Show #2055 1993-07-09 (taped 1993-02-09) Regular

Ed Schiffer game 5.Last regular-play game of Season 9.

Contestants

Maureen Wasley — a game designer from Santa Clara, California

David Ivanov — a word processor originally from San Pedro, California

Ed Schiffer — a college lecturer originally from New York City, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,703)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ed $2,400 $3,300 $10,700 $18,200
5-day champion: $65,903
$11,200
31 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
David $800 $1,300 $9,100 $18,100
2nd place: a trip for 2 to Miami, Florida for a 7-day cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines
$9,900
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Maureen $500 $1,100 $1,100 $2,100
3rd place: a vacation at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California + Jeopardy! / Wheel of Fortune video games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis system
$1,100
6 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1899 SPORTS TRANSPORTATION MEDICINAL PLANTS FOOD ENDS WITH "OOF"
$100 [7]
In June this outlaw led The Sundance Kid and the rest of his gang in their first big train robbery
Butch Cassidy
Ed
$100 [3]
In this mid-1980s this team from Edmonton won the NHL's Stanley Cup 4 years out of 5
the Oilers
Ed
$100 [13]
Like a rickshaw, a brouette was pulled by one of these
human
Ed
$100 [19]
For a time parsley & sage were used as remedies for this; now Minoxidil is giving it a try
baldness
Ed
$100 [14]
Broccoflower, a relatively new vegetable, is a cross between broccoli & this
cauliflower
Ed
$100 [1]
As a noun it's the horny sheath covering the toes of certain mammals; as a verb, it means "to dance"
hoof
David
$200 [8]
This state's first national park, Mount Rainier, was established
Washington
Ed
$200 [10]
Lyn St. James was named Rookie of the Year at this May 24, 1992 auto race, the first woman so honored
the Indianapolis 500
Ed
$200 [24]
The name of this Chinese sailing ship is derived from Portuguese & Javanese, not Chinese
a junk
Maureen
$200 [20]
Roses, jasmine, and lavender have been used in this "therapy" as calming agents
aromatherapy
David
$200 [15]
Beurre blanc is a classic French sauce whose name means this color butter
white
Ed
$200 [2]
To complain bitterly & loudly is to "raise" this
the roof
Maureen
$300 [9]
William McKinley became the first sitting president to ride in a car when he took a spin in this "steamer"
Stanley Steamer
Maureen
$300 [25]
From 1976 to 1980, this Swede won 5 straight Wimbledon men's singles championships
Björn Borg
Ed
$300 [28]
This wheeled seat attached to a motorcycle debuted circa 1903; the cocktail came later
a sidecar
Maureen
$300 [21]
Span. missionaries in Peru found a substance in the bark of the Cinchona tree that treats this disease
malaria
Ed
$300 [16]
The last name of a nursery rhyme Jack, or a fish that's so high in fat he couldn't eat it
Sprat
David
$300 [4]
This can be a careless mistake or a foolish person who might make one
goof
David
$400 [11]
The marketer of a beverage called Grain-O acquired the rights to this dessert
Jell-O
Ed
$400 [26]
From 1964 through 1968, she was the U.S. women's figure skating champion
Peggy Fleming
Ed
$400 [29]
The world's largest railway station, this U.S. landmark covers some 48 acres
Grand Central Station
Ed
$400 [22]
Although toxic, lily of the valley & oleander are plants that have been used to regulate this organ
the heart
Maureen
$400 [17]
One of Post's Pebbles Cereals is named for this pet who lives in Bedrock
Dino
Ed
$400 [5]
Standoffish
aloof
David
$500 [12]
Just days after he was found guilty in a retrial, this French Army Captain was pardoned
Dreyfus
Ed
$500 [27]
While playing for this team, O.J. Simpson led the NFL in rushing yardage 4 times
the Buffalo Bills
Maureen
$500 [30]
Reynolds Metals donated the Aluminaut, the 1st all-aluminum one of these, to the Science Museum of Virginia
a submarine
Ed David
DD $500 [23]
The Mexican yam yields diosgenin, a source for this arthritis-relieving steroid
