Show #1524 1991-03-28 (taped 1991-01-30) Regular

Tom Halpern game 5.

Contestants

Jeff Demmin — an engineer from San Jose, California

Anne Eskridge — a child care administrator originally from Mobile, Alabama

Tom Halpern — a researcher and writer from New York City, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $48,802)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,000	$2,600	$8,400	$14,800 5-day champion: + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$8,400 16 R, 0 W
Anne	$400	$1,200	$7,400	$200 3rd place: Magnavox Movie Maker camcorder + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$7,700 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff	$500	$2,400	$4,700	$7,400 2nd place: 7-day Norwegian Cruise Line trip to the Caribbean + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$6,200 19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"IN" CITIES	FOOD	ANIMALS	DISNEY SONGS	ORGANIZATIONS	O. HENRY
$100 [1] This resort city in Austria's Tirol is the northern gateway to the Brenner Pass in the Alps Innsbruck Anne	$100 [11] Vitello tonnato is cold veal with a sauce made of this fish tuna Anne	$100 [6] As a warning before striking, these snakes will generally raise their hoods cobra Anne	$100 [22] Peggy Lee co-wrote the song "He's a Tramp" for this film & she sang it, too Lady and the Tramp Anne	$100 [14] For 40 years Jerry Lewis has been chairman of & a spokesman for this association Muscular Dystrophy Association Anne	$100 [16] O. Henry set many of his stories in this city, which he called Bagdad-on-the-Subway New York City Jeff
$200 [2] This Kansas City suburb was the starting point for the Oregon, Santa Fe & California Trails Independence Tom	$200 [12] A relative of the wild cavy, this laboratory animal is the national dish of Ecuador guinea pig Jeff	$200 [7] While it can mean any small horse, it's usually one under 58 inches tall pony Anne	$200 [23] A song from "Peter Pan" advises, "Never Smile at" one of these big reptiles Crocodile Jeff	$200 [24] If you're a Brownie or Daisy, you belong to this organization Girl Scouts Tom	$200 [17] The story "The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball" contains quotes from the "Rubaiyat of" this author Omar Khayyam Jeff
$300 [3] The headquarters for the American Legion is located in this state capital Indianapolis Jeff	$300 [13] The tandoor in which tandoori chicken is made is this type of cooking device oven Tom	$300 [8] This Tibetan dog breed may have developed from the Pekingese & the Lhasa apso shih tzu	$300 [28] "Biddle-Dee-Dee" is a song from "Toby Tyler" & "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" is a song from this film Cinderella	$300 [25] The oldest humane society in the U.S. is the ASPCA which stands for this American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Jeff	$300 [18] Many consider "The Ransom of" this person his funniest story Red Chief Jeff
$400 [4] This Swiss resort town is so named because it's located between 2 lakes Interlaken Jeff	$400 [15] A frequent ingredient in gravy, this term refers to the heart, gizzard, etc. of fowl giblets Jeff	$400 [9] An ibis is a bird & an ibex is a wild one of these goat Anne	$400 [29] The 1951 film that features the song "Painting the Roses Red" & "March of the Cards" Alice in Wonderland Anne	$400 [26] National records for shooting competitions are kept by this organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. National Rifle Association (NRA) Tom	$400 [19] O. Henry's original middle name, some say it begins with "Si" but others spell it "Sy" Sydney Jeff
$500 [5] Some say Macbeth murdered Duncan in a castle near this Scottish city Inverness Tom	$500 [21] Named for a village near Milan, this is the foremost blue cheese Gorgonzola Anne	DD $500 [10] This rodent's name is derived from the Latin for "sleep" dormouse Anne	$500 [30] King Louie the orangutan sings "I Wanna Be Like You" to Mowgli in this film The Jungle Book Tom	$500 [27] The 1977 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to this organization, devoted to helping prisoners of conscience Amnesty International Tom	$500 [20] The walrus & the carpenter could tell you O. Henry's first book was called "Cabbages and" these Kings Anne

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY SETTINGS	ISLANDS	GEMS & JEWELRY	AMERICAN HISTORY	MONEY	-OLOGIES
$200 [1] His 1949 novel about a missionary, "The God-Seeker", is set in Minn.; so is his "Main Street" Sinclair Lewis Jeff	$200 [2] While in this island country south of India, visit the gem mines near Ratnapura Sri Lanka Jeff	$200 [26] The Black Prince's ruby on the British crown isn't a real ruby but a spinel of this color red Jeff	$200 [7] Legend says her late husband's uncle was 1 of the men who asked her to sew the first U.S. flag Betsy Ross Jeff	$200 [21] An 1864 2-cent piece was the first U.S. coin to bear this motto In God We Trust Tom	$200 [12] Petrology & mineralogy are both branches of this science geology Jeff
$400 [17] In Twain's novel, the prince and the pauper are born in this city on the same day London Anne	$400 [3] This British colony lies about 600 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Bermuda Jeff	$400 [27] Legend says Cleopatra once dropped 2 of these mollusk gems in wine or vinegar & drank them pearls Jeff	$400 [8] She was 80 when she retired as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900 Susan B. Anthony Tom	$400 [22] This structure first appeared on the back of the penny in 1959 Lincoln Memorial Tom	$400 [13] It can mean the expression of religious belief, as well as the study & description of God theology Tom
$600 [18] Eudora Welty's novel "Delta Wedding" takes place in this state in the early 1920s Mississippi Anne	$600 [4] So. Pacific island named after the Latin name for Scotland because it resembled that country New Caledonia Jeff	$600 [28] All diamonds consist of this element carbon Anne	$600 [9] Pierre Laclede, the founder of St. Louis, was a merchant from this city downriver New Orleans Tom	$600 [23] In the early 1800s, this country's dollar or piece of eight was the main currency in the U.S. Spain Anne	$600 [14] From the Greek for "blood" comes this term for the study of blood & its diseases hematology Anne
DD $1,000 [19] Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy about this capital of his homeland has been called a "monumental masterwork" Cairo Anne	$800 [5] In 1635 France claimed this Caribbean island & built a settlement at St. Pierre Martinique Anne	$800 [29] In the 1950s a bust of Pres. Eisenhower was carved from a 2,097-carat "star" one of these sapphire Tom	$800 [10] She was born in 1587 to an English settler named Ananias & a governor's daughter named Ellinor Virginia Dare Jeff	$800 [24] Dies for all U.S. coins are made at the mint in this city Philadelphia Jeff	$800 [15] As your local druggist can tell you, it's the study of drugs & their effects pharmacology Anne
$1,000 [20] In this Agatha Christie novel, 10 guests are enticed to a mysterious house party on Indian Island And Then There Were None* ( Ten Little Indians** ) Tom Jeff	$1,000 [6] Kharg Island, this country's major offshore oil terminal, was seriously damaged in the 1980s war Iran Tom	$1,000 [30] The belief that these gems are unlucky may derive from a Sir Walter Scott novel, "Anne of Geierstein" opals Anne	DD $1,500 [11] He was the only president born in Delaware--Delaware, Ohio, that is--& he won by just 1 electoral vote Rutherford B. Hayes Jeff	$1,000 [25] The U.S. Treasury building appears on the reverse side of this bill ten-dollar bill Tom	$1,000 [16] It's the science of poisonous substances & their effects toxicology Anne

Final Jeopardy!

PROVERBS

It's sometimes completed with "but satisfaction brought it back"

Curiosity killed the cat

Jeff "What is "Curiosity killed the cat"" — wagered $2,700

Anne "What is disappointment?" — wagered $7,200

Tom "What is Curiosity killed the cat?" — wagered $6,400

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