Show #2499 1995-06-15 (taped 1995-02-07) Regular

Jim Vercolen game 3.

Contestants

Valerie Meunier — a teacher from Bridgeport, Connecticut

Charles Bayar — a lawyer from Edgemont, New York

Jim Vercolen — a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$700	$3,300	$11,400	$11,400 3-day champion: $33,500	$10,000 23 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Charles	$1,700	$2,200	$3,000	$0 3rd place: Krups kitchen products + Jeopardy! home game	$4,000 15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Valerie	$1,500	$1,900	$5,700	$0 2nd place: O'Sullivan home theater + RCA 27" TV + Jeopardy! home game	$5,700 16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS	FOOD	HEALTH & MEDICINE	FAMOUS FORTS	FAMILIAR PHRASES	"DON'T" SONGS
$100 [16] Pacific varieties of this fish like the coho spawn only once & then die salmon Jim	$100 [21] To preserve this pesto herb, pack it in a clean jar, cover with olive oil & store in a cool place basil Valerie	$100 [10] Gastritis is defined as the inflammation of this organ, especially its lining the stomach Jim	$100 [2] Remains of the Spanish-occupied Fort San Miguel are on a historical site in Pensacola in this state Florida Jim	$100 [26] Some say this phrase originated in pubs & was shortened from "Mind your pints and quarts" mind your Ps & Qs Valerie	$100 [1] Bobby Brown's first solo hit, it's also the title of an Elvis hit "Don't Be Cruel" Charles
$200 [17] The extinct saber-toothed Thylacosmilus was a member of this pouched order of mammals marsupials Jim	$200 [22] This Italian type of ice cream is denser & firmer than the American type gelato Charles	$200 [12] The delta type of this viral inflammation of the liver only occurs in people who also have type B hepatitis Valerie	$200 [3] The Union held this Charleston fort for 4 months after South Carolina seceded Fort Sumter Charles	$200 [27] This phrase may be a corruption of "He's the very spirit and image of his father" spitting image Jim	$200 [7] Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand recorded this song individually before performing it as a duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Charles
$300 [18] This deer got its name because its ears resemble those of the offspring of a horse & donkey a mule deer Jim	$300 [23] Legend says that the baba was invented when a Polish king steeped a Kugelhopf in this liquor rum Valerie	$300 [13] This virus that causes mononucleosis is called EB for short Epstein-Barr Charles	$300 [4] Forts along this trail included Boise, Bridger & Laramie the Oregon Trail Charles	$300 [28] When you take an irrevocable step, you "cross" this river, like Caesar the Rubicon Charles	$300 [8] In the Broadway musical, Evita asks for the support of her country in this song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" Charles
$400 [19] The skipjack variety of this fish is also called the Oceanic Bonito the tuna Valerie	$400 [24] Alba is the center of the Italian area that produces the white form of this precious fungus truffles Jim	$400 [14] Myas thenia gravis is a disorder that weakens these, especially in the face & neck muscles Valerie	$400 [5] The city of Albany, New York has its roots in Fort Orange, founded by traders from this country the Netherlands Charles	$400 [29] People who live with zestful exuberance have this, French for "joy of living" joie de vivre Jim	$400 [9] This Andrews Sisters request precedes "with anyone else but me" "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" Valerie
$500 [20] Tree shrews are found in the southeastern rain forests of this continent Asia Charles Valerie	$500 [25] Called nonpareilles, the best of these pickled flower buds come from the south of France capers Charles	$500 [15] A vitrectomy removes this jelly from the eye & replaces it with a chemical solution vitreous (humor) Valerie	$500 [6] After Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French, this fort was built & a "burgh" grew up around it Fort Pitt Charles	DD $1,000 [30] In a speech by Ophelia, Shakespeare coined this phrase for the "floral" road of self-indulgence the primrose path Jim	$500 [11] This Cole Porter song in the style of a cowboy ballad was based on a poem "Don't Fence Me In" Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALEXANDER THE GREAT	RELIGION	ART & ARCHITECTURE STYLES	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	AUTHORS	POTPOURRI
$200 [1] All Greek soldiers wore these facial adornments until ordered to remove them by Alexander beards Valerie	$200 [2] The origins of this denomination go back to the Holy Club, founded by Charles Wesley at Oxford Methodist Valerie	$200 [3] This English art style that fell between Gothic & Renaissance is named for a Tudor queen Elizabethan Charles	$200 [12] Covering nearly half of South America, it's the fifth-largest country in the world Brazil Charles	$200 [18] At the time of his death in 1992, he was researching his paternal "Roots" Alex Haley Jim	$200 [26] Now rarely seen, this train car serves as the conductor's office & as living quarters for the crew the caboose Valerie
$400 [5] When Alexander went off on his conquests, Antipater was left in charge of this country, Alexander's home Macedon(ia) Jim	$400 [4] This sage's Analects are also known as the Lun-Yu Confucius Jim	$400 [13] Thomas Jefferson used the Neoclassical style for this university the University of Virginia Charles	$400 [17] The Tigris & this river eventually merge before emptying into the Persian Gulf the Euphrates Jim	$400 [19] Before making it as a writer, he worked as a chemist, a surveyor, & a fruit-picker like his Joads Steinbeck Jim	$400 [27] This symbol for gold comes from its Latin name, aurum Au Jim
$600 [6] Alexander subdued this city, now the capital of Turkey, in 333 B.C. Ankara Valerie	$600 [9] It's the religion of most of the Tamils in Sri Lanka; the Sinhalese people are usually Buddhist Hindu Jim	$600 [14] From the French for "rock-work", this art style was popular during the reign of Louis XV Rococo Valerie	$800 [24] Besides the mountain, this country has an administrative region called Kilimanjaro Tanzania Valerie	$600 [20] With money earned from his novels, he built a villa outside Paris called "Monte Cristo" (Alexandre) Dumas Jim	$600 [28] In 1928 Shredded Wheat was bought by this baking company Nabisco Jim
$800 [7] After the death of Alexander, Ptolemy I was appointed Satrap of Libya & this country Egypt Charles	$800 [10] In this religion, a mirror is the symbol of the sun goddess Amaterasu Shintoism Charles	$800 [15] In the 1920s the international style of architecture emerged from this German school Bauhaus Jim	$1,000 [25] These Danish islands lie about midway between the Shetland Islands & Iceland the Faeroes Valerie	$800 [21] This author's father, a distinguished doctor, was the model for Dr. LaRiviere in his "Madame Bovary" Flaubert Jim	$800 [29] It's the official language of Liberia English Valerie
DD $1,000 [8] In "Parallel Lives", this Greek paired Alexander's biography with Julius Caesar's Plutarch Charles	$1,000 [11] Some sources say this religious founder was born circa 628 B.C. in what is now Iran Zoroaster Charles	$1,000 [16] Born on Crete in 1541, this painter came under the influence of mannerism while working in Italy El Greco Valerie	DD $1,500 [23] Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, is located on this island off South America Tierra del Fuego Jim	$1,000 [22] This author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" wrote the play "Ah Sin" in collaboration with Mark Twain Bret Harte Jim	$1,000 [30] Yankee & the Old Farmer's Almanac are published in Dublin in this New England state New Hampshire

Final Jeopardy!

THE PRESIDENCY

Annual salary of the first 17 presidents; double it 3 times for today's salary

$25,000

Charles "What is $35,000" — wagered $3,000

Valerie "What2is $20,000?" — wagered $5,700

Jim "What is $50,000." — wagered $0

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