Show #1972 1993-03-16 (taped 1992-11-18) Regular

Debby Arnold game 2.

Contestants

Denise Shames — an office manager from Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Dave Ewing — a computer progammer originally from Redondo Beach, California

Debby Arnold — a registered nurse from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Debby $2,000 $2,900 $8,900 $10,900
2-day champion: $24,901
$8,900
21 R, 2 W
Dave $100 $300 $3,300 $5,801
2nd place: a trip to Washington, D.C.
$3,800
13 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Denise $0 $1,500 $2,900 $5,800
3rd place: Meade Model 312 telescope
$6,900
17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

NAME THE DECADE HEALTH & MEDICINE PEOPLE THE PLANETS '50s FADS & FASHIONS "T" TIME
$100 [15]
Paul Revere & William Dawes warn colonists that the British are on the march to Concord
the 1770s
Debby Dave Denise
$100 [1]
According to the AMA, almost all cases of emphysema are caused by this
smoking
Debby
$100 [4]
In a 1991 TV series Wolf Larson played this Edgar Rice Burroughs hero as an ecologist
Tarzan
Dave
$100 [7]
This planet's smallest moon, Pan, orbits within the Encke division of the A-Ring
Saturn
Debby Dave
$100 [6]
The revival of this coat craze was short-lived, since many coats had been cut up for Davy Crockett hats
coonskin coat
Dave
$100 [10]
It's the organ of speech
tongue
Debby
$200 [17]
The battleship Maine is destroyed in Havana harbor, killing 260 of the crew
the 1890s
Denise
$200 [2]
In some instances, the treatment of leukemia may call for a transplant of this bone tissue
marrow
Debby
$200 [5]
This "M*A*S*H" actor is a second cousin of Adlai Stevenson
McLean Stevenson
Dave Denise
$200 [16]
At its brightest it can be seen in daylight
Venus
Debby
$200 [20]
For men these included the crew, ducktail & Kookie look
haircuts
Debby
$200 [11]
When Indians made peace, they often buried this hatchet
tomahawk
Dave
$300 [18]
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in a season, breaking his previous record of 59
the 1920s
Denise
$300 [3]
Some suspect Van Gogh suffered from Meniere's disease, a disorder of this sense organ
ears
Denise
$300 [21]
In 1992 this British rocker & model-actress Iman were married in Switzerland
David Bowie
Dave
$300 [24]
In 1974 Mariner 10 discovered that this small planet's surface is cratered & moonlike
Mercury
Debby Denise
$300 [27]
It might ring a "Ma" bell that this 1959 fad requiring groups of people began in South Africa
stuffing telephone booths
Denise
$300 [12]
It's a foot pedal used to operate a spinning wheel or sewing machine
treadle
Debby
$400 [19]
Henry Kissinger signs a pact in Paris to withdraw U.S. forces from Vietnam
the 1970s
Debby
$400 [8]
The name of this disorder comes from the Greek word for "seizure"
epilepsy
Debby
$400 [22]
This ex-Cleveland Browns fullback is founder of Amer-I-Can, a group that helps kids get out of gangs
Jim Brown
Dave
$400 [25]
In 1976 the Viking I lander found that this planet had an atmosphere of 95% carbon dioxide
Mars
$400 [29]
To properly accessorize your poodle skirt, you had to wear bobby socks & these shoes
saddle shoes
Debby
$400 [13]
In geometry it's a plane figure with 4 sides, 2 of which are parallel
trapezoid
Debby Dave Denise
$500 [28]
In New York harbor, the Statue of Liberty is dedicated
the 1880s
Denise
$500 [9]
Causing dizziness & fainting, hypotension is the medical term for this
low blood pressure
Debby
DD $500 [23]
This Reagan administration National Security Advisor had his Iran-Contra conviction reversed
John Poindexter
Dave
$500 [26]
This third-largest planet spins on its axis 98 degrees from the perpendicular
Uranus
$500 [30]
They were selling for $1.79 to $2.79 in the summer of 1958, then Wham-O, by winter--50c
hula hoops
Denise
$500 [14]
It was the name of Robert E. Lee's beloved horse
Traveller
Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL PARKS LITERARY TERMS AMERICAN HISTORY FATS & OILS BIBLICAL ROYALTY THEATRE
