Show #2259 1994-06-02 (taped 1994-02-01) Regular

Contestants

Cris Zeak — a substitute teacher from Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Paul Anton — an economist from St. Paul, Minnesota

John Szczepanski — a freelance painter from Buffalo, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $300 $2,900 $7,900 $0
3rd place: Citizen Supermatrix portable LCD color TV and video monitor
$7,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Paul $600 $1,200 $800 $100
2nd place: trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
$2,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Cris $2,800 $4,300 $9,500 $3,000
New champion: $3,000
$9,500
27 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW YORK CITY BIBLICAL NAMES HISTORIC DOCUMENTS TRIOS REALLY "BIG" SHOES
$100 [3]
Herald & Times Squares were named after 2 of these publications
newspapers
Paul
$100 [2]
Golly! This TV Marine has the same first name as Hosea's harlot wife
Gomer (Pyle)
Paul
$100 [10]
This French emperor decreed the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806
Napoleon
John
$100 [1]
Among the first things learned at school are the 3 R's, which are these
reading, writing & arithmetic
Cris
$100 [4]
The press often used this phrase when referring to Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy
the big stick
Cris
$100 [20]
At midnight "at the foot of the staircase, she stumbled a little and her left slipper slipped off"
Cinderella
John
$200 [15]
It's the home park of Shakespeare in the Park
Central Park
Paul
$200 [5]
His father, James Broderick, played the father on the TV series "Family"—that's the gospel truth
Matthew Broderick
John
$200 [11]
The British North America Act of 1867 formed this dominion & divided it into 4 provinces
Canada
Paul
$200 [6]
In "Julius Caesar", Mark Antony asks them to "lend me your ears"
friends, Romans & countrymen
Cris
$200 [25]
Role played by Burl Ives in the 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Big Daddy
Paul
$300 [22]
This shoe company caused a revolution when it used the Beatles' "Revolution" in its ads
Nike
John
$300 [17]
The origin of this famous line of dancers goes back to 1925 St. Louis
the Rockettes
Cris
$300 [7]
Her career was on a "roll" when she played Jimmie Walker's mother on the TV series "Good Times"
Esther Rolle
Cris
$300 [12]
Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae" reaffirmed Cath. opposition to artificial forms of this
birth control
Cris
$300 [16]
The 3 events that usually make up a triathlon are running, bicycling & this
swimming
Cris
$300 [26]
The Missouri River is often referred to by this nickname
the Big Muddy
John
$400 [23]
Among the U.S. presidents of the last 70 years, he has the biggest shoe size, a 13C
Bill Clinton
John Paul
$400 [18]
The Intrepid, one of these ships, has been turned into a sea, air & space museum
an aircraft carrier
Cris
$400 [8]
This poet's first name was a book of the Old Testament; his last name meant "sixteen ounces"
Ezra Pound
Cris
$400 [13]
The Swedish Conventicle Act of 1726 banned meetings of all religious denominations but this one
Lutheran
Cris
$400 [29]
They're the "Big Three" of U.S. automaking
Ford, Chrysler & General Motors
John
$400 [27]
It was the only "Big" song by the Four Seasons to top the Billboard pop charts
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
John
DD $500 [21]
Show on Nick at Nite for which thefollowingwas sold as a promotional item:
Get Smart
John
$500 [19]
Avery Fisher Hall is part of this theatre complex
the Lincoln Center
Cris
$500 [9]
Of Queen Elizabeth II's 3 sons, the one who shares his name with a New Testament fisherman
Andrew
Cris
$500 [14]
John Graham Chambers drafted the 12 boxing rules published under the patronage of this marquess in 1867
the Marquess of Queensbury
Cris
$500 [30]
In the Dumas novel, the 3 Musketeers are Athos, Porthos & this man
Aramis
John Cris
$500 [28]
Santa Elena Canyon in this Texas national park reaches a depth of more than 1500 feet
Big Bend Park
