Show #2422 1995-02-28 (taped 1994-11-16) Regular

Contestants

Barbara Schnell — a writer and homemaker from Los Angeles, California

Stephen Krisa — a municipal finance officer from Round Hill, Virginia

Peter Kogan — a law student originally from Kiev, Ukraine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$1,500	$2,100	$6,400	$12,799 2nd place: Counterpoint compact disc player + Columbia House music club CDs + Jeopardy! home game	$5,100 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Stephen	$1,200	$2,200	$9,600	$12,801 New champion: $12,801	$7,400 23 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W
Barbara	$900	$800	$3,400	$6,700 3rd place: Pinseeker his or hers custom-made Energy+ woods & irons golf clubs with deluxe bag + Jeopardy! home game	$3,400 14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY HISTORY	A.K.A.	INTERNATIONAL CUISINE	AROUND THE WORLD	ENGINEERING	COMMON BONDS
$100 [1] In 1868 Emperor Meiji took the "Charter Oath" of 5 principles, launching Westernization in this country Japan Peter	$100 [11] Originally, the last name of this famed Hollywood family was spelled H-O-U-G-H-S-T-O-N Huston Barbara	$100 [22] Coney Island Alsacienne is a euphemism for one of these with sauerkraut a hot dog Barbara	$100 [16] This Egyptian landmark at Giza has a face that's over 13 feet wide the (Great) Sphinx Stephen Barbara	$100 [26] The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River is this type of bridge a suspension bridge Stephen	$100 [6] Fly, sand, litmus paper Barbara
$200 [2] Queen Victoria proposed to him 5 days after they met as adults in October 1839 Prince Albert Stephen	$200 [12] This magician's real name is David Seth Kotkin--speak of the Dickens (David) Copperfield Stephen	$200 [23] Gjetost is a Norwegian type of this made of whey from goat's & cow's milk cheese Barbara	$200 [17] The Caroline Institute, which awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine, is in this Swedish capital Stockholm Peter Stephen	$200 [27] About 7,000 tons of this material were used to build the Eiffel Tower iron Peter Stephen	$200 [7] Fox, Easter egg, scavenger a hunt Barbara
$300 [3] He became Prussian prime minister in 1862 & dedicated himself to uniting Germany Otto von Bismarck Peter Barbara	$300 [13] This TV actress' real name is Concetta Sellecchia, as her husband John Tesh could tell you Connie Sellecca Peter	$300 [14] The Hamburg type of this herb is not cultivated for use as a garnish but for its root parsley Barbara	$300 [18] Often collected, Majolica pottery is named for this Spanish island from which it was shipped Majorca Stephen	$300 [28] This project of 1904-1914 cost the U.S. over $330 million & it wasn't even in the U.S. the Panama Canal Peter	$300 [8] Cat's, mind's, bull's eyes Stephen
$400 [4] In 1806 this inventor of a steam engine was made an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Glasgow James Watt Peter Stephen	$400 [15] Patrick Lilley used this stage name when he played Eddie Munster on "The Munsters" Butch Patrick Peter	$400 [24] Orecchiette, a type of this, is shaped like little ears pasta Peter	$500 [20] The 3 countries that make up the Baltic states are Latvia, Estonia & this Lithuania Stephen	$400 [29] 3 architectural firms collaborated on this New York City complex which houses NBC Rockefeller Center	$400 [9] Gate, trading, Emily Posts Stephen
$500 [5] In 1873 a military prison was established on this Kansas post Leavenworth Barbara	$500 [21] Jack Benny married hosiery saleslady Sadye Marks in 1927; she became part of his act using this name Mary Livingstone Barbara	$500 [25] This Spanish dish consists of saffron-flavored rice with chicken, seafood, peas, etc. paella Stephen	DD $600 [19] A visit to this country would most likely start & end at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport the Philippine Islands Stephen	$500 [30] The lake behind the Grand Coulee Dam is named for this man who was president during the dam's construction FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Peter Stephen	$500 [10] Dark, dressing, delivery rooms Stephen

