Show #1543 1991-04-24 (taped 1991-02-18) Regular

Contestants

Dave Gibboni — a research chemist originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Steve Schechner — a general surgeon from Virginia Beach, Virginia

Tom Bodenberg — a university professor originally from Muskegon, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tom $-100 $2,300 $3,900 $0
3rd place: Panasonic business electronics + Nintendo Entertainment System
$3,900
17 R, 4 W
Steve $2,000 $2,500 $4,300 $4,600
2nd place: a trip to Malaysia
$5,700
17 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Dave $600 $1,000 $8,800 $8,800
New champion: $8,800
$10,800
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN INDIANS THE MOVIES WORLD FLAGS 1971 FAMOUS FOLKS "PRO"s & "CON"s
$100 [18]
The Apache Wars ended in 1886 with his formal surrender to the U.S.
Geronimo
Steve
$100 [16]
Nicol Williamson soared as Merlin in this 1981 film named for King Arthur's sword
Excalibur
Steve
$100 [1]
This country's flag originated at the flag of the canton of Schwyz
Switzerland
Dave
$100 [7]
He hit No. 1 twice, solo with "Go Away Little Girl" & with his brothers with "One Bad Apple"
Donny Osmond
Tom
$100 [23]
After forming a movie co. with the Selwyn brothers, Samuel Goldfish changed his name to this
Samuel Goldwyn
Tom
$100 [6]
To put off till tomorrow what you can do today
procrastinate
Tom
$200 [19]
The clan or family symbols Indians of the Northwest carve on poles
totems
Steve
$200 [17]
The 1990 film "Everybody Wins" was the 1st feature this playwright wrote since 1961's "The Misfits"
Arthur Miller
Tom
$200 [2]
The white bar on Chile's flag represents the snow of these mountains
the Andes
Steve
$200 [8]
After 1,000 years this country switched to a decimal currency on February 15
the United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Tom
$200 [24]
Convicted of income tax evasion in 1982, this Unification Church leader spent a year in prison
the Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Tom
$200 [12]
Walden pond is about 1½ miles south of this Revolutionary War town
Concord, Massachusetts
Tom
$300 [20]
6 million people still speak Quechua, the language of these South American Indians
the Incas
Tom
DD $400 [28]
1 of the 2 Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland films with "Babes" in their titles
(1 of) Babes in Arms or Babes on Broadway
Steve
$300 [3]
The red & white on this country's flag are the traditional colors of Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
Tom
$300 [9]
Roberto Clemente was World Series MVP when this team beat Baltimore
Pittsburgh Pirates
Steve
$300 [25]
A 1935 motorcycle accident claimed the life of this British soldier & adventurer
Lawrence
Tom
$300 [13]
Jimmy Durante insured his for $140,000
his proboscis
Tom Steve
$400 [21]
The Spanish gave this name, meaning "town", to tribes they found living in apartment-like structures
a pueblo
Tom
$400 [29]
According to the title of a 1990 Jessica Lange film, "Men Don't" do this
Leave
Dave
$400 [4]
The 3 stars on this nation's flag stand for Luzon, Mindanao & the Visayan archipelago
the Philippines
Steve
$400 [10]
This man, second to walk on the moon, retired as an astronaut
(Buzz) Aldrin
Steve
$400 [26]
His "Flying Dutchman" opera was partly inspired by his own near shipwreck in a storm
Wagner
Tom
$400 [14]
This spicy Italian ham is often sliced thin & served with melon
prosciutto ham
Steve
$500 [22]
Activists of the "Red Power" movement took over this abandoned island from 1969 to 1971
Alcatraz Island
Steve
$500 [30]
Jane Fonda starred in this 1977 film based on a chapter in L. Hellman's memoir "Pentimento"
Julia
Tom Dave
$500 [5]
A 5-to were d building representing the temple of Angkor Wat appears on this nation's flag
Cambodia
Dave
$500 [11]
On February 10 he was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Bush
Tom
$500 [27]
