Show #1839 1992-09-10 (taped 1992-07-20) Regular

Contestants

Ellen Grinnell — a human resources manager from Novato, California

Colleen Kemps — an elementary school librarian from Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Anne Ellis — a managing editor originally from Madison, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Anne	$1,700	$3,600	$6,600	$10,801 2-day champion: $12,400 + the Jeopardy! '92 home game or the Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game	$8,000 26 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Colleen	$400	$1,900	$5,300	$5,600 3rd place: Krieger watch + the Jeopardy! '92 home game or the Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game	$5,300 16 R, 2 W
Ellen	$700	$2,800	$5,400	$10,400 2nd place: Orrefors stemware + Wallace Silversmiths tea service + the Jeopardy! '92 home game or the Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game	$4,900 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

WEIGHTS & MEASURES	MAYORS	TV GUIDE SAYS	DRAMA	AMERICAN FOLKLORE	"K" ON THE MAP
$100 [26] A long ton is 2,240 pounds & a short ton is this many pounds 2,000 Colleen	$100 [21] Jim Whelan is mayor of this New Jersey gambling resort Atlantic City Colleen	$100 [7] "Charles plans revenge on the colonel who sent him to Korea" "MAS*H" Anne	$100 [6] Maxwell Anderson's play "Valley Forge" is set during this war the Revolutionary War Colleen	$100 [1] John Henry died with one of these tools in his hand a hammer Colleen	$100 [16] If you want to attend the University of Nairobi, you have to go to this country Kenya Colleen
$200 [27] If you require a quire, you need 24 or 25 sheets of this paper Anne	$200 [22] In the 1989 Democratic primary, current NYC mayor David Dinkins defeated this 3-term mayor Ed Koch Anne	$200 [9] "Belker forgets his mother's birthday and she's steaming" "Hill Street Blues" Anne	$200 [8] "A Bequest to the Nation" covers the last months of this admiral's life & his affair with Lady Hamilton Lord (Horatio) Nelson Colleen	$200 [2] This "Coonskin Congressman" wasn't above making up a few tales about himself Davy Crockett Anne	$200 [17] Great Britain gained control of most of this famous pass after the second Afghan War the Khyber Pass Anne
$300 [28] Of a cup, 1/2 pint, or 12 ounces, the one not equal to either of the other 2 12 ounces Anne	$300 [23] Willy Brandt was mayor of this city before becoming chancellor of West Germany Berlin Ellen	$300 [10] "In Spain, Kelly and Scott are led a merry chase by Agent Double-O Cross (Peter Lawford)" "I, Spy"	$300 [11] Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" was the basis for this musical "Hello, Dolly!" Ellen	$300 [3] His stories of a 20-year sleeper & a ghost rider were inspired by German folktales Washington Irving Anne	$300 [18] One of the world's largest man-made lakes, it shares its name with a state (Lake) Kentucky Colleen
$400 [29] The quarter in quarter horse stands for this quarter mile Anne	$400 [24] In 1945 Hubert Humphrey was elected mayor of this Minnesota city Minneapolis Ellen	$400 [14] "Ritchie claims he was attacked by a giant woodpecker" "The Dick Van Dyke Show" Anne Ellen	$400 [12] Joshua Logan's "The Wisteria Trees", set on a southern plantation, is an adaptation of this Chekhov play "The Cherry Orchard" Anne	$400 [4] New Hampshirites turned this speechwriter into a folk hero, calling him "Dan'l" Daniel Webster Ellen	$400 [19] At 6,880 square miles, this Arab country is a little smaller than New Jersey Kuwait Colleen
$500 [30] At the speed of 1 knot, you travel 1 nautical mile in this length of time an hour Anne	DD $1,000 [25] The first Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city, Henry Cisneros was mayor of this Texas city 1981-89 San Antonio Ellen	$500 [15] "Jim must survive an incompetency meeting before he can inherit $3 million" "Taxi" Anne	$500 [13] In 1989 actress Pauline Collins won Olivier & Tony awards for this one-woman show "Shirley Valentine"	$500 [5] Old Stormalong soaped his ships to squeeze through the English Channel; the soap scraped off on these cliffs (white) cliffs of Dover Anne	$500 [20] This Japanese city was modeled on "Cha'ng-an", the T'ang Dynasty's Chinese capital Kyoto Colleen

