Show #1628 1991-10-02 (taped 1991-08-19) Regular

Contestants

Rita Stein — a freelance editor from New York City, New York

Bill Oldach — an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ron Reisman — a public relations executive from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ron	$400	$600	$3,200	$6,400 3rd place: Krups kitchen & bathroom products + NES with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$3,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Bill	$-400	$700	$8,500	$6,500 2nd place: Hotpoint refrigerator & FoodSaver vacuum packing system	$7,300 24 R (including 1 DD), 7 W
Rita	$1,700	$2,800	$5,200	$10,400 New champion: $10,400	$5,200 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

POETRY	TRANSPORTATION	WISCONSIN	MYTHOLOGY	COUNTRY MUSIC	JUST DESSERTS
$100 [1] Shelley asked, "O wind, if winter comes, can" this "be far behind?" spring Bill	$100 [19] Once the term for any 1-man vehicle, now it's pulled by trotters a sulky Ron	$100 [2] As Ocean Spray could tell you, Mass. & Wisc. are the top 2 growers of this fruit in the U.S. cranberry Ron	$100 [8] Apollo's son Aristaeus was a keeper of these insects bees Bill	$100 [26] In a Jerry Reed song, it's the line following "When you're hot, you're hot" When you're not, you're not Bill	$100 [9] This frozen dessert can be traced back to a Middle Eastern fruit drink called sharbat sherbet Ron
$200 [3] The number of lines in a cinquain 5 Bill	$200 [20] This U.S. National Railroad Passenger Corp. was originally called Railpax Amtrak Ron	$200 [4] Basketball's Bucks & baseball's Brewers call this city home Milwaukee Rita	$200 [10] Castor & this brother were known as the Dioscuri, or sons of Zeus Pollux Rita	$200 [27] This "outlaw" has spearheaded several Farm Aid concerts Willie Nelson Ron	$200 [15] This flavor is a blend of butter and brown sugar but, though the name implies it, no whisky butterscotch Bill
$300 [5] "Song of Myself", his celebration of himself is almost 1,500 lines long Walt Whitman Ron	$300 [21] Richard II's Queen Anne is credited with this invention that allowed women to ride horses side saddle Rita	$300 [12] Reedsburg, Wisc. claims the largest art collection by this Saturday Evening Post illustrator Norman Rockwell Ron	$300 [11] Perseus turned a king & his court into statues by showing them the head of this Gorgon Medusa Bill	$300 [28] "They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me...all I have to do is" this act naturally Bill	$300 [16] The name of these small, rich cakes is French for "little oven" petit four Rita
$400 [6] Of "Southern Star", "Eastern Star" or "Western Star", the one that won S. Vincent Benet a Pulitzer Prize "Western Star" Ron Bill Rita	$400 [22] This country with the longest single railroad line, is also 1st in freight miles traveled the Soviet Union Bill	$400 [23] Antislavery meetings in Ripon, Wisc. led to the formation of this political party in 1854 the Republican Party Bill	$400 [13] "The Pursuit of Diarmait and Grania" is a romantic tale from this country's Fenian Cycle Ireland Rita	—	$400 [17] Springerle cookies are flavored with this licorice-flavored seed anise Ron
$500 [7] "The Hind and the Panther" is John Dryden's ardent defense of King James II & this religion Catholicism Ron Bill	$500 [25] He set a world record of 132 mph driving the "Blitzen Benz" in 1910 Barney Oldfield Ron Rita	$500 [24] The two Great Lakes that border Wisconsin Michigan & Superior Bill	$500 [14] This Norse ruler of the sky had such a huge appetite he once tried to drink the sea dry Thor Ron Rita	—	$500 [18] White cake filled with figs, raisins & nuts named for George Calvert's wife Lady Baltimore cake

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	LITERARY CHARACTERS	THE SOLAR SYSTEM	FAMOUS WOMEN	THE SMITHSONIAN	NAMES IN THE NEWS
$200 [11] She said Saints Michael, Catherine & Margaret told her to save France Joan of Arc Bill	$200 [1] This Robert Louis Stevenson pirate has a parrot named Captain Flint Long John Silver Ron	$200 [26] According to the Information Please Almanac, it's the planet we know the most about after Earth Mars Bill	$200 [21] She was born Joan de Havilland; her sister Olivia kept the family name Joan Fontaine Rita	$200 [30] To visit Shing-Shing & Ling-Ling, a couple of giant pandas, go to this part of the Smithsonian the National Zoo Bill	$200 [25] Released by the Royals, this pro baseball & football player was signed by the White Sox Bo Jackson Bill
$400 [17] The U.S. formally recognized the new regime in this Caribbean country on Jan. 7, 1959 Cuba Bill	$400 [2] The eternally optimistic Mr. Micawber is thought to be based on this author's own father Dickens Rita	$400 [13] On average, it's about twice as far from the Sun as Mercury Venus Bill Rita	$400 [22] In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the U.S. to receive a degree in this medicine Ron	$400 [29] The Friendship 7 capsule in which he orbited in 1962 is in the National Air & Space Museum (John) Glenn Ron Bill	$400 [24] On August 15, 1991 some 750.000 fans were treated to a free concert in Central Park by this pop singer Paul Simon Bill
$600 [16] In 1936 the king of this country took the title Emperor of Ethiopia Italy Bill	$600 [3] In an Arabian Nights tale, the slave of the ring releases him from a cave the magician has shut him in Aladdin Ron Bill Rita	$600 [4] This planet is smaller than our moon Pluto Bill	$600 [23] At 89, this romance author was recently made a dame of the British Empire Barbara Cartland Bill	$600 [18] 3 members of each of these 2 bodies serve on the institution's board of regents the Senate & the House of Representatives Ron	$600 [7] In a speech at George Washington Univ. Hospital, he endorsed the "Brady" gun control bill Ronald Reagan Ron
$1,000 [15] After Louis XIV revoked this edict in 1685, over 250,000 Huguenots fled France the Edict of Nantes Rita	DD $1,000 [8] She is brought to Thornfield Manor as governess to Adele Varens, Rochester's ward Jane Eyre Ron	$800 [5] 1/3 of the planets in our solar system feature these; Voyager 2 found Uranus' rings Bill	$800 [27] She joined the New York City Opera Company in 1955, & 24 years later became its director Beverly Sills Rita	$800 [19] The concert hall of this Smithsonian affiliate is home to the National Symphony Orchestra the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	$800 [10] British media tycoon who saved the New York Daily News from folding (Robert) Maxwell Ron
DD $2,000 [14] Marco Polo visited China during the reign of this Mongol Kublai Khan Bill	$1,000 [9] Saved from drowning, spoiled Harvey Cheyne is forced to spend a summer fishing in this Kipling novel Captains Courageous Bill	$1,000 [6] Scientists have plotted the orbits of over 2500 of these, including those of Hidalgo & Amor asteroids Bill	$1,000 [28] From 1983-85 Margaret Heckler served as secretary of this cabinet department Health & Human Services Bill	$1,000 [20] Gordon Bunshaft designed this donut-shaped art museum noted for its sculpture collection the Hirshhorn Bill Rita	$1,000 [12] This inventor of the Stratocaster electric guitar died at age 81 Leo Fender Bill

Final Jeopardy!

STAMPS & COINS

2 of the 3 countries in whose currencies United Nations stamps are issued

(2 of) United States, Switzerland & Austria

Ron "What is the USA & Switzerland" — wagered $3,200

Rita "What are the U.S. & Switzerland?" — wagered $5,200

Bill "What are France & US?" — wagered $2,000

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