Show #1379 1990-09-06 (taped 1990-07-30) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording.Missing prizes.

Contestants

Rick Cimerman — an economic analyst from Tallahassee, Florida

Sue Korosa — a teacher from Akron, Ohio

Dave Jeffery — a political consultant from Fairfax, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,701)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,200	$2,700	$4,100	$4,200 2nd place	$4,100 11 R, 2 W
Sue	$0	$800	$9,200	$100 3rd place	$8,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Rick	$1,300	$3,700	$9,300	$18,401 New champion: $18,401	$6,600 26 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST	TENNIS	ODD JOBS	SCIENCE	KIDDIE LIT	FILE UNDER LETTER "I"
$100 [16] Horace Smith's partner in the gun trade (Daniel B.) Wesson Rick	$100 [1] To decide which player serves first, this piece of equipment is usually tossed a racket Sue	$100 [11] Known in France as Légion étrangère, you can still sign up the French Foreign Legion Rick	$100 [5] A magnetron is used to generate this type of energy that can transmit sound, or cook microwave energy Rick	$100 [26] Hansel & Gretel spent some time in a gingerbread one of these a house Sue	$100 [21] Thomas Gray wrote, "Where" this "is bliss, Tis folly to be wise" ignorance Rick
$200 [17] Spanish for "prosperity", Lorne Greene could have told you it meant a lucky find of gold bonanza Sue Rick	$200 [2] 3 of them are the continental serve, Eastern forehand & Eastern backhand grips Rick	$200 [12] Mystic warrior in feudal Japan trained in espionage & both armed & unarmed combat a ninja Dave Rick	$200 [6] Studying data from one of these occurrences, Mohorovicic discovered the crust-mantle boundary earthquakes Dave	$200 [27] In Peter Pan it was John, Michael & Wendy's last name, dear Darling Rick	$200 [22] A first baseman, as opposed to the guy out in right an infielder Sue
$300 [18] He captured Billy the Kid, lost him, tracked him down again & killed him Pat Garrett Dave	$300 [3] In tournament play this official sits on a high chair alongside center court the umpire Dave	$300 [13] Last seen in 1982, he's once again replying to consumer questions in Shell TV commercials the (Shell) Answer Man Sue Rick	$300 [8] Used in making soap & margarine, copra is the dried meat of this the coconut	$300 [28] In an E.B. White tale Frederick C. Little's second son looked & acted like one of these a mouse Dave	$300 [23] It refers to a verb that doesn't require a direct object intransitive verb Sue Rick
$400 [19] Before the invention of this, West Texas had very few fences barbed wire Rick	$400 [4] In 1988, this West German became only the third woman to win the Grand Slam Steffi Graf Rick	$400 [14] The master of these leads fox hunters the master of the hounds Sue	$400 [9] The small explosive device that sets off the main explosive charge the primer (detonator) Dave	$400 [29] Animal mentioned in both Jack & the Beanstalk & Little Boy Blue a cow Dave	$400 [24] On the ancient Roman calendar it was the 15 of May, too ides Rick
$500 [20] In the 19th century 130 million acres of federal land were granted to these companies the railroad Dave	$500 [7] This term refers to a score of 40-40 deuce Rick	$500 [15] A prospector doing this might find gold, a critic didn't panning Dave	$500 [10] Also called gristle, found between your vertebrae, & also shapes your ears & nose cartilage Rick	$500 [30] In a 1987 film Amy Irving played the miller's daughter & this character was played by Billy Barty Rumpelstiltskin Rick	DD $1,200 [25] It's the official newspaper of the Soviet government Izvestia Rick

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS	EUROPEAN CITIES	RULERS	POETRY	SHIPS	THE MOVIES
$200 [18] In the 1790s, when he was in his 20s, he began to lose his hearing & it tormented him Beethoven Rick	$200 [2] In 1596, King Sigismund III moved the capital of Poland from Krakow to this city Warsaw Rick	$200 [13] In spite of his dreadful reputation, this czar's first marriage in 1547 was apparently a happy one Ivan the Terrible Rick	$200 [1] He wrote, "Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree" (Joyce) Kilmer Rick	$200 [7] In 1961, the USS Long Beach became the 1st naval surface ship using this type of power nuclear power Sue	$200 [21] Movie whose title is derived from Mozart's middle name Amadeus Rick
$400 [20] Though German by birth, Handel became a naturalized subject of this country England Dave	$400 [3] Gustave Eiffel was born in this city, perhaps with a mustard spoon in his mouth Dijon Sue	$400 [14] Ferdinand the Handsome, also known as Ferdinand the Fickle, was the 9th king of this small Iberian country Portugal Rick	$400 [12] "I was prince of the apple towns", this poet wrote of his Welsh childhood in "Fern Hill" Dylan Thomas Rick	$400 [8] In 1791 the HMS Pandora sailed into the harbor at Tahiti in search of this ship's crew the Bounty Sue	$400 [24] Director Francois Truffaut played a UFO researcher in this 1977 Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind Rick
$600 [22] This "Barber of Seville" composer spent his later years in Paris & became as a host (Gioachino) Rossini Rick	$600 [4] Dubrovnik, in this country, was founded in the 7th century by Roman refugees from the sacked town of Epidaurus Yugoslavia Rick	$600 [15] This French emperor was the grandson of Empress Josephine by her first husband, not by Napoleon Louis-Napoléon (Napoleon III)	$600 [29] Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black poet to win this award in 1950 for "Annie Allen" the Pulitzer Prize Sue	$600 [9] Robert Fulton called it the North River's Steamboat; we refer to it by this name the Clermont Sue	$600 [25] Twyla Tharp choreographed both hippies & horses in New York's Central Park for this movie musical Hair Rick
$800 [19] This leading composer of lieder set Goethe's poem "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel", to music Schubert Dave Sue	$800 [5] Shakespeare might have told you this Danish city is the site of Hamlet's castle Elsinore Rick	$800 [16] She was invested in Amsterdam in 1898 and gave up her throne 50 years later Wilhelmina Sue Rick	$800 [30] His poem, "The Tyger", begins "Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night" (William) Blake Sue	$800 [10] Sir Francis Drake's 100-ton ship, the Pelican, was renamed this, from the crest of one of his backers the Golden Hind Sue Rick	$800 [26] This New York critic titled one of her books of reviews, "I Lost It at the Movies" Pauline Kael Dave
DD $3,000 [23] He based his "Kullervo", a symphonic poem, on the "Kalevala", the Finnish national epic Sibelius Rick	$1,000 [6] In the 1800s Bergen was the cultural center of this country Norway Dave	DD $2,000 [17] Philip V was the first Bourbon king of this country Spain Sue	$1,000 [28] 3-line Japanese poem with 5 syllables in the first & third line, & 7 syllables in the second haiku Rick	$1,000 [11] When launched in 1907, this British liner was the fastest ship afloat, but it was sunk 8 years later the Lusitania Sue	$1,000 [27] Jack Webb produced, directed & starred in this jazz film of the '50s Pete Kelly's Blues

Final Jeopardy!

ORGANIZATIONS

Its 1st 2 headquarters were Central Hall in London & Hunter College in the Bronx

the United Nations

Dave "What is the United Nations?" — wagered $100

Sue "What is the Red Cross?" — wagered $9,100

Rick "What is the United Nations?" — wagered $9,101

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