Show #1770 1992-04-17 (taped 1991-12-17) Regular

Bruce Simmons game 5.

Contestants

Al Badger — a software engineer from Monterey, California

Keith Marr — a student and writer originally from Seattle, Washington

Bruce Simmons — a grad student from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 4-day cash winnings total $63,599)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bruce $-500 $1,200 $9,200 $14,000
2nd place: trip on Aerocancun to Cancun, Mexico & stay at Hotel Oasis Cancun
$5,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Keith $500 $700 $1,300 $0
3rd place: Vita-Mixer, 4000 & Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius game packs for Nintendo Game Boy
$1,300
8 R, 3 W
Al $1,000 $4,200 $11,400 $19,400
New champion: $19,400
$10,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WILD BILL HICKOK FOUNTAINS FILMS OF THE '60s BOTANY ODDS & ENDS PREFIXES
$100 [2]
Like Annie Oakley, he performed this type of act in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
sharpshooter
Al
$100 [16]
The object of Ponce de Leon's famous quest
Fountain of Youth
Keith
$100 [17]
Richard Pryor had a small part in this 1968 John Wayne film about the Vietnam War
The Green Berets
Bruce
$100 [26]
Of peonies, hyacinths or tulips, the one not grown from bulbs
peonies
Keith
$100 [1]
In 1991 he rejoined the Heartbreakers for a new album
Tom Petty
Al
$100 [10]
From the Greek word for "life", it can precede -logical, -graphical or -degradable
bio
Al
$200 [3]
For a while Hickok drove one of these on the Santa Fe & Oregon Trails
stagecoach
Bruce Al
$200 [18]
On January 1, 1968 he jumped the Caesar's Palace fountains on a motorcycle
Evel Knievel
Al
$200 [19]
His role as lawyer George Hanson in "Easy Rider" helped make him a star
Jack Nicholson
Bruce
$200 [28]
A member of the violet family, its name is a corruption of pensee, the French word for "thought"
pansy
Bruce
$200 [6]
On "C.P.O. Sharkey", Don Rickles played a chief officer of this noncommissioned rank
chief petty officer
Bruce
$200 [11]
Meaning half or partly, it can precede -god, -tasse or -monde
demi
Keith
$300 [4]
After the Civil War Hickok acted as a scout for this ill-fated lieutenant colonel
Custer
Keith
$300 [23]
Architect Nicola Salvi designed this, often called the last great baroque monument in Rome
Trevi Fountain
Al
$300 [20]
Mel Brooks film in which Gene Wilder & Zero Mostel put on a musical called "Springtime for Hitler"
The Producers
Bruce
$300 [29]
The flowers of this member of the water lily family are sacred to Buddhists
lotus
Al
$300 [7]
As opposed to financiers, shopkeepers are described as this type of "bourgeoisie"
petty
Keith
$300 [12]
When it precedes -adjusted or -nutrition, it means ill or poorly
mal
Bruce
$400 [5]
In 1871 he held this post in Abilene, Kansas
marshal
Bruce Keith
$400 [24]
A fountain in front of this kids' cable network's studios in Orlando spurts out green slime
Nickelodeon
Bruce
$400 [21]
Woodhouse is the last name of the character Mia Farrow played in this Roman Polanski film
Rosemary's Baby
Al
$400 [27]
Gardeners use this spongy & absorbent moss to keep young plants from drying out
peat moss
$400 [8]
During the 1970s he won the Daytona 500 4 times
Richard Petty
Bruce Keith
$400 [13]
This prefix which can precede -harmonic or -anthropic means "a love for"
phil
Al
$500 [15]
His real first name was neither Wild nor Bill, but this
James
$500 [25]
This statue in the Louvre once stood in a fountain on the Greek isle of Samothrace
Winged Victory
Bruce
$500 [22]
In this Antonioni film, David Hemmings thinks he spots a murder in a photo he's developing
Blowup
Al
DD $1,500 [30]
Members of this plant family include peas, clover & lentils
legume
Al
$500 [9]
From the French for "small", in needlepoint a small stitch is this type of point
petit
Keith
$500 [14]
Latin for "as if", this prefix preceding -stellar or -judicial means seemingly
quasi
Al

