Show #2498 - Wednesday, June 14, 1995

Jim Vercolen game 2.

Contestants

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Mike Willard, a high school teacher from Oceanside, New York

Martin Bruer, a house renovator from London, Ontario, Canada

Jim Vercolen, a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,900)

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Jeopardy! Round

ART
ANNUAL EVENTS
QUOTATIONS
POLITICAL TERMS
THE 1920s
CHARACTERS IN FILM
(Alex: I'll name the characters; you identify the film.)
    $100 1
Robert Streeter is best-known for his painted ceiling in the Sheldonian Theatre at this British university
    $100 19
This state has several bluegrass festivals, including those in Lexington & Louisville
    $100 20
Louisa May Alcott began this novel, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"
    $100 11
The obligation of obedience & loyalty "pledged" by a citizen to his country
    $100 13
This type of mail service linked New York & San Francisco in 1920
    $100 6
The Baroness,
Maria &
Captain Von Trapp
    $200 2
An altarpiece composed of 2 main panels is called a diptych; if it has 3 main panels, it's called this
    $200 27
Events during Helldorado Days in this largest Nevada city include a rodeo, street dances & parades
    $200 21
In this publication, Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others"
    $200 12
This term for a political party conference came from the Indian word caucauasu, meaning "counselor"
    $200 14
In 1929 King Alexander changed the name of his country to this, the "land of the South Slavs"
    $200 7
Captain Louis Renault, Ilsa Lund &
Rick Blaine
    $300 3
Joseph Raffael's 1975 painting "Hilo" features these flowers often painted by Monet
    $300 28
Each September Grand Island in this state celebrates Husker Harvest Days
    $300 22
Dorothy Parker said, "Men seldom" do this "at girls who wear glasses"
    $300 16
A petition can begin this process of removing an elected official with a special election
    $300 15
Doubling was added to this ancient game around 1925
    $300 8
Joe Buck,
Cass &
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
    $400 4
Horatio Greenough's seminude statue of this president proved too controversial for the Capitol
    $400 29
The King of the Rex Krewe leads a parade of floats in this annual event
    $400 23
In 1700 Cervantes translator Peter Motteux used this adage about where not to place hen products
    $400 17
American chief executive who's the equivalent of a German burgermeister
    DD: $1,000 25
Wilhelm Roentgen, the first Nobel laureate in this category, died in 1923
    $400 9
John "Bluto" Blutarsky, Eric "Otter" Stratton & Dean Wormer
    $500 5
American realist sculptor George Segal is known for his white figures cast in this material
    $500 30
Caraquet, New Brunswick holds an annual festival in August honoring these French residents
    $500 24
General Anthony McAuliffe's 1-word published reply when asked by the Germans to surrender at Bastogne
    $500 18
It's a measure added to a bill, not necessarily germane to the bill's purpose
    $500 26
This most populous Alaskan city was incorporated in 1920
    $500 10
Willy Clark,
Al Lewis &
Ben Clark

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

Jim Martin Mike
$1,400 $0 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Martin Mike
$4,800 $500 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE
WORLD ALMANAC 1995
OPERA
PARKS
BOOKS & AUTHORS
HISTORIC DOUBLE Bs
    $200 1
God told him not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
    $200 21
The Almanac lists holders of this office from Thomas Jefferson to Warren M. Christopher
    $200 12
She wrote libretti for Virgil Thomson operas under her own name, not Alice B. Toklas'
    $200 26
New England National Park isn't in the U.S., but in New South Wales in this country
    $200 3
"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" is Roald Dahl's sequel to this children's novel
    $200 8
In 1493 Christopher Columbus took his first cruise in this sea
    $400 2
Manner in which John the Baptist was executed by King Herod
    $400 22
For the '95 World Almanac, this politician wrote an article on "The Information Superhighway"
    $400 17
Darius Milhaud's opera about this South American liberator is rarely performed
    $400 27
This Ohio city's Carillon Historical Park has a replica of the Wright Brothers' cycle shop
    $400 4
This Pat Conroy bestseller is narrated by Tom Wingo, an ex-football coach
    $400 13
Henry VII's Chapel in this London church was completed in the 16th century
    $600 9
This gospel was written by a physician
    $600 23
The Winston Cup champions are listed under this sport's heading
    $600 18
This Italian tenor created the role of Federico In Francesco Cilea's 1897 opera "L'arlesiana"
    $600 28
Forillon National Park lies on the tip of Gaspe Peninsula in this Canadian province
    $600 5
A new edition of this James Joyce novel was published June 16, 1984, the 80th anniv. of when it takes place
    $600 14
From 1894-1962 it was the capital of the British Uganda Protectorate
    $800 10
1 of 2 daughters of Laban married to Jacob
    DD: $1,500 24
The birthplace of this member of the British royal family is listed as Corfu, Greece
    $800 19
Bonzo, who's also known as the Bonze, is Cio-Cio-San's uncle in this Puccini opera
    $800 29
Oregon's only national park is this one in the Cascades in the south of the state
    $800 6
The first American edition of her book "The Bell Jar" contained her original drawings
    $800 15
Born in Georgia in 1886, he was one of the first 5 players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
    $1000 11
"A soft answer turneth away" this; "but grievous words stir up anger"
    $1000 25
This South American country is the leading producer of copper
    $1000 20
This "Threepenny Opera" composer wrote a satirical opera called "The Tsar Has his Photograph Taken"
    $1000 30
The USA's only national park south of the equator lies in the rain forests of this territory
    DD: $2,000 7
This Manuel Puig novel was first published in Spanish as "El Beso de la Mujer Arana"
    $1000 16
In 1929 he devised a law on how the universe expands

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Martin Mike
$10,200 $5,800 $5,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN WOMEN
From 1911 to 1935 she served as the first president of the National Federation of Settlements

Final scores:

Jim Martin Mike
$12,200 $0 $11,700
2-day champion: $22,100 3rd place: Cazal sunglasses + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on TWA to Washington, D.C. & stay at Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jim Martin Mike
$8,600 $5,100 $5,900
21 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 16 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $19,600

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Game tape date: 1995-02-07
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