Show #2039 1993-06-17 (taped 1993-02-02) Regular

Contestants

Kevin Dunn — a media coordinator from Decatur, Georgia

Cliff Leach — a lobbyist from West Hartford, Connecticut

Maryann Price — a homemaker from Convent Station, New Jersey

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Maryann $1,400 $2,700 $3,900 $1,900
3rd place: a multi-diamond pendant from Fior-Drissage + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game or Jeopardy! '92 home game
$5,900
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Cliff $1,600 $2,900 $10,300 $10,599
New champion: $10,599 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game or Jeopardy! '92 home game
$9,300
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kevin $700 $1,800 $5,000 $9,999
2nd place: a trip for 2 to Reno, NV including air travel and hotel + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game or Jeopardy! '92 home game
$5,000
15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY MOVIE QUOTES JOURNALISM 101 OAHU THE "LONG" & THE "SHORT" OF IT ODDS & ENDS
$100 [2]
In 1959 Walter Williams, said to be the last surviving veteran of this war, died at age 117
the Civil War
Maryann
$100 [1]
In "Road to Rio", he asked Dorothy Lamour, "How did you get into that dress--with a spray gun?"
Bob Hope
Cliff
$100 [23]
Types of these with specific names include op-ed and front
pages
Kevin
$100 [15]
Visitors learn how to make these floral necklaces at Senator Fong's plantation & gardens
leis
Maryann
$100 [13]
An edible fat, such as lard, that's used to make pastry flaky
shortening
Kevin
$100 [11]
Add the dots on the opposite sides of a die & you'll always come up with this lucky number
seven
Kevin
$200 [4]
In 1776 Sgt. Ezra Lee led the first known attack in one of these submersible crafts
a submarine
Cliff
$200 [3]
Orson Welles film in which you'd hear the line "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper"
Citizen Kane
Cliff
$200 [24]
Teasers and screamers are types of these
headlines
Kevin
$200 [17]
The beachfront home used as Robin Masters' estate on this TV series lies on Oahu's east shore
Magnum, P.I.
Cliff
$200 [14]
Isaac Pitman invented a system of this in the 1830s, decades before John Robert Gregg
shorthand
Cliff
$200 [12]
Until 1966 Roman Catholics were urged not to eat meat on this day of the week
Friday
Cliff
$300 [5]
In 1927 this aviator became the first person to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
(Charles) Lindbergh
Maryann
$300 [6]
While preparing for a party in "All About Eve", she said, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night"
Bette Davis
Cliff
$300 [25]
The author's name printed with the story
a byline
Maryann
$300 [18]
A tower topped by a giant pineapple stands atop this company's Cannery Square
Dole
Cliff
$300 [30]
This 19th century poet mastered many languages including Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, & Provencal
(Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow
Kevin
$300 [16]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was created in 1974 to replace this agency abbreviated AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
Cliff
$400 [7]
In 1909 the Lincoln penny replaced this one, which had been in circulation for 50 years
the Indian head
Cliff
$400 [9]
In "Kings Row", he asked Ann Sheridan, "Where's the rest of me?"
Ronald Reagan
Maryann
$400 [26]
The top news item of the day, or the first sentence in the story about it
the lead
Cliff
$400 [19]
A chocolate replica of this Oahu volcano is a specialty of Honolulu's Bali by the Sea restaurant
Diamond Head
Kevin
$400 [29]
Since 1968 this renowned entertainer has tickled the ivories at Manhattan's Cafe Carlyle
Bobby Short
Kevin
$400 [21]
This form of silica is the main constituent of sand and flint
quartz
Cliff
$500 [8]
In 1770 Robert Treat Paine prosecuted the British troops indicted for murder in this incident
the Boston Massacre
Kevin
DD $500 [10]
'60s film containing the line "Some of us prefer Austrian voices raised in song to ugly German threats"
The Sound of Music
Maryann
$500 [27]
It's at this "desk" that the local news is put together
the city desk
Kevin
$500 [20]
Merisol created the statue of this Belgian missionary that stands in front of the state capitol building
Father Damien
Maryann
$500 [28]
Even though he was Teddy Roosevelt's son-in-law, he supported W.H. Taft in the 1912 presidential campaign
(Nicholas) Longworth
Maryann
$500 [22]
The first woman president of an NBA club, Susan O'Malley became head of this D.C.-area team in 1991
the Washington Bullets
Cliff

