Show #1308 1990-04-18 (taped 1989-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Bette Greenfield — a travel agency owner from Morristown, New Jersey

Dave McCarthy — a lawyer from Chicago, Illinois

Liz Barnea — a librarian from Billings, Montana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Liz	$300	$1,300	$3,100	$4,700 2-day champion: $15,700	$4,100 13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Dave	$2,000	$2,800	$3,800	$1,399 2nd place: Merillat shelving system & Emerson VCR	$3,800 21 R, 5 W
Bette	$100	$-300	$2,300	$1 3rd place: Landes silver coffee & tea set	$3,800 9 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

1962	ANTIQUES	THEATER	TECHNOLOGY	PEOPLE	THE MIDWEST
$100 [17] Rumors surfaced among Cubans in America that this premier had remarried, but they've never been confirmed Fidel Castro Bette	$100 [19] An ornamental suspension over a bed, it was originally an emblem of privilege & rank a canopy Dave	$100 [3] Chekhov uncle whose last line is "Oh, if you only knew how my heart aches!" Uncle Vanya Liz	$100 [16] In 1981 this company introduced the PC, its first home computer IBM Liz	$100 [11] With plans uncertain, he told his E Street Band that they could pursue other projects Bruce Springsteen Bette	$100 [1] John Ehrlichman coined the expression "It'll play in" this Illinois city Peoria Liz
$300 [24] Pope John XXIII opened this historic meeting in St. Peter's Basilica on October 11 the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) Dave	$200 [20] Cast iron, which is cast in a mold, antedates this type of iron, which is formed & worked by hand wrought iron (or forged iron) Dave	$200 [7] "Toys in the Attic" & "A Streetcar Named Desire" are both set in this city New Orleans Bette	$200 [21] This Italian city, known for its flooding, plans to build sea gates to control flow from the Adriatic Venice Dave	$200 [12] In October 1989 someone socked this Ohio senator in the jaw during a TV interview John Glenn Liz	$200 [2] Sojourner Truth died in her house on College Street in this "cereal" city Battle Creek, Michigan Dave Bette
$400 [25] On July 3 Charles De Gaulle proclaimed the independence of this African country Algeria Bette	$300 [28] What you would keep in a small glass-topped display case called a "bijouterie" jewelry Dave	$300 [8] In the 1800s side whiskers were called "Dundrearies", for a character in this play seen by Lincoln Our American Cousin Bette	$300 [22] The Museum of Broadcasting is transferring masters of all its shows from analog videotape to this type digital tape Dave	$300 [13] In 1989 this 88-year-old British novelist dictated her 500th novel, "Spirit of Love" Dame Barbara Cartland Dave	$300 [4] This city's Red Stockings were the first baseball team to receive salaries Cincinnati Dave Bette
DD $500 [18] Ittopped the pop charts in the summer of '62: "The Stripper" (by David Rose) Bette	—	$400 [9] This Shaw play is set in the 15th century during the Hundred Years' War St. Joan Dave	$400 [23] The USSR lost contact with its Phobos 2 craft before it landed on Phobos, a moon of this planet Mars Liz Bette	$400 [14] In "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", this former SCLC head wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Ralph Abernathy Dave	$400 [5] Minnesota city that's home to the world famous Mayo Clinic Rochester Liz
$500 [26] There were requiems for this author of "Requiem for a Nun" after he died July 6 William Faulkner Liz	—	$500 [10] Nationality of the playwright who wrote "Becket" & "The Waltz of the Toreadors" French (Jean Anouilh) Liz	$500 [27] A semiconductor diode is the most common of these devices that convert A.C. to D.C. rectifiers	$500 [15] He was extradited from Switzerland to the U.S. to face charges he aided the Marcoses Adnan Khashoggi Dave	$500 [6] You can see rock formations called Devil's Elbow & Fat Man's Misery in this state's "Dells" Wisconsin Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	CATS	ENGLISH LITERATURE	COLLEGE NICKNAMES	PERFUME	THE MIDEAST
$200 [1] This cemetery on the Potomac is on land originally part of Martha Washington's estate Arlington National Cemetery Dave	$200 [26] This short-haired Asian breed with almond-shaped eyes was introduced to the West in the 1880s Siamese Dave	$200 [19] Dickens' boy who was sold by the orphanage after asking for a second bowl of porridge Oliver Twist Liz	$200 [6] Appropriately, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice uses this droopy-eared dog as its nickname bloodhounds Dave	$200 [14] Perfumes from this country include Innisfree, Connemara & Eire Ireland Dave	$200 [9] Nomadic people whose name is Arabic for "desert dweller" bedouins Dave
$400 [2] In 1634 the first English settlers in this colony founded the city of St. Mary's Maryland Dave	$400 [27] Considered evil in the Middle Ages, many cats were killed, which may have led to this scourge the Black Death Dave	$400 [20] The "Elizabethan" literature of Elizabeth I's reign was followed by the "Jacobean", named for this king James I Liz	$400 [7] This Georgetown University nickname comes from a Latin phrase meaning "What Rocks!" Hoyas Dave	$400 [17] The name of this Nina Ricci perfume is French for "The Air of Time" L'air du temps Dave	$400 [10] This Mideastern nation has the largest number of proven oil reserves by far Saudi Arabia Liz
$600 [3] Henry Flagler, a founder of Miami, was one of the original stockholders in this Ohio-based oil company Standard Oil Dave	—	$600 [21] Creature who "With eyes of flame, came whiffling thru the tulgey wood and burbled as it came!" the Jabberwock Dave	$600 [8] Stanford's singular nickname comes not from a bird or religious rank but from this red color cardinal Liz	$600 [18] A light summer fabric, or the summery Estee Lauder perfume you might wear with it White Linen Liz Dave	$600 [11] Its president & vice president are the emir, or prince, of Abu Dhabi & the emir of Dubai United Arab Emirates Liz
$800 [4] Term used to describe white Southerners who joined with carpetbaggers during Reconstruction Scalawags	—	DD $1,000 [22] The "wind" that Shelley calls "Thou breath of autumn's being" The West Wind Liz	$800 [15] Florida State's nickname is the Seminoles & the University of Florida's is this the Gators Bette	$800 [24] The perfume named for this Monegasque made its debut in October 1989 Princess Stephanie of Monaco	$800 [12] More than a million pilgrims travel to Mecca each year for this great pilgrimage the Hajj Bette
$1,000 [5] The Papago & Pima Indians were early residents of what is now this state Arizona	—	$1,000 [23] Neoclassical twosome who published their essays in "The Tatler" & "The Spectator" Addison & Steele Bette	$1,000 [16] This university's Blue Devils nickname was derived from an elite French Alpine fighting unit of WWI Duke Dave	$1,000 [25] This perfume by Cher was mistakenly given a 1989 Fifi Award when judged in the wrong price range Uninhibited Bette	DD $1,000 [13] The name of this small oil-rich state at the head of the Persian Gulf means "little fort" Kuwait Bette

Final Jeopardy!

13-LETTER WORDS

Word meaning "immeasurably small"; its first 8 letters are a word meaning "immeasurably great"

infinitesimal

Bette "What is" — wagered $2,299

Liz "What is infinitesimal?" — wagered $1,600

Dave "What is infinitessimal?" — wagered $2,401

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