Show #2490 1995-06-02 (taped 1995-01-31) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Davidson — a pastor originally from Dayton, Ohio

Howard Goldstein — a music professor from Auburn, Alabama

Kathy Kuczynski — a registered nurse from El Toro, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kathy $1,100 $1,800 $4,400 $200
2nd place: trip on TWA to Asheville, North Carolina & stay at Grove Park Inn Resort + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System
$4,400
11 R, 0 W
Howard $2,600 $2,800 $10,700 $10,601
New champion: $10,601
$11,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Jeff $900 $2,900 $5,300 $1
3rd place: Enesco music box + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System
$6,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WRITING ENGLISH GRAMMAR SENTENCES CAPITALS LETTERS SPELLING
$100 [21]
The Egyptian hieroglyph for air or wind resembles one of these on a ship
a sail
Kathy
$100 [26]
It's the misused word in the sentence "Skippy invited he and his brother to a party."
he
Howard
$100 [6]
Just hours after resigning as vice president, he was sentenced to 3 years' Probation & a $10,000 fine
Spiro Agnew
Jeff
$100 [11]
On Oct. 3, 1990 the 2 halves of this capital city were officially reunited
Berlin
Howard
$100 [16]
On Jan. 10, 1845 he wrote, "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"
Robert Browning
Kathy
$100 [1]
Completes the greeting "My Dear Guests, I'm Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to..."
Fantasy Island
Kathy
$200 [22]
They're symbols, like commas & periods, added to writing to make the writer's meaning clear
punctuation
Jeff
$200 [27]
The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding these 2 letters to the base of the verb
E-D
Kathy
$200 [7]
In 1873 this boss of Tammany Hall was convicted of larceny & forgery & sentenced to 12 years
Boss Tweed
Howard
$200 [12]
According to legend, this European capital was founded by a peasant named Bucur
Bucharest
Howard
$200 [17]
In June 1804 Aaron Burr sent him a letter which said, "You have invited the course I am about to pursue"
Alexander Hamilton
Jeff
$200 [2]
Gopher was a regular character on this series
The Love Boat
Kathy
$300 [23]
They've been made out of tannins, the galls of oak trees & cuttlefish secretions
inks
Howard Jeff
$300 [28]
It's the shortest personal pronoun in the English language
I
Kathy
$300 [8]
6 were sentenced to a labor camp in the wake of the 1986 nuclear disaster at this Ukrainian site
Chernobyl
Kathy
$300 [13]
For a time this capital, then known as Edo, was the largest city in the world
Tokyo
Howard
$300 [18]
Abolitionist who wrote, "I am waiting the hour of my public murder with great composure of mind"
John Brown
Jeff
$300 [3]
Julie Rogers, Tiffany Welles, Kris Munroe, Jill Munroe, Kelly Garrett & Sabrina Duncan
Charlie's Angels
Jeff
$400 [24]
19th century French Abbe Hypolite Michon named this science of analyzing people from their writing
graphology
Jeff
$400 [29]
In names of verb tenses, this "flawless" word follows present, past & future
perfect
Howard
$400 [9]
The sentence of this astronomer for having held the Copernican Doctrine was read publicly in universities
Galileo
Howard
$400 [14]
In 1927 Australia's federal capital was transferred from Melbourne to this city
Canberra
Howard
$400 [19]
A letter written to his brother Theo around 1885 included 2 sketches of Dutch rural scenes
(Vincent) van Gogh
Jeff
DD $500 [4]
Character seenhereas he looked in 1964 & in 1994:
Amos Burke
Jeff
$500 [25]
The word "pen" came from the Latin penna, meaning this
feather
$500 [30]
This kind of noun identifies a group of people, animals or things--audience, crowd & team, for example
a collective noun
Jeff
$500 [10]
Mohammed Abbas was sentenced in absentia to life for the hijacking of this Italian cruise ship
the Achille Lauro
Howard
$500 [15]
This South American capital is the headquarters for Avianca Airlines
Bogotá
Howard
$500 [20]
In 1898 he wrote a letter to the French president using the phrase "J'Accuse" 8 times
