Show #2128 1993-12-01 (taped 1993-10-18) Regular

1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Lionel Goldbart — a newsstand clerk from South Miami Beach, Florida

Frank Spangenberg — a transit cop from Douglaston, New York

Robert Slaven — a research officer from Yellowknife, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Robert	$1,400	$1,300	$4,700	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$4,700 20 R, 3 W
Frank	$1,700	$6,500	$15,200	$16,200 Finalist	$11,100 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Lionel	$100	$1,200	$8,000	$101 2nd place: $5,000	$6,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BODY HUMAN	PHOTOGRAPHERS	NURSERY RHYME WOMEN	HISTORICAL OPERAS	FOOD & DRINK	LATIN
$100 [1] This nerve consisting of about a million fibers connects the eyeball to the brain Optic Nerve Robert	$100 [5] After World War II, Dorothea Lange produced photo essays such as "Three Mormon Towns" for this magazine "Life" Frank	$100 [13] It's the name shared by a lamb owner & a gardener Mary Robert	$100 [11] In an 1846 opera, this Hun gets stabbed to death by his honey, Odabella Attila Frank	$100 [7] "Food Lover's Companion" calls this Belgian cheese "the stinkiest of the strong-smelling cheeses" Limburger Frank	$100 [4] When speaking fondly of your former school, you might refer to it by this two-word term Alma Mater Lionel
$200 [2] The body's cell metabolism is controlled by hormones from this gland in the front of the neck Thyroid Gland Robert	$200 [27] in 1980, Jimmy Carter awarded this landscape photographer the Presidential Medal of Freedom Ansel Adams Robert	$200 [17] The old woman lived in a shoe and Peter Peter's wife lived in one of these Pumpkin Robert	$200 [19] You need a mezzo to play this beautiful queen in Phillip Glass's opera "Akhenaton" Nefertiti Frank Lionel	$200 [9] Because of its tartness, the reddish stalk of this pie plant is often cooked with sugar Rhubarb Frank	$200 [6] Meaning "another self", it can refer to a close friend or one's secret identity Alter Ego Robert
$300 [3] The brachii in the arm and the femorus in the thigh are examples of these two-headed muscles Biceps Frank	$300 [28] This photographer known for her bizarre portraits was born Diane Nemerov in 1923 Diane Arbus Lionel	$300 [16] She suffered from arachnophobia Little Miss Muffet Frank	$300 [20] This Aztec is the title character in operas by Karl Heinrich Braun & Roger Sessions Montezuma Lionel	$300 [21] It's a sweet, often syrupy drink to which medicine can be added, but many prefer bourbon & mint Julep Lionel	$300 [8] This piece of advice telling us to "seize the day" is from Horace's "Odes" Carpe Diem Robert
$400 [18] If this organ secretes too much insulin, hypoglycemia can occur Pancreas Frank	$400 [29] Edward Steichen was director of this NYC museum's photography department from 1947 to 1962 Museum of Modern Art Frank	$400 [15] Under Mrs. Sprat's dietary regimen, she could only eat this Fat Frank Lionel	$500 [26] This Portuguese explorer falls in love with an African captive in Meyerbeer's opera, "L'Africaine" Vasco da Gama Frank	$400 [22] It's the chemical-sounding name for an old fountain drink made with carbonated water & a syrup Phosphate Lionel	$400 [10] On the title page of a book, the phrase "Edicio Princeps" would indicate this First Edition Lionel
$500 [24] Shaped like a bishop's hat, the valve between the heart's left ventricle & left atrium is called this the mitral valve Robert Frank	$500 [30] This U.S. born dadaist invented the technique for abstract photographs he called "ray-o-graphs" Man Ray Frank	$500 [14] She went to the tailors to buy her dog a coat, but when she came back, he was riding a goat Old Mother Hubbard Frank	DD $2,000 [25] At the end of Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena", this woman is Henry VIII's new queen Jane Seymour Frank	$500 [23] Liver pates are sometimes called this, after the name of the dish in which they're cooked & served Terrine	$500 [12] In law, this three-word phrase is used to mean "not of sound mind" or "not legally competent" Non Compos Mentis Robert

