Show #2080 1993-09-24 (taped 1993-07-26) Regular

Contestants

Ferris Fletcher — a psychologist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Don Smolen — a securities trader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dave Osborne — a television production assistant from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,500	$2,500	$5,300	$1 3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate & Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune for SNES and Sega Genesis	$5,300 17 R, 1 W
Don	$300	$700	$3,500	$100 2nd place: trip on Delta to Washington, D.C. & stay at Loews L'Enfant Plaza	$6,000 14 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Ferris	$1,400	$1,900	$11,400	$10,800 New champion: $10,800	$10,300 21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

1967	TV ROLES	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	STORMS	RED-LETTER DAYS	OKLAHOMA
$100 [6] On February 2 Walt Disney Productions announced plans to build a glass-domed city in this state Florida Dave	$100 [1] George Russell, Barnaby Jones & Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen Dave	$100 [14] To make him a real hip dude, Mattel has added one of these to the Ken doll's head earring	$100 [25] The name of this storm comes from the Latin tonare, "to thunder" & tornare, "to turn" tornado Don	$100 [11] File this: These office workers are honored with a special day on or around April 25 secretaries Ferris	$100 [19] You can see these pumps operating around the grounds of the state capitol oil pumps Dave
$200 [7] An August 16 editorial in Pravda called for the overthrow of this Chinese party chairman Mao Tse-tung Ferris	$200 [2] Sally Burton, Sister Bertrille & Gidget Sally Field Dave	$200 [15] In 1993 this spray lubricant turned as old as the number in its name—40 WD-40 Dave	$200 [26] A cyclone in the northern hemisphere usually turns in this direction counterclockwise Dave	$200 [12] It's how we usually refer to June 6, 1944 D-Day Dave Ferris	$200 [20] It's the scissor-tailed flycatcher state bird Don
$300 [8] On March 7 this Teamsters president began an 8-year jail sentence Jimmy Hoffa Dave	$300 [3] Amanda Cartwright, Dorothy Zbornak & Maude Findlay Beatrice Arthur Dave	$300 [18] In 1853 Henry Lomb joined this man to found an optical company (John Jacob) Bausch Dave	$300 [27] For 1993 in the Atlantic, names proposed for these include Arlene, Bret & Cindy hurricanes Don	$300 [13] Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of this Atonement Don	$300 [21] The state didn't repeal this until 1959, years after the USA's 18th amendment was repealed prohibition Don
$400 [9] Lester Pearson, this country's PM, wrote an article on its centennial for an encyclopedia yearbook Canada Dave Ferris	$400 [4] Jim Sinclair, Jason McCord & Lucas McMcMcin Chuck Connors Ferris	$400 [23] The novel "Love Over Good" is based on the brewing romance in this coffee's commercial Taster's Choice Don	$400 [28] In severe storms these can be the size of baseballs hailstones Dave	$400 [16] In 1990 festivities for the 20th anniversary of this day included litter clearing & recycling drives Earth Day Don	$400 [22] In 1907 the Oklahoma Territory & this Territory joined to become a state Indian Territory
$500 [10] On May 19 U.S. planes bombed the center of this capital city for the first time Hanoi Ferris	$500 [5] Jill Danko, Sabrina Duncan & Amanda King Kate Jackson Dave	DD $500 [24] Hilton is this state's largest private employer Nevada Don	$500 [29] This begins with a stepped leader that extends down from a cloud lightning Ferris	$500 [17] It's the day on which a particular saint is honored; St. Luke's is October 18 feast day	$500 [30] This president's saddle is on display at the Woolaroc Museum north of Tulsa Teddy Roosevelt

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTISTS	NOVELS	WORLD CITIES	COOKING TERMS	HISTORIC QUOTATIONS	OKLAHOMA!
$200 [1] In 1883 this telephone inventor founded the magazine Science (Alexander Graham) Bell Dave	$200 [22] George Orwell set this 1949 novel only 35 years in the future 1984 Dave	$200 [15] The Banqueting House is almost all that remains of this city's Whitehall Palace London Ferris	$200 [8] When you fillet something, you remove these bones Don	$200 [21] In 1862 he told the Confederates, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted" Grant Ferris	$200 [2] The first professional song Richard Rodgers wrote with this man was used in "Oklahoma!" (Oscar) Hammerstein Ferris
$400 [4] From 1592 to 1610, he served as professor of mathematics at the University of Padua Galileo Ferris	$400 [27] The narrator of this Mark Twain novel mistakes Camelot for Bridgeport, Connecticut A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Ferris	$400 [16] A Venezuelan ciudad on the Orinoco was named after this South American revolutionary leader Bolivar Ferris	$400 [9] Meuniere, which most often applies to fish, means fried in this butter Ferris	$400 [23] British duke who wrote, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won" Wellington Don	$400 [3] The show tried out in 1943 under this title; Jackie Gleason later used it as an exit line following "And" Away We Go Don
$600 [13] He discovered that harmful bacteria in wine could be destroyed by heating it to high temperatures (Louis) Pasteur Don	$600 [28] Katherine Anne Porter titled part II of this novel "High Sea" Ship of Fools Don	$600 [17] A major tourist attraction in this city is the 100-foot-high statue of Christ the Redeemer on Mount Corcovado Rio de Janeiro Ferris	$800 [11] It means to cover fruit or vegetables with boiling water to whiten them or to remove the skin blanche Don	$600 [24] About the 1871 NYC elections, he said, "As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?" (Boss) Tweed Dave	$600 [5] In the Danish production, this opening number translated to "Aah, Sikken' Morgen Saa Dejlig" "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" Ferris
$800 [14] To map the world, this Flemish geographer devised the projection that's named for him Mercator Ferris	$800 [29] This "Sister Carrie" author wrote 3 novels about Anne Frank Cowperwood, an unscrupulous financier (Theodore) Dreiser Ferris	$800 [18] The Gulistan Palace in this capital houses the jeweled Peacock Throne of Fath Ali Shah Tehran Don	$1,000 [12] It's to pinch or press the edges of a pie crust together to seal the dough crimp Don	$800 [25] In January 1981 this Secretary of State designate said, "There are worse things than war" (Alexander) Haig Dave	$800 [6] In a 1955 production in Paris, Jack Cassidy played Curly to this future wife's Laurey Shirley Jones Ferris
$1,000 [20] In 1847 she became the first person to discover a comet by telescope Maria Mitchell	$1,000 [30] St. Peter appears as a character in this 1896 novel that's set in ancient Rome & has a Latin title Quo Vadis Ferris	DD $2,000 [19] Once a private estate, it became capital of the Philippines in 1948 but was replaced by Manila in 1976 Quezon City Don	DD $1,700 [10] Lyonnaise, as in Lyonnaise potatoes, means cooked or garnished with these onions Ferris	$1,000 [26] Samuel Johnson is quoted as saying, "Patriotism is the last refuge of" one of these scoundrel Dave	$1,000 [7] This choreographer's dances were used in the film version as well as on the stage Agnes de Mille Ferris

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE NEWS

On St. Patrick's Day in 1993, she was appointed ambassador to Ireland

Jean Kennedy Smith

Don "Who is Rose Kennedy" — wagered $3,400

Dave "Who is Kennedy" — wagered $5,299

Ferris "Who is Courteney Kennedy?" — wagered $600

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