Show #2503 - Wednesday, June 21, 1995

Contestants

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Pete Brunner, a computer specialist from Ellicott City, Maryland

June O'Connor, a school nurse from Bergenfield, New Jersey

Ed McIntyre, a part-time newspaper copy editor from Durham, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,301)

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Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE
SHOW TUNES
ASSOCIATIONS
SOUNDS
FOOD & DRINK
RAIN POTPOURRI
    $100 7
This metal whose symbol is Ni is slightly magnetic
    $100 1
"A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but" these "are a girl's best friend"
    $100 13
In 1969 it adopted a comprehensive code of professional responsibility for lawyers
    $100 6
Vineyard Sound separates this 20- by 10-mile island from Cape Cod
    $100 23
The seeds of this Thanksgiving pie gourd are a popular snack in Latin American countries
    $100 18
Folks with foresight save their money for one of these times of need
    $200 8
A rectifier converts alternating current into this current
    $200 2
"One" was the tune that ended each of the 6,137 performances of this musical on Broadway
    $200 14
This group of U.S. soldiers who have served in overseas conflicts was founded in 1913
    $200 9
This sound extends about 80 miles from Admiralty Inlet to Olympia, Washington
    $200 24
The true type of this Italian cheese is made from April to November in Parma, Bologna & Mantua
    $200 19
Something that will happen regardless of the weather will take place "rain or" this
    $300 25
Foraminifera are microorganisms that move by pseudopods, or fake ones of these
    $300 3
"Sunrise, Sunset" was written by Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock for this 1964 musical
    $300 15
In 1961 the Pope gave a new constitution to the Knights of this island nation, known for charitable work
    $300 10
This sound provides the southern border of the region called New England
    $300 26
A taco consists of a fried corn one of these filled with meat, vegetables, etc.
    $300 20
The British call this a brolly, a shortened & altered form of its original name
    $400 29
Molten rock above the Earth is called lava; below the Earth it's called this
    $400 4
"What Kind Of Fool Am I?" was written by Leslie Bricusse & this performer
    $400 16
The headquarters for this children's sports organization is located in S. Williamsport, Pennsylvania
    $400 11
Viscount Melville Sound, part of the Northwest Passage, is an arm of this ocean
    $400 27
After processing, the sugar produced by this vegetable is difficult to tell from cane sugar
    $400 21
Guinness says one of these phenomena appeared for over 3 hours in North Wales on August 14, 1979
    $500 30
This "sailed" jellyfish that floats along the Gulf Stream is a colony of polyps & medusae
    $500 5
Rodgers & Hart wrote "There's A Small Hotel" for this Billy Rose Circus musical, but it was cut
    $500 17
Decision is the magazine of this man's evangelistic organization
    DD: $1,000 12
Valdez, Alaska is connected to this sound by an inlet called Valdez Arm
    $500 28
The tawny type of this fortified wine does not improve after bottling; the vintage & ruby types do
    $500 22
In an 1841 poem, this poet wrote, "Into each life some rain must fall"

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

Ed June Pete
$1,400 $300 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ed June Pete
$2,900 $2,000 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS
RELIGION
ZOOLOGY
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
THE CUMBERLAND ROAD
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
    $200 1
This exploration partner of William Clark may have been murdered outside Hohenwald, Tennessee in 1809
    $200 7
This Roman governor of Judea sentenced Jesus to die on the cross
    $200 18
The Emperor & the Adelie are among species of this bird that breed in Antarctica
    $200 16
Jacques-Louis David went into exile after the fall of this emperor whom he'd served as court painter
    $200 2
This state's section of the road from Centerville to Terre Haute was built in the 1830s
    $200 24
A person who possesses unusual powers of deduction is called this, after a certain Mr. Holmes
    $400 3
In 1975 Congress posthumously restored this Confederate commander's U.S. citizenship
    $400 12
It's the state religion of Qatar
    $400 20
Gordon, Irish & English are breeds of this type of dog
    $400 17
Manet's painting "Combat of the Kearsarge and the Alabama" depicts a naval battle of this American war
    $400 8
In 1822 Congress voted to put these on the road to finance repairs but Monroe vetoed the bill
    $600 4
In 1795 this orator turned down an offer to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
    $600 13
On March 14, 1644, this clergyman received a charter for Rhode Island
    $600 21
This species of rattlesnake found in the southeastern U.S. is the heaviest of all poisonous snakes
    $600 19
His 1886 painting "The Lighthouse at Honfleur" displays his famous pointillist technique
    DD: $1,000 9
In helping conceive the project in 1806, this president saw it as a road stretching to the Mississippi
    $600 27
Narrow-minded people may be called these, after the tiny, petty people in "Gulliver's Travels"
    $800 5
In the 1930s this aviator collaborated with Dr. Alexis Carrel to develop an artificial heart
    $800 14
Deities in this native Chinese religion include the Jade Emperor & the Empress of Heaven
    DD: $1,000 22
He painted the weeping willows at Giverny circa 1918
    $800 10
The road began in the city of Cumberland in this state
    $800 25
In "Pilgrim's Progress", worldly pleasures are sold at this fair, later the title of an 1848 novel
    $1000 6
He organized the Social Democratic Party of America in 1897 & was its candidate for president in 1900
    $1000 15
In Hinduism the many-armed goddess Kali is the wife of this god
    $1000 28
This narrow-snouted crocodilian of Asia is in danger of extinction
    $1000 23
This artist's 1910 still life "Violin and Pitcher" is a fine example of analytic cubism
    $1000 11
After 591 miles, the road terminated in Vandalia, a former capital of this state
    $1000 26
Cynical humor is called pantagruelism in honor of this Frenchman's novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ed June Pete
$7,300 $3,600 $4,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ODD WORDS
The word lapidate refers to this ancient form of punishment

Final scores:

Ed June Pete
$6,199 $7,000 $7,201
3rd place: Elcombe MainStreet Messenger emergency response system + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on TWA & stay at the Walt Disney World Swan + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game New champion: $7,201

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Ed June Pete
$7,700 $3,600 $4,200
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
2 W		 13 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $15,500

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Game tape date: 1995-02-08
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