Show #1272 1990-02-27 (taped 1989-10-11) Regular

Erik Larsen game 5.

Contestants

Kevin Gillogly — an advertising copywriter from Los Angeles, California

Mac Jones — a human resources management consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Erik Larsen — a temporary secretary originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $42,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Erik $1,300 $1,600 $14,000 $12,000
5-day champion: $54,400
$10,300
25 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Mac $1,100 $2,700 $5,500 $4,100
2nd place: Trip to Kauai, Hawaii
$5,500
16 R, 1 W
Kevin $1,000 $1,800 $2,000 $0
3rd place: Fuji R800 Zoom Discovery Camera
$2,000
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY ANIMAL TRIVIA DESIGN TV MOMS INDIA INK
$100 [1]
In 1943 Georgia became the 1st state to lower the voting age to this
18
Erik
$100 [10]
Gov't naturalist Daniel James predicts someday this national symbol will no longer be endangered
the bald eagle
Kevin
$100 [16]
Persia's animal art persisted even after the introduction of this religion that forbade making images
Islam
Erik
$100 [21]
Jane Powell starred in MGM musicals long before playing Alan Thicke's mom on this sitcom
Growing Pains
Erik
$100 [22]
The Dharma Chakra, the symbol seen on India's flag, is one of these "of law", not "of fortune"
wheel
Erik
$100 [5]
If your business is losing money, you're awash in this color ink
red
Mac
$200 [2]
Black Friday, September 24, 1869, resulted from Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner the U.S. supply of this
gold
Erik Mac
$200 [12]
NYC is building nesting boxes for barn owls in some city parks because they like to eat these rodents
mice (or rats)
Kevin
$200 [17]
"The 12 Tribes of Israel" is a series of windows by Marc Chagall using this material
stained glass
Kevin
$200 [24]
His real life mom, Julia, played mom to his character, Louie, on "Taxi"
Danny DeVito
Erik
$200 [23]
This city has a population density of about 79,000 people per square mile, the country's highest
Calcutta
Kevin
$200 [6]
Company that makes the Eraser Mate, a pen that has erasable ink
Paper Mate
Erik
$300 [3]
He was the last Dutch governor of New York, which was New Netherland at the time
Peter Stuyvesant
Mac
$300 [13]
The venom of these bees is actually less poisonous than European bees, but they attack in large groups
African Bees/Killer Bees
Erik
$300 [18]
Characteristic of Queen Anne furniture, the cabriole style is used for this part of a chair or table
the leg
Mac
$300 [25]
The president of this country that sold India its 1st nuclear-powered sub in Feb. 1988 visited in Nov. 1988
the Soviet Union (USSR)
Mac
$300 [7]
From Latin roots meaning "cannot be obliterated", it describes ink that's permanent
indelible
Kevin
$400 [4]
At the Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston took this Mexican leader prisoner
Santa Anna
Kevin
$400 [14]
The 2 orders of ungulates are distinguished by the number of these they have
toes (on the hoof)
Erik
$400 [19]
A chevron is a decorative motif resembling this letter
V
Kevin
$400 [26]
This group outside of the caste system has seats reserved for it in Parliament
the Untouchables
Erik
$400 [8]
1988 film that featured a will written in Acme disappearing & re-appearing ink
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Erik
$500 [11]
Swedish-born John Ericsson designed this 1st of the ironclads with a revolving turret
the Monitor
Mac
DD $500 [15]
The followingsongpopularized a dance named for this animal:"Now the dance that the people do, I don't know how it started, all I know..."
Monkey ("Monkey Time" by Major Lance)
Erik
$500 [20]
The Pazzi Chapel in this city was one of the 1st buildings designed in the Renaissance style
Florence
Mac
$500 [27]
India became independent 1 day after this country was created
Pakistan
Erik Mac
$500 [9]
His test, developed in 1921, includes 5 multicolored inkblots
Hermann Rorschach
Erik

