Show #2176 1994-02-07 (taped 1993-11-30) Regular

Contestants

Martha Swartz — an associate director originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Dave Moxness — a data processor from Van Nuys, California

Bob Tzudiker — a writer originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bob $-400 $2,200 $7,400 $3,400
2nd place: Twinhead notebook computer + DēLonghi cappucino maker
$6,900
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Dave $-100 $2,000 $11,000 $4,300
New champion: $4,300
$6,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Martha $300 $700 $2,100 $100
3rd place: Samsung fax machine + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis
$2,100
6 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ART GRAMMAR GARDENING WORLD CITIES CRIME TIME GENERAL HOSPITAL
$100 [10]
In the 1860s Antoine- Louis Barye created an equestrian statue of this emperor for his birthplace on Corsica
Napoleon
Dave
$100 [6]
It's the comparative form of tall
taller
Dave
$100 [26]
The honey & bumble types of this insect are excellent pollinators
the bee
Bob
$100 [1]
Begun more than 400 years ago, Bakken amusement park in this Danish capital is the world's oldest
Copenhagen
Martha
$100 [15]
He escaped from jail in early 1930 with help from his new girlfriend, Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Dave
$100 [7]
In 1981 this actor visited the set to research his "Tootsie" role
Dustin Hoffman
Bob
$200 [11]
This Arizona desert provides much of the colored sand used in Hopi & Navajo sand paintings
the Painted Desert
Bob
$200 [8]
An exception to this rule goes "but e after I when the sound is a"
I before E except after C
Dave
$200 [27]
The grandiflora class of this flower group was created by crossing hybrid teas & floribundas
roses
$200 [2]
Public art galleries in this capital include the Tate Gallery & the Wallace Collection
London
Bob
$200 [16]
Type of criminal called a "dip"
a pickpocket
Bob
$200 [9]
The hospital seen in the opening is the County-USC hospital in this city
Los Angeles
Martha
$300 [12]
Around 1485 Botticelli completed his painting of "The Birth of" this goddess
Venus
Bob
$300 [23]
One of the principal uses of this punctuation mark is to set off coordinate clauses
the comma
Dave
$300 [28]
Bordeaux mixture, a fungicide, was first used to treat this plant near Bordeaux, France
grapes
Bob
$400 [4]
The Gaelic form of this capital's name is Dunedin
Edinburgh
Bob
$300 [17]
The origin of this 3-letter word for what an escapee is "on" is unknown
the lam
Bob
$300 [20]
She played Jackie Templeton in 1982-83 & went on to star in "Ghost" & "A Few Good Men"
Demi Moore
Dave
$400 [13]
In the 1930s this Mexican artist was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a mural on the auto industry
Diego Rivera
Martha
$400 [24]
A modifier located too far from the word it's modifying is called this
misplaced
Bob
$400 [29]
Agave americana is called this from the mistaken belief that it blooms when it's 100 years old
the century plant
Bob
DD $500 [3]
This city has 6 wards: San Polo, Castello, Santa Croce, Dorsoduro, Cannaregio & San Marco
Venice
Bob
$400 [18]
This term for the Mafia means "our affair"
La Cosa Nostra
Bob
$400 [21]
This "Full House" star played Blackie Parrish in 1982 & returned in a 1992 cameo playing himself
John Stamos
Dave
$500 [14]
A famous work by Rembrandt shows this philosopher "Contemplating the Bust of Homer"
Aristotle
Bob
$500 [25]
The antecedent is the word or phrase that this part of speech refers to
the pronoun
$500 [30]
Bean plants improve the soil because nodules on their roots "fix" this element
nitrogen
Bob
$500 [5]
This southern Alberta city was founded by the Mounties in 1875 as Fort Brisebois
