Show #2508 1995-06-28 (taped 1995-02-14) Regular

David Siegel game 2.

Contestants

Leslie Croce — a school librarian from Ramstein, Germany

Kevin Leonard — a lawyer originally from Boston, Massachusetts

David Siegel — a paralegal from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$2,200	$3,400	$11,600	$12,800 2-day champion: $32,200	$11,600 30 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kevin	$700	$1,500	$4,700	$0 3rd place: Panasonic 3DO system + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$5,500 15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Leslie	$1,200	$2,400	$3,800	$7,300 2nd place: Hammerman rings + Daniel Mink watches + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$4,800 12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES	ANIMALS	U.S.A.	HODGEPODGE	CHILD STARS	SAY CHEESE
$100 [1] In September 1993 this Russian president suspended Alexander Rutskoi, his vice president Boris Yeltsin David	$100 [11] The male Markhor, a wild goat, is distinguished by a spiral-shaped pair of these that can reach 63 inches in length horns David	$100 [6] Oklahoma's state flag features a peace pipe & one of these branches, also a symbol of peace an olive branch David	$100 [21] This type of accommodation is called a B&B for short a bed & breakfast Kevin	$100 [16] His films preceding the smash hit "Home Alone" include "Uncle Buck" & "Rocket Gibraltar" Macaulay Culkin David	$100 [26] Cornhusker, a cheese from this state, is similar to Colby Nebraska David
$200 [2] In 1897 this founder of psychoanalysis wrote the article "Infantile Cerebral Paralysis" Sigmund Freud David	$200 [12] Its scientific name is Varanus komodoensis the Komodo dragon David	$200 [7] You'll find Minnehaha Falls on Minnehaha Creek in this city whose name also starts with "Minne" Minneapolis Kevin	$200 [22] This word that describes make-up with a dull, rather than a glossy, finish rhymes with flat matte Leslie	$200 [17] His TV roles have included Bob Smith, Richie Cunningham & Opie Taylor Ron Howard Kevin	$200 [27] To give it this flavor, American cheese may be hung in a special house along with hams smoke Leslie
$300 [3] He was First Lord of the Admiralty when he became British prime minister on May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill David	$300 [13] The Welsh Springer breed of this dog is noted for its red & white coat the Spaniel David	$300 [8] The name of Kissimmee, a city in this state, means "heaven's place" in the Caloosa Indian language Florida Leslie	$300 [23] Lanate is a synonym for this adjective that often describes a certain mammoth woolly David	$300 [18] In 1938 this 10-year-old had the seventh-highest income in America Shirley Temple David	$300 [28] Resembling cottage cheese, it's a popular filling for Italian cheesecakes ricotta Leslie
$400 [4] This Polish astronomer served as a canon in the Diocesan Cathedral of Frauenburg Copernicus David	$400 [14] The bellowing of this tusked pinniped sometimes can be heard half a mile away the walrus David Leslie	$400 [9] The Discovery Place is a museum for kids in this city that the Texas-Arkansas state line runs through Texarkana David	$400 [24] Lehi, Utah was named for a man in this religious book the Book of Mormon David	$400 [19] This actor was seen by a network exec. in a Burger King commercial & quickly signed for "Webster" Emmanuel Lewis Kevin	$400 [29] Camembert is classified as a cheese that's served at this part of the meal dessert Kevin
$500 [5] Unlike most of his works, "Apology", a defense of Socrates, was not written as a dialogue Plato Leslie	$500 [15] The river type of this African mammal can eat 130 pounds of food a day the hippopotamus Kevin	$500 [10] Built in 1833, the Green Mountain Inn is a historic country inn in Stowe in this state Vermont David	$500 [25] Carnelian, a variety of the cryptocrystalline type of this common mineral, is used in signet rings quartz Leslie	$500 [20] A California law protecting the income of child actors is nicknamed for this star of "The Kid" Jackie Coogan Kevin	DD $800 [30] This Italian blue cheese is named for the village near Milan that's home to the fungus used to make it Gorgonzola Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN WHIGS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	HARVARD TEACHERS	MODERN OPERAS	MYTHOLOGY	QUOTATIONS
