Show #1544 1991-04-25 (taped 1991-02-18) Regular

Contestants

Tod Hughes — a bank product developer from Newark, Delaware

Phyllis Marks — a domestic engineer originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Dave Gibboni — a research chemist originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,500	$2,200	$8,800	$0 3rd place: Ventura luggage	$9,000 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Phyllis	$1,100	$3,100	$9,600	$1,599 New champion: $1,599	$8,600 18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tod	$900	$1,700	$3,900	$400 2nd place: Whirlpool refrigerator/freezer + BRA cookware	$3,900 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	"LAST" FILMS	NEVADA	SPORTS	FOOD	ANAGRAMS
$100 [5] Emperor Jean Jacques Dessalines was killed near Port-au-Prince in this country in 1806 Haiti Tod	$100 [6] Jack Nicholson & Otis Young played naval officers & Randy Quaid their prisoner in this 1973 film The Last Detail Phyllis	$100 [24] It's touted as "The Entertainment Capital of the World" Las Vegas Tod	$100 [21] In golf these are limited to a maximum of 14 including irons & woods the clubs Tod	$100 [1] Some think of this soup as "Jewish penicillin" chicken soup Dave	$100 [9] When Lee broiled one of these creatures, it looked like a baked snake eel (Lee) Dave
$200 [17] It's believed that the wife of Domitian, emperor of this, was involved in his assassination Roman	$200 [7] Cloris Leachman & Ben Johnson won Oscars for this 1971 film that takes place 20 years earlier The Last Picture Show Dave	$200 [27] Boulder City was founded in 1931 to house people constructing this Boulder Dam Phyllis	$200 [22] The Ashes is the World Series of this British bat & ball game cricket Tod	$200 [2] Depending on the filling, you can serve this French pancake for dinner or dessert a crepe Dave	$200 [10] Ms. Abzug might put this name on a label inside her hat Bella (label) Phyllis
DD $400 [18] Roberto Ridolfi of Florence plotted to overthrow this English queen & replace her with Mary Stuart Elizabeth I Phyllis	$300 [13] In his last film, Paul Muni played this "indignant" title role The Last Angry Man	$300 [28] As you might expect, this is Nevada's official state metal silver Dave	$300 [23] The first substitute to come off the bench & enter this game is known as the "Sixth Man" basketball Dave	$300 [3] While this term once referred to any game meat, it's now restricted to that of a deer venison Phyllis	$300 [11] Corky saw this movie 786 times Rocky (Corky)
$400 [19] Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of this continent in 1803 Australia Dave	$400 [14] 1 of the 2 "Last" films directed by Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor (or Last Tango in Paris Dave	$400 [29] Nevada's state banking history began in 1859 when this co. set up a tent on Virginia City's main street Wells Fargo Phyllis	$400 [25] In a polo game these periods of play last 7½ minutes each a chukker Tod	$400 [4] To make rumaki, wrap a strip of this around a water chestnut & a piece of chicken liver bacon Tod	$400 [12] I've never received fan mail from this South American capital city Lima (mail) Tod
$500 [20] Alexander II ascended the throne of Russia in February 1855, during this war the Crimean Phyllis	$500 [16] In this 1984 film, Lance Guest uses his video game skills to fight an interstellar war The Last Starfighter	$500 [30] Many of Elko's first settlers were shepherds of this Spanish group; they hold a yearly festival there Basque Dave	$500 [26] In 1980 it became the first Communist country to win the Davis Cup in tennis Czechoslovakia Phyllis	$500 [8] A soul food dish called "Hoppin' John" contains salt pork, rice & these legumes black-eyed peas Dave	$500 [15] This feminine name is an anagram of Lloyd Dolly (Lloyd) Phyllis

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART	BOOKS & AUTHORS	BIOLOGY	CAPITAL CITIES	MUSIC	MESOPOTAMIAN TRIVIA
$200 [1] Hui Tsung, a Sung Dynasty emperor of this country, was a master of bird & flower paintings China Dave	$200 [12] Her thoughts on her novel & the subsequent film appear in "Gone with the Wind Letters 1936-1949" (Margaret) Mitchell Tod	$200 [9] It's the oldest domesticated animal whose breeding has been controlled for desirable traits a dog Dave Tod	$200 [2] This city has a Tolstoy museum & has restored the author's home as a tourist attraction Moscow Dave Phyllis	$200 [20] This British pair wrote pieces known collectively as the Savoy Operas Gilbert & Sullivan Dave	$200 [16] This form of transportation originated in the area c. 2000 B.C.; it later raced into Rome chariots Phyllis
$400 [5] Members of this Florentine family appear as the Wise Men in Botticelli's "Adoration of the Magi" de Medici Dave	$400 [15] She once said, "Give me a decent bottle of poison and I'll construct the perfect crime" (Agatha) Christie Dave	$400 [10] As its name indicates, an adrenal gland lies on this organ the kidney Dave	$400 [3] This Indonesian capital lies at the mouth of the Liwung River, on the northwest coast of Java Jakarta Tod	$400 [23] The Baroque period ended with the death of this great Baroque composer in 1750 (Johann Sebastian) Bach Phyllis	$400 [27] The area that once was Mesopotamia is now in this country Iraq Phyllis
$600 [7] There's a museum devoted to portrait artist Frans Hals in Haarlem in this country the Netherlands Dave	$600 [17] This author of more than 100 rags-to-riches stories never got rich; he gave a lot charity Horatio Alger Phyllis	$600 [11] In a plant transpiration is the loss of this through the leaves water Tod	$600 [4] The new city of Abuja has succeeded Lagos as capital of this African nation Nigeria Tod	$600 [24] There's a concert hall of the NYC HQ of this piano manufacturer on W. 57th Street Steinway Dave	$600 [28] Some 4500 years ago, Akkadian replaced Sumerian as the predominant one the language Phyllis
$800 [13] Last name of pop sculptor Claes, whose hard sculptures include "2 Cheeseburgers with Everything" Oldenburg Tod	$1,000 [19] In 1971 this once-blacklisted author directed the film version of his novel "Johnny Got His Gun" Dalton Trumbo	$800 [21] Your main arteries through the heart are the pulmonary, the carotid & this largest artery the aorta Dave	$800 [6] The nearest seaport to Damascus, Syria is this capital 70 miles away Beirut Tod	DD $600 [25] 19th century, German-born composer of thefollowing: Offenbach Dave	$800 [29] The Bible identifies this town "of the Chaldees" as the home of Abraham Ur Phyllis
$1,000 [14] He painted a gigantic mural on the history of Mexico before he died in 1957 (Diego) Rivera Phyllis	DD $1,700 [18] A walking tour through the Black Forest provided material for his book "A Tramp Abroad" Mark Twain Phyllis	$1,000 [22] It's an association of 2 different organisms living together for the advantage of both symbiosis Phyllis	$1,000 [8] This capital on the Walachian plain was once called the "Little Paris of the Balkans" Bucharest (Romania) Dave	$1,000 [26] This Austrian-American composer developed 12-tone music (Arnold) Schoenberg Dave	$1,000 [30] The tale of this Sumerian king & his search for immortality has a subplot of a great flood Gilgamesh Tod

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

The last president to enter office with his party controlling both houses of Congress

Jimmy Carter

Tod "Who is Johnson" — wagered $3,500

Dave "Who is Eisenhower?" — wagered $8,800

Phyllis "Who is JFK? Kennedy?" — wagered $8,001

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