Show #2539 1995-09-21 Regular

Contestants

Nick Fox — a newspaper editor from New York City, New York

Keith Bush — a copy editor from Long Beach, California

Albina Moran — an administrative assistant from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Albina	$400	$2,300	$3,500	$6,500 3rd place: Delonghi espresso machine + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo	$5,200 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Keith	$2,500	$3,500	$9,700	$13,100 New champion: $13,100	$9,500 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Nick	$200	$2,500	$6,500	$12,999 2nd place: Zodiac Swiss watch & Hammerman seahorse earrings	$6,500 15 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	OCCUPATIONS	QUOTATIONS	NOTORIOUS	DINOSAURS	DISNEY FILMS
$100 [1] A National Geographic book calls it "the world's longest and skinniest country" Chile Keith	$100 [12] Occupation shared by Frederic Miller, Adolphus Busch & Bernhard Stroh brewers Keith	$100 [6] Isabella Mary Beeton's "Book of Household Management" advised "A place for everything and..." this everything in its place Keith	$100 [11] From about 1873 to 1890, the famous feud between these 2 mountain families was at its worst the Hatfields & McCoys Nick	$100 [21] Podokesaurus is known only from a cast of a partial skeleton at this Conn. university's Peabody Museum Yale Keith	$100 [26] World War II was raging when this film about a deer had its world premiere in London in 1942 Bambi Albina
$200 [2] Continent on which the Sumerian civilization arose Asia Keith	$200 [13] Philip Armour, George Hormel & Oscar Mayer all packed this product meat Nick	$200 [7] She said, "Too few is as many as too many" as well as "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" Gertrude Stein Keith	$200 [17] William & Emily Harris, kidnappers of this newspaper heiress, were paroled in 1983 Patty Hearst Albina	$200 [22] Elasmosaurus, whose neck was half the animal's length, had 76 of these neck bones vertebrae Keith	$200 [27] In "The Lion King" Timon is a meerkat & his friend Pumbaa is one of these tusked creatures a warthog Keith
$300 [3] It's the only country that fits in a "Starts with 'Gh"' category Ghana Keith	$300 [14] Jeane Dixon, Sydney Omarr & Carroll Righter charted a course through their lives as these astrologers Keith	$300 [8] John Nance Garner called this political post "a spare tire on the automobile of government" the vice presidency Keith	$300 [18] In 1971 Clifford Irving received $750.000 from McGraw-Hill for a fake autobiography of this man Howard Hughes Nick	$300 [23] Tarbosaurus was a close relative of this carnivore, probably the best-known dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Nick	$300 [28] Disney released an animated version of this Kipling classic in 1967 & a live action adaptation in 1994 Jungle Book Nick
$400 [4] If you have a conference in Potsdam, you may fly into this closest capital city Berlin Keith	$400 [15] Groucho's brother Gummo Marx, like William Morris, was one of these an agent Nick	$400 [9] Yehudi Menuhin described this type of musician as "half tiger, half poet" & he should know a violinist Albina	$400 [19] In 1849 this U.S. city's bloody Astor Place riots began as a dispute over a performance of "Macbeth" New York Nick	$400 [24] Struthiomimus resembled this largest-living bird the ostrich Albina	$400 [29] In this 1989 film about miniaturization, the giant Cheerios were painted inner tubes Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Albina
$500 [5] It's the smallest & northernmost of the 3 republics on the Baltic's eastern shore Estonia Nick	$500 [16] You can bet Chris McCarron, Laffit Pincay, Jr. & Steve Cauthen share this occupation jockey Nick	$500 [10] According to Sir Richard Steele, this pastime "is to the mind what exercise is to the body" reading Keith	$500 [20] Murderer Albert DeSalvo, known by this nickname, was stabbed to death in a Massachusetts prison in 1973 the Boston Strangler Keith	DD $800 [25] Dinosaurs were the dominant land mammals of this era whose name means "middle life" the Mesozoic Albina	$500 [30] Ray Bolger sang "Castle In Spain" to Annette Funicello in this film based on a Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland Nick

