Show #2492 1995-06-06 (taped 1995-02-01) Regular

Contestants

Tom Gardner — an inventor and engineer from Walnut Creek, California

Judi Amsel — an acquisitions editor from Nyack, New York

Howard Goldstein — a music professor from Auburn, Alabama (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Howard	$700	$2,100	$4,400	$8,799 2nd place: Gateway 2000 family multimedia PC + Bassett home computer workstation + Jeopardy! home game	$2,700 15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Judi	$800	$3,100	$3,300	$3,799 3rd place: Samsung 13" color monitor TV/VCR + Jeopardy! home game	$3,300 19 R, 4 W
Tom	$2,200	$3,600	$6,000	$8,801 New champion: $8,801	$6,300 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	THE MOVIES	FASHION	PARKS	ORGANIZATIONS	HODGEPODGE
$100 [5] In 1732 Benjamin Franklin's brother James founded this colony's first newspaper in Newport Rhode Island Tom	$100 [1] Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster won Oscars for this 1991 film based on a Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs Judi	$100 [3] Popular in warm weather, baby dolls are a style of this for women pajamas Judi	$100 [10] This New York honeymoon site has parks named Devil's Hole & Whirlpool Niagara Falls Howard Tom	$100 [25] In 1897 Phoebe Hearst & Alice Birney created this group in which families work with schools the PTA Judi	$100 [19] With a circulation of over 3 million, it's America's bestselling sports magazine Sports Illustrated Judi
$200 [6] Alexander Hamilton Stephens was elected vice president of this February 9, 1861 the Confederacy Tom	$200 [2] In this 1994 film Meryl Streep & her family are taken hostage during a whitewater rafting vacation The River Wild	$200 [4] It's the descriptive name for a loose, oil-treated raincoat, usually in bright yellow a slicker Tom	$200 [11] A passage linking the Flint Ridge cave system to this Kentucky cave was discovered in 1972 Mammoth Cave Tom	$200 [26] This organization of Roman Catholic laymen is known as the K. of C. for short the Knights of Columbus Judi	$200 [20] When this poet died in Baltimore in 1849, it's claimed his last words were "Lord help my poor soul" (Edgar Allan) Poe Howard
$300 [7] This founder of the American Red Cross was born on Christmas Day in 1821 Clara Barton Judi	$300 [15] In "Hang 'Em High" this star swears vengeance on the men who tried to lynch him Clint Eastwood Howard	$300 [18] It's estimated that by his death in 1960, Salvatore Ferragamo had created over 20,000 styles of these shoes Judi	$300 [12] This Florida city's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park contains an Indian burial ground St. Augustine Judi	$300 [27] College sports are under the auspices of this organization headquartered in Kansas the NCAA Judi	$300 [21] In the 1860s Napoleon III had his finest dinner spoons made of this light metal aluminum Judi
$400 [8] In 1562 French Huguenots settled on what is now Parris Island in this state South Carolina Tom	$400 [16] In 1950 he was "Father of the Bride" Spencer Tracy Howard	$400 [24] It's the part of the body on which epaulets are worn shoulders Tom	$400 [13] It's Arkansas' only national park Hot Springs Tom	$400 [28] The Baum Bugle is a newsletter published by devotees of this fictional land Oz Howard	$400 [22] This religious group founded the Boston Latin School in 1635 the Puritans Howard
DD $600 [9] The Centennial Exposition, the 1st successful World's Fair in the U.S., took place in this city in 1876 Philadelphia Tom	$500 [17] Winona Ryder earned an Oscar nomination for the film version of this Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence Judi	$500 [30] Common term for a man's crinkled lightweight summer suit with stripes seersucker Tom	$500 [14] Windmill Island Municipal Park in this Michigan city has the USA's only operating Dutch windmill Holland Howard	$500 [29] In 1957 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed with this man as president Martin Luther King, Jr Tom	$500 [23] This Apache leader was born Goyathlay, or "One Who Yawns", near Arizona's Gila River in 1829 Geronimo Judi

