Show #2217 1994-04-05 (taped 1994-01-10) Regular

Contestants

Carol Phelan — a marketing researcher from Cincinnati, Ohio

Jim Reilly — an attorney originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Ali Vaezy — a medical student from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ali $1,100 $2,700 $6,900 $12,300
2-day champion: $27,300
$5,700
20 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Jim $700 $2,300 $4,700 $2,000
3rd place: Tefal kitchen appliance set
$5,700
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Carol $700 $2,100 $6,100 $10,100
2nd place: Dynamark home security & fire protection system + Black Hills Gold jewelry gift certificate
$6,100
18 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BOSTON GAME SHOWS ARCHITECTURE THE 20th CENTURY FASHION ELEPHANT ODDS & ENDS
$100 [1]
A footbridge that leads to the Esplanade is named for this late Boston pops maestro
Arthur Fiedler
Carol
$100 [16]
On "Let's Make a Deal", this host was ably assisted by announcer Jay Stewart & model Carol Merrill
Monty Hall
Ali
$100 [13]
Francis Greenway of New South Wales was among the first of this country's leading architects
Australia
Carol
$100 [7]
This Cuban premier won a Lenin Peace Prize in 1961
Fidel Castro
Jim
$100 [26]
This elegant suit for men is also called "black tie"
a tuxedo
Jim
$100 [2]
This party's elephant goes back to a November 7, 1874 cartoon in Harper's Weekly
the Republican Party
Jim
$200 [3]
This frigate is in dry dock in Charlestown Navy Yard preparing for its 200th birthday in 1997
the Constitution
Ali
$200 [18]
Comedienne Phyllis Diller was once a contestant on this Groucho Marx game show
You Bet Your Life
Ali
$200 [14]
This sun-dried mud brick is a common building material in Latin America
adobe
Carol
$200 [8]
In 1977 Sir Edmund Hillary explored this Hindu sacred river from its mouth to the Himalayas
the Ganges
Ali
$200 [27]
It's the term for rubber rain boots that you wear over your shoes
galoshes
Carol
$200 [10]
Kipling wrote a "Just So" story about how an elephant got this
its trunk
Ali Jim
$300 [4]
This park started as an area of 50 acres where the Freemen of Boston could graze their cattle
the Common
Ali
$300 [21]
For most of its original run on NBC, "Jeopardy!" followed this show hosted by Peter Marshall
Hollywood Squares
Jim
$300 [17]
A Roman forum corresponds to this culture's agora
Greek
Carol
$300 [9]
He was forced to flee Argentina in 1955 when members of the navy joined an army revolt
Juan Perón
Carol
$300 [28]
Resembling a man's sleeveless undershirt, it's a sleeveless top with a U neckline worn by men or women
a tank top
Jim
$300 [15]
Dangerous lone elephants are called these
rogue elephants
Jim
$400 [5]
The victims of this March 5, 1770 event are buried in the Old Granary burial ground
the Boston Massacre
Carol
$400 [22]
The theme to "Now You See It" was written by this producer of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album
Quincy Jones
Ali
$400 [19]
Ustad Isa Khan Effendi designed this Agra, India tomb for Shah Jahan
the Taj Mahal
Ali
$400 [11]
On June 25, 1975 Mozambique became independent of this European country
Portugal
Ali Carol
$400 [29]
Named for an Italian resort isle, they're three-quarter-length pants with a short slit up each leg
capri pants
Jim
$400 [24]
He heard a Who
Horton
Carol
$500 [6]
There are 294 steps to the top of this monument & no elevator
the Bunker Hill Monument
Ali
DD $500 [23]
Daytime TV's longest- running game show, it has been on the air in various versions for over 30 years
The Price Is Right
Ali
$500 [20]
A wedge-shaped keystone is usually the last stone to be inserted in one of these structures
an arch
Jim
$500 [12]
In 1940 over 200,000 British troops were evacuated from this northern France seaport
Dunkirk
Ali
$500 [30]
Spanish for "little shawl", it's a shawl or veil usually made of black lace
a mantilla
Carol
$500 [25]
This "Hondo" author once worked as an elephant handler
Louis L'Amour

