Show #1699 1992-01-09 (taped 1991-10-22) Regular

Contestants

Liz MacGillicuddy-Lucas — an actress originally from Hollywood, California

Doug Frost — a lawyer originally from Riverside, California

Peter Wadhams — a podiatrist originally from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$0	$600	$600	$0 3rd place: Handheld Nemesis Igo Dojo game	$1,900 12 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Doug	$500	$2,500	$4,900	$0 2nd place: General Electric Satellite TV System + Lane Action recliner	$5,900 19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Liz	$200	$1,000	$6,700	$1,799 New champion: $1,799	$6,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL DINING HABITS	THE 1990 OSCARS	NICKNAMES	MATH	LOS ANGELES	CROSSWORD CLUES: "H"
$100 [11] To feed, this bird puts itself into a hover mode of about 54 wingbeats per second a hummingbird Peter	$100 [9] Kevin Costner will "never forget" that this film led the pack with 7 Oscars, & neither will we Dances with Wolves Peter	$100 [2] Sobriquet of L.A. Lakers player Earvin Johnson "Magic" Liz	$100 [1] Two lines that extend in the same direction & remain the same distance apart are said to be this parallel Doug	$100 [23] Based on Census Dept. estimates, L.A. passed this city to become the nation's second largest in 1982 Chicago Peter Doug	$100 [16] Partner for glory or Crosby(4) hope Liz
$200 [12] Eating over 300 lbs. of food a day, it will knock down a tree to strip all the leaves an elephant Liz	$200 [10] In the film & on the Oscar show she sang "Sooner or Later" from "Dick Tracy" Madonna Doug	$200 [3] "Yellow Hair" & "The Boy General" Custer Doug	$200 [4] Similar to a circle's circumference, it's the distance around the edge of a plane figure perimeter Peter	$200 [24] Simon Rodia spent 33 years building 3 web-like towers in this section of South Central L.A. Watts Doug	$200 [17] It lifts the sole(4) heel Doug
$300 [13] Like the proverb says, pikas make this while the sun shines & then store it for winter hay Peter	$300 [28] He became the 1st son of a Thalberg Award winner to win a Thalberg Award; his father, Darryl, won 3 Richard Zanuck Liz	$300 [6] The Indians called this Texas president "Big Drunk" Sam Houston Peter Doug Liz	$300 [5] It's the term for the top part of a fraction the numerator Doug	$300 [25] This, the nation's largest municipal park, covers over 6 square miles Griffith Park Liz	$300 [18] Bee sweet(5) honey Doug
$400 [14] The giant species of this mammal can stick its tongue out of an insect nest 150 times a minute an anteater Peter	$400 [29] We don't know if James Caan dared tell her to "break a leg", but she won for her role in "Misery" (Kathy) Bates Peter	$400 [7] "The Father of the Constitution" James Madison Liz	$400 [21] It's the lowest common multiple of 3, 6 & 9 18 Peter Liz	$400 [26] L.A.'s Century City district is built on land once part of this movie studio's back lot 20th Century Doug	$400 [19] Presidential vacuum(6) Hoover
DD $1,300 [15] A bee larva becomes a queen bee if it's only fed this royal jelly Peter	$500 [30] This 85-year-old accepted her honorary Oscar by satellite hookup from her NYC apartment Myrna Loy Liz	$500 [8] This French explorer for whom a lake was named was known as the "Father of New France" Champlain Peter	$500 [22] The Pythagorean theorem has to do with the relationship between the sides of this type of triangle a right triangle Doug	$500 [27] Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in these 2 years 1932 & 1984 Doug	$500 [20] Thumbnail banger(6) hammer Peter

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 15th CENTURY	POETS & POETRY	FAMOUS NURSES	SCULPTURE	SCIENCE	MILITARY LEADERS
$200 [3] The Byzantine Empire ended in 1453 with the Turkish conquest of this city Constantinople Peter	$200 [12] In his poem "The Bridge", Hart Crane used this NYC bridge to symbolize America the Brooklyn Bridge Liz	$200 [15] Born in Oxford, Mass. in 1821, she was christened Clarissa Harlowe Clara Barton Liz	$200 [23] Robert Smithson was best known for his "Spiral Jetty", running into this Utah body of water the Great Salt Lake Doug	$200 [1] This band of wind found at 30-40,000 feet can reach speeds of over 300 mph the jet stream Doug	$200 [11] Among her titles is Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II Liz
$400 [7] This court was established about 1480 to try those suspected of not following Roman Catholic teachings the (Spanish) Inquisition Liz	$400 [13] The proverbial first line of a Robert Herrick poem says "Gather" these "while ye may" rosebuds Liz	$400 [18] Mary Walker, the 1st woman to win the Cong. Medal of Honor, was a nurse & surgeon during this war the Civil War Doug	$400 [24] A 33-foot statue of Buffalo Bill is featured at the Nat'l Cowboy Hall of Fame in this state Oklahoma Peter	$400 [2] Johann Kepler developed his laws of planetary motion by studying this ruddy-colored planet Mars Liz	$400 [19] He helped put down a revolt in Toulon in 1793 & became a brigadier general at age 24 Napoleon Bonapatre
$600 [8] When this "long" war ended in 1453, England had lost all territories on the continent except Calais the Hundred Years' War Doug	$600 [14] In a poem of the same title, Dylan Thomas warned, "Do not go gentle into" this that good night Peter Doug	$600 [28] In 1915 the Crimean Monument in London was erected in her honor Florence Nightingale Liz	$600 [25] One of Bernini's greatest works is his "Apollo and" this nymph Daphne Doug	$600 [4] Cane sugar is a chemical compound consisting of carbon, hydrogen & this element oxygen Doug	$600 [20] Mary Clarke, the first female 2-star general, headed this army branch abolished in 1978 the WACs (the Women's Army Corps) Peter
$800 [9] This school's King's College chapel, begun in 1446, was built in English perpendicular style Cambridge Doug	$800 [16] His first collection of poems included "To a Mouse" & "To a Louse" Robert Burns Liz	DD $1,500 [29] She worked as an obstetrical nurse in Manhattan before founding the 1st birth control clinic Margaret Sanger Liz	$800 [26] In 1969 a giant lipstick created by this Swedish-born pop sculptor was erected at Yale University Claes Oldenburg	$800 [5] Rods made of this metal, symbol Cd, are used in nuclear reactors to slow down the reactions cadmium Doug	$800 [21] In 1907 Lt. Col. George Washington Goethals was put in charge of building this project the Panama Canal Peter Doug
DD $1,000 [10] In 1497 Leonardo da Vinci completed "The Last Supper" in this Italian city Milan Doug	$1,000 [17] He wrote,"beauty is truth, Truth beauty" Keats Liz	—	$1,000 [27] In the 1920s this sculptor sued customs officials for assessing his "Bird in Space" as an industrial part Brancusi	$1,000 [6] This negative electrode of a dry cell battery is composed of zinc the anode Peter	$1,000 [22] A captain under Dewey, he directed his squadron's fire when ready at Manila Bay in 1898 Gridley Doug

Final Jeopardy!

THE SENATE

In 1961 he became the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction

John Tower

Peter "Who was Dirkson?" — wagered $600

Doug "Who is Bentsen" — wagered $4,900

Liz "Who is ?" — wagered $4,901

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