Show #2428 1995-03-08 (taped 1994-11-29) Regular

Contestants

Jack Hassinger — a naval officer from Montclair, Virginia

Carol Grobels — a programmer analyst from Long Valley, New Jersey

Roger Moyer — a bookstore administrator from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,901)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Roger $3,000 $3,600 $12,000 $3,701
2nd place: a trip to Boston on Trans World Airlines & a week at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for PC or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game
$11,000
26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Carol $300 $1,100 $3,700 $3,100
3rd place: Samsung 8 mm compact camcorder with 8:1 power zoom lens + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for PC or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game
$3,700
11 R, 2 W
Jack $800 $3,200 $10,800 $16,800
New champion: $16,800
$7,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

TREATIES CELEBRITY RELATIVES THE OCCULT BIRDS WORLD TRAVEL ELECTION '94
$100 [1]
In 1967 63 nations ratified the Outer Space Treaty drafted by this international organization
the United Nations
Roger
$100 [17]
In 1933 Frank Shields, the grandfather of this actress, was ranked No. 1 in tennis in the U.S.
Brooke Shields
Jack
$100 [26]
Palmists read palms & phrenologists read these
the lumps on your head
Carol
$100 [6]
While visiting Florida, you may want to "listen to" this, the state bird
the mockingbird
Carol
$100 [11]
Lake Balaton, southwest of Budapest, is one of this country's most popular tourist areas
Hungary
Roger
$100 [16]
Colorado said no to an additional 50¢-a-pack tax on these
cigarettes
Carol
$200 [2]
The U.S. & this country concluded St. Lawrence Seaway Treaties in 1932, 1941 & 1954
Canada
Jack
$200 [18]
One of Jane Fonda's ancestors was this Jane, Henry VIII's third wife
Jane Seymour
Carol Jack
$200 [27]
Scrying is the practice of gazing into these orbs
crystal balls
Roger
$200 [7]
The ring-necked type of this game bird was introduced to North America in the 1800s
the pheasant
Roger
$200 [12]
Tourists can hoof it or ride these animals from the Grand Canyon's rim down Bright Angel Trail to the river
mules
Roger Carol Jack
$200 [22]
This state's controversial Prop 187 concerning illegal immigrants passed
California
Jack
$300 [3]
In the Treaty of San Ildefonso, King Charles IV of this country surrendered Louisiana to Napoleon
Spain
Roger
$300 [19]
In 1983 Nicolas Cage played Smokey in "Rumble Fish", directed by this man, his famous uncle
Francis Ford Coppola
Jack
$300 [28]
A philter is this type of potion; philter No. 9 is a famous one
a love potion
Jack
$300 [8]
This redbird conceals its distinctive cup-shaped nest in a bush or thicket
the cardinal
Roger
$300 [13]
Fano, an island west of Jutland in this country, preserves its heritage as a shipbuilding center
Denmark
Jack
$300 [23]
In Virginia Charles Robb fought off the attack of this former Marine, the Republican nominee
Oliver North
Jack
DD $400 [4]
The New Echota Treaty of 1835 set this Indian tribe on the "Trail of Tears"
the Cherokee
Roger
$400 [20]
Rosanna Arquette's grandfather, Cliff Arquette, was noted for playing this TV character
Charley Weaver
Carol
$400 [29]
Stone beetle that was a talisman in Ancient Egypt
a scarab
Roger
$400 [9]
When they're young, these tall flightless birds from Down Under have stripes
emus
Roger
$400 [14]
This capital of the Bahamas was founded as Charles Towne by English seafarers in the 1660s
Nassau
Carol
$400 [24]
He was elected mayor of Washington, D.C.--again
Marion Barry
Jack
$500 [5]
This prime minister signed the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty for Israel
Menachem Begin
Roger
$500 [21]
Diane Ladd gained notice while appearing in a production of this cousin's play "Orpheus Descending"
Tennessee Williams
Roger Jack
$500 [30]
Zener cards are used by scientists to test for this ability
ESP (extrasensory perception)
Roger
$500 [10]
The whistling species of this graceful bird breeds in the American Arctic
swans
Roger
$500 [15]
Both Botswana & South Africa have national parks within this desert
the Kalahari
Jack
$500 [25]
Robert A. Taft II, great-grandson of President Taft, was re-elected this state's Secretary of State
Ohio
Jack