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT TIMES FASHION DESIGNERS LITERATURE NEW JERSEY CITIES MUSIC WORLD WAR II
$200 [1]
No one is sure where Ophir was located, but it was famous in ancient times for this precious metal
gold
Bruce
$200 [21]
Like Adolfo, Luis Estevez was born in this island country better known for cigars than fashion
Cuba
Bruce
$200 [11]
Title character whose parents were the former Elizabeth Mollineaux & Walter Shandy
Tristram
Al
$200 [6]
On May 26, 1978 Resorts International Casino opened its door for the 1st time in this city
Atlantic City
Bruce
$200 [16]
The guitar & mandolin are members of this ancient family of stringed instruments
lute
Al
$200 [22]
He downed 5 Japanese planes on February 20, 1942 & Chicago named an airport after him
O'Hare
Al
$400 [2]
The ancient astronomer Anaximander concluded that this planet was the center of the universe
earth
Al
$400 [30]
Hugo's last name, or an office's head honcho
Boss
Bruce
$400 [12]
His novel "You Can't Go Home Again" was published after his death
Thomas Wolfe
Al
$400 [7]
It was founded in 1666; the international airport came later
Newark
Al
$400 [17]
This symbol is placed next to a note to extend it by half its original length
a dot
Al
$400 [23]
Over 1500 kamikaze flyers lost their lives trying to defend this largest of the Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa
Bruce Al
$600 [3]
We don't know if this Babylonian had a "code" name for his chief rival, Rim-Sin of Larsa
Hammurabi
Bruce
$600 [29]
Verri, Venturi & Versace are all based in this city which rivals Paris as a fashion center
Milan
Bruce Keith
$600 [13]
This prime minister may have based the title character in his novel "Vivian Grey" on himself
Disraeli
Bruce
$600 [8]
The old barracks in this city were home to British troops during the Revolution
Trenton
Al
$600 [18]
According to the title, it's where Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 is "From"
The New World
Al
$600 [24]
It was the alias of Nguyen Tat Thanh, who led & organized the Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Al
$1,000 [5]
Egyptian women favored this dark eye make-up made from soot, antimony or Galena, a form of lead ore
kohl
Keith Al
$800 [28]
Salvatore Ferragamo was most famous for designing these, not dresses
shoes
$1,000 [15]
He's a lifelong resident of Albany, New York & "Ironweed" was the 3rd novel in his Albany Cycle
William Kennedy
Keith
$800 [9]
The last leaves of grass Walt Whitman saw were in this town known for its soup
Camden
Bruce
$800 [19]
An 1858 Jacques Offenbach number, or a 1953 Cole Porter musical
"Can Can"
Al
$800 [25]
This former SS officer died in France in September 1991
Klaus Barbie
DD $1,300 [4]
The Bible calls these ancient seagoers "Sidonians"; Sidon was one of their cities
Phoenicians
Bruce
$1,000 [27]
Born Donna Faske, she uses this name professionally
Donna Karan
DD $4,300 [14]
"Tanglewood Tales" was his 1853 sequel to "A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys"
Hawthorne
Bruce
$1,000 [10]
This "Cape" is famous for its Victorian houses & lighthouse
Cape May
Bruce
$1,000 [20]
This city's 1st school centered around Beethoven, Haydn & Mozart, the 2nd around Berg, Webern & Schoenberg
Vienna
Al
$1,000 [26]
Under Eisenhower, this British commander led the ground forces at Normandy
(Bernard) Montgomery
Bruce

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

It was founded in Baghdad, Iraq in September 1960

OPEC

Keith "What is the Arab League" — wagered $1,300
Bruce "What is OPEC?" — wagered $4,800
Al "What is OPEC?" — wagered $8,000

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