Show #1683 1991-12-18 (taped 1991-09-30) Regular

India Cooper game 3.

Contestants

Gail Gray — a full-time mother from San Antonio, Texas

Julie Crouchley — a secretary originally from Essex Junction, Vermont

India Cooper — an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado (whose 2-day cash winnings total $34,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
India $1,200 $4,900 $13,200 $13,399
3-day champion: $47,400
$14,100
32 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Julie $0 $-200 $2,400 $0
3rd place: Magnavox 3" LCD TV & Nintendo Entertainment system + Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy
$2,400
5 R, 1 W
Gail $1,000 $1,600 $6,500 $8,000
2nd place: trip on Delta to Orlando, Florida including cruise on The Big Red Boat
$5,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SWITZERLAND BASEBALL SONG STANDARDS TRANSPORTATION OLD TESTAMENT "JACK"s & "JILL"s
$100 [4]
Unlike the United States where it's every 4 years, the Swiss get a new one every year
a president
Gail
$100 [1]
In 1959 Harvey Haddix pitched one for 12 innings but lost the game in the 13th
a no-hitter
India
$100 [17]
"Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you're" this
young at heart
India
$100 [15]
A cab, or what an airliner does down the runway
a taxi
India
$100 [26]
The first sheep keeper mentioned in the Bible
Abel
$100 [9]
She's Michael Tucker's wife on "L.A. Law" & in real life
Jill Eikenberry
India
$200 [5]
His crossbow is used in trademark symbols of products exported by Switzerland
William Tell
Gail
$200 [2]
In 1990, his 1st year as this team's manager, Lou Piniella led them to a 4-game World Series sweep
Cincinnati Reds
India
$200 [18]
When these "are smiling, sure it's like a morn in spring"
Irish eyes
Gail
$200 [16]
"Baltimore Clippers" were small swift sailing ships developed on this bay
the Chesapeake
Julie
$200 [27]
Nehemiah, the author of a a book, wasn't a prophet, but cupbearer to Artaxerxes I, in this country
Persia
India
$200 [10]
In 1988 this actress & wife of Chas. Bronson received an American Cancer Society Courage Ward
Jill Ireland
Gail
$300 [6]
This peak wasn't conquered by a bang but a Whymper, Edward Whymper
Matterhorn
Gail
$300 [3]
Of JFK, Truman or Teddy Roosevelt, the one who was president the last time the Cubs won the World Series
Teddy Roosevelt
Gail
$300 [23]
According to Rodgers & Hart, it's "where god paints the scenery"
in our mountain greenery
India
$300 [19]
A litter used to carry the sick & wounded, not to make them taller as its name implies
a stretcher
India
$300 [28]
When this chest holding the Ten Commandments arrived, David danced for joy & passed out bread, meat & wine
the Ark (of the Covenant)
Gail
$300 [11]
This beloved comedian died in 1974 at age 39, his fixed age since 1933
Jack Benny
Gail
$500 [8]
Swiss firm that's No. 1 in chocolate
Nestle's (Nestle)
Gail
$400 [13]
A short fly ball that falls between the infielders & outfielders is named for this minor league
the Texas League
India
$400 [24]
Jimmy Crowe, Nellie Shannon & Mamie O'Rourke are 3 of the characters in this song about New York
"East Side, West Side" ("The Sidewalks Of New York")
India
$400 [20]
Cable cars are 1 type of these "desirable" vehicles
a streetcar
India Julie
$400 [29]
The rods all became serpents, but his swallowed up those of pharaoh's magicians
Aaron
India Gail
$400 [12]
She was name Best Actress at the 1978 Cannes Festival for her performance in "An Unmarried Woman"
Jill Clayburgh
India
DD $900 [7]
Switzerland's status in the UN is as a permanent one of these
observer
Gail
$500 [14]
A 2nd baseman for the Cardinals & others, he's considered the best right-handed hitter in baseball history
Rogers Hornsby
$500 [25]
In a song from 1902, it's when "she's your tootsey wootsey"
"In The Good Old Summertime"
India
$500 [21]
The Assyrians used these wheelless vehicles on runners to move colossal statues
sleds
Gail
$500 [30]
Belshazzar made Daniel the third ruler of the kingdom after he told him the meaning of this writing
the writing on the wall
India
$500 [22]
An assistant to Lyndon Johnson. he's now celebrating his 25th year as president of the MPAA
Jack Valenti
India

