Show #2099 1993-10-21 (taped 1993-08-23) Regular

David Venderbush game 5.

Contestants

Aggie Zarkadas — an actress and writer from Chicago, Illinois

Tom Whittington — an attorney from Bellevue, Washington

David Venderbush — an attorney originally from Mequon, Wisconsin (whose 4-day cash winnings total $35,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$1,100	$4,600	$9,600	$15,600 5-day champion: $50,800	$6,900 18 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Tom	$600	$1,700	$3,300	$6,300 2nd place: trip to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	$4,300 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Aggie	$2,500	$3,000	$7,800	$0 3rd place: Fila sportswear package	$7,800 22 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE	NONPOTENT POTABLES	ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES	WORLD CITIES	PLANTS & TREES	LAST NAME'S THE SAME
$100 [21] The Declaration takes King George III to task for "depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by" this jury David	$100 [6] This soft drink got its name from Pepsin, one of its ingredients Pepsi Cola Aggie	$100 [11] An enemy who's disguised as a friend is one of these "in sheep's clothing" a wolf Tom	$100 [16] Suburbs of this African city include Heliopolis, Nasr City & Giza Cairo David	$100 [26] For houseplants, popular ones of these include the bird's-nest, rabbit's-foot & Boston ferns Aggie	$100 [5] Michael, Diane, Buster Keaton Aggie
$200 [22] A clause was dropped that censured Britain for allowing the importation of these people slaves David	$200 [7] The Earl Grey type of this is named for a man who was prime minister to King William IV tea Aggie	$200 [12] It's what the early bird does; doesn't make you want to get up early, does it? catches the worm Aggie	$200 [17] On April 25 it celebrates St. Mark's Day with a special high mass at the Basilica di San Marco Venice Aggie	$200 [27] The Chinese tallow tree yields an oil that's used to make soap & these illumination items Candles Aggie	$200 [1] Madeleine, Pat, Diahann Carroll Aggie
$300 [23] On December 15, 1952 the Declaration was placed on permanent display in this building the (National) Archives Tom	$300 [8] Topping espresso with steamed milk foam turns it into this cappuccino Tom Aggie	$300 [13] A voracious diner is said "to eat like" one of these, which implies he should wear a feed bag a horse David	$300 [18] The Palais des Nations in this Swiss city houses a philatelic museum & U.N. Bookshop Geneva David	$300 [28] Rattan, which is used to make furniture, comes from this type of tree, as do dates a palm tree Tom	$300 [2] Harold, Ken, Kurt Russell David
$400 [24] On July 2, 1776 only this large state abstained from voting on the Declaration New York David	$400 [9] Birch beer is flavored with an extract made from this part of a birch tree the bark Aggie	$400 [14] Something that may never take place won't happen "until" these farm animals "come home" the cows Tom	$400 [19] You can take an elevator to the top of the 200'-high monument to Columbus in this Spanish port Barcelona	$400 [29] This shrub that grows white berries is related to poison ivy & poison oak but even more potent poison sumac David	$400 [3] Connie, Arlene, Genie Francis Tom
DD $2,000 [25] This Massachusetts delegate was asked to draft the declaration but declined John Adams David	$500 [10] Originally the liquid left in the churn, this is now made by culturing nonfat or lowfat milk buttermilk Aggie	$500 [15] "Olfactory" phrase for what you do when you suspect treachery to smell a rat Aggie	$500 [20] Guayaquil, this country's largest city, was founded in the 1530s by a lieutenant of Pizarro Ecuador	$500 [30] The American & English, with glossy leaves & red berries, are the best-known varieties of this tree the holly tree Tom	$500 [4] Mary, Dolores, Lorenz Hart David

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL SCIENCE	FAMOUS OLIVERS	OPERAS & OPERETTAS	POETRY	ANCIENT HISTORY	SILENT MOVIES
$200 [13] Formalin is a liquid form of this substance used to preserve biological specimens formaldehyde Aggie	$200 [2] Literary character famous for asking for more gruel Oliver Twist Tom	$200 [4] Title adjective that describes Marietta in a 1910 operetta by Victor Herbert Naughty Aggie	$200 [12] The Bard who asked, "Who is Silvia? What is she, that all our swains commend her?" Shakespeare David	$200 [26] This country's first known pyramid was built for King Zoser at Saqqarah around 2650 B.C. Egypt Tom	$200 [1] Anna May Wong played Tiger Lily & Ernest Torrence, Captain Hook in this 1924 release Peter Pan David
$400 [14] Of 75%, 50% or 30%, the amount of the Earth's fresh water that's in glaciers & ice caps 75 David Tom Aggie	$400 [3] He thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was "a neat idea" Oliver North Aggie	$400 [5] This Homeric hero appears in several operas; a tendon was named for him, too Achilles David	$400 [18] The name that completes Poe's line "And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful..." Annabel Lee Tom	$400 [27] These 3 wars between Rome & Carthage were named for the Latin word for "phoenician" the Punic Wars Aggie	$400 [21] Charlie Chaplin for this co-star of "The Kid" performing in vaudeville with his father Jackie Coogan Aggie
$600 [15] In physics the symbol K stands for Kelvin; in chemistry, it stands for this element Potassium David	$600 [6] His brother Matthew opened Japan to Western trade Oliver Perry Tom	$600 [9] Mascagni's opera "Le Maschere" premiered simultaneously at 6 of this country's major opera houses Italy David	$800 [20] In this poem Tennyson wrote, "And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea" "Crossing the Bar" Tom	$600 [28] This Macedonian king conquered Greece by winning the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 B.C. Philip David Aggie	$600 [22] William Wyler, a production ass't for the chariot scene of this 1920s film, directed the 1959 remake Ben-Hur Tom
$1,000 [17] It's the type of energy exhibited by a flying baseball or an object falling to the ground kinetic Aggie	$800 [7] Dissenting opinions of this Supreme Court justice were published in 1929 Oliver Wendell Holmes Aggie	$800 [10] Little Buttercup is the bumboat woman who sells her wares on this title ship H.M.S. Pinafore Tom	DD $1,000 [19] In epic poems this paladin of Charlemagne was both "Innamorato" & "Furioso" Orlando Tom	$800 [29] This Cretan city's palace was destroyed by an earthquake around 1700 B.C. Knossos Aggie	$800 [23] This director paid an astounding $175,000 for the movie rights to "Way Down East" D.W. Griffith
DD $2,000 [16] In its most common isotope, it's the only element whose atoms lack neutrons hydrogen David	$1,000 [8] He wrote "Awakenings" & "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" Oliver Sacks Aggie	$1,000 [11] Franz von Suppe wrote an acclaimed 1879 operetta about this author of "The Decameron" Boccaccio Aggie	$1,000 [25] Hoosier poet who wrote his 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" in Hoosier dialect James Whitcomb Riley Tom	$1,000 [30] This temple in Ephesus, 1 of the 7 ancient wonders, was burned by Herostratus in 356 B.C. the Temple of Artemis Aggie	$1,000 [24] The Eskimo in the title of this Robert Flaherty documentary starved to death shortly after its release Nanook of the North Aggie

Final Jeopardy!

ORGANIZATIONS

When this U.S. organization was established in 1912, Daisy Gordon became its first registered member

the Girl Scouts

Tom "What is the Girl Scouts?" — wagered $3,000

Aggie "What is the DAR?" — wagered $7,800

David "What Girl Scouts" — wagered $6,000

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