Show #2031 1993-06-07 (taped 1993-01-20) Regular

Contestants

Tom Anderson — a grad student from Provo, Utah

Barbara Elstein — a city planner from Brooklyn, New York

Bernie Shearon — an attorney from Dunwoody, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bernie	$1,400	$2,500	$11,700	$12,700 3rd place: Meade Instruments Model 312 telescope + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis	$9,500 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Barbara	$1,000	$2,800	$6,600	$13,200 New champion: $13,200	$6,600 14 R, 1 W
Tom	$300	$1,200	$6,600	$13,000 2nd place: a trip on Delta Airlines to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands & stay at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort	$7,100 20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE PLANETS	ACTORS ONSTAGE	COLORS	GEOGRAPHY	GROCERIES	ODDS & ENDS
$100 [1] It was located by 20th century scientists looking for Planet X Pluto Bernie	$100 [6] Angela Lansbury played this auntie whose last name was Dennis in 1966 & in 1983 Mame Bernie	$100 [14] This color named for a semiprecious stone is called "lapis" for short lapis lazuli Bernie	$100 [7] This sea whose name means "middle of land" is the world's largest inland sea the Mediterranean Bernie	$100 [19] Arm & Hammer suggests using one box of this for the fridge & another for the freezer baking soda Tom	$100 [20] The Rosetta Stone can be seen in this museum the British Museum Tom
$200 [2] At its closest point to the Sun it's only 29 million miles away Mercury Bernie	$200 [12] A 1983 revival of "You Can't Take It with You" reunited Eddie Albert with this glamorous "Green Acres" co-star Eva Gabor Tom	$200 [15] It's a person who searches for game, or his favorite shade of green hunter Bernie	$200 [8] Utah's name comes from this Indian tribe that lived there Utes Bernie	$200 [26] Friskies' "4 Flavor Crunchy Dog Food" is called "Come 'N" do this Get It Barbara	$200 [21] The clay Edward Lowe used to soak up grease in garages became this cat product cat litter Barbara
$300 [3] At its closest point to the Earth it's only 26 million miles away Venus Tom	$300 [13] In 1912 Edith Evans made her professional debut as Cressida in this play Troilus and Cressida Bernie	$300 [16] It's an American Indian word for corn as well as a shade of yellow maize Bernie	$300 [9] Within a desert in central Asia lies one of these fertile spots named Merv an oasis Tom	$300 [28] This syrup with a snow-covered dwelling on its label now comes in a "Lite" form that has half the calories Log Cabin maple syrup Barbara	$300 [23] For chicken pox it's 1-3 weeks; for a chicken, about 3 weeks the incubation perioid Barbara
$400 [4] The first Soviet spacecraft to land on it transmitted for 20 seconds; the first U.S. craft, for 6 years Mars Bernie	$400 [22] "Golden Palace" star who played Faye Precious in Oliver Hailey's "Who's Happy Now?" in 1969 Rue McClanahan Tom	$400 [17] It's the color of the Chinese porcelain known as Blanc de Chine white Barbara	DD $500 [10] This country's 1,118-mile border with Myanmar, formerly Burma, is its longest Thailand Tom	$400 [29] You could spell out this cereal's slogan, "ABC Delicious", with its frosted letters Alpha-Bits Tom	$400 [24] The White House is featured on the back on this denomination of U.S. currency $20 bill Tom
$500 [5] Some of its more than 20 satellites share orbits Saturn Barbara	$500 [27] John Raitt said he'd never acted before he played Billy Bigelow in this musical Carousel Barbara	$500 [18] In heraldry this bright color is known as gules red Bernie	$500 [11] Hebrew for "fortress", it's located about 20 miles southeast of Hebron in Israel Masada Barbara	$500 [30] This brand of orange juice shares its name with a resort that's "The Island of Las Vegas" Tropicana Barbara	$500 [25] Equipment used in this sport includes crampons, pitons & carabiners mountain climbing Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY	WORLD HISTORY	PARKS	LABOR	AUTOBIOGRAPHIES	PARDON ME
