Show #1356 1990-06-25 (taped 1990-02-12) Regular

Contestants

Rick Cate — an assistant district attorney from San Antonio, Texas

Gaye Kapkin — an architect from Toronto, Ontario

Bill Heins — a graduate student originally from Whiting, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $1,000 $1,800 $3,600 $6,801
2-day champion: $11,101
$4,400
18 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Gaye $0 $500 $3,600 $600
3rd place: "Pink Bonnet" lithograph by Adolf Sehring from American Artist Portfolio, Inc. + Nintendo Entertainment System with Family & Junior editions of Jeopardy! + Wheel of Fortune
$4,100
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Rick $1,000 $1,800 $3,400 $1,600
2nd place: HeadStart III computer & Sebastian shopping spree
$4,000
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES COLORFUL PHRASES 1940s TELEVISION THE HUMAN BODY AMERICAN HISTORY OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
$100 [11]
She titled her 1969 book "My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr."
Coretta Scott King
Bill Gaye
$100 [17]
Originally this military decoration was a piece of cloth in the shape of a heart
Purple Heart
Rick
$100 [25]
In 1948-9, when he hosted the variety series "The Gulf Road Show", he didn't call himself "Buffalo"
Bob Smith
$100 [2]
Genes are either dominant or this
recessive
Bill Gaye
$100 [6]
In an attempt to help itself through the Depression, Nevada legalized this activity in 1931
gambling
Rick
$100 [1]
Florida's state flower is the blossom of this fruit tree
orange
Gaye
$200 [18]
Brassy Broadway belter who called her '55 autobiography "Who Could Ask For Anything More?"
Ethel Merman
Gaye
$200 [20]
This vegetable group, Phaseolus vulgaris, includes snap & string varieties
green beans
Rick
$200 [3]
The atlas vertebra allows this to move back & forth; the axis allows it to turn
neck
Gaye
$200 [7]
He fought the British in the Revolutionary War but later tried to return Vermont to British rule
Ethan Allen
Bill Rick
$200 [13]
If you're in Washington swing your partner, because this is the official state dance
square dance
Rick
$300 [19]
This best seller exposed the secret life of Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
Bill
$300 [22]
Any of several small wasps of the family vespidae known for their colorful coats
yellowjackets
Rick
$300 [4]
Cat scans offer more distinct pictures of your innards but still use this dangerous form of radiation
x-rays
Bill
$300 [8]
On April 2, 1513 Ponce de Leon landed just north of the site of this Florida city
St. Augustine
Gaye Rick
$300 [14]
This northern state's motto is "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you"
Michigan
Gaye
$400 [21]
"Life Lines" is her second autobiographical book; "Life Wish" was her first
Jill Ireland
$400 [23]
Rapidly multiplying microscopic plants cause this phenomenon in the sea
red tide
Bill
$400 [5]
Psychologists now believe this is divided into 3 parts: immediate, short term & long term
memory
Rick
$400 [9]
In 1655 Dutch colonists conquered New Sweden, an area now part of this state
Delaware
Rick
$400 [15]
Its seal is a map of the state along with the bordering states of Tenn., Mississippi, Florida & Georgia
Alabama
Bill
DD $800 [24]
"George White's Scandals" gave us this dance craze of the 1920s:
the black bottom
Bill
$500 [12]
Diverticulosis is a disease that usually affects this part of the body
large intestine
Bill
$500 [10]
This group, the SNCC, was noted for sit-ins in the '60s at whites-only lunch counters
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
$500 [16]
This state's official colors are red & gold for Old Spain
New Mexico
Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES WORLD CAPITALS TEXTILES THE EARTH THE NEW TESTAMENT PLAYS
$200 [11]
"Old Hickory"
Andrew Jackson
Rick
$200 [1]
The capital of Hong Kong was named for this 19th century British monarch
(Queen) Victoria
Bill
$200 [21]
Australia is the world's leading producer of this natural fiber
wool
Bill
$200 [2]
Up to 85% of the gas that spews from volcanoes is this type of vapor
water
Bill
$200 [26]
Matthew, Mark & John tell of Jesus walking on water, but only Matthew says this apostle did it too
Peter
Rick
$200 [17]
In titles of plays, this word follows "Into the" & "A Walk in the"
Woods
Rick
$400 [14]
He was the first president to have an "Old" nickname; in this case, "Old Fox"
George Washington
$400 [7]
In the past 20 years the population of this country's capital, Amman, has tripled
Jordan
Bill
$400 [22]
Manmade textile that includes the trademarked brand names Dacron, Fortrel & Kodel
polyester
Gaye
$400 [3]
In his book "De Caelo", Aristotle defended the theory that the Earth is this shape
round
Bill Gaye
$400 [27]
They said of Jesus, "We have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him."
Magi
Bill
$400 [16]
Robert Morse stars in "Tru", a comedic look at 2 nights in the life of this man
Truman Capote
Gaye
$600 [12]
His father was "Old Sink or Swim", he was "Old Man Eloquent"
John Quincy Adams
Rick
$600 [8]
The name for this Uruguayan capital is from the Portuguese for "I see a hill"
Montevideo
Bill
DD $500 [25]
High quality bedsheets are made of this tightly woven cotton
percale
Gaye
$600 [4]
Geologic term for the center of the Earth
core
Bill
$600 [28]
After he was led to Damascus, his sight was restored by Ananias, a Christian disciple
Saul later Paul
Bill
$600 [18]
Sweeny Tood was "The Demon Barber of" this "Street"
Fleet Street
Rick
$800 [13]
"Old Tippecanoe"
William Henry Harrison
Bill
$800 [9]
Until conquered by the French in 1830, this N. African capital was a stronghold for the Barbary pirates
Algiers
Bill Rick
$600 [23]
Scotland gets a lot of rain, which may be why this Scot invented waterproof fabrics
Mackintosh
Gaye
$800 [5]
A polar magnetic substorm usually coincides with a display of these lights
auroras (aurora borealis)
Gaye
DD $600 [30]
The "murderer" in "But ye denied the holy one...& desired a murderer to be granted unto you"
Barabbas
Rick
$800 [19]
Movie Mozart who starred in the 1989 military murder mystery "A Few Good Men"
Tom Hulce
Gaye Rick
$1,000 [15]
"Old Rough & Ready"
Zachary Taylor
Bill Rick
$1,000 [10]
Due to its many waterways, this Scandinavian capital on the Baltic Sea is called the "Venice of the North"
Stockholm, Sweden
$800 [24]
Used to make tutus, this netting fabric begins with one "tu"
tulle
Gaye
$1,000 [6]
Structural & mineralogical change in solid rock caused by temperature & pressure changes is called this
metamorphism
Bill
$800 [29]
Jesus' age when Mary & Joseph found him speaking with the teachers in the temple
12
Rick
$1,000 [20]
This 1959 musical was revived in 1974 with Angela Lansbury & in 1989 with Tyne Daly
Gypsy
Bill Rick

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

He wrote: "They spell it Vinci & pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce"

Mark Twain

Rick "Who isWoodyMark [start of T]" — wagered $1,800
Gaye "Who is Ben Franklin?" — wagered $3,000
Bill "Who is Mark Twain" — wagered $3,201

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