Show #2445 1995-03-31 (taped 1994-12-07) Regular

Bruce Borchardt game 5.

Contestants

Arthur Tiersky — originally from Lincolnwood, Illinois

Bob Mandel — an on-scene coordinator originally from Manchester, New Hampshire

Bruce Borchardt — a metrologist originally from Denver, Colorado (whose 4-day cash winnings total $48,099)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$4,300	$5,200	$7,200	$6,000 5-day champion: $54,099+Jeopardy! sports edition	$6,200 25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Bob	$800	$2,600	$4,200	$10 3rd place: a Magnavox TV/VCR combo + Jeopardy! Sports Edition	$4,200 17 R, 3 W
Arthur	$200	$1,700	$1,700	$3,399 2nd place: a trip to Carmel Valley Ranch resort + his & her Fox tennis rackets & bags + Jeopardy! Sports Edition	$2,900 10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1869	TELEVISION	TRANSPORTATION	FIRE!	ESCAPES	"HOT" STUFF
$100 [1] In Dec. the Wyoming Territory passed the 1st U.S. law giving women the right to do this & hold office vote Bruce	$100 [27] Aired Nov. 7 & 8, 1976, this 1939 film is TV's highest-rated movie Gone With the Wind Bruce	$100 [5] This sturdy, all-purpose automobile was first mass-produced for U.S. Armed Forces in 1940 the jeep Bob	$100 [16] After Rome burned in 64 A.D., this emperor rebuilt his palace on a colossal scale Nero Bob	$100 [21] In the 1910s, this magician was famous for his escape from the "water torture cell" Houdini Bob	$100 [11] This term for a phone linkup between superpowers implies that it's for heated exchanges a hotline Bruce
$200 [2] In September a scheme to corner this commodity resulted in "Black Friday" gold	$200 [28] This Don Johnson series was derived from a 2-word note by NBC's president: "MTV cops" Miami Vice Bob	$200 [6] Many trace the development of this vehicle back to Carl Eliason's motorized toboggan of 1927 the snowmobile Bruce	$200 [17] Maria Theresa ordered La Scala built in this Italian city after fire destroyed the old theatre Milan Bob	$200 [22] In June 1994 Robert Shepard escaped from a W. Va. jail by braiding this teeth cleaner into a rope dental floss Bruce	$200 [12] When you're "on a roll", you may "relish" expressing you're delight with this tasty interjection hot dog (hot diggity dog accepted) Arthur
$300 [3] N.Y. Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett, Jr. financed an African expedition to find this man Livingstone Bruce	$300 [29] During the first season, Linda Purl played Andy Griffith's daughter on this series Matlock Bruce Arthur	$300 [7] The Inter-American Highway, a section of this longer roadway, runs from Laredo, Texas to Panama City The Pan-American Highway Bob	$300 [18] This theatre burned in 1613 when a prop cannon ignited its roof, but was rebuilt within a year the Globe Arthur	$300 [23] This famous Kentucky frontiersman was captured by the Shawnee in 1778, but he escaped Daniel Boone Bob	$300 [13] In other words, this play could be "Tabby atop one Steamy Metal Housetop" Cat on a hot tin Roof Bruce
$400 [4] A ceremony in this future state marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad Utah Bob	$400 [30] In the 1991 drama "Son of the Morning Star", Gary Cole played this 19th century military figure Custer Arthur	$400 [8] The pedals on this type of motorized bicycle are used to assist & start the small motor a moped Bruce	$400 [19] In 1947 fire destroyed most of Bar Harbor on this state's Mount Desert Island Maine Bob	$400 [24] In 1838 this black abolitionist & author escaped from slavery to New Bedford, Massachusetts Frederick Douglass Bruce	$400 [14] Tuber term for a problem so sensitive that handling it is risky a hot potato Bruce
DD $1,500 [10] The Indiana Agricultural College in West Lafayette adopted this name, after its benefactor Purdue Bruce	$500 [26] In 1983 Judy Woodruff replaced Jessica Savitch as host of this PBS documentary program Frontline Bob	$500 [9] Germany's Schwebebahn is the oldest example of this single guideway transport system a monorail Bruce	$500 [20] Over 2,000 died when the Church of la Compania burned in this Chilean capital Santiago Bruce	$500 [25] In 1814 this pirate's base in Barataria Bay was destroyed by the U.s. Navy, but he escaped (Jean) Lafitte Arthur	$500 [15] In the film "The Wizard of Oz", the Cowardly Lion asks, "What makes" these African people "so hot" the Hottentot Bruce

