Show #2267 1994-06-14 (taped 1994-02-07) Regular

Contestants

Richard Showstack — a writer and teacher from Newport Beach, California

John Druva — a radio producer from Alexandria, Virginia

Mary Hetherington — a social worker from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary	$2,400	$2,900	$9,800	$6,900 3rd place: S&S Mills carpeting	$8,800 28 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
John	$900	$1,600	$4,000	$8,000 2nd place: trip to Honolulu, Hawaii	$4,000 11 R, 2 W
Richard	$800	$1,600	$6,300	$12,500 New champion: $12,500	$5,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	THE MOVIES	PLANTS & TREES	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	THERE TO HELP	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [12] In 1955 this man formed the 26th of July movement & began planning his Cuban revolution Castro John	$100 [1] The story for "The Goonies" was provided by this "Jaws" director Spielberg Mary	$100 [26] This "black-eyed" flower is a member of the genus Rudbeckia a (black-eyed) Susan Mary Richard	$100 [8] The Celtic type of this plucked, stringed instrument has changed little in the last thousand years the harp Mary	$100 [16] It's the magazine put out 13 times a year by the Consumers Union of the United States Consumer Reports Mary	$100 [3] To the French this century is Le vingtieme siecle the 20th Mary
$200 [13] Traveler Marco Polo was born in this city on the Adriatic Sea in 1254 Venice Mary	$200 [2] The first of his plays which he adapted for the screen was "Barefoot in the Park" in 1967 Neil Simon Richard	$200 [27] The shoots of this giant grass are a common ingredient in Chinese cooking bamboo Mary	$200 [21] The cornet has declined as an orchestral instrument since the advent of the valved type of this horn a trumpet Richard	$200 [17] This philanthropic organization was co-founded in 1936 by an Edsel the Ford Foundation Mary	$200 [4] In German mussels are muscheln & these shellfish are austern oysters Richard
$300 [14] In the 5th century B.C., this Spanish seaport became the capital of the Visigoths Barcelona	$300 [9] This future "MAS*H" actor had a bit role in 1955's "The Blackboard Jungle", billed as Jameel Farah Jamie Farr Mary	$300 [28] Though teak is native to this continent, it's commercially grown in Africa & Central America too Asia John	$300 [22] This type of drum has pedals to change the tuning of the membrane the kettledrum Richard	$300 [18] Similar in approach to A.A., G.A. was founded in 1957 to help people who want to stop doing this gambling John	$300 [5] In Norway this is called flyplass; a more formal word is lufthavn an airport John
$500 [20] In 1870 the French revolted against this leader & established the Third Republic Napoleon III Mary Richard	$400 [10] In this 1969 musical co-starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood sang "I Talk To The Trees" Paint Your Wagon Mary	$400 [29] The blight that decimated this "spreading" tree in the U.S. was first seen in 1904 the chestnut Mary	$400 [23] This stringed folk instrument has a long neck & a circular body covered with parchment a banjo John	$400 [19] "Marching to Glory" & "Soldiers Without Swords" are histories of this organization the Salvation Army Richard	$400 [6] A Mexican road sign that says, "Encienda Las Luces" means you should do this to your headlights to put on headlights Richard
DD $700 [15] In 1968 Alexander Dubcek replaced Antonin Novotny as this country's Communist Party leader Czechoslovakia Mary	$500 [11] "The Silencers" was the first of 4 films in which Dean Martin played this secret agent Matt Helm Mary	$500 [30] The name of this popular garden flower is Greek for "star" aster Richard	$500 [24] With the addition of keys, the double-reeded shawm evolved into this woodwind the oboe Richard	$500 [25] Headquartered in Bethesda, MD., it funds its training of the disabled partly by selling donated items Goodwill (Industries) John Richard	$500 [7] The Portuguese word for this tool is martelo a hammer John

Double Jeopardy! Round

1935	WORLD FACTS	POTENT POTABLES	FEDERAL TAXES	ALS & ALBERTS	SHAKESPEARE
$200 [10] In the NFL Championship game, this city's Lions defeated the New York Giants, 26-7 Detroit Mary	$200 [9] Mapuche is also spoken in Chile but this is the official language Spanish Mary	$200 [7] This ingredient that's fermented to make kumiss may come from a mare, a camel or a cow milk Mary	$200 [1] The IRS claims they'll do this to about 1 out of every 100 individual tax returns in 1994 audit Mary	$200 [2] Of the first 100 elements, the one named for this scientist ranks 99th (Albert) Einstein Mary	$200 [21] Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of this play is called "Coriolan" Coriolanus Mary John
$400 [11] In 1935 Kodak introduced this new color film for home photography Kodachrome Richard	$400 [12] You'll find Bloemfontein, this country's judicial capital, near Lesotho South Africa John	$400 [8] Lambrusco is a semisweet red wine from the central part of this country Italy Mary Richard	$400 [23] 1 of the 2 shorter 1040 forms you may file if your income is less than $50,000 the 1040EZ (or 1040A) Richard	$400 [3] He worked on the "Joe Palooka" comic strip before launching his own, "Li'l Abner", in 1934 Al Capp Mary	$400 [22] Peter Brook's unusual 1970 production of this play featured Oberon & Puck on trapezes A Midsummer Night's Dream Mary
$600 [16] On November 22 this airline launched air-mail service between California & the Philippines Pan-Am Mary	$600 [13] Tulum, one of the most beautiful Mayan sites in Mexico, overlooks this sea Caribbean Richard	$600 [19] It's traditional to serve scotch on January 25, this poet's birthday Robert Burns Mary	$600 [30] Use Form 8815 to exclude interest paid on Series EE ones of these issued after 1989 savings bonds John Richard	$600 [4] This developer of an oral polio vaccine was born in the Polish city of Bialystok Albert Sabin Mary	$600 [24] "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is only about 10% this kind of verse blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) Mary John Richard
$1,000 [18] During the year, this playwright published 3 dramas including "Waiting for Lefty" (Clifford) Odets Mary	$1,000 [15] Women from around the world travel to Tralee in this country to compete in the "Rose of Tralee" contest Ireland Mary	$800 [20] Demerara, which is distilled in Guyana, is the darkest type of this liquor rum Richard	$800 [29] For a single person, the basic one of these was $3,700 on 1993 returns a personal deduction Mary Richard	$800 [5] He has 4 children: Karenna, Kristin, Sarah & Albert III Vice President Gore John	$800 [25] The plot of "All's Well That Ends Well" is derived from this Boccaccio work Decameron Mary
DD $1,500 [17] In November this president of the United Mine Workers split from the AFL to form the CIO (John L.) Lewis Mary	DD $1,500 [14] These 3 letters follow the word "Guam" on Guam's license plates U.S.A. Richard	$1,000 [26] Because it's "strengthened" with brandy or another spirit, sherry is described as this kind of wine fortified Richard	$1,000 [28] A business or group that sends one of these people to talk to congressmen can no longer deduct the cost a lobbyist Richard	$1,000 [6] In 1957 this Frenchman was the first Albert to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Albert Camus Mary	$1,000 [27] Agamemnon's last line in this play is "great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended" Troilus and Cressida John Richard

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

In 1921 he was appointed an advisor on Arab affairs to then British colonial minister Winston Churchill

T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

John "Who is T E Lawrence?" — wagered $4,000

Richard "Who is Lawrence?" — wagered $6,200

Mary "Who is Ghandi?" — wagered $2,900

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