Show #1304 1990-04-12 (taped 1989-11-14) Regular

Contestants

Lindi Bauman — an administrative assistant from Pacifica, California

Jeff Liebowitz — an attorney and writer from Marina del Rey, California

Roy Jimenez — a software developer from Sonoma, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Roy $800 $1,300 $4,900 $1,799
2nd place: Kingsdown Ultimate sleep set & Lehigh bedroom furniture
$6,500
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff $600 $3,100 $5,900 $9,801
New champion: $9,801
$5,900
19 R, 2 W
Lindi $0 $700 $4,000 $200
3rd place: Maple Leaf Boullion investment coins
$5,000
15 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

FEATHERED FRIENDS SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA NOTORIOUS POLITICS & GOVERNMENT DOUBLE TALK 1890
$100 [6]
California mountain quail don't fly when they migrate; they use this mode of transportation
walking
Lindi
$100 [5]
They were wed secretly by Friar Lawrence
Romeo & Juliet
Roy
$100 [11]
On March 21, 1963 the last 86 prisoners left this federal penitentiary by boat
Alcatraz
Jeff
$100 [16]
Constitutional amendment that protects against self-incrimination & double jeopardy
5th
Roy
$100 [27]
In "The Flintstones", he's the Rubbles' adopted son
Bamm-Bamm
Lindi
$100 [29]
These 2 service academies played the first of their annual football games
West Point & the Naval Academy at Annapolis
Lindi
$200 [4]
Leopard seals & killer whales prey on these birds
penguins
Lindi
$200 [7]
One of its most famous lines is "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jeff
$200 [30]
"Godfather of Soul" who got 6 years in prison for aggravated assault & failure to stop for police
James Brown
Jeff
$200 [15]
The 2 presidents whose cabinets included Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara & Stewart Udall
John Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson
Jeff
$200 [26]
This Wash. city, first called Steptoeville, was named after a Nez Perce Indian word meaning "little river"
Walla Walla
Jeff
$200 [28]
For the first time members of this religious group didn't win all the council seats in Salt Lake City
the Mormons
Jeff
$300 [3]
When a bird flies, it steers mostly with this part of its body
tail
Roy Lindi
$300 [8]
In "Othello" Iago said, "Who steals my purse steals" this
trash
Lindi
$300 [19]
This punk rocker died before being tried for the '78 murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen
Sid Vicious
Jeff
$300 [12]
Its opponents called this post-WWI organization "The unholy thing with a holy name"
the League of Nations
Jeff
$300 [25]
Nickname of former lightweight boxing champ Ray Mancini
"Boom Boom"
Jeff
$300 [20]
A monopoly was created for James Buchanan Duke when he formed this tobacco conglomerate
American Tobacco Company
Jeff
$400 [1]
Samuel Taylor Coleridge could have told you it has the largest wingspan of flying birds
albatross
Roy
$400 [9]
"Numerical" title of the comedy that's subtitled "Or What You Will"
Twelfth Night
Lindi
$400 [17]
2 hours after she escaped from prison on February 5, 1979, this presidential assailant was recaptured
Sara Moore
Jeff Lindi
$400 [13]
In 1928 he became the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for president by a major party
Alfred E. Smith
Roy
$400 [24]
Born Marie Lawrie, her only No. 1 hit was "To Sir With Love", in 1968
Lulu
Jeff
$400 [21]
These 2 national parks were established in California
Yosemite & Sequoia
Jeff Lindi
$500 [2]
This colorful bird shares its name with an exotic orange & blue flower
bird of paradise
DD $700 [10]
Though Shakespeare had this many children, his descendants later died out
3
Lindi
$500 [18]
Producer W. Wanger shot agent J. Lang in 1951 over the affections of this actress, Wanger's wife
Joan Bennett
$500 [14]
Strom Thurmond won 4 Southern states as the 1948 presidential nominee of this third party
Dixiecrats
Jeff
$500 [23]
James Michener said this island, 140 miles NW of Tahiti, is the world's most beautiful
Bora Bora
Lindi
$500 [22]
This execution method was used for the first time in New York's Auburn Prison
electric chair
Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

