Show #2255 1994-05-27 (taped 1994-01-31) Regular

Contestants

Dave Maley — a public relations specialist from Ithaca, New York

John Evans-Klock — a budget examiner from Arlington, Virginia

Kevin Olmstead — an environmental engineering professor from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,901)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $1,200 $1,300 $5,700 $2,900
3rd place: Carey Limousine rides + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis
$5,700
14 R, 3 W
John $400 $2,200 $4,200 $8,300
2nd place: General Instrument satellite TV system + Sanyo 31" TV
$4,200
12 R, 1 W
Dave $1,300 $2,300 $9,800 $11,800
New champion: $11,800
$10,800
29 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS BROADWAY LYRICS 1890s AMERICA GAS FOOD LODGING
$100 [6]
This African antelope is also known as a wildebeest
gnu
Kevin
$100 [16]
This song from "Annie" ends with the line "You're always a day away!"--makes sense
"Tomorrow"
John
$100 [17]
In November 1898 this rough riding colonel was elected New York governor
Teddy Roosevelt
Dave
$100 [1]
On road signs this gas station feature is the common symbol for a gas station ahead
gas pump
Dave
$100 [11]
You probably know chard by this longer name
Swiss chard
John
$100 [26]
Like its sister hotel in Memphis, the Peabody Orlando features a parade of these birds--what a "quack"-up
ducks
Dave
$200 [7]
No wild bears live in Antarctica, Australia or this continent
Africa
John
$200 [22]
In "You're the Top", "You're a bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're" this famous rodent
Mickey Mouse
Kevin
$200 [18]
Of 350 crewmen, 260 were killed in the explosion of this battleship Feb. 15, 1898
the Maine
Dave
$200 [2]
In gas station names, these numbers, 10 digits apart, follow Phillips & Union
66 & 76
Kevin
$200 [12]
"The Dominator" made by this pizza delivery service is described as "over 2 feet of pepperoni pizza"
Domino's
Dave
$200 [27]
There's a Four Presidents Motel in Keystone, South Dakota, not far from this national memorial
Mount Rushmore
Dave
$300 [8]
Dugongs & these mammals are the only members of the order Sirenia
manatees
Dave
$300 [23]
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley song that asks, "What kind of lips are these that lied with every kiss?"
"What Kind Of Fool Am I"
John
$300 [19]
In 1897 the Pennsylvania Capitol in this city was destroyed by fire
Harrisburg
Dave
$300 [3]
Gasohol is usually a mixture of gasoline & this
alcohol
Dave
$300 [13]
Opera fudge, which is light in color, is this flavor, not chocolate
vanilla
Dave
$300 [28]
Built as a home in 1898, the Brigham Street Inn is an elegant bed and breakfast in this state capital
Salt Lake City
Dave
$400 [9]
The golden species of this rodent is useful to laboratories because of its rapid breeding cycle
hamsters
John Dave
$400 [24]
In "Finian's Rainbow", this title question precedes "Is that willow tree still weeping there?"
"How Are Things In Glocca Morra"
Kevin
$500 [21]
This poet died March 26, 1892 in Camden, New Jersey
Walt Whitman
John
$400 [4]
Due to deposits, older engines may need gas with a higher octane number to prevent this
knocking
Dave
$400 [14]
Pork Scrapple is similar to goetta, except that goetta contains oats & scrapple, this meal
corn(meal)
Kevin Dave
$400 [29]
Mr. Patrick Henry's Inn in this Virginia city is near the church where Henry gave his "Liberty or Death" speech
Richmond
John
$500 [10]
Ambergris, a substance used as a base for perfumes, is formed in the intestines of these whales
sperm whales
John
$500 [25]
A song from "Oklahoma!" says, "Don't throw bouquets at me" because this will happen
people will say we're in love
Kevin John
DD $700 [20]
On July 7, 1898 the president signed a bill annexing this Pacific island group to the United States
Hawaii
Dave
$500 [5]
In the 1930s Socony-Vacuum started selling gas under this brand name using a flying red horse logo
Mobil
Kevin
$500 [15]
A shortbread cookie made by Nabisco, or an R.D. Blackmore novel set partly in Glen Doone
