Show #2253 1994-05-25 (taped 1994-01-31) Regular

Contestants

Pam Sink-Plemitscher — a homemaker originally from San Pedro, California

Kevin Olmstead — an environmental engineering professor from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Larry Shackley — a musician from Wheaton, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Larry $1,000 $500 $4,900 $4,800
2nd place: AST color notebook computer + Sanyo micro cassette recorder + Jeopardy! home game
$4,900
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Kevin $1,300 $1,200 $7,800 $11,500
New champion: $11,500
$5,500
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Pam $1,400 $4,800 $9,800 $3,999
3rd place: Ducane gas grill + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for & Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy! home game
$9,800
25 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY THE OSCARS SHIPS & BOATS GEORGIA HERE COMES THE BRIDE COMMON BONDS
$100 [14]
It's believed that this country's first clans arose c. 1000 A.D. during the reign of King Malcolm II
Scotland
Kevin
$100 [1]
In 1988 this former James Bond was named "Best Supporting Actor" for "The Untouchables"
Sean Connery
Pam
$100 [20]
It's a large, square- ended, flat boat used to carry sand, coal or even garbage
a barge (scow)
Larry
$100 [9]
In 1868 this city succeeded Milledgeville as the state capital
Atlanta
Larry
$100 [26]
Sometimes the man who catches this places it on the leg of the woman who catches the bouquet
the garter
Larry
$100 [2]
Gun, curry, talcum
powders
Pam
$200 [15]
On a 1967 visit to Canada, Charles de Gaulle voiced support for this province's independence movement
Quebec
Larry
$200 [6]
This 1991 "Best Picture" winner starring Jodie Foster was the first to appear on home video prior to its win
The Silence of the Lambs
Larry Pam
$200 [21]
We wonder how many miles the Spanish got to one of these 16th century treasure ships
a galleon
Pam
$200 [11]
This Protestant group constitutes Georgia's largest religious denomination
Baptists
Pam
$200 [27]
If your wedding is canceled, you should do this with the gifts you've received
return them
Larry
$200 [3]
Bull, pig, ballpoint
pens
Kevin
$300 [16]
In 1899, 26 nations took part in the 1st of 2 peace conferences held in this Dutch seat of government
The Hague
Pam
$300 [7]
On March 26, 1990, this revered Japanese director received an honorary Oscar for his body of work
Kurosawa
Kevin
$300 [22]
In this popular strategy game, it takes 5 direct hits to sink an aircraft carrier
Battleship
Pam
$300 [12]
Tourists can visit this president's home, the Little White House, at Warm Springs
FDR
Kevin
$300 [28]
They're expected to seat the guests & escort the bridesmaids
the ushers
Pam
$300 [4]
Sweat, rubber, marching
bands
Pam
$400 [17]
In 1908 Bulgaria's King Ferdinand declared his country's full independence from this empire
the Ottoman Empire
Larry Kevin
$400 [10]
This director received Oscar nominations for his first 2 films, winning for "The Graduate"
(Mike) Nichols
Pam
$400 [23]
It's a ship with no regular schedule that takes hauling jobs as it finds them
a tramp
Pam
DD $500 [18]
The USA's oldest orphanage, the Bethesda Home for Boys, opened in 1740 in this port city
Savannah
Kevin
$400 [29]
Styles of these worn by brides include blusher, fly-away & birdcage
veils
Pam
$400 [5]
Black, flea, stock
markets
Kevin
$500 [19]
Founded in 1392, the Yi Dynasty ruled this country for over 500 years
Korea
Larry Kevin Pam
$500 [13]
Keith Carradine won a 1975 Oscar for composing "I'm Easy" for this Robert Altman film
Nashville
Larry
$500 [24]
The term for this small boat that's often towed hails from Hindi
a dinghy
Kevin
$500 [25]
Gutzon Borglum was the first sculptor to work on this 90-foot-high memorial east of Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Pam
$500 [30]
Bride's magazine suggests using the "Spring" part of this Vivaldi work for the processional
The Four Seasons
Pam
$500 [8]
Jackknife, swan, a disreputable bar
dives
Pam

