Show #2486 1995-05-29 (taped 1995-01-31) Regular

Contestants

Enid Levine — a management analyst from Springfield, Virginia

Mike Creed — an antique and collectibles dealer from Brooklyn, New York

Jeff Hall — a student teacher from Lemoore, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $1,400 $3,100 $8,600 $5,399
2nd place: Glisten in the Moonlight painting by Nan Rae + Nourison rug + Jeopardy! Sport Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System
$7,900
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Mike $1,600 $4,100 $11,800 $19,300
New champion: $19,300
$11,100
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Enid $700 $1,600 $4,800 $3,198
3rd place: Insight 386SX PC + Jeopardy! Sport Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System
$4,800
10 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE IN HISTORY BEAUTY QUEENS & PAGEANT WINNERS GASES GUINNESS RECORDS I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
$100 [6]
At age 7 he was a captain's servant; at age 33, he commanded the Bounty
(Lt. William) Bligh
Jeff
$100 [20]
When she was Miss S.D., this "Entertainment Tonight" co-host was known as Mary Johanna Harum
Mary Hart
Jeff
$100 [1]
This noble gas, symbol Xe, was discovered by William Ramsay & Morris Travers in 1898
xenon
Jeff
$100 [11]
The fastest marsupial recorded was a female eastern grey one of these, clocked at 40 mph
a kangaroo
Mike
$100 [24]
This Lexington Avenue landmark is affectionately known as Bloomie's
Bloomingdale's
Enid
$100 [13]
Ferocious fish(7)
piranha
Mike
$200 [7]
This U.S. president was nicknamed the "Sword of the Revolution"
Washington
Mike
$200 [21]
This "Alfie" star's wife Shakira is a former Miss Guyana
Michael Caine
Jeff
$200 [2]
For a person who's fainted, preparations of this nitrogen compound are used as smelling salts
ammonia
Jeff
$200 [12]
The earliest map, dating to c. 2250 B.C., depicts this river flowing through northern Mesopotamia
the Euphrates
Mike Enid
$200 [25]
The Gotham Miniature Golf Course in this famous park features scale models of NYC landmarks
Central Park
Jeff
$200 [14]
Silent performance(9)
pantomime
Mike
$300 [8]
As a young man Shah Jahan rebelled against his father Jahangir, the 4th Mogul emperor of this country
India
Jeff
$300 [22]
Donny & Marie's niece Amy Osmond, America's Junior Miss 1994, represented this state in the pageant
Utah
Mike
$300 [3]
To prevent nitrogen narcosis, divers sometimes breathe a mixture of oxygen & this second-lightest gas
helium
Jeff
$300 [18]
Other than Antarctica, this Danish possession is the world's most sparsely populated territory
Greenland
Enid
$300 [27]
Bill Clinton's daughter may know that much of this district was once owned by poet Clement Clarke Moore
Chelsea
Jeff
$300 [15]
Police hangout(8)
precinct
Mike
$400 [9]
Lord Roberts, also known as "Bobs", made his famous march to Pretoria during this war
the boer War
Mike
$400 [26]
This actress who played Phyllis on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was a runner-up for Miss America in 1946
Cloris Leachman
Mike
$400 [4]
Because of its very hot flame, this gas, C2H2, is used in metal cutting & welding
acetylene
Jeff
$400 [19]
The largest brass instrument, a tuba, was built for a tour by this American band leader & composer
(John Philip) Sousa
Jeff
$400 [28]
He agreed to finance construction of a concert hall while on his honeymoon cruise in 1887
Carnegie
Mike
$400 [16]
Luggage carrier(6)
porter
Mike
DD $500 [10]
In October 1483 he was appointed Grand Inquisitor for Aragon, Catalonia & Valencia
Torquemada
Mike
$500 [30]
This blonde co-host of "CBS This Morning" was a finalist in the 1973 Miss American Teenager Pageant
Paula Zahn
Jeff
$500 [5]
Because it's found around stagnant water & swamps, this gas is sometimes called "marsh gas"
methane
Enid
$500 [23]
This language has the largest vocabulary: about 616,500 words plus some 400,000 technical terms
English
Enid
$500 [29]
The name of this chic restaurant in the Seagram Building reminds us of Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Mike
$500 [17]
Rice region(5)
paddy
Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

