Show #2505 1995-06-23 (taped 1995-02-08) Regular

Contestants

Jon Regardie — a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California

Brenda Jackson — a Spanish teacher from Fountain Valley, California

Paul Bondor — an engineer from Bakersfield, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Paul $-800 $400 $6,200 $9,801
2-day champion: $21,001
$7,300
24 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Brenda $800 $1,500 $2,500 $2,000
3rd place: stay at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Jeopardy! Sports edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System
$2,500
11 R, 3 W
Jon $1,200 $3,100 $4,900 $7,201
2nd place: trip on TWA to Honolul & stay at the Pacific Beach Hotel + Jeopardy! Sports edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System
$4,900
14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

OLD TESTAMENT BASED ON A TRUE STORY AMERICANA CONSTELLATIONS BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES
$100 [19]
Exodus 32 says when he came back to the camp everyone was dancing around a golden calf
Moses
Paul
$100 [16]
In a 1994 TV biopic, Terumi Matthews played this Material girl
Madonna
Jon
$100 [1]
This "Peach State" has 2 national forests: Chattahoochee & Oconee
Georgia
Brenda
$100 [2]
This sign of the zodiac may be abbreviated Aqr.
Aquarius
Paul
$100 [11]
Corning supplied this material used to make Edison's first light bulb
glass
Paul Jon
$100 [25]
In song titles it precedes "What a Beautiful Mornin'" & "You Beautiful Doll"
Oh
Paul
$200 [20]
He tore apart a lion & later found a swarm of bees & honey inside
Samson
Brenda
$200 [17]
As Blanche Taylor Moore in "Black Widow Murders", she did more than "bewitch" her husbands
Elizabeth Montgomery
$200 [3]
If you want to be crowned Miss Jalapeno in Laredo, Texas, you have to wear this color
green
Paul
$200 [5]
Monoceros is one of these mythical creatures
a unicorn
Paul
$200 [12]
Bookkeeper Frank Robinson named this soft drink invented by John Pemberton in 1886
Coca-Cola
Paul
$200 [26]
A ram's romantic quarry
a ewe
Brenda
$300 [21]
The 12 captains of Israel would alternate serving David for this part of a year
a month
Jon
$300 [18]
1993's "Fatal Deception" was based on the life of this assassin's wife, who moved from Moscow to Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Brenda
$300 [4]
North Dakota is called "The Flickertail State" in honor of a "ground" type of this rodent
a squirrel
Paul Brenda
$300 [8]
Sagitta translates to this weapon, something Sagittarius may use
an arrow
Paul Brenda
$300 [13]
The U.S. headquarters of this oil giant, abbreviated BP, is in Cleveland, Ohio
British Petroleum
Jon
$300 [28]
A blue bird, or Chief Justice John
jay
Jon
$400 [24]
One purpose of this book, a collection of sayings, is to give "subtlety to the simple"
Proverbs
Jon
$400 [22]
In a 1994 CBS miniseries, Travis Fine & Damian Chapa played this pair accused of killing their parents
the Menendez brothers
Jon
DD $500 [6]
In 1629 North & South Carolina were part of the Province of Carolana, named for this man
King Charles I
Paul
$400 [9]
1 of the 2 constellations with a 3-letter name
Ara or Leo
$400 [14]
The origins of this Connecticut-based chemical company go back to National Carbon Co. in 1886
Union Carbide
Brenda
$400 [30]
It's the third person plural of to be
are
Jon
$500 [27]
Samuel anointed him the first king of Israel
Saul
Paul Brenda
$500 [23]
Beau Bridges starred in 1991's "Without Warning:" this Reaganite's "Story"
(James) Brady
Brenda
$500 [7]
The cui-ui, a large suckerfish, is found only in Pyramid Lake in this state
Nevada
Paul Brenda
$500 [10]
This constellation & mechanical device is known in Latin as Horologium
a clock
Jon
$500 [15]
In 1990 Bass PLC completed its acquisition of this lodging chain named for an Astaire/Crosby film
Holiday Inn
Jon
$500 [29]
A braid of hair, or a line of people
a queue
Paul