"La Vie en Rose" was not only her trademark song, it was her own composition
Edith Piaf
Steve
$500 [15]
High levels of this hormone act to prevent a miscarriage during pregnancy
progesterone
Steve Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN HISTORY NEWSPAPERS FICTIONAL CLERGY FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES GENERAL SCIENCE NEIL SIMON
$200 [26]
He was a 27-year-old army captain when he deposed King Idris of Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Tom Dave
$200 [3]
In 1889 financial reporter Charles H. Dow became this paper's first editor
The Wall Street Journal
Dave
$200 [12]
Claude Frollo was the archdeacon who lusted after Esmeralda in this V. Hugo novel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Steve
$200 [7]
An Eskimo word for polar bear, or the name of an Eskimo "of the North"
nanook
Dave
$200 [1]
Chambers in a canal used to move ships from 1 water level to another
locks
Steve
$200 [13]
The play in which Corie complains, "You wouldn't walk barefoot with me in Washington Square Park"
Barefoot in the Park
Dave
$400 [30]
In 1867 these precious gems were found near Hopetown on the Orange River
diamonds
Steve
$400 [15]
When Field Enterprises closed down this city's Daily News in 1978, it owned the Sun-Times
Chicago
Tom
$400 [22]
John, the Nun's Priest, tells the story of the Cock & the Fox in this Chaucer collection
The Canterbury Tales
Dave
$400 [8]
French for a witticism, this literally means "good word"
bon mot
Steve
$400 [2]
The horn or horns on this animal, whose name is Greek for "nose horn" are always growing
a rhinoceros
Tom
$400 [14]
Simon says, "The most fun I ever had" was writing for this Sid Caesar TV series
Your Show of Shows
Tom
$600 [29]
Britannica says this tribe had only about 1500 members when Shaka became chief in 1816
Zulu
Dave
$600 [16]
Former CEO Al Neuharth said you pronounce this media co.'s name with the emphasis "on the net"
Gannett
Dave
$600 [23]
In "Ivanhoe" he was Robin Hood's "brother" & carried a lot of weight in the band of Merry Men
Friar Tuck
Tom Dave
$600 [9]
This is a German dish of hare in pepper & vinegar sauce
hasenpfeffer
Dave
$600 [4]
Also called chert, this rock was used by early man for tools
flint
Dave
$600 [19]
The first part of this play set in a NYC hotel is titled "Visitor from Mamaroneck"
Plaza Suite
Dave
$800 [28]
Established in 1963, the O.A.U. is the "Organization of" this
African Unity
Tom
$800 [17]
Joel Chandler Harris was on the staff of this Atlanta newspaper from 1876-1900
The Atlanta Constitution
Steve
$800 [24]
G.K. Chesterton's full-time priest, part-time detective
Father Brown
Dave
$800 [10]
This legal term literally means "something for something" in Latin
quid pro quo
Steve
$800 [5]
This element is taken from the air by a fixation process to make fertilizer
nitrogen
Dave
$800 [20]
Simon likes his plays about this beach area "the best because they are related to the best times of my life"
Brighton Beach
Dave
$1,000 [27]
Muhammad Ali, governor of this country, invited the Mamelukes to dinner in 1811 & had them massacred
Egypt
DD $1,000 [18]
This man founded the New York Evening Post as a Federalist newspaper in 1801
Alexander Hamilton
Steve
DD $2,000 [25]
Nathaniel Hawthorne character who had an "A" on the skin of his chest
Dimmesdale
Dave
$1,000 [11]
You speak this way, Italian for "under the voice", to avoid being overheard
sotto voce
Dave
$1,000 [6]
This element abbreviated Lr is named after the inventor of the cyclotron
lawrencium
Dave
$1,000 [21]
Simon wrote the script for this 1966 musical about a dance hostess at the Fandango Ballroom
Sweet Charity
Dave

Final Jeopardy!

ROYALTY

He was sixth in line to the Greek throne when he renounced his claim in 1947

Prince Philip

Tom "Who was King Constantine" — wagered $3,900
Steve "Who is Prince Phillip" — wagered $300
Dave "Who is Prince Philip?" — wagered $0

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