Show #1531 1991-04-08 (taped 1991-02-12) Regular

Contestants

James Hyder — a systems manager from Columbia, Maryland

Lynda Burkett — a special projects assistant from Alexandria, Virginia

Richard Shildt — an elementary school principal from Cyclone, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$1,300	$800	$3,600	$7,190 2nd place: Broyhill solid cherry entertainment center + Samsung color TV & VCR	$3,600 16 R, 6 W
Lynda	$-200	$-700	$1,600	$3,200 3rd place: Konica ZF-80 RC + a Nintendo Entertainment System + games	$1,700 8 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
James	$600	$2,100	$5,700	$7,201 New champion: $7,201	$7,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	POLAR ANIMALS	LATIN PHRASES	MOVIE SONGS	DESIGN	1891
$100 [16] A group of 19th c. authors is called the Knickerbocker Group after his pen name Washington Irving Richard	$100 [1] This ursine likes to eat seals as well as fish a polar bear Richard	$100 [6] Latin for “before noon”, it’s what A.M. stands for antemeridian James	$100 [17] Cher sings “The Shoop Shoop Song” over this 1990 film’s closing credits Mermaids Lynda James	$100 [22] Charles Rennie Mackintosh of this country was 1 of the most innovative Art Nouveau architects Scotland James	$100 [11] One of his patents that year was for a motion-picture projector, the kinetoscope Thomas Edison Richard
$200 [27] Poet & editor Wm. C. Bryant is known for his 1870-71 translations of these 2 Homeric works the Iliad & the Odyssey James	$200 [2] The emperor is the largest variety of this bird a penguin Lynda	$200 [7] Spoken or sung at the end of Latin masses, Deo gratias means this thanks to God James	$300 [19] “Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley, Ding, ding, ding, went the bell, Zing, zing, zing, went” these my heartstrings James	$200 [23] Not surprisingly, the French town of Chantilly is known for this type of fabric lace Lynda	$200 [12] 900,000 acres of land in this state were opened for settlement on Sept. 22 though some went sooner Oklahoma Richard
—	$300 [3] The bellow of this tusked sea animal can be heard from half a mile away a walrus Richard	$300 [8] Seneca said “Ars longa, vita brevis", which means this art is long, life is short James	$400 [20] Pat Boone sang that this “is for the very young, Ev’ry star’s a wishing star that shines for you” "April Love" Richard	$300 [24] The “slipper” type of this lustrous fabric can be used to make slippers or draperies satin Lynda	$300 [13] An attack on American sailors in Valparaiso brought the U.S. to the brink of war with this country Chile Richard James
—	$400 [4] This ox, one of the northernmost hoofed animals, is named for the odor it emits a musk ox James	$400 [9] Someone who is primus inter pares is first among these people equals Richard	$500 [21] Pop songstress who won an Oscar in 1989 for “Let The River Run” from “Working Girl” Carly Simon James	$400 [25] Edward Kemeys designed the lions that guard the entrance to the Art Institute of this city Chicago Lynda James	$400 [14] George Hale’s spectroheliograph made it possible to photograph this using one w.l. of light the sun Lynda James
—	$500 [5] When these rodents drown during their migrations, it’s an accident, not suicide lemmings Richard	$500 [10] The abbreviation q.v. which stands for quod vide, literally means this which see James	DD $700 [18] In 1968 Hugo Montenegro took this title tune to No. 2 on the pop charts: "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" James	$500 [26] The back of a Salem rocker is usually lower than the back of this other rocker named for a Mass. city Boston Lynda	$500 [15] James Naismith invented basketball in this Massachusetts town in December Springfield

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS	OLD TESTAMENT	FOOD	SHAKESPEARE	COLUMNISTS	1791
$200 [9] Merged island countries include Sao Tome & Principe and Trinidad & this Tobago Lynda	$200 [2] Shortly after promoting him, Darius had him cast into a lion’s den Daniel Richard	$200 [1] The manzanillo is the most widely grown type in Calif.; almost all are eaten, not pressed for oil olives Richard	$200 [12] Cobweb is a fairy, not a spider, in this comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream Lynda	$200 [26] A column of “Hints” has been written under this name shared by a mother & the daughter who succeeded her Heloise Richard	$200 [21] In March, Congress passed an excise tax on this, provoking a rebellion in 1794 whiskey Richard
$400 [10] Its capital, largest city & chief port is Palermo Sicily James	$400 [3] According to II Chronicles 2, over 153,000 people worked on its construction in Jerusalem the First Temple (Solomon's Temple) Lynda	$400 [5] Hawkeye Pierce could tell you that kimchi is pickled vegetables common in this country Korea James	$400 [13] Hamlet gives his “Alas, poor Yorick!” soliloquy in this location a graveyard James	$400 [27] Columnist whose 1922 “Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage” sold over half a million copies Emily Post Richard	$400 [22] His opera “Die Zauberflote” premiered in Vienna on Sept. 30 Mozart James
$600 [15] Capital of French Guiana & the name of the island it’s on, it gave its name to a kind of pepper Cayenne James	DD $500 [4] The Lord told Satan, “There is none like him in the Earth, a perfect and an upright man” Job Lynda	$600 [6] Lactobacillus bulgaricus is added to milk to make this thick semi-solid dairy product yogurt Richard	$600 [14] After Emilia is stabbed in this tragedy, she says, “I will play the swan” & sings before she dies Othello Richard	$600 [28] Last name of brothers Stuart & Joseph who together wrote the “Matter of Fact” column Alsop James	$600 [23] He published the first part of “The Rights of Man” in England & was later charged with treason Thomas Paine Richard
$800 [19] Tanzania’s capital was founded by the sultan of this island that’s now part of the country Zanzibar Richard James	$800 [7] Ahasuerus liked her better than all the other virgins so he made her queen in place of Vashti Esther Richard	$800 [11] “The Joy of Cooking” says these liquor-soaked cakes have been enjoyed 25 years after baking fruitcakes James	$800 [16] Shakespeare wrote, “When in disgrace with” this “and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state” Fortune James	$800 [29] As financial reporter for the N.Y. Post she used initials for her byline to pass for a man Sylvia Porter Richard	$800 [24] Born in Cove Gap, Penn. on April 23, he later became the 15th U.S. president James Buchanan Richard
$1,000 [20] Though they sound Egyptian, these islands in the N. Atlantic are part of Denmark the Faroe Islands	$1,000 [8] Korah was killed for rebelling against Moses but his descendants wrote some of the 150 of these Psalms Richard	$1,000 [18] The name of these little snacks is Cantonese for “heart’s delight” dim sum Lynda	DD $2,000 [17] This young woman lives on an island with her father, a magician Miranda James	$1,000 [30] Columnist for N.Y.’s Newsday who wrote the novel “The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight” Jimmy Breslin James	$1,000 [25] This Italian announced that electricity applied to frogs’ legs caused them to twitch (Luigi) Galvani James

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GOVERNMENT

Connecticut was the last of the original 13 states to ratify this & didn’t do it until 1939

the Bill of Rights

Lynda "What is the Bill of Rights?" — wagered $1,600

Richard "What is the Bill of Rights" — wagered $3,590

James "What is the Bill of Rights" — wagered $1,501

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