Double Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE WORLD WEIGHTS & MEASURES CABINET MEMBERS YE GODS! EARS LITERATURE
$200 [16]
The highest railway station in Europe is in the Jungfraujoch, a pass in these mountains
the Alps
Cliff
$200 [21]
This measure of firewood is equal to 128 cubic feet
a cord
Cliff
$200 [6]
He was JFK's attorney general
Robert Kennedy
Cliff
$200 [1]
From his high throne, this supreme Norse god could see everything, everywhere
Odin
Kevin
$200 [24]
Its ears are larger than those of any other mammal
the elephant
Maryann
$200 [11]
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" takes place during this struggle
the French Revolution
Cliff
$400 [17]
This New Zealand city of 150,000 people was named for a British duke
Wellington
Maryann
$400 [22]
A perfect one of these is 516 sheets, not 500
a ream
Kevin
$400 [7]
He served as Secretary of State under both Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson
(William) Seward
Cliff
$400 [2]
With a stroke of his trident, he could create islands in the sea
Neptune (or Poseidon)
Maryann
$400 [25]
Technically called cerumen, it attracts dust and dirt before they can damage the eardrum
earwax
Kevin
$400 [12]
George S. Kaufman helped John Steinbeck turn this work about George & Lennie into a play
Of Mice and Men
Maryann
$600 [18]
Part of the international boundary between the U.S. & this country lies in the Juan de Fuca Strait
Canada
Maryann Cliff
$600 [23]
It's equivalent to .946 liters
a quart
Kevin
$600 [8]
Those who have held this cabinet post include Bob Bergland, J. Sterling Morton & Earl Butz
Secretary of Agriculture
Cliff
$600 [3]
Before going into battle, Roman troops would offer sacrifices to this god of war
Mars
Kevin
$600 [26]
This tube helps to ensure equal pressure on both sides of the eardrum
the Eustachian tube
Maryann
$600 [13]
First published in 1966, "The Bloomsday Book" is a guide to this James Joyce work
Ulysses
Cliff
$800 [19]
The ancient Mesopotamian city of Nineveh was on its East Bank
the Tigris
Maryann
$800 [27]
The number of ounces in a pint
16
Maryann
$800 [9]
On March 17, 1989 the Senate voted 92-0 to confirm this Wyoming congressman as Secretary of Defense
(Dick) Cheney
Cliff
$800 [4]
Hypnos was the god of sleep & his sons Morpheus, Icelus & Phantasus were gods of these
dreams
Kevin
$800 [29]
This term for a ringing of the ears comes from a Latin word meaning "tinkling"
tinnitus
Kevin
$800 [14]
Henry Miller's "The Colossus of Maroussi" is an account of his travels in this country
Greece
Cliff
DD $2,000 [20]
Though independent since 1975, Cape Verde still uses this as its official language
Portuguese
Maryann
$1,000 [28]
It's equivalent to 640 acres
one square mile
Maryann
DD $2,000 [10]
Albert B. Fall, who was jailed for the Teapot Dome scandal, held this Cabinet post under Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Cliff
$1,000 [5]
He was the twin brother of Artemis
Apollo
Cliff
$1,000 [30]
The organ of corti in this snail-like structure of the inner ear contains the true receptors of sound
the cochlea
Kevin
$1,000 [15]
Herman Wouk won a 1952 Pulitzer Prize for this "novel of World War II"
The Caine Mutiny
Cliff

Final Jeopardy!

PORT CITIES

In population, it was by far the largest city in the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War

New Orleans

Maryann "What is Charleston?" — wagered $2,000
Kevin "What was New Orleans?" — wagered $4,999
Cliff "What is New Orleans?" — wagered $299

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