Show #1718 1992-02-05 (taped 1991-11-13) Regular

Frank Epstein game 1.

Contestants

Linda Hilton — an author from Buckeye, Arizona

Frank Epstein — a police officer from Los Angeles, California

Sharon Goldstein — a word processor from Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sharon	$2,100	$2,800	$10,000	$8,000 2nd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Panasonic microwave oven & 13" color monitor	$9,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Frank	$2,000	$2,800	$9,200	$18,300 New champion: $18,300	$9,200 23 R, 1 W
Linda	$100	$1,200	$3,000	$1,000 3rd place: Braun kitchen appliances + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$4,000 9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"HOT"	SUMMER	KNIGHTS	TV SPIN-OFFS	SCIENCE & NATURE	RECIPES
$100 [10] Items that sell as soon as you put them on the shelf "go like" these hotcakes Linda	$100 [18] A tent is their summer home as their winter home, an igloo, is hard to maintain Eskimos Frank	$100 [3] A knight used different types of these: a palfrey for travel, a fast courser for battle horses Frank	$100 [15] Charlotte Rae went from housekeeper to housemother when "Different Strokes" spun off this series The Facts of Life	$100 [26] The explosive trinitrotoluene is commonly abbreviated this TNT Frank	$100 [1] Form yeast dough into a circle, spread with tomato sauce, top with mozzarella, bake pizza Sharon
$200 [11] To start an engine by short-circuiting the ignition hot-wire Frank	$200 [19] Each summer this landmark in New Mexico's Guadalupe Mts. is home to hundreds of thousands of bats Carlsbad Caverns Frank	$200 [4] A youth being trained as a knight, or his haircut page boy Sharon	$200 [16] "The Simpsons" got their own series after being featured as short segments on this Fox comedy The Tracy Ullman Show Frank	$200 [27] Like caterpillars, spiders have spinning glands which produce this fiber silk Sharon	$200 [2] Mash avocado, add onion, lemon juice & a small bit of tomato guacamole Frank
$300 [12] A controversial issue you'd rather not touch; tuber or not tuber, that's the question hot potato Sharon	$300 [20] The largest herd of these in the world heads to the Pribilofs each summer to breed seals Sharon Linda	$300 [5] In most legends he's the son of Ban & the lover of Queen Guinevere Lancelot Sharon	$300 [17] This sitcom starring Cloris Leachman was the 2nd spin-off from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Phyllis Sharon Linda	$300 [28] The simplest form of spectroscope incorporates one of these objects to split the spectrum prism Sharon	$300 [8] Dip slices of bread into an egg-milk mixture, saute in butter until browned French toast Sharon
$400 [13] To show off by performing risky maneuvers on a surfboard hot dog Frank	$400 [21] Tanglewood in the Berkshires is the summer home for this city's symphony orchestra Boston Sharon	$400 [6] Cervantes satirized these knights who wandered around the world in search of adventure knights-errant Sharon	$400 [23] Lindsay Wagner became "The Bionic Woman" after playing Lee Majors' love interest on this series The Six Million Dollar Man Sharon	$400 [29] A pyroclastic rock is formed from fragments thrown into the air by one of these volcanic explosion Frank	$400 [9] Heat pitted cherries with their juice, flambe with brandy, serve over vanilla ice cream Cherries jubilee Frank
$500 [14] The building in which fruit is forced to grow out of its normal season hothouse Frank	DD $1,000 [22] During the 1830s the British used this city, where it's always tea time, as the summer capital of Bengal Darjeeling Sharon	$500 [7] Because of a magic potion, this champion dragon killer was in love with Aunt Iseult Tristan Sharon	$500 [24] In 1977 Abe Vigoda appeared simultaneously on "Barney Miller" & this spin-off Fish Sharon	$500 [30] Some scientists believe that the spiral tusk on this Arctic whale helps it attract mates narwhal Sharon	$500 [25] Slice peeled potatoes as thin as possible, soak in cold water, deep fry in vegetable oil potato chips Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION FIRSTS	THEATRE	SAN FRANCISCO	COMPUTERS	TREATIES	SHERLOCK HOLMES
