Show #1510 1991-03-08 (taped 1991-01-09) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Jill Switzer — an attorney from Los Angeles, California

David Epstein — a lawyer from Irvine, California

Willa Bloch — a fundraiser from Manhattan, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Willa	$400	$1,300	$3,500	$4,500 2nd place	$4,100 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
David	$500	$2,900	$10,100	$7,001 New champion: $7,001	$10,700 32 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Jill	$-300	$-800	$1,200	$2,200 3rd place	$1,200 3 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

USA	INVENTORS	KID STUFF	RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS	THE KREMLIN	GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS
$100 [21] Philadelphia building nicknamed "the Birthplace of Liberty" Independence Hall David	$100 [26] Blinded at age 3, he not only invented a system of writing for the blind but a way to print it too (Louis) Braille David	$100 [16] In Mexico kids take a whack at cracking open these, candy-filled papier-mache figures a piñata David	$100 [2] On Shab-e-Barat, followers of this religion pray to Allah to give them a good year Islam Willa	$100 [9] His apartment & office are preserved in the Senate building & he's preserved just outside the Kremlin Lenin Willa	$100 [1] He was the host of TV's "Music Bingo" but you might know him better as our announcer Johnny Gilbert David
$200 [22] John Gunther called this river "the Nile of the Western Hemisphere" the Mississippi Willa	$200 [27] J.E. Brandenberger invented this transparent packing material before World War I cellophane Willa	$200 [17] Two bowls of this didn't appease Goldilocks; one was too hot, one was too cold porridge David	$200 [5] Shavuot, the Jewish Pentecost, celebrates the giving of this on Mount Sinai the Ten Commandments David	$200 [12] Imperial eagles used to top the towers but they were replaced by these big red symbols stars David	$200 [3] This heavyweight boxer was the last champion to fight in the bare-knuckle style John (L.) Sullivan Willa
$300 [23] Kingdom Come State Park in this Bluegrass state was named for a novel by John Fox Kentucky David	$300 [28] Thomas Newcomen invented a version of this over 60 years before James Watt the steam engine David	$300 [18] Cub Scouts could tell you it's an acronym for "we'll be loyal scouts" Webelos David	$300 [6] In Latin America, Dia de la Cruz celebrates the day on which St. Helena is said to have found this the fragments of the true cross David	$300 [13] Though its name sounds like it should hold only guns, it stores Faberge eggs & royal regalia too the Armory David Jill	$300 [4] Dinah Shore & Eddie Fisher are among the celebrities who made their TV debuts on his variety show Ed Sullivan David
$400 [24] This space center shares Merit Island on Florida's Banana River with a national wildlife refuge the John F. Kennedy Space Center Willa David	$400 [29] Nikola Tesla invented a transformer for this type of electrical current that he favored alternating current David	$400 [19] This game, also called jackstraws, is mentioned in they rhyme, "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" pick-up sticks Willa	$400 [7] The festival of Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment & death of this religious leader the Buddha David	$500 [15] This 25-member group meets once a week in the Council of Ministers building Politburo Willa	$400 [10] Of his hundreds of portraits, the most famous is an unfinished head of George Washington Gilbert Stuart David
$500 [25] It's the easternmost of the Aloha State's 8 main islands Hawaii (the Big Island) David	$500 [30] William Oughtred invented this calculating device, now largely replaced by electronic calculators the slide rule Jill	$500 [20] Time called this Nintendo handheld video device 1989's hottest toy the Game Boy David	$500 [8] This church festival on August 15th celebrates the Virgin Mary's ascent into heaven the Assumption David	DD $600 [14] The Kremlin was home to the czars until this leader put an end to that by moving the capital Peter the Great David	$500 [11] On a 1984 shuttle mission she became the first American woman to walk in space Kathryn D. Sullivan

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES	MUSIC	MOUNTAINS	LITERATURE	FOREIGN EXCHANGE	SLOGANS
$200 [12] Sitting Bull was only about 14 when he fought for this tribe against the Crow Indians in the 1840s the Sioux David	$200 [26] Better known by the name of eating utensils it was first published in 1877 as "The Celebrated Chop Waltz" "Chopsticks" Willa	$200 [11] Frederick Cook claimed he reached the North Pole in 1908 & the top of this Alaskan peak in 1906 Mount McKinley Willa	$200 [1] In "A Tale of Two Cities" Dickens called this "the national razor" the guillotine David	$200 [2] It's Dutch for "golden" a guilder David	$200 [18] Completes the corrupt political slogan that dates back to the 1850s, "Vote early and vote" often David
$400 [15] The first woman awarded the British Order of Merit, she was known for her work in Turkey & the Crimea Florence Nightingale David	$400 [29] Term for the metrical units of a score marked off along the staff by vertical lines measures David	$400 [13] This U.S. volcano had been inactive for 123 years when it erupted in 1980 Mount St. Helens David	$400 [7] His first novel, "Sister Carrie" was published in 1900 (Theodore) Dreiser Willa	$400 [3] In 1967, New Zealand changed from this unit of currency to the dollar the pound David	$400 [19] A conservative slogan of the 1960s said, "America, love it or" do this leave it Willa
$600 [20] This late president of France wrote a trilogy of war memoirs, "The Call to Honor", "Unity" & "Salvation" (Charles) de Gaulle Jill	$600 [30] "Little book" designed to be read along with an opera, which is hard to do when they turn down the lights a libretto Willa	$600 [14] This continent's highest peaks are in the Caucasus Mountains Europe Willa	$600 [8] A story by Rudyard Kipling or a little nursery rhyme character who wore a nightgown Wee Willie Winkie Jill	$600 [4] First minted a Muslim coin, it's still the unit of such Muslim countries as Iraq & Libya the dinar David	$600 [22] The older youth slogan of the 1970s that begins, "Today is the first day of" the rest of your life Willa
$800 [21] The actor-father of this assassin died on a steamboat in 1852 John Wilkes Booth David	$800 [28] Ska is a type of music & dance that originated on this island in the late 1950s Jamaica David	$800 [16] This was the 2nd peak measured in the Karakoram Range, hence its name K2 David	$1,000 [10] "Revolt in the Desert" was a popular abridged edition of this book by Lawrence of Arabia the Seven Pillars of Wisdom David	$800 [5] It's the legal tender in Greenland the krone David	DD $1,000 [24] Mistress of Louis XV whose motto in those pre-revolutionary days was, "After us, the deluge" Madame Pompadour Willa
$1,000 [23] This explorer was found dead in a Tennessee inn in 1809; how he was shot is still a mystery Meriwether Lewis David	$1,000 [27] In 1907, Ruggero Leoncavallo conducted this opera of his to make a gramophone record Pagliacci	$1,000 [17] Borah Peak, the highest mountain in this state, is named for William E. Borah, its senator for 33 years Idaho David	DD $1,200 [9] In Book One of this epic poem Satan & his followers build the Palace of Pandemonium Paradise Lost Willa	$1,000 [6] This poet's portrait appears on the Irish Republic's 20-pound note (William Butler) Yeats Jill	$1,000 [25] In the 1960s, "Viva la huelga", "Long live the strike" became the motto of this union United Farm Workers Willa Jill

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

He was the first Democrat to die in office

FDR

Jill "Who is FDR?" — wagered $1,000

Willa "Who is FDR?" — wagered $1,000

David "Who is Harrison?" — wagered $3,099

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