Show #2276 1994-06-27 (taped 1994-02-14) Regular

Contestants

Margaret Robbins — a college professor from New Concord, Ohio

Steve Sailer — a marketing researcher from Chicago, Illinois

Kim Smith — a ticket counter originally from Sedalia, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kim	$0	$1,900	$3,300	$6,600 3rd place: Curtis Mathes LaserDisc player + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$3,300 15 R, 4 W
Steve	$300	$600	$3,400	$6,698 2nd place: trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	$3,400 11 R, 5 W
Margaret	$4,000	$6,100	$9,700	$7,400 New champion: $7,400	$11,500 31 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THEME PARKS	FAMOUS NAMES	JAPAN	NATURE	GEMS & JEWELRY	"T" TIME
$100 [1] In 1993 the MGM Grand took a "gamble" & opened a new 33-acre theme park in this city Las Vegas Kim	$100 [7] She resigned from the boards of Wal-Mart & TCBY to devote herself to Bill's presidential campaign Hillary Rodham Clinton Margaret	$100 [17] You can take a bus to the 8,000-foot level of this sacred mountain & then walk to the 12,400-foot summit Mount Fuji Margaret	$100 [16] The big difference between the Asian & Arabian species of this animal is the number of humps a camel Kim	$100 [26] Many items made of lapis lazuli were found in this pharaoh's tomb, discovered in 1922 King Tut Margaret	$100 [6] Any TV program devoted to chat a talk show Steve
$200 [2] Dutch Wonderland in this state's Lancaster County has a miniature circus of over 5,000 characters Pennsylvania Margaret	$200 [9] Although 72 years old, he covered 9 miles during his July 1966 swim in the Yangtze River Mao Tse-Tung Steve	$200 [19] A stew called chankonabe is the traditional food of these hefty athletes sumo wrestlers Kim	$200 [18] Occasionally one of these trees will produce nectarines, too a peach tree Kim Steve	$200 [27] This gemstone that comes in fire & black varieties is a variety of the mineral Cristobalite an opal Margaret	$200 [8] It's a branch of a deer's antlers, or a prong of a fork a tine Kim
$300 [3] At Six Flags Astroworld in this city, nostalgia lovers can ride a carousel dating from 1895 Houston Margaret	$300 [10] Irish painter Jack B. Yeats was the brother of this famous poet William Butler Yeats Kim Steve	$300 [20] Made of bamboo, a shakuhachi is a Japanese type of this wind instument a flute Margaret	$300 [23] These Welsh dogs with foxlike heads & stiff coats were bred for herding cattle corgis Margaret	$300 [28] Transparent pink beryl is called morganite; transparent green beryl, this Emerald Margaret	$300 [13] People from Papeete Tahitians Steve Margaret
$400 [4] Miss Kiss & Miss Reese's peanut butter cup are among the characters roaming the park named for this co. Hershey Margaret	$400 [11] Jose Napoleon Duarte was sworn in as president of this Central American country in June 1984 El Salvador Margaret	$400 [21] A Kannushi is a priest of this religion Shinto Margaret	$400 [24] Some people in Asia use cormorants to catch these fish Kim	$400 [29] Paloma Picasso sells her designer jewelry through this tony store Tiffany's Margaret	$400 [14] It can mean sticky, tawdry or just plain tasteless tacky Margaret
DD $900 [5] At Silver Dollar City in Missouri, you can tour Marvel Cave, the largest cavern in these mountains the Ozarks Margaret	$500 [12] Jazz great Louis Armstrong was born July 4, 1900 in this city New Orleans Margaret	$500 [22] A male mask called heita is used for warrior roles in this theatrical form Noh drama Kim	$500 [25] 3 species of hyena are recognized: brown, striped & this laughing (or spotted) Steve	$500 [30] These non-Roman inhabitants of Italy were consummate goldsmiths the Etruscans Kim	$500 [15] Swimming shorts, whether or not they're decorated with pachyderm proboscises trunks Margaret

