Show #1851 1992-09-28 (taped 1992-07-28) Regular

Contestants

Frances Moore — a customer service representative originally from Elko, Nevada

Sharon Kirkes — a librarian from Decatur, Georgia

Marty Brophy — a physicist from Urbana, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,202)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marty	$100	$2,400	$8,200	$14,400 2nd place: a trip to Washington, D.C. aboard Delta airlines	$7,600 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Sharon	$1,400	$2,200	$1,800	$3,600 3rd place: a Sanyo VHS HiFi VCR + a Nintendo Entertainment System & games (including Super Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune w/Vanna White)	$1,800 8 R, 1 W
Frances	$1,300	$4,000	$14,300	$16,300 New champion: $16,300	$12,200 28 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NATURE	THE OLYMPICS	FASHION HISTORY	THE BIBLE	SIBLINGS	RHYME TIME
$100 [4] In order to drink, it spreads its front legs, then lowers its head about 15 feet to the water the giraffe Frances	$100 [3] In the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Games, one of these athletes ignited the Olympic flame an archer Marty	$100 [5] Shawls & other demure fashions became popular when she ascended the British throne in 1837 Queen Victoria Frances	$100 [20] In Exodus 24:12 God said to him, "I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments..." Moses Marty	$100 [2] Famous grandpapa shared by sisters Margot & Mariel Ernest Hemingway Marty	$100 [1] 2,000 pounds one ton Marty
$200 [13] While most species of this live bait fish are less than 6" long, the Indian mahseer can be 9' long a minnow Frances	$200 [28] In 1988 Sergei Bubka became the 1st Olympic champion to exceed 19 feet in this event the pole vault Frances	$200 [6] Emilio Pucci was discovered in 1947 when he designed his own clothes for this winter sport skiing Sharon	$200 [21] He, not Gabriel, is the only one in the Bible who's specifically called an "archangel" Michael Sharon	$200 [7] His brothers Virgil & Morgan were with him at the O.K. Corral Wyatt Earp Frances	$200 [25] A hit below the belt a low blow Marty
$300 [14] A greenbottle is this type of insect a fly Frances	$300 [29] This American won both the pentathlon & decathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm Jim Thorpe Sharon	$300 [8] When a Roman youth reached manhood, he began to wear a toga pura of this color white Marty	$300 [22] After Jesus' death, this man of Arimathea obtained his body & buried it in his own tomb Joseph Frances	$300 [10] His brother Buck Barrow was part of his gang Clyde Barrow Sharon	$300 [26] A class that teaches you all about equines a horse course Sharon
$400 [15] Varieties of these mammals include brown, black, sun & spectacled a bear Frances	$400 [30] This Norwegian won the women's figure skating gold medal in 1928, 1932 & 1936 Sonja Henie Frances	$400 [17] Because the yoke originally was cut off, the name of this dress is Hawaiian for "cut-off" a mu'umu'u Frances	$400 [23] "In the beginning was the word" are the beginning words of this gospel John Marty	$400 [11] Last name of brothers & French tire makers Andre & Edouard Michelin Sharon	$400 [27] The type of tome penned by Paul Prudhomme a cookbook Frances
$500 [16] The fowl with this name is native to Africa; the "pig", to South America Guinea Frances	$500 [19] It's the only California site to host a Winter Olympics Squaw Valley Frances	$500 [18] In the 1890s this "girl" created by an illustrator popularized shirtwaists for women the Gibson Girl Marty	DD $1,100 [24] After Eutychus fell from a window to his death, he was restored to life by this apostle Paul Marty	$500 [12] Last name of sculptress Camille & poet Paul, her brother Claudel Marty	$500 [9] She played the beauty in a classic 1933 film about a beast Fay Wray Sharon

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	LANGUAGES	1953	FAMOUS NAMES	MOUNTAINS	THURBER
$200 [2] This is the name of our own galaxy the Milky Way Frances	$200 [10] It evolved from Anglo-Saxon dialect of Wessex English Marty	$200 [7] He was buried beside Lenin in Red Square March 9, 1953 Stalin Marty	$200 [8] Anatoly Karpov was world champion of this from 1975 until he lost to Gary Kasparov in 1985 chess Frances	$200 [15] Mt. Chimborazo, whose summit is the farthest from the Earth's center, lies in Ecuador in these mountains the Andes Frances	$200 [1] In the book "My World and Welcome to It" we found out about "The Secret Life of" this man Walter Mitty Marty
$400 [12] This element is called natrium in Latin, hence its symbol Na sodium Marty	$400 [11] Prior to WWII this language was traditionally written in a Gothic style called "Fraktur" German Marty	$400 [9] The U.S. had $12,483,414,764.30 of gold stored here; they took inventory Fort Knox Marty	$400 [30] John C. Lilly began his pioneering work on the brain of this sea creature in 1955 the bottlenose dolphin	$400 [16] The Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak, rises over 9,700 feet in the Bavarian chain of these mountains the Alps Marty	$400 [3] Thurber rhymed "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this dead Marty Frances
$600 [13] Magnifications of up to one million times can be achieved with this type of microscope an electron microscope Marty	$600 [24] Malagasy & French are the languages of this island off the coast of Africa Madagascar Frances	$600 [26] In January he became the first president under Yugoslavia's new constitution Tito Sharon Frances	$600 [29] In 1991 Edith Cresson replaced Michel Rocard, becoming this country's first female premier France Frances	$600 [17] This country's highest mountain is Carrantuohill, part of Macgillicuddy's Reeks Ireland Frances	$600 [4] He wrote his first book, "Is Sex Necessary?", with this "Charlotte's Web" author E.B. White Marty
$800 [5] This sugar, C12H22O11, occurs in the milk of all mammals lactose Frances	$800 [25] The modern form of this language is based on the Tuscan dialect Italian Frances	$800 [27] Richard Nixon, age 40, took over the job as vice president from this 74-year-old Alben Barkley Marty	$800 [22] This publisher of Time & Life retired to Phoenix, Arizona in 1964 Henry Luce Frances	$1,000 [19] Mt. Logan, Canada's highest peak, lies in the St. Elias range in this territory Yukon Frances	$1,000 [6] His 1945 collection was called "The Thurber" this Carnival Frances
$1,000 [14] Many of the gems sold as topaz are actually the citrine variety of this stone quartz Frances	$1,000 [23] Zulu & Swahili are among the best-known languages of this African language group Bantu Marty	$1,000 [28] He had 2 firsts in his life in 1953, reaching the top of Everest & seeing the sea Tenzing Norgay (Tenzing the Sherpa accepted) Marty Sharon	$1,000 [21] This creator of the comic strip "Pogo" previously worked as a Disney animator Walt Kelly Frances	DD $1,200 [18] Mount Shasta in California & Mount Rainier in Washington are the highest peaks in this range the Cascades Frances	DD $2,500 [20] In "The Years with Ross" Thurber wrote about Harold Ross, this magazine's first editor The New Yorker Frances

Final Jeopardy!

ENTERTAINERS OF THE PAST

This Missouri-born expatriate starred in the 1935 French film "Princess Tam-Tam"

Josephine Baker

Sharon "Who was Josephine Baker?" — wagered $1,800

Marty "Who was Josephine Baker?" — wagered $6,200

Frances "Who was Josephine Baker?" — wagered $2,000

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