Show #2459 - Thursday, April 20, 1995

Contestants

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Bob Bostock, a speechwriter originally from Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Rich Folk, a repair shop manager from Oldsmar, Florida

Steve Irish, an amateur athlete from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY
CELEBRITIES
FACTS & FIGURES
MYTHOLOGY
PROVERBS
NICKNAMES
    $100 1
In 1588 Lord Howard of Effingham directed the defeat of this fleet from the Ark Royal
    $100 16
This TV talk show host was named for his father's alma mater, Regis High School
    $100 11
With 18, gymnast Larisa Latynina has won the most of these: 9 gold, 5 silver & 4 bronze
    $100 6
This monster who lived in the Labyrinth is sometimes called Asterion
    $100 21
"If you can't" do this to them, "join 'em"
    $100 27
"The Father of the Telephone"
    $200 2
In 1478 this Chaucer classic became the first original English work of literature set in type
    $200 17
Chet Huntley's former partner, he boasts of having "done the news longer than anyone on Earth"
    $200 12
Fewer than 1,000,000 of these were sold in 1983; in 1988 they overtook LPs & in 1992, cassettes
    $200 7
Fittingly, Arachne, who was a skilled weaver, was transformed into this type of creature
    $200 22
"The best throw of" these gambling implements "is to throw them away"
    $200 28
"Mr. Lincoln's Cameraman"
    $300 3
His elder brother Arthur married Catherine of Aragon before he did
    $300 18
While at Harvard, this actor who won an Oscar for "The Fugitive" roomed with Al Gore
    $300 13
At Sotheby's the Lunokhod 1 Rover was sold for $68,500; the problem is, it has to be picked up here
    $300 8
One myth says he stared at his own reflection because it reminded him of a twin sister who had died
    $300 23
"Have but few" of these "though many acquaintances"
    $300 29
"The Bachelor President"
    $400 4
This archbishop had just returned from 6 years' exile when he was murdered in 1170
    $400 19
He represented Scotland in a Mr. Universe contest 40 years before he was named "Sexiest Man Alive"
    $400 14
Of the money spent by this gov't program to clean up toxic waste sites, over 1/4 goes to legal fees
    DD: $500 9
Zeus' parents, Cronus & Rhea, were among this early group of gods
    $400 24
"The buyer needs a hundred eyes," this person "but one"
    $400 30
"The Apostle of the Scottish Reformers"
    $500 5
In 1209 this brother & successor of King Richard I was excommunicated
    $500 20
This Oscar-winning star of "Misery" once worked as a singing waitress in the Catskills
    $500 15
On Aug. 1, 1994 he played in his 2,000th consecutive Major League baseball game
    $500 10
The statue with which Pygmalion fell in love was brought to life by this Greek goddess
    $500 25
"He that will not have peace, God gives him" this
    $500 26
"The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Steve Rich Bob
$1,800 $1,800 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Rich Bob
$3,500 $2,300 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR
NOTABLE WOMEN
SAINTS
20th CENTURY OPERAS
LAKES & RIVERS
POTPOURRI
    $200 1
In Nov. 1863 Edward Everett gave the long oration at the dedication of the National Cemetery here
    $200 7
She was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932, the same year as her solo transatlantic flight
    $200 16
Former hermit Pietro da Morrone resigned this post in 1294 due to incompetence
    $200 26
Douglas Moore's 1966 opera about her premiered in Kansas; aptly, since she wrecked many a saloon there
    $200 6
The Spanish & Portuguese names are the same for this 3,900-mile-long South American river
    $200 21
Chesebrough-Pond's sells petrolatum, or petroleum jelly, under this trade name
    $400 2
Kennesaw Mountain & Peachtree Creek were battles in Sherman's campaign to take this city
    $400 8
She was the only one of her siblings to follow her father Sigmund into the field of psychoanalysis
    $400 17
One symbol of St. Philip came from a miracle he witnessed involving these & fishes
    $400 27
Based on a H.C. Andersen fairy tale, Stravinsky's opera about this singing bird is set in China
    $400 12
Judge Roy Bean was "The Law West of" this river
    $400 22
Although it's known as the Wolverine State, Wolverines are not found in the wild there
    $600 3
He was over 60 years old when he took Mobile Bay from the Confederates in 1864
    $600 9
Kirsten is the middle name of this first American woman to go into space
    $600 18
St. John's brother, he was the first of the 12 apostles to be martyred
    $600 28
"Marouf, cobbler of Cairo" is based on a story in this collection of old tales
    $600 13
Cities on its lakeshore include Burlington, Vermont & Plattsburgh, New York
    $600 23
This Chicago-based weekly medical magazine is known as JAMA
    $800 4
This man who became president in 1881 was chief of staff to Gen. Rosecrans during the War
    DD: $1,400 10
This educator was the first woman given a medical degree in Italy
    $800 19
In 1880 she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Italy
    $800 29
Soprano Tamaki Miura was famous for playing Cio-Cio-San in this opera
    $800 14
Lake Louise is located in Banff National Park in this province
    $800 24
In the 1850s this Swedish chemist worked under John Ericsson, builder of the ironclad the Monitor
    $1000 5
The Battle of Pittsburg Landing is also called this, after a church on the battlefield
    $1000 11
On the basis of her 1932 film "The Blue Light", Hitler appointed her to film the Nuremberg Rally
    $1000 20
This translator of the Vulgate Bible is often shown in art with a lion
    $1000 30
The Swedish opera "Stormen" was inspired by this Shakespeare play
    DD: $2,000 15
This river that runs from Tibet to the Arabian Sea was the cradle of a great civilization
    $1000 25
The mother of this 41st vice president was born Abby Aldrich

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Rich Bob
$11,100 $4,500 $8,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

MODERN AUTHORS
His last novel opens in Yokohama on 14th September 1862

Final scores:

Steve Rich Bob
$16,100 $8,999 $16,000
2-day champion: $29,700 3rd place: Samsung fax machine-telephone + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on TWA to Washington, D.C. & stay at Loews l'Enfant Plaza + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Steve Rich Bob
$10,000 $4,500 $7,400
20 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 15 R,
3 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $21,900

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Game tape date: 1995-01-10
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