Show #2371 1994-12-19 (taped 1994-09-21) Regular

Contestants

Frank Patrick — an industrial engineer from Hillsborough, New Jersey

Lena Nowak — a proofreader from Chicago, Illinois

Steve Angelo — a CPA originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $400 $3,700 $9,000 $8,199
2nd place: Kingsdown sleep set + Pacific Coast down comforter
$11,100
30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Lena $1,200 $1,100 $4,900 $9,001
New champion: $9,001
$4,900
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Frank $1,500 $2,300 $1,700 $900
3rd place: Armitron watches
$1,700
10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY AMERICA PRO FOOTBALL TRAVEL & TOURISM MUSICAL TERMS NUTRITION QUOTABLE QUOTES
$100 [19]
In 1954 a Chevrolet Sport Coupe became the 50 millionth car to roll off this company's assembly line
General Motors
Lena
$100 [14]
In 1937 the Boston Redskins moved their franchise to this city
Washington
Steve
$100 [1]
A replica of this ship is docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts
the Mayflower
Steve
$100 [3]
It's the kind of singing produced by an adult male in a higher than normal register
falsetto
Lena
$100 [11]
When raw, the whites of these contain avidin, a substance that blocks biotin absorption
eggs
Lena
$100 [25]
Fred Allen called this medium "radio fluoroscoped"
television
Steve
$200 [20]
In March 1963, after more than 50 years in operation, the prison on this California island closed
Alcatraz
Steve
$200 [15]
On March 29, 1994, Jimmy Johnson resigned as coach of this team; he was replaced by Barry Switzer
the Dallas Cowboys
Steve
$200 [2]
A 180-acre bird sanctuary named for this cereal pioneer is adjacent to Gull Lake near Battle Creek, Michigan
Kellogg
Frank
$200 [7]
Most symphonies are broken down into 4 of these shorter units
movements
Frank
$200 [12]
Cashews & avocados contain mostly the monounsaturated type of this
fat
Frank
$200 [26]
Bartlett's says the slogan "Today is the first day of the rest of" this originated in the 1970s
the rest of your life
Steve
$300 [21]
When completed in 1913, the NYC skyscraper built by this dime store magnate was the tallest in the world
the Woolworth Building
Lena Frank
$300 [16]
It's the only NFL team whose insignia depicts an aircraft
the New York Jets
Steve
$300 [4]
While visiting this state, be sure to see the Indian cliff dwellings near Blanding, Kanab & Moab
Utah
Lena
$300 [8]
Don't worry if you don't know this term for a strip of metal on a guitar's fingerboard
a fret
Steve Lena
$300 [13]
Phosphorus & calcium are the most plentiful of these inorganic substances that are 4% of body weight
minerals
Steve
$300 [27]
Ralph Waldo Emerson called it "the surest poison", but others say it's "of the essence"
time
Steve
$400 [22]
In 1993 8 names were added to this memorial, bringing the total to 58,191
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Steve
$400 [17]
1 of 3 San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks named NFL player of the year by the Associated Press
(1 of) Joe Montana (Steve Young & John Brodie)
Steve
DD $400 [5]
You'll find 73 golf courses in the area around this South Carolina "Beach"
Myrtle Beach
Lena
$400 [9]
The name of this percussion instrument is German for "play of bells"
a glockenspiel
Frank
$400 [24]
Large, complex protein molecules are made up of smaller units called these
amino acids
Steve
$400 [28]
The historian Cornelius Tacitus said these beings "are on the side of the stronger"
the gods
Lena
$500 [23]
In 1960 Del Webb opened the first of these retirement towns just outside of Phoenix
Sun City
Lena
$500 [18]
This man coached the Chicago Bears for 40 years--4 non-consecutive 10-year periods
George Halas
Steve
$500 [6]
The Oklahoma cities of Duncan, Waurika & Kingfisher have museum displays on this cattle trail
the Chisholm Trail
Frank
$500 [10]
In musical notation, this is a curved line grouping notes & indicating they're played together smoothly
a slur
$500 [30]
There are 3 major types of these nutrients: starches, sugars & cellulose