cortisone
Ed
$500 [18]
Popular in Pennsylvania, pepper pot is a peppery soup made from this stomach lining
tripe
David
$500 [6]
Accidental poisonings of kids under 5 have declined since this type of closure was introduced
childproof
Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY MUSIC ISLANDS ARCHITECTURE BOOKS & AUTHORS GLUB, GLUB
$200 [1]
This island's harbor of Mandraki was once guarded by a colossal 120'-high statue
Rhodes
Ed
$200 [11]
This "low" clef is also known as the F clef
bass clef
David
$200 [13]
The Bounty Islands of New Zealand were discovered by this Bounty captain in 1788
Captain Bligh
Ed
$200 [24]
Charles Bulfinch is famous for the beautiful houses he built on Beacon Hill in this city
Boston
Ed
$200 [19]
Margaret Truman's "Murder at the National Cathedral" opens in this city on a hot August morning
Washington, D.C.
Ed
$200 [2]
Her brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile
Cleopatra
Ed
$400 [4]
On his 1977 visit to Jerusalem, this Egyptian president prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque
Anwar Sadat
Ed
$400 [12]
Messe des Morts is the French term for this kind of mass
a mass of the dead (requiem)
Ed
$400 [14]
In 1889 Trinidad & this island became a single colony under British rule
Tobago
David
$400 [25]
Palladio's architecture was a major influence on his design for Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
David
$400 [20]
Peter Straub & this master of horror were good friends long before they collaborated on "The Talisman"
Stephen King
David
$400 [3]
King Frederick Barbarossa drowned in 1190 while on the way to the third of these
the Crusades
David
$600 [6]
On October 3, 1935 this country invaded Ethiopia
Italy
Ed
$600 [18]
A ponticello is a little one of these found on a violin
a bridge
Ed
$600 [15]
The Little Minch, a strait off Scotland, separates the "inner" and "outer" islands of this group
the Hebrides
Ed
$600 [28]
One of Sir Edwin Lutyens' most important works was the layout for this Indian capital
New Delhi
David
$600 [21]
Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Breakfast of Champions" & he wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Truman Capote
Ed
$600 [5]
His father, Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, drowned while besieging Helice in Spain
Hannibal
David
$800 [9]
Emir Abdur Rahman Khan rebuilt & modernized this Afghan capital in the 19th century
Kabul
Ed
$1,000 [27]
This composer's "Pomp and Circumstance" is a set of 5 marches; the first is the most famous
Edward Elgar
David
$800 [16]
During the Spanish colonial period, this island was also known as Santo Domingo
Hispaniola
David
$800 [29]
Arthur Charles Erickson's Simon Fraser Univ. overlooks this British Columbia city where he was born
Vancouver
Ed
$800 [22]
Rungstedlund, the Danish home where she wrote "Out of Africa", is now a museum
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Ed
$800 [7]
This "good" Bohemian king had Saint John of Nepomuk drowned in the Moldau River in 1393
Wenceslas
Ed
$1,000 [10]
This city, imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo, was spared bombing during WWII
Kyoto
David Maureen
DD $2,500 [26]
In its homeland this choral group is known as Wiener Sangerknaben
the Vienna Boys' Choir
David
DD $2,500 [17]
This Canadian island is the fifth largest in the world
Baffin Island
David
$1,000 [30]
The name of this influential German school means construction or architecture house
Bauhaus
Maureen
$1,000 [23]
Leon Uris titled Book I of this novel "Beyond Jordan"
Exodus
David
$1,000 [8]
This member of the Bloomsbury literary group drowned herself March 28, 1941
Virginia Woolf
David

Final Jeopardy!

ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES

In 1992 Angela Bassett played the Jacksons' mother on TV & Betty Shabazz in this film

Malcolm X

Maureen "What is Malcolm X?" — wagered $1,000
David "What isMalcolm X?" — wagered $9,000
Ed "What is Malcolm X?" — wagered $7,500

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