SEAS SAINTS ART & ARTISTS PSYCH 102 ASSASSINATIONS AMERICAN LITERATURE
$200 [1]
An undersea ridge that runs from Tunisia to Sicily divides this sea into 2 basins
the Mediterranean
Jeff
$200 [11]
While St. Damasus I was pope, Latin replaced this as the main liturgical language
Greek
Enid
$200 [2]
The great Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen is buried in the art museum named for him in this capital city
Copenhagen
Mike
$200 [8]
A repeated behavior like fingernail biting or hair pulling; it may be hard to break
a habit
Mike
$200 [17]
This assassin was at large for 12 days after shooting Abraham Lincoln
(John Wilkes) Booth
Jeff
$200 [18]
She wrote what she called "rubbishy novels" before the success of "Little Women"
(Louisa May) Alcott
Jeff
$400 [4]
The Rhine & the Thames flow into this sea
the North Sea
Mike
$400 [12]
Since 2 apostles had this name, one is "the Greater" & one is "the Less"
James
Jeff
$400 [3]
Dartmouth College's Baker Library boasts some fine murals by Jose Clemente Orozco, an artist from this country
Mexico
Jeff
$400 [22]
The name of this first insane asylum in England is a corruption of Bethlehem
Bedlam
Jeff
$400 [19]
This conqueror of Peru was assassinated by supporters of rival explorer Diego de Almagro
Pizarro
Jeff
$400 [20]
Geo. Washington Cable's 1880 novel "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life" is set in this city
New Orleans
Mike
$600 [5]
Jiddah is a major port on this sea
the Red Sea
Jeff
$600 [14]
He's the patron saint of artists, brewers & butchers as well as doctors
Luke
Jeff
$600 [9]
This Mt. Rushmore sculptor's brother Solon Hannibal Borglum was known for cowboy sculptures
Gutzon Borglum
Mike
$600 [28]
She's had several TV shows & her books include "Widowhood" & "The Successful Woman"
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Enid
$600 [25]
After the assassination of Sancho II in 1072, this Spanish nat'l hero entered the service of Alfonso VI
El Cid
Mike
$600 [21]
This Theodore Dreiser heroine is 18 when she leaves her Wisconsin home & moves to Chicago
Sister Carrie
Enid
$1,000 [7]
Gulfs of this sea include those of Bothnia, Finland & Riga
the Baltic Sea
Enid
$800 [15]
St. Zachary helped make this "Short" ruler the titular king of the Franks
Pepin
Mike
$800 [10]
In 1937 she painted a "Mule's Skull with Pink Poinsettias"
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jeff
$800 [29]
From Latin for "lust", Freud thought it was the sex instinct; Jung didn't agree
libido
Enid
$1,000 [27]
Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of this country, Now Zaire, was assassinated in 1961
the Congo
Mike
$800 [23]
Sherwood Anderson's 1st title for this 1919 collection of stories was "The Book of the Grotesque"
Winesburg, Ohio
Jeff
DD $1,500 [6]
The island of Taiwan divides this sea into East & South parts
the China Sea
Jeff
$1,000 [16]
The patron saint of France, legend says he was beheaded on Montmartre, martyrs' hill
St. Denis (St. Dennis)
$1,000 [13]
Sculptures by Constantin Brancusi & Auguste Rodin share this "osculatory" name
The Kiss
Jeff Mike
$1,000 [30]
This family of American doctors & psychiatrists established a clinic & a foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Menninger
Jeff
DD $1,500 [26]
This Austrian emperor's wife Elizabeth & nephew Francis Ferdinand were both assassinated
Franz Joseph
Mike
$1,000 [24]
King David's lament for his third son inspired the title of this author's "Absalom, Absalom!"
(William) Faulkner
Jeff Mike

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS

This race first run in 1903 covers 2,500-3,000 miles & includes at least 1 mountain over 7,500

The Tour de France

Enid "What is?" — wagered $1,602
Jeff "What is the Paris-Dakar Rally?" — wagered $3,201
Mike "What is the Tour de France?" — wagered $7,500

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