Show #1612 1991-09-10 (taped 1991-08-06) Regular

Steve Newman game 5.

Contestants

Chip Hilliard — a U.S. escort officer originally from Galax, Virginia

Elizabeth Silverman — a marketing director from New York City, New York

Steve Newman — a computer consultant from Rockville, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $59,802)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,900	$3,500	$12,700	$15,700 5-day champion: $75,502	$12,300 29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Elizabeth	$400	$1,500	$4,300	$0 3rd place: his & hers watches + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,900 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Chip	$800	$1,500	$3,900	$6,900 2nd place: a Mexican vacation + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,900 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WASHINGTON, D.C.	TREES	KIDDIE LIT	EUROPEAN HISTORY	A.K.A.	MIXED MEADIA
$100 [1] Statues of citizens from every state line Statuary Hall in this building the Capitol Steve	$100 [8] Varieties of this graceful tree are the weeping, white & pussy the willow Elizabeth	$100 [14] They made a trail of pebbles & got home OK, but when they switched to bread crumbs, they got lost Hansel and Gretel Steve	$100 [6] This long, narrow boat first appeared in Venice in the 11th century the gondola Steve	$100 [13] Of Spike Lee, Pinky Lee or Michele Lee, the one whose real name is Shelton Jackson Lee Spike Lee Steve	$100 [19] We bet you know Lake Mead lies about 30 miles east of this city's Strip Las Vegas Chip
$200 [2] "Ginevra de Benci" in the National Gallery is the only painting of his in the U.S. Leonardo da Vinci Steve	$200 [9] The U.S. state in which the oldest & tallest living trees are found California Chip	$200 [15] So angry after his name is guessed, he tears himself in two Rumpelstiltskin Steve	$200 [7] In 1964 Alexei Kosygin succeeded this man as Soviet premier Khrushchev Chip	$200 [17] Elda Furry became a Hollywood columnist in the '30s using this name—keep it under your hat Hedda Hopper Elizabeth	$200 [27] In 1954 she was named an adjunct professor of anthropology at Columbia University Margaret Mead Elizabeth
$300 [3] Eero Saarinen designed the terminal building of this international airport that serves D.C. Dulles Chip	$300 [28] The "live" variety of this tree never loses its leaves the oak Chip	$300 [16] A grey spider keeps Wilbur from ending up as Bacon in this E.B. White story Charlotte's Web Elizabeth	$300 [10] Order founded in 1119, also called "Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ & the Temple of Solomon" Knights Templar Elizabeth	$300 [18] His first & middle names were James Francis, but you knew him better as "Da Schnozz" Jimmy Durante Chip	$300 [20] On June 28, 1863 George Gordon Meade was put in charge of this Union army the Army of the Potomac Steve
$400 [4] The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution gave residents of Washington, D.C. the right to do this vote for president Steve	$400 [29] This Latin American tree produces the lightest wood in commercial use balsa Elizabeth	$400 [21] She traded her voice for 2 legs so the prince might fall in love with her The Little Mermaid Steve	$400 [11] After King Alfonso XIII fled this country in 1931 it became a republic Spain Steve Chip	$400 [25] This is Winona Horowitz' professional name; you may have seen her in "Heathers" Winona Ryder Steve	$400 [23] Mead is an archaic word for this topographical feature meadow Steve
DD $700 [5] It has been called "The Nation's Attic" the Smithsonian Steve	—	$500 [22] A cock, a cat, a dog & a donkey wish to become the town musicians of this place Bremen Chip	$500 [12] This Crimean town where the "Big Three" met in 1945 had been occupied by the Nazis from 1941-44 Yalta Chip	$500 [26] This late comedian was born Leonard Alfred Schneider, as Dustin Hoffman could tell you Lenny Bruce Chip	$500 [24] Cass Gilbert gained professional experience with McKim, Mead, and White, this type of firm an architectural firm Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

TURN OF THE CENTURY	QUOTABLE QUOTES	CANADA	THEATRE	THE ELEMENTS	PSYCH 101
$200 [12] In 1900 this engineer died trying to keep the Cannonball Express from a collision Casey Jones Steve	$200 [17] Uncle Sam said, "I want you" & he said, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you" Alexander Graham Bell Steve Elizabeth	$200 [5] They're the 2 official colors of Canada red and white Steve	$200 [7] This drama about a boy obsessed with horses won the 1975 Tony award for best play Equus Steve	$200 [1] One of the elements whose abbreviation is found in the name of the singing group Sha Na Na sodium Steve	$200 [28] In "Rain Man" Dustin Hoffman's character suffered from this disorder autism Elizabeth
$400 [6] In 1900 this man was on the team that won the 1st international lawn tennis trophy that bears his name (Dwight) Davis Chip	$400 [18] Ben Jonson called Shakespeare the "Sweet Swan of" this river the Avon Chip	$400 [14] The 2nd-longest river in Canada, it shares its name with a territory the Yukon Steve	$400 [13] She's the subject of J.N. Barker's 1808 drama, "The Indian Princess" Pocahontas Steve	$400 [2] The element abbreviated Am was named after this land America Elizabeth	$400 [30] This test uses 10 inkblots in the study of personality disorders the Rorschach test Steve
$600 [8] The Chinese secret society, "The Righteous and Harmonious Fists", was commonly called this the Boxers Steve	$600 [23] Thomas Gray & Thomas Hardy described it as "madding", not "maddening" a crowd Steve	$600 [15] What was once Upper Canada is now Ontario & Lower Canada, this province Quebec Steve	$600 [19] The 1918 play "Exiles" was the only drama by this Irish novelist James Joyce Chip	$800 [4] Tellurium was named after the Earth & selenium after this the Moon Chip	$600 [29] The Academic American Ency. says this 1900 major work by Freud earned him only $209 in royalties The Interpretation of Dreams
DD $1,000 [9] Composer who, in 1899, wrotethe following, one of his best-known pieces: Scott Joplin Steve	$800 [24] When Nelson said "I really do not see the signal!" he had done this with the telescope put it to his blind eye Elizabeth	$800 [16] First name of 3 of Canada's first 4 P.M.s; the next one to have it was Mr. Diefenbaker John	$800 [20] In 1962 William Inge reworked this Pulitzer Prize-winning play of his & called it "Summer Brave" Picnic Steve	DD $1,000 [3] The atomic number of this element, abbreviated Pt, isn't 109, it's 78 platinum Elizabeth	$800 [27] In psychoanalytic theory, this part of the personality represents the conscience the superego Steve Elizabeth Chip
$1,000 [11] This ideal "girl" was popularized in an 1899 book of sketches called "The Education of Mr. Pipp" the Gibson Girl Steve	$1,000 [25] Tennyson wrote "Man is the hunter;" this "is his game" woman	$1,000 [22] This western province is Canada's top producer of timber products & molybdenum British Columbia Steve	$1,000 [21] This Kaufman & Hart comedy about a madcap family won a 1937 Pulitzer Prize You Can't Take It with You Chip	$1,000 [10] Used in some camping lanterns, it was named after the Norse god of thunder thorium Steve	$1,000 [26] In the 1940s this American behaviorist designed his first "baby box" (B.F.) Skinner Elizabeth

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSICAL MUSIC

At the premiere of this Handel work, explosions destroyed part of the outdoor pavilion

Music for the Royal Fireworks

Chip "What is the Fireworks Suite" — wagered $3,000

Elizabeth "What Water Music ⛵" — wagered $4,300

Steve "What is the Firework Music" — wagered $3,000

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