Show #2504 1995-06-22 (taped 1995-02-08) Regular

Contestants

Joanne Scala — a law librarian originally from Brooklyn, New York

Paul Bondor — an engineer from Bakersfield, California

Pete Brunner — a computer specialist from Ellicott City, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Pete $1,400 $2,300 $11,100 $10,999
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom + Village home fashion + Jeopardy! home game
$8,700
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Paul $1,700 $3,200 $5,600 $11,200
New champion: $11,200
$5,500
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Joanne $-300 $1,000 $1,800 $1
3rd place: NordicTrack Pro + Jeopardy! home game
$1,800
11 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS BUSINESS TERMS POP MUSIC WATERWAYS ODDS & ENDS ENDS IN "X"
$100 [1]
The common vampire type of this animal only weighs about 1 ounce
bat
Paul
$100 [17]
In business the levels of this usually form a pyramid & are divided into top, middle & supervisory
management
Paul
$100 [6]
"By the time I get to" this city "she'll be risin'. She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door"
Phoenix
Pete
$100 [7]
The Suez Canal has no locks because the Gulf of Suez & this sea to the north are about the same level
the Mediterranean
Paul
$100 [12]
In the Grimm Brothers' version of the fairy tale, the slipper she lost was Golden
Cinderella
Paul
$100 [22]
Found in churches & many homes, it's an image of Jesus on the cross
a crucifix
Pete
$200 [2]
The name of this single-humped camel is derived from Greek for "running"
a dromedary
Pete
$200 [18]
The DJIA is the Dow Jones Industrial Average & this is the DJUA
the Dow Jones Utility Average
Pete
$200 [25]
After the Mamas & the Papas, she had solo hits with "Dream A Little Dream of Me" & "It's Getting Better"
Mama Cass
Joanne
$200 [8]
Boats going to Rome can go up the Fiumicino, an artificial waterway in this river's delta
the Tiber
Paul
$200 [13]
The patriarch of this aerialist family died in 1978 while attempting a walk between hotels in Puerto Rico
the Wallendas
Pete
$200 [23]
It's the 4-letter term for the highest point of a mountain
apex
Pete
$300 [3]
The Pink Fairy is the smallest species of this armored mammal; it's only 5 inches long
an armadillo
Paul
$300 [19]
Among balance sheet terms, accountants know that credit is abbreviated CR & this is DR
a debit
Pete
$300 [26]
In 1974 this married couple duetted on "Mockingbird"
James Taylor & Carly Simon
Joanne
$300 [9]
Completed in 1825, it connected the Great Lakes to the Eastern Seaboard
the Erie Canal
Paul
$300 [14]
The 5 rings on the Olympic flag represent these
the five continents from which the athletes have appeared
Paul Joanne
$300 [24]
It's the key ingredient in making rubber
latex
Joanne
$400 [4]
Meerkats, which are native to this continent, often stand upright to look for attacking birds
Africa
Pete
$400 [20]
One of these laser devices "reads" a universal product code
a scanner
Pete Joanne
$400 [27]
Isaac Hayes' music for this 1971 film was awarded 3 Grammys
Shaft
Joanne
DD $500 [10]
You'll find the islands of Qeshm & Larak in this strait separating Iran & the Arabian Peninsula
the Strait of Hormuz
Paul
$400 [15]
Operated by the government, it's Germany's principal airline
Lufthansa
Paul
$400 [29]
It's the river in which Achilles' mother dipped him to make him invulnerable
the Styx
Paul
$500 [5]
The aptly named racerunner, a type of this reptile, has been clocked at 18 miles per hour
a lizard
Joanne
$500 [21]
This 2-word term refers to fabrics & clothing as opposed to groceries or hardware
dry goods
Paul
$500 [28]
This group's hit "Nights in White Satin" appeared on the album "Days of Future Passed"
The Moody Blues
Joanne
$500 [11]
This system extends over 2,500 miles down the Atlantic coast & around the Gulf of Mexico
the Intracoastal Waterway
Pete Joanne
$500 [16]
On a compass this floral emblem associated with French royalty is a symbol for north
the fleur-de-lis
Paul
$500 [30]
It's the small tailbone at the very end of the spine
the coccyx
Pete

