Show #1527 1991-04-02 (taped 1991-02-11) Regular

Contestants

Sharon Silverman — a freelance writer from West Chester, Pennsylvania

Scott Rand — a podiatrist from Marlton, New Jersey

Eric Miller — a bankruptcy attorney from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Eric	$200	$1,700	$5,300	$0 2nd place: Merillat oak modular shelving system & Smith Corona PWP 7000 laptop word processor + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$5,300 14 R, 1 W
Scott	$1,200	$3,600	$6,400	$10,601 New champion: $10,601	$5,500 22 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Sharon	$1,900	$3,300	$4,600	$0 3rd place: Hotpoint washer & dryer + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$6,100 16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "WH"	FAMOUS NAMES	MOVIE TRIVIA	COMPOSERS	RELIGION	WORLD OF BEERS
$100 [3] William Henry Harrison was the first president to be elected from this political party the Whigs Eric	$100 [25] Nickname of basketball coach Arnold Auerbach Red Scott	$100 [10] The first line of this film is "She isn't coming yet, Toto. Did she hurt you?" The Wizard of Oz Sharon	$100 [8] Born Louis Bernstein in 1918, at age 16 he changed his first name to this Leonard Sharon	$100 [15] One of the reasons the Hopi did the corn dance was to induce this from the heavens rain Sharon	$100 [1] Foster's& Kangaroo Australia Eric
$200 [4] In 1988 this company celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Frisbee Wham-O Scott	$200 [26] Former ski jump champ from Butte, MT who attempted a jump over Snake River Canyon in 1974 Evel Knievel Scott	$200 [20] Between 1936 & '40, he was Kate Hepburn's leading man in 4 comedies before she teamed up with S. Tracy Cary Grant Eric	$200 [9] Gustav Mahler made his debut as principal conductor of this American opera company in 1908 the Metropolitan Opera Company Scott	$200 [16] In the 13th c. it referred to a building in which monks lived, today it's a home to nuns a convent Scott Sharon	$200 [2] Kirin &Sapporo Japan Scott
$300 [5] A candy bar from Hershey or a thingamajig a Whatchamacallit Sharon	$400 [28] He built Hoover Dam, an unsuccessful auto & set up an HMO (Henry J.) Kaiser Eric Scott	$300 [21] If you never saw this actor with hair, you might not recognize him as Jean Lafitte in "The Buccaneer" Yul Brynner Scott	$300 [11] Dmitri Shostakovich wrote 15 of these & dedicated No. 12 to the memory of Lenin symphonies Sharon	$300 [17] On the death of Francis Spellman in 1968, Terrence Cooke took over this city's see New York City Scott	$300 [13] Heineken& Amstel the Netherlands Sharon
$400 [6] This object for sharpening knives & tools is commonly made of quartz or flint a whetstone Scott	$500 [29] "Strictly Speaking" author & TV journalist who is an expert on English usage Newman Eric	$400 [22] Many airlines cut the fear-of-flying scene from this 1988 D. Hoffman film, but Qantas didn't Rain Man Sharon	$400 [12] Antonio Salieri moved to this city in 1766 & became court composer there 8 years later Vienna Scott	$400 [23] In 1988 this Louisiana-based minister was defrocked by the Assemblies of God (Jimmy) Swaggart Eric	$400 [18] Spartan &Atlas Greece Scott
$500 [7] A fingerprint pattern in which the central ridges form at least one complete circle a whorl Sharon	DD $1,000 [27] In 1934 he was the only incumbent Republican governor reelected, 2 yrs. later he ran for president Alf Landon Scott	$500 [30] Jimmy Stewart is confined to his apartment with a broken leg in this 1954 thriller Rear Window Sharon	$500 [14] This Russian wrote "The Flight of the Bumblebee" for his opera "Tsar Saltan" Rimsky-Korsakov	$500 [24] In the King James Bible it's the first & longest of St. Paul's epistles Romans Sharon	$500 [19] Tuborg& Carlsberg Denmark Scott

