Show #2459 1995-04-20 (taped 1995-01-10) Regular

Contestants

Bob Bostock — a speechwriter originally from Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Rich Folk — a repair shop manager from Oldsmar, Florida

Steve Irish — an amateur athlete from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,800	$3,500	$11,100	$16,100 2-day champion: $29,700	$10,000 20 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Rich	$1,800	$2,300	$4,500	$8,999 3rd place: Samsung fax machine-telephone + Jeopardy! home game	$4,500 15 R, 3 W
Bob	$1,000	$3,000	$8,000	$16,000 2nd place: trip on TWA to Washington, D.C. & stay at Loews l'Enfant Plaza + Jeopardy! home game	$7,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY	CELEBRITIES	FACTS & FIGURES	MYTHOLOGY	PROVERBS	NICKNAMES
$100 [1] In 1588 Lord Howard of Effingham directed the defeat of this fleet from the Ark Royal the Spanish Armada Bob	$100 [16] This TV talk show host was named for his father's alma mater, Regis High School Regis Philbin Bob	$100 [11] With 18, gymnast Larisa Latynina has won the most of these: 9 gold, 5 silver & 4 bronze Olympic medals Steve	$100 [6] This monster who lived in the Labyrinth is sometimes called Asterion the Minotaur Rich	$100 [21] "If you can't" do this to them, "join 'em" beat 'em Bob	$100 [27] "The Father of the Telephone" Alexander Graham Bell Bob
$200 [2] In 1478 this Chaucer classic became the first original English work of literature set in type The Canterbury Tales Steve	$200 [17] Chet Huntley's former partner, he boasts of having "done the news longer than anyone on Earth" David Brinkley Bob	$200 [12] Fewer than 1,000,000 of these were sold in 1983; in 1988 they overtook LPs & in 1992, cassettes compact discs Steve	$200 [7] Fittingly, Arachne, who was a skilled weaver, was transformed into this type of creature a spider Rich	$200 [22] "The best throw of" these gambling implements "is to throw them away" dice Steve	$200 [28] "Mr. Lincoln's Cameraman" Mathew Brady Steve
$300 [3] His elder brother Arthur married Catherine of Aragon before he did Henry VIII Rich	$300 [18] While at Harvard, this actor who won an Oscar for "The Fugitive" roomed with Al Gore Tommy Lee Jones Steve Rich	$300 [13] At Sotheby's the Lunokhod 1 Rover was sold for $68,500; the problem is, it has to be picked up here on the Moon Rich	$300 [8] One myth says he stared at his own reflection because it reminded him of a twin sister who had died Narcissus Steve	$300 [23] "Have but few" of these "though many acquaintances" friends Bob	$300 [29] "The Bachelor President" Buchanan Bob
$400 [4] This archbishop had just returned from 6 years' exile when he was murdered in 1170 Thomas à Becket Rich	$400 [19] He represented Scotland in a Mr. Universe contest 40 years before he was named "Sexiest Man Alive" Sean Connery Bob	$400 [14] Of the money spent by this gov't program to clean up toxic waste sites, over 1/4 goes to legal fees Superfund program Bob	DD $500 [9] Zeus' parents, Cronus & Rhea, were among this early group of gods the Titans Steve	$400 [24] "The buyer needs a hundred eyes," this person "but one" the seller Rich	$400 [30] "The Apostle of the Scottish Reformers" John Knox Rich
$500 [5] In 1209 this brother & successor of King Richard I was excommunicated John Steve	$500 [20] This Oscar-winning star of "Misery" once worked as a singing waitress in the Catskills Kathy Bates Steve	$500 [15] On Aug. 1, 1994 he played in his 2,000th consecutive Major League baseball game Cal Ripken (Jr.) Bob	$500 [10] The statue with which Pygmalion fell in love was brought to life by this Greek goddess Aphrodite Rich	$500 [25] "He that will not have peace, God gives him" this war Steve	$500 [26] "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" Rosa Parks Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	NOTABLE WOMEN	SAINTS	20th CENTURY OPERAS	LAKES & RIVERS	POTPOURRI
$200 [1] In Nov. 1863 Edward Everett gave the long oration at the dedication of the National Cemetery here Gettysburg Rich	$200 [7] She was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932, the same year as her solo transatlantic flight Amelia Earhart Bob	$200 [16] Former hermit Pietro da Morrone resigned this post in 1294 due to incompetence the pope Bob	$200 [26] Douglas Moore's 1966 opera about her premiered in Kansas; aptly, since she wrecked many a saloon there Carry Nation Bob	$200 [6] The Spanish & Portuguese names are the same for this 3,900-mile-long South American river the Amazon Bob	$200 [21] Chesebrough-Pond's sells petrolatum, or petroleum jelly, under this trade name Vaseline Bob
$400 [2] Kennesaw Mountain & Peachtree Creek were battles in Sherman's campaign to take this city Atlanta Bob	$400 [8] She was the only one of her siblings to follow her father Sigmund into the field of psychoanalysis Anna Freud Steve	$400 [17] One symbol of St. Philip came from a miracle he witnessed involving these & fishes loaves Rich	$400 [27] Based on a H.C. Andersen fairy tale, Stravinsky's opera about this singing bird is set in China the Nightingale Bob	$400 [12] Judge Roy Bean was "The Law West of" this river the Pecos Steve Bob	$400 [22] Although it's known as the Wolverine State, Wolverines are not found in the wild there Michigan Steve
$600 [3] He was over 60 years old when he took Mobile Bay from the Confederates in 1864 David Farragut Rich	$600 [9] Kirsten is the middle name of this first American woman to go into space Sally Ride Bob	$600 [18] St. John's brother, he was the first of the 12 apostles to be martyred St. James Rich	$600 [28] "Marouf, cobbler of Cairo" is based on a story in this collection of old tales the Arabian Nights Rich	$600 [13] Cities on its lakeshore include Burlington, Vermont & Plattsburgh, New York Lake Champlain Rich	$600 [23] This Chicago-based weekly medical magazine is known as JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association Bob
$800 [4] This man who became president in 1881 was chief of staff to Gen. Rosecrans during the War Garfield Steve	$1,000 [11] On the basis of her 1932 film "The Blue Light", Hitler appointed her to film the Nuremberg Rally Leni Riefenstahl Steve Rich	$800 [19] In 1880 she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Italy Mother Cabrini	$800 [29] Soprano Tamaki Miura was famous for playing Cio-Cio-San in this opera Madame Butterfly Steve	$800 [14] Lake Louise is located in Banff National Park in this province Alberta Steve Rich	$800 [24] In the 1850s this Swedish chemist worked under John Ericsson, builder of the ironclad the Monitor (Alfred) Nobel Bob
$1,000 [5] The Battle of Pittsburg Landing is also called this, after a church on the battlefield (the Battle of) Shiloh Steve	DD $1,400 [10] This educator was the first woman given a medical degree in Italy (Maria) Montessori Bob	$1,000 [20] This translator of the Vulgate Bible is often shown in art with a lion St. Jerome Rich	$1,000 [30] The Swedish opera "Stormen" was inspired by this Shakespeare play The Tempest	DD $2,000 [15] This river that runs from Tibet to the Arabian Sea was the cradle of a great civilization the Indus Steve	$1,000 [25] The mother of this 41st vice president was born Abby Aldrich Nelson Rockefeller Bob

Final Jeopardy!

MODERN AUTHORS

His last novel opens in Yokohama on 14th September 1862

James Clavell

Rich "Who is James Clavell" — wagered $4,499

Bob "Who is Clavell" — wagered $8,000

Steve "Who is Clavell" — wagered $5,000

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