Show #1617 1991-09-17 (taped 1991-08-12) Regular

Contestants

Chuck Lane — a magazine writer from New York City, New York

Maureen Fernbacher — a school librarian from Allentown, Pennsylvania

Randy Kaplan — a commodities broker from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Randy $2,200 $6,700 $18,100 $21,000
3-day champion: $49,800
$14,300
37 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Maureen $-400 $200 $3,100 $6,199
2nd place: a trip on Delta to Phoenix, Arizona & stay at the Phoenician + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$2,200
8 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Chuck $1,300 $1,100 $4,500 $2,799
3rd place: Oneida Silversmith gift certificate + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$4,500
10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

1950 CLOTHING SAINTS WILD CATS SLANG OCCUPATIONAL NAMES
$100 [6]
Badly burned & found clinging to a tree, he became a symbol of forest fire prevention
Smokey Bear
Randy
$100 [23]
A loose-fitting playsuit with short bloomers perfect for small kids in a TV "room"
a romper
Chuck
$100 [18]
St. Veronica is supposed to have wiped his face & an image of it remained on her cloth
Jesus
Randy
$100 [7]
Its scientific name is panthera leo
lion
Randy Chuck
$100 [1]
Cow juice
milk
Randy
$100 [16]
"Twin Peaks" star Laurie or "Head of the Class" star Lara
Piper
Maureen
$200 [11]
In March, President Truman denounced this Wisconsin senator as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy
Joseph McCarthy
Randy
$200 [24]
If Mr. Berkeley wore a busby he'd have worn it on this part of his body
his head
Randy
$200 [19]
It's said the altar of the Vatican Basilica stands above his grave
St. Peter
Maureen
$200 [8]
In the Bible, Jeremiah asked proverbially, "can" this animal change "his spots?"
the leopard
Randy
$200 [2]
A dopesheet gives you information about the past performances of these
horses
Randy
$200 [17]
New York-born Arthur or Jason; they both know the daily grind of playwriting
Miller
Randy
$300 [12]
In the biggest armed robbery to date, close to $3 million was stolen from this armored car co.
Brink's
Randy
$300 [25]
Of an anorak, mukluk or parka, the one whose name means seal, since that's what it was made from
mukluk
Randy
$300 [20]
The prayers of Genevieve are said to have turned Attila & his Huns away from this city
Paris
Randy Chuck
$300 [9]
The only cat that can't retract its claws, it can run up to 70 mph
cheetah
Randy
$300 [3]
A left jab followed by a hard right cross adds up to this "old" combination of punches
the old one-two
Randy
$300 [28]
From this 39th president's last name, you'd expect him to be an expert in drayage
(Jimmy) Carter
Randy
$400 [13]
After 67 years in the majors, he announced his retirement as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Randy
$500 [27]
A hooded cloak worn by Arabs, its name goes back to the Greek "birros", cloak with a hood
a burnous
Maureen
$400 [21]
Saints born in this town include Clare & Francis
Assisi
Randy
$400 [10]
This cat, the largest in the western hemisphere, figures prominently in Mayan design
jaguar
Randy Maureen Chuck
$400 [4]
Those who play piano really well can really tickle these keys
the ivories
Randy
$400 [29]
He won an Emmy in 1959 for his role as Chester Goode on "Gunsmoke"
Dennis Weaver
Randy
$500 [14]
This author, whose latest works were "Go Down, Moses" & "Intruder in the Dust", won a Nobel Prize
(William) Faulkner
Chuck
DD $2,400 [26]
A cloth worn under the chin & a piece of lace worn around the neck & shoulders form this phrase
bib and tucker
Randy
$500 [22]
In Ireland she's right up there with St. Patrick; in fact, she's called "The Mary of the Gael"
St. Brigid
Maureen
$500 [15]
Broad feet help the "Canada" species of this cat pursue its favorite prey, the snowshoe rabbit
lynx
$500 [5]
This type of "party" popularized in western films is slang for a lynching
a necktie party
Chuck
$500 [30]
This last name of "Dead Skunk" singer Loudon means wagon maker
Wainwright
Randy Maureen

