Show #2215 1994-04-01 (taped 1993-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Russell McConnell — an actor from Los Angeles, California

Geoff Rice — a physician originally from St. Louis, Missouri

Matt Dickey — a computer programmer from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Matt	$1,200	$3,100	$5,700	$400 2nd place: Twinhead notebook computer + Houghton Mifflin reference book collection	$7,700 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Geoff	$1,800	$2,500	$5,100	$1 3rd place: trip to Palm Springs, California + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$4,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Russell	$1,000	$3,700	$10,900	$10,399 New champion: $10,399	$10,900 24 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FLOWERS	FADS	TRAVEL & TOURISM	20th CENTURY AMERICA	WEIGHTS & MEASURES 3	VOCABULARY
$100 [9] It's the main color of the tiger lily orange Geoff Russell	$100 [24] It's believed that Harvard student Lothrop Withington started the craze of swallowing these fish in 1939 goldfish Matt	$100 [12] The gravesite of Man O' War is located at a Lexington horse park in this state Kentucky Russell	$100 [19] In a 1982 report, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop called this the chief preventable cause of death smoking Russell	$100 [6] There are 3 of these in 1 of the measures abbreviated yd. Feet Russell	$100 [1] This word for one's wages comes from the Latin word for salt salary Russell
$300 [11] This perennial whose flowers grow in clusters sounds like clusters of sheep phlox	$200 [27] "Spin-a-hoop" & "Hoop-D-do" were variations of this 1950s Wham-O product the hula hoop Matt	$200 [13] This Central American country is bisected by the Trans-Isthmian Highway Panama Russell	$200 [20] When introduced in the comics in 1930, her last name was Boopadoop; now it's Bumstead Blondie Russell	$200 [7] Get 3 of these in baseball & you're a "K" on the scorecard a strike Geoff	$200 [2] Shakespeare could tell you it's a 4-letter synonym for "poet" bard Russell
$400 [25] The color of hydrangeas, pink or blue or a combination of the 2, indicates this factor in the soil acidity Geoff	$300 [28] In 1935 Americans bought 20,000 sets of this Parker Brothers game per week Monopoly Matt	$300 [14] Although it no longer exists, a streetcar named this used to run along Royal Street in New Orleans Desire Matt	$300 [21] President Johnson was among the sports fans who attended the 1st game at this Houston stadium in 1965 the Astrodome Geoff	$300 [8] Term for a group of 3 babies born to the same mother from the same pregnancy triplets Geoff	$300 [3] A speaker that produces high-frequency sound is a tweeter & one that produces low frequencies is called this a woofer Geoff
$500 [26] This flower may be Cape, desert, marsh or "man-in-the-moon" marigolds Russell	$400 [29] This kind of music was mostly a big-city fad until "Saturday Night Fever" came out disco Russell	$400 [15] A major annual event in Milan, Italy is the December 7 opening of this opera house La Scala Russell	$400 [22] In 1942 Grand Coulee Dam began generating power on this river the Columbia Matt	$400 [17] 48 teaspoons equal 1 cup & 3 teaspoons equal 1 of these a tablespoon Matt	$400 [4] Chare, as in charwoman, is an old variation of this word for a task a chore Matt
DD $900 [10] Type of flower seen here: a bird of paradise flower Geoff	$500 [30] Gary Dahl created this nondemanding "pet", a 1975 fad a pet rock Russell	$500 [16] Sightseers in this U.S. city should visit the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute Philadelphia Matt	$500 [23] In 1968 Terence Cooke succeeded this late cardinal as Archbishop of New York Spellman Russell	$500 [18] In champagne measurement, 1 rehoboam is made up of 3 of these magnums Russell	$500 [5] This lattice summerhouse found in backyards may be named because surroundings can be seen from it a gazebo Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY	THE MOVIES	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	COMPOSERS	THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT	JOHNS IN LITERATURE
$200 [10] In 1979 Charles Haughey became Prime Minister of Ireland & she became PM of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher Matt	$200 [16] Bogart calls Hepburn a "crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid" in this John Huston classic The African Queen Matt	$200 [1] Vladivostok, whose name means "ruler of the East", is the chief Russian port on this ocean the Pacific Matt	$200 [21] He did not attend the 1871 premiere of his opera "Aida" in Cairo Verdi Matt	$200 [26] In 1992 DEA head Robert Bonner ruled against allowing this plant to be used for medical purposes marijuana Matt	$200 [6] Sir John Alderston is a railway owner in this "Jurassic Park" author's "The Great Train Robbery" Michael Crichton Matt
$400 [11] In 1606 Guy Fawkes was hanged for his role in this "plot" to blow up the Houses of Parliament the Gunpowder Plot Russell	$400 [17] Blake Edwards married her in 1969; their first film together, "Darling Lili", was released the next year Julie Andrews Matt Geoff	$400 [2] This river has 2 headstreams in the Indian Himalayas, the Bhagirathi & Alaknanda Rivers the Ganges Russell	$400 [22] He took the text for his choral Ninth Symphony from Schiller's ode "An Die Freude" Beethoven Geoff	$400 [27] This agency that deals with terrorism, subversion & espionage has an identification division the FBI Russell	$400 [7] John Brooke marries Meg March in this Louisa May Alcott book Little Women Matt
$600 [12] 5 years after Margaret Sanger in the U.S., Dr. Marie Stopes opened the 1st of these clinics in Britain a birth control clinic Russell	$600 [18] Joseph Henabery not only played this president but 13 other roles in "The Birth of a Nation" Lincoln Russell	$600 [3] 3 of this country's largest towns lie in the 220-square-mile Katmandu Valley Nepal Russell	$600 [23] This composer of "The Four Seasons" was a teacher at a Venetian orphanage for girls (Antonio) Vivaldi Matt	$600 [28] This agency dealing with citizenship applications was formerly part of the Labor Department the INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service) Russell	$600 [8] In "The Prince and the Pauper", John Canty is this character's cruel father Tom Canty
$800 [13] In 1755, after many years of work, he published his 2-volume "Dictionary of the English Language" Samuel Johnson Matt	$800 [19] Beverly D'Angelo played this late singer, Loretta Lynn's friend, in "Coal Miner's Daughter" Patsy Cline Russell	$800 [4] Cape Palliser is the southernmost point on this country's North Island New Zealand Matt	$1,000 [25] This hyphenated composer's first symphony was the first by a Russian Rimsky-Korsakov Russell	$800 [29] In 1789, as one of the first acts of the new government, these lawmen were established marshals Russell	$800 [9] John Bergson is a hardworking but unsuccessful farmer in her "O Pioneers!" Willa Cather Geoff
$1,000 [15] A poll tax of 1 shilling a head led to this revolt in 1381 Wat Tyler's revolt Geoff	$1,000 [20] This 1948 Vittorio De Sica film about a stolen 2-wheeled vehicle is considered a classic The Bicycle Thief Russell	DD $1,000 [5] One of Africa's major airports is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport about 10 miles south of this capital Nairobi Matt	DD $2,000 [24] This American's Symphony No. 3 is titled "Kaddish" Leonard Bernstein Matt	$1,000 [30] The American bureau of this worldwide criminal info exchange group is part of the department Interpol Matt	$1,000 [14] John Arthur Molyneux Errol is the grandfather of this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character Little Lord Fauntleroy

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS LEADERS

In 1986 he published his autobiography, "Pizza Tiger"

Tom Monaghan

Geoff "Who is ?" — wagered $5,099

Matt "Who is Domino?" — wagered $5,300

Russell "Who is Domino?" — wagered $501

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