Show #1837 1992-09-08 (taped 1992-07-20) Regular

Contestants

Matt Fels — an advertising executive from Fort Worth, Texas

Elaine Cooper — an admissions director from Bedminster, New Jersey

Garry Weischedel — a physician from Bedford, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Garry $400 $1,900 $300 $300
3rd place: a Mead telescope + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$6,000
20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Elaine $600 $100 $2,900 $2,900
2nd place: a Keller Colonial Heirloom oak dining room set + a Quoizel 6-leg candelabra chandelier + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$4,900
16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Matt $1,500 $4,400 $9,000 $11,000
New champion: $11,000 + Jeopardy! '92 home game
$9,000
20 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE TV NOSTALGIA ALL ABOUT TEETH STATE SYMBOLS STARTS WITH "J" PRESIDENTIAL MOMS
$100 [1]
The Book of Revelation equates Christ with alpha & omega, the first and last letters of this alphabet
the Greek alphabet
Elaine
$100 [11]
On "Bonanza", it was the last name of Ben, Hoss, Little Joe & Adam
Cartwright
Matt
$100 [21]
People are often willing to "give" these for something they greatly desire
your eye teeth
Matt
$100 [15]
Its state poem is "A Nuevo Mexico"
New Mexico
Elaine
$100 [6]
This name can precede Reb, cake or -on-the-spot
Johnny
Garry
$100 [26]
Sara Delano
FDR
Garry
$200 [2]
In Chapter 7 of Exodus, God turns the waters of the Nile into this
blood
Elaine
$200 [12]
Pokey the Horse was the constant companion of this flexible little fellow
Gumby
Matt
$200 [22]
It's the 3-word term for fighting or going at something with great ferocity
tooth-and-nail
Matt
$200 [16]
In 1972 this state declared dog mushing the state sport
Alaska
Elaine
$200 [7]
A metallic sound made by a sleigh bell, or a catchy tune in a commercial
a jingle
Elaine
$200 [27]
Nancy Hanks
(Abraham) Lincoln
Garry
$300 [3]
13 of the New Testament's 27 books are attributed to him
Paul
Garry
$300 [13]
C. Lindbergh's son Jon, an ex-Navy frogman, was an advisor for this 1950s Lloyd Bridges adventure series
Sea Hunt
Garry Elaine
$300 [23]
From the Greek for "straight teeth" it's the dental specialty that makes them that way
orthodontics
Matt
$300 [17]
This mammal appears on both the state seal & the state flag of California
the bear
Garry
$300 [8]
This type of food is named for its lack of nutritional value; you don't have to eat it on a Chinese boat
junk
Matt
$300 [28]
Abigail Smith
John Quincy Adams
Garry Matt
$400 [4]
The name of this final book of the Pentateuch means "second law"
Deuteronomy
Garry
$400 [14]
On the final telecast of "Howdy Doody", he broke his series-long silence to say, "Goodbye, kids"
Clarabell
Elaine
$400 [24]
These teeth have 3-5 cusps and 2 or 3 roots
the molars
Garry
$400 [18]
In 1982, Colorado made this plated dinosaur its state fossil
the Stegosaurus
Garry Elaine
$400 [9]
World Book says that licenses were issued to these professional fools in the 1600s--no fooling
a jester
Matt
$400 [29]
Dorothy Walker
(George) Bush
Garry Elaine
DD $700 [5]
In Matthew the value of entering the Kingdom of Heaven is likened to this gem
a pearl
Garry
$500 [20]
Before "The Munsters", Fred Gwynne & Al Lewis appeared together on this cop comedy
Car 54, Where Are You?
Matt
$500 [25]
From the Latin for "to cut", it's a tooth adapted for cutting
the incisor
Matt
$500 [19]
Say "amen"; it's the state insect of Connecticut
the praying mantis
Matt
$500 [10]
The sea wasp variety of these is so venomous its sting can cause death within a few minutes
a jellyfish
Matt
$500 [30]
Lillian Gordy
Jimmy Carter
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PEOPLE WORLD FACTS BALLET ROYALTY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
$200 [13]
After her husband was killed in 1776, she added flag making to her upholstery business
Betsy Ross
Elaine
$200 [20]
