Show #1744 1992-03-12 (taped 1991-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Gail Greene — a book editor from New York City, New York

Matt DiBiase — an archive technician from Delran, New Jersey

Al Levy — an engineer originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Al $1,000 $2,200 $9,100 $14,401
2-day champion: $24,602
$8,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Matt $800 $1,900 $7,200 $14,400
2nd place: Trip to Calgary, Canada
$7,900
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Gail $1,200 $1,300 $1,100 $2,100
3rd place: Cazal sunglasses & sport systems
$1,300
9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

1892 HERBS & SPICES FAMOUS ALS MIAMI MOOSE POTPOURRI CARS
$100 [6]
The Illinois legislature made the anniversary of his birth, February 12, a holiday
Abraham Lincoln
Al
$100 [9]
This sweet red spice is prominent in French as well as Hungarian cuisine
paprika
Gail
$100 [1]
He played a cop in "Serpico" & a crook in "Scarface"
Al Pacino
Al
$100 [16]
In 1987 this NFL team moved from the Orange Bowl to Joe Robbie Stadium
Miami Dolphins
Matt
$100 [21]
They can span 6 1/2 feet, weigh up to 100 pounds & are often covered in velvet
antlers
Gail
$300 [28]
An Oldsmobile that can be "Ciera" or "Supreme", or a sword once swung by sailors
Cutlass
Al
$200 [7]
The final edition of his "Leaves of Grass" was published
Walt Whitman
Al
$200 [10]
The seeds of this herb of the parsley family are used to make a type of kosher pickle
dill
Al
$200 [2]
In April 1986 his vault helped vault Geraldo Rivera to his own talk show
Al Capone
Gail
$200 [17]
Public transportation in Miami is controlled by this county's board of commissioners
Dade County
Al
$200 [22]
Mr. Moose is featured on this kids' show with another animal in the title
Captain Kangaroo
Al Matt
$400 [27]
A Plymouth, or the intersection of the earth & sky
Horizon
Al
$300 [8]
This beetle, later to devastate the cotton crop, was first seen in Texas
boll weevil
Gail
$300 [13]
Take this "wise" advice--don't forget to include this herb in the stuffing for your turkey
sage
Gail
$300 [3]
He ran on the 1928 Democratic ticket as the 1st major candidate for pres. who was Roman Catholic
Al Smith
Al
$300 [18]
Miami's name comes from an Indian word meaning "big water" which may refer to this lake
Lake Okeechobee
Matt
$300 [23]
This state's Kenai Municipal Airport has ordered new security gates to keep moose out
Alaska
$500 [26]
A Suzuki, or a "fast" bird that roosts in chimneys
Swift
$400 [11]
This future Spanish "Caudillo" was born in El Ferrol, Galicia on December 4
Francisco Franco
Al Matt
DD $300 [15]
Sometimes used to flavor vinegar, this herb is essential to bearnaise sauce
tarragon
Gail
$400 [4]
This reverend was stabbed January 12, 1991 during a demonstration in Bensonhurst, New York
Al Sharpton
Matt
$400 [19]
The northern part of this bay forms Miami's harbor
Biscayne Bay
Matt
$400 [24]
He starred in 4 of the Top 10 videos on the Billboard Video Sales chart the week ending April 6, 1991
Bullwinkle
$500 [12]
Harry Dacre's song "Daisy Bell" cashed in on the popularity of this new pastime
bicycle riding
Gail
$400 [14]
The scarlet, lacy covering of the nutmeg provides this spice
mace
$500 [5]
The Al associated with the catch phrase "You ain't heard nothin' yet"
Al Jolson
Al Gail
$500 [20]
Miami was founded in 1870 on the site of Fort Dallas, which was built during this war in 1835
the Seminole War
Matt
$500 [25]
It's the third largest city in Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Al

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICIANS BIOLOGY ANDREW CARNEGIE LITERATURE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD NOTORIOUS
$200 [9]
In 1829 he resigned as Tennessee governor; 7 years later he became president of Texas
Sam Houston
Al
$200 [13]
Humans have 23 pairs of these per cell, corn has 10 & the fruit fly 4
chromosomes
Matt
$200 [21]
Feeling philanthropic & philharmonic, he helped purchase over 7500 of these for churches
organs
Al
$200 [1]
T.H. White wrote about these 6-inch tall Jonathan Swift creatures in "Mistress Masham's Repose"
Lilliputians
Al
$200 [4]
This principality on the French Riviera is only about 3/4 of a square mile in area
Monaco
Al
$200 [16]
The Spanish name for this site of a former federal prison means "island of the pelicans"
Alcatraz
Matt
$400 [10]
Nicknamed "Scoop", this Democrat represented Washington state in the U.S. Senate for 30 years
Henry Jackson
Al
$400 [15]
In ruminants such as cattle, the abomasum is the fourth chamber of this organ
stomach
Matt
$400 [24]
Carnegie & his corporation spent some $56 million to build over 2500 of these, free for public use
libraries
Matt
$400 [2]
He continued the story of "Kidnapped" in his 1893 book "Catriona"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Al
$400 [5]
The name of this country bordering Iraq comes from "kut", the Arabic word for fort
Kuwait
Al
$400 [17]
Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee, stole this painting in 1911 & kept it for 2 years
the "Mona Lisa"
Matt
$800 [12]
This Colorado congresswoman is her state's senior member in the House of Representatives
Patricia Schroeder
Gail
$600 [22]
The eardrum, about 2/5 inch in diameter, is also known as this membrane
tympanic membrane
Al
$600 [25]
The Carnegie Museum displays the Diplodocus carnegii, a specimen of one of these
dinosaur
Matt
$600 [3]
In a DuBose Heyward novel, Crown kills a dice player & this title character kills Crown
Porgy
$600 [6]
With U.S. recognition, Panama declared its independence from this country in 1903
Colombia
Matt
$600 [18]
In 1926, 2 people died in California searching for this allegedly kidnapped evangelist
Aimee Semple McPherson
Matt
$1,000 [14]
This Ohio Republican was co-author of a 1947 act which set up controls over labor unions
Robert Taft
Al
$800 [23]
It's the branch of biology that studies the development of organisms from fertilization to birth
embryology
Matt Gail
$800 [26]
In 1967 the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with this institute
Mellon
Al
$800 [28]
In a novel by this author, Maggie Verver buys the title object, a flawed golden bowl
Henry James
DD $700 [8]
It's the largest country in area & population in southeast Asia
Indonesia
Matt
$800 [19]
In 1978 robbers took $5.85 million in cash & jewelry from this German airline at JFK Airport
Lufthansa
Gail
DD $1,500 [11]
After serving as Richard Nixon's campaign manager in 1968, he was appointed attorney general in 1969
John Mitchell
Al
$1,000 [27]
Digestive juices secreted by the pancreas pass through a duct into this part of the small intestine
duodenum
$1,000 [30]
A foundation was set up in 1905 to furnish pensions for members of this profession
teachers
Gail
$1,000 [29]
Apollyon is called a "foul fiend" in this author's "The Pilgrim's Progress"
John Bunyan
Al
$800 [7]
In 1991 King Hassan II celebrated 30 years on the throne of this African country
Morocco
Matt
$1,000 [20]
Meyer Lansky tried to emigrate to this country in 1970 but was refused permanent sanctuary
Israel
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

In 1789, while commander of Paris' National Guard, he saved Marie Antoinette from a mob that invaded Versailles

Marquis de Lafayette

Gail "Who was Lafayette" — wagered $1,000
Matt "Who is Lafayette?" — wagered $7,200
Al "Who was Lafayette?" — wagered $5,301

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