Show #770 1988-01-01 (taped 1987-09-21) Regular

Bruce Seymour game 2.

Contestants

Barbara Baernstein — a right-of-way agent from Pomona, California

Anne Kahn — a logistics engineer originally from Santa Rosa, California

Bruce Seymour — a writer from Piedmont, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,190)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$1,700	$3,100	$11,700	$14,799 2-day champion: $29,989	$10,900 25 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Anne	$300	$1,900	$4,300	$6,100 2nd place: "Abby" Queen Anne chair from Action Recliners by Lane + a Bauer Lamps table lamp	$4,300 14 R, 3 W
Barbara	$1,300	$1,400	$1,200	$1 3rd place: American Flyer TravelWare Caravel 5-piece luggage collection	$1,200 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

RIVERS	MAMMALS	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	LEMONS	BASEBALL LINGO	NYC MOVIES
$100 [29] Country whose longest river is the Ob-Irtysh not the Volga the Soviet Union Barbara	$100 [3] Black & white western hemisphere animal famed for using scent as its prime weapon a skunk Bruce	$100 [27] Jack Benny called himself the world's worst player of this instrument the violin Anne	$100 [20] In 1493, this Italian navigator planted the 1st lemon trees in the New World Christopher Columbus Bruce	$100 [4] "The Fall Classic" the World Series Barbara	$100 [5] 1984 Francis Coppola film set in Harlem's hottest hangout The Cotton Club Anne Barbara
$200 [1] Jesus was baptized in this river the Jordan Bruce	$200 [6] San Diego Zoo says this desert animal can drink 35 gallons of water in 6 minutes a camel Barbara	$200 [13] 1st mentioned in writing in 1404, the clavichord was an ancestor of this common instrument of today the piano Bruce	$200 [21] Its flavors, according to the rabbit, are grapity grape, orangey orange, & lemony lemon Trix Anne	$200 [17] Because of sun exposure, outfield seats with no roof over them are called this the bleachers Bruce	$200 [7] 1 of the 2 parks in "Barefoot in the Park" Central Park (or Washington Square Park) Bruce
$300 [2] Nevada's Humboldt River disappears into 1 of these in the desert, not in the kitchen a sink Anne	$300 [8] The most abundant group of mammals are these gnawing animals including chipmunks & porcupines rodents Anne	$400 [15] Unlike most wind instruments, bugles generally lack these valves Bruce	$300 [22] This furniture polish from Johnson Wax comes in regular, wood, & lemon varieties Pledge Bruce	$300 [18] Baseball's "hot corner", it's peppered with hard drives, not hot tips third base	$300 [10] In the Paul Newman film, this title "Fort" is in the Bronx Fort Apache Barbara
$400 [23] Many rafts ride the rapids of this "rascally" river in Oregon the Rogue River Anne	$400 [9] The fennec is smallest of these animals, but the common red is best known the fox Barbara	DD $500 [14] Instrument heard here, in the bridge of a 1962 Joanie Sommers hit: a kazoo Bruce	$400 [24] Connecticut was 1st to pass a "lemon law" protecting consumers who buy these automobiles Bruce	$400 [26] Player called a "short man", because he's usually in the game a relatively short time the relief pitcher Anne	$400 [11] In 1975, Jack Lemmon was "The Prisoner of" this thoroughfare Second Avenue Anne Barbara
$500 [25] Ironically, Kentucky, not this Midwest neighbor, has jurisdiction over the river forming their border Ohio Bruce Anne	$500 [19] Lemurs are found naturally only on or near this island off the coast of Africa Madagascar Anne	$500 [16] Ironically, it is now the German version of this brass instrument that is universally accepted the French horn Bruce	$500 [28] In the 1951 film, he played "The Lemon Drop Kid" Bob Hope Anne	—	$500 [12] 1975 film based on a true story in which Al Pacino robs a Brooklyn bank to finance a sex change Dog Day Afternoon Bruce

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE	AMERICAN INDIANS	HIGHER EDUCATION	BALLET CHARACTERS	HOLLYWOOD HISTORY	MARYLANDERS
$200 [3] "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories were originally written for him, son of A.A. Milne Christopher Robin Anne	$200 [6] Algonquins were famous for their canoes made from the bark of this tree the birch tree Bruce	$200 [20] While B.A. means bachelor of arts, B.F.A. means bachelor of this fine arts Barbara	$200 [13] Tho it's rarely done in ballet, Billy the Kid does this in Spanish in the ballet named for him speak Barbara	$200 [14] Festivities for 100th birthday of Hollywood began with Robert Wagner accepting a star for this actress Natalie Wood Bruce	$400 [16] Maryland-born author of "The Jungle", he ran unsuccessfully 3 times for governor of Ca. Upton Sinclair Barbara
$400 [1] "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" was, oddly, this Missourian's favorite of his own works Mark Twain Bruce	$400 [11] Largest city named for the Hueco Indians is in this state Texas	$400 [21] From Latin "to initiate", term which is applied to the final "exercise" you perform at college commencement Barbara	$400 [7] Since he's this kind of toy, "Petrouchka" dances in jerky movements a marionette (or a puppet) Bruce	$600 [17] It's claimed that with "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", this director became 1st to have his name above the title Frank Capra Anne	$600 [23] At age 7, he was sent to live at St. Mary's Industrial Sch. in Baltimore & learned to play baseball there Babe Ruth
$600 [2] Now meaning impractical fantasy, "Cloud-Cuckooland" was 1st a utopian city in his comedy "The Birds" Aristophanes Anne	$600 [12] When Coolidge posed in Indian garb, this humorist wired him, "Politics makes strange red-fellows" Will Rogers Bruce	$600 [22] A 5 month student str!ke in late '60s at this college was not popular with its new president S.I. Hayakawa San Francisco State University (or State College) Bruce Barbara	$600 [8] At the end of 1 version of this ballet, he sets off with Sancho, but in another he just dies Don Quixote Bruce	$800 [26] The de Havilland decision ruled that no studio could hold an actor to contract for longer than this 7 years Barbara	DD $800 [24] John Hanson of Maryland was 1st "president of the United States" in the national government based on these the Articles of Confederation Bruce
$800 [4] Name of this female cupbearer in the "Rubaiyat" became the pseudonym of H.H. Munro Saki Anne	$800 [18] A textile mill is named for this son of Massasoit & brother of King Philip Wamsutta Anne	—	$800 [9] This title character is a beautiful doll owned by Dr. Coppelius Coppélia Bruce	DD $1,000 [15] Harvey Henderson Wilcox, a real estate developer, in 1887, but his wife, Daeida, named it the founder of Hollywood Bruce	$1,000 [25] Maryland-born Chief Justice Roger Taney is perhaps best known for this 1857 decision the Dred Scott decision Bruce
$1,000 [5] A chance meeting in 1794 led to a strong friendship between Schiller & this German literary giant (Johann Wolfgang von) Goethe Anne	$1,000 [19] William Henry Harrison got nickname "Old Tippecanoe" from a battle against this Shawnee leader Tecumseh (or "The Prophet", referring to Tenskwatawa) Bruce	—	$1,000 [10] Stravinsky's ballet "Orpheus" opens at the grave of this woman, Orpheus' wife Eurydice Bruce	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

TRAVEL & TOURISM

The 2 major cities you'd 'fly to, 1 in the USA, 1 in the USSR, to visit landmarks called "The Hermitage"

Leningrad & Nashville

Barbara "What are ____ _____ ?" — wagered $1,199

Anne "What are Leningrad and Nası" — wagered $1,800

Bruce "What are Leningrad and Nashville?" — wagered $3,099

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