Kidnapped from a Detroit area restaurant in 1975, this teamster leader's disappearance is still a "riddle"
Jimmy Hoffa
Matt
$200 [4]
The world's lowest measured mean temperature, -70°F., is at Plateau Station on this continent
Antarctica
Garry
$200 [26]
At the beginning of this Nijinsky ballet, a faun is playing his flute
Afternoon of a Faun
Garry
$200 [1]
She dedicated her song "Words Upon The Wind" to her mother, Princess Grace
Princess Stephanie (of Monaco)
Elaine Matt
$200 [3]
At the end of Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island", this captain dies & his ship the Nautilus is sunk
Nemo
Garry
$400 [14]
This 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence commanded the Masschusetts militia during the Revolution
John Hancock
Matt
$400 [21]
He was chairman of Columbia Pictures & a VP of Coca-Cola before becoming baseball comm. in 1989
Fay (Vincent)
Garry Elaine
$400 [5]
A basilica stands in this Portuguese village where the Virgin Mary purportedly appeared in 1917
Fatima
Elaine
$400 [27]
The chorus or ensemble of a ballet company is called this "de ballet"
the corps de ballet
Garry
$400 [2]
This country's King Olaf V was born in England & was the grandson of King Edward VII
Norway
Garry Matt
$400 [9]
In Erle Stanley Gardner's "The Case of the Terrified Typist", this attorney lost the case
Perry Mason
Garry
$600 [15]
In 1776 John Adams rebutted this pamphlet with his own "Thoughts on Government"
Common Sense
Garry
$600 [22]
With Theodore Simon, this French psychologist developed a series of intelligence tests
(Alfred) Binet
Garry Elaine
$600 [24]
San Cristobal is the capital of these islands, a province of Ecuador
the Galápagos
Garry
$800 [29]
He wrote the music for the Western-themed ballets "Billy the Kid" & "Rodeo"
Aaron Copland
Elaine
$600 [6]
Between 1801 & 1917, all of Russia's czars were named Nicholas or this
Alexander
Elaine
$600 [10]
Longfellow took the name of this fictional Indian from a 15th century Iroquois chief
Hiawatha
Garry
$800 [16]
This country's fleet blocked the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, allowing an American victory at Yorktown
France
Elaine
$800 [18]
Aristotle Onassis' middle name was that of this great Greek philosopher
Socrates
Elaine
$800 [25]
Christmas is a national holiday of this Islamic country whose provisional capital is Abu Dhabi
the United Arab Emirates
Matt
$1,000 [30]
Giselle kills herself with one of these weapons which belongs to her noble lover, Albrecht
a sword
Elaine
$800 [7]
Francis Stephen of Lorraine & this 18th c. Austrian empress founded the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine
Maria Theresa
Garry
$800 [11]
Beaumarchais' third play about this barber was called "La Mere Coupable"
Figaro
Elaine
$1,000 [17]
In 1772 these "Committees" were formed so that Colonists would learn via letters what was happening
the Committees of Correspondence
Elaine
$1,000 [19]
This economist & author of "The Affluent Society" served as ambassador to India under JFK
(John Kenneth) Galbraith
Matt
$1,000 [23]
Manuel Roxas, not Manuel Quezon, was the first president of this country after independence
the Philippines
Matt
DD $5,000 [28]
When this ballet premiered in 1890, Carlotta Brianza danced the role of Princess Aurora
The Sleeping Beauty
Garry
$1,000 [8]
Marguerite of Navarre wrote the "Heptameron", a collection of stories similar to this Boccaccio work
the Decameron
Matt
DD $2,000 [12]
Rudolf Rassendyll impersonates the incarcerated king of Ruritania in this English romance by Anthony Hope
The Prisoner of Zenda
Elaine

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

In 1969 the N.Y. Times retracted a 1920 editorial ridiculing his claim that rockets could fly to the Moon

Robert Goddard

Garry "Who isDan WellersEinstein?" — wagered $0
Elaine "Who is Goddard" — wagered $0
Matt "Who was Goddard?" — wagered $2,000

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