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	TELEVISION	NOTABLE PEOPLE	WOODWINDS	BRITISH AUTHORS	WHAT'S IN A NAME?
$200 [2] This 18th c. ruler ordered a new codification of Prussian law, the Codex Fridericianus Frederick the Great Albina	$200 [11] Average the ratings from 1990 through 1994 & this Morley Safer-Mike Wallace show ranks No.1 60 Minutes Keith	$200 [16] In the Treaty of Barcelona of 1493, this Spanish king received Cerdagne & Roussillon from France Ferdinand Albina	$200 [21] A famous 1791 opera featured a "Magic" one a flute Keith	$200 [1] He made recordings of his "Poems and Songs of Middle-Earth" & "The Lord of the Rings" Tolkien Keith	$200 [22] It's a pet name for Bernice, as well as a young rabbit Bunny Albina
$400 [4] In 1795 he defended the Tuileries with cannon fire that became known as the "Whiff of Grapeshot" Napoleon Nick	$400 [12] In 1994 Tyne Daly & Sharon Gless reunited to play this pair for a TV movie Cagney & Lacey Keith	$600 [18] This Cretan-born Spanish artist once offered to repaint Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" El Greco Albina	$400 [23] Informally it's called a sweet potato an ocarina Albina Nick	$400 [3] She originally published "Jane Eyre" under the pen name Currer Bell Charlotte Bronte Keith	$400 [26] Catriona is a Scottish form of this name shared by 3 of Henry VIII's wives Catherine Albina
$600 [5] In 1739 this country's Nadir Shah captured Delhi & took away the Peacock Throne Persia Keith	$600 [13] Currently TV's longest-running sitcom, this FOX series celebrated its 200th episode Married... with Children Albina	$800 [19] Huntsville, Alabama's civic center is named for this German rocket engineer who came to the U.S. after WWII Wernher von Braun Nick	$600 [24] Gee, it's the woodwind associated with Kenny G a saxophone Keith	$600 [8] This author of "1984" was born in 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, India George Orwell Albina Nick	$600 [27] The name of this "Othello" villain is a Welsh form of James Iago Keith
$800 [6] In 1340 this country's Alfonso IV joined Alfonso XI of Castile to defeat the Moors at the Salado River Portugal Albina Keith	$800 [14] Queen Latifah stars on "Living Single" & rapper Will Smith stars on this sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Albina Nick	$1,000 [20] In September 1813 he sent Gen. Harrison the message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" Oliver Hazard Perry Nick	DD $1,000 [25] Like the oboe, this double reed woodwind has French & German types a bassoon Keith	$800 [9] This veterinarian who recalled his experiences in such books as "All Creatures Great and Small" died in 1995 (James) Herriot Keith	$800 [28] This "sweet" name is Hawaiian for "heavenly flower" Leilani Nick
$1,000 [7] Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, she met King Louis XV at a masked ball & became his mistress Madame Pompadour Nick	$1,000 [15] It was the name of the nurse played by Diahann Carroll 1968-1971 Julia Nick	DD $2,000 [17] On April 11, 1966, this VP opened the baseball season by tossing out the first ball in the capital Hubert Humphrey Albina	—	$1,000 [10] An illustrated edition of his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was published in 1994 (Douglas) Adams Keith	$1,000 [29] It's the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, but on an alphabetical list of names it's near the end zeta Keith

Final Jeopardy!

U.S.A.

Its design includes 13 stars, 13 stripes, 13 arrows, 13 olives, 13 rows of stones & a 13-letter motto

*the Great Seal of the U.S. (**the dollar)

Albina "What is the great seal of the U S A?" — wagered $3,000

Nick "What is the dollar" — wagered $6,499

Keith "What is the Great Seal of the U.S.?" — wagered $3,400

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