Show #1511 1991-03-11 (taped 1991-01-28) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Adrianna Donaldson — a researcher originally from Vancouver, British Columbia

Mike Dolber — an American history teacher from Medford, New York

David Epstein — a lawyer from Irvine, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$2,700	$2,700	$5,750	$8,500 2-day champion: $15,501	$8,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Mike	$0	$1,300	$9,100	$6,699 2nd place	$9,100 19 R, 3 W
Adrianna	$900	$3,200	$3,200	$200 3rd place	$3,200 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE	ARCHITECTURE	TENNESSEE WILLIAMS	SPORTS NICKNAMES	HERBS & SPICES	“SEX” EDUCATION
$100 [1] This Thai city is home to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha & the Temple of the Reclining Buddha Bangkok Adrianna	$100 [9] It describes the 19th century London Exhibition palace & Schuller's cathedral Crystal David	$100 [22] "Summer and Smoke" opens on this holiday & there's a display of fireworks in the park 4th of July Mike	$100 [15] Dr. J. Julius Erving Adrianna	$100 [2] Annatto, which adds a golden tinge to food, is often substituted for this more expensive spice saffron Adrianna	$100 [8] This term describes suits that suit both Sally & Sal unisex David
$200 [4] The earliest written reference to tea appeared in this country over 1500 years ago China David	$200 [10] He first won fame for his prairie houses that stressed a unity with nature Frank Lloyd Wright Adrianna	$200 [24] "Vieux Carré" is set in a rooming house at No. 727 Toulouse St. in the French Quarter of this city New Orleans David	$200 [23] "The Black Pearl of Soccer" Pelé Adrianna	$200 [3] Grated or made into a sauce, this bitter herb is the perfect compliment to prime rib horseradish David	$200 [18] In the United States it's a number followed by 21 zeroes sextillion David Mike
$300 [5] You can go deep inside a real coal mine if you visit the Big Pit at Blaenavon in this country Wales	$300 [11] The central stone of an arch that holds the rest in place, named for its importance the keystone David	$300 [25] Williams said this is the best of his long plays because of the kingly magnitude of Big Daddy Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Mike	$300 [26] "The Say Hey Kid" Willie Mays Mike	$300 [14] This fragrant spice comes from tree bark that forms tight rolls when dried cinnamon Mike	$300 [19] The instrument used by navigators to determine the position of ships & aircraft a sextant Adrianna
$400 [6] The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has its headquarters in this Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa David	$400 [12] In architecture, a capital is the top portion of one of these a column David	$400 [28] The Gentleman Caller in this play does have a name, Jim O'Connor The Glass Menagerie Mike	$400 [27] "Super Brat" John McEnroe Adrianna	$400 [16] Resembling tiny nails, these spice buds are used to flavor fruit & meat dishes cloves Adrianna	$400 [20] The title of the suitor who wooed Elizabeth I but lost his head instead (the Earl of) Essex Mike Adrianna
$500 [7] It's the largest island in the Indian Ocean & the 4th largest in the world Madagascar Adrianna	DD $1,000 [13] The colonnaded piazza in front of this famous church is Bernini's architectural masterpiece St. Peter's in Rome David	$500 [30] Don Quixote & Camille are among the characters in this play with a Spanish title Camino Real	$500 [29] "The Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams Mike	$500 [17] Derived from the same tree as mace, this spice adds the finishing touch to flips & eggnogs nutmeg Adrianna	$500 [21] After winning the Pulitzer for her book of poems "Live or Die", she chose to die by her own hand Anne Sexton

Double Jeopardy! Round

LATIN AMERICA	MIDDLE NAMES	LITERARY QUOTES	MATH	THE 1920s	FAMOUS VIRGOS
$200 [3] The name of this Central American country means "savior" El Salvador Mike	$200 [15] With this middle name, Steve Allen should have been born on February 14th, not December 26th Valentine Adrianna	$200 [9] In the preface to "Major Barbara" he wrote, "The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty George Bernard Shaw David	$200 [18] When you multiply you get a product; when you divide you get this a quotient Mike	$200 [1] In 1924 this Ford auto sold for an all-time low price: $260 the Model T Mike	$200 [21] "Autumn Sonata" was the only film this Virgo actress made with fellow Swede, Ingmar Bergman Ingrid Bergman Mike
$400 [5] When founded in 1537, this capital city was named Our Lady of the Assumption Asunción (Paraguay) Adrianna	$400 [16] It's Texas billionaire Henry Perot's middle name Ross David	$600 [11] At the end of this Poe story the Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies "The Pit and the Pendulum" Mike	$400 [24] A line that divides another line or angle into two equal parts is called this a bisector David	$400 [2] In April 1926, members of this literary club received their first selection the Book of the Month Club David	$400 [22] This Virgo reigned over "Your Show of Shows", not the Roman Empire Sid Caesar Mike Adrianna
$600 [6] In 1961 JFK created the Alliance for this, to aid Latin American countries financially the Alliance for Progress David	DD $750 [17] This educator's middle initial stood for Taliaferro Booker Taliaferro Washington David	$800 [13] Washington Irving wrote they he had an "aversion to all kinds of profitable labor" Rip Van Winkle	$600 [25] It's the next number in the sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 21 Mike	$600 [4] 2 of the 4 U.S. presidents who served during the 1920s (2 of) Harding, Coolidge (Wilson or Hoover) David	$600 [23] This Virgo created Lady Chatterley who was far from virginal D.H. Lawrence David
$800 [7] Traditionally drunk through a straw from a gourd, this is Argentina's national beverage mate David	$800 [19] Robert F. Kennedy & Darryl F. Zanuck shared this middle name Francis Mike	$1,000 [29] In Owen Wister's "The Virginian" this word follows, "When you call me that" smile Mike	$800 [26] Term for the pair of numbers you need to plot a point on a graph coordinates Mike	$800 [12] This 1920s term described a girl who wore her boots unfastened, so they made noise when she walked a flapper David	$800 [27] Howard Hawks' wife discovered this Virgo on a magazine cover; she became a star in "To Have and Have Not" (Lauren) Bacall Adrianna
$1,000 [8] Rainfall is unknown in some parts of this Chilean desert the Atacama David	$1,000 [20] It was the middle name of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Williams Carlos Mike	DD $2,000 [10] Walt Whitman described this as the babe of the vegetation grass David	$1,000 [30] Term for a triangle which has no equal sides scalene Mike Adrianna	$1,000 [14] After an 8-year break the Olympic games were held in this Belgian port city Antwerp Mike	$1,000 [28] The character E.K. Hornbeck in "Inherit the Wind" was inspired by this Virgo journalist from Baltimore H.L. Mencken Mike

Final Jeopardy!

MUSEUMS

When he died in 1936 he left his Sarasota estate & museum, with a vast Rubens collection, to Florida

John Ringling

Adrianna "Who is Mellon" — wagered $3,000

David "Who is John Ringling?" — wagered $2,750

Mike "Who was Getty?" — wagered $2,401

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