Show #2309 - Thursday, September 22, 1994

Contestants

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Phyllis Bugal, a homemaker and registered nurse from Bound Brook, New Jersey

Len Safhay, a management consultant from Peekskill, New York

Neil Quarterman, a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY
STEPHEN KING FILMS
SIGNERS
ARIZONA
POTPOURRI
GOOD AS "GOLD"
    $100 18
In botany something that is foliate has or is covered with these
    $100 1
Kathy Bates is James Caan's No. 1 fan in this 1990 suspense tale
    $100 11
The contract this "Material Girl" signed April 20, 1992 could make her the top paid female entertainer ever
    $100 6
The state's busiest airport is Sky Harbor International in this capital city
    $100 14
The most common commercial species of this plant is Nicotiana tabacum
    $100 22
Oil
    $200 27
Edentate mammals, like sloths or armadillos, lack these or have only enamelless ones
    $200 2
Among the actors playing teenagers in this 1976 King classic were Amy Irving & Sissy Spacek
    $200 12
In 1965 this quarterback signed a 3-year contract with the New York Jets for $427,000
    $200 7
A hole in Coconino County 4,150 feet wide & 570 feet deep was created by one of these
    $200 15
Archie Armstrong held this post at court during the reign of King James I, no kidding
    $200 23
In "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear", the angels were "bending near the earth to touch" these
    $300 28
Viewing an eclipse of the sun may cause this light-sensitive membrane to "burn", damaging vision
    $300 3
In 1983 a St. Bernard starred in "Cujo" & a Plymouth starred in this film
    $300 13
In 1587 she signed her cousin Mary's death warrant
    $300 8
Arizona accounts for about 2/3 of the USA's production of this metal used in electrical wiring
    $300 19
The USA's largest private nonprofit membership organization, its members must be 50 & over
    $300 24
Because of his blond hair, golfer Jack Nicklaus sports this nickname
    $400 29
Spiders' blood is this color, not red, due to the oxygen-carrying pigment hemocyanin
    $400 4
Drew Barrymore kept the home fires burning in this 1984 epic
    $400 16
On Nov. 21, 1620 John Alden put his John Hancock on this document
    $400 9
Arizona's land south of the Gila River was acquired from Mexico in this 1853 "purchase"
    $400 20
Although silk originated in China, this country became the largest producer in the late 1800s
    $400 25
In 1896 William Jennings Bryan said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon" this
    $500 30
Norman Gregg discovered that this disease, also called rubella, could cause birth defects
    $500 5
Richard Dreyfuss narrated this 1986 film based on King's novella "The Body"
    $500 17
500 Maori chiefs signed the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which helped the British annex this country
    DD: $500 10
Now Secretary of the Interior, this Democrat was Arizona's governor from 1978 to 1987
    $500 21
The dollar of this Central American nation is divided into 100 cents, not centavos
    $500 26
As a British colony from 1874 to 1957, Ghana was known by this name

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

Neil Len Phyllis
$1,600 $1,000 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Neil Len Phyllis
$2,200 $1,900 $3,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY
FOOD & DRINK
MUSICIANS
AMERICAN HISTORY
AVIATION
LITERARY TRILOGIES
    $200 10
This river whose mouth is in Egypt has its southernmost source in Burundi in central Africa
    $200 1
This brand of vodka is known as Stoli for short
    $200 21
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber is the brother of this composer
    $200 16
8 Minutemen were killed in this April 19, 1775 battle; several others died at Concord
    $200 26
On Dec. 17, 1948, the 45th anniv. of their first flight, their "Flyer" went on display at the Smithsonian
    $200 4
This trilogy made hobbit a household word
    $400 11
This country's most populous region is Lombardy in the north
    $400 2
This preserved cabbage dish has a German name, but the Chinese invented it
    $400 22
Niccolo Paganini was only 8 when he composed a sonata for this instrument on which he was a virtuoso
    $400 17
On June 14, 1846 settlers proclaimed the Bear Flag Republic in what later became this state
    $400 27
This device that notes air speed, altitude & cockpit conversations is kept in the tail of the plane
    $400 7
This 1941 Mary O'Hara book about a boy & his horse was the first of a trilogy
    $600 13
Sumatra is the westernmost of this country's main islands
    $600 3
Pepperidge Farm makes oatmeal raisin cookies named for this capital of New Mexico
    $600 23
He finished his first notable orchestra work, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun", in 1894
    $600 18
On July 14, 1853 he delivered a letter from Millard Fillmore to the Japanese
    $600 28
In 1931 Mrs. Herbert Hoover christened the USS Akron, a giant dirigible built for the Navy by this company
    $600 8
Original language of "Molloy", "Malone Dies" & "The Unnamable", a trilogy by Samuel Beckett
    DD: $1,900 14
Alaska's westernmost mainland point is Cape Prince of Wales on this peninsula named for a politician
    $800 5
The Swiss water process is one method of doing this to coffee
    $800 24
Since his death, this jazz composer & bandleader's son Mercer has led his band
    $800 19
In 1727 this Pennsylvanian formed the Junto Debating Club
    $800 29
Though established in 1936, this Irish national airline didn't serve the U.S. until 1958
    $800 9
This John Dos Passos trilogy is made up of "The 42nd Parallel", "1919" & "The Big Money"
    $1000 15
This river rises in Spain's Albarracin Mountains & enters the Atlantic at Lisbon
    $1000 6
The Formosa or Taiwan type of this tea is more famous than the Amoy, Foochow & Canton varieties
    DD: $2,300 25
After a Norwegian state funeral, this composer's remains were sealed in a cliff overlooking a fjord
    $1000 20
In 1967 Winthrop Rockefeller became this state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction
    $1000 30
During WWII the 2 B-29s used by the U.S. to drop atomic bombs were Bock's Car & this one
    $1000 12
This Athenian's only extant trilogy is "Oresteia"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Neil Len Phyllis
$8,600 $5,800 $8,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS
This nickname for a non-Spanish speaker comes from the Spanish word for "Greek"

Final scores:

Neil Len Phyllis
$11,602 $6,800 $0
3-day champion: $40,803 2nd place: Berkline sofa + Bob Mitchell Designs wall coverings 3rd place: Franklin Digital Book System

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Neil Len Phyllis
$8,600 $4,500 $10,500
21 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 26 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $23,600

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Game tape date: 1994-07-26
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