$200 [9]
The south rim of this Arizona park averages over 6,000' in elevation; the north rim, over 8,000'
Grand Canyon
Dave
$200 [22]
Virginia Woolf's novel "To the Lighthouse" uses the narrative technique called "stream of " this
consciousness
Denise
$200 [1]
In 1784 Grigori Shelikhov founded the first Russian settlement in what is now this state
Alaska
Debby
$200 [16]
The fat rendered from hogs, its name is from the Latin for "bacon fat"
lard
Denise
$200 [17]
Matthew 1:6-7 tells us this wise king was one of Jesus' ancestors
Solomon
Dave
$200 [2]
Among the notables who have played this high-flying role are Cathy Rigby, Sandy Duncan & Mary Martin
Peter Pan
Debby
$400 [10]
You can enter this park from any of 5 entrances, 2 in Wyoming & 3 in Montana
Yellowstone
Dave
$400 [26]
"Astrophel and Stella" is one example of a sequence or cycle of these 14-line poems
sonnets
Dave
$400 [7]
In this fort, William Travis said, "I shall never surrender or retreat...victory or death"
the Alamo
Denise
$400 [19]
This hard, white fat found around the kidneys of cattle & sheep is sometimes fed to birds
suet
Denise
$400 [18]
Many believe Ramses II was the pharaoh Moses begged to "let my people go" in this book of the Bible
Exodus
Debby
$400 [3]
In 1985 this comedienne began her "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"
Lily Tomlin
Debby
$600 [11]
De Soto is said to have sampled the hot springs in what is now Hot Springs National Park in this state
Arkansas
Denise
$600 [24]
A type of medieval play based on the Bible, or a story that often includes a crime
mystery
Dave
$600 [8]
In 1609 a serious gunpowder burn forced this explorer to leave Jamestown for England
John Smith
Denise
$800 [21]
This gas is added to oils to change them from liquids to solids & to give them freshness
hydrogen
Debby
$600 [28]
Acts 8:27 mentions Candace, queen of these people you'll now find in Addis Ababa
Ethiopians
Dave
$600 [4]
In 1961 Paul Scofield made his American stage debut as Sir Thomas More in this play
A Man for All Seasons
Denise
$800 [14]
Mummified Indian remains have been found at this Kentucky national park
Mammoth Cave
$800 [25]
Naturalism emerged from this literary movement which could be called the opposite of "artificialism"
Realism
Dave
$800 [12]
This act signed December 12, 1985 was designed to eliminate the federal deficit by 1991--- it didn't work
Gramm-Rudman
Denise
$1,000 [23]
This oil from flax is used in the making of paints & varnishes because it dries quidkly
linseed oil
Debby
$800 [29]
Historically, the very cruel Herod Agrippa I was a friend of this cruel & possibly insane Roman emperor
Caligula
Denise
$800 [5]
In 1991 Jonathan Pryce & Lea Salonga won Best Acting Tonys for their lead roles in this musical
Miss Saigon
Denise
$1,000 [15]
Located about 50 miles from Bangor, Maine, it's the only national park in the northeastern U.S.
Acadia
Debby
$1,000 [27]
This "amorous" literary movement arose in the late 1700s as a reaction against Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Debby
DD $2,000 [13]
This woman was betrothed to John McNamar, not to Abe Lincoln, when she died in 1835
Ann Rutledge
Denise
DD $2,000 [20]
Because 3 fatty acid molecules join 1 of glycerol, this term is used to refer to fats & oils
triglycerides
Denise
$1,000 [30]
This queen for whom a book is named revealed Haman's wickedness at a royal banquet
Esther
Debby
$1,000 [6]
After "tainted money" is donated, this Shaw title character resigns from the Salvation Army
Major Barbara
Dave

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

The original full name of this Mexican port translates to "Rich Town of the True Cross"

Veracruz

Denise "What is Vera Cruz" — wagered $2,900
Dave "What is Vera Cruz?" — wagered $2,501
Debby "What is Villa Rica de Veracruz?" — wagered $2,000

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