Show #2509 - Thursday, June 29, 1995

David Siegel game 3.

Contestants

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Michael Culbertson, a U.S. Army sergeant major from Fort Meade, Maryland

James Caparas, a volunteer worker from Washington, D.C.

David Siegel, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

AUSTRIA
THE COMICS
ARCHITECTURE
20th CENTURY AMERICA
KINGLY NICKNAMES
ABBREV.
    $100 6
Although the largest city in population, it makes up Austria's smallest province
    $100 8
In the "Peanuts" comic strip, this blanket-toting character is Lucy van Pelt's brother
    $100 1
Term for a series of stairs uninterrupted by a landing
    $100 16
This 888-page summary of the Kennedy assassination investigation was made public on Sept. 27, 1964
    $100 21
This King of the Cowboys married the Queen of the West
    $100 29
Alas, Alas. is an abbreviation for this state
    $200 7
In 1905 Austrian Baroness Bertha von Suttner, a noted pacifist, became the 1st woman awarded this Nobel Prize
    $200 9
For years Herb & Tootsie Woodley have been neighbors to this couple
    $200 2
These protective tiles can cover walls & spires, not just roofs
    $200 17
Of 108, 308 or 508, the number of points the stock market plunged October 19, 1987
    $200 22
This female King was "King of the Courts"—the tennis courts
    $200 30
This letter can be used as an abbreviation for Christ or a kiss
    $300 13
In 1992 Thomas Klestil succeeded this man as the country's president
    $300 10
In 1936, after months of searching, he found his father, Poopdeck Pappy
    $300 3
Dry masonry is brickwork or stonework laid without this
    $300 18
On May 7, 1975 President Ford declared that this "era" was over
    $300 23
This former Drexel Burnham Lambert executive was called the Junk Bond King
    $300 28
A tense teacher knows plupf. is short for this
    $400 14
This city that twice hosted the Olympics was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire under Maximilian I
    $400 11
This 9th century Viking has 2 kids: son Hamlet & daughter Honi
    $400 4
Classically, it's found at the bottom of a column; today it's the base for a statue
    $400 19
In 1934 Frank Merriam defeated this author of "The Jungle" to become governor of California
    $400 24
Little Richard is the King of Rock 'n' Roll & this "I Got You (I Feel Good)" singer is the King of Soul
    $400 27
FKA is an abbreviation for this, as in the artist fka Prince
    $500 15
In 1918 Austria became a republic after Charles I, the last emperor of this dynasty, stepped down
    $500 12
Newsboy Billy Batson became Captain Marvel by shouting this one word
    DD: $200 5
One of these supports counterbalances the thrust of a vault
    $500 20
When it was set up in 1942, the presidential retreat, now Camp David, was called this
    $500 25
Among this president's nicknames were Sir Veto & King Andy
    $500 26
This Latin phrase for an undesirable person is abbreviated p.n.g.

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

David James Michael
$2,200 $500 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David James Michael
$3,900 $2,100 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
MAMMALS
ENGLISH LITERATURE
GEMSTONES
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
DECEMBER 3
    $200 25
Kyushu is this country's second most populous island
    $200 16
The kinkajou is the only member of the raccoon family with a prehensile one of these
    $200 2
In this Charlotte Bronte novel, Mr. Rochester says, "I meant...to be a bigamist; but fate has out-manoeuvred me"
    $200 30
The Kazanjian Foundation in L.A. has a 1,318-carat sapphire carved into a head of this president—honest!
    $200 8
In 1770 the pope made this "Magic Flute" composer a knight of the Golden Spur
    $200 1
He was P.M. of India when the Union Carbide pesticide plant leaked December 3, 1984
    $400 24
It's the continent closest to the kingdom of Tonga
    $400 17
The sperm type of this mammal is also called the cachalot
    $400 6
Charles Bingley falls for Jane, the eldest of the Bennet sisters in this Jane Austen novel
    $400 29
It's a crystalline allotropic form of carbon
    $400 9
19th c. composer Mikhail Glinka was called the father of this country's music by his successors
    $400 3
He gave his first presidential message to congress December 3, 1901
    $600 23
The port of Matrah is the commercial center of this sultanate but Muscat is the capital
    $600 18
This African "earth pig" is the only member of the order Tubulidentata
    $600 13
Oscar Wilde novel that begins, "The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses..."
    $600 28
A kids' marble is made from this mineral with colors in stripes or clouds
    $600 10
In 1723 this Baroque composer was appointed choir leader at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig
    $600 4
Oberlin College, the first truly coed college in the U.S. opened December 3, 1833 in this state
    $800 22
Don't be deceived by this continent's Deception Island; it's an active volcano
    DD: $1,500 19
The largest wild cat in Mexico, its scientific name is panthera onca
    DD: $2,000 14
This Daniel Defoe heroine claims that vanity was the cause of her ruin
    $800 27
Cairngorm, a brown quartz stone, is named for a mountain in this country
    $800 11
This composer collaborated with Sergei Diaghilev in producing "The Firebird" in Paris
    $800 5
Known as the Prairie State, it entered the Union December 3, 1818
    $1000 21
This capital of Honduras lies on the Choluteca River
    $1000 20
Zoologists divide hoofed mammals, which are called these, into 2 gorups: odd-toed & even-toed
    $1000 15
"Paul Morel" was his working title for the novel "Sons and Lovers"
    $1000 26
Sard a reddish-brown stone, is sometimes found layered with this other 4-letter gemstone
    $1000 12
In 1945 he founded the Brazilian Academy of Music
    $1000 7
On Dec. 3, 1967 he transferred the heart of a 25-year-old woman into Louis Washkansky, a 55-year-old grocer

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David James Michael
$8,900 $11,300 $2,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE & FILM
A poignant scene in "The Madness of King George" features George III reading aloud from this play

Final scores:

David James Michael
$17,400 $4,299 $4,595
3-day champion: $49,600 3rd place: Carey Limousine + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on TWA to Ponte Vedro Beach, Florida and stay at Marriott at Sawgrass Resort + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

David James Michael
$9,200 $10,100 $3,800
28 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 8 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $23,100

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Game tape date: 1995-02-14
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