Show #1578 1991-06-12 (taped 1991-03-12) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Moeller — an attorney from Anchorage, Alaska

Al Greengold — a mailman originally from Rahway, New Jersey

Mark Strauch — a molecular biologist originally from South Bend, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$1,200	$1,500	$2,400	$4,800 3rd place: Vax vacuum cleaner & Nintendo Entertainment System with Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! & Fisher Price preschool + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy	$5,900 13 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Al	$900	$1,100	$4,900	$4,900 2nd place: Ricoh Mirai camera & Sanyo stereo system	$4,900 13 R, 2 W
Jeff	$2,400	$5,400	$11,400	$11,000 New champion: $11,000	$11,000 27 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS	SCIENCE	VEGGIES	TOYS & GAMES	EPONYMS	"MY" SONGS
$100 [11] More than half of Utah's people live within 30 miles of this capital Salt Lake City Jeff	$100 [1] Vulcanization increases the hardness of this by heating it with sulphur rubber Al	$100 [26] String, stringless & wax are varieties of the snap type of these beans Jeff	$100 [16] On Italian cards, these are calledspada, sword; coppa, cup; denaro, money;& bastone, rod suits Jeff	$100 [2] This measure of sound intensity was named for Alexander Graham Bell decibel Al	$100 [21] It begins, "Raindrops on roses & whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles & warm woolen mittens" "My Favorite Things" Al
$200 [12] Larkin G. Mead designed the Lincoln Tomb in this capital Springfield (Illinois) Jeff	$200 [6] Dieters should know that this unit of energy is equal to about 4.2 joules a calorie Jeff	$200 [27] You don't have to know the language to know the Swedes call it a "baggy root" a rutabaga Jeff	$200 [17] The name of this children's game means to leap over a line or scratch hopscotch Jeff	$200 [3] Some say Charles Moncke, a London blacksmith, invented this mechanic's wrench a monkey wrench Jeff	$200 [22] Both Elvis & Frank Sinatra had Top 40 hits with this song for which Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics "My Way"
$300 [13] The Boston Celtics play some home games at this Connecticut capital's Civic Center Hartford Mark	$300 [7] It's the main constituent of the cell walls of plants cellulose Jeff	$300 [28] It's eaten fresh, cooked or fermented as sauerkraut cabbage Jeff	$300 [18] Game in which you can score a ringer or a leaner horseshoes Jeff	$300 [4] Charles Dickens' businessman whose name is a byword for stinginess Scrooge Al	$300 [23] According to songwriters Sammy Cahn & James Van Heusen, it's what Chicago is "My Kind Of Town" Mark
$400 [14] This South Dakota capital is on the site of the capital of the Aricara Indian Nation Pierre Al	$400 [8] The symbol of this form of oxygen that screens the Earth from ultraviolet rays is O3 ozone Jeff	$500 [30] The more common name for colorful "flint" corn Indian corn Al	$400 [19] Liquid plastic used to make "Creepy Crawlers" in the 1960s Plasti-Goop Al	$400 [5] This 1st name of a malcontent who failed to blow up Parliament is now synonymous with "fellow" Guy Fawkes Mark	$400 [24] Mary Martin became closely identified with this tune after singing it in Cole Porter's "Leave it to Me" "My Heart Belongs To Daddy"
$500 [15] This city lies at the southern end of Puget Sound Olympia Jeff	$500 [9] It's an alloy consisting primarily of copper and zinc brass Jeff	DD $800 [29] Carrots are rich in carotene, which the body uses to produce this vitamin vitamin A Jeff	$500 [20] A variation of this board game, often played in the Navy, is called acey-deucey backgammon Jeff	$500 [10] This lacy table mat is named for a London linen shop owner who sold them doily Mark	$500 [25] In 1972 Chuck Berry had his first & only No. 1 hit with this novelty song "My Ding-A-Ling" Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY TRIVIA	FLAGS	SICKNESS & HEALTH	QUOTES	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	THE 13th CENTURY
$200 [28] A R.P. Warren Pulitzer-winning work, or some of those who "couldn't put Humpty together again" All the King's Men Jeff	$200 [17] The flags of 4 of Canada's 10 provinces include versions of this nation's flag Great Britain Mark	$200 [8] Hypoglycemia occurs when there's an abnormally low level of this in the blood sugar Al	$200 [29] Ambrose Bierce defined a bore as "a person who talks when you wish him to" do this listen Jeff	$200 [2] Edmund Halley was a prof. of geometry at this school before he was named Astronomer Royal in 1720 Oxford Mark	$200 [25] In 1295 this explorer returned to Venice after an absence of 24 years Marco Polo Mark
$400 [27] This novelist who wrote "Burr" has also written mysteries under the pen name "Edgar Box" Gore Vidal Al	$400 [16] This Asian nation's orange, white & green flag is based on that of its Congress Party India Al	$400 [10] Term for any cancer-causing substance such as asbestos or tobacco smoke carcinogen Mark	$400 [30] Sir James Dewar reportedly said, "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are" this open Al Jeff	$400 [3] There's a college named for these hills in Spearfish, South Dakota the Black Hills Jeff	$400 [24] Leprosy was introduced into England by men returning from these wars the Crusades Jeff
$600 [26] He published "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" as Johnston Smith, 2 of the most common names he could find Stephen Crane	$600 [15] This tiny country's flag bears crossed key & a tiara the Vatican Al	$600 [11] Warts & moles are considered to be superficial benign ones tumors Mark	$600 [20] Iago said this "green-eyed monster... doth mock the meat it feeds on" jealousy Mark	$600 [4] This university in Provo, Utah also has a campus in Hawaii Brigham Young Mark	$600 [22] Most of the 63 clauses of this 1215 document were concerned with feudal law, not the rights of the masses the Magna Carta Mark
$800 [23] "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" calls this R. Chandler title "a synonym for death" The Big Sleep Al	$800 [14] This country's flag is based on the flag of Haiti, from which it seceded in 1844 the Dominican Republic Jeff	$800 [9] Also called urticaria, these red & white welts may appear as a result of an allergy hives Jeff	$800 [19] Sophocles said this "eases all things", not heals all wounds time Al	$1,000 [6] The U.S.' first coeducational college, it also admitted students regardless of color Oberlin Mark	$800 [21] This German city originated as 2 small villages on the Spree River just south of Spandau Berlin Jeff
DD $1,500 [12] Only 11 first editions survive of this author's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems" Edgar Allan Poe Mark	$1,000 [13] This African country's flag was identical with Guinea's until they added a big black R Rwanda Al	$1,000 [7] Peptic ulcers can affect this first section of the small intestine as well as the stomach the duodenum Jeff	$1,000 [18] The expression "Less is more" is found in his 1855 poem "Andrea del Sarto" Robert Browning	DD $2,000 [5] In Colonial America colleges & universities were concerned mainly with training men for this vocation the ministry Mark	$1,000 [1] This priest's greatest work, "Summa Theologica", was unfinished at his death in 1274 (Thomas) Aquinas Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

On Feb. 5, 1924 he became the only president buried in Washington, D.C.

Woodrow Wilson

Mark "Who is Wilson?" — wagered $2,400

Al "Who was Woodrow Wilson?" — wagered $0

Jeff "Who is Harding?" — wagered $400

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