Show #2440 1995-03-24 (taped 1994-12-06) Regular

Contestants

Rafael Ornes — a substitute teacher from Palo Alto, California

David Hammerbeck — a graduate student from Madison, Wisconsin

Art Vespignani — a compliance officer from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Art	$700	$100	$8,200	$16,399 2nd place: a trip on Trans World Airlines + a week at Sanibel Harbor Resort & Spa in Florida + the Jeopardy! Sports Edition for PC or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$5,900 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
David	$900	$1,500	$4,200	$8,300 3rd place: Gibson side-by-side refrigerator/freezer with ice & water dispensers in door + the Jeopardy! Sports Edition for PC or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$5,500 15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Rafael	$1,300	$3,800	$9,200	$16,401 New champion: $16,401	$9,700 23 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	MUSICAL THEATRE	BIG ANIMALS	HISTORY	CONTAINERS	HODGEPODGE
$100 [8] The city, the oldest part of this British capital, began as a trading post c. 43 A.D. London Rafael	$100 [6] In 1993 "A Grand Night for Singing!" celebrated 50 years of music by this pair Rodgers & Hammerstein Rafael	$100 [14] Its boneless trunk is actually a nose & a really long upper lip an elephant David	$100 [1] In 1921 Russia helped Mongolia secure its independence from this country after more than 200 years China David	$100 [16] Some things are as alike as two peas in one of these containers a pod David	$100 [22] As a display of mourning, the American flag should be flown in this manner at half-mast David
$200 [9] The Pensacola Mountains aren't in Florida, but near the Ronne Ice Shelf on this continent Antarctica Art	$200 [7] Davy Jones of the Monkees was one of many young actors to play the Artful Dodger in this musical Oliver! David	$200 [15] Struthio camelus is this big bird, & we're not talking Sesame Street an ostrich Art	$200 [2] The 1785-86 Scandal of the Diamond Necklace was disastrous for the popularity of this wife of Louis XVI Marie Antoinette David	$200 [24] This basket with a lid may contain food or dirty laundry a hamper David Rafael	$200 [23] In 1993 inquiring consumers placed a record 14.6 million calls to these offices abbreviated BBB the Better Business Bureau Art
$300 [10] This country's Gallipoli Peninsula borders the Dardanelles & the Gulf of Saros Turkey David	$300 [13] In "Starlight Express", the performers move about on these roller skates Art	$300 [17] The giant one of these multi-armed mollusks is the largest of all invertebrates a squid Art	$300 [3] In 1705 he noted the similarity in the paths of the comets of 1531, 1607 & 1682 (Edmund) Halley Rafael	$300 [25] It's a sheath that holds a sword's blade a scabbard Art	$300 [28] Muslims observe their equivalent of the sabbath on this day of the week Friday Art David
$400 [11] Cape Farewell is the southernmost point on this Danish island in the North Atlantic Greenland Rafael	$400 [20] This show that opened on Broadway in 1991 is a reworking of "Madama Butterfly" set in Vietnam Miss Saigon Rafael	$400 [18] The claws on the giant Japanese spider species of this crustacean may span 12 feet a crab David	$400 [4] 1938's Anschluss combined this neighboring country with the Third Reich Austria Rafael	$400 [26] Oil & vinegar are kept in these small bottles for easy serving cruets David	$400 [29] It's the only U.S. state whose name ends with the letter K New York Rafael
$500 [12] The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of this regal Australian state Queensland Rafael	$500 [21] "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a song from this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate Art Rafael	$500 [19] The Japanese giant species of this lizard-like animal is the largest amphibian the salamander	DD $500 [5] Teddy Roosevelt represented the United States at the funeral of this British king in 1910 Edward VII Rafael	$500 [27] "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and" this container "bubble" a cauldron Rafael	$500 [30] This African country's coat of arms bears the motto "The love of liberty brought us here" Liberia David Rafael

