Show #2260 1994-06-03 (taped 1994-02-01) Regular

Contestants

Ellen Scordato — a managing editor from New York City, New York

Johan Koren — a librarian originally from Edinburgh, Scotland

Cris Zeak — a substitute teacher from Point Pleasant, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cris	$2,100	$2,800	$11,300	$12,000 2-day champion: $15,000	$11,800 28 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Johan	$600	$2,700	$5,700	$700 3rd place: Braun 5-in-1 food preparation center + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$5,500 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Ellen	$1,100	$800	$2,000	$2,000 2nd place: trip to Tucson, Arizona	$2,000 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1930s	SHOW TUNES	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	AROUND THE WORLD	"HAM"	X
$100 [16] Under President Roosevelt's New Deal, this agency, also called the TVA, was established in 1933 the Tennessee Valley Authority Ellen	$100 [21] A song from "The Sound of Music" asks this flower to "bless my homeland forever" "Edelweiss" Johan	$100 [1] The name of this White House room has come to signify the seat of executive power in in the U.S. the Oval Office Johan	$100 [6] Completed in 1960, the SAS Royal Hotel & Air Terminal was this Danish city's first skyscraper Copenhagen Cris	$100 [26] A small village a Hamlet Johan	$100 [11] To earn an X in bowling, you have to knock over this many pins with only 1 ball 10 Cris
$200 [17] In June 1937 he married the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson King Edward VIII Cris	$200 [22] Barbra Streisand sang, "People, people who need people are" this "the luckiest people in the world" Johan	$200 [2] If you're the Comptroller of the Currency, you work for this cabinet department the Treasury Department Cris	$200 [7] Algeria's flag features a star & crescent, which are symbols of this religion Islam Ellen	$200 [27] It can mean to prevent action, or it can be a large basket with a cover a hamper Cris	$200 [12] For a limited time in 1993, this cereal included X-shaped pieces so kids could play tic-tac-toe Cheerios Cris Johan
$300 [18] In 1936 this foreign automaker introduced the first passenger car to run on diesel fuel Daimler(-Benz) Johan	$400 [24] This "In Cold Blood" author & Harold Arlen wrote the song "A Sleepin' Bee" for the musical "House of Flowers" Truman Capote Johan	$300 [3] The Office of the Secretary of the Navy is in this famous building the Pentagon Cris	$300 [8] This capital city is the cultural center of Chile Santiago Cris	$300 [28] These 2 symbols of the communist movement signified the union of workers & peasants the hammer & sickle Cris	$300 [13] In 1990 this replaced X in the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system NC-17 Johan
$400 [19] In 1935 this show presenting America's top tunes debuted on radio Your Hit Parade Cris Ellen	DD $500 [23] This song from "South Pacific" ends with the words "Once you have found her, never let her go" "Some Enchanted Evening" Johan	$400 [4] The practice of selling leftover grease to buy luxuries gave us this term for a secret fund a slush fund Ellen	$400 [9] This city is the home of the Canadian Football League's Stampeders Calgary Cris	$400 [29] If you feel like a snooze, tie one of these canvas items between 2 trees & lie down a hammock Cris	$400 [14] Its stock exchange symbol is an R between 2 Xs Xerox Cris
$500 [20] In 1939 this tennis player who later lost the "Battle of the Sexes" won at Wimbledon Bobby Riggs Johan	$500 [25] This song from "A Chorus Line" begins, "Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness and the sorrow..." "What I Did For Love" Cris	$500 [5] The Occupational Safety & Health Administration is part of this cabinet department the Department of Labor	$500 [10] Irish moss, also known as carrageen, is a type of this marine plant eaten by the Irish Seaweed Ellen	$500 [30] A key principle of this Babylonian king's code was "The strong shall not injure the weak" Hammurabi Cris	$500 [15] This 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet resembles an X Chi Cris

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	COMPOSERS	MAGAZINES	PHILOSOPHERS	MEDICINE	SHAKESPEARE
$200 [9] On July 16, 1956 this circus staged its last performance under canvas Ringling Brothers (& Barnum & Bailey) Circus Cris	$200 [20] Before writing the score for "Porgy and Bess", he lived in South Carolina to get the right feel for it George Gershwin Johan	$200 [16] World Report is a section of this magazine as well as part of its name U.S. News & World Report Ellen	$200 [1] Unlike the Academy, the school Epicurus founded in this city in 306 B.C. regularly admitted women Athens Cris	$200 [24] This branch of medicine deals with ailments of the ankle, lower leg & foot podiatry Johan	$200 [2] "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and" she "is the sun" Juliet Johan Ellen
$400 [10] On Oct. 2, 1871 this Mormon leader was arrested for polygamy Brigham Young Cris Johan	$400 [21] Gustav Mahler based his song cycle "The Song of the Earth" on ancient poems of this Asian country China Cris Johan	$400 [17] This late, great Vogue editor's maiden name was Diana Dalziel Diana Vreeland Ellen	$400 [4] Swedenborg wrote extensively on the spiritual meaning of these first 2 books of the Bible Genesis & Exodus Johan	$400 [26] In this epidemic disease, Yersinia pestis bacteria cause painful swellings called buboes bubonic plague Johan	$400 [3] A fairy calls him "that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow" Puck Cris
$600 [11] Congressman from Illinois who sponsored the 1910 White Slave Traffic Act James Robert Mann	$600 [22] "Parsifal", which had its premiere in 1882, was his last music drama Wagner Johan	$600 [18] This author of "The Executioner's Song" is a "writer-at-large" for Vanity Fair Norman Mailer Ellen	$600 [6] This existentialist examined Marxism in his "Critique de la Raison Dialectique" (Jean-Paul) Sartre Cris	DD $500 [29] This Topeka, Kansas Psychiatric clinic was founded in 1925 by a physician & his 2 sons the Menninger Clinic Cris	$600 [5] Valentine & Proteus are "The Two Gentlemen of" this city Verona Cris
$800 [12] He was serving as president of Congress when he signed the Declaration of Independence John Hancock Cris Johan Ellen	$800 [23] In 1850, exactly 100 years after his death, a society was formed in Leipzig to promote his Baroque works (Johann Sebastian) Bach Cris	$800 [19] This hunting & fishing magazine's trademark logo features a trout & a Canada goose Field & Stream Johan	$800 [7] This Dutch humanist was ordained a priest in 1492 Erasmus Cris	$600 [27] "Ancient Medicine" is a treatise attributed to this 5th century B.C. Greek physician Hippocrates Cris	$800 [14] This play opens with Antonio saying, "In sooth I know not why I am so sad" The Merchant of Venice Johan
$1,000 [13] When his nominee, Roger B. Taney, was rejected in 1834, Levi Woodbury became Treasury Secretary Andrew Jackson Cris	$1,000 [25] The 1st Professor of Music at England's Univ. of Birmingham was this "Pomp And Circumstance" composer Elgar Cris	$1,000 [30] It's the widest-circulating U.S. magazine that has a color in its name Redbook Johan	DD $1,000 [8] This religious philosopher was born in Copenhagen on May 5, 1813 Soren Kierkegaard Cris	$800 [28] In 1796 this physician gave the first vaccination for smallpox Edward Jenner Cris	$1,000 [15] This daughter of King Lear poisons Regan & then commits suicide Goneril Ellen

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GEOGRAPHY

At 193 square miles, this mountain lake is the largest alpine lake in the United States

Lake Tahoe

Ellen "What is Lake Tahoe?" — wagered $0

Johan "What is Lake Placid" — wagered $5,000

Cris "What isCTahoe" — wagered $700

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