Show #1877 1992-11-03 (taped 1992-08-18) Regular

Tom Nosek game 1.

Contestants

Adele Ziminski — a freelance writer from New York City, New York

Tom Nosek — an aerospace engineer originally from Chicago, Illinois

Robin Nystrom — a director of marketing from Oak Park, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,901)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Robin	$0	$3,200	$5,000	$5,000 3rd place: Gruen Curvex watches	$7,000 23 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Tom	$1,000	$1,700	$8,800	$11,300 New champion: $11,300	$7,200 18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Adele	$-500	$1,200	$5,600	$11,200 2nd place: a trip to Colony ski retreat in Denver	$5,600 13 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AWARDS	MAINE	SAUCES	1776	THE COMICS	REMOVED
$100 [1] Each year since 1960 he has issued his worst dressed list (Mr.) Blackwell Tom	$100 [9] About 90% of Maine's over 2-billion-pound crop of this is grown in Aroostook County potatoes Tom	$100 [12] Many cooks make bechamel sauce with milk, but if you're not dieting you can add the "heavy" type of this cream Robin	$100 [2] On July 6 the Pennsylvania Evening Post devoted much of its 4-page issue to this document the Declaration of Independence Tom	$100 [21] With over 2,000 newspapers in 68 countries, this Charles Schulz strip is the most widely syndicated Peanuts Tom	$100 [17] For this Jewish holiday, all the leavened bread must be removed from the house Passover Robin Adele
$200 [7] In 1987 John Hillerman won an Emmy for his role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III in this TV series Magnum P.I. Robin	$200 [22] About half of state residents who were not born in the U.S. were born in this country Canada Robin Tom	$200 [13] Roasted wheat or barley goes into this dark sauce that's ubiquitous in Japanese restaurants soy sauce Robin	$200 [3] After crossing this river on Christmas night, George Washington surprised the Hessians at Trenton the Delaware River Tom	$200 [24] This cop's associates have included Sam Catchem, Pat Patton & Lizz the policewoman Dick Tracy Robin	$200 [18] More than 99.5% of this must be removed from milk for it to be called skim milk fat Adele
$300 [8] A medal honoring contributions in telecommunications is named for this Scottish-American inventor (Alexander Graham) Bell Robin Adele	$300 [28] In 1991 President Bush's vacation house in this town was damaged by an extra- tropical storm Kennebunkport Adele	$300 [14] This fish or the paste made from it is one of the ingredients in remoulade sauce anchovy Robin	$300 [4] In March this state set up an independent government with John Rutledge as president in Charleston South Carolina Robin Adele	$300 [25] This Walt Kelly strip began as a comic book feature, "Bumbazine and Albert the Alligator" Pogo Adele	$300 [19] McFarlane Labs in Australia is reportedly using shark bile to eliminate this teenage problem acne Tom
$400 [10] Mike Nichols' 1967 Oscar was awarded for directing this film The Graduate Robin	$400 [29] Vikings led by this man probably visited Maine about 1000 A.D. Leif Ericson Robin	$400 [15] To make sauce andalouse, combine mayonnaise with this red puree tomato sauce Robin	DD $500 [5] On December 5, at the College of William and Mary, this first fraternity was founded Phi Beta Kappa Tom	$400 [26] This "horrible" Viking character created by Dik Browne first appeared in February 1973 Hagar the Horrible Robin	$400 [20] In Japan these items of clothing are commonly removed to keep the tatami clean & protected shoes Robin
$500 [11] This guitarist's "Breezin'" LP won a 1976 Grammy for Best-Engineered Recording George Benson	$500 [30] Mount Desert is not a desert but Maine's largest one of these an island Tom	$500 [16] Cresson is the French word for this salad green which is finely chopped for sauce au cresson watercress Adele	$500 [6] In July this English captain set out on his final voyage, this time to find the Northwest Passage Captain Cook Adele	$500 [27] This title character created by Lee Falk is known as "The Ghost Who Walks" The Phantom Robin	$500 [23] Between 1803 & 1812, many fine marbles were removed from Athens by Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of this Elgin Adele

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTURE	OPERA	FOREIGN HOLIDAYS	FLOWERS	CHIEF JUSTICES	POETRY
$200 [15] This city's Seagram Building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe & Philip Johnson in the 1950s New York Tom	$200 [10] On December 24, 1871 this opera premiered in Cairo, Egypt Aida Robin	$200 [20] This nation observes Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on October 2 India Robin	$200 [7] The 1st planting of this flower in Holland reportedly occurred at the University of Leiden in 1593 tulips Robin	$200 [5] After 17 years as Chief Justice, he stepped down in 1986 Burger Tom	$200 [28] In a William Blake poem, this animal was "burning bright in the forests of the night" the tiger Robin
$400 [16] In 1887 he designed his 1st building while working for Joseph Lyman Silsbee in Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright Robin	$400 [4] To save her husband, Florestan, Leonore disguises herself as this young man in a Beethoven opera Fidelio Tom	$400 [21] Philippine-American Friendship Day is observed on this day the U.S. celebrates its independence Fourth of July Tom	$400 [8] This flower was discovered in the mountains of Mexico in the 16th C. & named for botanist Andreas Dahl Dahlia Tom	$400 [6] In January 1801 this Secretary of State was appointed Chief Justice by president John Adams (John) Marshall Robin Tom	$400 [30] His poem "Starting from Paumanok" first appeared in "Leaves of Grass" under the title "Proto-Leaf" Walt Whitman Adele
$600 [17] It's the more common name for tall casement windows, from the country where they were developed French windows Adele	$600 [3] This hunchback is the Duke of Mantua's court jester Rigoletto Adele	$600 [22] In Hong Kong, as in Great Britain, the day after Christmas is called this Boxing Day Adele	$600 [11] The Damask variety of this flower yields attar, an essential oil used in perfumes roses Robin	$600 [9] As Chief Justice, this ex-president was responsible for Congress' approval of a new Supreme Court building Taft Adele	$600 [26] Rudyard Kipling wrote of being "On the road to" this city, "Where the flyin' fishes play" Mandalay Robin
$800 [18] The Baroque style of architecture began in this European capital city in the early 1600s Rome Robin	$800 [2] The tenor aria "Vesti La Giubba" is one of the highlights of Act I in this 1892 opera Pagliacci Adele	$800 [23] Celebrated in early fall, Choo Suk is the Thanksgiving of the southern part of this country Korea Robin	$800 [12] Also called the yellow daisy, it's Maryland's state flower black-eyed Susan Tom	$800 [13] Before being named to the court in 1971, he served as an assistant Attorney General (William) Rehnquist Tom	$800 [27] This poet lived most of his life with an unrequited love for Irish patriot Maude Gonne (William Butler) Yeats Tom
$1,000 [25] It's a support built against a Gothic structure's outer wall a flying buttress (or a buttress) Adele	$1,000 [1] The title of this farcical Mozart opera loosely translates to "all women act like that" Cosi Fan Tutte Adele	$1,000 [24] This founder of modern Turkey is memorialized on November 10 Ataturk Tom	$1,000 [19] It's the floral emblem of Japan's imperial family the chrysanthemum Robin	DD $2,500 [14] He wrote the opinion in the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Earl Warren Tom	DD $2,000 [29] Robert Frost ended this poem with "Good fences make good neighbors" “Mending Wall” Robin

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY

His left arm is buried at Ellwood Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia

Stonewall Jackson

Robin "Who is Stonewall Jackson" — wagered $0

Adele "Who was Stonewall Jackson?" — wagered $5,600

Tom "Who is Stonewall Jackson" — wagered $2,500

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