Show #1540 1991-04-19 (taped 1991-02-13) Regular

Contestants

Jared Namenson — a headmaster from Berkeley, California

Bob Canter — a government relations representative from Martinez, California

David Combs — an electrical engineer from Long Beach, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$1,300	$1,600	$5,100	$5,400 3rd place: Empire Silver company silverware + Nintendo Entertainment System with games + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy	$6,600 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Bob	$1,000	$4,600	$8,800	$11,800 New champion: $11,800	$8,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jared	$1,400	$2,300	$5,700	$11,399 2nd place: a trip to Palm Springs & stay at Oasis Water Resort Villa Hotel & Eastpak bags	$7,300 16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	SECOND PLACE	THIRD WORLD	FOURTH ESTATE	FIFTH DIMENSION	SIXTH SENSE
$100 [2] Lady Bird Johnson was the 1st wife to hold this book while her husband took the oath of office the Bible David	$100 [10] Although this TV series was #1 for 4 straight years, it was edged out by "Roseanne" last season The Cosby Show Bob	$100 [22] In 1990 P.M. V.P. Singh's plan to reserve government jobs for low castes caused protests in this country India David	$100 [9] When big news broke people would "read all about it" in these special unscheduled editions extras Bob	$100 [15] Number 1 Hit that began, "Bill, I love you so, I always will..." "Wedding Bell Blues" Jared	$100 [1] Her predictions, including the JFK assassination, earned her the epithet "Seeress of Washington" Jeane Dixon Jared
$200 [4] Her daughter Julie called her "the most widely traveled First Lady in history" Pat Nixon Jared	$200 [11] Florida's second largest city, it's the southernmost major city in the continental U.S. Miami David	$200 [23] This country has had only 2 presidents: Sukarno & Suharto Indonesia Bob	$200 [27] To reduce newsgathering costs, in 1848 6 N.Y. papers established the agency that's now called this Associated Press (AP) David Jared	$200 [16] According to the title of the 1972 hit, it's when "I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" Last Night Jared	$200 [3] French for "seeing clearly", it's the ability to "see" or envision images & events clairvoyance Jared
$300 [5] George Cukor directed this future First Lady's MGM screen test Nancy Reagan David	$300 [12] As a college football player, this Supreme Court justice was 2nd in the 1937 Heisman Trophy balloting Byron White Bob	$300 [24] Rebel leader Prince Johnson captured & killed Samuel K. Doe, president of this country, in September 1990 Liberia David	$300 [28] A Hecht & MacArthur drama about newspaper pros, or where a banner headline flies The Front Page Bob	$300 [17] Group member who went on to host "Solid Gold" & in 1990 became the music reporter on "Preview" Marilyn McCoo Bob	$300 [6] Scientist Joseph Banks Rhine popularized this term for the sixth sense ESP (extrasensory perception) David
$400 [20] When she died in 1849, Zachary Taylor said, she was truly our First Lady for a half-century" Dolley Madison David Bob	$400 [13] Dallas-based firm that follows Motorola as America's largest producer of semiconductors Texas Instruments David	$400 [25] Octavio Paz, a poet from this North American country, won the 1990 Nobel Literature Prize Mexico Jared	$500 [30] The Deseret News is a daily owned by this church Mormon Bob	$400 [18] According to the title of a 1968 hit, the 5th Dimension went on a "Stoned Soul" one of these Picnic Bob	$400 [7] Also called mind-to-mind communication, it's the sending of thoughts from one person to another telepathy Jared
$500 [21] The low-cut necklines worn by this 19th century Kentuckian sometimes shocked people Mary Todd Lincoln	$500 [14] In 1988 his "Patriot Games" was The New York Times' 2nd best-selling paperback fiction book Tom Clancy Bob	$500 [26] Bhumibol Adulyadej, king of this Southeast Asian country, was born in Cambridge, Mass. Thailand David	DD $1,000 [29] Term for "to edit", from the writing instrument an editor traditionally uses to do it blue pencil Bob	$500 [19] Mode of transportation in their first Top 10 Hit balloon Bob	$500 [8] This southern seer, who died in 1945, was famous for making medical diagnoses while in a trance Edgar Cayce Jared