Double Jeopardy! Round

COLONIAL AMERICA AUTHORS CLOTHING LANGUAGES CLASSICAL MUSIC FIDEL CASTRO
$200 [1]
World Book says colonists drank lots of beer, rum & wine because they believed this was polluted
water
Jack
$200 [10]
This author's "The Scarlet Letter" was inspired by a red cloth he found at the Salem Custom House
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jack
$200 [18]
This term for a dress that's extremely low-cut in the back implies that the dress only has a front
backless
Jack
$200 [3]
Attic-Ionic is one of the major dialect groups of this ancient language
Greek
Roger
$200 [23]
Popular name for the chorus at the end of Part II of Handel's "Messiah"
Hallelujah
Roger
$200 [16]
When Castro seized U.S. oil refineries in 1960, the U.S. stopped buying this from Cuba
sugar
Roger
$400 [2]
This brilliant orator spent part of his youth on a small Virginia estate known as Mount Brilliant
Patrick Henry
Roger
$400 [12]
Before writing such novels as "The War of the Worlds", he wrote biology & geography textbooks
H.G. Wells
Roger
$400 [20]
Wearing this ornamental trim that consists of loose strands sewn to a band might earn you some "benefits"
fringe
Roger
$400 [4]
The Lapps, who call themselves Sami, speak a language that resembles this one spoken in Helsinki
Finnish
Jack
$400 [24]
Bela Bartok's "Contrasts" was commissioned by this swing clarinetist
Benny Goodman
Roger
$400 [17]
Castro was featured in a 1994 magazine for aficionados of these, which he gave up recently
cigars
Carol
$600 [5]
This city's Fraunces Tavern was named for its owner, a West Indian
New York City
Carol Jack
$600 [13]
His novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was first published privately in Florence, Italy in 1928
D.H. Lawrence
Roger
$600 [28]
The name of this loose garment worn by artists is derived in part from Old Norse
a smock
Carol
$600 [7]
Of Ukrainian, Latvian or Estonian, the one that has more than 45 million speakers
Ukrainian
Carol
$600 [25]
One of the St. Petersburg Conservatory's first graduates was this "Eugene Onegin" composer
Tchaikovsky
Jack
$600 [19]
In 1953 Castro was jailed for leading an uprising against this man
Batista
Carol
$800 [6]
After Betsy Ross eloped in 1773, this religious group disowned her for marrying out of meeting
the Quakers
Roger
$800 [14]
When his "Madame Bovary" was first published in 1856, he was tried for "outrage to public morals"
Gustave Flaubert
Jack
$800 [29]
Popular in the 1920s, Oxford bags were a very wide style of these
pants (trousers)
$800 [8]
This European language is an official language in Mali & Madagascar
French
Roger
$1,000 [27]
This Catalan cellist made his debut in Barcelona in 1891
Pablo Casals
Roger
$800 [21]
In 1950 Castro earned a degree in this from the University of Havana
law
Jack
$1,000 [11]
Capt. John Smith said that this chief, Pocahontas' father, had "a very able and hardy body" and "a sower looke"
Powhatan
$1,000 [15]
This novelist was born in New Albany, Miss. & died 65 years later in Byhalia, near Oxford
William Faulkner
Jack
$1,000 [30]
Spelled one way, it refers to a mid-calf skirt length; spelled another way, it's a sailor-style blouse
a middy
Carol
DD $2,000 [9]
Many Mozambicans do not speak this, their country's official language
Portuguese
Roger
DD $4,000 [26]
This Hungarian who died in 1886 invented the modern piano recital
Liszt
Jack
$1,000 [22]
Castro's vice president is this man, his brother, whom he has said will be his successor
Raúl
Roger

Final Jeopardy!

RULERS

At his death at age 62 in 1993, he was Europe's longest-reigning monarch

King Baudouin

Carol "Who is Gustav" — wagered $600
Jack "Who was King Baudouin" — wagered $6,000
Roger "Who was King Carl Albert?" — wagered $8,299

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