(Émile) Zola
Jeff
$500 [5]
Freeway was their dog; Max was their man Friday
the Harts (Jonathan & Jennifer)
Kathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY WORLD GEOGRAPHY AUTHORS DEM BONES ROMAN EMPERORS ITALIAN FOOD
$200 [2]
From 1833 to 1836, this future president served as postmaster of New Salem, Illinois
Lincoln
Jeff
$200 [4]
Palenque in southern Mexico contains exquisite examples of the architecture of their civilization
the Mayans
Howard
$200 [11]
This "Catcher in the Rye" author served in the Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II
Salinger
Howard Jeff
DD $100 [30]
They're the 2 bones of the forearm
the radius & the ulna
Howard
$200 [18]
During the reign of Valentinian III, Gaul & Italy were overrun by this king of the Huns
Attila
Jeff
$200 [23]
While it's often a salad with meat & cheeses, it refers to other hot or cold appetizers as well
antipasto
Howard
$400 [3]
On July 2, 1937 radio contact was lost on her round-the-world flight
(Amelia) Earhart
Howard
$400 [5]
Marengo, Iowa is named for the Italian battlefield where he defeated the Austrians in 1800
Napoleon
Howard
$400 [12]
In "Experiment in Autobiography", this author of "The Time Machine" told his life story
(H.G.) Wells
Jeff
$200 [1]
12 pairs of these bones make up the sides of the thoracic cavity
ribs
Jeff
$400 [19]
Julia, this first emperor's daughter, was notorious for vice & was banished from Rome
Augustus
Howard
$400 [24]
Funghi are mushrooms & these expensive relatives are tartufi
truffles
Howard
$600 [7]
Around 1630 the Dutch founded a fort called the House of Hope on the present site of this Conn. capital
Hartford
Howard
$600 [6]
Man first stood upon this geographic extreme December 14, 1911
the South Pole
Howard Jeff
$600 [13]
With John Huston, this "Martian Chronicles" author wrote the screenplay for the 1956 film "Moby Dick"
(Ray) Bradbury
Jeff
$400 [10]
Adapted for childbearing, this bony structure is lighter & roomier in females than in males
the pelvis
Jeff
$600 [20]
Antoninus Pius, builder of a wall in Britain, was the adopted son of this more famous wall builder
Hadrian
Howard
$600 [25]
Anitra all'arancia is this type of poultry in orange sauce
duck
Jeff
$800 [8]
The 1777 Battle of Bennington did not occur in Vermont, but several miles west in this state
New York
Howard
$800 [16]
Pakistan's city of Peshawar lies 35 miles from its border with this country
Afghanistan
Howard Jeff
DD $1,000 [14]
Many of his lectures, including "Love" & "Self-Reliance", appeared in his 1841 work "Essays"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jeff
$600 [26]
The 8 carpal bones that make up this joint include the lunate & the scaphoid
the wrist
Kathy
$800 [21]
After becoming emperor in 37 A.D., he was a humane ruler for about 6 months & then probably went insane
Caligula
Howard Jeff
$800 [28]
This tubular pastry filled with ricotta & chocolate is a specialty of Sicily
cannoli
Howard
$1,000 [9]
In 1960, after 8 stays of execution, this author of "Cell 2455, Death Row" was executed at San Quentin
Caryl Chessman
Kathy
$1,000 [17]
The only survivor of Mt. Pelee's 1902 eruption on this island later toured with the Barnum & Bailey Circus
Martinique
Kathy
$1,000 [15]
This count's "The Cossacks" was published in 1863 to pay off gambling debts
Tolstoy
Howard
$800 [27]
If you fracture your kneecap, you fracture this bone
the patella
Howard
$1,000 [22]
This Roman emperor & stoic philosopher was born Marcus Annius Verus in April 121 A.D.
Marcus Aurelius
Howard
$1,000 [29]
The name of this dish of veal shanks braised with vegetables translates to "marrow bone"
osso buco
Howard

Final Jeopardy!

ORGANIZATIONS

This organization was started in 1935 by William Griffith Wilson & Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Kathy "What is the March of Dimes?" — wagered $4,200
Jeff "What is the SPCA?" — wagered $5,299
Howard "What is the OAS?" — wagered $99

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