Show #2440 - Friday, March 24, 1995

Contestants

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Rafael Ornes, a substitute teacher from Palo Alto, California

David Hammerbeck, a graduate student from Madison, Wisconsin

Art Vespignani, a compliance officer from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,599)

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Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY
MUSICAL THEATRE
BIG ANIMALS
HISTORY
CONTAINERS
HODGEPODGE
    $100 8
The city, the oldest part of this British capital, began as a trading post c. 43 A.D.
    $100 6
In 1993 "A Grand Night for Singing!" celebrated 50 years of music by this pair
    $100 14
Its boneless trunk is actually a nose & a really long upper lip
    $100 1
In 1921 Russia helped Mongolia secure its independence from this country after more than 200 years
    $100 16
Some things are as alike as two peas in one of these containers
    $100 22
As a display of mourning, the American flag should be flown in this manner
    $200 9
The Pensacola Mountains aren't in Florida, but near the Ronne Ice Shelf on this continent
    $200 7
Davy Jones of the Monkees was one of many young actors to play the Artful Dodger in this musical
    $200 15
Struthio camelus is this big bird, & we're not talking Sesame Street
    $200 2
The 1785-86 Scandal of the Diamond Necklace was disastrous for the popularity of this wife of Louis XVI
    $200 24
This basket with a lid may contain food or dirty laundry
    $200 23
In 1993 inquiring consumers placed a record 14.6 million calls to these offices abbreviated BBB
    $300 10
This country's Gallipoli Peninsula borders the Dardanelles & the Gulf of Saros
    $300 13
In "Starlight Express", the performers move about on these
    $300 17
The giant one of these multi-armed mollusks is the largest of all invertebrates
    $300 3
In 1705 he noted the similarity in the paths of the comets of 1531, 1607 & 1682
    $300 25
It's a sheath that holds a sword's blade
    $300 28
Muslims observe their equivalent of the sabbath on this day of the week
    $400 11
Cape Farewell is the southernmost point on this Danish island in the North Atlantic
    $400 20
This show that opened on Broadway in 1991 is a reworking of "Madama Butterfly" set in Vietnam
    $400 18
The claws on the giant Japanese spider species of this crustacean may span 12 feet
    $400 4
1938's Anschluss combined this neighboring country with the Third Reich
    $400 26
Oil & vinegar are kept in these small bottles for easy serving
    $400 29
It's the only U.S. state whose name ends with the letter K
    $500 12
The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of this regal Australian state
    $500 21
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a song from this Cole Porter musical
    $500 19
The Japanese giant species of this lizard-like animal is the largest amphibian
    DD: $500 5
Teddy Roosevelt represented the United States at the funeral of this British king in 1910
    $500 27
"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and" this container "bubble"
    $500 30
This African country's coat of arms bears the motto "The love of liberty brought us here"

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

Art David Rafael
$700 $900 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Art David Rafael
$100 $1,500 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS
RIVERS
FAMOUS NAMES
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
20th CENTURY AUTHORS
THE ATOM
    $200 1
After the war this French marquis was offered the governorship of Louisiana but turned it down
    $200 2
The Shatt al-Arab is formed in southeastern Iraq by the confluence of these 2 rivers
    $200 4
In 1929 this Pennsylvanian received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University
    $200 18
Founded in 1460, the University of Basel is this country's oldest university
    $200 13
He dedicated "For Whom the Bell Tolls" to wife Martha Gellhorn, a fellow Spanish Civil War correspondent
    $200 14
World Book says that in an atom 4 miles in diameter, this center part would be the size of a tennis ball
    $400 5
Israel Putnam is often credited with giving the order "Don't one of you fire until you see" this
    $400 3
This river flows about 4,145 miles from its sources south of the equator to the Mediterranean Sea
    $400 9
She wrote some of her "My Day" newspaper columns at Hyde Park & some on Campobello Island
    $400 19
This university has a campus in Jackson & its main campus in Oxford
    $400 26
Called "Russia's Greatest Living Dissident", this Nobel Prize winner returned to his homeland in 1994
    $400 23
Of indivisible, unseen or unnatural, the meaning of atomos, the word that "atom" came from
    $600 15
This general who was defeated at Yorktown also fought in the Seven Years' War
    $600 6
Called "China's Sorrow" from its frequent floods, the Huang Ho is known by this name in English
    $600 10
In 1860 this Englishwoman published one of her most popular books, "Notes on Nursing"
    $600 20
The university of this country is located in Quezon City
    $600 28
He studied at Glasgow Veterinary College & began practice in Yorkshire in 1940
    $600 24
When 2 atoms join in compounds, they form units called these
    $800 16
Within 6 months of his arrival, this Prussian became acting inspector general of the Continental Army
    $800 7
The Bonneville Dam was completed in 1937 on this U.S.-Canadian river & made it easier to navigate
    $800 11
"Jephtha", which premiered in 1752, was this German-born English composer's last oratorio
    DD: $3,100 21
In 1910 the South Carolina Military Academy changed its name to this
    $800 29
He named Spenser, his famous detective, after English poet Edmund Spenser
    $800 25
The chemical behavior of an atom is mainly determined by the number of these in its outer shell
    $1000 17
Shortly after Bunker Hill, Thomas Gage was replaced by this general as British commander in chief
    DD: $1,300 8
Pakistan's fertile Punjab Plain is irrigated by this river & its tributaries
    $1000 12
In 1828 this great Zulu chief was murdered by his half-brothers Dingane & Mhlangana
    $1000 22
The Lake Itasca Forestry & Biological Station is a facility of this university
    $1000 30
This author of "A Clockwork Orange" wrote the lyrics to the 1973 musical "Cyrano"
    $1000 27
Of the 3 basic subatomic particles, it has the greatest mass & has no charge

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Art David Rafael
$8,200 $4,200 $9,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE 1960s
John Froines, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger & 4 others made up this group

Final scores:

Art David Rafael
$16,399 $8,300 $16,401
2nd place: a trip on Trans World Airlines + a week at Sanibel Harbor Resort & Spa in Florida + the Jeopardy! Sports Edition for PC or Super Nintendo Entertainment System 3rd place: Gibson side-by-side refrigerator/freezer with ice & water dispensers in door + the Jeopardy! Sports Edition for PC or Super Nintendo Entertainment System New champion: $16,401

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Art David Rafael
$5,900 $5,500 $9,700
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
15 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
23 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $21,100

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Game tape date: 1994-12-06
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