Double Jeopardy! Round

POETS & POETRY	1911	BODIES OF WATER	BRITISH MONARCHS	CASTLE ARCHITECTURE	AWARDS
$200 [6] Walt Whitman wrote a poem called "Passage to" this country decades before E.M. Forster's novel India Margaret	$200 [1] On May 25 the troops of Francisco Madero forced Porfirio Diaz to resign as president of this country Mexico Kim	$200 [7] The Kishon River flows into the Bay of Haifa in this country Israel Steve	$200 [21] She & Margaret Thatcher were both 53 when Thatcher was elected prime minister in 1979 Queen Elizabeth II Steve	$200 [27] Spanning a moat or ditch, it was raised in times of emergency the drawbridge Margaret	$200 [17] In 1993 this star of "Murder, She Wrote" was the recipient of the American Ireland Fund's Heritage Award Angela Lansbury Margaret
$400 [8] This poet's widow sold all the rights to "Paradise Lost" for a mere £8 Milton Margaret	$400 [2] On May 15 the Supreme Court ordered this oil firm dissolved for antitrust law violations Standard Oil Kim	$400 [9] This river rises in the springs of Syria's Mount Hermon & empties into the Dead Sea the Jordan River Margaret	$400 [23] Charles II was king during this disaster of 1666, & he actually helped put it out the Great Fire of London Margaret	$400 [28] What was once a term for the living quarters became this word for the castle's prison the dungeon Kim Margaret	$400 [18] In 1988 this "Golden Bear" was honored with Golf Magazine's one-time-only player of the Century Award Jack Nicklaus Kim
$600 [13] He used the word "if" 14 times in his poem "If", if you count the title Kipling Kim	$600 [3] "The Georgia Peach", he won the 5th of his 12 A.L. batting titles with a career high average of .420 Ty Cobb Kim	$600 [10] Hanoi, Vietnam & Shreveport, Louisiana are on rivers with this colorful name the Red River Kim	$600 [22] Queen Anne was raised as a Protestant, though this was the religion of her father, James II Catholicism Margaret	$600 [26] The Balistraria was the room where these weapons were kept or the windows through which they were aimed arrows (bows & arrows, or crossbows) Steve Margaret	$600 [16] In 1968 this helicopter pioneer received a National Medal of Science from President Johnson Sikorsky Margaret
$800 [14] Edinburgh-born poet & novelist who wrote the romantic 1808 poem "Marmion, a tale of Flodden Field" Sir Walter Scott Steve Margaret	$800 [4] Hiram Bingham of Yale discovered this Incan fortress city about 50 miles northwest of Cuzco Machu Picchu Margaret	$800 [11] Cities on this European river include Toledo, Spain & Abrantes, Portugal the Tagus River Kim Steve	$1,000 [25] Edward I was named for this Edward who reigned about 200 years earlier Edward the Confessor Steve	DD $600 [29] A windlass was used to raise & lower this huge wood & iron grating the portcullis Margaret	$800 [19] This cellist was honored posthumously with a 1989 Lifetime Achievement Grammy award Casals Kim
$1,000 [15] This Lake Poet finished a draft of "The Prelude" in 1805 & kept revising it for 45 years William Wordsworth Steve	$1,000 [5] On June 13 this Russian composer's ballet "Petrushka" premiered in Paris Stravinsky Steve	$1,000 [12] 1 of the 2 countries sharing South America's majestic Iguacu Falls Argentina or Brazil Kim Steve	DD $2,000 [24] George I spoke to his ministers in this language; they couldn't speak German & he couldn't speak English French Margaret	$1,000 [30] This immense room was used for general gatherings & dining the Great Hall Steve	$1,000 [20] This couple recieved a 1962 Hubbard Medal for their contributions to paleontology the Leakeys Margaret

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

Now a national capital, Gurkha kings made it their capital after capturing it in 1768

Katmandu

Kim "What is Katmandu" — wagered $3,300

Steve "What is Katmandu" — wagered $3,298

Margaret "What is Dacca?" — wagered $2,300

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