe, salmon, cigar
things you smoke

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY INVENTORS INTERNATIONAL GROUPS U.S.A. POETS KINGS NAMED ED
$200 [6]
In February 1949 this country's Knesset elected Chaim Weizmann as its first president
Israel
Bill
$200 [11]
As a teenager this Connecticut locksmith wanted to be a portrait painter
(Linus) Yale
Jeff
$200 [16]
The Permanent Court of Arbitration was an early predecessor of this
the World Court (or the International Court of Justice)
Bill
$200 [26]
You'll find Our Lady of the Rockies, a 90' statue of the Virgin Mary, east of Butte in this state
Montana
Bill
$200 [21]
This Lincoln biographer was born in Galesburg, Ill. 20 years after Lincoln debated Douglas there
Carl Sandburg
Bill
$200 [1]
After giving up the throne, he was given the title Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Bill
$400 [7]
In September 1953 this man became head of the Communist Party; in 1958 he became premier
Khrushchev
Bill
$400 [12]
George Westinghouse was a Navy engineer during this war & later devised a turbine engine for ships
the Civil War
Bill Dianne
$400 [17]
Known as the IOC, it was formed in 1894 to promote & regulate a quadrennial event
the International Olympic Committee
Dianne
$400 [27]
Branson, Missouri is located 200 miles south of this city that's nicknamed the "Heart of America"
Kansas City
Bill Jeff
$400 [22]
Margaret Atwood's 2nd book of poems, "The Circle Game", won this country's Gov. General's award
Canada
Bill
$400 [2]
Edward I brought this Scottish coronation stone to London
the Stone of Scone
Bill
$600 [8]
In 1934 Anastasio Somoza had this country's National Guard murder General Augusto Cesar Sandino
Nicaragua
Bill
$600 [13]
In the 1840s he sold the English rights to his sewing machine to corset maker William Thomas
Elias Howe
Dianne
$600 [18]
The IAEA promotes the safe use of this around the world
atomic energy
Bill
$800 [29]
Huron City in this state was destroyed twice by forest fires; what's left of it is preserved as a museum
Michigan
Dianne
$600 [23]
She dedicated "Aurora Leigh" to her cousin John Kenyon, not to her husband Robert
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Bill
$800 [4]
Edward III's son Edward was known by this "dark" nickname
the Black Prince
Jeff
$800 [9]
Irish Republicans began a rebellion against British rule on the day after this holiday in 1916
Easter
Bill
$800 [14]
In 1987 this developer of the single rotor helicopter was inducted into the Nat'l Inventors Hall of Fame
Sikorsky
Bill
$800 [19]
Forbidden to deal with "political" crimes, it concentrates on drugs, smuggling & counterfeiting
Interpol
Bill
$1,000 [30]
Havre de Grace in this Mid-Atlantic state is noted for duck hunting & there's a decoy museum nearby
Maryland
Bill
$800 [24]
The early 20th century poet Olaf Bull is considered the Keats of this Scandinavian country
Norway
Dianne
$1,000 [5]
His death in 1327 is covered in a Christopher Marlowe play
Edward II
$1,000 [10]
In October 1982 he became the first chancellor of West Germany who reached adulthood after World War II
Helmut Kohl
Dianne
$1,000 [15]
In 1983 this creator of an artificial heart was named Inventor of the Year
(Dr. Robert) Jarvik
Dianne
$1,000 [20]
This body's international labor organization earned the 1969 Nobel Peace Prize
the United Nations
Bill
DD $1,300 [28]
This capital is the home of the 527' Travelers Tower, one of New England's tallest structures
Hartford
Bill
$1,000 [25]
"When the Frost is on the Punkin" is one of this Indianan's most beloved poems
(James Whitcomb) Riley
Jeff
DD $2,000 [3]
Edward VI's father was Henry VIII; his mother was this woman
Jane Seymour
Bill

Final Jeopardy!

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Described as a "Grand Zoological Fantasy" in 14 movements, it was written by a Frenchman in 1886

Carnival of the Animals

Jeff "What is Carnival of the Animals" — wagered $3,100
Dianne "What is Peter & the Wolf?" — wagered $3,395
Bill "What is Carnival of the Animals" — wagered $6,001

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