Show #2140 1993-12-17 (taped 1993-09-13) Regular

Contestants

Kevin Ball — a film student originally from Kansas City, Missouri

Tina Karelson — an advertising copywriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Neal Favret — a law student from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Neal	$1,300	$1,300	$100	$0 3rd place: Polygram video selection + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$100 12 R, 7 W
Tina	$200	$2,300	$9,000	$8,000 New champion: $8,000	$10,300 21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Kevin	$700	$500	$1,900	$2,500 2nd place: Broyhill living room set + Mills carpeting	$1,900 13 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	SPORTS	TRAVEL & TOURISM	THE BIBLE	AWARDS	WORD ORIGINS
$100 [14] In 1889 Dow Jones & Company launched this financial paper The Wall Street Journal Kevin	$100 [6] He slugged his 714th & last home run in 1935, while with the Boston Braves Babe Ruth Tina	$100 [7] Washington Place, once the home of Queen Liliuokalani, is now the home of this state's governor Hawaii Neal	$100 [12] As trumpets blared & people shouted, the wall of this city "fell down flat" Jericho Tina	$100 [13] This pair posthumously won the first National Aviation Hall of Fame awards the Wright Brothers Kevin	$100 [1] These "magical" words may have come from the Latin "hoc est corpus", or "this is the body" hocus pocus Neal
$200 [15] In his 1964 State of the Union Address, Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on" this poverty Kevin	$200 [8] This general who vowed to return to the Philippines was president of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1928 MacArthur Neal	$200 [18] Opened in 1663, the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane is the oldest theatre in this city still in business London Tina	$200 [27] 1 John 3:12 calls this son of Adam & Eve a child "of that wicked one" Cain Neal	$200 [22] In December 1992 this former "Tonight Show" host received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush Johnny Carson Tina	$200 [2] From the Latin for "to increase", it's a sale where you up the price an auction
$300 [16] It was the only state admitted to the Union during the 1870s, 1876 to be exact Colorado	$300 [9] Va. governor Douglas Wilder eulogized this tennis legend who died in 1993 Arthur Ashe Kevin	$300 [19] The Jama Masjid mosque in this former capital city is the largest in India Delhi	$300 [28] 73 of the songs or poems in this book are ascribed to David Psalms Neal	$300 [23] In 1951 this "Talking Mule" won the American Humane Association's first Patsy Award Francis Kevin	$300 [3] An operatic prima donna, it comes from the Latin for "goddess" a diva Neal
$400 [17] This city's 1886 Haymarket Riot left 7 policemen dead & more than 60 injured Chicago Tina	$400 [10] In the 1970s superheavyweight Vasily Alexeyev set 80 world records in this sport weightlifting Kevin	$400 [20] This Saskatchewan capital has a Royal Canadian Mounted Police museum with exhibits on the agency's history Regina Neal Tina	$400 [29] Ananias, a disciple at Damascus, restored sight to this apostle Paul Neal	$400 [24] This country's King Faisal Int'l Prizes include ones for Arabic literature, Islamic studies & science Saudi Arabia Tina	$400 [4] Derived from a Greek word for "mode of life", it's come to mean "one's usual food" diet Neal Kevin
$500 [26] In the 1860s George Westinghouse solved a major railway problem by inventing this the air brake	$500 [11] On Aug. 23, 1992 this NFL team opened its new Georgia Dome with a preseason win over the Philadelphia Eagles the Atlanta Falcons Neal	$500 [21] The national seashore on this Texas island was established by Congress in 1962 Padre Island Neal Kevin	$500 [30] This city about 2 miles from Jerusalem was the home of Mary, Martha & Lazarus Bethany	DD $500 [25] The Sierra Club presents an annual photography award named for this nature photographer Ansel Adams Tina	$500 [5] Named for the naval surgeon who devised it, this cocktail is made with gin or vodka, lime juice & sugar a gimlet Neal

