Show #2127 1993-11-30 (taped 1993-10-18) Regular

1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Doug Molitor — a writer from Altadena, California

Mark McDermott — a desktop publisher originally from Schaller, Iowa

Tom Nosek — an engineer from Torrance, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tom $1,500 $2,700 $10,700 $10,700
Finalist
$10,700
20 R, 0 W
Mark $1,900 $1,800 $1,599 $99
3rd place: $5,000
$5,100
22 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Doug $400 $300 $4,100 $3,200
2nd place: $5,000
$3,700
15 R (including 1 DD), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROCK GROUPS CHICAGO THE CARS GENESIS THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS SIMPLY "RED"
$100 [6]
Before changing its name in 1966, this Jerry Garcia-led group was known as The Warlocks
the Grateful Dead
Mark
$100 [1]
Some attribute this nickname of the city to its proud, boasting citizens, not its breeziness
"The Windy City"
Mark
$100 [15]
In 1994 select customers will be able to test GM's new Impact, a car powered by this
Electricity
Mark
$100 [17]
In Chapter 19, these two cities are destroyed by fire & brimstone
Sodom & Gomorrah
Mark
$100 [26]
The mama bear didn't appear in the original version of this story; neither did Goldilocks
"The Three Bears"
Mark
$100 [10]
It's what you roll out for important guests
Red Carpet
Doug
$200 [7]
Frankie Goes to Hollywood was named for this crooner
Frank Sinatra
Doug
$200 [2]
This landmark is 1,454' tall
Sears Tower
Tom
$200 [22]
Judging by its name, this line of luxury cars from Nissan could go on forever
Infiniti
Mark
$200 [18]
In Genesis 9:1, God told him & his sons to "Be fruitful & multiply and replenish the earth"
Noah
Tom
$200 [27]
Mama Leone's, on 44th St. in New York City, is a famous one of these establishments
(Italian) Restaurant
Mark
$200 [11]
British soldiers were called this, even before the American Revolution
Redcoats
Mark
$300 [8]
In 1971 this group's "Riders On the Storm" was its last top-20 hit
The Doors
Mark
$300 [3]
Greater Chicago includes Lake & Porter Counties in Indiana & Kenosha County in this state
Wisconsin
Mark Doug
$300 [23]
In 1949 this company produced its one millionth car, a Coupe DeVille
Cadillac
Doug
$300 [19]
His brothers said, "Come now therefore & let us slay him and cast him into some pit"
Joseph
Doug
$300 [28]
She played the cantankerous Mama on "Mama's Family", a spin-off of "The Carol Burnett Show"
Vicki Lawrence
Doug
$300 [12]
It can describe a small cinnamon-flavored candy or Durkee's cayenne pepper sauce
Red Hot
Mark
$400 [9]
Denny Lane, Denny Seiwell, & Linda McCartney were original members of this group
Wings
Doug
$400 [4]
This "Little Giant" is buried at the base of a 96' tall monument on E. 35th St.
Stephen Douglas
Tom
$400 [24]
This company has "excelled" in automaking ever since it produced Korea's first car, the Pony
Hyundai
Mark
$400 [20]
She conceived and bore Abraham a son, Isaac, in his old age
Sarah
Mark Doug
$400 [30]
It was Francois Duvalier's famous nickname
"Papa Doc"
Doug
$400 [13]
Familiar expression for something that draws attention away from the main issue
Red Herring
Tom
$500 [16]
This group, formed by John Lennon, was introduced in 1969 on his "Give Peace A Chance" single
The Plastic Ono Band
Mark
$500 [5]
This natural history museum has more than 10 acres of exhibits
Field Museum
Mark
$500 [25]
In 1987 this Italian company's Countach sold for about $125,000
Lamborghini
Tom Mark Doug
DD $1,500 [21]
Jacob built a pillar upon this woman's grave near Bethlehem
Rachel
Mark
$500 [29]
Her husband George was never part of her outlaw gang, but her four sons were
Ma Barker
Tom Doug
$500 [14]
In 1978 he & Mel Allen became the first broadcasters to be honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame
Red Barber
Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY MATHEMATICS ARTISTS CANADIAN PROVINCES SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS ESPERANTO
$200 [7]
In 1958, Basel became the first city in this country to approve women voting in local elections
Switzerland
Tom
$200 [13]
Multiply 3,465 by this number to square it
3,465
Tom
$200 [2]
His "Last Supper" in Milan was already a wreck by the end of his lifetime
Leonardo Da Vinci
Doug
$200 [14]
This province's postal abbreviation is QC
Quebec
Mark
$200 [1]
This king's corpse is carried on stage in the first scene of "Henry VI, Part I"
Henry V
Mark
$200 [19]
In Esperanto, this form of address is frauleino
Miss
Tom Mark
$400 [25]
The Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861 recognized the sovereignty of this country
Monaco
Mark Doug
$400 [12]
It's adjusting a number to simplify computations, like making 2.3 out of 2.294
Round/Rounding Off
Tom
$400 [11]
In the 1930's this Spaniard was expelled from the Surrealist movement
Salvador Dali
Tom
$400 [15]
With about 10 million people, it has Canada's largest population
Ontario
Mark
$400 [3]
Of Elbow, Knee, or Blister, the one who's a simple constable in "Measure For Measure"
Elbow
Mark Doug
$400 [20]
Arbo is tree & this tree material is ligno
Wood
Tom
$600 [24]
In 1991 Slovenia declared its independence from this country
Yugoslavia
Tom
$600 [10]
A triangle with 3 equal sides is equilateral; 2 equal sides, isosceles; no two equal sides, this
scalene
Mark Doug
$600 [26]
Van Dyck's influence on this artist is apparent in works such as "The Blue Boy"
Thomas Gainsborough
Mark
$600 [16]
This island province has three counties: King's, Queen's & Prince
Prince Edward Island
Doug
$800 [5]
Title character who says, "When I did fly from Tyre, I left behind an ancient substitute"
Pericles
$600 [21]
Pluvemantello is this item of foul-weather apparel
Raincoat
Doug
$800 [23]
In 1882, Italy joined the Triple Alliance with Germany and this dual monarchy
Austria-Hungary
Mark
$800 [9]
This process is verified by adding the subtrahend to the difference
Subtraction
Doug
$1,000 [28]
The youngest of the three great creators of the High Renaissance, he was the son of Giovanni Santi
Raphael
Tom
$800 [17]
Cape Breton Island forms the northeastern tip of this Atlantic province
Nova Scotia
Tom Mark Doug
DD $1,000 [4]
In a famous speech, this woman describes mercy as "An attribute to God himself"
Portia
Doug
$800 [30]
This sport is aquaskiado
Water Skiing
Tom
$1,000 [22]
Once the Turks took Eracleon in 1669 after a 20-year siege, this Greek island soon fell
Crete
Tom
$1,000 [8]
He never revealed the proof of his last theorem, but only hinted at it in a margin note
Pierre de Fermat
Doug
DD $2,001 [27]
He said, "One night I dreamt I painted a large American flag"
Jasper Johns
Mark
$1,000 [18]
This province bordering Maine is 90% forest
New Brunswick
Tom
$1,000 [6]
Cassandra, a prophetess whose father is the king of Troy, is a character in this play
"Troilus and Cressida"
Doug
$1,000 [29]
Formico is this small insect
Ant
Tom

Final Jeopardy!

1990s GEOGRAPHY

In area, it's now the largest country whose boundaries are wholly within Europe

Ukraine

Mark "What is Germany?" — wagered $1,500
Doug "What is Germany?" — wagered $900
Tom "What is Germany?" — wagered $0

« Back to Games