Show #10 1990-08-18 (taped 1990-06-20) Super Jeopardy!

Super Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

Peggi Malys — a medical student from Atlanta, Georgia

Keith Bell — a research analyst from Alexandria, Virginia

Michael Rankins — a minister and sales representative from Rohnert Park, California

Bob Blake — an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$2,600	$5,600	$29,100	$40,401 Semifinalist	$26,100 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Michael	$4,800	$8,400	$7,400	$0 4th place: $5,000	$6,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Keith	$2,000	$3,200	$5,200	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$5,200 12 R, 2 W
Peggi	$0	$1,200	$20,200	$0 2nd place: $5,000	$16,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

"CAT"EGORY	SEAS	TOYS & GAMES	FAMOUS NAMES	THE MOVIES	5-LETTER ANIMALS
$200 [16] A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed itself is called this catalyst Keith	$200 [1] The early Romans called it mare nostrum, meaning “our sea” Mediterranean Michael	$200 [23] D. Gottlieb ws the company that introduced the first one with “flippers” in 1947 pinball machine Bob	$200 [10] This aviator & aircraft manufacturer died in an airplane en route to Texas April 5, 1976 Howard Hughes Michael	$200 [2] Edmund Gwenn won the 1947 “Best Supoporting Actor” Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle in this film Miracle on 34th Street Michael Keith	$200 [21] This “lazy” mammal of South America eats, sleeps & travels upside down in trees sloth Keith
$400 [17] It's a tough, thin cord used for stringing musical instruments & tennis rackets catgut Keith	$400 [3] The Chinese call this sea the Hwang Hai Yellow Sea Keith	$400 [27] If you can do the “sleeper” or go “walking the dog”, you're proficient with this toy yo-yo Michael	$400 [11] In 1922 she published her book on etiquette aftr reading one that was riddled with errors Emily Post Michael	$600 [6] Tarzan co-star, now 55, who drinks a beer a day & lives with a man in Newbury Park, California Cheeta Bob	$400 [22] The giant variety of this sea mollusk may grow to 55 feet long squid Keith
$600 [18] A raftlike pleasure boat with 2 hulls, it can be powered by sail or motor catamaran Peggi	$600 [4] In 1969 oil was struck in the Efofisk Field in Norway's sector of this sea North Sea Michael	$600 [28] The word game in which the loser goes to the gallows hangman Peggi	$600 [12] In 1938 this British P.M. used the expressions “Peace with honor“ & “Peace for our time” Neville Chamberlain Keith	$800 [8] 1979 Oscar-nominated film that climaxed in a bicycle race at Indiana University Breaking Away Michael	$600 [24] Europeans know this largest member of the deer family as the elk; we call it this moose Michael
$800 [19] Many early Christians buried their dead in this series of underground vaults or room catacombs Michael	$800 [7] Aquaba, Jordan's only port, is on an arm of this sea Red Sea Michael	$800 [29] This ancient game, played with “stones”, is called trictrac in French backgammon Michael	$800 [13] In 1907 she opened her first “casa dei bambini”, a school for the children of a Roman slum (Maria) Montessori Keith	DD $1,000 [5] [Video] It was filmed in Mexico by a Dutch director with an Austrian star [Video: Sharon Stone changes the view on a window with a touch and Arnold Schwarzenegger says, “Let's move to Mars.”] Total Recall Michael	$800 [25] Some perfumes are made from the musk of this catlike animal found in Africa & Asia civet Bob
$1,000 [20] To cry or screech like a cat in heat, or to have a noisy quarrel caterwaul Bob	$1,000 [15] Except for Zmeiny off the Danube delta, this sea is virtually devoid of islands Black Sea Bob	$1,000 [30] The name of this game is from the Latin for “the Lord” dominoes Bob	$1,000 [14] 32 years after he was elected governor of Tennessee, he was elected governor of Texas Sam Houston Bob	$1,000 [9] British actor who played J. Algernon Hawthorne in “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” Terry-Thomas Michael	$1,000 [26] Found in Africa, this giraffe relative has a reddish-brown body, white face & striped legs okapi Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 19TH CENTURY	SCIENTISTS	BALLET	WORLD LITERATURE	TRAVEL & TOURISM	DEM BONES
