Show #2126 1993-11-29 (taped 1993-10-18) Regular

1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Steve Rogitz — a trucking company manager from Gardena, California

Roy Holliday — a radiologist from Nyack, New York

Leslie Frates — a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leslie	$2,500	$4,800	$11,000	$10,000 Finalist	$12,100 34 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Roy	$1,100	$1,400	$4,200	$5,000 2nd place: $5,000	$3,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Steve	$900	$1,100	$2,300	$78 3rd place: $5,000	$2,300 9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE WORLD	TV CARTOONS	NATURE	CRAFTS	HISTORY	6-LETTER WORDS
$100 [1] Luxembourg's is "Uns Heimat", which means "Our Homeland" National Anthem Leslie	$100 [3] The musical group "The Bedrock Rockers" was featured in a comedy hour named for this cartoon family "The Flintstones" Steve	$100 [21] If this tall tropical bird stops eating certain algae, its pinkish feathers will turn white Flamingo Roy	$100 [16] The name of this artistic composition of materials pasted to a surface comes from the Greek "kolla" collage Leslie	$100 [26] When this man died in 1969, Ton Duc Thang, his vice-president, became president of North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Steve	$100 [8] From old French meaning "to dine", it's the chief meal of the day Dinner Roy
$200 [2] "Nyandete", whose name is Guarani for "spider web", is a type of this delicate open-work fabric made in Paraguay Lace Steve	$200 [4] He was the Jetsons' family dog Astro Leslie	$200 [22] These crustaceans that cling to ships & wharves also attach themselves to whales barnacles Leslie	$200 [17] Morocco is one type of this material used in bookbinding Leather Leslie	$200 [27] Estimates of when these people abandoned the city of Uxmal range from 600 to 1,000 years ago Mayans Leslie	$200 [9] A threat, like Dennis Mitchell Menace Steve
$300 [5] You'll find the original Hard Rock Cafe on Old Park Lane in this capital city London Leslie	$300 [10] After years as the movies' No. 1 son, Keye Luke finally played this detective in a cartoon series Charlie Chan Leslie	$300 [23] It's the term for the organism on which a parasite lives & feeds Host Roy	$300 [18] Pottery usually undergoes this heating process twice in the biscuit & glaze stages Firing Leslie	$300 [28] Peter the Cruel & Joan the Mad ruled this Spanish kingdom sometimes paired with Leon & Aragon Castille Leslie	$300 [11] It's a shrill cry, made by a chicken after laying an egg Cackle Leslie
$400 [6] Greenland has two official languages: Greenlandic & this Danish Leslie	$400 [14] A Tarzan spoof, this tree-swinger had a pet elephant named Shep "George of the Jungle" Steve	$400 [24] Made up of a filament & anther, this male organ of a flower varies in number from zero to hundreds Stamen Roy	$400 [19] This material used for making baskets comes from the core of the rattan palm cane Leslie Steve	$400 [29] In 1935 the Saar territory was reunited with this country Germany Leslie	$400 [12] This metal pot with a lid can be used to make stew or brew tea Kettle Leslie
DD $1,000 [7] Island country whose capital, Valletta, is named for a grandmaster who led the knights in 1565 Malta Leslie	$500 [15] This superhero team consisted of Reed Richards, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch & the Thing the Fantastic Four Roy	$500 [25] It's any tailed amphibian, including the newt Salamander Roy Steve	$500 [20] Stumpwork, cutwork, and crewelwork are varieties of this textile art Embroidery Leslie	$500 [30] Juan Vincente Gomez was dictator of this South American country in 1918 when it first exploited its oil Venezuela Leslie	$500 [13] This disease caused by a lack of vitamin C is characterized by bleeding gums & extreme weakness Scurvy Leslie Roy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	EGYPTOLOGY	POETS & POETRY	HAIRSTYLES	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	DRAMA
$200 [1] On May 11, 1862, this Confederate ironclad was blown up by Confederate States of America troops when the North approached Richmond Merrimack Leslie Roy	$200 [15] An ancient Egyptian who had a sweet tooth would reach for honey or this palm fruit Date Leslie	$200 [13] William Wordsworth wrote, "My heart leaps up when I behold" one of these colorful arches "in the sky" a rainbow Roy	$200 [24] The flat-top is a variation of this militaristic cut: it's squarer on top Crew Cut Leslie	$200 [2] Vineyard Sound separates Martha's Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape Cape Cod Leslie	$200 [4] Sir Thomas More is beheaded in the last scene of this Robert Bolt play "A Man for All Seasons" Roy
$400 [10] On September 7, 1864, this Union commanding general entered Atlanta William Sherman Roy	$400 [16] Egyptians began riding around in these horse-drawn vehicles during the reign of the Hyksos Chariots Steve	$400 [14] "New Hampshire", a poem with notes & grace notes, earned this poet the first of his four Pulitzers Robert Frost Leslie	$400 [25] A wedge-cut of the late '70s was named for this female skater, who popularized it at the Olympics Dorothy Hamill Steve	$400 [3] Rivers flowing into this bay include the Susquehanna, James, & Rappahannock Chesapeake Bay Roy	$400 [5] "American Buffalo", the title of a David Mamet play, refers to the buffalo on one of these coins Nickel Leslie
$600 [17] At the end of the war, Lincoln assigned this battlefield nurse the task of identifying missing soldiers Clara Barton Roy	$600 [19] Egypt's capital during the Old Kingdom; its original name meant "The White Wall" Memphis Leslie Roy	$600 [18] In 1971, a copy of his original manuscript for "The Waste Land" was published, with an introduction by his widow T.S. Eliot Leslie	$600 [27] During World War II, many women wore this shoulder-length style with the ends curled under from ear-to-ear Page Boy Leslie	$600 [6] It's the state in which you'd find Suwannee Sound Florida Leslie Steve	$600 [8] Sula & Helena are robotesses in this Karel Capek play "R.U.R." Leslie
$800 [26] Nicknamed "Fighting Joe", he replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac in 1863 Hooker Leslie	$800 [22] Biban Al Mullak is the Arabic name for this famous burial site in western Thebes Valley of the Kings Leslie	$1,000 [21] In an Edna St. Vincent Millay poem, "My candle burns at both ends; it will not" do this Last the Night Leslie	$800 [28] From Middle French for "chain", it's a knot or coil of hair worn at the back of the head or neck a chignon Leslie	$800 [7] George Vancouver named this Washington state mountain for a friend in the British navy Mt. Rainier Roy	$1,000 [12] The ghost of this great ruler, Xerxes's father, appears in Aeschylus's play "The Persians" Darius The Great Leslie
$1,000 [30] This battle named for a Tennessee church was the first in the Western Hemisphere to engage 100,000 men Shiloh Leslie	$1,000 [23] In early Egypt, the king's chief minister held this title that the Ottomans made grand wazir Leslie	DD $1,600 [20] After writing about "The Wreck of the Hesperus", he wrote "The Building of the Ship" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Leslie	$1,000 [29] In China it was once popular for men to shave their front hair & comb the back hair into this long braid Queue Leslie	$1,000 [9] It's the only Great Lake not bordering the state of Michigan Lake Ontario Leslie Roy Steve	DD $2,000 [11] It's the town in "Our Town" Grover's Corners, New Hampshire Roy

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

Under an act passed in 1958, they became the first two former presidents eligible for a pension

Harry S. Truman & Herbert Hoover

Steve "Who were Truman & Jeff Weinfurter" — wagered $2,222

Roy "Who are Truman & Hoover?" — wagered $800

Leslie "Who are Truman + Eisenhower?" — wagered $1,000

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