Calgary
Dave
$500 [19]
He was Public Enemy No. 1 after he escaped from jail March 3, 1934, allegedly with a carved gun
John Dillinger
Dave
$500 [22]
In 1981 this couple was so hot they made the cover of Newsweek & their wedding made People's cover
Luke & Laura
Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 17th CENTURY WEIGHTS & MEASURES SONGS OF THE '70s BUSINESS TALK HAIL TO THE CHIEF SCIENCE FICTION
$200 [4]
This authorized translation of the Bible was issued in 1611
the King James
Bob
$200 [5]
This size refers to a bed that are each 39" wide
Twin
Bob Dave Martha
$200 [1]
In 1972 this Osmond brother took Paul Anka's former No. 2 hit "Puppy Love" to No. 3
Donny Osmond
Dave
$200 [14]
It's the large, inflated final payment on a loan after many smaller payments
a balloon payment
Dave
$200 [22]
He was called "Baby" the first 3 months of his life, until he was named for family friend W.C. Linden
Lyndon Johnson
Bob Dave
$200 [3]
Characters from his 1819 novel "Ivanhoe" reappear in Simon Hawke's 1984 novel "The Ivanhoe Gambit"
(Sir Walter) Scott
Bob
$400 [6]
On January 8, 1642, this Italian astronomer died in Arcetri
Galileo
Martha
$400 [10]
A keel is a measure of this, so carrying 21.2 long tons of it to Newcastle could be a keel haul
coal
Bob
$400 [15]
Released in 1977, it was Debby Boone's only Top 40 hit
"You Light Up My Life"
Dave
$400 [23]
When investing in a mutual fund, you might consider the no-load type, which doesn't charge this
startup fee (or commission)
Dave
$400 [24]
Shortly before his death in 1885, he was reinstated as a general & put back on the Army payroll
Grant
Martha
$400 [2]
His last novel, 1962's "Island", is about a tropical utopia, sort of a "Brave New World"
Aldous Huxley
Dave
$600 [7]
In 1652 Jan Van Riebeeck founded this South African port as a supply base for the Dutch East India Company
Cape Town
Bob Dave
$600 [11]
It's the range of frequencies within which a radio signal can be transmitted
the band
Bob
$600 [16]
"Gonna Be Alright" is the subtitle of this 1976 Rod Stewart chart topper
"Tonight's The Night"
$600 [27]
This future president who graduated from Princeton in 1879 may have been dyslexic
Wilson
Bob
$600 [19]
This author's 1896 classic "The Island of Dr. Moreau" inspired the 1980 novel "Moreau's Other Island"
H.G. Wells
Dave
$800 [8]
Under the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz, this country obtained most of Hungary from the Turks
Austria
Bob
$800 [12]
In cartography it's 1/60 of a degree
a minute
Bob
$800 [17]
In 1974 Ringo Starr took this former Johnny Burnette hit to No. 1
"You're Sixteen"
Dave
$1,000 [25]
In 1840 he used the "Log Cabin Campaign" to become president
William Henry Harrison
Dave
$800 [20]
A supercomputer runs the world in "This Perfect Day" by this "Rosemary's Baby" author
Ira Levin
Martha
$1,000 [9]
In 1627 this explorer was named governor of New France in North America
Samuel de Champlain
DD $2,000 [13]
There are 16 tablespoons in a cup & this many teaspoons
48
Bob
$1,000 [18]
This duo's last Top 10 hit was "Rock and Roll Heaven" in 1974
The Righteous Brothers
DD $5,000 [26]
After women gained the right to vote in 1920, he was the first president they elected
Warren G. Harding
Dave
$1,000 [21]
"Mutation" is another medical sci-fi novel by this doctor who also wrote "Coma"
Robin Cook
Bob Dave

Final Jeopardy!

POETIC HEROINES

In Tennyson she calls herself "that wicked one, who broke the vast design and purpose of the king"

Guinevere

Martha "Who is Morgan le Fey?" — wagered $2,000
Bob "Who was Mordred?" — wagered $4,000
Dave "Who was Morgana Le Fey?" — wagered $6,700

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