$200 [9] In 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the 1st parachute jump from one of these a balloon Frank	$200 [12] Alexander Pushkin's "Motsart I Salieri" was the forerunner of this 1979 play "Amadeus" Sharon	$200 [20] The sailing ship Balclutha, which serves as a museum, is anchored near this wharf Fisherman's Wharf Linda	$200 [7] MacPaint is a graphics program developed for this Apple computer a Macintosh Frank	$200 [3] It was signed in the Hall of Mirrors June 28, 1919 the Treaty of Versailles Frank	$200 [1] Throughout the 1880s, Holmes lived in a 2-bedroom apartment at this London address 221B Baker Street Sharon Linda
$400 [10] In July 1976 it became the 1st supersonic transport to provide passenger service the Concorde Linda	$400 [13] As a schoolboy, Laurence Olivier played the role of Kate in this Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew Sharon	$400 [25] Since its founding there in 1850, this clothing manufacturer has sold over 2 billion pairs of jeans Levi Strauss Sharon	$400 [21] Piece of computer hardware on which you'd be likely to find a daisy wheel the printer Sharon	$400 [4] The 1868 Treaty of Laramie gave the Sioux sole use of these hills the Black Hills Frank	$400 [2] Holmes said this musical instrument was worth 500 guineas but he paid 55 shillings for it a violin Frank
$600 [11] In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager made the 1st nonstop world flight without doing this refueling Sharon	$800 [15] In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor starred in a revival of this playwright's "The Little Foxes" Lillian Hellman Frank	$600 [26] This district was named for the semaphore station erected there in 1850 Telegraph Hill Frank	$600 [22] These rigid disks have much greater storage capacity than floppy disks hard drives/disks Sharon	$600 [5] Since 1923 U.S. commercial treaties have used the unconditional form of the MFN clause, MFN standing for this most favored nation Linda	$600 [16] Holmes described this archrival as a "Napoleon of Crime" & "One of the Great Brains of the Century" Moriarty Frank
$800 [29] 3 1/2 years after his North Pole flight, he made the 1st flight over the South Pole Admiral Richard Byrd Frank	$1,000 [19] The 1990 Tony Award for Best Musical went to this play set in 1940s L.A. City of Angels Linda	$800 [27] San Francisco's first woman mayor, she took office in 1978 upon the death of George Moscone Diane Feinstein Frank	$800 [23] All modern PCs are this type of computer, as opposed to analog computers digital Linda	DD $1,000 [6] Known by this acronym, the Soviet-U.S. accord signed July 31, 1991 was 9 years in the making START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) Linda	$800 [17] This 1st Sherlock Holmes adventure was published in "Beeton's Christmas Annual" in 1887 A Study in Scarlet Sharon
$1,000 [30] Though better known for his work with helicopters, he also built & flew the 1st 4-engine plane Sikorsky Frank	DD $2,000 [14] The 1920s play "And So to Bed" was based on the life of this diarist (Samuel) Pepys Sharon	$1,000 [28] With 8 consecutive very sharp turns, it's called the world's most winding street Lombard Street Frank	$1,000 [24] Producer of 1-2-3, this company's name is the Hindu symbol of enlightenment Lotus Sharon	$1,000 [8] Robert Stockton helped the American Colonization Soc. with an 1821 treaty to secure what is now this African country Liberia Frank	$1,000 [18] He was Sherlock's older brother by 7 years Mycroft Holmes Sharon

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS WOMEN

She was granted free use of the mails in December 1963

Jacqueline Kennedy

Linda "Whois Jaclywas L. Joh" — wagered $2,000

Frank "Who was Jackie Kennedy" — wagered $9,100

Sharon "Who was E. Roosevelt?" — wagered $2,000

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