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	BALLET	ARCHITECTURE	FIRST LADIES	SCIENCE & NATURE	LITERARY CHARACTERS
$200 [10] It's the capital of South Africa's Cape Province Cape Town Bob	$200 [19] Part of Marius Pepita's ballet based on this novel is set at a gypsy camp near windmills Don Quixote Bruce	$200 [14] One of Michael Graves' most important commissions was the addition to this city's Whitney Museum New York City Bob	$200 [18] She didn't live to see son John Quincy become president; she passed away 7 years earlier Abigail Adams Bruce	$200 [2] In 1872 this British naturalist wrote "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" Darwin Bruce	$200 [1] Buck kills Spitz over control of the dog team in this Jack London story Call of the Wild Bruce
$400 [7] Boulevard St.-Laurent divides this Quebec city into Eastern & Western sections Montreal Bob Arthur	$400 [20] Set in Hungary, "Carnival at Pest" is a 1930 ballet danced to this composer's rhapsodies Franz Liszt Arthur	$400 [15] Ancient Roman architect Vitruvius served as an artillery engineer to this first Roman emperor Octavius Caesar (Caesar Augustus) Bruce Arthur	$400 [26] In 1976, she campaigned for son-in-law Charles Robb, who was running for Lt. Gov. of Virginia Lady Bird Johnson Bob	$400 [3] The Monterey cypress is named for the Monterrey Peninsula in this state, its native region California Bruce	$400 [5] Sal Paradise & Dean Moriarity travel around the county in this Jack Kerouac work On the Road Bruce
$600 [11] This Welsh capital borders the Bristol Channel, an arm of the Atlantic Cardiff Bruce	$600 [21] it's the number of basic positions of the feet in classical ballet 5 Bruce	$600 [23] Richard Morris Hunt designed The Breakers, an opulent Renaissance palazzo in this Rhode Island city Newport Bob	$600 [27] Myra Bradwell, the first woman admitted to the Illinois bar, helped secure her release from an institution Mary Lincoln Bruce	$600 [4] From the Greek for "earthquake" & "to write", it's an instrument used to record an earthquake's intensity a seismograph Arthur	$600 [8] In this Ray Bradbury work, Granger leads a secret group of intellectuals who've memorized great books Fahrenheit 451 Bruce
$800 [12] The largest city in southern China, it's also known as Guangzhou Canton Bob	$800 [22] When this dancer choreographed "The Afternoon of a Faun" in 1912, his sister Bronislava played a nymph Nijinsky Bruce Bob Arthur	$800 [24] Guarino Guarini designed this Italian city's chapel of the Holy Shroud on a circular plan Turin Bruce Bob Arthur	$800 [28] Her influence on her husband may never be known since she destroyed many papers after his 1923 death Harding Arthur	$800 [6] The Yucca flower is pollinated by the female of the Yucca species of this winged insect a moth Bob	$800 [16] Faye Greener is a second-rate actress seeking to advance her career in this Nathanael West novel Day of the Locust
$1,000 [13] This Spanish city was founded by Carthaginians; the Romans called it Carthago Nova, or "New Carthage" Cartagena	DD $2,000 [30] In 1895 Pierina Legnani became the 1st ballerina to play Odette & Odile as a dual role in this ballet Swan Lake Arthur	$1,000 [25] He designed the German Pavilion as well as his Barcelona chair for the 1929 Barcelona Exhibition Mies van der Rohe Bruce Bob	DD $1,800 [29] She outlived the president by nearly 40 years, having married him in 1886 when she was 21 Frances Folsom (Cleveland) Arthur	$1,000 [9] When light moves between clear substances of different densities, its speed changes & this happens it refracts Bruce	$1,000 [17] In Edna Ferber's "Giant", he's a poor ruffian who becomes an oil baron Jett Rink

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT EGYPT

The most common name for rulers of ancient Egypt was Ptolemy at 15; the next most common was this name at 11

Ramses

Arthur "What is Ramses?" — wagered $1,699

Bob "What is Pharoah?" — wagered $4,190

Bruce "What was Tutankhamun?" — wagered $1,200

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