Show #8 1990-08-04 Super Jeopardy!

Super Jeopardy!semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Roger Storm — a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio

Bruce Seymour — a writer from Piedmont, California

Keith Walker — an attorney from Pomona, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Keith	$3,000	$7,800	$11,300	$17,400 2nd place: $10,000	$11,300 15 R, 1 W
Bruce	$3,600	$5,200	$25,700	$34,001 Finalist	$22,800 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Roger	$1,200	$2,000	$17,000	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$11,000 23 R (including 1 DD), 10 W

Jeopardy! Round

1989	RELIGION	POTPOURRI	TV SITCOMS	DESERTS	"X", "Y", "Z"
$200 [20] With Voyager 2's 1989 trip to Neptune, this is the only known planet not visited by spacecraft Pluto Keith	$200 [27] Pakistan was established as a haven for members of this religion Islam Roger	$200 [18] Organization which sponsors "The Great American Smokeout" the American Cancer Society Bruce Roger	$200 [2] The only word spoken by these 2 characters in "Newhart"s 8-year run was "Quiet!" in the last episode Darryl & my other brother Darryl Roger	$200 [13] Snow sometimes falls on this, Asia's largest desert the Gobi Roger	$200 [1] In computer terms it means to erase, in science fiction terms, to hit someone with a ray gun zap Roger
$400 [21] Time Magazine's January 23, 1989 cover referred to this woman as "The Silver Fox" Barbara Bush Keith	$600 [12] The Augsburg Confession of 1530 sets forth the basic tenets of this denomination Lutheranism Keith	$400 [25] In 1966 these taxes were declared unconstitutional as a requirement for voting poll taxes Roger	$400 [3] This actor's only Emmy nomination was for his role as Buddy Sorrell in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" Morey Amsterdam Roger	$400 [14] Flat-topped mountains that are features of some deserts & are named after the Spanish word for "table" a mesa Roger	$400 [6] For silent film star Francis X. Bushman, "X." marked the spot for this middle name Xavier Roger
$600 [22] On Sept. 20, 1989 he was sworn in as the new President of South Africa de Klerk Bruce Roger	$800 [19] Surprisingly, this Jewish holiday falls on the 1st of Tishri, which the Bible calls the 7th mo. the Jewish New Year (or Rosh Hashanah) Keith	$600 [28] Our largest national park outside Alaska Yellowstone Keith	$600 [4] "Bub" was Michael Francis O'Casey's nickname on this series My Three Sons Roger	$600 [15] The Petrified Forest is in this brilliantly colored Arizona desert the Painted Desert Roger	$600 [8] Personally, we think this tree's name sounds like a personal pronoun yew Keith
$800 [23] 1 of 2 artists whose works led to a dispute between the Nat'l Endowment for the Arts & Senator Helms Mapplethorpe (or Andres Serrano) Bruce	$1,000 [26] The term "puritan" first described a faction within this church the Anglican Church (or the Church of England) Roger	$800 [29] The current cost of mailing a standard postcard 15 cents Keith Roger	$800 [5] "Blood on the Badge" was a novel written by Detective Ron Harris on this sitcom Barney Miller Keith Roger	$800 [16] Desert sand consists mainly of grains of this hard mineral silicon dioxide (or quartz) Roger	$800 [9] The Spaniards went searching for the 7 cities of Cibola & found these Indians the Zuni Indians Bruce
$1,000 [24] He died in Hawaii in September at age 72 Ferdinand Marcos Keith Roger	DD $1,800 [11] On February 17, 1966 Pope Paul VI reduced the Lenten Fast to these 2 days Good Friday & Ash Wednesday Bruce	$1,000 [30] If you cut yourself while shaving, you may want to use this stick of alum to stop the bleeding a styptic pencil Roger	$1,000 [7] The relationship of Granny to Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies" mother-in-law Keith Roger	$1,000 [17] Containing much vegetation, this part of southern Africa is considered semidesert, not true desert the Kalahari Keith	$1,000 [10] Socrates' shrewish spouse Xanthippe Bruce