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE PLANETS COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 20th CENTURY AMERICA FRENCH CUISINE WORLD GEOGRAPHY WOMEN AUTHORS
$200 [5]
This largest planet is also the fastest-spinning
Jupiter
Pete
$200 [2]
In 1993 this New York school's Press celebrated its 100th anniversary & the 5th edition of its encyclopedia
Columbia
Paul
$200 [1]
In 1979 it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in the history of the U.S.
Three Mile Island
Paul
$200 [11]
It's the flavor of the ice cream known as glace au cafe
coffee
Joanne
$200 [17]
This European capital's Brandenburg Gate was completed in 1791
Berlin
Pete
$200 [29]
She thought she'd ruined her novel "The Hollow" by putting in Poirot, so she cut him out of the play
Agatha Christie
Pete
$400 [6]
This planet has 2 "hot poles" that can reach 800° F.
Mercury
Paul
$400 [3]
Founded in 1865, this Ithaca university is the newest member of the Ivy League
Cornell
Paul
$400 [13]
In 1917 James Montgomery Flagg designed a famous recruitment poster depicting this U.S. symbol
Uncle Sam
Joanne
$400 [12]
These cloves are an essential ingredient in beurre de Provence
garlic
Pete
$400 [18]
1 of the 10 largest cities in the world is this one in South Korea's Han Basin
Seoul
Joanne
$400 [30]
Ann Radcliffe was famous for novels in this "architectural" genre, such as "The Mysteries of Udolpho"
Gothic novels
Paul
$600 [8]
Radar maps of this planet, from the Magellan probe, show a tortured volcanic surface
Venus
Pete
$600 [4]
This Baltimore university maintains a campus for international studies in Bologna, Italy
Johns Hopkins
Pete
$600 [22]
In 1958 this company produced its one millionth electric typewriter
IBM
Pete Paul
$600 [14]
Used as a garnish, oeufs files are these, poached to make them form long threads
eggs
Joanne
$600 [19]
Hamilton, the largest city on this Atlantic island, is located at the head of great sound
Bermuda
Pete
$600 [26]
Dorothy Parker wrote some of the lyrics for this Leonard Bernstein musical based on a Voltaire novel
Candide
Pete
$800 [9]
Charon does not orbit this planet; they both orbit a point between them
Pluto
Paul Joanne
$800 [7]
In 1795 this school at Chapel Hill became the first state university to open
the University of North Carolina
Pete
$1,000 [24]
In 1925 this explorer who claimed to have reached the North Pole was imprisoned for mail fraud
Frederick Cook
Pete
$800 [15]
Fontainebleau, a soft, cow's-milk type of this dairy product, is often served with sugar for dessert
cheese
Paul
$1,000 [21]
This capital of the country of Georgia was formerly called Tiflis, its name in Russian
Tbilisi
Pete
$800 [27]
This creator of Hans Brinker was the daughter of scientist & inventor James Jay Mapes
Mary Mapes Dodge
Paul
$1,000 [25]
Atmospheric me than e makes this planet discovered in 1846 look blue
Neptune
Paul Joanne
$1,000 [10]
Opened in 1697, the oldest building on this U.S. campus is named for Sir Christopher Wren
the College of William & Mary
Paul
DD $2,000 [23]
His 11th child, Rory Elizabeth Katherine, was born December 12, 1968, 6 months after his death
Robert Kennedy
Pete
$1,000 [16]
Escoffier's veloute aux grenouilles is a buttery soup made with 15 or 20 of these amphibian parts
frogs' legs
Paul
DD $2,000 [20]
This peninsula juts southward between Algeciras Bay & the open Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Pete
$1,000 [28]
She dedicated "La Force de l'Age", the 2nd volume of her autobiography, to Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Joanne

Final Jeopardy!

1994 FILMS

This 1994 film is based on Mark Handley's play "Idioglossia"

Nell

Joanne "What is ?" — wagered $1,799
Paul "What is Nell?" — wagered $5,600
Pete "What is Belle Epoque" — wagered $101

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