Double Jeopardy! Round

8-LETTER WORDS THE MIDDLE AGES MUSICAL THEATER HOLIDAYS FRENCH AUTHORS YACHTS
$200 [16]
1 of 8 flexible arms on an octopus
Tentacle
Erik
$200 [1]
The Knights of St. John who ran a Jerusalem hospital for sick pilgrims wore white, not red ones
Crosses
Erik Mac Kevin
$200 [7]
Danny Kaye starred as this Biblical character in the 1970 show "Two By Two"
Noah
Mac
$200 [21]
Japan has 3 separate observances marking this man's birth, enlightenment & death
Buddha
Erik
$200 [2]
When this author of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" died in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc De Triomphe
Victor Hugo
Kevin
$200 [23]
It's the British royal yacht
Britannia
Mac
$400 [17]
It's a male singing voice producing tones in an upper register beyond its normal range
Falsetto
Erik Kevin
$400 [12]
Habichtsburg, or Hawks Castle, built in 1020 in present-day Switzerland gave this dynasty its name
Hapsburgs
Kevin
$400 [8]
It was billed as "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical"
"Hair"
Kevin
$400 [22]
Festivals in Dutch-American communities are highlighted by Klompen Dances, named for these
Wooden Shoes
Mac
$400 [3]
His 19th century novels such as "The Mysterious Island" foretold the submarine, the aqua lung & TV
Jules Verne
Mac
$400 [24]
Dubbed "Captain Outrageous", this media mogul skippered the Courageous & won the America's Cup twice
Ted Turner
Mac
$600 [18]
From the Latin for "boxer", it's another name for a prizefighter
Pugilist
Erik
$600 [13]
This crusade led by Stephen of Vendrone may have been the inspiration for the Pied Piper
Children's Crusade
Erik
$600 [9]
"People" & "Don't Rain on My Parade" are from this show based on the life of Fanny Brice
"Funny Girl"
Kevin
$600 [26]
It's the original name for Memorial Day
Decoration Day
Erik
$600 [4]
This author of the novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is also credited with the screenplay
Pierre Francois Boulle
$600 [25]
The Santana, not the "African Queen" was this actor's favorite yacht
Humphrey Bogart
Erik
$800 [19]
This gas is the most abundant element in the universe
Hydrogen
Erik
$800 [14]
The Mongol chief Temujin was given this title when he was proclaimed supreme ruler
Genghis Khan
Erik
$800 [10]
1968 musical that featured "45 Minutes From Broadway", "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & "Harrigan"
George M!
$1,000 [28]
The 2nd Sunday in May is Mother's Day while the 3rd Saturday in May is this day
Armed Forces Day
Erik Mac
$800 [5]
Born Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, she chose this pseudonym for her 1st novel, 1832's "Indiana"
George Sand
Erik Kevin
$800 [29]
Hemingway named this powerful heroine in "For Whom The Bell Tolls" this, after his 40-foot yacht
Pilar
$1,000 [20]
This plant with a bulbous root is also known as a "Swedish Turnip"
Rutabaga
Erik
DD $3,000 [15]
This French dynasty that began in 987 may have been named for the cloak that King Hugh wore as an abbot
The Capetian Dynasty
Erik
$1,000 [11]
She & partner Adolph Green wrote numerous B'way musicals; among them "Peter Pan" & "Applause"
Betty Comden
Mac
DD $3,000 [27]
1 of 2 European countries that honor the martyred St. Lucia on December 13
Italy & Sweden
Erik
$1,000 [6]
This avant-garde author's "Les Enfants Terribles" was written in a 3-week period in 1929
Jean Cocteau
Mac
$1,000 [30]
This yacht skippered by Dennis Conner won back the America's Cup from Australia in 1987
Stars & Stripes
Erik

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH ROYALTY

Before Prince Andrew, he was the last Duke of York

King George VI

Kevin "Who was Prince Albert" — wagered $2,000
Mac "Who was Prince Philip?" — wagered $1,400
Erik "Who was Prince Charles?" — wagered $2,000

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