Show #1416 1990-10-29 (taped 1990-09-10) Regular

Contestants

Bill Larson — a U.S. Air Force personnel officer from San Antonio, Texas

Marty Farrington — a programmer analyst from Palatine, Illinois

David Rice — a substitute English and speech teacher from Clarendon Hills, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $30,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$1,100	$2,600	$7,300	$3,300 4-day champion: $33,500	$6,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Marty	$1,200	$1,700	$5,500	$2,100 3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths punch set & NES with special editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune & Fisher Price games + The Jeopardy! Book	$5,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bill	$1,000	$2,900	$8,900	$3,199 2nd place: trip by Momentum Travel to Hawaii to see solar eclipse in July 1991 + The Jeopardy! Book	$8,900 18 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

"C" IN MUSIC	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	DESSERTS	WORD ORIGINS	ROYALTY	STAR TREK
$100 [19] Isaac Stern led the fight to save this NYC concert hall while Lincoln Center was being built Carnegie Hall Bill	$100 [1] Geographers still use this ancient name for the peninsula occupied by Spain & Portugal Iberia David	$100 [17] This ice cream treat was probably named for the day of the week on which it was originally sold a sundae Marty	$100 [6] From the Greek "nostos", return & "algia", pain, it's the slight pain you feel remembering nostalgia Bill	$100 [11] Prince Rainier served in this country's army during WWII; Monaco doesn't have an army France Marty	$100 [13] Riverside, Iowa has declared itself the future birthplace of this "Star Trek" captain Captain Kirk Marty
$200 [20] This symbol found at the start of a line of music can be treble or bass a clef Marty	$200 [2] Running the length of South America, these mountains form the world's 2nd highest range the Andes David	$200 [18] Pineapple baked on the bottom ends up on top of this cake, hence its name pineapple upside-down cake David	$200 [7] The Congolese word "nguba" gave us this nickname for a peanut a goober David	$300 [16] This Middle Eastern king married an American in 1978 King Hussein Marty	$200 [14] His mother is Amanda Grayson, the wife of an ambassador Spock David Marty
$300 [22] Mozart introduced this single reed wind instrument to the symphony orchestra a clarinet David	$300 [3] Once a major whaling center, Hobart is the capital of this Australian island-state Tasmania David	$300 [21] Though called a pie, it's really a 2-layer cake with a thick custard filling Boston cream pie David	$300 [8] Whiskey named for a county in Kentucky whose county seat is Paris bourbon David Marty	$400 [24] He became king of Macedon shortly after the death of his brother, Perdiccas III Philip Bill	$300 [15] She plays Guinan, the hostess of 10 Forward, the bar on the new Enterprise Whoopi Goldberg
$400 [23] He is the leader of the first violin section in an orchestra the concertmaster David Bill	$400 [4] Egypt may be famous for its pyramids, but the worlds largest one is in this country Mexico Marty	$400 [26] Apple is the traditional filling for this Austrian pastry whose name means "whirlpool" strudel David	$400 [9] This term for the landing of a spacecraft on water came into vogue in the '60s splashdown Bill	DD $500 [12] Dying in 1861, England's Prince Albert spoke his last words in this language of his native land German Marty	$500 [29] One-letter name shared by John de Lancie's character on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" & J. Bond's armorer Q Bill
$500 [28] Amati, Guarneri & Stradivari made their instruments in this Italian city Cremona	$500 [5] The world's third leading producer of tea is this island nation Sri Lanka Marty	$500 [27] A black bottom pie is flavored with this liquor rum David	$500 [10] From the French for "man", it's a ceremony of paying or expressing respect for a person homage Bill	$500 [25] Margrethe II of Denmark is the granddaughter of this country's King Gustav VI Adolf Sweden Bill	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE ROARING '20s	ANIMALS	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	POT LUCK	FLORIDA	LITERARY COUPLES
$200 [6] Bandleader Ted Lewis was famous for asking "Is everybody" this happy David	$200 [1] After 3,000 years these "ships of the desert" in Saudi Arabia are being replaced by cars, vans & trucks camels Bill	$200 [11] Halloween's name indicates it's the eve of this day All Saints' Day David	$200 [17] If the U.S. national anthem is played & there is no flag displayed, all present should face this the music Bill	$200 [16] Almost the entire southern tip of Florida is covered by this national park the Everglades Marty	$200 [22] Her book title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" refers to her husband's nickname for her Elizabeth Barrett Browning David
$400 [7] In February 1928 it said it was dropping the use of masks & renaming itself Knights of the Great Forest the Ku Klux Klan Marty	$400 [2] Rikki-Tikki-Tavi belongs to the gray variety of this animal a mongoose Bill	$600 [13] In Mexico it honors the day the Virgin Mary appeared to an Indian named Juan Diego the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe	$400 [18] On May 28, 1934 these quintuplets were born in Callander, Ontario the Dionne quintuplets David	$400 [25] The fastest circuit auto race, the NASCAR Busch Clash, takes place at this speedway Daytona Bill	$400 [23] Dashiell Hammett modeled this lady sleuth after his lover, Lillian Hellman Nora Charles
$600 [8] When it took effect in 1920, Herbert Hoover called it "a great social & economic experiment" Prohibition Bill	$600 [3] This breed of dog originated in Tibet a Lhasa apso David	$800 [14] "Patriots' Day", observed in Maine & Mass., commemorates these 2 early battles of the Revolution Lexington & Concord Marty	$600 [19] The hats named for this Central American country are actually made in Ecuador Panama Bill	$600 [26] From 1963-73 Cape Canaveral was known by this name Cape Kennedy David	DD $500 [27] She wrote a book subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"; he wrote the drama "Prometheus Unbound" Mary Shelley & Percy Shelley David
$800 [9] With the world watching on December 2, 1927, Henry Ford unveiled this model the Model A David	$800 [4] The prehistoric Archaeopteryx is considered a transitional form between reptiles & this animal class birds Marty	$1,000 [15] Occurring 40 days after Easter, it celebrates the rising of Jesus into heaven the Ascension David Marty	$800 [20] Honorary title of the British governors-general of India from 1858-1947 viceroy Bill	$800 [29] White Springs, near the Suwannee River, hosts an annual celebration in honor of this composer (Stephen) Foster Bill	$600 [24] 2 of her novels contain barely fictionalized portraits of her lover, Jean-Paul Sartre Simone de Beauvoir Marty
$1,000 [10] In 1928 this automaker announced plans to build the nation's tallest building in Manhattan Chrysler Bill	$1,000 [5] There are more species by far of this class of animal than any other insects Bill	DD $2,200 [12] They're the last 2 legal holidays of the year Thanksgiving & Christmas David	$1,000 [21] April 6, 1917 is important in history as the date the U.S. did this entered World War I David	—	$1,000 [28] At least 2 of her books are dedicated to Quintana, her daughter by John Gregory Dunne Joan Didion

Final Jeopardy!

SAINTS

Founder of the Friars Minor in the 13th c., he was made patron saint of ecologists in 1979

St. Francis of Assisi

Marty "Who was St. of Assisi?" — wagered $3,400

David "Who is Saint Sebastian?" — wagered $4,000

Bill "Who was St Jude" — wagered $5,701

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