Show #2139 1993-12-16 (taped 1993-09-13) Regular

Contestants

Neal Favret — a law student from New Orleans, Louisiana

Barney Agnew — a guest service agent from Chicago, Illinois

Sandy Silk — a certified financial planner originally from Fall River, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sandy $2,800 $4,500 $9,300 $4,199
2nd place: trip to Tampa, Florida
$9,300
24 R, 0 W
Barney $300 $100 $-600 $-600
3rd place: American Pearl Company pearl pendant necklace
$3,100
11 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Neal $900 $2,800 $7,200 $7,200
New champion: $7,200
$7,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

CANADA PHOBIAS BOTANY INVENTORS RHYME TIME THE SPORT PLAYED
$100 [11]
It's the number of cents in a Canadian dollar—makes sense to us
100
Sandy
$100 [16]
Amathophobia is a fear of this, something everyone returns to & Pledge gets rid of
dust
Sandy Barney
$100 [21]
Found in a tree's xylem, it's a liquid made up of dissolved mineral salts & sugars
sap
Neal
$100 [26]
Elisha Gray & Alexander Graham Bell contested the invention of this device all the way to the Supreme Court
the telephone
Neal
$100 [6]
A precious metal that's been around a while
old gold
Sandy
$100 [1]
Michael Chang, Boris Becker, Gabriela Sabatini
tennis
Neal
$200 [12]
Dragon boat races are an annual June event in this British Columbia city known for its Asian community
Vancouver
Sandy
$200 [17]
Algophobics fear pain & hedonophobics fear this
pleasure
Neal
$200 [22]
Burpee doesn't sell you seeds to grow these vegetables, it sends you eyes
potatoes
Neal
$200 [27]
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird transmitted the first moving picture in this medium
television
$200 [7]
Heat Wesson till it bubbles
boil oil
Neal
$200 [2]
Barry Sanders, Jim McMahon, Eric Dickerson
football
Neal
$300 [13]
The motto of this Canadian province is "Je me souviens", which means "I remember"
Quebec
Sandy
$300 [18]
Chionophobics fear flakes of this
snow
Sandy
$300 [23]
The anther is usually made up of 4 of these sacs
pollen sacs
Neal
$300 [28]
Joseph Bramah invented several machine tools to make his "pickproof" type of this device
a lock
Barney
$300 [8]
A box with the pattern of a Highland clan
a tartan carton
Sandy
$300 [3]
James Worthy, Karl Malone, Isiah Thomas
basketball
Barney
$400 [14]
Canada's beautiful National Gallery isn't far from the Parliament buildings in this city
Ottawa
Sandy
$400 [19]
An erg is a unit of this; ergo, ergophobia is a fear of it
work
Sandy
$400 [24]
Michigan, New Jersey & North Carolina grow the Highbush variety of this bright berry
the blueberry
Barney
$400 [29]
In the 1790s Richard Trevithick invented the first high-pressure type of this engine
a steam engine
Sandy
$400 [9]
A weighty tax
a heavy levy
Sandy
$400 [4]
Cecil Fielder, Roger Clemens, Dennis Eckersley
baseball
Neal
$500 [15]
This Nova Scotia city is the largest in Canada's Atlantic provinces
Halifax
Barney
$500 [20]
Ancraophobics wouldn't like to find the answer, my friend, here
the wind
Neal
DD $500 [25]
Some of these plants, like cacti, store water in their stems; others use their leaves
succulents
Neal
$500 [30]
Charles Kettering, inventor of an electric cash register, also co-founded this cancer institute
Sloan-Kettering
Sandy
$500 [10]
A Viking equestrian
a Norseman horseman
Sandy Barney
$500 [5]
Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Patty Sheehan
golf
Sandy

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN CITIES BOTTOMS UP! LITERARY CHARACTERS THE CIVIL WAR COMPOSERS MOVIE "IN"s & "OUT"s
$200 [2]
Some legends say this Polish city was founded by a prince named Krak who outwitted a dragon
Krakow
Sandy Barney
$200 [7]
Traditionally, juleps are garnished with this type of leaf
a mint
Sandy
$200 [16]
Capt. Yossarian tries to outwit the army & stay alive in this novel by Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Neal
$200 [21]
This federal ironclad almost sank twice on the way to its battle with the Merrimack
the Monitor
Barney
$200 [26]
He likened the familiar opening 4 notes of his fifth symphony to fate knocking at the door
Beethoven
Sandy
$200 [1]
Extras from the Masai & Kikuyu tribes appeared in this film about the life of Isak Dinesen
Out of Africa
Sandy
$400 [3]
Worms, the city where Martin Luther appeared before the Imperial Diet in 1521, is in this country
Germany
Sandy
$400 [8]
James Bond prefers his "shaken, not stirred"
martinis
Neal
$400 [17]
Though he loves Roxane, he helps Christian de Neuvillette pursue her
Cyrano
Neal
$400 [22]
After holding the office provisionally, he was elected to a 6-year term as Confederate president
Jefferson Davis
Neal
$400 [27]
His work "Concerts avec Plusieurs Instruments" is better known as the "Brandenburg Concertos"
Bach
Barney
$400 [10]
The Sidney Poitier movie "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!" was a follow-up to this film
In The Heat of the Night
Neal
$600 [4]
St. Ambrose is this city's patron saint, so La Scala's season traditionally begins on his feast day
Milan
Sandy
$600 [9]
This cocktail made with white rum, lime juice & sugar is served cold or frozen
a daiquiri
Barney
$600 [18]
Of the 4 "Little Women", she's the tomboy
Jo
Barney
$600 [23]
In July 1861 inexperienced Union troops were routed at this battle near Manassas, Virginia
(The First Battle of) Bull Run
Sandy
DD $800 [28]
This composer's last 2 works, mazurkas in G minor & F minor, were published posthumously
Chopin
Barney
$600 [13]
Robert Blake played one of the killers in this 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book
In Cold Blood
Sandy
$800 [5]
The Monastery of the Caves in this capital of Ukraine is noted for its ancient catacombs
Kiev
Sandy
$800 [11]
This sweet anise- flavored liqueur is considered Greece's national aperitif
ouzo
Neal
$800 [19]
Surgeon Adam Kelno brings an author to trial in this 1970 Leon Uris novel
QB VII
Neal
$800 [24]
This Mississippi city surrendered to the Union the day after the Battle of Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Barney
$800 [29]
This composer of "The Creation" & "The Seasons" has been called the "Father of the String Quartet"
Joseph Haydn
Barney
$800 [14]
Anything that can go wrong does to Jack Lemmon & Sandy Dennis in this 1970 film
The Out-of-Towners
Barney
$1,000 [6]
Belgium's Marine Museum is inside a 10th century fortress that's the oldest building in this major seaport
Antwerp
Sandy
$1,000 [12]
Mix equal parts of Scotch & Drambuie, pour over ice & you'll have this classic cocktail
a rusty nail
Neal
$1,000 [20]
Mrs. Hudson was this detective's landlady
Sherlock Holmes
Neal
DD $3,900 [25]
In January 1862 Lincoln replaced Secretary of War Simon Cameron with this man
Edwin Stanton
Barney
$1,000 [30]
During World War I this pianist donated his concert receipts to Polish war victims
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Barney Neal
$1,000 [15]
Bruce Willis played a Vietnam War vet & uncle to Emily Lloyd in this 1989 film
In Country
Barney

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY WOMEN

She was Time magazine's Woman of the Year for 1953

Queen Elizabeth II

Neal "Who was Golda Meir" — wagered $0
Sandy "Who was Mamie Eisenhower" — wagered $5,101

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