Show #2380 - Friday, December 30, 1994

John McKeon game 1.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Stan Eisenstein, a physics teacher from Ellicott City, Maryland

John McKeon, a writer from Chevy Chase, Maryland

Bob Ungar, a satellite engineer from Glen Rock, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORIC SITES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
SCIENCE
GUINNESS RECORDS
MISPELLING
(Alex: And finally, and it's misspelt, [*]. We will read a clue for you, and you will have to identify the word in the clue that is misspelled.)
    $100 8
This Western mining town was named after a prospector nicknamed "Old Virginny"
    $100 1
On Jan. 20, 1994 he celebrated his 98th birthday by performing for a sellout crowd at Caesars Palace
    $100 20
This company introduced its Crunch bar in 1938
    $100 2
This is a body of land smaller than a continent, surrounded by water of an ocean, sea, lake or stream
    $100 22
The most common family name is Zhang or Chang, possessed by over 100 million people in this country
    $100 14
Governments are instituted to secure the rights of life, liberty and the persuit of happiness
    $200 9
This house is known for the dumbwaiter installed by the third president
    $200 3
This comedian turned 39 on Valentine's Day in 1933--& remained 39 for the rest of his life
    $200 21
Machine salesman Walter Bowes teamed with this postage meter inventor in 1920
    $200 4
Saccharum officinarum is sugarcane & Beta vulgaris is this sugar- producing plant
    $200 24
This British sleuth is the screen's most-portrayed character, appearing in over 200 films
    $200 16
We find it fascinating that he was still conscious after the lightening hit him
    $300 10
The St. Louis Cathedral on this city's Place d'Armes, now Jackson Square, was built by the Spanish
    $300 13
Linda Evans & Brenda Vaccaro share their Nov. 18 birthday with this rodent, but he's older than they are
    $300 25
In 1966 Giovanni Agnelli II became chairman of this Italian industrial giant
    $300 5
This metal, symbol Sn, has 10 stable isotopes, the most of any element
    $300 27
The world's best-selling brand of scotch is this brand's Red Label
    $300 17
Henry Clay said, "If you wish to avoid foriegn collision, you had better abandon the ocean"
    $400 11
This Boston hall built in 1742 as a market & meeting place is nicknamed "The Cradle of Liberty"
    $400 15
David Bowie was born Jan. 8, 1947, the day this future King of Rock 'n' Roll turned 12
    $400 26
Walter, William & Arthur Davidson & William Harley sold their first of these vehicles in 1903
    $400 6
Maria Goeppert Mayer shared a Nobel Prize for work on the structure of this part of an atom
    $400 29
The record number of hands shaken at an official function is 8,513 by this president in 1907
    $400 18
Complaints will be dealt with by appearrance at the appropriate bureau
    $500 12
This famous fort was located at the point where Lake George empties into Lake Champlain
    $500 23
This queen turned 30 on April 21, 1956, the day Margaret Truman was married
    $500 28
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. is this continent's largest public company
    $500 7
The heart contains several of these, including the semilunar & tricuspid
    DD: $500 30
This country has the world's lowest birthrate: 0
    $500 19
To eliminate embarassment, be sure to study your grammar conscientiously

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

Bob John Stan
$800 $800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob John Stan
$1,100 $2,500 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY
AWARDS
RELIGION
WORLD CITIES
GOVERNORS
POETS & POETRY
    $200 1
Parliament proclaimed this song Canada's official national anthem July 1, 1980
    $200 10
In 1992 he received a Peabody Award for "25 years of beautiful days in the neighborhood"
    $200 17
Prayer time in this religion is announced by a crier, or muezzin, from a minaret
    $200 3
This English coastal city was the Mayflower's last port of call before sailing to America
    $200 30
In 1886 Robert Love Taylor defeated his brother Alfred to become governor of this "Volunteer State"
    $200 16
In 1598 Edmund Spenser was made sheriff of Cork County in this part of the British Isles
    $400 2
In 1913 Indians led by Gandhi in this country agitated against restrictions on their movement
    $400 12
On his retirement in 1993, this chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff received a 2nd Presidential Medal of Freedom
    $400 29
The dietary laws of this religion allow only meat from animals killed by ritual slaughter called Shehitah
    $400 6
It was the birthplace of opera & the cradle of the Italian Renaissance
    $400 27
This former governor was chairman of the Democratic Party in California from 1989 to 1991
    $400 18
The title of Hagiwara Sakutaro's 1917 book of poetry translates as "Barking at" this heavenly body
    $600 4
In February 1931 Congress passed a veterans' bonus bill over this president's veto
    $600 13
The Templeton Prize for Religion was 1st given in 1973 to this founder of the Missionaries of Charity
    $600 28
The symbol of Taoism represents these 2 basic forces in the universe
    $600 8
This third-largest city of Spain is noted for its silk & its oranges
    $600 26
In 1980 ill health forced Ella Grasso to resign as governor of this state
    $600 21
In the 19th c. Kalvos & Solomos were leading members of this country's Ionian School of Poetry
    $800 5
In 1941 Reza Shah abdicated as leader of this country
    $800 14
Her 2 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards were for "Toys in the Attic" & "Watch on the Rhine"
    $800 22
This is the belief that God foresees & wills from all eternity that someone will be saved
    $800 9
In 1754 the Royal and Ancient Golf Club was founded in this Scottish city
    $800 24
George W.P. Hunt, who became this state's 1st governor in 1912, also served from 1917-19, 1923-29 & 1931-33
    $800 20
The 14th c. poet Dafydd ap Gwilym wrote some 150 poems in this, his native language
    $1000 7
This Basque village was destroyed by German bombers during an April 26, 1937 air raid
    DD: $1,200 15
In '68 the Central Bank of Sweden established this Nobel Prize category in honor of its 300th anniversary
    $1000 25
The oldest scriptures in this religion are called Tripitaka, or "three baskets"
    $1000 11
This Mexican resort city became popular after "The Night of the Iguana" was filmed there in 1963
    DD: $1,500 23
In January 1994 Christine Todd Whitman succeeded James Florio as governor of this state
    $1000 19
He began writing "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" during a visit to Albania

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob John Stan
$5,700 $7,400 $6,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

SURNAMES
Ionesco & Ivanovich are equivalents of this English surname

Final scores:

Bob John Stan
$7,500 $13,100 $10,500
3rd place: Sanyo fax machine New champion: $13,100 2nd place: trip to New Orleans

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Bob John Stan
$5,500 $6,900 $7,000
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 19 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $19,400

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

Game tape date: 1994-10-18
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. 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.