Show #1376 1990-09-03 (taped 1990-07-30) Regular

First game of Season 7.

Contestants

Debra Winthrop — an environmental attorney from Stamford, Connecticut

Peter Bedrossian — an academic counselor from Poughkeepsie, New York

Michael Goldwitz — a computer operator from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,700	$2,400	$1,400	$0 3rd place: Rainbow Enchanted Castle from Iris Arc Crystal + a Nintendo Entertainment System w/ Family & Junior Editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune	$1,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Peter	$100	$3,200	$10,800	$8,800 New champion: $8,800	$10,800 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Debra	$0	$600	$3,200	$2,900 2nd place: a trip to Miami, Florida + a Caribbean cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines	$2,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

POLITICAL QUOTES	FOOD	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	3-LETTER WORDS	PSYCH 101	LEFTOVERS
$100 [1] "You won't have" this man "to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." Richard Nixon Peter	$100 [13] When he returned to Venice from the Far East, he introduced the idea of fruit flavored ices Marco Polo Peter	$100 [26] She didn't start writing her "Little House" novels until she was in her 60s Laura Ingalls Wilder Michael	$100 [12] A Tibetan ox, or to talk persistently yak Michael Debra	$100 [9] Carl Jung coined this term to describe an introspective person introvert Michael	$100 [6] His remains lie in the main entrance of the original Smithsonian building (James) Smithson Michael
$200 [2] On July 14, 1789 this French king wrote in his diary "Nothing" Louis XVI Michael	$200 [19] Consisting of puff pastry layered with custard or cream, this pastry's fit for a French emperor a Napoleon Debra	$200 [27] This pampered "Little Lord" had beautiful curls & wore a lace collar Little Lord Fauntleroy Peter	$200 [14] A dog with a short, flattened nose, or the short, flattened nose itself pug Debra	$200 [18] The name Rorschach is indelibly associated with tests using these irregular shapes inkblots Michael	$200 [7] Jakob Roggeveen discovered this South Pacific island 2 days after Good Friday, 1722 Easter Island Peter
$400 [4] Completes "If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for 1,000 years, men will still say..." this was their finest hour Michael	$300 [20] The USDA made Wolfgang Puck add tomato in order to sell his frozen pies as these pizzas Debra	$300 [28] Of Nancy Drew's chums Ned, Bess & George, the one who isn't a girl Ned Debra	$300 [15] It can mean the daily record of a ship's progress or the act of recording that progress log Peter	$300 [23] Psychological state that superficially resembles sleep, it was first used scientifically by Franz Mesmer hypnotism (or hypnotic state) Peter	$300 [8] You place your hands & feet on colored circles to play this game; it's perfect for contortionists Twister Peter
DD $500 [3] 1 day before his assassination he remarked, "I've looked over, & I've seen the promised land" Martin Luther King (Jr.) Michael	$400 [21] They're immature pigeons sometimes raised for food squabs Peter	—	$400 [16] It can precede brow, down or life low Peter	$400 [24] Machine that's commonly called a lie detector a polygraph Peter	$400 [10] Picasso's daughter, her signature is on tubes of her signature lipstick, Mon Rouge Paloma Picasso Michael
$500 [5] In 1690 this English philosopher wrote, "Wherever law ends, tyranny begins." John Locke Michael Peter	$500 [22] These edible fungi thrive in chalky soil, & the best are the perigord variety truffles Peter Debra	—	$500 [17] Although roosters crow, crows emit this sound caw Michael	$500 [25] An inactive drug given in place of a real one; it might work on the power of suggestion a placebo Peter	$500 [11] Houdon's most famous mythological statue is of this Roman goddess holding a bow Diana Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

COLONIAL AMERICA	BOOKS & AUTHORS	BODIES OF WATER	NOTORIOUS	BIOLOGY	ACTORS OF THE PAST
$200 [25] Capt. John Smith wrote about this Indian weapon & compared it to a poleax a tomahawk Peter	$200 [12] "1984" was a 1949 book by Eric Blair written under this pen name George Orwell Peter	$200 [15] To go from Philadelphia to New Jersey, you cross this river that shares its name with another state the Delaware Debra	$200 [22] This Nazi minister of propaganda & his wife killed themselves & their children on May 1, 1945 Goebbels Peter	$200 [5] The hypoglossal nerve controls its many movements, including wagging the tongue Debra	$200 [17] This "divine" French actress was the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch courtesan Sarah Bernhardt Michael
$400 [26] Slaves bought in Africa were sold in the West Indies for molasses used to make this liquor rum Michael	$400 [11] "Where Have I Been?" was the 1982 autobiography of this "Your Show of Shows" comedian Sid Caesar Debra	$400 [6] The Cubans call it Bahia de Cochinos; we call it this the Bay of Pigs Debra	$400 [9] This infamous French nobleman died at the asylum of Charenton in 1814--it "pains" us to tell you the Marquis de Sade Peter	$600 [1] It mitosis 1 cell becomes 2; in meiosis a single cell produce this many daughter cells 4	$400 [18] '40s film star whose family, the Lupinos, performed in Europe in the 17th century Ida Lupino Peter
$600 [28] Colorful name of Edward Teach, the pirate who hid out on Ocracoke Island off the N.C. coast Blackbeard Michael Debra	DD $600 [13] 1 of 2 Arthur Hailey novels to become the top-selling fiction book of the year Airport (or Wheels ) Peter	$600 [7] Incan ruins have been found on islands in this lake on the border of Bolivia & Peru Lake Titicaca Debra	$600 [10] Etta Place, who rode with this outlaw pair, was probably a lady of the evening, not a schoolteacher Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Peter	$800 [3] Protozoans living in a termite's gut break down this substance in the wood the termite eats cellulose Michael Peter	$600 [19] Italian actress Eleonora Duse was famous for her roles in this Norwegian's plays Henrik Ibsen Peter
$1,000 [29] Shawmut was the Indian name for the peninsula on which this city was founded in 1630 Boston Michael Peter Debra	$800 [14] He followed his novel "Monsieur Beaucaire" with a term in the Indiana state legislature Booth Tarkington	$800 [8] Odessa is the largest Soviet port on this sea the Black Sea Peter Debra	$800 [23] After a serious illness in 37 A.D., this Roman emperor became cruel & mentally unbalanced Caligula Michael	DD $1,000 [2] On land this class of vertebrates can absorb oxygen through the skin, provided it's moist amphibians Debra	$800 [20] This "Jersey Lily" was the daughter of the Very Reverend Wm. C. Le Breton, Dean of Jersey Lillie Langtry Peter
—	$1,000 [27] An incident from his book "My Life in Court" inspired the stage play "A Case of Libel" Louis Nizer Peter	$1,000 [16] In sailing from the English Channel to the North Sea, one would pass through this strait the Strait of Dover	$1,000 [24] 6 of "Bugs" Moran's henchmen & an optometrist were the victims of this 1929 slaughter the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Peter	$1,000 [4] A healthy red blood cell in your body has about 300 mil. of these oxygen-carrying molecules hemoglobin Peter	$1,000 [21] This bass-voiced Alabama actress starred in the original 1939 production of "The Little Foxes", darling Tallulah Bankhead Debra

Final Jeopardy!

EARLY MAN

It was the first nonprecious metal man made into tools & decorative items

copper

Michael "What is iron?" — wagered $1,400

Debra "What isBronze? Iron" — wagered $300

Peter "What is bronze" — wagered $2,000

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