Show #2051 1993-07-05 (taped 1993-02-09) Regular

Ed Schiffer game 1.The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo appears on the game board after the credits.

Contestants

Phil Bentley — a rabbi originally from Chicago, Illinois

Ed Schiffer — a college lecturer originally from New York City, New York

Camille Calman — a researcher and writer from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,701)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Camille $1,400 $3,100 $3,900 $7,800
3rd place: Towle silversmiths beaded antique stainless flatware, service for 8, & 6 serving pieces + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis system
$3,900
13 R, 2 W
Ed $1,300 $2,700 $7,500 $13,201
New champion: $13,201
$7,500
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Phil $1,200 $2,200 $6,600 $7,801
2nd place: Bassett's Legend dining room set + Shonbek chandelier
$8,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL SCIENCE NURSERY RHYMES GEMS & JEWELRY THE 1850s POTENT POTABLES ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [8]
A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals
water
Camille Ed Phil
$100 [1]
It's the question asked of “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”
Have you any wool?
Ed
$100 [16]
Types of these pieces of jewelry include school, signet & wedding
a ring
Phil
$100 [2]
In 1853 this jeans maker introduced his first product, waist-high overalls
Levi Strauss
Camille
$100 [6]
This flavor of schnapps puts the "fuzz" in a fuzzy navel
peach
Phil
$100 [24]
AP is the Associated Press; Apr. is short for this month
April
Camille
$200 [17]
Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types
igneous
Camille
$200 [3]
He said to the pieman, “Let me taste your ware”
Simple Simon
Camille
$200 [18]
The vivid green color of this May birthstone was once thought to be good for the eyesight
emerald
Ed
$200 [9]
In 1857 this song, also called "The One Horse Open Sleigh", rang out for the first time
"Jingle Bells"
Ed
$200 [7]
Cocktails with "Jamaica" in their names usually contain this liquor
rum
Ed
$200 [25]
It's the 1-letter abbreviation for a part of speech or a compass direction
N.
Camille
$300 [19]
The IRAS telescope, which discovered 5 comets, made its observations in this spectrum of light
infrared
Camille Ed
$300 [4]
“Hickety, pickety, my black hen,” she does this “for gentlemen”
lays eggs
Camille
$300 [20]
With its deep red color, the spinel is often mistaken for this precious stone
ruby
Ed
$300 [10]
About 1855 he popularized the use of the laboratory burner now named for him
(Robert) Bunsen
Phil
$300 [13]
Tom & John are the most famous members of this tall, cool cocktail "family"
Collins
Phil
$300 [26]
The abbreviation for the Securities & Exchange Commission is also short for this time period
second
Ed
$400 [28]
This branch of medicine is concerned with the care & diseases of the elderly
geriatrics
Ed
$400 [5]
“See-saw”, this girl “sold her bed and lay on the straw”
Marjorie Daw
Phil
$400 [21]
Simulated ones of these may be glass beads covered with a paste of fish scales
pearls
Camille
$400 [11]
The completion of the first railway suspension bridge enabled trains to pass over the gorge at these falls
Niagara Falls
Ed
$400 [14]
To make a negroni, combine campari with these 2 martini ingredients
gin & vermouth
Camille
$400 [27]
Travelers should know that the E in ETA also can be abbreviated this way
est.
Phil
$500 [29]
Electrum is an alloy of these 2 precious metals
gold & silver
Camille Phil
$500 [15]
The 2 items little Tom Tucker eats for his supper
bread & butter
Camille
$500 [22]
The old masters created the pigment ultramarine by crushing this 2-word blue gemstone
lapis lazuli
Ed
DD $500 [12]
Zachary Taylor's VP, he was the second to succeed to the White House on the death of a president
Millard Fillmore
Ed
$500 [23]
Like anisette, pernod is often described as tasting like this candy
licorice
Camille
$500 [30]
PAC men & women in Washington, D.C. belong to one of these
a political action committee
Camille