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LITERATURE	U.S. GOVERNMENT	CLASSICAL MUSIC	THE NEW WORLD	SKYSCRAPERS	ROYALTY
$500 [22] This Upton Sinclair book helped convince Teddy Roosevelt to back the Pure Food & Drug Act The Jungle Bruce	$500 [23] To thwart counterfeiters, this agency printed "Green Cards" in pink in 1989 the INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service) Bruce	$500 [2] When his "Lohengrin" premiered in 1850, this composer was in exile in Switzerland Wagner Roger	$500 [10] A stockade across Lower Manhattan built to protect the colony gave its name to this street Wall Street Roger	$500 [1] The mast atop the Empire State Building was designed as a mooring for these rigid airships dirigibles Keith	$500 [14] King Boris III of Bulgaria was the son-in-law of this country's King Victor Emmanuel III Italy Bruce Roger
$1,000 [18] In this novel, Dostoevski's last, a son is falsely accused of murdering his father The Brothers Karamazov Bruce	$1,000 [24] This agency produces about 22,000 copies of the Congressional Record each day Government Printing Office Roger	$1,000 [7] Schubert's "Quintet for Piano & Strings in a Major" has been given this "fishy" nickname "The Trout" Bruce	$1,000 [11] Ponce de Leon explored much of Florida while looking for this the Fountain of Youth Bruce	$1,000 [3] You can see the edge of the Great Plains to the west from the "Skydeck" of this tallest U.S. skyscraper the Sears Tower Roger	$1,000 [13] Before allowing Portugal's Manuel I to marry their daughter, this couple forced him to expel the Jews Ferdinand & Isabella Keith Roger
$1,500 [19] For 10 years this greatest of German poets practically ran the duchy of Saxe-Weimar Goethe Bruce	$2,000 [29] In August 1989 Colin Powell became the first Black appointed to this position the Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Bruce Roger	$2,000 [9] At the young age of 38, he was chosen to direct the Boston Symphony, the 1st Asian so honored Seiji Ozawa Roger	$1,500 [25] The Manhasset, Shinnecock, Patchogue & Montauk Indians all lived on this island Long Island Keith Roger	$1,500 [4] World Almanac lists the Gateway Arch as this city's tallest building St. Louis Roger	$1,500 [15] King Gustav VI of this country was an archaeologist & an authority on Chinese ceramics Sweden Bruce
$2,000 [20] This Greek writer continued the story of Ulysses in his 1938 poem, "The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel" Nikos Kazantzakis	$2,500 [30] In 1983 this agency's 1st head, Wm. Ruckelshaus, again assumed its reins, succeeding Anne Burford the Environmental Protection Agency Keith	$2,500 [12] Pierluigi, 16th c. composer of the "Mass of Pope Marcellus II", is better known by this name of his hometown Palestrina Bruce	$2,000 [26] This Russian capital of Alaska was originally called New Archangel Sitka Keith	$2,000 [5] The state office tower named for former Gov. James A. Rhodes is this city's tallest building Columbus(, Ohio) Roger	$2,000 [16] Her royal blood made her a suitable wife for Napoleon; she was the niece of Marie Antoinette Maria Luisa Bruce
$2,500 [21] King Louis XIV provided this author of "The Misanthrope" with a permanent theatre near the Louvre Moliere Bruce	DD $7,500 [28] The Food Stamp Program is administered by this Cabinet department the Department of Agriculture Roger	DD $3,000 [8] Composer of the followingwork, known the world over: (Frederic) Chopin Bruce	$2,500 [27] Named for landowner Abraham Martin, the Plains of Abraham were the site of this war's key battle the French & Indian War Roger	$2,500 [6] German architect & father of the International Style who was known for his steel & glass skyscrapers Mies van der Rohe Bruce	$2,500 [17] The only son of Nicholas II, he was the 1st male heir born to a reigning Romanov czar since the 1600s Alexei Bruce Roger

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES

The famous line "Out, out, brief candle!" is spoken after the announcement of this woman's death

Lady Macbeth

Keith "Who is Lady Macbeth?" — wagered $6,100

Roger "Who is Juliet?" — wagered $17,000

Bruce "Who is Lady Macbeth?" — wagered $8,301

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