carbohydrates
Frank
$500 [29]
Euripides advised "Waste not fresh" ones of these "over old griefs"
tears
Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES ENGLISH LIT. WORLD GEOGRAPHY ACTORS & THEIR ROLES ANIMALS THE MACCABEES
$200 [1]
She was Honorary Chairman of the Georgia Special Olympics from 1971 to 1975
Rosalynn Carter
Steve
$200 [7]
This author created the Houyhnhnms, talking horses who consider Gulliver their inferior
(Jonathan) Swift
Lena
$200 [13]
In 1902 the first Aswan Dam was completed on this river
the Nile
Steve
$200 [4]
This comedienne & her daughter Melissa played themselves in the biographical TV movie "Tears and Laughter"
Joan Rivers
Steve
$200 [19]
The "Spectacled" type of this snake has markings on it hood that resemble a pair of spectacles
a cobra
Frank
$200 [23]
The Maccabees went to war after Antiochus rededicated the temple in Jerusalem to this chief Greek god
Zeus
Steve
$400 [2]
In 1933 she graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Liberal Arts
Lady Bird Johnson
Lena
$400 [9]
He told us "How the Leopard Got His Spots" in one of his "Just So Stories"
Kipling
Steve
$400 [14]
This mountainous region of Germany was named for the dark fir & spruce trees that cover it
the Black Forest
Steve
$400 [8]
This talk show hostess was praised for her acting in the 1986 film "Native Son"
Oprah Winfrey
Steve
$400 [20]
Sadly, the Javan species of this horned mammal is almost extinct
the rhino (rhinoceros)
Steve
$400 [24]
This Jewish holiday is also known as the Feast of the Maccabees
Hanukkah
$600 [3]
In 1809 she became the 1st first lady to attend her husband's inauguration
Dolley Madison
Frank
$600 [10]
This lord's poem "The Prisoner of Chillon" is based on the 16th C. imprisonment of Francois de Bonnivard
Byron
Steve
$600 [15]
St. Croix, St. Thomas & St. John are depicted on the seal of this island group
the Virgin Islands
Frank
$600 [18]
Robert Donat & Richard Chamberlain both played Edmond Dantes in film versions of this Dumas novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Steve Lena
$600 [21]
For a golden hamster, it's 15 to 18 days, for a North American porcupine, 210 to 217 days
the gestation period
Steve
$600 [25]
In "The City of God", he wrote that the church preserved the 4 books of the Maccabees as martyr tales
St. Augustine
$1,000 [6]
Some people called her Flossie, a nickname for her given name, Florence
Mrs. Harding
Steve
$800 [11]
The epigraph to his novel "Howards End" expresses his personal motto, "Only Connect"
E.M. Forster
Steve
$800 [16]
The boroughs of Brooklyn & Queens are separated from Manhattan by this river
the East River
Steve
$800 [27]
"Music Man" played by Robert Preston in Meredith Willson's 1957 musical
Harold Hill
Lena
$1,000 [29]
This 2-humped camel has a longer coat than the dromedary
a bactrian camel
Lena
$800 [26]
This king of Judea at Jesus' birth was a Jew; a Maccabee priest had forced his people to convert
King Herod
Steve
DD $1,100 [5]
Surprisingly, she allowed wine to be served at an 1877 White House dinner for 2 Russian grand dukes
(Lemonade) Lucy Hayes
Steve
$1,000 [12]
It's believed that he began writing his unfinished dream-poem "The House of Fame" in the 1370s
Geoffrey Chaucer
Frank
$1,000 [17]
Cities located on the banks of this river include Bismarck, Omaha & Kansas City
the Missouri River
Steve Lena
$1,000 [28]
He played Janet Leigh's lover in "Psycho" before he became U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
John Gavin
Lena Frank
DD $2,400 [22]
The Maori gave this small flightless bird it name, an imitation of its call
the kiwi
Steve
$1,000 [30]
This son of Mattathias was the first to be given the title of Maccabee
Judas

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN ARTISTS

His "Triple Self-Portrait" was put on a 29¢ stamp in 1994

Norman Rockwell

Frank "Who is Stuart?" — wagered $800
Lena "Who is Norman Rockwell?" — wagered $4,101
Steve "Who was Warhol?" — wagered $801

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