Show #2403 1995-02-01 (taped 1994-11-09) Regular

Contestants

Hillary Dekker — a stage mother originally from Bridgend, Wales

Gerald Demaree — a property administrator from San Diego, California

Jim Spellane — a public relations director from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jim $2,200 $5,500 $13,400 $14,000
2-day champion: $27,800
$11,900
31 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Gerald $300 $0 $6,200 $5,599
2nd place: Psion pocket computer + Franklin Digital Book System
$3,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Hillary $700 $1,000 $3,400 $3,400
3rd place: Samsung fax machine
$3,400
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES THE EMMYS VALENTINE'S DAY 1956 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES STARTS WITH "F"
$100 [1]
From 1914 to 1924, this Russian city was known as Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Jim
$100 [26]
In 1991 this actor received his first Emmy nomination & win for "Evening Shade"
Burt Reynolds
Hillary
$100 [21]
Hallmark eliminated this color for its Valentine envelopes; P.O. computers can't read them
red
Jim
$100 [6]
While recuperating from surgery in Gettysburg, he announced he'd actively seek a 2nd term as pres.
Eisenhower
Jim Gerald
$100 [16]
Past presidents of this university include Increase Mather, Charles W. Eliot & Derek Bok
Harvard
Jim
$100 [11]
This small, high-pitched flute is used primarily to accompany drums in a military band
a fife
Gerald Hillary
$200 [2]
Port Jackson Harbor has helped make this city Australia's busiest seaport
Sydney
Hillary
$200 [27]
The Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series of 1977-78 was this series starring Bob Keeshan
Captain Kangaroo
Jim Hillary
$200 [22]
The holiday may go back to Lupercalia, a Roman festival in this month
February
Jim
$200 [7]
Many pro-Peronists were executed in this country after a 12-hour revolt
Argentina
Gerald
$200 [17]
The main campus of Purdue University is in West Lafayette in this state
Indiana
Jim
$200 [12]
As a verb it's to decline in strength; as a noun, it's a piece of cloth used as a country's emblem
flag
Jim
$300 [3]
This Brazilian city is home to the second-largest metropolitan population in Latin America
Sao Paulo
Jim Gerald Hillary
$300 [28]
This "M*A*S*H" star has Emmys for acting, writing & directing
Alan Alda
Jim
$300 [23]
A Danish woman who guesses her secret Valentine sender's identity gets an egg from him on this holiday
Easter
Hillary
$300 [8]
This fighter born Rocco Marchegiano announced his retirement on April 27
Rocky Marciano
Jim
$300 [18]
In 1897 this university moved to its current 36-acre campus in Upper Manhattan
Columbia University
Jim Gerald Hillary
$300 [13]
The name of this soft felt hat comes from the title of a Victorien Sardou play
a fedora
Hillary
$400 [4]
Emperor Hirohito opened Expo '70 in this city, the first in Asia to host a World's Fair
Osaka
Jim
$400 [29]
In 1976 he won his only Emmy for hosting "Password"
Allen Ludden
$400 [24]
This Rodgers & Hart song has been used in the films "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" & "Pal Joey"
"My Funny Valentine"
Hillary
$400 [9]
This 27-year-old pastor was found guilty of conspiracy in the Montgomery bus boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr
Jim
$500 [20]
This Ithaca, New York school is the only private land-grant university
Cornell
Jim
$400 [14]
One found in King Tut's tomb is an elaborate spray of ostrich feathers
a fan
Hillary
$500 [5]
The capital of Italy's Piedmont region, it produces about 85% of Italy's autos
Turin
Jim
$500 [30]
In 1982 all 5 nominees for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama were from this police series
Hill Street Blues
Jim
$500 [25]
In "Hamlet" she sings about Valentine's Day
Ophelia
Jim
$500 [10]
This author of "The American Language" died in Baltimore, Maryland on January 29
H.L. Mencken
Gerald
DD $1,000 [19]
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this private California university
Stanford
Jim
$500 [15]
It's a native or inhabitant of Flanders
the Flemish
Jim Gerald