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	WORLD LITERATURE	THE 50 STATES	PEOPLE	ARTISTS	LEAGUES
$200 [1] The Great Plague in 1665 & the Great Fire in 1666 nearly wiped out this city London Sharon	$200 [22] He was influenced to create his masterpiece by accounts of a whale called "Mocha Dick" Melville Eric	$200 [2] Milledgeville was capital of this state from 1807 to 1868, when it was replaced by Atlanta Georgia Scott	$200 [3] E. Roosevelt once defended Molly Yard, pres. of this feminist org., against charges of communism NOW (National Organization for Women) Eric	$200 [16] Giotto probably painted some of the scenes from this saint's life in the Double Church in Assisi Francis Scott	$200 [13] If you're playing "in the Majors" you're in 1 of these 2 leagues the National and the American Eric
$400 [4] Usually the last "B" entry in an encyclopedia, this ancient Greek city became Istanbul Byzantium Eric Scott	$400 [23] This Pasternak hero suffers a heart attack on a streetcar & dies Dr. Zhivago Sharon	$400 [9] Great Falls is in Montana while Twin Falls is in this neighboring state Idaho Scott	$400 [6] Currently in her fifth term, Kathy Whitmire is the first woman mayor of this Texas city Houston Scott	$400 [30] Giorgione's painting of this Roman goddess of love sleeping was left unfinished when he died Venus Scott	$400 [14] In 1974 men were allowed into this league, founded in 1920 to help women use their suffrage wisely the League of Women Voters Scott
$600 [5] In 1871 King Wilhelm I of this country became emperor of Germany Prussia Scott	$600 [24] Good-Deeds travels to Paradise with the title character of this medieval morality play Everyman Scott	$600 [10] Mark Hatfield was governor of this state before representing it in the Senate Oregon Scott	DD $800 [7] He was press sec'y to Vice President George Bush & is now press sec'y to the president Marlin Fitzwater Scott	$600 [29] In 1923 "Time" reported this French sculptor died neglected, after giving his sculptures to France Rodin Eric	$600 [15] Rabbi Meir Kahane, who founded it in 1968, was assassinated in November 1990 the Jewish Defense League Sharon
$800 [20] 400 years before Columbus, Leif Ericson reached North America & called it this Vinland Eric	$1,000 [26] He wrote "Gargantua and Pantagruel" as Alcofribas Nasier, an anagram of his name Francois Rabelais	$800 [11] This state that gave us Sandra Day O'Connor had the 1st woman chief justice in the U.S. Arizona Scott	$800 [8] Manfred Worner is the first German to serve as Gen. sec'y of this organization founded in 1949 NATO Eric Sharon	$800 [28] This English satirist & engraver painted a scene from "The Beggar's Opera" in 1728 William Hogarth	$800 [17] Its covenant was written into the Treaty of Versailles the League of Nations Sharon
$1,000 [21] The 1842 treaty of this Chinese city ended the Opium War & ceded Hong Kong to Britain Nanking	DD $1,500 [25] "Prairie" was the opening poem in his 1918 collection "Cornhuskers" Carl Sandburg Sharon	$1,000 [12] Col. William Moultrie designed the flag of this state that has a fort named for him South Carolina	$1,000 [18] This etiquette expert is the sister of late Commerce Sec'y Malcolm Baldrige Letitia Eric	$1,000 [27] He carved a 6-ton head of Lincoln for the Capitol rotunda before working on Mount Rushmore Borglum Eric	$1,000 [19] Mauritania, Somalia, Djibouti & the PLO joined it in the 1970s the Arab League Scott

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

He was the only president who fought in both the Revolutionary War & the War of 1812

Andrew Jackson

Sharon "Who was Van Buren" — wagered $4,600

Eric "Who is Taylor?" — wagered $5,300

Scott "Who is Andrew Jackson?" — wagered $4,201

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