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY TRAVEL & TOURISM COMPOSERS BLACK AMERICA BORN BREAD
$200 [1]
Germany justified the May 1915 sinking of this liner by calling it an armed merchant ship
the Lusitania
Ali
$200 [6]
Florida city in which you'd find Ringling Boulevard & Ringling Causeway
Sarasota
Jim
$200 [8]
"Transit of Venus" is a 1920 novel by this American composer who's better known for his marches
Sousa
Ali
$200 [13]
Lewis Latimer was an engineer for this inventor in the 1880s & wrote a book on his lighting system
Edison
Carol
$200 [14]
Clint Eastwood was born in this city in which Dirty Harry Callahan was a cop
San Francisco
Jim
$200 [26]
To make these, dice day-old slices into cubes, toss in butter, oil & garlic, then bake till crisp
croutons
Carol
$400 [2]
He married Alexandra shortly after ascending the throne of Russia in 1894
Nicholas (II)
Jim
$400 [7]
The official name of this London church is the Collegiate Church of St. Peter
Westminster (Abbey)
Ali
$400 [9]
He composed "A high Class Rag" called "Fig Leaf Rag" in 1908
Scott Joplin
Ali
$400 [16]
In 1975 golfer Lee Elder became the first black to play in this major tournament in Augusta, Ga.
The Masters
Carol
$400 [15]
Napoleon began his life on this island & finished it on another, St. Helena
Corsica
Ali
$400 [27]
Pumpernickel requires twice as much of this flour as wheat flour
rye
Jim
$600 [3]
Abdullah, grandfather of this Jordanian king, was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1951
King Hussein
Jim
$600 [21]
The Gateway of India in this city was built to commemorate the 1911 visit by King George V & Queen Mary
Bombay
Ali
$600 [10]
This Russian composer often appears in encyclopedias immediately after Richard Strauss
Stravinsky
Ali
$600 [17]
In 1967 he resigned as America's 1st Black Solicitor General to become the 1st Black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall
Jim
$600 [18]
Sanford Dole was born in this city that's now a state capital
Honolulu
Ali
$600 [28]
"Food Lover's Companion" calls it "Mexico's everyday bread"
a tortilla
Carol
DD $1,000 [4]
The Mamluks ruled this North African country from 1250 until 1517
Egypt
Jim
$800 [22]
Flights into this Caribbean island group may land at Harry S Truman Int'l Airport at Charlotte Amalie
the Virgin Islands
Carol
$800 [11]
Sadly, this "Show Boat" composer's last Broadway musical, "Very Warm for May", was a flop
Jerome Kern
Carol
$1,000 [20]
In 1985 Mississippi held a week-long celebration honoring this late author, a "Native Son"
(Richard) Wright
Jim
$800 [24]
Now in Oklahoma, Will Rogers' 1879 birthplace of Oologah was then part of this territory
the Indian territory
Carol
$800 [29]
To make this "miner's" bread, start the starter 2 days before you bake it
sourdough
Carol
$1,000 [5]
This Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula held no major office under Augustus or Tiberius
Claudius
Carol
$1,000 [23]
The main thoroughfare in Santiago, Chile is named for this 19th century national hero
Bernardo O'Higgins
Ali Carol
$1,000 [12]
This "Pomp And Circumstance" composer never finished his opera "The Spanish Lady"
(Sir Edward) Elgar
Ali
DD $2,000 [19]
"Toussaint L'Ouverture" a painting series by Jacob Lawrence, deals with the slave rebellion in this country
Haiti
Ali
$1,000 [25]
The initials of this author born in New York City in 1931 stand for Edgar Lawrence
E.L. Doctorow
Ali
$1,000 [30]
These thin, crisp French loaves are simply made with flour, salt, sugar, yeast & water
a baguettes
Ali Carol

Final Jeopardy!

DRAMA

This Tony-winning "Best Play" of 1988 is set in Paris & Beijing

M. Butterfly

Jim "What is ?" — wagered $2,700
Carol "What is M. Butterfly?" — wagered $4,000
Ali "What is M. Butterfly?" — wagered $5,400

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