Show #1339 1990-05-31 (taped 1990-01-29) Regular

Contestants

Mark Saltzman — a writer from New York City, New York

Tom Stimson — an attorney from El Cerrito, California

Mike Clark — a writer from Ventura, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,901)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$1,400	$2,500	$3,700	$0 3rd place: Olympus Infinity Twin 35 mm camera	$2,500 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Tom	$2,100	$3,300	$9,300	$8,399 New champion: $8,399	$9,300 22 R, 1 W
Mark	$700	$300	$5,100	$50 2nd place: Emerson 20" TV/VCR combo	$5,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD NEWS	BOTTOMS UP	"PEN" PALS	AUSTRIA	HOLLYWOOD QUOTES	STOP
$100 [1] On March 26, 1989 the people of this country voted in their freest elections since 1917 Soviet Union Tom	$100 [26] "Hour" or so before dinner when people in a bar enjoy a cocktail or 2 for the price of 1 Happy Hour Mark	$100 [21] The 2 words preceding "Pound foolish" Penny Wise Mark	$100 [6] In order to gain independence in 1955, Austria agreed to observe this type of foreign policy Neutrality Tom	$100 [12] Life quoted her, "It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters" Vanna White Mike	$100 [11] The closing off of a port by hostile ships to stop supplies from coming in to their enemy Blockade Mike
$200 [2] The EC's culture czar fears too much TV from this country could cause "cultural suicide" in Europe USA Mike	$200 [27] According to Larousse Gastronomique, it should be stored at 54 degrees Fahrenheit White Wine Mike	$200 [22] Without government authorization, Andrew Jackson seized this Fla. city from Spain on Nov. 7, 1817 Pensacola Tom	$200 [7] The president is head of state while the person holding this official title is head of the government Chancellor Tom	$200 [13] Star of "She Done Him Wrong" who said, "I'm a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it." Mae West Tom	$200 [14] A stoppage in your drain, or a dance done with heavy shoes Clog Tom
$300 [3] Congress talked about cutting aid to this country after 6 Jesuit priests were killed in '89 El Salvador Mike	$300 [28] This nonalcoholic bloody mary is sometimes called a "bloody shame" Virgin Mary Tom	$300 [23] In Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Icarius & the wife of Odysseus Penelope Tom	$300 [8] Austria's basic unit of currency, it sounds just like an obsolete coin in Britain Schilling Mike	$300 [17] He said, ".... I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions." Bert Lahr Mark	$300 [15] A temporary expedient is this type of measure Stopgap Tom
$400 [4] It gained independence from France in 1962; now a new constitution allows multiple political parties Algeria	$400 [29] Called "The green muse", this powerful liqueur is the 1st potent potable listed in Larousse Gastronomique Absinthe Mike	$400 [24] Next to last Penultimate Mark	$400 [9] In his childhood, Franz Schubert sang with the Imperial Court Chapel Choir, which is now known as this The Vienna Boys' Choir Mike	$400 [18] The famous report on his first screen test said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances." Fred Astaire Tom	$400 [16] It's a work stoppage unauthorized by a labor union Wildcat Strike Mark
$500 [5] It has Europe's fastest growing economy & has been called the continent's "Sun Belt" Spain Tom	$500 [30] Now nearly obsolete, porter is intermediate between ale & this darker British brew Stout Mike	DD $1,500 [25] In 1955 this group had its only Top 40 hit with the following song:("Earth Angel, Earth Angel, will you be mine...") The Penguins Mark	$500 [10] The Bundesrat & the Nationalrat aren't Austria's mascots but these Houses of Parliament Tom	$500 [19] Christopher Plummer said, "Working with her is like being hit over the head with a Valentine's card." Julie Andrews	$500 [20] Term for a town at which trains stopped only if signaled Whistle Stop Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	OPERA CHARACTERS	PHYSICS	ART	WASHINGTON, D.C.	LITERATURE
$200 [2] After meeting this rival liberator in 1822, San Martin left South America Simon Bolivar Mark	$200 [1] His son, Nanki-Poo, poses as a minstrel & later weds Yum-Yum The Mikado Tom	$200 [16] A unit of wave frequency defined as 1 cycle per second, or a car rental company Hertz Mike	$200 [25] A recent show of her works at the Whitney Museum included bronzes of her art made before she was Mrs. John Lennon Yoko Ono Mark	$200 [9] The city's planner, Pierre L' Enfant, called this hill "A pedestal waiting for a monument" Capitol Hill Tom	$200 [18] "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die" is from this Tennyson poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" Mike
$400 [5] In 1616 Dutch explorer Willem Schouten rounded this cape that he named for his home town Cape Horn Tom	$400 [3] In "The Ring of the Nibelung", Siegfried braved a ring of fire to save this goddess Brunhilde Mark	$400 [17] While processing pitchblende, a uranium ore, Marie & Pierre Curie & G. DeMont discovered this element Radium Mark	$600 [24] Jean Arp coined this term to describe the non-mobile works of Alexander Calder Stabiles Tom	$400 [10] This little park, named for a French nobleman, faces the White House across Pennsylvania Ave. Lafayette Park/Square Mark	$400 [19] The 1956 novel "Compulsion" was based on the story of this duo defended by Darrow Leopold & Loeb Tom Mark
$600 [6] The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland was established on the first day of this century 19th Century	$600 [4] He was the crippled 12-year-old title character in the first opera written for television Amahl Tom	$600 [28] The curved path along which a planet travels under the influence of a gravitational field Orbit Tom	$800 [26] One of Goya's works depicts this father of Jupiter "devouring his children" Saturn Mike Mark	$600 [13] The National Zoological park is a unit of this Smithsonian Institution Mike	$600 [20] Chingachgook became the last of the Mohicans when this man, his son, died Uncas
$800 [7] In 1901 the U.S. made this island a virtual protectorate Cuba Mike Tom	$800 [11] They were the son & daughter of Peter, a poor broom maker & his wife, Gertrude Hansel & Gretel Mike	$800 [29] Speaking of this device, Archimedes said, "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth." Fulcrum & Lever Mark	$1,000 [27] Also known as "Beaubourg", the Paris Center for the Contemporary Art is named after this French president Georges Pompidou Tom Mark	$1,000 [15] Massachusetts Avenue is noted for more of them than any other street Embassies Tom	$800 [21] This Oliver Goldsmith play is subtitled "The Mistakes of the Night" "She Stoops to Conquer" Mark
$1,000 [8] After this mutiny failed in 1858, the last Mogul emperor of India was exiled to Burma Sepoy Rebellion Tom	$1,000 [12] At the end of "I Pagliacci", this clown stabs his wife, Nedda, & her lover, Silvio Canio	$1,000 [30] The measure of a body's inertia is technically known as this Mass Mike	DD $2,000 [23] Back in 1961 his "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer" brought a record price of $2.3 million Rembrandt Mark	DD $2,000 [14] The basement of this building at 511 10th St. NW houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia Ford's Theater Mike	$1,000 [22] He wrote "Penrod", "Penrod and Son" & "Penrod Jashber" Booth Tarkington Mark

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY

It's the southernmost independent country in the world

Chile (which goes down around Tierra Del Fuego & sweeps a little south of Argentina)

Mike "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $3,700

Mark "What is Argentina?" — wagered $5,050

Tom "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $901

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