Show #2315 1994-09-30 (taped 1994-07-27) Regular

Contestants

Harry White — an attorney from Los Angeles, California

Martha Gehan — an office manager from New York City, New York

Diane Gelfand — a purchasing agent from Montclair, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Diane	$1,200	$2,500	$7,600	$0 3rd place: Samsung camcorder	$7,900 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Martha	$200	$1,800	$10,100	$12,700 New champion: $12,700	$9,900 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Harry	$1,000	$2,300	$5,500	$10,500 2nd place: Trip to Quail Lodge Resort, Carmel, California + Fox his & hers tennis rackets & bags	$5,500 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS	NURSERY RHYMES	SHIPS	1960	HINTS FROM HELOISE	LEGAL "E"s
$100 [4] This Delaware capital boasts some fine examples of Victorian architecture Dover Martha Harry	$100 [1] "Did you ever see such a sight in your life, as" this trio three blind mice Diane	$100 [12] At the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, his flagship, the Victory, was 40 years old Lord Nelson Diane	$100 [7] On January 2 this Massachusetts Democrat announced his candidacy for president John Kennedy Martha	$100 [13] Heloise suggests putting Easter eggs in a small trash can or football helmet instead of this typical container a basket Diane	$100 [16] This term is from Latin meaning "and others" et al. Martha
$200 [15] This city's Frontier Days is the most popular annual event in Wyoming Cheyenne Harry	$200 [2] The kind of low seat little Miss Muffet sat on; it wasn't spider-proof A tuffet Harry	$200 [23] In 1821 Great Britain launched the Aaron Manby, the first iron- hulled ship powered by this a steam engine Harry	$200 [8] This fast food chain had its beginnings when Tom Monaghan & his brother took over a Michigan pizzeria Domino's Martha	$200 [14] Heloise hints that it's easier to do this to Brazil nuts if you freeze them first remove the shell (crack them) Harry	$200 [17] This one of the three branches of government is charged with the detail of carrying the laws into effect the executive branch Martha
$300 [22] This Washington city's Japanese garden commemorates its sister city relationship with Yashiro, Japan Olympia Harry	$300 [3] He's "the boy who looks after the sheep" & "he's under the haystack fast asleep" Little Boy Blue	$300 [24] Launched in 1853, the Great Republic, one of these speedy ships, was the largest sailing ship of its time a clipper ship Diane	$300 [9] In February Crown Princess Michiko gave birth to Naruhito & Queen Elizabeth gave birth to this son Prince Andrew Martha	$300 [19] Heloise makes a deodorizing sachet by pouring baking soda into one of these filters & taping it shut a coffee filter Diane	$300 [18] Obtaining property or money from another by coercion or intimidation is called this extortion Diane
$400 [29] In December candlelight pub crawls led by guides in colonial costume take place in this Maryland capital Annapolis Diane	$400 [5] "Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, eating a" pie named for this holiday Christmas Diane	$400 [27] In 1839 this steamship line was founded as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Cunard Martha	DD $500 [10] At 12:01 A.M. on July 4, the new 50-star flag was raised at this national monument Fort McHenry Martha	$400 [20] Heloise makes a homemade polish for this by boiling a quart of beer with a little sugar & some beeswax furniture Martha	$400 [21] A legal prohibition on commerce, the U.S. imposed one on exports to Cuba over 30 years ago an embargo Harry
$500 [30] The Sunrise Museum in this West Virginia capital includes a planetarium & an art museum Charleston Martha Harry	$500 [6] Despite being baked in a pie, four and twenty blackbirds recovered & did this "when the pie was opened" "began to sing" Diane	$500 [28] In 1942 a fire destroyed this country's ocean liner The Normandie as it lay in New York Harbor France Martha	$500 [11] This philanthropist who donated land for the U.N. building died at age 86 John (D.) Rockefeller (Jr.) Harry	$500 [25] One of Heloise's fans recommends putting dry beans in your tennis shoes to give yourself one of these a massage Martha	$500 [26] A right to benefits, like Social Security, which may not be abridged without due process an entitlement Harry