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 16th CENTURY	FRUITS	GEOGRAPHY	SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE	AUTHORS	MALAYO- POLYNESIAN WORDS
$200 [12] Years after finishing this project in 1512, Michelangelo still suffered pain in his neck the Sistine Chapel Howard	$200 [20] This fruit's pink & ruby red seedless varieties were developed from a white variety grapefruit Judi	$200 [1] Bulgaria is located on this peninsula the Balkans Tom	$200 [14] Until Nathaniel Macon, a Democratic-Republican in 1801, all speakers were from this party Federalist Howard	$200 [27] This "Grapes of Wrath" author took classes in marine science at Stanford John Steinbeck Tom	$200 [4] Captain Cook brought back this word for "forbidden" from the South Pacific taboo Tom
$400 [13] On the night of June 30, 1520, he barely escaped from rampaging Aztecs at Tenochtitlan Cortés Tom	$400 [21] The Bing is the leading commercial variety of this fruit cherries Judi	$400 [2] Common name for the line of latitude at approximately 66° 30'N. the Arctic Circle Tom	$400 [18] This Texan & Joseph Martin, Jr. alternated in the post 1940-1961 (Sam) Rayburn Howard	$400 [6] In May 1924 this "Heart of Darkness" author refused an offer of knighthood (Joseph) Conrad Judi	$400 [5] First used in English to refer to a frenzied Malay, it now means to rush about wildly & follows "run" amok Howard Judi
$600 [17] This English "Queen of Nine Days" was beheaded February 12, 1554, at age 16 Lady Jane Grey Tom	$600 [22] Varieties of this melon include icebox & seedless the watermelon Judi	$600 [3] It's the proper noun for a person from Cyprus a Cypriot Judi	$600 [19] At the 1912 Democratic Convention, Speaker Champ Clark lost to this man on the 46th ballot (Woodrow) Wilson Judi	$600 [7] His 1983 work "Ancient Evenings" is the first of a projected trilogy Norman Mailer Howard	DD $400 [28] This term for a small box that holds tea leaves goes back to a Malay weight of just over a pound a caddy Tom
$800 [15] He studied for the priesthood in France, but became a Protestant c. 1533 & later moved to Geneva (John) Calvin Howard	$800 [23] Ounce for ounce, this green "butter pear" has more potassium than a banana an avocado Judi	$1,000 [11] Its parliament, the Riksdag, was established in 1435, making it the earliest on the mainland of Europe Sweden Howard Judi	$800 [25] Alice Roosevelt's husband, he was speaker from 1925 until his death in 1931 (Nicholas) Longworth Tom	$800 [8] It's the pen name of author John Burgess Wilson Anthony Burgess	$800 [29] The name of this cobalt-blue shark comes from the Maori the mako Howard
$1,000 [16] This bridge that crosses a narrow part of the Grand Canal was built at the end of the 16th century the Rialto Howard Judi	$1,000 [24] This variety of apple accounts for almost one-half of the domestic crop (Red) Delicious Howard Tom	DD $2,500 [10] In 1992 fighting escalated between mostly Muslim Azerbaijan & this mostly Christian neighbor Armenia Howard	$1,000 [26] This Tennessean who was speaker 1835-39 became president in 1845 Polk Howard Judi	$1,000 [9] In 1954 this Canadian-born U.S. author won a National Book Award for "The Adventures of Augie March" (Saul) Bellow Howard	$1,000 [30] The name of this large ostrich relative of New Guinea is from Malay a cassowary Howard Tom

Final Jeopardy!

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

Among the 2-letter abbreviations for U.S. states, this state's is 1st alphabetically

Alaska

Judi "What is Alaska?" — wagered $499

Howard "What is Alaska?" — wagered $4,399

Tom "What is Alaska" — wagered $2,801

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