Show #1618 1991-09-18 (taped 1991-08-12) Regular

Contestants

Phil Katz — a doctoral candidate from Princeton, New Jersey

Jay Sklar — an attorney and college professor originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Randy Kaplan — a commodities broker from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $49,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Randy	$600	$1,900	$9,600	$599 3rd place: a VCR and a Nintendo Entertainment System	$8,900 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jay	$500	$900	$6,300	$9,700 2nd place: bedroom furniture and bedding	$6,100 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Phil	$1,700	$4,500	$9,300	$18,600 New champion: $18,600	$9,100 23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN INDIANS	THE MIDDLE AGES	THE POST OFFICE	THE ELEMENTS	TV DOCTORS	DOUBLE TALK
$100 [6] After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull led his remaining followers into this country Canada Randy	$100 [20] Founded in the 9th century by the Moors, this Spanish city was known by the Arabic name Majrit Madrid Phil	$100 [1] The 9 members of the Board of Governors designate someone to this post that heads the operation Postmaster General Phil	$100 [14] Sir Humphry Davy discovered boron & showed diamonds are a form of this carbon Randy	$100 [26] Kelsey Grammer plays psychiatrist Frasier Crane on this sitcom Cheers Phil	$100 [11] Sound the Road Runner would make while speeding away from Wile E. Coyote beep beep Jay
$200 [7] This inventor of the Cherokee syllabary died in Mexico in 1843; his burial place is unknown Sequoyah Randy	$200 [22] A 1059 decree by Pope Nicholas II made this body the electors of the Pope the College of Cardinals Phil	$200 [2] The first regular service for this type of mail was established in 1918 between New York City & Washington, D.C. airmail Randy	$200 [15] The name of this element can precede horn, can & Lizzie tin Phil	$200 [27] In "Northern Exposure" Rob Morrow plays a New York doctor working in this state Alaska Phil	$200 [12] Sometimes seen in cages, this type of disco dancer was popular in the 1960s a go-go dancer Randy
$300 [8] Collier's Encyclopedia says this Apache chief was sometimes called "Chiz" for short Cochise Jay	$400 [24] In 1231 the Pope founded this court in France to fight the Albigensian Heresy the Inquisition Phil	$300 [3] In 1989 the Post Office issued this new type of stamp that is slightly more expensive self-adhesive (or peel-and-stick) Randy Jay	$300 [18] The only element whose name is exactly the same as a planet's mercury Randy Phil	$300 [28] Medical specialty of Dr. Julie Farr, played by Susan Sullivan in several TV movies & a series obstetrician Randy	$300 [13] This 1967 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song asked "Have you got cheating on your mind?" "Woman, Woman"
$400 [9] In 1609 this powerful chief, Pocahontas' father, was crowned by order of Christopher Newport Powhatan Jay	DD $500 [23] In 1086 he ordered the survey of English landowners called The Domesday Book William the Conqueror Phil	$400 [4] In 1680 William Dockwra's firm would deliver a letter anywhere in London for this price a penny Phil	$400 [19] This metal used in blue pigments is also used to treat cancer cobalt Jay	$400 [29] Not "M.D." but this was the last name of "Trapper John" McIntyre Randy	$400 [16] In this 1961 Carl Reiner film, a Soviet submarine lands off the coast of a New England island The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Randy
$500 [10] He was captured & sold into slavery in Spain a few years before he befriended the Pilgrims Squanto Phil	$500 [25] This ruler of Venice was originally a Byzantine official the Doge Phil	$500 [5] By tradition, the Post Office always has a standard first-class stamp with one of these in the design a U.S. flag Randy Phil	$500 [21] It's used in gunpowder & to vulcanize rubber sulfur Phil	—	$500 [17] Marcel Duchamp is perhaps the best known practitioner of this outrageous style of art dada Randy

Double Jeopardy! Round

5-LETTER WORDS	STATE CAPITALS	THE CALENDAR	POTPOURRI	LANGUAGES	BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE
$200 [30] You do it to a whip, an egg or a code crack it Phil	$200 [1] O. Henry called this capital of Texas the "City of the Violet Crown" Austin Randy	$200 [6] The first month of the year that has only 30 days April Jay	$200 [26] According to Dear Abby, if a lady is wearing a ring you should never greet her with a firm one of these a handshake Jay	$200 [11] Ibo, Kongo & Zulu are all spoken on this continent Africa Randy	$200 [12] You can buy a tape of this young man reading his father's book "Profiles in Courage" John Kennedy, Jr. Phil
$400 [29] 5-letter synonym for lariat a lasso Phil	$400 [2] General John Pershing taught at the University of Nebraska in this capital Lincoln Jay	$400 [7] The length of an Olympiad or the time between most occurrences of February 29 four years Randy	$400 [24] Ivory Coast is the world leader in the production of this bean used to make chocolate the cocoa bean (or cacao) Phil	$400 [13] Excellence is an English word; exzellenz means the same thing in this language German Randy	$400 [14] She taped her novel "Postcards from the Edge"; according to the box, "She has been known to act in films" Carrie Fisher Phil
$600 [25] Pie crust that breaks into fine thin fragments is described as this flaky Randy	$600 [3] The 73-story-tall Peachtree Plaza Hotel dominates its skyline Atlanta Randy	$600 [8] In the U.S. the second Sunday & last Monday in this month are major observances May Randy	$600 [21] Of 2, 30 or fourscore & 7, the length in minutes of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 2 Phil	$600 [18] Like Gaelic, Breton, Spoken in Brittany, France, belongs to this branch of Indo-European languages Celtic Randy	$600 [15] F. Murray Abraham put some "bite" into his performance of Anne Rice's "Interview with" this monster the vampire Randy
$800 [27] In geology it's a division of a period an epoch Jay	$800 [4] The Kennebec Journal serves residents of this city Augusta Jay	$800 [9] As a correction, a second month of Adar is added 7 times in every 19 years to this calendar the Jewish calendar Jay	$800 [22] This famous 19th c. beauty had 4 husbands, including a bigamist, but she never married Jim Brady Lillian Russell Phil	$1,000 [20] More than 100 periodicals are published in this artificial language devised by a Polish doctor Esperanto Randy	$800 [16] If you like Darren McGavin, you might enjoy hearing him read this author's "The Bourne Supremacy" Robert Ludlum Phil
$1,000 [28] A linen fabric used as a liner in curtains or a translucent drop in the theater a scrim Phil	DD $1,200 [5] Its name is Spanish for "Holy Faith" Santa Fe Jay	$1,000 [10] This calendar that was used from 1793-1805 had 5 feast days: Virtue, Genius, Labor, Reason & Rewards the calendar of the French Revolution Jay	$1,000 [23] Located on the island of Hawaii, it's one of the world's largest cattle ranches Parker Ranch	DD $1,500 [19] Our words algebra, alfalfa & ironically, alcohol come from this language Arabic Randy	$1,000 [17] This black author reads selections from her own book "The Temple of My Familiar" Alice Walker Randy

Final Jeopardy!

MEDALS & DECORATIONS

The first Victoria Cross was made from Russian guns captured during this war

the Crimean War

Jay "What is the Crimean War" — wagered $3,400

Phil "What is the Crimean War?" — wagered $9,300

Randy "What was World War One?" — wagered $9,001

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