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	HONG KONG	ART	PUBLISHING	FISH	LITERARY CHARACTERS
$200 [5] In 1524 an epidemic, possibly smallpox, swept through this South American empire, killing millions the Incan Empire Martha	$200 [2] A few of these 2-wheeled, man-pulled vehicles still exist, but they're dwindling in number rickshaws Martha	$200 [1] Michelangelo's statue of David shows him just before he confronted this giant Goliath Diane	$200 [4] "The Farmer's Almanac" added this word to its official title in 1848 Old Harry	$200 [14] Most species of this fish, including the sockeye, live in the Pacific salmon Harry	$200 [8] In his 1852 novel "Pierre, or The Ambiguities", Pierre Glendinning is a young writer, not a whale Herman Melville Martha
$400 [16] Between 1213 & 1215, he conquered most of the Chin Empire of northern China Genghis Khan Martha	$400 [27] This unit of currency has an exchange rate of 7.8 to the U.S. greenback the Hong Kong dollar Martha	$400 [3] In Edward Savage's "The Washington Family", Martha is pointing out this street on a map Pennsylvania Avenue Diane	$400 [23] The Christian Science Monitor was founded in this city in 1908 Boston Martha	$400 [15] From their resemblance to a quilled mammal, spiny members of the family Diodontidae are called this porcupinefish Martha	$400 [10] The vampire Lestat's mother, Gabrielle, was inspired by this novelist's mother, Katherine Anne Rice Harry
$600 [17] In 1976 this country gave Transkei its independence but other countries did not recognize it South Africa Martha	$600 [28] Though Mandarin is gaining in popularity, this is the Chinese dialect most commonly spoken in Hong Kong Cantonese Martha	$600 [6] In a c. 1615 Rubens work, while Daniel is gazing at the sky, several of these animals are staring at you Lions Martha	$600 [24] Argosy is considered the first of these magazines named for the cheap paper on which they were printed pulps Diane	$600 [20] The young of this large shark are born with stripes that fade as they grow the tiger shark Diane	$600 [11] In an Oscar Wilde novel, Lord Henry Wotton leads this young man into a dissolute, licentious life Dorian Gray Harry
$1,000 [19] The Danish Constitution was amended in 1953, allowing her to succeed her father as sovereign Queen Margrethe (II) Martha	$800 [29] This Portuguese possession 40 miles away is a popular gambling destination for Hong Kong residents Macau Diane Harry	$800 [7] In the last half of the 19th c., this American pair's firm was producing 3 new lithographic prints a week Currier & Ives Diane	$800 [25] Bertelsmann, based in this country, owns American publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Germany Martha	$800 [21] This small, tropical fish with a feather-like tail rivals the goldfish as the most popular aquarium pet the guppy Diane	DD $700 [13] Wallstreet Panic Snopes is one of the few honest members of the vicious Snopes family created by this novelist William Faulkner Diane
DD $1,500 [18] In 1967 this head of Romania's Communist Party became his country's head of state Nicolae Ceausescu Martha	$1,000 [30] The name of this peninsula on the mainland comes from gau-lung, Chinese for "nine dragons" Kowloon Martha	$1,000 [9] Raphael's "St. George and the Dragon" shows George as a member of this order of knighthood The Order of the Garter	$1,000 [26] Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor edited this magazine for more than 50 years The National Geographic Harry	$1,000 [22] Native to Africa & South America, these small, colorful fish include the bleeding- heart & neon tetras Diane	$800 [12] The wife of this Sinclair Lewis realtor sometimes calls him "Georgie Boy" Babbitt Diane

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

Of the presidents who attended a service academy, the only one who graduated in the top 10 percent of his class

Jimmy Carter

Harry "Who is Jimmy Carter?" — wagered $5,000

Diane "Who was D D Eisenhower" — wagered $7,600

Martha "Who is Jimmy Carter" — wagered $2,600

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