Show #1705 1992-01-17 (taped 1991-11-05) Regular

Contestants

Kyle Osburn — an electronics sales associate from Saint Louis, Missouri

Nancy Greene — a reference librarian from Indianapolis, Indiana

Walter Mayes — a publisher sales representative from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Walter $1,300 $3,000 $10,600 $10,401
3-day champion: $43,602
$9,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Nancy $1,800 $3,100 $5,200 $10,300
2nd place: Panasonic word processor + Baldwin brass desk accessories
$5,300
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Kyle $900 $1,900 $5,100 $10,199
3rd place: Verichron timepiece + Nintendo Entertainment System & games
$5,100
16 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMPHIBIANS ROCK 'N' ROLL FACTS TRAVEL U.S.A. NEW TESTAMENT CARTOON CATCH PHRASES POTENT POTABLES
$100 [24]
Tadpoles have these for respiration, frogs don't
gills
Kyle
$100 [6]
In 1989 this band celebrated the 20th anniversary of "Tommy" with a series of special performances
The Who
Walter
$100 [19]
This pianist had a customized car covered with rhinestones; you can see it at his Las Vegas museum
Liberace
Nancy
$100 [16]
The soldiers who taunted Jesus put a crown of thorns on his head & gave him a robe of this color
purple
Nancy
$100 [1]
"Th-th-that's all, folks"
Porky Pig
Walter
$100 [11]
A Hokkaido cocktail calls for gin, triple sec & this fermented rice beverage
sake
Kyle
$200 [25]
Amphibians are the smallest living class of these backboned animals
vertebrates
Walter
$200 [7]
This group's 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon" spent over 14 years on the Billboard charts
Pink Floyd
Walter
$200 [20]
The noses are 20 feet long on this landmark that celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 4, 1991
Mt. Rushmore
Walter
$200 [17]
Jesus fed the multitude with 5 loaves & this many fishes
2
$200 [2]
"I'm smarter than the average bear"
Yogi Bear
Walter
$200 [12]
Versions of this cocktail flavored with lemon include "Papaya" & "Singapore"
a sling
Nancy
$300 [26]
To control pests, this country put giant toads in cane fields & they became pests, like the rabbit fiasco
Australia
Walter
$300 [8]
This Bruce Springsteen album produced seven top 10 singles
Born in the U.S.A.
Walter
$300 [21]
Tourists at Hershey's Chocolate World visitors center in this state often get kisses — Hershey's Kisses
Pennsylvania
Walter
$300 [18]
Jude says that this archangel contended with the devil about the body of Moses
Michael
Walter
$300 [3]
"Beep! Beep!"
the Road Runner
Nancy
$300 [13]
Add this ingredient to a Black Russian & you'll have a White Russian
milk (or cream)
Nancy
$400 [27]
The "warts" on a toad's skin are actually these that "sweat out" poison
glands
Walter
$400 [9]
A descendant of the Duke of Wellington, Jeremy Clyde was one half of this famous duo
Chad and Jeremy
Kyle
$400 [22]
The John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Tour starts here & ends at the site of Garrett's Farm
Ford's Theatre
Kyle
DD $600 [29]
In John 17:12 this disciple is called "the son of perdition"
Judas (Iscariot)
Nancy
$400 [4]
"Sufferin' Succotash"
Sylvester
Walter
$400 [14]
To make a Bobby Burns cocktail, mix sweet vermouth, Benedictine & this liquor
scotch
Kyle
$500 [28]
Amphibians emerged from the sea during this period named for an English county
the Devonian Period
Nancy
$500 [10]
Before joining forces with Crosby & Nash, Neil Young & Stephen Stills were members of this group
Buffalo Springfield
Kyle
$500 [23]
The longest covered bridge in the U.S. connects Windsor, Vermont with Cornish in this Granite State
New Hampshire
Kyle
$500 [5]
"Oh, my darling', Oh, my darling', Oh, my darling'Clementine"
Huckleberry Hound
Nancy Kyle
$500 [15]
Root beer & peppermint are popular flavors of this liquor whose name is from the German for "mouthful"