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDICAL HISTORY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES PLAYWRIGHTS BODIES OF WATER 8-LETTER WORDS BARONS & BARONESSES
$200 [1]
Until the late 19th century about 75% of the women who had babies by this surgical procedure, died
a C-section
India
$200 [26]
This country's two-week long New Year's celebration ends with Yuan Hsiao. a lantern festival
China
Gail
$200 [3]
"Garden District" was a double bill of his "Something Unspoken" & "Suddenly Last Summer"
Tennessee Williams
Gail
$200 [4]
The Ohio joins it at Cairo, Illinois & doubles its water volume
the Mississippi
Julie
$200 [10]
From the Latin meaning "to serve", it's the rank above corporal in the Army & Marine Corps
sergeant
Gail
$200 [11]
Diana might tell you his many titles include Lord of the Isles & Baron Renfrew
Prince Charles
India
$400 [2]
As early as 450 A.D., Indian physician Susruta noted a relation between malaria & this insect
the mosquito
India
$400 [27]
The lord mayor Munich kicks off this celebration by opening the first barrel of beer
Oktoberfest
India
$400 [6]
In 1818 Thomas Bowdler published 10 volumes of this author's plays that he had "purified"
Shakespeare
India
$400 [13]
This river divides the Windy City into the north, west & south sides
the Chicago River
India
$400 [12]
A memento, from the French for a recollection or memory of something
a souvenir
Gail
$400 [22]
Add 1 letter to "baron" to get this word for a baron's domain
barony
India
$600 [5]
In 1753 a Scottish naval surgeon showed that eating citrus fruits could cure this disease
scurvy
India
$600 [28]
In Judaism this holiday not only marks the new year, but the anniversary of the creation of the world
Rosh Hoshanah
Gail
$600 [7]
Arthur Miller's version of his play "An Enemy of the People" played on Broadway in 1950
Ibsen
India
$600 [19]
Cayuga, Owasco & Skaneateles are 3 of the digits in this New York lake group
the Finger Lakes
Julie
$600 [14]
A nonchalant attitude, or a supporter of Charles I of England
cavalier
India
$600 [23]
Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke as this authoress' cousin & her husband, too
Isak Dinesen
India
$800 [17]
Since its introduction in 1963, it's become the most widely prescribed tranquilizer
valium
Gail
$800 [29]
Originally it was a Celtic festival for the dead, celebrated on the last day of the Celtic year
Halloween
Julie
$800 [8]
"A Touch of the Poet" & "More Stately Mansions" are 2 of the 11 plays he planned about 1 American family
O'Neill
India
$800 [20]
Among lakes, Tanganyika is second only to this Soviet lake in depth
Lake Baikal
India
$800 [15]
This Greek stringed instrument resembles a mandolin
a bouzouki
$800 [24]
This German baron who fought in the American Revolution had a city in Ohio named for him
(von) Steuben
India
DD $2,500 [18]
In 1885 he administered the first inoculation for rabies
(Louis) Pasteur
Gail
$1,000 [30]
Eastern Orthodox call the observance of Mary's death Dormition, Roman Catholics call it this
the Assumption
Julie
$1,000 [9]
William Gibson wrote 1982's "Monday After the Miracle" as a sequel to this, his 1959 play
The Miracle Worker
India
DD $900 [21]
The falls on this river in Brazil & Argentina are larger than the Niagara River's
Iguazu
India
$1,000 [16]
Treelike, or a term which describes animals who live in trees
arboreal
$1,000 [25]
A loose overcoat & a style of sleeve were named for this baron, a field marshal
Raglan
India

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN NOVELS

The narrative in this 1851 novel contains a dissertation on cetology

Moby-Dick

Julie "What was "the Last of the Mohica" — wagered $2,400
Gail "What is Moby Dick?" — wagered $1,500
India "What is Moby Dick?" — wagered $199

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