Show #2391 1995-01-16 (taped 1994-10-26) Regular

Jim Morgan game 2.

Contestants

John Mark — a writer from Phoenix, Arizona

Cindi Cohen — an attorney from Annandale, Virginia

Jim Morgan — a personnel manager from New Brunswick, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jim $1,700 $4,000 $9,800 $8,199
2-day champion: $9,398
$9,800
22 R, 1 W
Cindi $1,800 $2,800 $5,700 $2
2nd place: Caribbean cruise from Norwegian Cruise Line
$6,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
John $-300 $1,600 $2,600 $1
3rd place: computer from Insight Computer
$4,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY TELEVISION INVENTORS THE 1790s THE FOUR SEASONS WORD ORIGINS
$100 [3]
In German this wooded region is called Schwarzwald
the Black Forest
Cindi
$100 [1]
A new version of this Rod Serling series was narrated by Charles Aidman from 1985 to 1987
The Twilight Zone
John
$100 [6]
In 1877 he sailed to Europe to introduce his new telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Cindi
$100 [15]
When this Russian ruler died in 1796, she had reigned for 34 years
Catherine the Great
Jim
$100 [24]
In the northern hemisphere, the first day of fall falls in this month
September
Jim
$100 [12]
A spurious imitation, it may be a dialectal variant of shame
sham
Cindi John
$200 [5]
India's Andaman & Nicobar Islands are located in this bay
the Bay of Bengal
John
$200 [2]
From 1972 to 1981, this Earl Hamner-created series evolved in time from the 1930s to the 1940s
The Waltons
Jim
$200 [20]
Roy J. Plunkett, the inventor of this non-stick coating for cookware, passed away in 1994
Teflon
Cindi
$200 [16]
In 1791 he sailed HMS Providence to Tahiti for more breadfruit; his previous shipment didn't make it back
Captain Bligh
John
$200 [25]
It's the medical-sounding term for the restless feeling you get in March
spring fever
Jim
$200 [13]
The name of this flavoring is the diminutive of Vaina, Spanish meaning "sheath"
vanilla
Cindi
$300 [9]
The strait that separates New Zealand's North & South Islands is named for this explorer
Cook
Jim
$300 [4]
For 5 seasons Herve Villechaize played this diminutive aide to Mr. Roarke on "Fantasy Island"
Tattoo
Jim
$300 [21]
Unable to pay his debts, he had to turn over his printing press to Johann Fust in 1455
Gutenberg
Jim
$300 [17]
Ira Allen, Ethan's brother, helped gain admission for this 14th state in 1791
Vermont
Jim
$300 [26]
The 4 seasons, in alphabetical order
fall, spring, summer, winter
Cindi
$300 [14]
Valuable for its seeds & oil, this plant gets its name from the Akkadian samassamu
Sesame
Jim
$400 [10]
Projecting into the Drake Passage, this cape is South America's southernmost point
Cape Horn
Cindi
$400 [7]
During this series' 8-year run, both Pamela Sue Martin & Emma Samms played Fallon Carrington
Dynasty
Cindi
$400 [22]
In January 1861, just 3 months before his death, he received a patent for a steam elevator
(Elisha) Otis
John
$400 [18]
This beauty met Lord Nelson in 1793 & in 1798 helped him get supplies for his Nile Campaign
Mrs. Hamilton
John
$400 [27]
It completes Shelley's question "O wind, if winter comes,..."
"can spring be far behind?"
John
$400 [29]
O3, its name comes from Greek meaning "to smell"
ozone
Jim
$500 [11]
This capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands is also known as St. Thomas, its name from 1921 to 1936
Charlotte Amalie
Cindi
$500 [8]
This actor won a 1989 Emmy for his role as Harry Weston on "Empty Nest"
Richard Mulligan
Jim John
$500 [23]
In 1977 he unveiled his company's new instant motion-picture system, Polavision
(Edwin) Land
Jim
DD $500 [19]
When Robert Gray discovered this river in the Oregon region in 1792, he named it after his ship
the Columbia
John
$500 [28]
A famous line from "Richard III" says, "Now is" this "made glorious summer by this sun of York"
"the winter of our discontent"
Jim
$500 [30]
The Shi in the name of this type of therapeutic massage is Japanese for "finger"
shiatsu
Cindi

