Show #2490 - Friday, June 2, 1995

Contestants

Jeff Davidson, a pastor originally from Dayton, Ohio

Howard Goldstein, a music professor from Auburn, Alabama

Kathy Kuczynski, a registered nurse from El Toro, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)

Jeopardy! Round

WRITING
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
SENTENCES
CAPITALS
LETTERS
SPELLING
(Alex: It has to do with Aaron Spelling, the television producer.)
    $100 21
The Egyptian hieroglyph for air or wind resembles one of these on a ship
    $100 26
It's the misused word in the sentence "Skippy invited he and his brother to a party."
    $100 6
Just hours after resigning as vice president, he was sentenced to 3 years' Probation & a $10,000 fine
    $100 11
On Oct. 3, 1990 the 2 halves of this capital city were officially reunited
    $100 16
On Jan. 10, 1845 he wrote, "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"
    $100 1
Completes the greeting "My Dear Guests, I'm Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to..."
    $200 22
They're symbols, like commas & periods, added to writing to make the writer's meaning clear
    $200 27
The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding these 2 letters to the base of the verb
    $200 7
In 1873 this boss of Tammany Hall was convicted of larceny & forgery & sentenced to 12 years
    $200 12
According to legend, this European capital was founded by a peasant named Bucur
    $200 17
In June 1804 Aaron Burr sent him a letter which said, "You have invited the course I am about to pursue"
    $200 2
Gopher was a regular character on this series
    $300 23
They've been made out of tannins, the galls of oak trees & cuttlefish secretions
    $300 28
It's the shortest personal pronoun in the English language
    $300 8
6 were sentenced to a labor camp in the wake of the 1986 nuclear disaster at this Ukrainian site
    $300 13
For a time this capital, then known as Edo, was the largest city in the world
    $300 18
Abolitionist who wrote, "I am waiting the hour of my public murder with great composure of mind"
    $300 3
Julie Rogers, Tiffany Welles, Kris Munroe, Jill Munroe, Kelly Garrett & Sabrina Duncan
    $400 24
19th century French Abbe Hypolite Michon named this science of analyzing people from their writing
    $400 29
In names of verb tenses, this "flawless" word follows present, past & future
    $400 9
The sentence of this astronomer for having held the Copernican Doctrine was read publicly in universities
    $400 14
In 1927 Australia's federal capital was transferred from Melbourne to this city
    $400 19
A letter written to his brother Theo around 1885 included 2 sketches of Dutch rural scenes
    DD: $500 4
Character seen here as he looked in 1964 & in 1994:
    $500 25
The word "pen" came from the Latin penna, meaning this
    $500 30
This kind of noun identifies a group of people, animals or things--audience, crowd & team, for example
    $500 10
Mohammed Abbas was sentenced in absentia to life for the hijacking of this Italian cruise ship
    $500 15
This South American capital is the headquarters for Avianca Airlines
    $500 20
In 1898 he wrote a letter to the French president using the phrase "J'Accuse" 8 times
    $500 5
Freeway was their dog; Max was their man Friday

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

Kathy Howard Jeff
$1,100 $2,600 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kathy Howard Jeff
$1,800 $2,800 $2,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
AUTHORS
DEM BONES
ROMAN EMPERORS
ITALIAN FOOD
    $200 2
From 1833 to 1836, this future president served as postmaster of New Salem, Illinois
    $200 4
Palenque in southern Mexico contains exquisite examples of the architecture of their civilization
    $200 11
This "Catcher in the Rye" author served in the Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II
    $200 1
12 pairs of these bones make up the sides of the thoracic cavity
    $200 18
During the reign of Valentinian III, Gaul & Italy were overrun by this king of the Huns
    $200 23
While it's often a salad with meat & cheeses, it refers to other hot or cold appetizers as well
    $400 3
On July 2, 1937 radio contact was lost on her round-the-world flight
    $400 5
Marengo, Iowa is named for the Italian battlefield where he defeated the Austrians in 1800
    $400 12
In "Experiment in Autobiography", this author of "The Time Machine" told his life story
    $400 10
Adapted for childbearing, this bony structure is lighter & roomier in females than in males
    $400 19
Julia, this first emperor's daughter, was notorious for vice & was banished from Rome
    $400 24
Funghi are mushrooms & these expensive relatives are tartufi
    $600 7
Around 1630 the Dutch founded a fort called the House of Hope on the present site of this Conn. capital
    $600 6
Man first stood upon this geographic extreme December 14, 1911
    $600 13
With John Huston, this "Martian Chronicles" author wrote the screenplay for the 1956 film "Moby Dick"
    $600 26
The 8 carpal bones that make up this joint include the lunate & the scaphoid
    $600 20
Antoninus Pius, builder of a wall in Britain, was the adopted son of this more famous wall builder
    $600 25
Anitra all'arancia is this type of poultry in orange sauce
    $800 8
The 1777 Battle of Bennington did not occur in Vermont, but several miles west in this state
    $800 16
Pakistan's city of Peshawar lies 35 miles from its border with this country
    DD: $1,000 14
Many of his lectures, including "Love" & "Self-Reliance", appeared in his 1841 work "Essays"
    $800 27
If you fracture your kneecap, you fracture this bone
    $800 21
After becoming emperor in 37 A.D., he was a humane ruler for about 6 months & then probably went insane
    $800 28
This tubular pastry filled with ricotta & chocolate is a specialty of Sicily
    $1000 9
In 1960, after 8 stays of execution, this author of "Cell 2455, Death Row" was executed at San Quentin
    $1000 17
The only survivor of Mt. Pelee's 1902 eruption on this island later toured with the Barnum & Bailey Circus
    $1000 15
This count's "The Cossacks" was published in 1863 to pay off gambling debts
    DD: $100 30
They're the 2 bones of the forearm
    $1000 22
This Roman emperor & stoic philosopher was born Marcus Annius Verus in April 121 A.D.
    $1000 29
The name of this dish of veal shanks braised with vegetables translates to "marrow bone"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kathy Howard Jeff
$4,400 $10,700 $5,300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ORGANIZATIONS
This organization was started in 1935 by William Griffith Wilson & Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith

Final scores:

Kathy Howard Jeff
$200 $10,601 $1
2nd place: trip on TWA to Asheville, North Carolina & stay at Grove Park Inn Resort + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System New champion: $10,601 3rd place: Enesco music box + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Kathy Howard Jeff
$4,400 $11,600 $6,200
11 R,
0 W		 26 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $22,200

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Game tape date: 1995-01-31
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