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOTABLE NAMES	THE ERIE CANAL	COINS	CLASSICAL MUSIC	SCIENCE & NATURE	BOOKS & AUTHORS
$200 [10] This queen of France was born in Vienna, & her original name was Maria Antonia Marie Antoinette Kevin	$200 [15] These animals walked alongside the canal & pulled boats through it mules (or horses) Neal Kevin	$200 [9] This Japanese coin equal to 100 sen is made of aluminum a yen Neal	$200 [17] This "Waltz King" wrote his first waltz at age 6 & had his own orchestra at age 19 (Johann) Strauss Kevin	$200 [1] Snails have these organs at the end of their 2 stalks eyes Neal Kevin	$200 [4] Her book "Death on the Nile" opens outside the Cataract Hotel at Aswan Agatha Christie Tina
$400 [18] Gangster Arthur Flegenheimer went by this name though he was born in the Bronx, not the Netherlands Dutch (Schultz) Tina	$400 [16] Construction started in Rome in 1817; one group dug west to Buffalo, one group east to this capital Albany Tina	$400 [11] To commemorate the murder of Julius Caesar, a silver denarius coin depicting this assassin was issued Brutus Tina	$400 [19] This French composer died 3 months to the day after his opera "Carmen" premiered Bizet Tina	$400 [2] The duke is a hybrid of the sweet & tart varieties of this tree fruit cherries	$400 [5] He translated "Alice in Wonderland" into Russian before he created another young girl, Lolita Nabokov Kevin
$600 [23] John of Gaunt was the maternal grandfather of this Portuguese prince famed for financing voyages Henry (the Navigator) Tina	$600 [28] The canal took about 8 years to build & about 10 years to recoup the cost via these tolls Tina	$600 [12] This country's post- World War I coins featured such heroes as Jozef Pilsudski & John III Sobieski Poland Tina	DD $500 [22] Born in 1862, this French composer created musical Impressionism Debussy Tina	$600 [3] About half as heavy as water, it's the lightest of all metals lithium Neal	$600 [6] His 1927 book "Tales of Swordfish and Tuna" isn't as famous as his Western novels Zane Grey Neal Kevin
$800 [24] During the Franco- Prussian War, this Massachusetts nurse served with the International Red Cross Clara Barton Kevin	$800 [29] The Oswego Canal connects this Great Lake with the Erie Canal Lake Ontario Neal	$800 [13] This Russian alloy coin, one-hundredth of a ruble, was once made of silver a kopeck Tina	$600 [20] While a court organist in Salzburg, he composed his famous "Coronation" mass Mozart Neal	$800 [26] Named from the Greek for "bloodlike", this mineral, often red, is the chief ore of iron hematite	$800 [7] The mother of this "Show Boat" author talked her out of burning her first novel Edna Ferber Tina Kevin
$1,000 [25] His son Elliott wrote about his alleged romance with Missy LeHand in the 1973 book "An Untold Story" FDR Tina	DD $800 [30] This New York governor was aboard the Seneca Chief, the first boat through the canal Dewitt Clinton Tina	$1,000 [14] In 1933 New Zealand began minting coins featuring designs of this native people the Maori Kevin	$800 [21] He died of cholera 9 days after conducting the first performance of his "Pathetique" symphony Tchaikovsky Tina Kevin	$1,000 [27] Discovered in 1974, the oldest skeleton of a female hominid is nicknamed this, after a Beatles song Lucy Kevin	$1,000 [8] Life magazine called this author of "The Female Eunuch" a "saucy feminist that even men like" Germaine Greer

Final Jeopardy!

EDUCATION

Its 1st headline in '28 read, "2 Poor Boys Who Made Good Are Now Running for the Highest Office in the World"

the Weekly Reader

Neal "What is the Amer Tea" — wagered $100

Kevin "What is The Weekly Reader?" — wagered $600

Tina "What is the Yale newspaper?" — wagered $1,000

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