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE ROCKS & MINERALS 1976 RELIGIOUS LEADERS ART WORLD OF SWEETS
$200 [1]
"The Farther Adventures of" this Defoe character was released just 4 months after the original book
Robinson Crusoe
Kevin
$200 [10]
This soft variety of calcium carbonate created the white cliffs of Dover
chalk
Larry Kevin
$200 [2]
This Californian lost the GOP presidential nomination to Ford by 117 delegate votes
Reagan
Larry
$200 [17]
From the 1600s until 1959, Tibet was under the rule of this religious leader
the Dalai Lama
Pam
$200 [12]
In 1992 this "Phantom" composer bought a view of London by Canaletto for $17.8 million
(Andrew Lloyd) Webber
Pam
$200 [26]
Zabaglione
Italy
Pam
$400 [3]
Among his Christmas books are "The Chimes" & "The Cricket on the Hearth"
Dickens
Kevin
$400 [18]
Nonskid stair treads are commonly made of this substance that's also found on nail files
emery
Larry Kevin
$400 [6]
The North & South parts of this nation were officially reunited July 2, after 22 years of separation
Vietnam
Pam
$400 [22]
In 1979 he was named Iran's supreme religious leader for life
the Ayatollah Khomeini
Kevin
$400 [13]
At age 36 Rembrandt finished painting "The Night Watch" & he finished painting "The Starry Night"
van Gogh
Pam
$400 [27]
Gateau Saint-Honore
France
Kevin
$600 [4]
This Truman Capote novel is narrated by Holly Golightly's neighbor, a writer she calls Fred
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Kevin
$600 [19]
The most abundant sedimentary rock is this layered variety made of silt & clay
shale
Larry Pam
$600 [7]
In July commandos from this country rescued 103 hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport
Israel
Pam
$600 [23]
John Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S., founded this Washington, D.C. university
Georgetown
Kevin
$600 [14]
In 1986 the Detroit Inst. of Arts celebrated 2 centennials, its own & this Mexican muralist's
(Diego) Rivera
Larry
$600 [28]
Banbury cakes
England
Kevin
$800 [5]
In a Larry McMurtry novel, Augustus Mc Cr Mc Cr Mc Cr Mc Cr Mc Cr Mc Cr Mc CrMcCraeoodrowliveryblethisas town
Lonesome Dove
Pam
$800 [20]
This black volcanic glass was used by the ancient Maya for mirrors
obsidian
Larry
$800 [8]
On May 31 he signed a decree transferring the Philippine capital from Quezon City to Manila
(Ferdinand) Marcos
Pam
$1,000 [25]
This preacher's "Hour of Power" is telecast weekly from the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California
Robert Schuller
Larry
$800 [15]
Art & Antiques magazine broke the story on this artist's secret cache of Helga paintings
Andrew Wyeth
Larry
$800 [29]
Schaum Torte
Austria
Larry Kevin
$1,000 [11]
This author of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was blind for the last 15 years of his life
(James) Thurber
Kevin
$1,000 [21]
It's a spherical, hollow stone lined with crystals
a geode
Pam
$1,000 [9]
Hundreds were killed in racial violence that began in this Black Township near Johannesburg
Soweto
Pam
DD $3,000 [24]
Under the leadership of this reformer, Geneva became the center of Protestantism
John Calvin
Kevin
DD $1,000 [16]
His "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" is on display at the Art Inst. of Chicago
Seurat
Larry
$1,000 [30]
Kulich
Russia

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN TELEVISION

Joan Ganz Cooney was president of this company 1970-1990

the Children's Television Workshop

Larry "What is ABC?" — wagered $100
Kevin "What is Childrens TV Workshop" — wagered $3,700
Pam "What is MTM" — wagered $5,801

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