Double Jeopardy! Round

BLACK AMERICA ROMANTIC ERA COMPOSERS FOOD & DRINK D-DAY WOMEN'S LANDMARKS FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
$200 [15]
In 1994 Chicago unveiled a bronze statue of this basketball star & his No. 23 jersey was retired
Michael Jordan
Jon
$200 [11]
In "The Nutcracker", he parodied his contemporaries' use of exotic melodies
Tchaikovsky
Paul
$200 [18]
Swedish julbrod, with raisins & almonds, is popular on this holiday
Christmas
Jon
$200 [1]
This British P.M. had a premonition of "tides running red with blood"
Winston Churchill
Paul
$200 [25]
The Brunswick, Maine home in which she wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is now a restaurant & inn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jon
$200 [6]
He's "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"
Peter Pan
Paul
$400 [16]
Among the Black heroes of this June 1775 battle near Boston were Peter Salem & Salem Poor
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Jon
$400 [12]
In 1837 this Hungarian composer competed in a piano duel against rival Sigismond Thalberg
Liszt
Paul
$400 [20]
Ruth Wakefield, who created this cookie in 1930, eventually sold the rights to Nestle
the Toll House cookie
Paul
$400 [2]
The invasion was originally planned for this date; bad weather forced a one-day delay
June 5th
Paul
$400 [30]
There's a statue of this aviatrix in North Hollywood, California, where she lived in the 1930s
Amelia Earhart
Brenda
$400 [7]
She's Hiawatha's beloved
Minnehaha
Paul
$600 [17]
In 1855 this famed orator published an autobiography, "My Bondage and My Freedom"
Frederick Douglass
Paul
$600 [13]
Mephistopheles is a character in this Charles Gounod work
Faust
$600 [21]
Joy of Cooking's recipe for fritter or tempura batter calls for 3/4 cup of this potent potable
(flat) beer
$800 [4]
This German field marshal, in charge of the defenders, was away on leave on D-Day
Erwin Rommel
Paul
$600 [29]
Lynn Sherr & Jurate Kazickas called their book about women's landmarks this suffragist "Slept Here"
Susan B. Anthony
Brenda
$600 [8]
She's Perry Mason's faithful secretary
Della Street
Paul
$800 [19]
This author of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" was an editor of the African Review in Ghana in the 1960s
Maya Angelou
Paul
$800 [14]
At the start of his career, this "William Tell" composer wrote 7 operas in 16 months
Rossini
Jon
DD $1,000 [23]
This tea flavored with orange was named for a 19th century British prime minister
Earl Grey
Paul
DD $1,000 [3]
At a 50th anniversary tribute to the U.S. Warriors of D-Day, he said, "They gave us our world"
President Clinton
Paul
$800 [28]
The schoolhouse this primitive painter attended was moved from Eagle Bridge, N.Y. to the Bennington Museum in Vt.
Grandma Moses
Paul
$800 [9]
Detective Edward X. Delaney is the hero of this author's "Deadly Sin" novels
Lawrence Sanders
$1,000 [26]
Spelman College, America's oldest college for black women, was founded in this southern city in 1881
Atlanta
Paul
$1,000 [22]
In 1847 doctors declared this "Lucia di Lammermoor" composer insane
Donizetti
Paul
$1,000 [24]
This legume is an important ingredient in hummus & couscous
chickpeas
Paul Brenda
$1,000 [5]
"Domineering" code name for the invasion plan
Operation Overlord
$1,000 [27]
A park in Missoula, Montana is named for this congresswoman famous for voting against World War I
Jeannette Rankin
Brenda
$1,000 [10]
In a Hemingway story, his "Short Happy Life" is over when he's shot by his wife during a safari
Francis Macomber
Paul

Final Jeopardy!

THE SUPER BOWL

With 7 appearances, this team has played in more Super Bowls than any other

the Dallas Cowboys

Brenda "What is San Francisco 49ers" — wagered $500
Jon "What is Dallas?" — wagered $2,301
Paul "What is the Dallas Cowb" — wagered $3,601

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