Show #2170 1994-01-28 (taped 1993-11-01) Regular

Contestants

Jan Charles — a business owner from Sayville, New York

John Welch — a physician from Concord, New Hampshire

Annie Gottlieb — a freelance writer from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Annie	$1,600	$2,900	$5,200	$10,399 2nd place: trip to Tucson, Arizona	$3,900 21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
John	$1,100	$2,600	$9,400	$10,500 New champion: $10,500	$10,100 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jan	$100	$1,100	$2,300	$2,300 3rd place: Citizen electronic organizer + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$2,300 7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.	WARNER BROS. CARTOONS	LANGUAGES	THE NEW TESTAMENT	DAYS OF THE DEAD	ENDING "UP"
$100 [7] Its state fair takes place in Syracuse, not in Albany New York state Annie	$100 [17] He's called "Taz" for short the Tasmanian Devil John	$100 [1] Dialects of this language fall into 2 major divisions: Plattdeutsch & Hochdeutsch German Annie	$100 [6] "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are" these "ravening" animals wolves Jan	$100 [9] The date of this U.S. holiday changes, but it's always the last Monday in May Memorial Day John	$100 [12] On the 1992 Oscar telecast, Jack Palance did a one-handed one a push-up John
$200 [8] The Bering Sea Ice Classic is a golf tournament played on ice in this U.S. state Alaska Annie	$200 [27] The 1947 cartoon that first paired this cat & bird won an Academy Award Sylvester & Tweety Bird John	$200 [2] Quechua, spoken in Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador, was the language of this empire Incan John	$200 [16] It's what the wise men followed "till it came and stood over where the young child was" the Star of Bethlehem Jan	$200 [10] This country's second- biggest festival is Wandering Souls' day; the biggest festival is Tet Vietnam Annie	$200 [23] Cowboys do it to cattle; Casablancan police do it to "the usual suspects" round up John
$300 [13] Roland Hinton Perry sculpted the lions for the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue in this city Washington, D.C. John	$300 [28] This character's cartoons include "Odor-Able Kitty", "Heaven Scent" & "Touche and Go" Pepe Le Pew John	$300 [3] "Koala" & "boomerang" entered English from the indigenous languages of this continent Australia Annie	$300 [18] John reports that Jesus used a whip to drive the sheep, oxen, money changers & dove sellers from this place the Temple John	$300 [11] Japanese Buddhists celebrate the festival of Bon, when these are lighted & floated down a river candles (or okuri-dango, or lanterns) Annie	$300 [24] A famous one in the 1940s was Betty Grable a pinup Jan
$400 [14] Henry Flagler's fabulous mansion is now a musuem in this Florida beach city named for its coconut trees Palm Beach John	$400 [29] Mac 'n' Tosh, a goofy pair of these burrowing rodents, appeared in several cartoons gophers	$400 [4] The Dravidian languages are found principally in Pakistan, India & this island nation Sri Lanka Annie	$400 [19] The devil asked Christ, "If thou be the son of God, command this stone that it be made" this food bread John	$400 [21] On the 10th of Tishri, this Jewish high holiday, a special memorial service or Yizkor is held Yom Kippur Annie	$400 [25] The person who came in second a runner-up Annie
DD $500 [15] This city, Oklahoma's second largest, hosts an annual chili cookoff & Bluegrass Festival Tulsa John	$500 [30] In 1958's "Robin Hood Daffy", he played Friar Tuck Porky Pig	$500 [5] About 1/3 of this country's people speak Amharic, especially in the region around Addis Ababa Ethiopia John	$500 [20] After Herod presented his stepdaughter with the head of John the Baptist, she gave it to this person her mother	$500 [22] All Souls' Day, for the dear departed, follows the day for "all" of these saints Annie	$500 [26] For safekeeping he might have kept his findings in a poll vault (George) Gallup Jan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II	MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS	COMPOSERS	GEMS & JEWELRY	LESSER KNOWN QUOTES	SHAKESPEARE
$200 [3] In September 1943, German airborne troops rescued this Italian dictator who was under arrest Mussolini Annie	$200 [5] She's Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter Princess Anne Annie	$200 [4] Gershwin wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" & he wrote "The Blue Danube Waltz" Strauss Annie	$200 [26] In the 1950s General Electric synthesized these industrial gems in weights of less than a carat diamonds Jan	$200 [1] As Joachim du Bellay put it, "Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a fine" one of these a voyage Annie Jan	$200 [16] The play in which Curtis asks, "Is she so hot a shrew as she's reported?" Taming of the Shrew Annie
$400 [12] This leader of the Afrika Korps later killed himself when implicated in a plot to kill Hitler Rommel Annie	$400 [6] Her daughter Carol Higgins Clark wrote a 1992 novel about a private eye whose mother is a mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark Annie	$400 [8] Purcell wrote "The Fairy Queen" & he wrote the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" Tchaikovsky John	$400 [27] The Aztecs wore jewelry made of this blue-green gem to indicate rank turquoise Annie Jan	$400 [2] 1980s First Lady who said, "A woman is like a teabag... when she is in hot water... you realize how strong she is" Nancy Reagan John	$400 [17] Title character who says, "The Ides of March are come" Julius Caesar Annie
$600 [13] The 1942-43 battle of this Volga city is considered the decisive battle on the Eastern Front Stalingrad Annie	$600 [7] This country singer calls her mother Naomi "the queen of everything" Wynonna Judd John	$600 [9] Beethoven wrote "Moonlight Sonata" & he wrote "Clair de Lune" Debussy Jan	$600 [28] During the 18th century, full wigs obscured these paired ornaments, making them temporarily unfashionable earrings John	$600 [23] "Impropriety is the soul of wit", he wrote in "The Moon and Sixpence" Somerset Maugham John	$600 [18] By the end of this play, Goneril, Regan & Cordelia are all dead King Lear John
$800 [19] U.S. forces on this Philippine fortress island surrendered to the Japanese on May 6, 1942 Corregidor Annie John	$1,000 [15] This creator of the "Cathy" comic strip said, "Anything is possible if you listen to your mother" (Cathy) Guisewite Annie	$800 [10] Holst wrote "The Planets" & he wrote a symphony "From the New World" Antonin Dvorak John	$800 [29] Worn during periods of mourning, jet is a hard, black variety of this mineral Coal Annie John	$800 [24] Among the epitaphs she suggested for herself were "Excuse my dust" & "This is on me" Dorothy Parker	$800 [21] This Prince of Tyre has a daughter named Marina Pericles
$1,000 [20] The U.S. 101st Airborne Division held this town for 8 days during the Battle of the Bulge Bastogne John	DD $2,100 [14] A Titan named Mnemosyne, which means memory, was the mother of this nonet of Greek goddesses the Muses Annie	$1,000 [11] Handel wrote "The Harmonious Blacksmith" & he wrote the "Anvil Chorus" Giuseppe Verdi Annie John	$1,000 [30] Used in signet rings & religious carvings, this green gem with red spots is also called St. Stephen's Stone Bloodstone Annie Jan	$1,000 [25] He wrote, "in every language... thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry by jingo by gee by gosh by gum" E.E. Cummings	DD $800 [22] This comedy was probably written to be performed during Epiphany festivities, hence its name Twelfth Night John

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

From the same root as "bottle", this job in Old England involved pouring wine

butler

Jan "What is a cante" — wagered $0

Annie "What is butler" — wagered $5,199

John "What is butler" — wagered $1,100

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