Show #2507 1995-06-27 (taped 1995-02-14) Regular

David Siegel game 1.

Contestants

David Siegel — a paralegal from Los Angeles, California

Matt Baker — a graduate student from Berkeley, California

Paul Bondor — an engineer from Bakersfield, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$400	$800	$4,400	$6,400 3rd place: Retroneu silverware set + Jeopardy! home game	$4,400 14 R, 3 W
Matt	$1,900	$2,800	$8,400	$7,800 2nd place: Lloyd/Flanders wicker furniture + New Braunfels smoker grill + Jeopardy! home game	$7,200 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
David	$1,600	$4,200	$11,400	$19,400 New champion: $19,400	$10,200 23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST	FAMOUS MILLS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	SAUDI ARABIA	GARDENING	WHAT'S THE "POINT"?
$100 [17] His brothers Virgil, Morgan & Warren were lawmen, too Wyatt Earp Matt	$100 [13] If you had your Wheaties this morning, you know they came from this company General Mills Matt	$100 [1] This capital city is the home of Florida State University Tallahassee Matt	$100 [11] The nation didn't have its first official one of these until 1974; it found a population of 7,013,000 a census David	$100 [26] The leaf variety of this garden tool has long, flexible tines that won't damage your lawn a rake Matt	$100 [6] 212° F. the boiling point of water Matt
$200 [21] The largest nugget of this ever found in North America was discovered in Aspen, Colorado in 1894 silver Paul Matt	$200 [14] As a child she starred in "Pollyanna" & "The Parent Trap" Hayley Mills David	$200 [2] The athletic teams of this U.S. military academy are nicknamed the Falcons the Air Force Academy David	$200 [12] Before oil, the primary source of foreign exchange was pilgrimages to this holiest Muslim city Mecca Matt	$200 [27] This garden pest, Popillia japonica, was first seen in the U.S. around 1916 a Japanese beetle David	$200 [7] Lazlo Biro of Hungary invented the first successful one of these writing instruments a ballpoint pen Matt
$300 [23] This "juvenile" outlaw was buried next to his friend Tom O'Folliard, also shot by Pat Garrett Billy the Kid Paul	$300 [15] Architect Robert Mills' design for this D.C. obelisk included a surrounding colonnade the Washington Monument Matt	$300 [3] This school in Knoxville was founded as Blount College in 1794 the University of Tennessee David	$300 [18] These true nomads probably make up fewer than 1/4 of the nation's people the Bedouins David	$300 [28] In choosing these plants, know that N stands for nematode resistant, as in beefmaster VFN tomatoes David	$300 [8] It's a decisive moment, or a TV newsmagazine often anchored by Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer the turning point David
$400 [24] It was a cowboy's most valuable possession; it often cost more than his horse his saddle David	$400 [16] The sons of this "Glow Worm" group once formed a singing group of their own The Mills Brothers Paul	$400 [4] The athletic teams at the University of Georgia sport this "canine" nickname the Bulldogs Matt	$400 [19] The Al-Dirah Mosque is a landmark in this capital city Riyadh David	$400 [29] The best-known & most useful beardless type of this flower is the Siberian the Iris Paul	$400 [9] It's any of several spots on the body where the pulse can be felt or where blood flow can be stopped a pressure point Paul
$500 [25] This lawman known for his stylish attire became deputy sheriff of Dodge City in 1876 Bat Masterson Matt	$500 [22] During the 1980s she was Abby on "Knots Landing" Donna Mills David	DD $500 [5] This state's universities include those in St. Cloud, Moorhead & Bemidji Minnesota Matt	$500 [20] The major oil-producing entity is the Arabian American Oil Company, called this for short Aramco David	$500 [30] Strawberries spread by these long, trailing stems that root where they contact the soil runners Paul	$500 [10] Located in Alaska, it's the northernmost point of the U.S. Point Barrow David

Double Jeopardy! Round

1931	BIOLOGY	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	OPERA	AMERICAN WOMEN	BRITISH AUTHORS
$200 [12] A 1931 plane crash claimed the life of this school's coach Knute Rockne Notre Dame David	$200 [22] Gastrin, a hormone that stimulates the flow of gastric juice, is produced by cells in this organ the stomach Paul	$200 [17] Pocomoke Sound, a part of Chesapeake Bay, is shared by Maryland & this state Virginia Paul	$200 [4] Finn Hoffding based his opera "The Emperor's New Clothes" on a fairy tale by this fellow Dane Hans Christian Andersen Paul	$200 [29] Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon classified over 200,000 of these heavenly bodies by the spectra of their light stars Paul	$200 [1] During the Hundred Years' War, this "Canterbury Tales" author fought in France & was captured Geoffrey Chaucer Paul
$400 [13] Miles Laboratories introduced this fizzy tablet Alka-Seltzer David	$400 [23] This chief male sex hormone is also produced by women in the ovaries in small amounts testosterone Paul	$400 [18] Amistad Reservoir in this river forms part of the border between Texas & Mexico the Rio Grande David	$400 [30] French playwright Prosper Merimee wrote the novel on which this Bizet opera is based Carmen Matt	$400 [27] In 1921 this famous feminist was born Betty Naomi Goldstein in Peoria, Illinois Betty Friedan Paul	$400 [2] Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died only a few days after her birth Mary Shelley Matt
$600 [14] This future U.N. Secretary- General was made headmaster of Pantanaw National High School in Burma U Thant Matt	$600 [24] The 2 main processes by which a cell divides are meiosis & this mitosis David	$600 [19] The peninsula featuring Rockaway Beach forms the southern border of Jamaica Bay in this city New York City David	$600 [3] Set on a Midwest farm, "The Tender Land" is a 1954 opera by this composer of the ballet "Rodeo" Aaron Copland David	$600 [9] In 1979 her son Donald succeeded her as publisher of the Washington Post Katharine Graham David	$600 [5] In 1958 this author reconsidered some of his prophecies in "Brave New World Revisited" Aldous Huxley Matt
$800 [15] Among the works of art she painted in 1931 were "White Calico Flower" & "Cow's Skull" Georgia O'Keeffe Matt	$800 [25] It's the darkish pigment that gives skin, hair & the iris of the eye their coloring melanin Paul	$1,000 [21] This range in Minnesota is one of the greatest iron ore mining regions in the world the Mesabi Range Paul	$1,000 [28] Famous divas born in this country include Dame Joan Hammond & Dame Kiri Te Kanawa New Zealand Paul Matt	$800 [10] The American Museum of Natural History's Festival of Anthropological Films is named for her Margaret Mead David	$800 [6] He modeled Sophia Western in "Tom Jones" after his wife Charlotte Cradock (Henry) Fielding Matt
$1,000 [16] Association of independent states established by Great Britain's 1931 Statute of Westminster the British Commonwealth David	$1,000 [26] The smallest blood cells are these disk-shaped structures that trigger clotting platelets Paul	DD $2,000 [20] No part of this state lies more than 85 miles from the Great Lakes Michigan David	DD $2,000 [8] At the end of "Gotter- Dammerung", flames destroy Valhalla & this river overflows its banks the Rhine Matt	$1,000 [11] This first lady's father, Andrew Goodhue, was a steamboat Inspector on Lake Champlain Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge	$1,000 [7] C.S. Lewis' initials stood for Clive Staples & this author's stood for Cecil Scott C.S. Forester Matt

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY

In 41 B.C. Mark Antony named him tetrarch of Galilee

Herod (the Great)

Paul "Who is Herod?" — wagered $2,000

Matt "Who is Crassus?" — wagered $600

David "Who was Herod" — wagered $8,000

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