Show #1300 1990-04-06 (taped 1989-11-13) Regular

Contestants

Ed Borasky — a supercomputer programmer from Aloha, Oregon

Anne King — a public relations director from Cambridge, Maryland

Joel Goldberg — a CPA and financial officer from Fort Lee, New Jersey (whose 4-day cash winnings total $33,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joel	$400	$1,700	$3,700	$0 3rd place: Fredrick Ramond Lamp	$3,700 13 R, 2 W
Anne	$500	$1,300	$5,700	$0 2nd place: Keller Bedroom Furniture	$5,100 10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ed	$1,300	$3,100	$7,700	$11,401 New champion: $11,401	$8,200 27 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	ODD JOBS	ANIMALS	QUOTES	FOOD & DRINK	NICKNAMES
$100 [19] Longer than the Mississippi, this river wasn't made navigable until the 20th century Missouri River Ed	$100 [26] One-word title for the person who operated the device developed by Samuel F.B. Morse telegrapher Ed	$100 [15] In the Middle Ages this insect was dedicated to the Virgin & called "The Beetle of Our Lady" ladybug/ladybird beetle Ed	$100 [11] Robert Frost wrote, "To" do this "is human, not to, animal" err Joel	$100 [6] Tofu has been prepared on this continent for over 1,000 years Asia Ed	$100 [1] Baseball player Jay Hanna Dean was known by this giddy moniker Dizzy Dean Joel
$200 [20] This 10-state region isn't flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne Great Plains Joel Ed	$200 [27] From the Greek for "know beforehand", it's someone who predicts things, like the weather prognosticator Joel	$200 [16] Smaller forms of these birds are usually called doves pigeons Ed	$200 [12] In "An Essay on Man" Pope wrote this "springs eternal in the human breast" hope Ed	$200 [7] Planted chiefly in Hawaii, the most widely grown variety of this fruit is the smooth cayenne pineapple Joel Ed	$200 [2] Bewhiskered western sidekick George Hayes went by this "talkative" nickname Gabby Hayes Anne
$300 [21] The only state with areas that have a Mediterranean climate California Joel Ed	$300 [28] A cryptographer doesn't break into tombs but breaks these codes Anne	$300 [17] The largest members of this phylum are the giant squids & the smallest are snails mollusks Ed	$400 [14] Carl Sandburg wrote, "Sometime they'll give" one of these "and nobody will come" war Ed	$300 [8] This French word describes the very driest champagnes brut Ed	$300 [3] He's been called "The World's Oldest Living Teenager" Dick Clark Anne
$400 [22] The lower valley of the Susquehanna & its tributaries have created this large Atlantic bay Chesapeake Bay Joel	$400 [29] The job of a sommelier in a restaurant is to serve this wine Joel	$400 [18] These arachnids differ from true spiders by the extreme length & thinness of their legs Daddy Longlegs Joel	$500 [24] Kipling said, "He travels the fastest who travels" this way alone Ed	$400 [9] This mixture of apples, nuts, celery & mayonnaise was named for a hotel Waldorf Salad Ed	$400 [4] He earned the nickname "Hero of Mobile Bay" in the Civil War Admiral David Farragut
$500 [23] This western branch of the Appalachians runs from north central Penn. through Md., Va. & W. Va. Alleghenies Anne	$500 [30] If you hired an expert in drayage, you needed this done having something moved (or hauled by cart in the old days) Ed	$500 [25] Surprisingly, the white, or beluga, species of this mammal can be found in the St. Lawrence River whale Ed	DD $900 [13] Advised not to be a lawyer, as the profession was overcrowded, D. Webster said, "There is always room" here at the top Ed	$500 [10] The "court" variety of this is a stock in which fish are poached & can contain herbs & vegetables bouillon Ed	$500 [5] This producer of "Hello, Dolly!" has been called "The Barnum of Broadway Producers" David Merrick Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS OF THE '80S	SWITZERLAND	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	CINEMA	MYTHS & LEGENDS	ART & DESIGN
$200 [1] Wess Roberts called his 1989 guide to success "Leadership Secrets Of" this Hun Attila Ed	$200 [2] Although Switzerland has 4 national languages, 70% of the population speaks this one German Ed	$200 [3] The tea thrown overboard into Boston Harbor in 1773 belonged to this British company East India Company Ed	$200 [4] 1 of the 2 Bogart movies with "Sierra" in their titles High Sierra & Treasure of the Sierra Madre Joel	$200 [9] According to Collier's Encyclopedia, this son of Cronus had more than 3 dozen kids Zeus Ed	$200 [18] This "new" art style was popular in France just before art deco art nouveau Ed
$600 [15] Robert D. Parker's "Poodle Springs" is based on this author's unfinished Philip Marlowe novel Raymond Chandler Joel	$400 [22] This is compulsory for all men between the ages of 20 & 50 military service Ed	$400 [21] In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" Thomas Paine Ed	$400 [5] This '84 film about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge was finally shown in a Cambodian theater in 1989 The Killing Fields Joel	$400 [10] This Greek god lived with his wife, Amphitrite, in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea Poseidon Joel Anne Ed	$400 [19] A walkway or porch with a roof supported by columns, it's featured in Greek architecture portico Anne
$800 [16] Tom Wolfe has described this book of his as "A 'Vanity Fair' written 150 years later" Bonfire of the Vanities Anne	DD $1,000 [23] This white star-shaped flower is Switzerland's national flower Edelweiss Ed	$600 [24] In 1780 & '81 this general commanded Britain's forces in the southern colonies Lord Cornwallis Joel	$600 [6] The Horse of a Different Color in this film was actually 6 different horses colored with Jell-O powder The Wizard of Oz Ed	$600 [11] Born from the blood of Uranus, they punish those who escape punishment the Furies Ed	$600 [20] This name refers to any depiction of the Virgin holding the dead Christ, not just Michelangelo's sculpture Pieta Ed
DD $1,000 [14] John Gregory Dunne's '89 memoir, "Harp", details his search for his ancestral roots in this country Ireland Anne	—	$800 [25] On the night of April 18, 1775, he & Paul Revere rode the countryside warning of the Redcoats' advance William Dawes	$800 [7] In "The Road to Utopia", Bob Hope acted macho by saying, "I'll take lemonade - - in" one of these a dirty glass Ed	$800 [12] Among Hercules' teachers were these twins who taught him horsemanship & boxing Castor & Pollux Anne	$800 [27] A praying desk with a knee bench, its name means "Pray God" prie-dieu Anne
$1,000 [17] "The Noose of Laurels" concludes that neither of these rivals reached the North Pole Frederick Cook & Robert Peary Ed	—	$1,000 [26] In 1774 the 1st Continental Congress convened at this Philadelphia building, not Independence Hall Carpenters' Hall	$1,000 [8] Near the end of this 1959 Hitchcock film, Martin Landau falls off Mount Rushmore North By Northwest Joel	$1,000 [13] The Romans worshipped this huntress in a grove south of Rome Diana Anne	$1,000 [28] Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe & Philip Johnson designed this NYC skyscraper named for a liquor company Seagram's Building/Tower Ed

Final Jeopardy!

MONEY

Country whose basic monetary unit is the Balboa

Panama

Joel "What is Portugal" — wagered $3,700

Anne "What is Phil...." — wagered $5,700

Ed "What is Panama?" — wagered $3,701

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