Show #2047 1993-06-29 (taped 1993-02-08) Regular

Game in which 63 correct responses were given (with three rebounds).

Contestants

Rebecca Jacobs — an administrator originally from Quincy, Massachusetts

Mike Boyd — a video tape operator originally from Galesburg, Illinois

David Harris — an editor and writer originally from Paramus, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$400	$2,100	$10,800	$14,601 2nd place: a trip to Orlando, Flordia aboard Delta Airlines with stay at Embassy Suites Lake Buena Vista	$9,300 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Mike	$2,900	$6,000	$14,600	$21,601 New champion: $21,601	$11,200 28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Rebecca	$600	$1,900	$5,100	$5,200 3rd place: a Maytag Jetclean dishwasher	$5,100 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

IT'S EXTINCT	ACTORS & THEIR ROLES	TECHNOLOGY	TAIWAN	ETIQUETTE	SIMILES
$100 [3] The baluchitherium, an extinct type of this pachyderm, had no horn, unlike modern species a rhinoceros Rebecca	$100 [19] Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori plays Donna Martin on this popular TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 Mike	$100 [1] A box of 64 Crayola crayons has one of these devices "built-in" a sharpener David	$100 [13] In October 1971 Taiwan was expelled from this organization & Red China was admitted the UN Mike	$100 [4] After a family meal, you may fold this item & place it back inside its ring a napkin David	$100 [26] Something that turns out well "comes up smelling like" these flowers roses Mike
$200 [6] The dodo was found on the Islands of Reunion, Rodrigues & Mauritius in this ocean the Indian Ocean Mike	$200 [20] When this singer starred in a revival of "Funny Girl", one critic said, "Pia doesn't fall on her fanny" Pia Zadora David	$200 [2] In 1835 C.S.A. Thilorier froze this gas to create the first "dry ice" carbon dioxide Mike	$200 [14] During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku Taipei Mike	$200 [10] The most formal evening wear is this color "tie", but black tie is much more popular white tie David	$200 [27] Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this a picture David
$300 [7] The last known representative of this type of pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914 the passenger pigeon Mike	$300 [21] Patrick Stewart wrote & starred in a one-man show based on this Dickens Christmas classic A Christmas Carol Mike	$300 [5] After hearing this invention of his work, Edison said, "I was never so taken aback in my life" the phonograph Mike	$300 [15] His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31 Chiang Kai-shek Mike	$300 [17] Some small wedding receptions eliminate this greeting line that was once de rigeueur the receiving line (the reception line accepted) Mike	$300 [28] A fine voice is "as clear as" one of these tintinnabulating objects a bell Mike
$400 [8] Steller's Sea Cow was a relative of this rare aquatic mammal found in Florida the manatee Mike	$400 [22] This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991 Vanessa Redgrave David	$400 [11] C. Vanderbilt thought George Westinghouse's idea of stopping a train by this means a fool notion the air brake Mike	$400 [16] It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan Communism Rebecca	$400 [24] Black ribbon streamers on a family's front door were once a sign of this mourning David	$400 [29] A really fast person runs like this kind of "lightning"—as if regular lightning isn't fast enough greased lightning Rebecca
$500 [9] The name of this extinct elephant-like creature comes from Greek meaning "breast tooth" a mastodon Rebecca	$500 [23] Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79 Sam Shepard Mike	$500 [12] First built in 1960, it's also been called an optical maser laser Mike	DD $1,500 [18] Mariners from this country named Taiwan Ilha Formosa, but didn't colonize it Portugal Mike	$500 [25] In 1922 Emily Post wrote, "A gentleman takes off" this "when a lady enters the elevator" his hat Rebecca	$500 [30] A person who's out of his element is "like a fish" in this predicament out of water David

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	BALLET	BIOLOGY	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	AMERICAN INDIANS	NOVELISTS
$200 [2] In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty Egypt Rebecca	$200 [16] "Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953 Elizabeth II Rebecca	$200 [19] Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this fly Mike	$200 [1] The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe squash Mike	$200 [20] In 1777 Chief Joseph Brant led his fellow Mohawks in the Battle of Oriskany during this war the Revolutionary War Mike	$200 [11] This novelist's youthful voyages provided the basis for such works as "Lord Jim" & "Typhoon" Conrad Rebecca
$400 [5] Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969 Charles de Gaulle Mike Rebecca	$400 [17] This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career Baryshnikov David Mike	$400 [21] Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man smell Rebecca	$400 [3] This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree a pomegranate Rebecca	$400 [26] A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100 Sacagawea Rebecca	$400 [12] He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand Dostoevsky Rebecca
$800 [7] The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth Fujimori Mike	$600 [18] The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company New York (City Ballet) Mike	$600 [24] Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ the kidney David Rebecca	$600 [4] Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots taro David	$600 [28] Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade Theodore Roosevelt David	$600 [13] This Scottish novelist is buried at the summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu, an island of Western Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson David
$1,000 [8] About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks cuneiform Rebecca	$800 [22] This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet Don Juan David	$800 [25] Common "colorful" term for the eythrocytes, which transport oxygen around the body the red blood cells Mike	$800 [9] A greengage is a plum & a greening is this fruit an apple David	$800 [29] When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam Powhatan Mike	$800 [14] This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions Norman Mailer David
DD $3,000 [6] In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic Weimar Mike	$1,000 [23] First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird The Dying Swan David	$1,000 [27] This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer RNA Mike	$1,000 [10] This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip a rutabaga Rebecca	$1,000 [30] This chief once called "The Apache Napoleon" died in the Arizona territory in 1874 Cochise Mike	DD $2,500 [15] He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8" John O'Hara David

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. RIVERS

The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"

the Swanee

Rebecca "What is the Swanee?" — wagered $100

David "What is Swanee" — wagered $3,801

Mike "What is Swanee?" — wagered $7,001

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