Show #2273 1994-06-22 (taped 1994-02-08) Regular

Contestants

Elliot Cohen — a researcher from Oakland, California

Matt Crowley — a substitute teacher originally from Richland, Washington

Jan Littler — a daycare provider from Arcadia, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jan	$2,000	$3,600	$5,400	$10,800 3rd place: Go Video dual-deck VCR + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy for Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy home game	$5,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Matt	$900	$1,600	$6,000	$11,998 2nd place: Singer dining room set + Oneida gift certificate + Jeopardy! home game	$6,000 13 R, 0 W
Elliot	$1,500	$2,400	$10,100	$16,600 New champion: $16,600	$9,000 21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	ROCK MUSIC	AWARDS	STATUES	INVENTIONS	VOCABULARY
$100 [1] Between 907 & 960 this country experienced 5 dynasties & 10 kingdoms, including the Wu & Min China Jan	$100 [16] Nicknamed "Captain Fantastic", he's known for his huge collection of hats Elton John Elliot	$100 [6] In 1991 this former prime minister of England was awarded a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Thatcher Jan	$100 [11] At an 1876 exposition in Philadelphia, this statue's right hand with the torch was on exhibit the Statue of Liberty Matt	$100 [17] Until dentist Washington Sheffield invented a tube for it, this came in porcelain jars toothpaste Jan	$100 [19] From the Latin for "farther", it describes motives that go beyond what is said ulterior
$200 [2] A 1982 Israeli attack on this Lebanese capital left part of it in ruins Beirut Matt	$200 [18] "Every Breath You Take", the biggest hit by The Police, was written by this lead singer Sting Matt	$200 [7] This Black actor & late night talk show host won a 1989 Woolmark Award from the Men's Fashion Assoc. of America Arsenio Hall Elliot	$200 [12] Edward Hodges Baily executed the 17-foot statue of Lord Nelson found in this London locale Trafalgar Square Matt	$200 [25] Emile Berliner improved this Edison invention by substituting shellac discs for the wax cylinders the phonograph Elliot	$200 [20] Something saponaceous resembles this, an anagram of its first 4 letters soap
$300 [3] In late 1917 the Provisional Government in Russia was overthrown by this group, later called Communists the Bolsheviks Elliot	$300 [22] He wrote, produced, scored & starred in the 1980 movie "One- Trick Pony" Paul Simon Jan	$300 [8] In 1979 the Jaycees named this 32-year-old governor one of the 10 outstanding young Americans Clinton Jan	$300 [13] In 1972 a tourist damaged this Michelangelo statue displayed in a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica the Pieta Jan	$300 [26] Known for his frozen food process, he also developed a type of harpoon gun & an infrared heat lamp (Clarence) Birdseye Elliot	$300 [21] Labanotation is a system to write down these so you know when & where to plie a dance step (choreographic) Elliot
$400 [4] The first Vikings to invade England were from what's now this country; the Danes invaded later Norway Jan Matt	$400 [23] His recording of "American Pie" reached the Top 10 in the U.K. twice, in 1972 & 1991 Don McLean Jan	$400 [9] 1 of the 2 people with the last name of Parks awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP in the 1970s Rosa Parks (or Gordon Parks) Jan	$400 [14] Lost at sea & later recovered, a statue of this king stands near his birthplace in Kapaau, Hawaii Kamehameha Jan	$400 [27] The Pennsylvania fireplace, invented in 1742, is also called this, after its inventor the Franklin Stove Jan	$400 [29] It can be a sheer silk, or a type of lemon pie chiffon Jan
$500 [5] Amerigo Vespucci made this many voyages to the New World, the same number as Columbus 4 Elliot	$500 [24] This group's 1985 hit "A View To A Kill" was the first James Bond film theme to top the U.S. charts Duran Duran Jan	$500 [10] In 1957 this Danish physicist received the first Atoms for Peace Award Niels Bohr Elliot	DD $800 [15] It was conceived to top the "Gates of Hell" & contemplate the scene below The Thinker Jan	$500 [28] Hans Lippershey invented the first of these by mounting a lens at each end of a tube the telescope Matt	$500 [30] This man's name also means to annoy by constant attacks Harry Jan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY	NEWSPAPERS	1913	ROCKS & MINERALS	SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS	PATERNAL NICKNAMES
$200 [1] This river flows by Great Britain's Houses of Parliament the Thames Matt	$200 [6] This Los Angeles paper has the largest circulation west of the Mississippi the L.A. Times Elliot	$200 [11] At his own expense, he published "Swann's Way", the first part of "Remembrance of Things Past" (Marcel) Proust Elliot	$200 [26] Until about 1926 most of the borax in the U.S. came from this Calif. site, sometimes hauled out by 20-mule teams Death Valley Elliot	$200 [21] Cleopatra says of him, "Realms and Islands were as plates dropped from his pocket" Antony Jan Elliot	$200 [16] Henry Chadwick & Abner Doubleday are both known as "The Father of" this sport baseball Elliot
$400 [2] This Mexican gulf is also known as the Sea of Cortes the Gulf of California Matt	$400 [7] Columnist Ellen Goodman is an associate editor of this Boston newspaper the Globe Matt	$400 [12] In December King Constantine declared the union of Crete with this country Greece Jan	$400 [27] Isotope of uranium that was used in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima U-235 Elliot	$400 [22] Casca says, "Speak, hands, for me!" before he stabs this title character Julius Caesar Jan	$400 [17] Charles E. Hires is sometimes called "The Father of" this type of soft drink root beer Jan
$600 [3] Ports on this sea include Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hamburg the North Sea Matt	$600 [8] 2 of this country's major dailies are El Pais & El Dia in Montevideo Uruguay Elliot	$600 [13] Robert Bridges succeeded Alfred Austin in this British literary post poet laureate Jan	$600 [28] An important mineral found in Bulgaria is this one abbreviated Lg lignite	$600 [23] Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & made Edgar & Cordelia lovers King Lear Elliot	$600 [18] "The Father of American Prose" is this author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Washington Irving Jan
$800 [4] In 1808 Maria Paradis became the first woman to climb this highest peak in the European Alps Mont Blanc Elliot	$800 [9] In 1883 Joseph Pulitzer bought this New York paper famous for its almanac the New York World Jan Elliot	$800 [14] The May 29 premiere of this Stravinsky work provoked violent protest by many in the audience The Rite of Spring Elliot	$800 [29] Mercury becomes a solid around this temperature, the same in Fahrenheit or centigrade -40 Matt	DD $800 [24] This title character says Claudius is "no more like my father than I to Hercules" Hamlet Elliot	$800 [19] This Greek is called both "The Father of History" & "The Father of Lies" Herodotus Elliot
$1,000 [5] Melbourne is the largest city in this, Australia's smallest mainland state Victoria Matt	$1,000 [10] The Alligator is the student newspaper of this southern university the University of Florida	DD $2,100 [15] This future U.S. president was born to Leslie King & Dorothy Gardner King in July Gerald Ford Elliot	$1,000 [30] After the discovery of this metal, bronze makers could make brass zinc	$1,000 [25] Sebastian's twin sister Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario in this comedy Twelfth Night Matt	$1,000 [20] This Briton was called "The Father of the New Economics" John Maynard Keynes Elliot

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS WOMEN

She was quoted as saying that as a mother, "I modeled my behavior on chimps... they are very loving"

Jane Goodall

Jan "Who is Jane Goodall?" — wagered $5,400

Matt "Who is Jane Goodall" — wagered $5,998

Elliot "Who is Jane Goodall" — wagered $6,500

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