Show #2277 1994-06-28 (taped 1994-02-14) Regular

Contestants

Eric Thau — a Ph.D. candidate originally from The Bronx, New York

Mark Bendas — a data processing consultant from Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Margaret Robbins — a college professor from New Concord, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Margaret	$1,700	$3,600	$9,800	$16,001 2-day champion: $23,401	$9,600 20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Mark	$700	$2,400	$5,400	$9,400 3rd place: Morsly sportswear	$4,400 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Eric	$800	$600	$8,000	$15,999 2nd place: Gibson 3-piece kitchen + Sakura stoneware set	$8,800 22 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1890s	FAMOUS WOMEN	BEVERAGES	BAPTISTS	COINS	"BUTTER"
$100 [5] In 1895 King Gillette invented the safety type of this with disposable blades a razor Mark	$100 [12] Her husband often called this first lady "Bird", a shortening of her famous nickname Lady Bird Johnson Mark	$100 [2] The Dutch East India Company introduced this drink to Europe tea Eric	$100 [1] Growing up, this president & his family were members of the Plains Baptist Church Jimmy Carter Eric	$100 [19] In 1951 Finland became the first country to issue a commemorative of these games the Olympics Margaret	$100 [26] This bright yellow wildflower of the crowfoot family is so named because of its color & shape a buttercup Eric
$200 [6] On Feb. 12, 1892 his birthday became an official holiday in Illinois Abraham Lincoln Margaret	$200 [17] This foreign ex-president's youngest daughter, Kris, is a TV & film star in the Philippines Corazon Aquino Margaret Mark	$200 [3] In 1990 Procter & Gamble picked up this "Punch" line from Del Monte Hawaiian Punch Margaret	$200 [4] Samuel Francis Smith, a Baptist clergyman, wrote new words to "God Save the King", creating this song "America" ("My Country, 'Tis Of Thee") Mark Eric	$200 [21] This country's peso features an eagle with a snake in its beak Mexico Eric	$200 [27] When you flatter someone to gain favor, you're said to be doing this buttering them up Margaret
$300 [14] He put on an exhibition of the Vitascope projector April 23, 1896 at a NYC music hall Edison Eric	$300 [18] Tennis star Gabriela Sabatini is a native of this South American country Argentina Mark	$300 [7] Popular beverage made from the seeds or beans of a Madder family shrub coffee	$300 [8] He earned his Ph.D. in theology at Boston University; it was also in Boston that he met Coretta Scott Martin Luther King Mark	$300 [23] The coin of this country's chief monetary unit pictures Jawaharlal Nehru on one side India Eric	$300 [28] Bart Simpson is the commercial spokesman for this bestselling Nestle candy bar Butterfinger Mark
$400 [15] In 1898 Britain obtained a 99-year lease on this colony's "New Territories" Hong Kong Eric	$400 [20] On Nov. 15, 1977 she gave birth to her first child, Peter Mark Andrew Phillips Princess Anne Mark	$400 [9] Fermentation occurs in beer making when this ingredient is added to the mix Yeast Margaret Eric	$400 [10] The Baptists believe baptism should be performed by this method rather than by pouring or sprinkling immersion Margaret	$400 [24] Monaco uses the currency of this neighboring country France Margaret	$400 [29] Dale Evans' horse Buttermilk Mark
DD $800 [16] The Kiel Canal opened in 1895, connecting this sea to the Baltic Sea The North Sea Eric	$500 [22] Connie Conehead on "SNL", she put on a cone again to play Jane Curtin's sister in "The Coneheads" Laraine Newman Margaret	$500 [13] It's the process of heating & sweetening cider & flavoring it with spices mulling Eric	$500 [11] The Baptists grew out of the Puritan revolt against this national church Anglican Church (or Church of England) Margaret	$500 [25] Before adopting the pula as its unit of currency in 1976, Botswana used this country's rand South Africa Mark	$500 [30] Eileen Heckart won an Oscar for her role as an overprotective mother in this 1972 film Butterflies Are Free Margaret