$500 [24] This nationalist movement was founded by Jews at an int'l congress in 1897 in Switzerland Zionism Peggi	$500 [27] Some scholars say his first wife, Mileva, deserves some credit for his theory of relativity (Albert) Einstein Peggi	$500 [30] Baryshnikov said the ballet about this “Steadfast Tin” toy is one of his favorites Soldier Michael Keith Quadruple Stumper	$500 [10] After he returned to Venice in 1295, he wrote stories of his travels to the Orient Marco Polo Peggi	$500 [5] At the highland games in Scotland you might see someone skirl, which is to play these bagpipes Bob	$500 [12] World Book lists the complete set of 32 of these as part of the skeletal system teeth Peggi
$1,000 [20] The 2nd Hawaiian king with this name went to England & died there of measles in 1824 Kamehameha Keith	$1,000 [26] Frank Press, an authority on the earth's crust, was this president's science advisor from 1977-80 Jimmy Carter Michael	$1,000 [29] In 1958 F. Ashton created his ballet “Ondine” for this great dame of British ballet Margot Fonteyn Peggi	$1,000 [4] In Norse legend the 2 children in this nursery rhyme were captured by the moon while drawing water Jack and Jill Bob	$1,000 [6] To visit the oldest public park in the U.S., common sense tells you to go to this city Boston Keith	$1,000 [15] A hockey player wears guards to protect the tibia, better known as this shin Keith
$1,500 [19] In 1864 he founded the International Working Men's Association in London Karl Marx Quadruple Stumper	$1,500 [25] This monk, known for his pea plants, flunked his exam for teacher certification Mendel Peggi	$1,500 [28] After this great dancer married in 1913, Diaghilev dismissed him from his company Nijinsky Bob	$1,500 [3] Maud Gonne, an Irish patriot & philanthropist, was the heroine of several poems by this Irishman (William Butler) Yeats Peggi	$1,500 [7] By popular demand, the first 5-star hotel in Ulan Bator is being named after this historic figure Genghis Khan Bob Michael	$1,500 [14] Of the 3 kinds of movable joints, the hip joints are this type ball (and socket) joints Keith
$2,500 [17] This Austrian prince masterminded the negotiations at the Congress of Vienna Metternich Bob	$2,000 [23] This Italian's experiments with electricity & animal tissue helped Volta develop the battery (Luigi) Galvani Bob	$2,000 [22] This ballerina defected to the west in 1970 & staged her own production of “La Bayadere” in 1974 Natalia Makarova Quadruple Stumper	$2,000 [2] Before Petrarch wrote love poems to Laura, Dante wrote his to her Beatrice Peggi	$2,000 [8] G. Hamilton could visit the cities of Hamilton & St. George in these islands; 2 hours from New York Bermuda Bob Keith	$2,500 [11] This passes through a opening in the occipital bone, the back plate of the skull spinal cord Bob
DD $5,000 [18] The Groot Trek was a migration of about 12,000 members of this group in defiance of the British government Boers Bob	$2,500 [21] He may have been the “Father of Modern Chemistry”, but the French guillotined him anyway Lavoisier Peggi	$2,500 [16] In 1942 audience members left this composer's “Gayane” humming the “Sabre Dance” Khachaturian Bob	$2,500 [1] “Eugene Onegin”, a novel written in verse, is considered this Russian poet's masterpiece Pushkin Peggi	$2,500 [9] This Caribbean isle is divided between France & Holland; hence its name is spelled 2 ways St. Martin Bob	DD $6,000 [13] Extending off the metacarpals are these bones that form the fingers phalanges Peggi

Final Jeopardy!

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

A member of this famous family proposed it and he and his brother signed it for Virginia

Lee

Keith "Who was Madison?" — wagered $5,200

Michael "Who are the Adamses?" — wagered $7,400

Peggi "What is the preamble?" — wagered $20,200

Bob "Who is Lee" — wagered $11,301

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