Show #2479 1995-05-18 (taped 1995-01-17) Regular

Contestants

Christine Zeigler — a program and information assistant from Columbia, Missouri

Fran Cook — a physician from Moretown, Vermont

Mike Nibley — a multimedia writer and producer from Laurel, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$2,100	$4,100	$12,000	$16,001 3-day champion: $36,101	$11,400 27 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Fran	$700	$2,600	$8,000	$13,000 2nd place: Gateway PC + Microsoft Office Professional & Bookshelf	$10,000 24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Christine	$0	$600	$1,000	$2,000 3rd place: South Dakota Gold ring & pendant	$1,000 5 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	SPIELBERG FILMS	FOOD	PENINSULAS	THE ENVIRONMENT	WORD ORIGINS
$100 [6] Though he received aid from Nazi Germany & fascist Italy, he kept Spain neutral in WWII Franco Fran	$100 [23] This 1981 film was the first in the Indiana Jones series Raiders of the Lost Ark Christine	$100 [12] Obtaining "hearts of" this tree kills the plant a palm Fran	$100 [11] The Sinai Peninsula is usually considered part of this continent Asia Mike Christine	$100 [18] A dry spell is more than 2 weeks without much precipitation; this term is defined as years without any a drought Mike	$100 [1] This term for the outer covering on an ear of corn is from Middle Dutch for "little house" husk Fran Christine
$200 [7] In 1970 this 27-year-old colonel assumed the posts of premier & defense minister in Libya Qaddafi Fran	$200 [24] Spielberg re-edited this 1977 UFO film for a 1980 re-issue, then again for a longer TV version Close Encounters of the Third Kind Mike	$200 [13] This nut has bright green flesh covered by a thin, reddish-brown skin a pistachio Mike	$200 [14] The southernmost point of this peninsula dips into the Strait of Gibraltar the Iberian Peninsula Fran	$200 [19] While in what's now this state, naturalist John Muir discovered the glacier named for him Alaska Mike	$200 [2] Gypsies are so named because originally they were thought to come from this country Egypt Mike
$300 [8] Pope Adrian IV gave Henry II permission to extend English rule over this neighboring island Ireland Mike	$300 [25] On March 21, 1994 this film picked up 7 Oscars, including a Best Director Award for Spielberg Schindler's List Christine	$300 [28] Porridge is most often made of this grain oats Mike Fran Christine	$300 [15] During an 11-month siege, 1854-55, the city of Sevastopol on this peninsula was heavily damaged the Crimean Peninsula Mike	$300 [20] Poisoning from mercury salts in the production process made these 19th c. craftsmen "Mad" hatters Fran	$300 [3] This term for a copy or reproduction is from the Latin meaning "to make similar" facsimile Mike
$400 [9] In 1992 President Alberto Fujimori dissolved this country's Congress & seized sole power Peru Mike	$400 [26] Oprah Winfrey made her big screen debut in this 1985 film based on a book by Alice Walker The Color Purple Mike	$400 [29] The French call this rich dessert Bavarois Bavarian cream Mike	$400 [16] You'll find Mont Jacques-Cartier on this province's Gaspe Peninsula Qubec Fran	$400 [21] The use of these devices in cars has cut down on carbon monoxide emissions in the U.S., Canada & Japan catalytic converters Fran	DD $500 [4] It's the profession derived from 2 Greek words meaning "star sailor" an astronaut Mike
$500 [10] Russia adopted this calendar in 1700, when most of Europe had abandoned it or was about to the Julian calendar Mike	$500 [27] Prior to "Seaquest DSV", Spielberg put Roy Scheider on a boat in this 1975 film Jaws Fran	$500 [30] Jamaica pepper is another name for this spice that tastes like cloves, cinnamon & nutmeg combined allspice Christine	$500 [17] The population of Russia's Kola Peninsula includes these people known as reindeer herders Lapps Mike	$500 [22] It was created by the federal government in 1970 to bring all the pollution control programs together the EPA (the Environmental Protection Agency) Mike	$500 [5] These small, seedless raisins are named for the city of Corinth currants Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE KOREAN WAR	GARDENING	OPERA	GEOGRAPHY	AMERICAN LITERATURE	PUT UP YOUR DUKES
