Show #1320 1990-05-04 (taped 1989-12-11) Regular

Contestants

Michelle Collier — an office account manager from New York City, New York

Brenda Bright — a homemaker originally from Washington, D.C.

Paula Massengale — a bookkeeper from San Antonio, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $50,901)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paula	$1,300	$1,800	$5,400	$0 3rd place: Ashley Oak Contemporary Table	$5,400 15 R, 1 W
Brenda	$1,200	$2,600	$6,200	$1,400 2nd place: Seragraph & Ricoh Mirai 135mm Zoom Camera	$6,200 20 R, 2 W
Michelle	$1,600	$2,600	$8,300	$6,201 New champion: $6,201	$8,900 21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LITERATURE	AMERICAN HISTORY	NAMES THAT ARE VERBS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	IRON	CURTAINS
$100 [12] Li Po, who lived over 1,000 years ago, was one of this country's greatest poets China Michelle	$100 [4] 3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this Department of State Michelle	$100 [1] Silent screen cowboy Tom, or what many people do at cocktail parties Mix Paula	$100 [18] JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus University of Michigan Paula	$100 [11] It's also called the Drinker Respirator, after Philip Drinker, who invented it Iron Lung Brenda	$100 [26] The appearance of a performer at the end of a show in response to applause Curtain Call Michelle
$200 [13] "Shadows On The Grass" is a collection of African vignettes by this Danish baroness Isak Dinesen Paula	$200 [5] He died in 1804 the day after his duel with Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton Michelle	$200 [2] Mr. Martindale, or what he might do if he likes you Wink Paula	$200 [19] Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow Georgia Tech Brenda	$200 [17] The iron first used by man was probably taken from these that fell to Earth Meteors/meteorites Brenda	$200 [27] 1939 movie that included the line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...." The Wizard of Oz Brenda
$300 [14] In German, the title of this Thomas Mann novella is "Der Tod in Venedig" "Death In Venice" Paula	$300 [6] In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million Armed Forces/Servicemen & women Michelle	$300 [3] Mr. Owens, or what his horse might do to throw him Buck Brenda	$300 [20] Tulane & Loyola, both on St. Charles Ave. in this city, are an average of 4 feet below sea level New Orleans Brenda	$300 [23] Spike-lined medieval torture device that had a deadly hug Iron Maiden Michelle	$300 [28] Game show that asked "Would you like the box or what's behind the curtain Carol's pointing to?" Let's Make A Deal Michelle
$400 [15] Virginia Woolf wrote about one "of one's own"; E.M. Forster wrote about one "with a view" Room Brenda	$400 [7] In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body U.S. Senate Brenda	$400 [9] E. Howard, or what he'd do stalking game Hunt Michelle	$400 [21] McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the "Harvard of the North" Montreal Michelle	$400 [24] Most iron ore is reduced to pig iron in this type of furnace Blast Furnace Michelle	$400 [29] Song that begins "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain" "My Way" Paula
$500 [16] Nationality of the woman who created Hans Brinker American (Mary Mapes Dodge) Paula Michelle	$500 [8] After the original 13 colonies, this was the first state to enter the Union Vermont Paula	$500 [10] TV "Avenger" Emma, or what she could do in a burlesque show Peel Paula	DD $500 [22] This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne Purdue Michelle	$500 [25] By definition, steel is an alloy of iron & this element Carbon	$500 [30] This popular detective died in the 1975 best seller "Curtain" Hercule Poirot Brenda

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE RENAISSANCE	IN THE NEWS	ENGLAND	ODDS & ENDS	PLANTS & TREES	EPITAPHS
$200 [1] In the beginning of the 17th C. the "." & the "x" were introduced as signs for this & both are still used today Multiplication Paula	$200 [3] Garry Kasparov recently beat a computer program, Deep Thought, in a game of this Chess Michelle	$200 [11] Legendary tax protester whose real name was probably Godgifu, meaning "Gift of God" Lady Godiva Brenda	$200 [16] Chapultepec Park, 1st used by Aztec emperors, is the largest park in this Latin American capital Mexico City Paula	$200 [26] 2 varieties of this desert plant are named for holidays: Christmas & Easter Cactus Brenda	$200 [21] "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last!" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brenda
$400 [2] Philologists of the Renaissance most commonly studied these 2 classical languages Greek & Latin Brenda	$400 [7] This evangelist who has personally preached to over 100 mil. now has his own star on Hollywood Blvd. Rev. Billy Graham Brenda	$400 [12] He's the primate of all England Archbishop of Canterbury Brenda	$400 [17] Drugs that the FDA approves as safe for self-medication are termed "OTC", which stands for this Over-the-Counter Michelle	$400 [27] Term for the cutting of plants & trees to enhance growth & improve appearance Pruning Paula	$400 [22] A statue at the Will Rogers Memorial bears this epitaph, his most famous line "I never met a man I didn't like" Brenda
DD $500 [5] The word "renaissance" comes from the Old French "renaistre", meaning to be this Reborn Michelle	$600 [8] Leftist guerrillas are in their 10th yr. of trying to overthrow this country's gov't now led by Alfredo Cristiani El Salvador Brenda	$600 [13] He's the patron saint of The Order of the Garter, the highest order of English knighthood St. George Michelle	$600 [18] The steel drum was developed in the 1940s in this Caribbean island nation near Venezuela Trinidad Michelle	$600 [28] It can mean any umbrella-shaped fungus or inedible mushroom Toadstool Paula	$600 [23] The epitaph on his footstone reads, "Truth & history. 21 men. The boy bandit king--he died as he lived." Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney) Paula
$600 [4] In 1414 the Council of Constance condemned Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for this "crime" Heresy Michelle	$800 [9] This oil company announced it is moving its hdqrs. from Rockefeller Center in NYC to Irving, Texas Exxon Michelle	DD $1,000 [14] The last of Henry VIII's children to rule England Queen Elizabeth I Michelle	$800 [19] This planet was named for the father of Saturn & the grandfather of Jupiter Uranus Paula	$800 [29] One way to recognize poison ivy is to know its leaves always come in clusters of this many 3 Paula	$800 [24] This New Englander's "I had a lover's quarrel with the world" is from his poem "The Lesson For Today" Robert Frost Brenda
$1,000 [6] Field in which Brunelleschi & Palladio worked during the Renaissance Architecture Brenda	$1,000 [10] Relics of this culture found at Nimrud in Iraq's Nineveh region were called the greatest find since King Tut Assyrian Brenda	$1,000 [15] Walter Tyler, who led a 1381 rebellion, was better known by this nickname "Wat" Tyler Michelle	$1,000 [20] Every 4 years Dixville Notch in upstate New Hampshire holds this distinction first primary voting for president of the U.S. Michelle	$1,000 [30] Spruces have drooping cones & angular leaves while these have upright cones & flat leaves firs Brenda Michelle	$1,000 [25] His tombstone says, "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever" Walter Reed Brenda

Final Jeopardy!

THE SENATE

The 2 astronauts who went on to become U.S. senators

John Glenn (Ohio) & Harrison Schmitt (New Mexico)

Paula "Who are Glenn & Collins" — wagered $5,400

Brenda "Who was J. Glenn and" — wagered $4,800

Michelle "Who are Glenn & Armstron" — wagered $2,099

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