Double Jeopardy! Round

REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS	RIVERS	FAMOUS NAMES	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	20th CENTURY AUTHORS	THE ATOM
$200 [1] After the war this French marquis was offered the governorship of Louisiana but turned it down Lafayette Rafael	$200 [2] The Shatt al-Arab is formed in southeastern Iraq by the confluence of these 2 rivers the Tigris & the Euphrates Rafael	$200 [4] In 1929 this Pennsylvanian received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University Margaret Mead Art	$200 [18] Founded in 1460, the University of Basel is this country's oldest university Switzerland Art	$200 [13] He dedicated "For Whom the Bell Tolls" to wife Martha Gellhorn, a fellow Spanish Civil War correspondent Ernest Hemingway Rafael	$200 [14] World Book says that in an atom 4 miles in diameter, this center part would be the size of a tennis ball the nucleus Art
$400 [5] Israel Putnam is often credited with giving the order "Don't one of you fire until you see" this the whites of their eyes Rafael	$400 [3] This river flows about 4,145 miles from its sources south of the equator to the Mediterranean Sea the Nile River Rafael	$400 [9] She wrote some of her "My Day" newspaper columns at Hyde Park & some on Campobello Island Eleanor Roosevelt David	$400 [19] This university has a campus in Jackson & its main campus in Oxford the University of Mississippi Art	$400 [26] Called "Russia's Greatest Living Dissident", this Nobel Prize winner returned to his homeland in 1994 Solzhenitsyn Art	$400 [23] Of indivisible, unseen or unnatural, the meaning of atomos, the word that "atom" came from indivisible Rafael
$600 [15] This general who was defeated at Yorktown also fought in the Seven Years' War Cornwallis Art	$600 [6] Called "China's Sorrow" from its frequent floods, the Huang Ho is known by this name in English the Yellow River Rafael	$600 [10] In 1860 this Englishwoman published one of her most popular books, "Notes on Nursing" Florence Nightingale Rafael	$600 [20] The university of this country is located in Quezon City the Philippines Art	$600 [28] He studied at Glasgow Veterinary College & began practice in Yorkshire in 1940 (James) Herriot Art	$600 [24] When 2 atoms join in compounds, they form units called these molecules Rafael
$800 [16] Within 6 months of his arrival, this Prussian became acting inspector general of the Continental Army Baron von Steuben Art	$800 [7] The Bonneville Dam was completed in 1937 on this U.S.-Canadian river & made it easier to navigate the Columbia David	$800 [11] "Jephtha", which premiered in 1752, was this German-born English composer's last oratorio Handel Rafael	$1,000 [22] The Lake Itasca Forestry & Biological Station is a facility of this university (the University of) Minnesota	$800 [29] He named Spenser, his famous detective, after English poet Edmund Spenser Robert Parker	$800 [25] The chemical behavior of an atom is mainly determined by the number of these in its outer shell electrons David
$1,000 [17] Shortly after Bunker Hill, Thomas Gage was replaced by this general as British commander in chief (William) Howe Art	DD $1,300 [8] Pakistan's fertile Punjab Plain is irrigated by this river & its tributaries the Indus River David	$1,000 [12] In 1828 this great Zulu chief was murdered by his half-brothers Dingane & Mhlangana Shaka (Zulu) David	DD $3,100 [21] In 1910 the South Carolina Military Academy changed its name to this the Citadel Art	$1,000 [30] This author of "A Clockwork Orange" wrote the lyrics to the 1973 musical "Cyrano" Anthony Burgess David	$1,000 [27] Of the 3 basic subatomic particles, it has the greatest mass & has no charge the neutron Rafael

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1960s

John Froines, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger & 4 others made up this group

the Chicago Seven

David "What is the Chicago 7?" — wagered $4,100

Art "What are the Chicago Seven?" — wagered $8,199

Rafael "What are the Chigaicago 7?" — wagered $7,201

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