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	LANGUAGES	WOMEN OF NOTE	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	PHYSICS
$200 [29] Grand Canyon explorer John Wesley Powell lost part of his arm at this war's Battle of Shiloh the Civil War Stephen	$200 [21] Lingala & Chiluba are both spoken mainly on this continent Africa Barbara	$200 [6] Current biography says that conductor Sarah Caldwell "put" this Mass. capital "on the operatic map" Boston Stephen	$200 [20] The Sawatch Mountains in Colorado include the highest peak in this system, 14,433' Mount Elbert the Rockies Stephen	$200 [1] A parrot named Polynesia taught this doctor how to talk to the animals Dolittle Stephen	$200 [24] He is credited with a law of universal gravitation as well as 3 laws of motion Sir Isaac Newton Stephen
$400 [11] Ernest Giles discovered this huge rock & named it for a former South Australian premier Ayers Rock Peter Barbara	$400 [12] Many people in Afghanistan speak Dari, a form of this language associated with Iran Farsi Stephen	$400 [7] Singer Gertrude Pridgett used this name professionally after she married William "Pa" Rainey "Ma" Rainey Peter	$400 [16] Gooseberry, Rhode Island's smallest island, is a clump of rocks in this bay Narragansett Peter Stephen	$400 [2] This mathematician was Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty Barbara	$400 [25] Some say the universe is a closed system & will eventually begin to do this collapse (or contract) Stephen
$600 [8] This Briton who died in Antarctica in 1912 led his first expedition to the continent in 1901-04 Robert Falcon Scott Peter	$600 [13] It's the official language of Trinidad & Tobago English Peter	$600 [22] In 1939 Marian Anderson sang for an audience of 75,000 at this Washington, D.C. landmark the Lincoln Memorial Stephen	$600 [17] This river forms the border between Indiana & Kentucky the Ohio Peter Stephen	$600 [3] She's the beautiful teller of tales in "The Thousand and One Nights" Scheherazade Barbara	$600 [26] It's about 741 mph through air at sea level; any faster & there's a boom the speed of sound Stephen
$1,000 [10] His book "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole" was first published in 1912 Matthew Henson Peter	$800 [14] Alkali, almanac & tariff are among the many words derived from this language Arabic Peter	$800 [23] A revised edition of her autobiography appeared in 1981 under the title "Bubbles: An Encore" (Beverly) Sills Stephen	$800 [18] Pamlico Sound separates this cape, the "Graveyard of the Atlantic", from North Carolina's mainland Cape Hatteras Stephen	$800 [4] This author's "Far From the Madding Crowd" centers on Bathsheba Everdene & the 3 men who love her (Thomas) Hardy Stephen	$800 [27] It's the bending of a beam of light as it passes at an angle from one medium into another refraction Barbara
DD $2,100 [9] When he returned to Lisbon in September 1499, he'd been away over 2 years & sailed over 24,000 miles Vasco da Gama Peter	$1,000 [15] Gallego, a dialect of this language, is also known as Galician Portuguese Peter	$1,000 [30] Sadly, multiple sclerosis cut short the career of Jacqueline du Pre, a virtuoso on this instrument the cello Barbara	DD $3,000 [19] This group of coral islands off the coast of Florida was named for the many turtles nearby the Tortugas Stephen	$1,000 [5] In "The Call of the Wild", gold prospector John Thornton is the beloved master of this dog Buck Barbara	$1,000 [28] Term for the tendency of a body to remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force inertia Barbara

Final Jeopardy!

EPIC POETRY

In the 16th century epic "The Faerie Queene", the Red Crosse Knight represents this patron saint

St. George

Barbara "Who is St. George" — wagered $3,300

Peter "Who is St. George?" — wagered $6,399

Stephen "Who is St. George" — wagered $3,201

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