Show #12 1990-09-01 (taped 1990-06-20) Super Jeopardy!

Super Jeopardy!semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Jeff Richmond — a law student from West Hollywood, California

Bob Blake — an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia

Dave Traini — a high school administrator from Medford Lakes, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,400	$3,400	$16,800	$25,700 Finalist	$18,400 20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Bob	$1,200	$2,800	$12,800	$23,201 2nd place: $10,000	$15,800 16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff	$4,000	$4,600	$11,600	$10,399 3rd place: $10,000	$11,600 15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES	THE AMERICAN FLAG	FACTS & FIGURES	POTENT POTABLES	FAMOUS QUOTES	HITCHCOCK BLONDES
$200 [16] According to family legend this British prime minister was part Iroquois on his mother's side Sir Winston Churchill Dave	$200 [9] He was the first to refer to the flag as a star-spangled banner Francis Scott Key Dave	$200 [29] A cube has this many faces 6 Bob	$200 [8] Yukon Jack is a whisky liqueur imported from this country Canada Jeff	$200 [30] The 4 words following FDR's “Yesterday, December 7, 1941– –a date which...” will live in infamy Jeff	$200 [5] She met her prince while shooting her last Hitchcock film in Monaco Princess Grace Kelly Dave
$400 [20] Kenyan leader whose first name meant “burning spear” & whose last name was Kikuyu for a fancy belt Jomo Kenyatta Bob	$400 [11] You can fly the flag 24 hours a day, but if you fly it at night, you have to do this light it Bob	$400 [23] Breaking his own major league record of 5, he pitched his 6th no-hitter June 11, 1990 Nolan Ryan Jeff	$400 [22] The main ingredient in a Chinese cocktail is the Jamaica type of this rum Dave	$600 [24] Probably Emile Zola's most famous quote, it's the title of a letter he wrote to the French president J'accuse Dave	$400 [4] It was curtains for this actress when the shower curtain was pulled back in “Psycho” Janet Leigh Dave
$600 [19] When this First Lady died in 1818, her son was Secretary of State Abigail Adams Bob	$600 [13] The number of these was set by law in 1818, & it hasn't changed since stripes Jeff	$600 [12] In 1989 these accounted for over 45% of the Bureau of Printing & Engraving production one dollar bills Jeff	$600 [28] The recipe for a basic stinger calls for equal parts white creme de menthe & this brandy Bob	$800 [7] She wrote, “Gentlemen always seem to remember blondes.” Anita Loos Bob	$600 [3] She was already Melanie Griffith's mother when she was attacked by “The Birds” Tippie Hedren Dave
$800 [17] E. Rosenberg's relationship to Sgt. David Greenglass, a major U.S. gov't witness against her sister to brother Dave	$800 [14] The flag code says this is the preferable way to dispose of an old flag by burning it Jeff	$800 [10] In the '60s there were just 400 breeding pairs of these birds in the continental U.S.; now there are over 2,600 bald eagles Dave Jeff	$800 [25] Some folks put sugar in a champagne cocktail before adding the traditional dash of this (Angostura) bitters Bob	$1,000 [6] Thomas Paine line that precedes “The summer soldier & the sunshine patriot” These are the times that try men's souls	$800 [2] In “North By Northwest”, Cary Grant asks her, “How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?” Eva Marie Saint Dave
$1,000 [18] In 1676 he led a rebellion against his cousin by marriage, Gov. Wm. Berkeley of Virginia Nathaniel Bacon	$1,000 [15] It was reported that the flag first flew here April 6, 1909 North Pole Jeff	$1,000 [21] Number of Americans who have walked on the moon 12 Bob	$1,000 [26] A Gin Rickey usually contains the juice of this fruit lime Bob	DD $3,000 [27] “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander” this; “for that's the stuff life is made of” time Bob	$1,000 [1] In 1935 this elegant blonde was handcuffed to Robert Donat in “The 39 Steps” Madeleine Carroll

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST	THE MYSTERIOUS EAST	NONFICTION	PHYSICS	MYTHS & LEGENDS	THE VIOLIN
DD $100 [23] Robert Leroy Parker used this alias in honor of a rustler he rode with as a teenager Butch Cassidy Dave	$500 [7] Tonkin is the northern part of this country Vietnam Jeff	$500 [6] Her “North To The Orient” & “Listen! The Wind” tell of flights she took with her aviator husband Anne Morrow Lindbergh Jeff	$500 [21] Deuterium is called heavy hydrogen, & deuterium oxide is called this heavy water Dave	$500 [1] The Roman goddess of peace, her name was the Roman word for peace Pax Dave	$500 [24] A violin's fingerboard is made from this extremely hard black wood ebony Jeff
$500 [16] Jesse's less famous brother, he surrendered in 1882 & became a respected citizen Frank Bob	$1,000 [8] This country's unit of currency is the Togrog, which is divided into 100 Mongo Mongolia	$1,000 [17] He comments on sports as big business in his best seller “I Never Played The Game” Howard Cosell Bob	$1,000 [15] The use of transparent strands of glass to transmit light fiber optics Jeff	$1,000 [2] In Rome, this god who usually wore winged sandals was the god of merchants Mercury Bob	$1,000 [25] This Israeli-born violinist, a former child prodigy, is known to his friends as “Pinky” Pinchas Zukerman Dave Jeff
$1,000 [20] Morgan Earp survived this October 26, 1881 event but was assassinated a few months later shootout (or gunfight) at the O.K. Corral Dave	$1,500 [9] This country leads the world in the production of rubber & tin Malaysia Bob	$1,500 [18] In “Letters From The Field: 1925 - 1975”, she discussed anthropology methods she used Margaret Mead Jeff	$1,500 [14] Sometimes called the fourth state of matter, it's a mixture of ions & free electrons plasma Dave	$1,500 [3] Neptune was the Roman god of fresh water until he became associated with this Greek god of the sea Poseidon Dave	$1,500 [26] One of these violins stolen in 1936, supposedly sold for $100; in 1987 it was worth $1 million Stradivarius Bob
$1,500 [29] His nickname was short for his first name, Bartholomew; it didn't refer to a walking stick Bat Masterson Dave	$2,000 [10] The Komodo dragon is native only to this island nation Indonesia Dave Jeff	DD $1,500 [22] In this 1990 book Richard Nixon discusses life after his resignation In the Arena Dave	$2,000 [13] Homogenized milk is an example of this suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another emulsion (or colloid) Dave	$2,000 [4] Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon & this evil queen Clytemnestra Dave	$2,000 [27] Early 19th C. virtuoso whose playing was so incredible some believed he was in league with the devil Paganini Bob
$2,500 [30] Cole Younger was probably the father of this lady desperado's daughter Pearl Belle Starr	$2,500 [11] For some 2000 years these Chinese bureaucrats got their jobs by passing civil service tests the mandarins Dave	$2,000 [19] Dale Carnegie published material from his public speaking class in this 1936 book How To Win Friends And Influence People Jeff	$2,500 [12] From Greek for “icy cold”, the physics of very low temperatures is called this cryogenics Dave	$2,500 [5] The “Aeneid” says when her brother killed her husband, she fled Tyre & later founded Carthage Dido Bob	$2,500 [28] This Lithuanian-born violinist taught master classes at USC before his death at age 86 in 1987 Jascha Heifetz Dave

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

In 1930 this novelist became the 1st American to win the Nobel Prize for literature

Sinclair Lewis

Jeff "Who was Pearl S. Buck?" — wagered $1,201

Bob "Who was Sinclair Lewis" — wagered $10,401

Dave "Who was Sinclair Lewis?" — wagered $8,900

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