Show #1670 1991-11-29 (taped 1991-09-12) Regular

Kirk Ditzler game 5.

Contestants

Doug Ostrand — a sales manager originally from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Russ Cummings — a law clerk from Los Angeles, California

Kirk Ditzler — a teacher from Houston, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $34,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kirk	$300	$2,500	$7,700	$9,801 5-day champion: $43,801	$7,500 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Russ	$500	$2,100	$4,900	$9,800 2nd place: vacation at the Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Carey limousine	$4,900 20 R, 6 W
Doug	$600	$1,200	$2,400	$4,700 3rd place: Tanline activewear + NES and games	$4,000 15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

FORESTRY	FAMOUS DANCERS	CARS	SPRING	CARTOON RELATIVES	LETTER PERFECT
$100 [8] It's the term for baby trees used to reforest areas seedlings Russ	$100 [9] This "Singin' in the Rain" star was the original "Pal Joey" on Broadway in 1940 (Gene) Kelly Doug	$100 [11] A Dodge, or a TV series about the Carringtons, who might be chauffeured in one a Dynasty Russ	$100 [14] On the first spring Saturday in May, sports fans head to Louisville for this event the Kentucky Derby Russ	$100 [1] Flagghoople was one of the maiden names of this woman, Fred Flintstone's wife Wilma (Flintstone) Kirk	$100 [30] It's considered the ghost letter in the word ghost H Doug
$200 [7] This president established the U.S. Forest Service Teddy Roosevelt Doug	$200 [10] The ballet "Marguerite and Armand" was created for Margot Fonteyn & this Russian dancer Nureyev Russ	$200 [12] A Buick, or the European coastal region where you could take it for a spin Riviera Doug	$200 [15] In the U.S., it's the only legal federal holiday that's observed in spring Memorial Day Russ	$200 [2] Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this Walter Lantz character Woody Woodpecker Kirk Russ	$200 [28] When it follows Elizabeth in a signature, it means she's the reigning queen R Russ
$300 [4] In forest management, it's a group of trees of the same age & type; Custer's last one is famous a stand Doug	$300 [23] This dance instructor's 1950s TV show told us "To put a little fun in your life, try dancing" Arthur Murray Russ	$300 [13] A Hyundai, or the "Moonlight" composition you might listen to while you drive it a Sonata Russ	$300 [16] This organization held its final session in Geneva in the spring of 1946 the League of Nations Russ	$300 [3] The world's richest duck, he's Donald Duck's uncle Scrooge McDuck Doug	$300 [27] It's the letter over which a Spaniard places a tilde N Kirk
$500 [6] Fire, mostly man-made, diseases & these destroy as many trees each year as are cut down insects Doug	$400 [22] This ex-wife of Gower Champion won a 1975 Emmy for choreography for "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" Marge (Champion)	$400 [24] A Cadillac, or the Spanish city where Velazquez was born Seville Kirk	$400 [17] Completes the Shelley line, "If Winter comes..." can Spring be far behind? Doug	$400 [19] She's Brat Simpson's pacifier-sucking baby sister Maggie Kirk	$400 [26] What C times V equals in Roman numerals D Kirk Doug
DD $600 [5] Brazil is second to this country in total forest area the Soviet Union Doug	$500 [21] It's the nickname of tap dancer Bill Robinson who danced with Shirley Temple in several films Bojangles Russ	$500 [29] A Toyota, or the collection of petals on a flower a Corolla Kirk	$500 [18] "Spring, Spring, Spring" is a song from this 1954 north woods musical based on "The Sobbin' Women" Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Kirk	$500 [20] Dr. Benton Quest, an eminent scientist, was this boy's father Johnny Quest Doug	$500 [25] It's the seventh note in a scale of C Major B Kirk

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES	BIOLOGY	THE PHONOGRAPH	POETS	EDUCATION	TENNESSEE
$200 [2] After he became Pharaoh, this boy king changed his name to incorporate that of the god Amen Tutankhamen Russ	$200 [3] A protective layer of dead cells found on trees and bulletin boards cork Russ Doug	$200 [9] This system using 4 channels to deliver sound debuted in 1971 the quadraphonic system Russ	$200 [23] She was "The Portuguese" in "Sonnets from the Portuguese" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Doug	$200 [25] From the 1930s to the '70s, millions learned to read from books featuring these 2 children & their dog, Spot Dick & Jane Russ	$200 [17] These mountains in eastern Tennessee were named for the blue-gray haze that shrouds their peaks Smoky Mountains Russ Doug
$400 [5] Jonathan Dayton, for whom Dayton, Ohio was named, was the youngest signer of this 1787 document the Constitution Russ	$400 [8] Compton's shows a parakeet breathing underwater via an artificial one of these gill Russ	$400 [10] In 1925 electrical phonographs used this standardized speed 78 (rpm) Kirk	$400 [20] Reportedly his "Ode to a Nightingale" was written under a plum tree in about 2 or 3 hours Keats Kirk	$400 [26] The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, commonly called this, gives aid to ex-servicemen who want to go to school the G.I. Bill Russ	$400 [16] The large number of Tennesseans who enlisted for service in various wars gave the state this nickname the Volunteer State Doug
$600 [4] Trying to induce him to leave, Montezuma gave this Spaniard gold & silver Cortés Russ Doug	$800 [24] One of the things that separates bacteria from plants is that they usually lack this green pigment chlorophyll Kirk	$600 [11] It's the title of Francis Barraud's painting of his fox terrier, Nipper, listening to a phonograph His Master's Voice Kirk	$600 [19] This poet's novella "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" inspired Melville's "Moby Dick" (Edgar Allan) Poe Kirk	$600 [27] His "American Spelling Book", published in 1783, standardized American spelling Webster Russ	$600 [1] In 1936 the Norris Dam became the first major project completed under this federal agency the Tennessee Valley Authority Kirk
$800 [6] He was the only English king honored with the title "The Great" Alfred Russ	DD $1,000 [18] In taxonomy, it's the main division between class & family order Doug	$800 [12] Instead of discs, Edison's original talking machines used these a cylinder Doug	DD $1,000 [21] In 1936 this poet's autobiography "Across Spoon River", was published (Edgar Lee) Masters Kirk	$800 [28] From the Latin for "bachelor", it's the religious service held the Sunday before commencement baccalaureate Kirk	$800 [13] During World War II, the government built this city to prepare material for atomic bombs Oak Ridge Russ
$1,000 [7] Baron Nordenskiold conquered the Northeast Passage & he, the Northwest Passage Roald Amundsen Russ	$1,000 [30] Liver, leafy vegetables & kidneys provide a dietary source of folic acid, part of this vitamin group vitamin B Russ Doug	$1,000 [15] Wurlitzer sold over 55,000 of these in 1946-47, the most it's ever sold in one model year a jukebox Doug	$1,000 [22] This "Tintern Abbey" poet was appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1843 William Wordsworth	$1,000 [29] In Sept. 1957 Pres. Eisenhower ordered the Army paratroops to force integration of this city's Central High Little Rock (Arkansas) Doug	$1,000 [14] In 1862 Abraham Lincoln appointed this man military governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson Russ

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

In 1902, at age 23, he was appointed to a position in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland

Albert Einstein

Doug "Who was Einstein?? [picture of face with big mustache]" — wagered $2,300

Russ "Who was Albert Einstein?" — wagered $4,900

Kirk "Who is Albert Einstein?" — wagered $2,101

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