Show #1880 1992-11-06 (taped 1992-08-18) Regular

Tom Nosek game 4.

Contestants

Jay Jurkowitz — a neurologist originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania

Mike Horner — a music agent originally from Washington, D.C.

Tom Nosek — an aerospace engineer originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $43,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$800	$2,800	$10,700	$15,420 4-day champion: $59,220	$10,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Mike	$700	$500	$7,700	$100 2nd place: a trip on TWA to San Francisco & stay at Savoy Hotel	$7,700 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jay	$1,100	$1,300	$3,500	$0 3rd place: Hartco solid oak parquet floor tile + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune for Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Geneis	$3,500 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS GEMINIS	COOKING	ANIMAL GROUPS	EUROPEAN HISTORY	MOVIE MISSES	CALL ME "MR."
$100 [11] This author was born May 22, 1859, so you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce that he was a Gemini Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mike	$100 [30] To make a Charlotte Russe, line your mold with these cakes named for "feminine digits" ladyfingers Tom	$100 [6] A group of pups; people often choose the runt of it litter Jay	$100 [1] Under this empire, Spain was part of the province of Hispania Roman Jay	$100 [21] She's the miss in the title of the film that won "Best Picture" March 26, 1990 Daisy Jay	$100 [16] In the first message sent by telephone, Alexander Graham Bell told this assistant to "Come here" Mr. Watson Tom Jay
$200 [12] Since Gemini is an air sign, it's fitting that this Gemini wrote "Blowin' in the Wind" Bob Dylan Tom	$200 [26] A dish described as a la nicoise is prepared in the style of this city Nice Mike	$200 [7] A rafter of these birds is sold every November turkeys Tom	$200 [2] The Congress of Vienna gave this country 3 more cantons that had been under French control Switzerland Tom	$200 [22] In a 1982 film she was Miss Mona, owner & operator of the Chicken Ranch Dolly Parton Mike	$200 [17] He owned the vegetable garden invaded by Peter Rabbit Mr. McGregor Tom Mike
$300 [13] This British consort is a Gemini, as was his great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria Prince Philip Tom	$300 [27] If a recipe tells you to cook potatoes in these, it means in their skins, not in little coats jackets	$300 [8] A convocation is a group of these national symbols eagle Mike	$300 [3] Britain captured this strategic Iberian promontory in 1704 Gibraltar Mike	$300 [23] In this 1969 film Maggie Smith held sway over a group of schoolgirls in Edinburgh The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Mike	$300 [18] He first asked women not to squeeze the Charmin in a mid-'60s commercial shot in Flushing, N.Y. Mr. Whipple Mike
$400 [14] Louisiana observes this Gemini president's birthday as Confederate Memorial Day Jefferson Davis Jay	$400 [29] These peas with a "wintry" name are often found in Chinese dishes snow peas Tom	$400 [9] This group of frog relatives has a unusual term—knot toads Tom	$400 [4] In June 1791 this king fled but was caught at Varennes & returned to Paris Louis XVI Jay	$400 [24] In a 1953 remake of "Rain", Rita Hayworth played this title "Miss" Miss Sadie Thompson	$400 [19] Robert Taft's longtime advocacy of conservative policies earned him this nickname Mr. Republican Tom Jay
$500 [15] The Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo had this Gemini man on his case as his lawyer F. Lee Bailey Mike	$500 [28] This expensive yellow spice is a key ingredient in risotto alla Milanese saffron Tom	$500 [10] It's the group term common to bees & eels swarm Tom	DD $500 [5] In 1965 he succeeded Gheorghiu-Dej as head of the Romanian communist party (Nicolae) Ceaușescu Jay	$500 [25] In a 1989 film Holly Hunter entered a contest on the Fourth of July to try to win this title Miss Firecracker Mike	$500 [20] In books by J.P. Marquand, he was Japan's number one secret agent Mr. Moto Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	ISLANDS	SICKNESS & HEALTH	WEATHER	INDUSTRIAL DESIGN	PULITZER PRIZES
$200 [2] This country's 1988 bicentennial celebration was protested by the Aborigines Australia Jay	$200 [16] Some 17th century maps show this Massachusetts island as Martin's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard Jay	$200 [3] Discovered in 1928, it was the first antibiotic penicillin Tom	$200 [1] The largest one of these in the U.S. was 17 1/2" in circumference & fell near Coffeeville, Kansas, in 1970 hailstone Tom Jay	$200 [21] The personal computer designed by Steven Jobs & Steve Wozniak was the cornerstone of this company Apple Jay	$200 [26] In 1975 this "Doonesbury" creator won the Pulitzer for Editorial Cartooning (Garry) Trudeau Mike
$400 [4] In 1975 his son Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo succeeded him as head of Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek Jay	$400 [17] Unalaska is the second-largest island of this chain Aleutians Tom	$400 [5] The "A" form of this inflammation of the liver is usually caused by contaminated food & water hepatitis Mike	$400 [9] Air pressure is measured by a vacuum chamber, not mercury, in the aneroid type of this instrument barometer Tom	$400 [22] For a while, Studebaker & this bus company left the designing to Raymond Loewy Greyhound	$400 [27] "The Fate of Liberty", a book about this 19th century president & civil liberties, won the 1992 prize for History Lincoln Jay
$600 [10] In 1990 he became chancellor of the united Germany (Helmut) Kohl Tom	$600 [18] At the time of Alfred Dreyfus' imprisonment on this island off French Guiana, it was virtually uninhabited Devil's Island Mike	$600 [6] In 1991 this bacterial infection of the small intestine caused over 2,000 deaths in Peru cholera Mike	$600 [13] In 1964 photographs of hurricane Cleo were taken by Nimbus I, a new generation of this weather satellite Mike	$600 [23] In 1934 Walter Teague designed the Baby Brownie, one of these simple-to-use items camera Mike	$600 [28] Author & humorist Dave Barry won the 1988 prize for Commentary for this Florida paper Miami Herald
$800 [11] In 1972 he became the first American world chess champion Fischer Tom	$800 [19] Discovered by James Cook on the eve of December 25, 1777, this island became part of Kiribati in 1979 Christmas Island Mike	$800 [7] Measles is known medically as rubeola, German measles as this rubella Mike	$800 [14] Light winds occur in these "latitudes" between the prevailing westerlies & the trade winds horse latitudes Mike	$800 [24] From the Greek for "work", it's the science of designing work-place furniture to reduce operator fatigue ergonomics Tom	$800 [29] According to the title, it was the "Subject" of Frank Gilroy's 1964 Pulitzer-winning play Roses Mike
$1,000 [12] In 1956 this Italian liner sank after being rammed by the Stockholm, a Swedish liner Andrea Doria Tom	$1,000 [20] Viti Levu is the largest of the more than 300 islands which make up this country in the South Pacific Fiji Tom	DD $1,000 [8] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system, is also called this Lou Gehrig's Disease Mike	$1,000 [15] Used to measure wind speed, it usually has 3 or 4 cups which rotate on a spindle anemometer Tom	DD $1,500 [25] This Bauhaus founder is called "The Father of Industrial Design" (Walter) Gropius Tom	$1,000 [30] In 1983 this N.Y. Times columnist won a Pulitzer for his autobiography "Growing Up" (Russell) Baker Jay

Final Jeopardy!

OPERETTAS

Sigmund Romberg wrote the music for this 1926 operetta inspired by an Arab revolt in French Morocco

The Desert Song

Jay "What is The Gypsy Baron" — wagered $3,500

Mike "What is Naughty Marietta" — wagered $7,600

Tom "What is The Desert Song?" — wagered $4,720

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