Show #1414 1990-10-25 (taped 1990-08-28) Regular

Contestants

Robert Bottome — an industrial hygienist originally from Caracas, Venezuela

Linda Nelson — a hairdresser from San Diego, California

David Rice — a substitute English and speech teacher from Clarendon Hills, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$1,400	$3,500	$6,400	$10,000 2-day champion: $16,300	$8,700 19 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Linda	$500	$1,500	$4,900	$4,700 2nd place: Bassett entertainment center & Magnavox 20" TV + The Jeopardy! Book & Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$5,100 12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Robert	$400	$900	$4,500	$20 3rd place: Maytag dishwasher + The Jeopardy! Book & Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$4,500 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	FRENCH CLASS	COUNTRY SONGS	TOYS & GAMES	IT'S QUESTIONABLE	FACTS & FIGURES
$100 [1] In 1975 Congress restored this Confederate general's U.S. citizenship Robert E. Lee Robert	$100 [3] French for "evening", it now refers to a party held in the evening soirée Robert	$100 [7] Merle Haggard was "proud to be an Okie from" this town, "a place where even squares can have a ball" Muskogee Linda	$100 [18] The Aztecs played with bouncing balls made of this material long before Europeans did rubber David	$100 [13] In the 1940 cartoon "A Wild Hare", Bugs Bunny said this tag line for the first time What's up doc? David	$400 [25] This southernmost New England state has an 8% state sales tax, the highest in the U.S. Connecticut David
$200 [2] It was the first Union fort taken by the Confederates in the Civil War Fort Sumter Linda	$200 [9] When the French cook with champignons, they're adding these to the dish mushrooms Robert	DD $200 [8] Heard here, it was the first country song to win a Grammy: "One night a wild young cowboy came in / Wild as the West Texas wind" "El Paso" Linda	$200 [19] Also called lotto, this game is often legal for church groups in states that outlaw most gambling bingo Linda	$200 [14] Today's the catcher & Tomorrow's the pitcher in this routine by Abbott & Costello "Who's on First?" Robert	$500 [24] In 1989 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired this company for $32 billion RJR Nabisco David
$300 [4] The North usually named battles after the nearest body of water, the South after these settlements Robert	$300 [10] From "chanter", to sing, it's a female singer chanteuse Robert	$400 [26] In this song Roger Miller told us, "They oughta take a rope & hang me high from the highest tree" "Dang Me" David	$300 [20] These originated in England as teaching devices for geography & are named for the way they were cut jigsaw puzzles Robert	$300 [15] It was Cain's response when the Lord asked him, "Where is thy brother Abel?" Am I my brother's keeper? Linda	—
$400 [5] This ex-slave, known as the "Moses of Her People", helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom Harriet Tubman David	$400 [11] When you ask someone to "Fermez la bouche", you want him to do this shut his mouth Linda	$500 [23] It begins "The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train" "Green, Green Grass of Home" David	$400 [21] Card game that uses a 48-card deck with 2 of each card from 9s to aces pinochle David	$400 [16] In 1965 Ronald Reagan published this book of memoirs Where's the Rest of Me?	—
$500 [6] Although only 11 states actually joined the Confederacy, its flag had this many stars 13 David	$500 [12] The 2-word phrase meaning "by airplane" often found on int'l air mail envelopes par avion David	—	$500 [22] Alfred M. Butts called his game "Criss Cross", but it was redesigned in 1948 & sold under this name Scrabble David	$500 [17] Richard Dreyfuss played a paralyzed sculptor in this 1981 film Whose Life Is It Anyway? Linda	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS	COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	WOMEN	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	LITERATURE	FAMOUS HOMES
$200 [1] The House Banking Comm. recently heard testimony from this Bush on the collapse of Silverado S & L Neil Bush Linda	$200 [12] This country was originally formed out of the Turkish provinces of Basra, Mosul & Baghdad Iraq Robert	$200 [2] She was the first female regular news anchor on network TV Barbara Walters Robert	$200 [6] This is the force that hold a galaxy together gravity Robert	$200 [17] Lew Wallace novel subtitled "A Tale of the Christ" Ben-Hur David	$200 [22] Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee Elvis Linda
$400 [3] While Gorbachev was headed for Washington, this man was elected President of the Russian Republic Boris Yeltsin Robert	$400 [13] Most of its people are descended from Slavic tribes that settled on the Vistula & Warta Rivers Poland Robert	$400 [27] This American painter had her first one-woman show in the U.S. in 1940, when she was 80 years old Grandma Moses David	$400 [8] Submarines raise these optical instruments to see the ocean's surface periscope David	$400 [18] Last name of American poets Laura, William Rose & Stephen Vincent Benét David	DD $300 [25] Hatchet Hall in Eureka Springs, Arkansas Carry Nation David
$600 [4] A gun battle erupted over a gambling casino on this tribe's reservation on the New York-Canada border Mohawk Robert	$600 [14] This country's state emblem shows the Gate of Heavenly Peace framed by grains of wheat and rice China	$600 [28] In 1981 this actress-turned-politician became Greece's Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri David	$600 [9] Solid carbon dioxide dry ice Robert	$600 [19] In an essay titled "The Philosophy of Composition", Poe tells how he wrote this, his best-known poem "The Raven" David	$400 [23] Pilaster House in Hannibal, Missouri Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Linda
$800 [5] In 1990, 14,000 people each held only 1 share in this company, due to the nude on the certificate Playboy Linda	$800 [15] Until 1957 the area that is now Malaysia was ruled by this western power Britain Robert	$800 [29] Lines from her poem "The New Colossus" are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal Emma Lazarus	$800 [10] It is this phenomenon which causes white light to break into colors in a prism refraction Linda	$1,000 [21] He wrote "The Day Christ Died", "The Day Lincoln was Shot" & "The Day Kennedy was Shot" Jim Bishop	$600 [24] The Oaks in Tuskegee, Alabama Booker T. Washington David
$1,000 [7] Despite his communist background, this man won a landslide victory in Romania in May 1990 Iliescu Robert	$1,000 [16] The name of this neighbor to Mexico is Mayan from "land of many trees" Guatemala David	$1,000 [30] With Dick Rutan she copiloted the Voyager on its historic nonstop flight around the world (Jeana) Yeager David	$1,000 [11] During an eclipse, the area thrown into total darkness is called this umbra Linda	DD $2,000 [20] Tho many called his "The Age of Reason" the "Atheist's Bible", it states, "I believe in one God" Thomas Paine David	$1,000 [26] Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi William Faulkner

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORY

It was the first elected legislative body in the New World

House of Burgesses

Robert "What was the [illegible]" — wagered $4,480

Linda "What was President of the U.S." — wagered $200

David "What is the House of Burgesses" — wagered $3,600

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