$200 [21] The 2 1/2-mile-wide buffer zone between North & South Korea is called this the Demilitarized Zone (the DMZ) Mike	$200 [16] Manhattan, a variety of this covering, was bred at Rutgers, mainly from selections taken from Central Park grass Mike	$200 [6] This composer's "The Magic Flute" is an example of the form of opera called Singspiel Mozart Fran	$200 [11] Utah Lake discharges into this large Utah lake via the Jordan River the Great Salt Lake Mike	$200 [1] His famous story "The Premature Burial" is set "some miles down the banks of" the James River in Virginia Edgar Allan Poe Mike	$200 [26] Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, belonged to the junior branch of this family that ruled Florence the Medici Fran
$400 [22] In April 1951 Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway replaced this man as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief MacArthur Mike	$400 [17] The Madonna species of this flower has been cultivated for over 3,000 years a lily Fran	$400 [7] "The Pearl Fishers" was this composer's first major opera; "Carmen" was his last Bizet Mike	$400 [12] As you might guess, the Namib Desert is found mainly in this country Namibia Mike	$400 [2] "A Tree of Night" is a 1949 collection of short stories by this author of "In Cold Blood" Truman Capote Christine	$400 [27] At George VI's 1952 funeral, he took part in a British royal ceremony for the first time since abdicating the Duke of Windsor Fran
$600 [23] The main opponents in aerial dogfights were the F-86 Sabre Jet & these Soviet-made planes a MiG Fran	$600 [18] Both the trumpet & petals of the King Alfred variety of this Narcissus are clear yellow a daffodil Fran	$600 [8] In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct this man's works at Bayreuth Wagner Fran	$600 [13] The name of this Central American lake is thought to come from Nicarao, a chief who lived on its banks Lake Nicaragua Mike	$600 [3] "The Same Door" is a collection of John Updike stories that appeared originally in this magazine The New Yorker Fran	$600 [28] This woman who married the English heir in 1152 was the daughter of William X, last Duke of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine Fran
$800 [24] On the first day of the war, the U.N. demanded that the Communists retreat to this parallel the 38th parallel Fran	$800 [19] Methods of doing this to your homemade potting soil include the formaldehyde drench sterilization Fran	$800 [9] John the Baptist is called Jochanaan in this Richard Strauss opera Salome Mike	$800 [14] Arkhangelsk was Russia's chief seaport until this Baltic port city was built by the czar in 1703 St. Petersburg Fran	$800 [4] Her 1940 novel "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" is a parable on Fascism (Carson) McCullers Mike	$800 [29] After about 1640 Duke of Braganza was a title given to the heirs to this country's throne Portugal Fran
$1,000 [25] On Oct. 25, 1951 truce talks moved from Kaesong to this village Panmunjom Mike	$1,000 [20] The largest single family of succulents are these cactus Fran	$1,000 [10] This composer of "The Barber of Seville" wrote 32 operas by the time he was 31 (Gioacchino) Rossini Mike Fran	DD $2,000 [15] This, Europe's largest port by volume, has overrun smaller communities like Schiedam & Vlaardingen Rotterdam Fran	DD $1,500 [5] Henry Fleming, hero of a classic 1895 novel, is a grandfather in this author's 1896 story "The Veteran" (Stephen) Crane Mike	$1,000 [30] John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, fought under John Churchill, 1st Duke of this Marlborough Mike

Final Jeopardy!

PHILANTHROPISTS

In the early 1900s, he was Lord Rector of the Universities of St. Andrews & Aberdeen

Andrew Carnegie

Christine "Who is Carnegie?" — wagered $1,000

Fran "Who was Carnegie" — wagered $5,000

Mike "Who was Carnegie?" — wagered $4,001

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