$200 [1] Jason went after the golden fleece & Atalanta lost a race picking up these golden objects apples Tom	$200 [6] Eric the Red established the first Viking colony on this island circa 985 Greenland Tom	$200 [11] Fossils of mastadons & saber-toothed cats have been excavated from this city's La Brea Tar Pits Los Angeles Bernie	$200 [13] Firms engaged in interstate commerce must pay overtime for work exceeding this number of hours per week 40 Bernie	$200 [22] More than 2.5 million hardcover copies of this Chrysler chairman's 1984 autobiography were printed Iacocca Tom	$200 [17] In September 1974 he accepted the presidential pardon but didn't say his mistakes had been criminal Nixon Tom
$400 [2] Peleus & Thetis were the parents of this not-too-well-heeled man Achilles Barbara	$400 [7] Days after receiving life imprisonment, she was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic Joan of Arc Barbara	$400 [12] You'll find the Alamo in a state park in this Texas city San Antonio Tom	$400 [24] In 1938 this rival to the AFL was formed & John L. Lewis became its first president the CIO Tom	$400 [23] Bobby Jones titled his 1960 autobiography this "Is My Game" Golf Barbara	$400 [18] This French pirate was pardoned by President Madison but continued to attack U.S. ships Jean Lafitte Tom
$600 [3] Narcissus & Hyacinthus shared this fate after their deaths becoming flowers Bernie	$600 [8] After Kublai Khan's death in 1294, this empire broke up into smaller fragments the Mongol Empire Tom	$600 [14] Vulcan Park lies on Red Mountain, overlooking this Alabama city Birmingham Bernie	$600 [28] The Walter P. Reuther Library at this city's Wayne State Univ. has the papers of many local union leaders Detroit Bernie	$600 [25] This general & secretary of state wrote the 1984 memoir "Caveat" (Alexander) Haig Tom	$600 [19] According to the gospels, he was the prisoner chosen instead of Jesus to receive a special pardon Barabbas Tom
$800 [4] Zeus bound him to a rock & Hercules unbound him Prometheus Tom	$800 [9] The forced union of these 2 countries prior to WWII was referred to as the Anschluss Germany & Austria Barbara	$1,000 [16] The highest point on North America's Atlantic coast is Cadillac Mountain in this Maine nat'l park Acadia National Park Bernie	$800 [29] Type of strike started by workers or local officials without national union authrorization a wildcat strike Tom	$800 [26] "Grassroots" is the autobiography of this former South Dakota senator & presidential nominee George McGovern Bernie Barbara	$800 [20] This Robin Hood of Scotland was thrown into Newgate Prison but was pardoned in 1727 Rob Roy MacGregor Bernie
$1,000 [5] This wife of Odysseus was a first cousin of Clytemnestra Penelope Bernie	$1,000 [10] The 1605 Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to blow up the British parliament & this king James I Bernie	DD $2,000 [15] This ancient Cambodian temple complex was set aside as a national park in 1925 Angkor Wat Bernie	$1,000 [30] This 1947 act outlawed the closed shop & union political contributions in national elections the Taft-Hartley Act Bernie	$1,000 [27] "The Man Who Invented Hollywood" is the autobiography of this "Intolerance" director D.W. Griffith Bernie Barbara	DD $2,000 [21] Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, pardoned this pair after being moved by their friendship Damon & Pythias Bernie

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY ELECTIONS

In 1836 Van Buren ran against Harrison for U.S. president & these 2 ran for president of Texas

Sam Houston & Stephen F. Austin

Barbara "Who are Houston + Austin" — wagered $6,600

Tom "Who were Houston + Austin?" — wagered $6,400

Bernie "Who are Austin + Houston" — wagered $1,000

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