Show #2427 1995-03-07 (taped 1994-11-29) Regular

Contestants

Sheila Anderson — an instructional aid from Portage, Michigan

Cal Sanchez — a television associate director from New York City, New York

Roger Moyer — a bookstore administrator from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Roger	$1,000	$2,400	$7,600	$8,900 2-day champion: $17,901	$8,400 25 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Cal	$1,200	$1,000	$3,000	$4,599 2nd place: Psion Series 3A pocket computer + Prodigy interactive online service + Jeopardy! home game	$3,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Sheila	$300	$1,500	$700	$0 3rd place: Technics mini component stereo system with 3-disc rotary CD changers that let you change 2 discs while the 3rd keeps playing + Jeopardy! home game	$700 6 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

1994	THE MOVIES	WORLD RELIGIONS	U.S. STATES	ROOMS	POTPOURRI
$100 [14] Headlines were made in July when pieces of Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit this planet Jupiter Roger	$100 [3] In this 1992 film, Tom Hanks played a drunken ex-baseball player who managed a team of women A League of Their Own Cal	$100 [1] In 1993 this group celebrated the centennial of the completion of its temple in Salt Lake City the Mormons Roger	$100 [9] This state produces about 20 million pounds of lobster annually Maine Cal	$100 [13] It's a hotel room for 2 people, or the kind of bed you may find in it a double Roger	$100 [12] Beers from this country include Murphy's Export Stout & Guinness Extra Stout Ireland Roger
$200 [27] He ended his inauguration speech May 10, 1994 by saying, "Let freedom reign. God bless Africa" Nelson Mandela Cal	$200 [4] Frankie Thomas was set to star in "A Family Affair", the first of the Andy Hardy films, but this actor replaced him Mickey Rooney Roger Cal	$200 [2] For serious sins, Roman Catholics are required to perform this act of admission once a year confession Cal	$200 [10] This southeast state's annual flow of tourists outnumbers its resident population by 3 to 1 Florida Roger	$200 [15] The President's Room, 1 of this famous building's most lavishly decorated areas, is near the Senate chamber the Capitol Roger	$200 [18] This Army special forces unit is named for the distinctive caps worn by its personnel the Green Berets Roger
$300 [28] Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto opened this country's first all-female- staffed police station Pakistan Roger	$300 [6] A plot to assassinate this world leader was the focus of "The Day of the Jackal" Charles de Gaulle Cal	$300 [5] The name of this religion is Arabic for "submission" Islam Cal	$300 [11] The 201-foot-long Roe River near Great Falls in this state has been called the world's shortest river Montana Sheila	$300 [19] It's a room in your house for lodging visitors--poet Edgar, perhaps a guest room	$300 [22] Of 0, 2 or 4, the number of equal sides of a rhombus 4 Sheila
$400 [29] Clinton began his State of the Union Message with a short tribute to this late "Man of the House" Tip O'Neill Roger	$400 [7] Film in which Walter Huston said, "I know what gold does to men's souls" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Cal	$400 [25] Practiced in Korea & Japan, Mahayana is the more liberal of the 2 main forms of this religion Buddhism Roger Cal	$500 [17] Its state flower is the bluebonnet Texas Cal Sheila	$400 [20] The name of this room adjacent to the kitchen comes from Old French for "bread room" the pantry Roger	$400 [23] The Ugli fruit of Jamaica is a variety of this cross between a tangerine & a grapefruit a tangelo Sheila
$500 [30] The Zapatistas took over 4 towns in Chiapas, Mexico on Jan. 1, the day this treaty took effect NAFTA Roger	$500 [8] Charlton Heston played this U.S. president in 2 films, "The President's Lady" & "The Buccaneer" Andrew Jackson	$500 [26] Hebrew for "doorpost", it's the special scroll in a case that's affixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home a mezuzah Cal	DD $800 [16] State in which you'd find Crater of Diamonds State Park Arkansas Roger	$500 [21] You have to be "sharp" to know the name of this room for storing saddles & bridles the tack room Sheila	$500 [24] This Gilbert & Sullivan operetta centers on Colonel Fairfax, who is imprisoned in the Tower of London The Yeomen of the Guard Sheila