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. U.N. AMBASSADORS SCIENCE MAGAZINES COLORADO NOTABLE NAMES LITERATURE
$200 [11]
Though he served less than 2 years as a U.N. ambassador, he served 4 years as a U.S. president
George Bush
$200 [13]
The body's main artery, it extends from the heart to the fourth lumbar vertebra
the aorta
Jim
$200 [23]
"Jeopardy!" is one of the shows that's been cheered in this weekly's "Cheers 'n' Jeers" column
TV Guide
Hillary
$200 [18]
On the last day of his 1993 U.S. visit, he spoke to over 350,000 at a mass south of Denver
Pope John Paul II
Jim
$200 [15]
The great French chef Escoffier created this fruit dessert in honor of opera singer Nellie Melba
Peach Melba
Jim
$200 [2]
In this James Hilton work, the title teacher comes out of retirement to head Brookfield during WWI
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Jim
$400 [12]
To become U.N. ambassador in 1965, Arthur Goldberg resigned from this body
the Supreme Court
Gerald
$800 [27]
German physicist known for his 1900 quantum theory & his constant
Planck
Gerald
$600 [24]
In 1994, several months after it folded, this New York-based satire magazine was relaunched with new owners
Spy
Jim
$400 [7]
The Rocky Mountain species of this creature is the state animal
the bighorn sheep
Jim Gerald
$400 [19]
In 1903 he built what is now a world-famous Chocolate Factory near his Pennsylvania birthplace
Hershey
Jim
$400 [3]
Milton stated that the purpose of this epic poem was to "justify the ways of God to men"
Paradise Lost
Jim
$600 [14]
Madeleine K. Albright is the second female ambassador; she was the first
(Jeane) Kirkpatrick
Gerald Hillary
$1,000 [1]
In 1730 he was appointed lecturer in botany at Sweden's University of Uppsala
Carolus Linnaeus
Hillary
$800 [26]
Aimed at people over 50, this AARP publication is the top-circulating magazine in the U.S.
Modern Maturity
$600 [8]
A narrow-gauge one of these runs from Durango to Silverton
a railroad
Gerald
$600 [20]
In 1963 this photographer & conservationist received the John Muir Award from the Sierra Club
Ansel Adams
Jim
$600 [4]
In this Flaubert novel, Emma takes Arsenic because of her debts to merchant Lheureux
Madame Bovary
Hillary
$800 [16]
He served as U.N. ambassador in 1975 & 1976; since 1977 he's been a New York senator
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Jim
DD $3,000 [28]
The name of this class of rock is from the Latin for "fire"
igneous
Gerald
$1,000 [25]
This well-known women's monthly was founded in 1876 as a pattern & fashion periodical called The Queen
McCall's
$800 [9]
This city, home to a film festival & pro ski event, is named after a type of ore
Telluride
Gerald
$800 [21]
This muralist was the son of congressman Maecenas E. Benton
Thomas Hart Benton
Jim
$800 [5]
At the end of this Robert Louis Stevenson work, David Balfour claims his rightful inheritance
Kidnapped
Gerald
$1,000 [17]
After losing his Senate seat to JFK in 1952, he was appointed U.N. Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge (Jr.)
Jim
$1,000 [10]
This Democratic presidential candidate carried Colorado 3 times: in 1896, 1900 & 1908
William Jennings Bryan
Jim
DD $1,900 [22]
News service founded by a man who was created a baron by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1871
Reuters
Jim
$1,000 [6]
In "Heart of Darkness", this character dies murmuring, "The horror! The horror!"
Kurtz

Final Jeopardy!

SENATORS

A protege of Chicago mayor Harold Washington, she was elected Cook County recorder of Deeds in 1988

Carol Moseley-Braun

Hillary "Who is Thomas Dekker" — wagered $0
Gerald "Who is ?" — wagered $601
Jim "Who is Carol M. Braun" — wagered $600

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