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE FICTION SCULPTURE RULERS COMPOSERS ANNUAL EVENTS
$200 [4]
Its Swedish-speaking minority calls this capital Helsingfors
Helsinki
Randy Maureen
$200 [9]
Robert A. Heinlein's 1952 novel about a family that buys a spaceship, or Mick Jagger's rock group
The Rolling Stones
Randy
$200 [16]
One of the few Cubist sculptures made by this Spaniard was "Head of a Woman" in 1909
Picasso
Randy
$200 [1]
In 1306 Robert the Bruce stabbed rival John Comyn & was crowned king of this country at Scone
Scotland
Maureen
$200 [30]
You could have said "Take me to your lieder" to both these 19th c. composers whose names start with "Schu"
Schumann & Schubert
Chuck
$200 [21]
A popular summer event in this state is the crowning of "Alice in Dairyland"
Wisconsin
Randy
$400 [7]
South American country so named because native huts built over water reminded Alonso de Ojeda of Venice
Venezuela
Maureen
$400 [10]
"The Mysterious Island" was his sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
Jules Verne
Randy
$400 [17]
In Danish she's known as "Den Lille Havfrue"
The Little Mermaid
Randy
$400 [2]
In 1589 Henry IV became the first Bourbon to ascend the throne of this country
France
Randy
$400 [29]
Heitor Villa-Lobos helped develop a national style of music for this, his native country
Brazil
Maureen Chuck
$400 [22]
This state has many maple sugar festivities, including the annual Sugar Slalom in Stowe in April
Vermont
Randy
$600 [8]
Pietermaritzburg is the capital of this country's Natal province
South Africa
Randy
$600 [11]
"Star Trek" star who described his novel "Tekwar" as "T.J. Hooker in the future"
William Shatner
Maureen
$800 [19]
This Daniel Chester French statue commemorates the Battle of Concord in 1775
The Minuteman
Chuck
$600 [3]
Claiming descent from Genghis Khan, this lame Mongol conquered much of the Middle East by the 1500s
Tamerlane (Timur the Lame)
Randy Chuck
$600 [26]
This composer's "The Rite of Spring" is subtitled "Scenes from Pagan Russia"
Stravinsky
Maureen
$600 [23]
If you're into jogging, try the Freeze Your Gizzard Blizzard Run in January in this state's Int'l Falls
Minnesota
Chuck
$800 [12]
This island makes up over half of Japan's land mass
Honshu
Chuck
$800 [14]
Ray Bradbury's 1950 collection of stories about the colonization of Mars
The Martian Chronicles
Randy
$1,000 [20]
He sculpted the Statue of Lafayette in NYC's Union Square as well as the Statue of Liberty
Bartholdi
Randy
$800 [5]
This Prussian king's invasion of Silesia in 1740 caused the War of the Austrian Succession
Frederick the Great
Randy
$1,000 [28]
After success with "Pelleas & Melisande", this composer considered writing an "As You Like It" opera
Claude Debussy
$800 [24]
An International Pack Burro Race is held each August in Leadville in this state
Colorado
Chuck
$1,000 [13]
Jebel Neba in this country is probably the Mt. Nebo where the Bible says Moses died
Jordan
Randy
$1,000 [15]
"Report on the Barnhouse Effect" is 1 of the sci-fi tales in his book "Welcome to the Monkey House"
Kurt Vonnegut
Randy
DD $2,400 [18]
This 20th c. English sculptor is known for his several "Reclining Figure" works
Henry Moore
Randy
$1,000 [6]
This Ottoman ruler gained control of most of Hungary by winning the Battle of Mohacs in 1526
Suleiman (the Magnificent)
Randy
DD $1,700 [27]
In 1867 he founded the Norwegian Academy of Music
Edvard Grieg
Maureen
$1,000 [25]
This Illinois city, noted for a historic Mormon settlement, holds a grape festival each September
Nauvoo
Randy

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS MOVIE PAIRS

The only Tracy & Hepburn film with their characters' names in its title

Pat and Mike

Maureen "What are Pat and Mike?" — wagered $3,099
Chuck "What is ???" — wagered $1,701
Randy "What is "Pat & Mike"?" — wagered $2,900

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