Show #1359 1990-06-28 (taped 1990-02-12) Regular

Dan Katz game 3.

Contestants

Lesley Berger — a writer originally from New York City

Randy Pierce — a teacher from St. Louis, Missouri

Dan Katz — an attorney originally from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dan	$1,000	$3,400	$4,200	$5,801 3-day champion: $26,002	$5,200 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Randy	$300	$1,000	$2,600	$5,195 2nd place: trip on Malaysia Airline & stay at Mandarin Singapore + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$2,300 13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Lesley	$600	$1,100	$2,900	$0 3rd place: Smith Corona PWP7000 laptop word processor & printer + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$2,900 9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	TOYS & GAMES	ANTARCTICA	FAMOUS COUPLES	POTPOURRI	EDIBLE ANAGRAMS
$100 [8] This city was incorporated May 3, 1802, its mayor to be appointed by the president Washington, D.C. Randy	$100 [1] Corporal Dave Breger gave this name to a soldier in a comic strip he did for "Yank" in 1942 G.I. Joe Lesley	$100 [22] The mountains of the Antarctic peninsula seem to be a continuation of this South American range Andes Dan	$100 [13] She married & divorced ex-child star Jackie Coogan & bandleader Harry James Betty Grable	$100 [18] This aviator's boyhood home is in Little Falls, Minnesota, though his spirit may be in St. Louis Charles Lindbergh Randy	$100 [6] Eating these onion relatives might keep you looking sleek leeks (from sleek) Lesley
$200 [9] He was our vice president just before George Bush held that post Mondale Dan	$200 [2] It's how you erase the picture you've just drawn on your Etch-a-Sketch by shaking it (& turning it upside down) Dan Lesley	$200 [27] They pop out of the eggs at Cape Royds, the world's southernmost rookery penguins Dan	$200 [14] His former wife, Brett Somers, played his ex-wife on "The Odd Couple" Jack Klugman Dan	$200 [23] Victoria University is in Ontario while the University of Victoria is in this Canadian province British Columbia Dan	$200 [7] I have maps showing me where to buy this canned meat Spam (from maps) Randy
$300 [19] Though his ship was sunk, John Paul Jones captured Britain's Serapis & took it to this country China Randy	$300 [3] Billed as the "royal game of India", it was 1st played by a ruler who used real people as pawns Parcheesi Dan Lesley	$300 [28] The treaty the U.S. signed in 1959 banning this in Antarctica expired in 1989 nuclear testing (territorial claims) Dan	$300 [15] This "Cosby" co-star's husband, singer Lenny Kravitz, released his first record album in 1989 Lisa Bonet Dan	$300 [24] "Raging Bull" whose ex-wife, Vikki, sells her own brand of face cream & wrinkle smoother Jake LaMotta Dan	$300 [10] Ron said this meat is viler than brains liver (from viler) Lesley
$500 [21] On April 7, 1922 the Mammoth Oil Company was granted a lease on these naval oil reserves Teapot Dome	$400 [4] Number of wickets used in American croquet 9	$400 [29] The 2 continents that are smaller than Antarctica Europe & Australia Dan	$400 [16] In 1989 in Paris this director secretly married Emmanuelle Seigner, who was in his film "Frantic" (Roman) Polanski Dan	$400 [25] He was captured by Indians while exploring the Chickahominy River in 1607 John Smith Dan Randy	$400 [11] A "round elf" might enjoy a fillet of this fish flounder (from round elf) Dan
DD $700 [20] It's to whom Patrick Henry gave his "Liberty or Death" speech Virginia House of Burgesses (Virginia legislature) Randy	$500 [5] This points & blots game is the only 1 Hoyle wrote of in 1743 for which his strategies are not obsolete backgammon	$500 [30] The largest animal found naturally on the continent is this type of seal elephant seal	$500 [17] In private life she's Mrs. Laurence Luckinbill Lucie Arnaz Dan	$500 [26] In early 1989 Time described this woman's hairdo as "trademark Mary Tyler Moore flip" Marilyn Quayle Lesley	$500 [12] If "mice race" around your kitchen, they might be looking for this to eat ice cream (from mice race)

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLANTS	MUSIC	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	THE BIBLE	WORLD CITIES	NAME THE AUTHOR
$200 [19] Some species of this giant grass grow as much as 21 feet in a week bamboo Randy	$200 [9] Note in the tonic sol-fa scale, it's a name I call myself mi Randy	$200 [10] Headquarters of Bank of America, this Calif. city is considered the financial capital of the west San Francisco Randy	$200 [23] Before becoming an apostle, Peter was engaged in this profession fisherman Dan	$200 [1] The name of this city on the Arno River comes from a Latin word meaning "flourishing' Florence Lesley	$200 [3] "I am sure the grapes are sour." Aesop Randy
$400 [20] This yellow-flowered lawn weed contains a substance that can be used a laxative dandelion Dan	$400 [17] The William Tell Overture contains a ranz de vache, a Swiss alphorn melody used to call these cows Lesley	$400 [13] This Italian gunmaker has licensed its name to Chevy for use on a sports car Beretta Randy	$400 [24] For 43 years Nebuchadnezzar ruled his empire from this city on the Euphrates Babylon Dan	$400 [5] Except for Peter II, all Russian czars from Peter the Great to Alexander III are buried here Leningrad Randy	$400 [2] "Iam Heathcliff." Emily Brontë
—	$600 [18] The death of his mother inspired Brahms to compose this A German Requiem Randy Lesley	$600 [14] The Forbes 400 list attributes Frank Perdue's fortune to these chickens Randy	$600 [25] In the days of Elijah, Samaria was the capital of Israel & Jerusalem was capital of this country Judah (Judea)	$600 [6] In January 1943 FDR & Churchill met for a conference at Anfa, a suburb of this Moroccan city Casablanca Dan	$600 [4] "A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Arthur Miller Randy
—	$800 [21] Sebastien Érard's 19th c. invention of the double escapement made it possible to play rapid notes on this piano	$800 [15] In December 1989 this Swedish automaker, not Volvo, agreed to sell GM 50% of its carmaking operations Saab Lesley	$800 [26] The book of Romans quotes God as saying this "is mine; I will repay" vengeance Randy	$800 [11] The cultural center of Moorish Spain until 1248, a Muslim minaret is part of its famous cathedral Seville	DD $1,000 [7] "In the affluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities." John Kenneth Galbraith Dan
—	$1,000 [22] A chorale prelude is a piece written for this instrument organ	$1,000 [16] With his dept. stores heavily in debt, this Canadian put Bloomingdale's up for sale in January 1990 (Robert) Campeau Lesley	$1,000 [27] Tradition holds that 70 men worked on this first Greek Old Testament translation Septuagint	$1,000 [12] Basra was this country's 2nd largest city until war reduced its population from 1 million to 300,000 Iraq Randy	$1,000 [8] "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this any more." (Paddy) Chayefsky Dan

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

In 1988 Nevada was the only state to offer this choice on the ballot, & 6,934 people took it

none of the above (no preference)

Randy "What is no preference" — wagered $2,595

Lesley "What is to writein a" — wagered $2,900

Dan "What was "none of the above"" — wagered $1,601

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