Show #1756 1992-03-30 (taped 1991-12-10) Regular

Robert Slaven game 5.

Contestants

Kathy Martin — a teacher from Indianapolis, Indiana

Jon Ramos — a clerk from Evanston, Illinois

Robert Slaven — an office automation specialist from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (whose 4-day cash winnings total $45,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Robert $1,800 $5,000 $8,800 $8,001
5-day champion: $53,202
$7,600
26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Jon $1,100 $1,900 $4,000 $8,000
2nd place: Trip to Westin Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
$7,500
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Kathy $200 $1,200 $800 $1,599
3rd place: Krups kitchen & bathroom products
$800
10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAINE BROADWAY LYRICS FAIRIES & FOLKLORE SICKNESS & HEALTH SEEING RED PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
$100 [5]
As it is in Idaho, this is Maine's most valuable crop
potatoes
Kathy
$100 [17]
"Button up your overcoat when the wind is free, take good care of yourself" for this reason
you belong to me
Robert
$100 [6]
Kobolds are spirits who live in these, so you might see them clinging to stalactites
caves
Kathy
$100 [1]
This is the loss of memory as well as the inability to form new memories
amnesia
Robert
$100 [15]
Santa is known for his red suit & this employee of his for his red nose
Rudolph (the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
Robert
$100 [26]
"Jerry"
Gerald R. Ford
Jon
$200 [11]
This tree is represented in the state's seal, flag, flower & song
(white) pine
Kathy
$200 [21]
"With the rest of them, with the best of them, I can hold my head up high...before" this "passes by"
the parade
Kathy
$200 [7]
Pwyll Pen Annwn was a temporary lord of the underworld in legends from this part of the British Isles
Wales
Kathy
$200 [2]
This serious disease is caused by spores of the bacterium Clostridium tetani
tetanus
Robert
$200 [16]
According to Guinness, the largest one of these, 8,500 carats, was carved into a liberty bell
ruby
Jon
$200 [27]
"Dutch"
Ronald Reagan
Robert
$300 [12]
Maine's largest city, it's been called "Forest City" because of its many tree-line avenues
Portland
Robert
$300 [22]
"Some enchanted evening, you may see" this person "across a crowded room"
a stranger
Robert
$300 [8]
A leprechaun can be found by following the sound of the hammer he uses to make these
shoes
Robert
$300 [3]
Otitis externa, an infection, is usually called "swimmers" this
ear
Jon
$300 [18]
This Russian soup is served cold with a dollop of sour cream on top
borscht
Robert
$300 [28]
"United States"
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert
DD $400 [13]
Until 1820 Maine was a district of this state
Massachusetts
Robert
$400 [23]
"But should auld acquaintance be forgotten, keep your eye on" this
the grand old flag
Kathy
$400 [10]
Sometimes this mischievous spirit's name follows "hob" & sometimes it stands alone
goblin
Jon
$400 [4]
A bulge in an artery due to weakness in the arterial wall is called this
aneurysm
Jon
$400 [19]
Something sanguine is by definition the color of this substance
blood
Robert
$400 [29]
"Handsome Frank"
Franklin Pierce
Kathy
$500 [14]
Kittery, where the U.S.S. Ranger was launched in 1777, has a memorial named for this naval commander
John Paul Jones
$500 [24]
It begins, "Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?"
"Sunrise, Sunset"
Robert
$500 [25]
Oni, demons who can be converted to Buddhism, are most associated with this country's folklore
Japan
Jon
$500 [9]
In a condition known as strabismus these organs are out of proper alignment
eyes
Robert
$500 [20]
This red-dressed group is considered the senate of the Roman Catholic Church
College of Cardinals
Robert
$500 [30]
"The Duke of Braintree"
John Adams
Robert

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES ORGANIZATIONS RELIGIOUS BOOKS ASTRONOMY THE 1980s HODGEPODGE
$200 [12]
In her will this Spanish queen pleaded for just treatment of the new world Indians
Isabella
Kathy
$200 [11]
MADD is an acronym for this Irving, Texas-based organization
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Jon
$200 [1]
This Chinese sage's "Analects" was not compiled until after his death
Confucius
Kathy
$200 [6]
If it exists, it's denser than a neutron star, so dense even light can't escape from it
black hole
Robert
$200 [19]
To warn parents that a film may be unsuitable for pre-teens, the movie industry created this rating in 1984
PG-13
Robert Kathy
$200 [26]
The RA in radar stands for this
radio
Robert
$400 [13]
When he was 16, this saint was taken captive by outlaws & sold as a slave in Ireland
St. Patrick
Robert
$400 [17]
In 1985 USA for Africa was aided in this famine relief efforts by the royalties from this No. 1 record
"We are the World"
Kathy
$400 [2]
The 50-book "Engi-Shiki" contains the laws dealing with this Japanese religion's ceremonies
Shinto
Robert
$400 [7]
Johann von Lamont connected fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field to these solar disturbances
sunspots
Robert Kathy
$400 [22]
In 1989 this ruptured tanker released 11 mil. gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound
Exxon Valdez
Jon
$400 [27]
Almost one year after he escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary, he shot Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Earl Ray
Robert
$600 [14]
While trying to circumnavigate the globe, he made the first recorded crossing of the Pacific
Ferdinand Magellan
Jon
$600 [18]
Lovers of the Stinking Rose is an organization for devotees of this pungent member of the lily family
garlic
Robert
$600 [3]
This Hebrew book for the first 5 books of the Bible means "instruction" or "teaching"
Torah
Robert Kathy
$600 [8]
Found between Aquarius & Aries, the 2 parts of this constellation are connected at their tails
Pisces
Robert
$600 [23]
2 of the 3 cities that hosted the Summer Olympics in the 1980s
Los Angeles & Moscow
Jon
$600 [28]
It's the village in the Village Voice, a weekly founded in 1955
Greenwich Village
Jon
$1,000 [16]
He fought in the Battle of Marathon before writing such plays as "Seven Against Thebes"
Aeschylus
Jon Kathy
$800 [20]
This organization has been publishing Modern Maturity magazine since 1958
AARP
Jon
$800 [4]
The name of this holy book, compiled c. 650, means "That which is to be recited"
the Koran
Jon
$1,000 [10]
Term given to a pair of stars that revolve around each other
binary
Robert
$800 [24]
As a result of this FBI probe, Michael Myers became the 1st House member expelled in over 100 years
Abscam
Jon
$800 [29]
United recently let frequent flyers exchange mileage for a chance to "fly" & "land" a jet in one of these
simulator
Jon
DD $3,500 [15]
As he predicted, he died in Salon, France on July 2, 1566
Nostradamus
Jon
$1,000 [21]
In 1866 Benjamin F. Stephenson founded this "Grand" society of Civil War vets who fought for the North
Grand Army of the Republic
$1,000 [5]
In his "Journal", founder George Fox recorded the birth of this religious movement
Quakers
Kathy
DD $2,000 [9]
In our solar system it's the outermost of the inner planets
Mars
Robert
$1,000 [25]
In 1981 this sweetener made its debut under the brand names of "Equal" & "Nutrasweet"
aspartame
Robert
$1,000 [30]
Once a duchy, Pomerania is now divided between Poland & this country
Germany
Robert Jon

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT ROME

Profession of those who said, "Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant"

gladiators

Kathy "What are gladiators?" — wagered $799
Jon "What are gladiators" — wagered $4,000
Robert "What are soldiers?" — wagered $799

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