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	-OLOGIES	THE 50 STATES	ANCIENT TIMES	THE PLANETS	YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
$200 [1] This "Animal Farm" author is buried at All Saints Church in Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire George Orwell Ellen	$200 [6] Santa Claus might be interested in pogonology, which deals with this facial hair a beard Anne	$200 [8] Among its nicknames are "The Breadbasket of America" & "The Sunflower State" Kansas Anne	$200 [13] The ancient city of Ubar, trade center for this fragrant gift for the Baby Jesus, was discovered in 1991 frankincense Anne Ellen	$200 [18] Oxidized iron in this planet's surface material gives it its reddish color Mars Anne	$600 [28] While working in New Salem, Abe earned the respect of the Clary's Grove Boys by beating one in this sport wrestling Colleen
$400 [2] In 1986 Wole Soyinka became the first African to win this award for literature the Nobel Prize Colleen	$400 [7] It's the type of insect studied in apiology bees Anne	$400 [9] The top half of this state separates Quebec, Canada on the west from New Brunswick on the east Maine Anne	$400 [14] The Greeks added a set of this to the Phoenician alphabet & it didn't cost them $250 each to do it vowels Colleen	$400 [19] Even the Hubble Space Telescope can't reveal the surface features of this outer, smallest planet Pluto Anne Ellen	$800 [27] One of the books we know he read was Mason Weems' life of this President (George) Washington Anne
$600 [3] This American novelist was descended from Ebenezer Zane, founder of Zanesville, Ohio Zane Gray/Grey Colleen	$600 [22] Campanology is the art of doing this, as Quasimodo could tell you bell-ringing Ellen	$800 [11] Of the more than 8,500 lakes in this state, Winnebago is the largest Wisconsin Anne	$600 [15] The Mycenaeans flourished during the age of this metal & probably imported tin from Britain to make it bronze Anne	$600 [20] In 1990 the Magellan spacecraft discovered lava flows over 100 miles long on this planet Venus Ellen	$1,000 [26] Although he enlisted in this 1832 Indian war, he saw no fighting the Black Hawk war Colleen
$800 [4] This author won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Making of the President 1960" Theodore White Ellen	$800 [24] An expert in nephrology would know a lot about this bodily organ the kidney Colleen	$1,000 [12] In 1811 John Jacob Astor set up a Pacific Fur Co. Trading post for in what is now Astoria in this state Oregon Anne	$1,000 [17] The Lydians used to mint gold coins about 560 B.C. under the reign of this rich king (King) Croesus Anne Colleen	$800 [21] Titan, a moon of this planet, is larger than 2 of the planets Saturn Anne Colleen	—
$1,000 [5] His son, Alistair, or Mouse, for whom he wrote "The Wind in the Willows", died at age 20 (Kenneth) Grahame Colleen	$1,000 [25] In the architectural sense, ecclesiology deals with the building of these churches Anne	DD $1,200 [10] Its coastline is longer than any other state's except Alaska Florida Anne	DD $2,000 [16] Some sources say this ancient wonder was built by Semiramis, a legendary queen of Assyria the hanging garden of Babylon Anne	$1,000 [23] This seventh planet is twice as far from the Sun as the sixth Uranus Anne Ellen	—

Final Jeopardy!

SHIPS

This British navy ship left Devenport Dec. 27, 1831 & went around the world on a 5-year survey mission

the HMS Beagle

Colleen "What was the Beagle?" — wagered $300

Ellen "What was the Beagle" — wagered $5,000

Anne "What is theHMBeagle" — wagered $4,201

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