BLACK AMERICA FICTION ITALY BALLET 1790 GEOLOGY
$200 [20]
On August 30, 1983 Guion Bluford Jr. became the first Black American to travel here
space
Lindi
$200 [9]
This author said, "The squeamish should return their copies" of "The Loved One" "to the library...unread"
Evelyn Waugh
Jeff
$200 [1]
It's the Italian word for "Italy"
Italia
Jeff
$200 [21]
Diaghilev simplified this late choreographer's last name: originally, it was called Balanchivadze
(George) Balanchine
Lindi
$200 [6]
The U.S. held the 1st of these decennial surveys & counted 697,681 slaves in a population of 3,929,214
the Census
Jeff
$600 [28]
Rocks in this class can be made up of small round particles called ooliths
sedimentary
$400 [19]
The head that wears this crown for 1990 is that of Missouri's Debbye Turner
Miss America
Roy
$400 [10]
Andrew John Woodhouse is the title character of this Ira Levin novel
"Rosemary's Baby"
Roy
DD $300 [8]
The 2 tiny independent states entirely surrounded by Italian territory
San Marino & Vatican City
Lindi
$400 [22]
In "Coppelia", Swanilda pretends to be a mechanical one of these come to life
doll
Roy
$600 [2]
"Cosi fan tutte", an opera buffa by this composer, opened in January at the Burgtheater in Vienna
Mozart
Jeff
$800 [27]
Of the 4 major layers of Earth, the thickest
mantle
$600 [18]
Among guests at Desmond Tutu's installation as archbishop were Coretta Scott King & this Detroit mayor
Coleman Young
Roy
$600 [13]
He dedicated "Firestarter" to Shirley Jackson, who wrote "The Haunting of Hill House"
Stephen King
Roy
$400 [7]
It takes about 1,300 of these to equal 1 dollar
lira
Lindi
$600 [25]
A pas poisson is a movement in which a dancer bends her body like one of these creatures
fish
Roy
$800 [3]
Leopold II succeeded his brother Joseph II as ruler of this empire
Holy Roman Empire
Lindi
$1,000 [26]
It's a soil consisting of sand, clay & silt in nearly equal proportions
loam
$800 [16]
In '54 the Supreme Court decided in favor of this girl & against the Topeka Board of Education
Brown
Jeff
$800 [14]
Chapter 1 of this John Updike novel is entitled "The Coven"
"The Witches of Eastwick"
Roy Lindi
$800 [11]
He was the last king of Sardinia & the first king of Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Jeff
$800 [23]
Scene 1 of this 1942 ballet is set at a corral; Scene 2 takes place in a ranch house
Rodeo
Lindi
$1,000 [4]
Religious orders were abolished, & bishops & priests became elected officials in this country
France
Roy
$1,000 [17]
A statue of this man who was killed March 5, 1770 stands in the Boston Common
Crispus Attucks
Roy
$1,000 [15]
Leon Uris' "Novel of Ireland"; it was a bestseller in 1976
"Trinity"
Roy
$1,000 [12]
An important fashion center, this city hosts the biannual "Collezione", or fashion collection
Milan
Lindi
$1,000 [24]
This great Russian dancer played a floral spirit in "Le Spectre de la Rose", which was created for him
Nijinsky
Lindi
DD $1,600 [5]
At the Royal Exchange Bldg. in NYC, this body held its first session, with John Jay presiding
the Supreme Court
Roy

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GEOGRAPHY

Alaska has the longest seacoast & this state is second

Florida

Lindi "What is California?" — wagered $3,800
Roy "What is Michigan" — wagered $3,101
Jeff "What is [California] Florida?" — wagered $3,901

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