Show #2476 1995-05-15 (taped 1995-01-17) Regular

Contestants

Teresa Holland — a bank teller from Spring Valley, Ohio

Tom McManus — a writer originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey

Doug Levy — a claims adjuster originally from Napa, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Doug	$0	$1,700	$4,800	$100 2nd place: Ashley dining collection + Sunworthy wall coverings + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$7,500 19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Tom	$500	$1,400	$4,200	$50 3rd place: Sansui mini component system + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$4,200 15 R, 3 W
Teresa	$300	$500	$5,100	$1,100 New champion: $1,100	$5,600 13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GOVERNMENT	THE MOVIES	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	DANCE	TRAVEL & TOURISM	STARTS WITH "Q"
$100 [11] This district elected a nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House in 1971, Walter E. Fauntroy the District of Columbia Tom	$100 [1] In this 1935 film, Boris Karloff says of Elsa Lanchester, "She hate me... like others!" the Bride of Frankenstein Teresa	$100 [6] On October 18 this state remembers its transfer from Russia to the U.S. Alaska Doug	$100 [26] The name of this lively, high-kicking dance is French for "gossip" the cancan Teresa	$100 [21] You can order a special "Spirit of the Needle" cocktail at a restaurant in this northwest city Seattle Tom	$100 [16] This archaic word for "uttered" appears in the poem "The Raven" quoth Tom
$200 [12] Congress overrode 15 of this post-Civil War president's vetoes, a record number Andrew Johnson Doug	$200 [2] The 1968 British film "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter" starred this rock group Herman's Hermits Doug	$200 [7] The "Good" in the name of this holiday is probably a corruption of "God's" Good Friday Tom	$200 [27] The jive of the '50s was a tamer version of this dance popular in the '30s & '40s the jitterbug	$200 [22] A summer festival in Athens offers plays & concerts at the Herodes Atticus Theatre on this hill the Acropolis Doug Tom	$200 [17] This word can mean to extinguish a fire or to slake your thirst quench Doug Tom
$300 [13] His 1881 assassination by an office-seeker spurred creation of a merit-based civil service Garfield Tom	$300 [3] This comedian directed & starred in the 1986 film "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" Richard Pryor Teresa	$300 [8] Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, originally celebrated the end of this war World War I Tom	$300 [28] Composer Jean-Baptiste Lully introduced this dance to the court of Louis XIV the minuet Teresa	$300 [23] National Forests in this state include Bridger-Teton near Jackson & Shoshone near Cody Wyoming Doug	$300 [18] C20H24N202is the formula of this malaria medicine quinine Teresa
$400 [14] A 1993 plan to transfer control of this bureau, the ATF, to the FBI was dropped the Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Doug	$400 [4] This actress won an Oscar nomination for her role as Lizzie Curry in "The Rainmaker" Katharine Hepburn Teresa	$400 [9] This holiday is traditionally greeted with joyous dancing around a garlanded pole May Day Tom	DD $500 [29] The name of this dance related to the samba is Portuguese for "new trend" the bossa nova Teresa	$400 [24] 5 1/2 million cubic yards was excavated to build this structure 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Hoover Dam Doug	$400 [19] This designation for a standard typewriter keyboard comes from the first 6 letters at the upper left QWERTY Doug Tom
$500 [15] This agency preserves the Watergate tapes as well as the U.S. Constitution the (National) Archives Doug	$500 [5] Judy Garland introduced "The Trolley Song" in this 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis Doug Tom Teresa	$500 [10] Celebrated on July 1, Canada Day was formerly called this Dominion Day	$500 [30] In 1989 this choreographer's "Broadway" featured classic dances from his past shows Jerome Robbins	$500 [25] The smallest of Rome's hills, it's been home to the city hall for centuries the Capitoline Hill	$500 [20] In 1918 a Marine base was established near this Virginia town on the Potomac Quantico Doug

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	ANTHROPOLOGY	ART	STATE CAPITALS	LITERARY HODGEPODGE	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
$200 [19] This "terrible" czar ascended the Russian throne in 1533 at the age of 3 Ivan the Terrible Doug	$200 [16] The Arawaks, who once stretched from Florida to Brazil, were the Indians who met this explorer in 1492 Columbus Teresa	$200 [10] A painting by Rembrandt shows this biblical figure as a boy "Playing the Harp Before Saul" David Tom	$200 [1] Founded in 1849 as the Minnesota Pioneer, this city's Pioneer Press is Minnesota's oldest newspaper Saint Paul Doug	$200 [6] The first typewritten book manuscript was his "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" Mark Twain Tom	$800 [27] This city that hosted the 1982 World's Fair was the site of the University of Tennessee's first campus Knoxville Teresa
$400 [20] In 1963 control of the western part of New Guinea passed from the Netherlands to this country Indonesia	$400 [17] The carvings on these tall objects may show a Tlingit family history totem poles Doug	$400 [11] Op art, with its vibrant colors & pulsating patterns, reached its peak during this decade the 1960s Doug	$400 [2] Heitor Villa-Lobos' 1971 opera "Yerma" had its world premiere at this New Mexico city's opera Santa Fe Teresa	$400 [7] According to his book title, it's how Charles Schulz defines "Happiness" Happiness is a Warm Puppy Doug	DD $1,200 [26] Colleges in this state include Daniel Webster & Franklin Pierce New Hampshire Doug
$600 [21] This country's Capetian Dynasty began with the election of Hugh Capet in 987 France Tom	$600 [18] The name of these nomadic Arabs means "desert dweller" Bedouins Doug	$600 [12] In 1994 "Tete", a 1928 painting by this Spaniard, was stolen from a Chicago art gallery Picasso Tom	$600 [3] Kennedy Center architect Edward Durell Stone also designed this city's North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh Tom Teresa	$800 [15] Katherine Anne Porter was a cousin of William Sydney Porter, who was better known by this pen name O. Henry Teresa	—
$800 [22] By 1630 this commercial league of cities had dwindled to just 3 members: Lubeck, Bremen & Hamburg the Hanseatic League Tom	$800 [24] In 1953 this Norwegian led an expedition to prove South Americans could have migrated to the Galapagos Thor Heyerdahl Doug	$800 [13] This movement, founded in Zurich around 1915, was allegedly named by randomly sticking a knife in a dictionary Dada Doug	$800 [4] This city is the site of the annual Pennsylvania Farm show Harrisburg Teresa	$1,000 [9] Sara Paretsky introduced this hard-boiled heroine in "Indemnity Only" V.I. Warshawski Doug	—
$1,000 [23] Vizier Ibrahim Pasha governed the Ottoman Empire 1523-1536 under this sultan Suleiman (the magnificent) Teresa	$1,000 [25] These aboriginal people of Asia live on Hokkaido & have intermingled with the Japanese the Ainu	$1,000 [14] At Mantua, where he was court painter from 1600 to 1608, he was referred to as "The Fleming" (Peter Paul) Rubens Doug	$1,000 [5] This Southwestern capital, not Salt Lake City, lies in the Salt River Valley Phoenix Tom	DD $1,500 [8] They're the four "Little Women" Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy (the March sisters) Doug	—

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

Ajax, Achilles & Agamemnon are all characters in this play

Troilus and Cressida

Tom "What is" — wagered $4,150

Doug "What is Tithonus" — wagered $4,700

Teresa "What is Timon on Athens?" — wagered $4,000

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