$200 [6] In the 1860s former Whig Judah P. Benjamin became Secretary of State in this government the Confederacy Kevin	$200 [11] This river rises in Burgundy & flows through Paris on its way to the English Channel the Seine Kevin	$200 [1] Prior to 1968 this astronomer taught fewer than billions & billions of Harvard students Carl Sagan David	$200 [16] 4 boys steal this heavenly body in Carl Orff's fairy tale opera "Der Mond" the Moon David	$200 [26] After Io was turned into one of these animals, she kept "mooooo"ving from place to place a cow Kevin	$200 [21] Adlai Stevenson said, "It is not the years in your life but" this "that counts!" the life in your years David
$400 [7] After he succeeded "Tippecanoe" as president, the Whigs expelled him from their party John Tyler David	$400 [12] Indonesia's Sunda Islands separate the Pacific Ocean from this ocean the Indian Ocean Leslie	$400 [2] He began teaching at Harvard in 1954; in 1969 he left & became an assistant to Nixon Henry Kissinger David Kevin	$400 [17] Film composer Bernard Herrmann based an opera on this Emily Bronte novel about passion on the moors Wuthering Heights Leslie	$400 [27] This Greek god of war wasn't very popular; not even Zeus & Hera liked him, & they were his parents Ares David	$400 [22] According to Thomas Brigham Bishop, his "body lies a-moldering in the grave" John Brown David
$600 [8] Whig Speaker of the House John Bell opposed this president's campaign against the Bank of the U.S. (Andrew) Jackson Kevin	$600 [13] The Teutoburger Wald or Teutoburg Forest in this country is actually a range of hills Germany Leslie	$600 [3] While at Harvard this psychological box man wrote "Science and Human Behavior" B.F. Skinner David	$600 [18] Janacek's opera "From the House of the Dead" takes place in a prison camp in this desolate region of Russia Siberia David	$600 [28] Heimdall, a son of this great Norse god, can blow his horn so loudly it can be heard throughout the universe Wotan (Odin) Kevin	$600 [23] "Remarks are not literature" is a line from her "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" Gertrude Stein David
$800 [9] Horace Mann was the first president of Antioch College at Yellow Springs in this state Ohio David	DD $1,000 [14] Toubkal in this range in Morocco is North Africa's highest peak the Atlas Mountains Leslie	$800 [4] From 1949 to 1975 John Kenneth Galbraith taught this subject economics David	$800 [19] Marc Blitzstein's operatic version of her play "The Little Foxes" is called "Regina" Lillian Hellman Kevin	$800 [29] This Roman god was called Optimus Maximus, which means "the best & greatest" Jupiter David	$800 [24] Mark Twain called this sport "a good walk spoiled" golf David
$1,000 [10] As 1 of 3 Whig presidential candidates in 1836, Daniel Webster carried only this state Massachusetts Kevin Leslie	$1,000 [15] It's Canada's only prairie province with a port on Hudson Bay Manitoba Kevin	DD $1,000 [5] This Bauhaus founder taught at Harvard until 1952 Walter Gropius David	$1,000 [20] Louis Gruenberg's acclaimed opera "The Emperor Jones" is based on a play by this man Eugene O'Neill Kevin	$1,000 [30] In Polynesian mythology, this Hawaiian volcano goddess is the daughter of a nature goddess named Haumea Pele Leslie	$1,000 [25] In "Don Juan" this poet wrote, "There Rembrandt made his darkness equal light" Byron Leslie

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNORS

On December 5, 1994, Tony Knowles was sworn in as its ninth governor

Alaska

Leslie "What is Alaska?" — wagered $3,500

Kevin "What is Hawaii?" — wagered $4,700

David "What is Alaska" — wagered $1,200

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