Double Jeopardy! Round

VERMONT	RELIGION	BLACK AMERICA	MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS	POETRY	JOHN C. FREMONT
$200 [13] Although a pine tree is featured on the state flag, this is the state tree; how sweet it is! Sugar Maple Robert Lionel	$200 [2] This group's corporate bodies are the Watchtower Bible & Tract Societies of PA & NY Jehovah's Witnesses Robert	$200 [16] In 1979 this Michigan State basketball player was chosen first in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers Earvin "Magic" Johnson Robert	$200 [27] Don Ameche played a singing d'Artagnan in a 1939 movie musical inspired by this novel The Three Musketeers Robert	$200 [1] In a Poe poem, it "was perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door" The Raven Robert	$200 [24] Thinking it was this chain's highest peak, he climbed what's now called Fremont Peak in 1842 The Rockies Robert
$400 [15] The Unitarian Church in Burlington once had a bell cast by this patriot Paul Revere Robert	$400 [3] This collection of Jewish religious & civil law has two parts: the mishna & the gammara the Talmud Robert	$400 [17] This black educator's autobiography, "Up From Slavery", was published in 1901 Booker T. Washington Frank	$400 [25] In this 1955 film, Tom Ewell's character had a name, but Marilyn Monroe's didn't "The Seven Year Itch" Lionel	$400 [6] He wrote "Beat, Beat Drums" & "I Hear America Singing" Walt Whitman Lionel	$400 [30] His wealth came from a deposit of this found on his Mariposa land; later, he lost it all in railroad deals Gold Robert
$600 [18] When visiting Stowe, many people stay at a lodge owned by this "Sound of Music" family Von Trapp Robert	$600 [4] The beliefs of this Chinese religion appear in the books "Lao-Tzu" & "Chwang-Tzu" Taoism Frank	$600 [19] This Texas congresswoman gave the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention Barbara Jordan Robert Lionel	$600 [9] Appropriately, this Alan Alda film featured the music of Antonio Vivaldi "The Four Seasons" Lionel	$600 [7] "I could not love thee dear so much loved I not" this "more" Honor Frank	$600 [29] In 1850 & '51, Fremont served as a U.S. senator from this newly admitted state California Frank
$800 [22] Popular for skiing, Nancy Hanks Peak in Vermont is named for the mother of this president Abraham Lincoln Lionel	$800 [5] The goal of this form of Buddhism is to attain satori, a state of spiritual enlightenment Zen Lionel	$800 [20] In 1983 she became the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction Alice Walker Frank Lionel	$800 [11] Alan Ladd got shanghaied in this 1946 film based on Richard Henry Dana's seafaring saga "Two Years Before the Mast" Frank	$800 [10] "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are" these It Might Have Been Robert	$800 [28] On many of his survey trips, he travelled with this Kentucky-born guide & Indian agent Kit Carson Robert
$1,000 [23] At 306', Vermont's tallest monument is one commemorating this 1777 battle Bennington Frank	$1,000 [8] Founded by a Persian prophet, its beliefs are contained in a sacred book called the Avesta Zoroastrianism Robert	$1,000 [21] Hired as Robert Peary's valet in 1887, he accompanied the explorer on 7 trips to the Arctic Matthew Henson Frank	$1,000 [14] This Hitchcock film features Mr. Memory, who'd make a great "Jeopardy!" contestant "The 39 Steps" Frank	DD $3,500 [12] He not only wrote "To Celia", he wrote "Come, My Celia" as well Ben Jonson Frank	DD $2,600 [26] In 1856 he ran as the Republicans' first presidential candidate, but was defeated by this man James Buchanan Lionel

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY

Frank Harris' 1908 novel "The Bomb" deals with this 1886 U.S. incident

the Haymarket Riot

Robert "What was Garfield's assassination?" — wagered $4,700

Lionel "What is the" — wagered $7,899

Frank "What is the Haymarket incident" — wagered $1,000

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