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY	WEATHER	FORESTS	U.S. SENATORS	GREAT BRITS	THEATRE
$200 [1] This fascist consolidated his power after the 1924 murder of socialist Giacomo Matteotti Mussolini Eric	$200 [4] In 1960 Tiros I became the first one of these a weather satellite Eric	$200 [9] Tuskegee National Forest lies just east of Montgomery in this state Alabama Eric	$200 [14] This state currently has 2 women in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein & Barbara Boxer California Eric	$200 [26] In 1963 he became the first modern person named an honorary U.S. citizen Winston Churchill Mark	$200 [20] This country's Shaw Festival was founded in Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1962 Canada Margaret
$400 [2] Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in 1964 & her son, Prince Jean, became this country's Grand Duke Luxembourg	$400 [5] In one type of hygrometer, the length of a hair increases with an increase in this humidity Mark Eric	$400 [10] This English forest in Nottinghamshire was once a royal hunting ground Sherwood Forest Eric	$400 [15] Wm. Howard Taft's grandson Robert Taft Jr., who represented this state in the Senate, died in 1993 Ohio Eric	$400 [27] Famous for his jasperware, he's been called the most important figure in British ceramic history Wedgewood Margaret	$400 [21] In 1939 Van Heflin & Joseph Cotten co-starred with her in "The Philadelphia Story" Katharine Hepburn Eric
$600 [3] In 486 Clovis, king of this Germanic people, defeated the Romans in Gaul The Franks Margaret	$600 [6] Nearly all weather occurs in this lowest layer of the atmosphere the troposphere Margaret	$600 [11] At 4,898 feet, Feldberg is the highest peak in this German forest noted for its mineral springs the Black Forest Margaret	$600 [16] During WWII this Kansan led an assault on a German machine gun installation that nearly cost him his life Robert Dole Mark	$600 [28] The simple inscription on her tombstone reads, "F.N. Born 1820. Died 1910." Florence Nightingale Eric	$600 [22] "That Championship Season" concerns a reunion of 4 former players of this sport with their coach basketball Eric
DD $1,000 [19] In 1961 the Indian military forced this country out of its possessions of Goa, Daman & Diu Portugal Margaret	$800 [7] In 1940 FDR transferred the Weather Bureau to this cabinet department the Department of Commerce	$800 [12] A forest in northern Oregon shares its name with this mountain located within its borders Mount Hood Margaret	$1,000 [18] In 1975 this longtime Arkansas senator was granted honorary knighthood & Japan's Order of the Rising Sun Fulbright Margaret	$800 [29] His 1755 dictionary define a pension as "pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country" Dr. Johnson Eric	$800 [23] Andrey Prozorov isn't onstage at the beginning of this Chekhov play, but his female siblings are Three Sisters Eric
$1,000 [25] This Hapsburg became emperor of Austria in 1848 & remained on the throne for 68 years Franz Joseph Eric	$1,000 [8] This English astronomer devised the first weather map in 1686 Edmond Halley	$1,000 [13] Mississippi has a national forest named for this first European to reach the Mississippi River de Soto Margaret	DD $1,800 [17] In Jan. 1993 Bob Krueger was chosen by Ann Richards to fill the Senate seat vacated by this man Lloyd Bentsen Mark	$1,000 [30] Name shared by a 17th c. philosopher, essayist & statesman & his descendant, a 20th c. painter Francis Bacon Eric	$1,000 [24] "Redhead", the 1st musical Bob Fosse directed, starred this redhead who became his 3rd wife Gwen Verdon Eric

Final Jeopardy!

ASTRONOMY

It was discovered by a Czechoslovak-born astronomer in March 1973

(Comet) Kohoutek

Mark "What is Kahoutek?" — wagered $4,000

Eric "What is Comet Kohoutek?" — wagered $7,999

Margaret "What is Comet Kohoutek?" — wagered $6,201

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