Show #2252 1994-05-24 (taped 1994-01-31) Regular

Contestants

Allan Kandler — a banker from New York City, New York

Bob Daly — a professor originally from Doylestown, Ohio

Larry Shackley — a musician from Wheaton, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Larry $1,500 $3,000 $8,600 $6,700
2-day champion: $17,900
$8,600
22 R, 1 W
Bob $200 $800 $2,400 $1,496
3rd place: Magnavox VHS camcorder + Jeopardy! home game
$2,400
7 R, 2 W
Allan $3,300 $3,800 $11,900 $6,599
2nd place: trip on Delta to Tampa & stay at Saddlebrook Resort + Jeopardy! home game
$8,900
27 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

SICKNESS & HEALTH EPCOT CENTER ANCESTORS AMERICAN HISTORY JOY OF COOKING "GUN"s
$100 [16]
Cardiomyopathy is a general medical term for a disorder of this muscle
the heart
Allan
$100 [8]
You'll find margaritas & mariachis at the pyramid-shaped pavilion named for this country
Mexico
Larry
$100 [1]
This was an ancestor of the modern elephant; the mastodon was a distant relative
the mammoth
Larry
$100 [3]
Adopted in 1933, the 20th Amendment moved the presidential inauguration from March to this month
January
Allan
$100 [26]
Sauce Dijonnaise calls for 1 tablespoon of the Dijon type of this
mustard
Larry
$100 [21]
A gangster's girlfriend
a gun moll
Allan
$200 [17]
Papillomaviruses cause different types of these, including the plantar variety
warts
Allan
$200 [9]
The Circlevision Theatre at China's pavilion is inside a replica of this city's Temple of Heaven
Beijing (Peking)
Larry
$200 [2]
Modern playing cards evolved from this deck now used to tell fortunes
tarot
Allan
$200 [4]
When this state entered the Union in 1819, Huntsville was its capital
Alabama
Bob
$200 [27]
For a hint of this seasoning, Joy of Cooking advises rubbing the inside of your salad bowl with it
garlic
Larry
$200 [22]
One who begins a race before its official start is said to do this
jumping the gun
Bob
$300 [18]
Psittacosis is commonly known as this "fever", but other birds can cause it, too
parrot fever
Allan
$300 [13]
Audio-animatronic figures of Ben Franklin & this author from Missouri narrate the American Adventure Show
Mark Twain
Allan
$300 [10]
A General Society was founded in 1897 by those claiming ancestors on this famous ship
the Mayflower
Larry
$300 [5]
During the winter of 1607-08, over half the settlers of this Virginia colony died of disease or starvation
Jamestown
Allan
$300 [28]
Among the ingredients in an "eggless" version of this sandwich spread are evaporated milk & paprika
mayonnaise
Larry
$300 [23]
The name of this jute bag comes from the Hindi
a gunny sack
Allan
$400 [19]
This inflammation of the bursa on the base or side of the big toe is often aggravated by ill-fitting shoes
a bunion
Bob
$400 [14]
Part of Canada's pavilion was modeled on the Chateau Laurier in this capital of Canada
Ottawa
Larry
$400 [11]
The letter A goes back to this Semitic letter now found in Hebrew
aleph
Larry
$400 [6]
Prior to the Civil War, this secretive network helped as many as 100,000 slaves escape
the Underground Railroad
Allan
$400 [29]
Joy of Cooking suggests deep fat frying these fleshy items found atop roosters' heads
the combs
Larry
$400 [24]
Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake starred in this 1942 film adaptation of a Graham Greene novel
This Gun for Hire
$500 [20]
Otitis media is defined as an inflammation of this part of the ear
the middle ear
Larry Allan
$500 [15]
When you visit Italy's pavilion, you may think you're in this famed Venetian square, its inspiration
St. Mark's
Allan
$500 [12]
The dombra was the immediate ancestor of this Russian guitar-like instrument
the balalaika
Allan
DD $1,000 [7]
In 1795 John Jay resigned as chief justice to become governor of this state
New York
Allan
$500 [30]
After you lard or bard your grouse, the book advises stuffing it with apple, onion or ribs of this vegetable
celery
Bob
$500 [25]
This type of intergovernmental relations involves the use or threat of military force
gunboat diplomacy
Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS 1980s THEATRE U.S. CITIES FINANCE BIOGRAPHIES QUEEN VICTORIA
$200 [6]
Adam Johann von Krusenstern was the first Russian to sail this far; it took him 3 years, 1803-06
around the world
Larry
$200 [26]
In 1981 Chita Rivera re-created her role as Rose in "Bring Back Birdie", a sequel to this musical
Bye Bye Birdie
Larry
$200 [11]
The metropolitan area of this city spreads over 6 parishes, including St. Bernard & St. Tammany
New Orleans
Allan
$200 [16]
In a bear market prices are heading in this direction
down
Allan
$200 [21]
He's the subject of the 1961 biography "First American Into Space"
Alan Shepard
Allan
$200 [1]
She was a collector of these girls' toys; if she were alive today maybe she'd buy Vanna's from cable TV
dolls
Bob
$400 [7]
Cortes entered Tenochtitlan in November 1519, meeting this Aztec ruler for the first time
Montezuma
Larry
$400 [27]
In 1986 this playwright was "Broadway Bound" with the 3rd play in his autobiographical trilogy
Neil Simon
Allan
$400 [12]
An Indian tribe gave its name to this city of 180,000 in eastern Washington
Spokane
Bob Allan
$600 [18]
This is the fusion of 2 companies into 1; a takeover is one type
a merger
Allan
$400 [22]
In 1924 Ford Madox Ford published "A Personal Remembrance" of this "Lord Jim" author
(Joseph) Conrad
Allan
$400 [2]
This holiday item decorated with candles & candy was made popular by Victoria's German husband
a Christmas tree
Larry Allan
$600 [8]
Alonso de Ojeda named a part of South America this, after a canal city it reminded him of
Venezuela
Larry
$600 [28]
Tom Hulce originated the role later played on film by Tom Cruise in this drama about a court-martial
A Few Good Men
Larry
$600 [13]
Dating from 1681, the only independent Huguenot church in America is in this South Carolina port
Charleston
Larry
$800 [19]
It's the nickname for securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association
Fannie Maes
Bob Allan
$800 [24]
In 1993 David McCullough won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of this president
Truman
Larry
$600 [3]
This medal was instituted in 1856, retroactive to 1854, but not presented until 1857
the Victoria Cross
Allan
$800 [9]
Brazzaville, the capital of this African republic, was named for Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
the Congo
Allan
$800 [29]
In 1985 this musical based on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" captured 7 Tonys
Big River
Allan
$800 [14]
The Alabama State Fair & the Dogwood Festival are annual events in this steel-producing city
Birmingham
Allan
$1,000 [20]
This contract obligates the buyer to purchase a commodity for a certain price on a certain date
futures
Bob
DD $1,000 [23]
He's the subject of the recent biography "Swing, Swing, Swing"
Benny Goodman
Allan
$800 [4]
In August 1858 Queen Victoria & James Buchanan exchanged greetings via this new pathway
the transoceanic cable
Larry Allan
$1,000 [10]
Naturalist Johann Forster was loathed by his shipmates aboard this South Pacific explorer's Resolution
(James) Cook
Larry
$1,000 [30]
"Foxfire", about an elderly matriarch, opened on Broadway in 1982 & starred this husband & wife team
Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn
Allan
$1,000 [15]
This Alaskan port on the Seward Pen. was founded in 1898 when gold was discovered at nearby Anvil Creek
Nome
Larry
DD $2,500 [17]
In 1992 this city's stock exchange was 3rd behind NYC & London in volume of transactions
Tokyo
Allan
$1,000 [25]
"Power, Privilege, and the Post" takes a look at this powerful woman behind the Washington Post
(Katharine) Graham
Allan
$1,000 [5]
On May 1, 1840 Queen Victoria's portrait appeared on these, a first for anyone in the world
a postage stamp
Larry

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

The people of this kingdom call it Druk Yul, meaning the realm or land of the dragon

Bhutan

Bob "What is Mongolia?" — wagered $904
Larry "What is Mongolia" — wagered $1,900
Allan "What is Thailand" — wagered $5,301

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