Cris
$500 [24]
In the early 20th century, George Warren Brown's shoe company hired several little people to play him
Buster Brown
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES SCIENTIFIC CYCLES BALLET BRIDGES NONFICTION
$200 [13]
7 years after serving as Captain Cook's sailing master, he took command of the Bounty
Capt. Bligh
John
$200 [4]
Stanford's original art museum was severely damaged by this 1906 event
the San Francisco earthquake
Cris
$200 [1]
Its cycle includes crescent, full, new & quarter phases
the Moon
Paul
$200 [3]
"La Esmeralda" was based on this Victor Hugo work
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
John
$200 [18]
It's the type of bridge you'd most likely see lying across a castle moat
A drawbridge
Paul
$200 [26]
"Official and Confidential" is a controversial book about "The Secret Life of" this FBI director
J. Edgar Hoover
Cris
$400 [14]
Banished from Iceland around 980, he became an early explorer of Greenland
Erik the Red
John Cris
$400 [8]
The National College of Juvenile Justice is part of this university in Reno
the University of Nevada
Cris
$400 [2]
In the water cycle, this force is responsible for precipitation & moving the water to the oceans
gravity
Cris
$400 [5]
While this alleged axe wielder was acquitted in real life, she's hanged in "Fall River Legend"
Lizzie Borden
Cris
$400 [22]
From its opening in 1937 to 1964, this California bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge
the Golden Gate Bridge
John
$400 [27]
"Ladies of the Court" is a recent book about women in this sport
Tennis
Cris
$600 [15]
In October 1522 this conquistador was named Captain General of New Spain
Cortes
Cris
$600 [10]
Schools in this city include American University & George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
John
$600 [19]
Sleepwalking occurs primarily in the period of sleep known as non-this
non-REM sleep
Paul
$600 [6]
"Fancy Free", a Bernstein-Robbins ballet about 3 sailors, inspired this Broadway musical
On the Town
Cris
$600 [23]
The Quebec Railway Bridge over this river is said to be the only major bridge to have collapsed twice
the St. Lawrence River
John
$600 [28]
"Attorney for the Damned" is a collection of 13 speeches by this defender of John Scopes
Clarence Darrow
Cris
$800 [16]
In January 1912 this Englishman became the first to reach the South Pole on foot without sled dogs
Captain Scott
John
$800 [11]
Maize & blue are the official colors of the Wolverines, this school's athletic teams
the University of Michigan
Cris
$1,000 [21]
Since they're not exactly 24 hours long, your daily rhythms are named this, from Latin for "about daily"
circadian cycles
Paul
$800 [7]
She danced in the premiere of her own ballet "Rodeo"
Agnes de Mille
John
$800 [24]
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge spans this Florida bay
Tampa Bay
John Cris
$800 [29]
Completes the title of Dr. Dean Ornish's bestselling diet book, "Eat More, ..."
Weigh Less
Paul
$1,000 [17]
In 1861 this discoverer of Lake Tanganyika wrote a book about Salt Lake City titled "City of the Saints"
Sir Richard Burton
John Cris
$1,000 [12]
The Amos Tuck School of Business Admin. was founded in 1900 at this Hanover, N.H. university
Dartmouth
John Paul
DD $1,200 [20]
Observed for centuries, they seem to have an 11-year cycle & are seats of magnetic fields
sunspots
Paul
$1,000 [9]
The Ballets Russes disintegrated soon after the August 19, 1929 death of this impresario
Sergei Diaghilev
John Cris
$1,000 [25]
A suspension bridge over the Tagus River in this country is one of the world's longest
Portugal
Cris
DD $1,000 [30]
The No. 1 bestseller "Healing and the Mind" is a companion book to his 1993 PBS series
Bill Moyers
Paul

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

In 1912 he organized the Keystone Company

Mack Sennett

Paul "Who is Andrew Carne" — wagered $700
John "Who is Kresge?" — wagered $7,900
Cris "Who is George Eastman" — wagered $6,500

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