schnapps
Nancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICA SPACE FLIGHT MYSTERIES ROYALTY THE CIVIL WAR GOLD
$200 [11]
This nation takes its name from the Zambezi River, which provides part of its southern border
Zambia
Nancy
$200 [21]
These 2-man U.S. vehicles, the 1st maneuverable manned spacecraft, were named for a sign of the zodiac
Gemini
Kyle
$200 [2]
She wrote "Murder with Mirrors" & "The Mirror Crack'd"
Agatha Christie
Kyle
$200 [1]
Saint Margaret, a queen & patron saint of this country, died in Edinburgh in 1093
Scotland
Walter
$200 [16]
On March 9, 1864 he was promoted to Lieutenant General & given command of all the Union armies
Grant
Walter
$600 [26]
Named for a river, this region of the Yukon was made famous by an 1896 gold strike
the Klondike
Walter Kyle
$400 [12]
Egypt's largest lake, it was named for the president who served from 1956 to 1970
Lake Nasser
Walter
$400 [22]
In a 1984 Challenger mission, she became the 1st American woman to fly in space twice
Sally Ride
Walter
$400 [3]
Koko & Yum Yum are a pair of these pets that solve crimes in books by Lilian Jackson Braun
Siamese cats
Nancy
$400 [7]
The Princesse de Lamballe, a confidante of this queen, was imprisoned with her & then beheaded
Marie Antoinette
Nancy Kyle
$400 [17]
On September 2, 1864 Sherman sent Lincoln a short telegram, "So" this city "is ours, and fairly won"
Atlanta
Nancy
DD $700 [28]
Gold alloys containing this metal have a reddish tint
copper
Nancy
$600 [13]
Mangosuthu Buthelezi is chief of chiefs of this Bantu-speaking tribe of South Africa
the Zulus
Kyle
$600 [23]
The lunar module that landed the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon was code named this
the Eagle
Walter Kyle
$600 [4]
Tony Hillerman's detectives Jim Chee & Joe Leaphorn belong to this Indian tribe
the Navajo
Walter Kyle
$600 [8]
This royal couple lived in the Netherlands before they became joint sovereigns of England in 1689
William & Mary
Walter
$600 [18]
2 battles were fought at this small stream near Manassas Junction
Bull Run
Walter
$800 [27]
In the karat system, the percentage of gold in an alloy is denoted as a fraction of this number
24
Nancy Kyle
$800 [14]
Of the 17 new nations created in Africa in 1960, 13 were former territories of this European power
France
Walter Kyle
$800 [24]
In June 1963 she made 48 orbits of the Earth in the Vostok 6 space capsule
Valentina Tereshkova
Kyle
$800 [5]
It followed "E is for Evidence", "F is for Fugitive" & "G is for Gumshoe"
H is for Homicide
Walter
$1,000 [10]
As a child, Czar Alexander I was taken away from his parents & raised by this empress, his grandmother
Catherine the Great
Walter
$800 [19]
This April 1862 battle near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee was named for a church on the battlefield
the Battle of Shiloh
$1,000 [15]
In the 1820s Rene Caillie became the first European to visit & return from this fabled village in Mali
Timbuktu
Walter
$1,000 [25]
No longer in use, this 3-stage launch vehicle developed a thrust of over 7,500,000 pounds
the Saturn (V rocket)
Kyle
$1,000 [6]
She wrote books on Dante, translated "The Divine Comedy" & created Lord Peter Wimsey
Dorothy Sayers
Kyle
DD $2,200 [9]
Name shared by 11 Byzantine emperors & 2 20th century kings of Greece
Constantine
Walter
$1,000 [20]
After the war, this Confederate vice president wrote a book about the war & became Georgia's governor
Alexander Stephens

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

This verb meaning to consider carefully or weigh in the mind comes from Latin for "weight"

ponder

Kyle "What is ponder?" — wagered $5,099
Nancy "What is Ponder" — wagered $5,100
Walter "What" — wagered $199

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