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE THE 50 STATES TELEVISION MUSIC RULERS DUTCH BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
$200 [1]
In Genesis 3:7 they sew themselves aprons of fig leaves
Adam & Eve
Ed
$200 [2]
One of this state's most popular events is the annual state fair in Lincoln
Nebraska
Ed Phil
$200 [11]
It's said about 90% of the viewers of the 1947 World Series watched the games at these establishments
bars
Ed
$200 [18]
Bop & bebop, which emerged in the 1940s, are styles of this type of music that debuted decades earlier
jazz
Phil
$200 [17]
This 17th century French monarch boasted, "I am the State"
Louis XIV
Phil
$200 [13]
According to Business Rankings Annual, the Netherlands is the top exporter of cut ones of these to Japan
flowers
Ed Phil
$400 [3]
This ark builder was the grandson of Methuselah
Noah
Phil
$400 [5]
For a brief time, Zanesville served as the capital of this state
Ohio
Ed
$400 [12]
On "My Three Sons", Bub O'Casey was related to Mike, Robbie & Chip in this way
grandfather
Ed Phil
$400 [19]
The French name of this 1897 orchestral scherzo is "L'apprenti sorcier"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Phil
$400 [22]
Born Tafari Makonnen in 1892, he took a name which means "power of the Trinity"
Haile Selassie
Phil
$400 [24]
Unilever's history includes Sunlight, the first of this product to be sold in single wrapped bars
soap
Ed
$600 [4]
In Jesus' parable, this is killed for a feast when the prodigal son returns
the fatted calf
Ed
$600 [6]
This "Land of Enchantment" is the only state with English & Spanish as its official languages
New Mexico
Ed
$600 [14]
According to the intro, there were "8 million stories" in this TV series
The Naked City
Ed
$600 [20]
Paganini owned one of the most famous of these instruments made by the Guarneri family
a violin
Phil
$600 [28]
The first 5 monarchs of the Hawaiian Islands shared this name
Kamehameha
Ed
$600 [25]
In 1968 this Dutch brewer merged with Amstel
Heineken
Phil
$800 [9]
The sun is made to rise on the evil & the good & this is sent "on the just and on the unjust"
rain
$800 [7]
Homestake & other Black Hills mines have made it a leading gold-producing state
South Dakota
Ed
$800 [15]
Profession shared by Jerry Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & Jerry Robinson on "The Bob Newhart Show"
dentist
Camille
$800 [21]
Meyerbeer wrote his opera "Ein Feldlager in Schlesien" for this "Swedish Nightingale"
Jenny Lind
Ed
$800 [29]
The papal states were founded on land captured from the Lombards by this son of Charles Martel
Pepin the Short
Phil
$800 [26]
Founded October 7, 1919, it's considered the world's oldest airline
KLM
Phil
$1,000 [10]
This book bewailing the destruction of Jerusalem is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah
the Lamentations
Ed
$1,000 [8]
This "Ocean State"s territory includes about 35 small offshore islands
Rhode Island
Phil
$1,000 [16]
The younger brother of Dana Andrews, he starred as Lt. Hondo Harrelson on "S.W.A.T."
Steve Forrest
Ed
DD $1,200 [23]
You'll find a quodlibet, a blend of popular tunes, in his "Goldberg Variations"
Johann Sebastian Bach
Phil
$1,000 [30]
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV has been king of this South Pacific island country since 1965
Tonga
Phil
DD $2,000 [27]
This company invented the rotary shaver head & the CD player
Phillips
Phil

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Chile's Juan Fernandez islands include a pair named for Alexander Selkirk & this fictional character

Robinson Crusoe

Camille "Who is Robinson Crusoe?" — wagered $3,900
Phil "Who is Robinson Crusoe" — wagered $1,201
Ed "Who is Robinson Crusoe?" — wagered $5,701

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