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES	MUSICAL THEATER	U.S. CITIES	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	SCIENCE & NATURE	LEFTOVERS
$200 [11] As Adrian IV, Nicholas Breakspear was the only Englishman to become this Pope David	$200 [21] Michael Bennett dedicated this show "to anyone who has ever danced in a chorus or marched in step" A Chorus Line David Bob	$200 [3] The oldest public building in Maryland is the Old Treasury in this capital Annapolis David	$200 [22] He's called the hero of the 1831 novel "Notre Dame de Paris" The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo) Bob	$200 [1] A concavo-convex is one of these that curves outward on one side & inward on the other lens David	$200 [10] Magician who invented a diver's suit with a quick-release mechanism Harry Houdini Bob
$400 [12] In German he's known as "Karl der Grosee", in Latin, as "Carolus Magnus" Charlemagne Jared	$400 [27] "Golden Rainbow", an adaptation of "A Hole in the Head", starred Steve Lawrence & this spouse Eydie Gormé Bob	$400 [6] In the 19th c. it boasted the world's tallest building; since 1973 it has done it again Chicago Bob	$400 [23] Jean Passepartout entered into his service at 11:29 a.m., Wednesday, October 2 Phileas Fogg David Bob	$400 [2] By definition nonferrous alloys do not contain this element iron Bob	$400 [17] Kemmons Wilson adopted the name of this hotel chain from a Bing Crosby movie Holiday Inn Bob
$600 [13] Known for his cruelty, Vlad the Impaler of Walachia became the source of this legend Dracula Bob	$600 [28] He wrote the songs for "My Fair Lady", "Camelot" & "Paint Your Wagon" (Alan Jay) Lerner Jared	$600 [7] This state & its largest city both begin with "Mi" Minnesota Jared	$800 [25] Character who gets kidnapped in Stevenson's "Kidnapped" David Balfour	$600 [4] Like fish, some fungi have openings called these gills David	$600 [18] In Holland Monopoly is played with guilders, in England, pounds & in Greece, these drachma Jared
$800 [14] The pharaoh of the biblical Exodus is believed to be this king who ruled until about 1224 B.C. Ramses (Ramses II) David	$1,000 [30] This composer's "Aspects of Love" is adapted from a novel by a member of the Bloomsbury Group Andrew Lloyd Webber	$800 [8] Claimed by Mass. but held on to by New Hampshire, it was named this in 1765 for the harmonious end of the dispute Concord Jared	$1,000 [26] Mr. Abel falls for Rima the Bird Girl in this William Henry Hudson novel Green Mansions Bob	$800 [5] It's the study of the propulsion & motion of projectiles ballistics Bob	$800 [19] Charles Dawson, a British lawyer, is thought to have been the man behind this phony "early man" Piltdown Man David
$1,000 [15] As this "Trust Buster" president's attorney gen. Charles Joseph Bonaparte filed antitrust suits Teddy Roosevelt David	DD $1,600 [29] This 1957 musical won only 2 Tonys, for Scenic Design & Choreography, but the film won 10 Oscars West Side Story Jared	$1,000 [9] The main campus of the University of Arkansas & Razorback Stadium are in this city, not Little Rock Fayetteville Jared	DD $1,500 [24] Title object that helped lead William Legrand to the treasure of Captain Kidd in a Poe story "The Gold-Bug" David	$1,000 [16] Shrews, hedgehogs & moles are this type of mammal, named for the creatures they eat insectivores David	$1,000 [20] 1 of these 2 men invented the postage meter, the other enabled them to market it Pitney & Bowes Jared

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Founded in 1850 by a Bavarian immigrant, this firm is the world's largest clothing manufacturer

Levi Strauss

David "What is Levi Strauss?" — wagered $300

Jared "What is Levi Strauss?" — wagered $5,699

Bob "What is Levi Strauss?" — wagered $3,000

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