Show #2384 1995-01-05 (taped 1994-10-19) Regular

John McKeon game 5.

Contestants

Suzanne Biggs — a patent attorney from Del Mar, California

Julian López-Morillas — a theater director and actor from Oakland, California

John McKeon — a writer from Chevy Chase, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $44,901)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $700 $4,500 $6,300 $1
3rd place: Samsung 27" TV
$5,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Julian $2,100 $1,600 $9,800 $6,999
New champion: $6,999
$7,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Suzanne $400 $2,000 $5,000 $3,699
2nd place: Psion pocket computer + Hale-Indian River Groves gift certificate
$5,000
14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

"A" IN MYTHOLOGY DISNEYLAND INVENTIONS MARYLAND FOOD FAMILIAR PHRASES
$100 [2]
These warrior women didn't get rid of all their male children; they kept some as slaves
Amazons
Julian
$100 [24]
Rides in this "land" are based on such classic Disney films as "Dumbo" & "Alice in Wonderland"
Fantasyland
John
$100 [12]
A new Sony VCR sets this device for you by using a signal broadcast to it by local PBS stations
the clock
John Julian Suzanne
$100 [1]
Smith Island is named for this captain who explored Chesapeake Bay in 1608
John Smith
Julian
$100 [16]
Italians call this tropical fruit noce di cocco
coconuts
Suzanne
$100 [7]
An exceptionally obstinate person is "as stubborn as" this draft animal
a mule
John
$200 [3]
This goddess of love punished the women of Lemnos by making them smell so bad that their husbands left them
Aphrodite
John Julian
$200 [25]
The electronic musical theme of this street's famous electrical parade is called "Baroque Hoedown"
Main Street
John
$200 [13]
Wiley Post had the B.F. Goodrich Co. make the first of these outfits to wear during high-altitude flights
a flight suit (pressure suit)
Julian
$200 [19]
The flagpole at this fort is on the same spot as the one Francis Scott Key saw in 1814
Fort McHenry
John
$200 [17]
These "Swedish" appetizers are often made from a combination of beef, pork & veal
meatballs
Julian
$200 [8]
An 1854 poem helped popularize the phrase "paddle your own" one of these
a canoe
John
$300 [4]
Giants captured this war god, bound him with chains & kept him in a jar for 13 months
Ares
Julian Suzanne
$300 [26]
You can climb aboard this ride at the Disneyland Hotel & take it all the way to Tomorrowland
the monorail
John
$300 [14]
The Archimedean screw was used to raise this
water
Suzanne
$300 [20]
The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in this city is the nation's oldest cathedral
Baltimore
John
$300 [18]
It can be cooked in wine or eaten raw in salad, & its French name is chou rouge
red cabbage
John Julian
$300 [9]
To go at reckless, breakneck speed is to ride hell-for-this
leather
John
$400 [5]
They could be called the 50 fleece fetchers
the Argonauts
Julian
$400 [27]
The 1946 film "Song of the South" inspired this log flume ride that features a 5-story drop
Splash Mountain
Julian
$400 [15]
Reading Jules Verne's "Clipper of the Clouds" inspired Igor Sikorsky to invent this
the helicopter
Julian
$500 [22]
The main campus of this university was once the estate of Charles Carroll Jr.
the Johns Hopkins University
Suzanne
$400 [29]
This kind of roast resembles the regal headgear for which it's named
a crown roast
John
$400 [10]
Icy ichthyological term for an unemotional person
a cold fish
John
$500 [6]
This Egyptian god guarded tombs & weighed souls--sort of a "jackal" of all trades
Anubis
Julian
$500 [28]
Jose the Macaw, who used to greet guests at the entrance to Adventureland, stars in this "Enchanted" room
the Tiki Room
Suzanne
$500 [23]
This key permitted the addition of lower-case letters to a typewriter without adding more keys
the shift key
John
DD $1,500 [21]
On Jan. 14, 1784 in this Maryland city Congress ratified the treaty ending the American Revolution
Annapolis
John
$500 [30]
Shediac, New Brunswick holds an annual festival in honor of these tasty crustaceans
lobsters
Suzanne
$500 [11]
To be overly modest about one's abilities is to "hide" this "under a bushel"; the phrase comes from the Bible
a light (your light)
Suzanne

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY WORLD CAPITALS PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS POTPOURRI FAMOUS RUSSIAN- AMERICANS POLITICIANS
$200 [4]
He served as president of Argentina twice, 1946-1955 & 1973-1974
(Juan) Peron
Suzanne
$200 [11]
The harbors of this city & Yokohama have been combined to form one called Keihin
Tokyo
Julian
$200 [1]
In 1983 his "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing at the Alvin Theatre in NYC when it was renamed for him
Neil Simon
John
$200 [16]
Its state flower is the orange blossom
Florida
Suzanne
$600 [26]
This "Atlas Shrugged" author once worked as an extra at a Hollywood movie studio
Ayn Rand
Suzanne
$600 [21]
1 of 2 Daniel K.s who represented Hawaii in the Senate in 1994
Inouye (or Akaka)
John
$400 [5]
In 1844 the Dominican Republic successfully revolted against this neighbor
Haiti
Julian
$400 [12]
It was taken over by the French in 1883 & became the capital of French Indochina a few years later
Hanoi
Julian
$400 [2]
He adapted "Peter Pan" from his own novel "The Little White Bird"
James M. Barrie
Julian
$400 [17]
From 1877-1885, the Liberty Bell was hung in Independence Hall from a chain of this many links
13
John
$800 [24]
In 1984 this biochemist & science fiction author published his 300th book—"Opus 300"
Isaac Asimov
Julian
$800 [20]
She "began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity"
Bella Abzug
Suzanne
$600 [6]
During WWI this German ruler gave up effective control to Gens. Hindenburg & Ludendorff
Kaiser Wilhelm
John
$800 [14]
This city is home to Victoria University & the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Wellington
John Suzanne
$600 [3]
James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" may have inspired this playwright's "The Skin of Our Teeth"
Thornton Wilder
Suzanne
$600 [25]
This nut is also known as the Queensland nut
a macadamia nut
Suzanne
$1,000 [19]
This pianist returned to Russia in 1986 for his first concert there in 61 years
Vladimir Horowitz
John
$1,000 [18]
He was Speaker of the House when elected FDR's first vice president in 1932
John Nance Garner
$800 [7]
In 1791 the papacy relinquished control of this city to the French
Avignon
Julian Suzanne
$1,000 [15]
In the 1500s this Paraguayan capital became Spain's HQ for its affairs in eastern South America
Asuncion
John Suzanne
$1,000 [10]
Best known for "Rhinoceros", this "Godfather of the Theater of the Absurd" died in 1994 at age 81
Eugene Ionesco
Julian
$800 [23]
In 1780 Zadoc Benedict established the USA's first hat factory in Danbury in this state
Connecticut
John
$1,000 [8]
South Korea's president from 1948, he resigned in April 1960 due to student-led demonstrations
Syngman Rhee
Julian Suzanne
DD $2,000 [13]
This capital's name comes from a Masai phrase for "cold water"
Nairobi
Julian
DD $2,200 [9]
In his 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Cycle", Robert Schenkkan covered 200 years of family life in this state
Kentucky
Julian
$1,000 [22]
Chevalier is the French equivalent of this British rank of honor
knight
Julian

Final Jeopardy!

MUSIC COMPETITIONS

The piano competition named for him is sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation

Frederic Chopin

Suzanne "Who is Van Cliburn?" — wagered $1,301
John "Who is Artur Rubinstein?" — wagered $6,299
Julian "Who is Paderewski?" — wagered $2,801

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