Show #1455 1990-12-21 (taped 1990-09-24) Regular

Contestants

Susan Huser — an insurance underwriting manager originally from Cincinnati, Ohio

Gordon Nash — a teacher originally from New York City, New York

David Hewitt — a minister from Mount Pulaski, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$600	$1,200	$6,000	$7,700 2nd place: Colortyme home entertainment center & La-Z-Boy sofa	$6,000 15 R, 1 W
Gordon	$1,300	$4,500	$16,400	$20,800 New champion: $20,800	$13,000 30 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Susan	$0	$300	$2,100	$100 3rd place: RCA washer & dryer & + Nintendo Entertainment system with Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! & Fisher Price preschool games + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy	$2,100 9 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY	4-LETTER WORDS	FOOD & DRINK	MUSIC	SPORT OF KINGS	KINGS NAMED FRED
$100 [3] Some birds still have the gene that would allow these to grow in their beaks teeth Gordon	$100 [13] Poetically, e'er is ever & e'en is this even Susan	$100 [26] A breaded veal cutlet garnished with a fried one of these is called veal Holstein an egg Susan	$100 [2] This ritual plainsong used in the Roman Catholic church was named for Pope Gregory I Gregorian chants Gordon	$100 [1] Horses placing first, second or third are covered by these basic bets win, place & show Gordon	$100 [18] This Prussian king is called Friedrich der Grosse in German Frederick the Great Gordon
$200 [4] A millipede has this many antennae two Gordon Susan	$200 [14] An upright stake in the ground, or a base to which military personnel are assigned a post Susan	$200 [27] Despite its name, it's not necessarily 50% milk & 50% cream half & half Gordon	$200 [8] It's the Italian term for singing without instrumental accompaniment a cappella David	$200 [12] Prize money put up by the track, or what the money might go into after it's won the purse Gordon	$200 [19] Sicily's crusader King Frederick II crowned himself king of this holy city in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem David
$300 [5] This 3-letter suffix denotes a carbohydrate, especially a sugar -ose Gordon Susan	$300 [15] It's the sound made by rippling water, or a type of knitting stitch a purl	$300 [28] This paste of goose liver & truffles sometimes has added lard pâté de foie gras Susan	$300 [9] They're the 2 main types of wind instruments brass & woodwinds Gordon	$300 [23] The length of the Kentucky Derby is 1 1/4 miles or 10 of these units of distance the furlong Gordon	$300 [20] Frederick III's coronation as this in 1452 was the last in Rome by a pope Holy Roman emperor Gordon
$400 [6] As opposed to vitamins B1& C, which are water soluble, A & E are usually soluble only in this fat Gordon	$400 [16] A body of still water smaller than a lake a pond Susan	$400 [29] A drink made with rum, cream & Grand Marnier or Cointreau, or a 2-word phrase describing Harlow's hair platinum blond Gordon	$400 [10] A passage connecting 2 melodies, or the part of a violin that supports the strings a bridge David Susan	$400 [24] The Travers, the oldest stakes event in the U.S. is held at this Upstate, N.Y. track Saratoga Gordon	$400 [21] Noted for his red beard, this German king drowned while crossing the River Saleph in 1190 Barbarossa David
DD $600 [7] In addition to making penicillin, species of penicillium are used to ripen & flavor these cheese Gordon	$500 [17] The accumulated fact, tradition or belief about a subject lore Gordon	$500 [30] The traditional form of this gumbo thickener made from sassafras has been banned by the FDA filé Susan	$500 [11] On sheet music this sign is used to cancel a preceding sharp or flat a natural	$500 [25] 2 of the 3 horses who've won racing's triple crown in the past 25 years (2 of) Secretariat & Affirmed (or Seattle Slew) Gordon	$500 [22] Frederick Augustus I of Saxony lost 3/5 of his land at this 1815 conclave the Congress of Vienna Gordon

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	LITERARY TERMS	CHINESE HISTORY	THEATER	YE GODS!
$200 [2] Kansas City is the most populous city in this state Missouri Gordon	$200 [5] Andrew Jackson & James Garfield were the first & last presidents to be born in this type of dwelling a log cabin David	$200 [1] The sequence of events in a story, sometimes there's a "sub" one too the plot Gordon	$200 [22] 20th century conflict the Chinese call "The War of Resistance to Japanese Aggression" World War II David	$200 [15] Shaw's 1-act play about this lusty Russian empress opens in the Winter Palace Catherine the Great David	$200 [3] This weapon sometimes wielded by Zeus still kills about 100 people a year in the U.S. lightning Gordon
$400 [13] St. Mary's City preceded this city as Maryland's capital Annapolis David	$400 [8] When listed by surname, this president is alphabetically last Woodrow Wilson Susan	$400 [27] 3-letter synonym for paronomasia, an example is "a farce set in a hospital is a play on wards" a pun Susan	$400 [23] When they swept into China in the 1200s, they became the first foreigners to occupy it the Mongols David	$400 [18] The "He" in "He Who Gets Slapped" gets slapped when he joins the circus as one of these a clown Gordon	$400 [4] Though a Beatty film shared its name with this fertility goddess, it bore little fruit at the box office Ishtar David
$600 [19] New York's largest mountain region, it includes Mt. Marcy & Algonquin Peak the Adirondacks Gordon	$800 [7] Wm. Henry Harrison's successor, he had 15 children, the most of any president Tyler Gordon	$600 [28] The French equivalent of "pseudonym" nom de plume Gordon	$600 [24] The motto of this movement in 1900 was "Preserve the dynasty; destroy the foreigners" the Boxer Rebellion David	$600 [17] This musical set in France features an eerie gondola ride across an underground lake Phantom of the Opera David	$600 [9] Hermes winged rod with 2 serpents on it that has become this emblem of physicians the caduceus Gordon
$800 [20] America's first nat'l monument, Devils Tower & first nat'l forest, Shoshone, are both in this state Wyoming David	$1,000 [6] During the War of 1812 he served as Secretary of State & then Secretary of War James Monroe David	$800 [29] Latin for "thus", it's put after a word or phrase that looks wrong but is quoted correctly sic Gordon	$800 [25] Chinese seizure of this from British merchants signaled the start of a war named for it the Opium War Gordon	$800 [16] In the play version of this novel, Boo & Nathan Radley can be played by the same actor To Kill a Mockingbird Susan	$800 [10] One of the elder gods that ruled before Zeus, or the largest of Saturn's moons Titan Gordon
$1,000 [21] An arm of the Atlantic, this bay nearly divides Rhode Island in 2 the Narragansett Bay David	DD $3,700 [12] When he became Senate minority leader in 1953, he was the youngest man ever to hold that post LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) Gordon	$1,000 [30] "Anatomical" poetic term for a rhythmic unit of 2 or 3 syllables a foot	DD $1,200 [26] In the 2nd century this export was sent as far as Rome, fetching as much per ounce as gold silk Gordon	$1,000 [14] In a 1968 play it was the age of Julie Harris' character & the number of "Carats" in the title 40 Susan	$1,000 [11] Selene, the Greek goddess of the Moon, was the sister of this Greek sun god who preceded Apollo Helios David Gordon

Final Jeopardy!

OSCAR-WINNING FILMS

This 1950 film was the only "Best Picture" that featured Marilyn Monroe; she played an actress

All About Eve

Susan "What is There's No Business Like Show Business?" — wagered $2,000

David "What is "All About Eve"?" — wagered $1,700

Gordon "What is All About Eve" — wagered $4,400

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