Show #2268 1994-06-15 (taped 1994-02-07) Regular

Contestants

Ann Greiner — a retired naval officer originally from Columbus, Ohio

Roger Solberg — a college professor from Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Richard Showstack — a writer and teacher from Newport Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$1,100	$1,800	$4,000	$0 2nd place: "Cosmic Dawn" by Nan Rae + Sanyo stereo system	$4,000 17 R, 3 W
Roger	$2,200	$5,000	$6,700	$5,399 New champion: $5,399	$10,200 27 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Ann	$500	$900	$-300	$-300 3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths candelabra + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$500 8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1900s	THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS	NEWSPAPERS	ANATOMY	LEFTOVERS	ANCIENT WISDOM
$100 [19] In 1903 Giuseppe Sarto assumed this office as Pius X Pope Ann	$100 [3] A 1946 winner for "The Picture of Dorian Gray", she won again 39 years later for "Murder, She Wrote" Angela Lansbury Roger	$100 [1] This Utah city's Tribune is the state's only morning newspaper Salt Lake City Richard Roger	$100 [8] On average, it weighs about 3 pounds, with the cerebrum making up most of that weight the brain Roger	$100 [13] The only bird that provides leather commercially, its skin is pink an ostrich Richard	$100 [26] Chang Heng said, "Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like" this part "of the egg" the yolk Ann
$200 [20] In 1908 an earthquake completely destroyed the city of Messina on this Italian island Sicily Roger	$200 [4] She won a "Most Promising Newcomer" Golden Globe, her first award, before "Bye Bye Birdie" was released Ann-Margret Roger	$200 [2] In 1903 the London Daily Mirror became the first of these half-sized sensationalist newspapers tabloids Roger	$200 [9] This tendon at the back of the ankle helps you stand on tiptoe the Achilles tendon Roger	$200 [14] Roman rituals were overseen by an augur, which gave us this word for inducting an official an inauguration Richard	$200 [27] Common translation of the Latin saying "errare humanum est" to err is human Ann
$300 [21] In 1904 George Hale founded one of these on California's Mt. Wilson an observatory Roger	$300 [5] This entertainer was so "divine" in "For The Boys" that she won a 1992 "Best Actress" award Bette Midler Roger	$300 [16] Florida's largest newspaper, it's also the largest in the Deep South the Miami Herald Richard	$300 [10] It's the medical name for the voice box the larynx Roger	$300 [15] This early presidential home sits on the site of a Powhatan Indian village called Tauxenent Mount Vernon Richard	$300 [28] "Be content... one cannot be first in everything" was fabulous advice from this fabulist Aesop Ann
$400 [22] Norway's union with this other Scandinavian country was dissolved in 1905 Sweden Roger	$400 [6] When she won for "Working Girl" in 1989 she said, "The last time I was up here I was Miss Golden Globe" Melanie Griffith Roger	$400 [17] In 1752 the Halifax Gazette became the 1st English newspaper published in what's now this country Canada Roger	$400 [11] Resembling a small horseshoe, the hyoid or lingual bone supports this body part the tongue Richard	$400 [24] From the Latin fluere, meaning "to flow", it means to vary irregularly or to shift back & forth fluctuate Richard	$500 [30] Theophrastus said this "is the most valuable thing a man can spend" time Roger
$500 [23] In 1905 Sinn Fein was organized as a political party dedicated to independence for this country Ireland Ann	$500 [7] A special award is named in honor of this director of biblical epics, its first recipient De Mille Roger	$500 [18] Newspapers in Des Moines, Iowa & Orange County, California share this name the Register Roger	$500 [12] While the knee is considered a hinge joint, the hip is classified as this type ball-and-socket Ann	$500 [25] The name of this region of farm country in southern Africa is from Dutch for "field" veldt Roger	DD $800 [29] Ovid said this form of literature "comes fine-spun from a mind at peace" poetry Ann

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 50 STATES	COMPOSERS	SAINTS	FOODS OF THE WORLD	THE CIVIL WAR	PRINCELY NICKNAMES
$200 [6] Roughly 30 times more people live on this state's lower peninsula than on the upper one Michigan Ann	$200 [1] For the opening of the 1972 Olympics in this German city, Carl Orff composed "Rota" for voices & instruments Munich Richard	$200 [21] He slew the dragon after the Inhabitants of Sylene promised to be baptized St. George Ann	$200 [26] Herodotus said Egyptians used to eat small birds pickled in this strong salt & water solution brine Roger	$200 [8] Between 1861 & 1863, this Confederate general's hair turned from black to snow-white Lee Richard	$200 [16] Marvin Gaye was sometimes called "The Prince of" this record label Motown Richard
$400 [7] Many of this state's counties, including Kings & Dutchess, date back to 1683 New York Roger	$400 [2] Benjamin Britten was exempted from military service in this war as a conscientious objector World War II Richard	$400 [22] This evangelizer of the Irish was born somewhere in Scotland St. Patrick Roger	$400 [27] Parkin is a cake that's often baked in England for this "explosive" holiday Guy Fawkes Day Richard	$400 [12] On Aug. 5, 1864 Admiral Farragut & the North closed this Alabama bay Mobile Bay Richard	$400 [17] "Over There" is the most famous song by this "Prince of Broadway" George M. Cohan Roger
$600 [9] It's "The Sagebrush State" Nevada	$600 [3] He studied with Christian Gottlob Neefe in his native Bonn, Germany before going to Vienna in 1792 Ludwig von Beethoven Richard Roger	$600 [23] St. Robert Bellarmine took part in examining this Italian astronomer's writings for heresy Galileo Richard	$600 [30] A luscious strawberry dessert made with cointreau is named for this Russian royal family the Romanovs Roger	$600 [13] At 1:15 P.M. Dec. 20, 1860 this state voted to secede, the first state to do so South Carolina Roger	$600 [18] In his youth this author of "The Sea Wolf" was "The Prince of the Oyster Pirates" Jack London Roger
$800 [10] Pennsylvania shares the historic Brandywine Creek with this state to the south Delaware Richard Roger Ann	$800 [4] The title of George Crumb's "Echoes of Time and the River" alludes to a novel by this man Thomas Wolfe	$800 [24] St. Pulcheria was empress of this empire, succeeding her brother Theodosius II in 450 the Byzantine Empire Roger Ann	$800 [29] Chocolate lovers know that Tre Scalini on this city's Piazza Navona is famous for its tartufo Rome Richard	$800 [14] Henry Wirz, officer in charge of this prison, was the only Confederate soldier executed for war crimes Andersonville Richard Roger	$800 [19] This brother of a presidential assassin was known as "The Prince of Players" Edwin Booth Roger
$1,000 [11] A stone monument in this state marks the geographic center of North America North Dakota Richard	$1,000 [5] Virgil Thomson's "Four Saints in Three Acts" features a libretto by this 20th century woman poet Gertrude Stein	DD $2,000 [25] This mystic & foundress of an order was born at Avila & died at Alba de Tormes St. Teresa Roger	$1,000 [28] Saganaki, a kefalotiri cheese appetizer from this country, is sometimes flambeed before serving Greece Richard	DD $1,500 [15] Neither the Monitor nor the Merrimack was sunk in the 1862 battle named for this Virginia channel Hampton Roads Roger	$1,000 [20] "The Prince of Politicians" is a nickname for this author of "The Prince" Machiavelli Roger

Final Jeopardy!

BOOKS & AUTHORS

JFK donated some of this book's royalties to the city of Plymouth in Great Britain

Why England Slept

Richard "What is Profiles in Courage?" — wagered $4,000

Roger "What is Profiles in Courage?" — wagered $1,301

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