Show #1676 1991-12-09 (taped 1991-09-24) Regular

Contestants

Linda Yonick — a pharmacist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jeff Scott — a systems engineer from Lexington, Virginia

Mark Weston — a writer from Armonk, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$2,300	$2,600	$6,000	$101 2nd place: trip on Delta to Hawaii & stay at The Westin Maui	$5,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jeff	$1,000	$3,300	$3,700	$1 3rd place: Amana range & Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$3,700 21 R, 4 W
Linda	$0	$2,000	$6,900	$1,799 New champion: $1,799	$6,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

18th CENTURY BRITAIN	ANATOMICAL WORDS & PHRASES	GUINNESS RECORDS	COOKING	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	GAME SHOWS
$100 [1] Finished in 1710, this cathedral is considered Christopher Wren's greatest work St. Paul's Jeff	$100 [16] One who acts hastily without regard for the consequences is said to "shoot from" this body part the hip Mark	$100 [6] Alfonso Salvo peeled 50 pounds of these in 5 minutes 23 seconds; we don't know how much he cried onions Jeff	$100 [26] This is the vegetable most often cooked "O'Brien" potatoes Jeff	$100 [11] This barbecue fuel, a form of carbon, is made by heating wood without air charcoal Jeff	$100 [21] In titles this word has preceded "Story", "Experts" & "Connection" Love Jeff
$200 [2] 11 days of the year 1752, September 3-13, were omitted when this was finally adopted Gregorian calendar Mark	$200 [17] If you're on the verge of failure you're "on your last" ones legs Mark Jeff Linda	$200 [7] In 1987 a Hiroshima club flew 2,233 of these on a single line kites Jeff	$200 [27] Coeur a la creme should be made in a mold or a wicker basket shaped like this heart Linda	$200 [12] A 1-megaton bomb has the explosive power of a million tons of this TNT Jeff	$200 [22] He hosted 2 game shows, "Mother's Day" & "Laugh Line", before becoming Rob Petrie Dick Van Dyke Jeff
$400 [4] He wrote "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with S. Johnson, LL.D." before his "Life" of Johnson (James) Boswell Mark	$300 [18] To be right on target is to be "on" this facial feature the nose Mark	$300 [8] In 55 daily 10-hour stints, Johann Hurlinger of Austria walked 871 miles on these body parts hands Jeff	$300 [28] The Boston brown type of this, which is steamed, often accompanies Boston baked beans bread Linda	$300 [13] Though its mirror is flawed, this $1.5 billion space telescope is producing useful data Hubble Mark	$300 [23] 1 of the 2 games you could watch in 1965 whose name began with "Let's" Let's Make a Deal (or Let's Play Post Office ) Jeff
DD $500 [3] This German-born oratorio composer became a British subject in 1726 Handel Mark	$400 [19] Leo Durocher could tell you it's a synonym for back talk lip Jeff	$400 [9] It's the reason the Russian sturgeon is the most valuable fish in the world caviar Mark	$400 [29] This Scandinavian country's limpa bread is a rye bread sometimes flavored with fennel Sweden Linda	$400 [14] On a chart an isotherm connects points equal in this temperature Jeff	$400 [24] Host in common to "Super Password", "Tattletales" & "Win, Lose or Draw" Bert Convy Mark Linda
$500 [5] He was born on June 4, 1738, the oldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales & grandson of George II George III	$500 [20] Things that are in close proximity are said to be "cheek by" this jowl Jeff	$500 [10] The world's tallest pagoda, 377' high, was built for King Mongkut in this country in the 19th c. Thailand Mark	$500 [30] The "chess" type of this dessert is popular in the South pie Mark	$500 [15] Geotropism is the response of living things to the effects of this force gravity Linda	$500 [25] Jack Narz' brother, he hosted "To Say the Least" & "You Don't Say" (Tom) Kennedy Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

POETRY	AFRICA	HISTORIC NICKNAMES	LANGUAGES	NATIONAL PARKS	HODGEPODGE
$200 [26] Regimental water carrier about whom Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem Gunga Din Linda	$200 [2] This Algerian capital was founded in the 10th century by the chief of the Muslim Sanhaja tribe Algiers Jeff	$200 [21] "The Red Baron" von Richthofen Jeff	$200 [13] Wu is one of the major dialects of this language China Jeff	$200 [1] The "Big Room" chamber in these N.M. caverns has a ceiling as high as a 26-story building Carsbad Caverns Mark	$200 [7] The Marasca variety of this fruit is used to make maraschino liqueur cherry Jeff
$600 [28] Sir Walter Scott wrote "The Lay of the Last" one of these Minstrel	$400 [9] In 1849 this European power established a home for emancipated slaves at Libreville, Gabon France Mark Jeff	$400 [22] "The Little Corporal" Napoleon Jeff	$400 [14] This language spoken in Cardiff is also known as Cymraeg Welsh Mark	$400 [3] Steamboat Geyser in this park is the largest active geyser in the world Yellowstone Linda	$400 [8] A peach replaces the "O" in the name of this state on its license plates Georgia Mark
DD $3,000 [27] A Samuel Lover poem ends, "We call our country Father Land, we call our language" this Mother Tongue Linda	$600 [10] Burkina Faso was formerly named for the 3 "upper" branches of this river Volta Jeff	$600 [23] "Beau James" Jimmy Walker	$600 [15] Kinyarwanda is spoken widely in this country known for its mountain gorillas Rwanda Jeff	$800 [5] On Labor Day, 1940 F.D.R. dedicated this mountain peak on the North Carolina-Tennessee border Great Smoky National Park Mark	$600 [16] Born in Sadam Hussein's hometown, this medieval Muslim warrior & sultan was a Kurd Saladin Mark Jeff
—	$800 [11] In 1885 this Belgian king established the Congo Free State as his personal property Leopold Mark	$800 [24] "The Betrayer of Norway" Vidkun Quisling Mark	$800 [19] A grammarian named Panini standardized this classical language of the Hindus Sanskrit Linda	$1,000 [6] Eight historic bathhouses are preserved along Bathhouse Row at this nat'l park in Arkansas Hot Springs Linda	$800 [17] In a famous song, line preceding "and liddle lamzy divey" Mairzy doats and dozy doats Linda
—	$1,000 [12] This cattle-raising tribe of Kenya lives almost entirely on milk, blood & meat from its herds Masai Mark	$1,000 [25] "Hero of the Nile" Admiral Nelson Mark	$1,000 [20] Most of Luxembourg's daily newspapers are printed in this language, not Letzeburgisch German Linda	DD $2,300 [4] This park in Oregon is located within the caldera of Mount Mazama Crater Lake Linda	$1,000 [18] Arthur Goldberg was this President's Sec'y of Labor before becoming a Supreme Court Justice John Kennedy Mark Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

OPERA

This 1926 opera was inspired by a Carlo Gozzi play written in 1762 & described as a "Chinese fairy tale"

Turandot

Jeff "What is Madame Butterfly?" — wagered $3,699

Mark "What is The Fortune Cookie?" — wagered $5,899

Linda "What is The Macado?" — wagered $5,101

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