Lorna Doone
Dave
$500 [30]
Guests at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in this Mass. city enjoy riding the swan boats in the Public Gardens
Boston
Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES WORLD RELIGIONS BULGARIA FIRST LADIES ECONOMICS KIDDIE LIT
$200 [1]
This telegraph pioneer painted "The Gallery of the Louvre" for his friend James Fenimore Cooper
(Samuel) Morse
Dave
$200 [11]
Hasidism, a movement within this religion, was founded in the 18th c. by Israel Baal Shem Tov
Judaism
Kevin
$200 [26]
In January 1990 the Parliament voted away its constitutional guarantee as the dominant party
the Communist Party
Dave
$200 [21]
She first performed her First Lady duties at a house on Cherry Street in New York City
Martha Washington
Dave
$200 [16]
In a duopoly there are this many sellers of a good or service
2
Dave
$200 [6]
Chapter 3 of this 1935 classic is called "Camp on the High Prairie"
Little House on the Prairie
Dave
$400 [2]
She began shooting small game for money at age 9, & by 16 had paid off the family mortgage
Annie Oakley
Kevin John
$400 [12]
Ringatu & the Ratana Church are 2 religious movements among these New Zealand natives
the Maori
Dave
$400 [27]
This river forms most of the border between Bulgaria & Romania
the Danube
John
$400 [22]
It's said that she helped convince her husband to pardon Richard Nixon
Betty Ford
John
$400 [17]
Seignorage is the difference between the cost of the metal used to make these & their face value
coins
Kevin
$400 [7]
Shortly before his death in 1989, Walter Farley finished writing his 21st book in this "Dark Horse" series
The Black Stallion
Dave
$600 [3]
As a student, this psychiatrist was nicknamed Klex, meaning "inkblot", for his love of sketching
Rorschach
Kevin
DD $500 [15]
The creation story of this 6-tribe Native American group recounts the birth of twins Flint & Sapling
the Iroquois
Dave
$600 [28]
On Sept. 8, 1944 this country invaded Bulgaria
the Soviet Union
Kevin Dave
$600 [23]
She dropped out of Smith College before marrying a Navy fighter pilot Jan. 6, 1945
Barbara Bush
Dave
$600 [18]
Gross profit less the operating expenses of the business equals this
the net profit
Dave
$600 [8]
He called his second Narnia novel "Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia"
C.S. Lewis
Dave
$800 [4]
The father of this "Misanthrope" playwright was an official upholsterer to the King
Moliere
Kevin
$600 [13]
They were the priests & learned men of Celtic Gaul, Britain & Ireland
the Druids
Kevin
DD $1,000 [29]
This city is home to the Cyril & Methodius National Library
Sofia
Dave
$800 [24]
When her son Willie died, she bought expensive mourning clothes & special mourning jewelry
Mary Todd Lincoln
Dave
$800 [19]
The increase realized when an asset is sold for more than its purchase price is this type of "gain"
capital gain
Kevin
$800 [9]
His 1898 story "The Reluctant Dragon" appeared 10 years before "The Wind in the Willows"
(Kenneth) Grahame
John
$1,000 [5]
The Russian Black Sea fleet was organized in 1776 by this court favorite of Catherine the Great
Potemkin
$800 [14]
She studied with Phineas P. Quimby before founding Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Dave
$1,000 [30]
This bridge wrapper is Bulgaria's most famous contemporary artist
Christo
$1,000 [25]
Her daughter-in-law Louisa was also a first lady
Abigail Adams
Kevin
$1,000 [20]
An asset is described as this if it is cash or can be converted quickly into cash with little loss
liquid
Dave
$1,000 [10]
Maurice Sendak illustrated this "I, Claudius" author's children's story "The Big Green Book"
(Robert) Graves
Kevin

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

It lies on the east bank of the Missouri River about 150 miles south of the Canadian border

Bismarck, North Dakota

John "What isHeleBismark N.D" — wagered $4,100
Kevin "What is Fargo?" — wagered $2,800
Dave "What is Bismark" — wagered $2,000

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