Show #2747 - Tuesday, July 9, 1996

Contestants

Linda Monk, an author and columnist originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi

Tony Harkins, a Ph.D. candidate from Madison, Wisconsin

Gary Frost, a graduate student from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,200)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

AMPHIBIANS
FAMOUS NAMES
THE MOVIES
ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN HISTORY
RHYME TIME
    $100 16
Midwife toads are so named because the male carries these on his back until hatching
    $100 21
She received about 1,500 wedding gifts in 1947, including a picnic basket from her sister, Princess Margaret
    $100 6
In a 1976 remake this title beast plummets to his death from atop the World Trade Center
    $100 26
The Baker Street Irregulars is one of many groups for fans of this fictional detective
    $100 1
More than 4 dozen people were killed during its 1980 eruptions
    $100 11
A fedora for a flying mammal
    $200 17
Some salamanders retain these respiratory organs after lungs develop
    $200 22
This Watergate figure's initials stood for Harry Robbins
    $200 7
The role of Marshall Kane in "High Noon" was offered to Gregory Peck before this actor got the part
    $200 27
This organization was founded in 1884 to establish uniform rules for holding dog shows
    $200 2
In September 1919 this president collapsed while out promoting the Treaty of Versailles
    $200 12
A 10c citrus fruit
    $300 18
Some of these larval frogs are carnivorous & may feed on their siblings
    $300 23
In 1994 a park in Pacoima, California, where this "La Bamba" singer grew up, was renamed in his honor
    $300 8
Jackie Gleason received an Oscar nomination for playing Minnesota Fats in this 1961 film
    $300 28
The 4 H's in the 4-H Club stand for head, heart, hands & this
    $300 3
In 1804 Alexander Hamilton's derogatory remarks about this VP were published in a newspaper
    $300 13
A malicious monarchess
    $400 19
The eel-like amphiuma has 4 tiny, vestigial ones of these appendages
    $400 24
Bicycling Magazine named this American "Cyclist of the Year" in 1986
    $400 9
In "The Santa Clause", this actor donned a fatman suit & became the real Santa
    $400 29
In 1878 the Christian Mission became this organization & William Booth became its first general
    $400 4
On May 10, 1869 the Liberty Bell rang to honor the Central & Union Pacific railroads' meeting at this Utah point
    $400 14
A conceited Copenhagener
    $500 20
Amphibians were probably the first of these creatures with backbones to venture onto land
    $500 25
Patty Hearst was sent to jail for bank robbery after this famous attorney lost her case
    $500 10
This 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film was inspired by the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"
    $500 30
1996 marks the 35th anniversary of this volunteer organization first headed by Sargent Shriver
    DD: $700 5
1853's Gadsden Purchase contained the southern portion of what became these 2 states
    $500 15
A single Scottish quick bread

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

Gary Tony Linda
$900 $800 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gary Tony Linda
$1,800 $1,900 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES
MUSIC
PHILOSOPHY
THE GOVERNOR
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
    $200 1
Some say this country's Czar Alexander I didn't die in 1825 but lived until 1864 as Fyodor Kuzmich
    $200 26
In 1922 he wrote the opera "Blue Monday", but his 1935 "Porgy and Bess" is more famous
    $200 11
Renatus Cartesius was the Latin name of this French philosopher who sometimes wrote in Latin
    $200 6
In 1855 & 1857 Salmon P. Chase was elected governor of Ohio as a member of this party he helped form
    $200 15
Located in South America, it's the largest tropical country in the world
    $200 21
The 1960 Peace Prize went to Albert Luthuli, the first person from this continent to win it
    $400 2
In 1898 William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of this ringed planet
    $400 12
He expounded on epistemology in his "Theaetetus", one of the later dialogues
    $400 7
Among things Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with in 1963 was shooting this governor
    $400 17
This country's Canning Basin is coextensive with the Great Sandy Desert
    $400 22
He became the first American to win the Literature Prize the year after his "Dodsworth" appeared
    $600 3
This Norwegian playwright's wife Suzannah was the stepdaughter of novelist Magdalene Thoresen
    $600 13
French existentialist who gave us "Nausea" -- that's the title of his first novel
    $600 8
In 1882 Missouri governor Thomas Crittenden offered a $10,000 reward for these brothers, dead or alive
    $600 18
The Dead Sea extends nearly 50 miles along the border of these 2 countries
    $600 25
This Vitamin C guru's "The Nature of the Chemical Bond" is one of the century's major scientific books
    $800 4
This impressionist whose first name was Camille was born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas in 1830
    DD: $1,800 28
The women he wrote operas about include Anna Bolena, Lucrezia Borgia & La Fille du Regiment
    $800 14
Metaphysics is often divided into ontology -- the study of being -- & this study of the physical universe
    $800 9
Length of the terms of the governors of N.H., Vermont & Rhode Island; all the others are 4 years
    $800 19
The Strait of Bonifacio separates Corsica from this Italian island
    $800 24
Jules Bordet identified the bacillus responsible for this disease also called pertussis
    $1000 5
In January 1893 Sanford Dole declared that she was deposed
    $1000 27
In the 1780s English soprano Elizabeth Billington appeared as Polly in this 1st ballad opera
    $1000 16
19th century Dane who wrote the ominous-sounding books "Fear and Trembling" & "The Concept of Dread"
    $1000 10
In 1992 he gave the speech nominating Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention
    DD: $2,000 20
Hong Kong's mainland areas consist of the New Territories & this peninsula
    $1000 23
Antony Hewish won the 1974 prize for discovering these stars that emit bursts of radiation

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gary Tony Linda
$2,000 $2,500 $6,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY
This country's civil war actually began in Morocco on July 17, 1936

Final scores:

Gary Tony Linda
$2,601 $4,010 $7,500
3rd place: Panasonic fax machine 2nd place: Bassett Legend dining room set New champion: $7,500

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Gary Tony Linda
$6,500 $2,500 $6,500
24 R,
6 W
(including 3 DDs)		 11 R,
4 W		 14 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $15,500

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.