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD FACTS HISTORICAL OPERAS EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY ARTISTS DEMOCRATS LITERATURE
$200 [4]
The name of Belem, a city in northern Brazil, is Portuguese for this biblical birthplace
Bethlehem
Cindi
$200 [14]
Based on Peter Shaffer's play, "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" concerns the Spanish conquest of this empire
the Incan
Jim Cindi
DD $100 [30]
Greek for "sun city", it was the center of the cult of Re, the sun god
Heliopolis
Cindi
$200 [15]
Albert Namatjira, an Aboriginal artist, was known for his watercolor landscapes of this country
Australia
Jim
$200 [1]
Clement Vallandigham was a leader of the Copperheads, Democrats opposed to this war
the Civil War
John
$200 [9]
After an ankle sprain confined her to her home in 1926, Margaret Mitchell began work on this novel
Gone with the Wind
Cindi
$400 [5]
A Canadian river that rises near the Quebec-Vermont border is named for this French cardinal
Richelieu
Cindi
$400 [16]
In an 1833 opera this Borgia is portrayed as a murderess who poisons her own son by mistake
Lucrezia
John
$200 [22]
Under the name of Hapi, this river was worshipped as a god
the Nile
Cindi
$400 [20]
When he was born in Caprese in 1475, his father, Lodovico Buonarroti, was the town's mayor
Michelangelo
John
$400 [2]
He faced a strong challenge from Edward Kennedy but was renominated for president in 1980
Jimmy Carter
John
$400 [10]
"Nobody's Fault" was his original title for "Little Dorrit"
Dickens
Jim
$600 [6]
In 1972 Mujibur Rahman became the 1st prime minister of this country once known as East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Jim
$600 [17]
In Handel's opera "Agrippina", it's traditional for a woman to play this "fiery" emperor, Agrippina's son
Nero
John
$400 [27]
Keb was called the great cackler for his work in producing the "cosmic" one of these
egg
$600 [21]
This Fr. sculptor succeeded Whistler as pres. of a society of sculptors, painters & engravers
Rodin
Jim
$600 [3]
In 1970 Adlai E. Stevenson III won this state's Senate seat vacated by Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Jim
$600 [11]
It's the feat for which Phileas Fogg won 20,000 pounds
Around the World in Eighty Days
Cindi
$800 [7]
These people of the Pyrenees speak Euskera, which is unrelated to any other known language
the Basques
Jim
$800 [18]
This fierce czar wreaks havoc in Novgorod in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Maid of Pskov"
Ivan the Terrible
John
$600 [28]
This bird of prey was sacred to Horus, so Horus was sometimes depicted having its head
the hawk
John
$800 [23]
In 1921 Fernand Leger unveiled "Three Women" & this artist unveiled "Three Musicians"
Pablo Picasso
$800 [25]
In June 1994 Leon E. Panetta replaced Thomas McLarty in this White House post
Chief of Staff
John
$800 [12]
This author of "An American Tragedy" also wrote a nonfiction work entitled "Tragic America"
(Theodore) Dreiser
Jim
$1,000 [8]
This largest island in the Netherlands Antilles has bridges named for the Dutch queens Emma & Juliana
Curaçao
Jim
DD $2,000 [19]
Thea Musgrave's 1977 opera about this queen features Lord Darnley & the Earl of Bothwell
Mary, Queen of Scots
John
$800 [29]
After being cut into pieces & scattered all over Egypt, he became god of the underworld
Osiris
$1,000 [24]
His "Autumn Rhythm" drip painting of 1950 measures nearly 9 by 17 1/2 feet
Jackson Pollock
$1,000 [26]
Fla. Democrat Sam Gibbons became acting chairman of this House committee in 1994, replacing Dan Rostenkowski
Ways & Means
Cindi
$1,000 [13]
"People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do" in this Studs Terkel book
Working
Jim

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY

John Sevier, the only gov. of the self-proclaimed state of Franklin, later became the 1st gov. of this state

Tennessee

John "What is Utah?" — wagered $2,599
Cindi "What is Vermont?" — wagered $5,698
Jim "What is West Virginia?" — wagered $1,601

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