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT TIMES	MUSIC & MUSICIANS	EUROPEAN CITIES	METALS	SWEET TREATS	POETS
$200 [13] These darn people of ancient Etruria called themselves Rasna or Rasena Etruscans	$200 [6] A noel is a song or instrumental piece for this holiday Christmas Cal	$200 [3] Residents of Monaco are prohibited from entering the gaming rooms of this city's famous casino Monte Carlo Cal	$200 [17] Seawater contains less than one grain of this precious metal, symbol Au, per ton gold Cal	$200 [11] The southern U.S., especially Louisiana, is famous for these pecan patties pralines Roger	$200 [26] Before the first edition of "Leaves of Grass", he wrote a novel, "Franklin Evans; or, The Inebriate" Walt Whitman Roger
$400 [14] Incitatus was Caligula's favorite of these animals, but the story that he made him a consul is untrue a horse Roger	$400 [7] The viola d'amore has a second set of these under the first set that vibrates sympathetically strings Roger	$400 [1] Funk & Wagnalls says that spaghetti & pizza were developed in this large Italian city located near Pompeii Naples Cal	$400 [18] Humphry Davy named this light metal used for cookware & beverage cans but never saw it aluminum Roger	$400 [9] This ice cream company's 2 top-selling flavors are chocolate chip cookie dough & Cherry Garcia Ben & Jerry's Cal	$400 [27] Arthur Rimbaud's most famous work, "Une saison en enfer", translates as "A Season in" this place hell Cal
$600 [15] Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, remodeled the ziggurat in this city that had a 2-letter name Ur Roger	$600 [8] He conducted the last act of his "Parsifal" Aug. 29, 1882, his final appearance conducting opera Wagner Cal	$600 [2] Landmarks in this German city include Nymphenburg Palace & a stadium built for the 1972 Olympics München (Munich) Roger	$600 [19] The tetraethyl compound of this metal once put the ethyl in ethyl gasoline lead Roger	$600 [10] Possibly named for a French cook, it's a small, rich cake baked in a shell-shaped mold a madeleine	$600 [28] Matsuo Basho is best known as the progenitor of the modern form of this 3-line poem haiku Roger
$800 [16] The ancient Egyptian civil calendar was based on this annual event the flooding of the Nile Roger	$800 [24] This type of orchestra generally has about 35 players a chamber orchestra Sheila	$1,000 [5] James Joyce is buried in this largest Swiss city Zurich Roger	$800 [20] This strong, light metal used in supersonic aircraft was discovered by William Gregor titanium Roger	$800 [12] It's the flavor of the sauce that's served with Crepes Suzette orange Roger Sheila	$800 [29] The bell tolled for this "Death Be Not Proud" poet in 1631 John Donne Cal Sheila
DD $1,500 [22] Artaxerxes III, who ruled this empire, was murdered by a eunuch named Bagoas in 338 B.C. the Persian Empire Cal	$1,000 [25] In 1901 this "New World" symphony composer was elected to the Austro-Hungarian Parliament Dvořák Roger	DD $1,100 [4] Around 1500 this Belgian port became the commercial center of Western Europe Antwerp Cal	$1,000 [21] Indium is often extracted from ores of this metal used to galvanize steel zinc Cal	$1,000 [23] Egg yolks, marsala & sugar are the main ingredients in this traditional Italian custard zabaglione	$1,000 [30] His first book-length poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred", describes the variety of Harlem life Langston Hughes Cal

Final Jeopardy!

MYSTERY FICTION

The title character in this 1932 detective story is a missing inventor, not the detective looking for him

The Thin Man

Sheila "What is the Beatles?" — wagered $700

Cal "What is The Thin Man?" — wagered $1,599

Roger "What is the Thin Man?" — wagered $1,300

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