Show #1512 1991-03-12 (taped 1991-01-28) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Chris Handy — an art dealer from New York City, New York

Betsy Franklin — a scuba instructor from Islamorada, Florida

David Epstein — a lawyer from Irvine, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,501)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$900	$800	$6,200	$10,401 3-day champion: $25,902	$5,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Betsy	$600	$2,200	$5,200	$10,400 2nd place	$5,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Chris	$2,200	$2,200	$4,100	$50 3rd place	$5,600 21 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"D" IN SCIENCE	OPERA	BIRD WORDS	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	POTENT POTABLES	SUPER TV
$100 [1] The 2 orders of these extinct reptiles are Saurischia & Orni this chia dinosaurs Betsy	$100 [17] In "Don Quixote" & "Boris Godunov", the title roles are sung in this low vocal range basso David	$100 [16] An advocate of all-out war, or to sell products on the street by shouting a hawk Chris	$100 [11] A measure of cloth equal to about 30 yards a bolt Chris	$100 [6] From the Latin for "to open" it's a drink taken before a meal to sharpen the appetite an apéritif Chris	$100 [26] 5 of the top 10 highest-rated programs of all time have been this annual event the Super Bowl David
$200 [2] It's the breakdown of food into simpler substances that can be absorbed by body tissues digestion Betsy	$200 [22] This tenor was the 18th of 20 children of a Neapolitan worker & the first to survive until adulthood (Enrico) Caruso David Chris	$200 [18] A foolish person, or the type of prize that's given to the worst player in a game booby Chris	$200 [12] Not a pig's noggin, but the equivalent of 2 barrels of wine or other liquor a hogshead Chris	$200 [7] Of sec, brut or doux, the driest champagne brut David	$200 [27] For the 1990-91 season of this show Clark & Lana are working for the Bureau of Extranormal Matters Superboy Betsy Chris
$300 [3] This fin on a fish's back helps it to remain upright dorsal Chris	$300 [23] Beethoven completed 4 overtures for this, his only opera Fidelio Chris	$300 [19] A sweet white wine from Spanish islands northwest of Africa, or a shade of yellow a canary Betsy	$300 [13] One of these units is the smallest amount of change in volume detectable to the human ear a decibel Chris	$300 [8] The traditional squat brandy glass, its rim turns in to hold the bouquet a snifter David Chris	$300 [28] These plumbers featured in a series of Nintendo games have their own cartoon series Super Mario Betsy
$400 [4] The larch, a member of the pine family, is this type of tree since it drops its needles each fall deciduous Betsy	DD $300 [25] Leoncavallo had the bad timing to release his "La boheme" the year after this composer's Puccini Betsy	$400 [20] To make a malicious statement about someone or to shoot from a concealed location snipe Chris	$400 [14] A long one weighs 240 pounds more than a short one a ton Betsy	$400 [9] A whiskey & ginger ale cocktail named for part of the equine anatomy a horse's neck Chris	$400 [29] This former head of the Avengers plays a computer-generated head on "Super Force" Patrick Macnee Chris
$500 [5] In cases of kidney failure this process of removing waste from the blood is done by a machine dialysis Chris	$400 [24] Nicolas Nabokov's opera "The Holy Devil", is about this notorious Russian Rasputin Betsy	$500 [21] It's what a bowler is said to get when he makes three strikes in a row a turkey Betsy Chris	$500 [15] Used to measure lumber, 1 is 12" x 12" x 1" a board foot David Betsy	$500 [10] Tequila is a version of this stronger liquor which shares its name with a hallucinogenic plant mezcal David	$500 [30] Term for the puppetry technique used by Gerry Anderson in Fireball XL 5 & "Thunderbirds" Supermarionation David Chris

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	RIVERS	WRITERS	PSYCHOLOGY	PENNSYLVANIANS	WORLD FAIRS
$200 [7] On Feb. 5, 1974 she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army Patty Hearst David	$200 [1] Of almost equal length, Britain's 2 longest rivers are the Severn & this one the Thames Chris	$200 [6] His son Christopher Buckley wrote a satirical novel called "The White House Mess" William F. Buckley David	$200 [12] From the Latin for "given over to", it's the term for a hard habit to break an addiction David	$200 [26] Hall of famer Honus Wagner played 18 seasons at shortstop for this Pennsylvania team the Pittsburgh Pirates Chris	$200 [21] On April 30, 1939 this city's fair in Flushing Meadow opened with the theme "The World of Tomorrow" New York David
$400 [8] In 1934 this U.S. government agency was established to regular the stock market the Securities and Exchange Commission David	$400 [2] The actual source of this river in the snow-covered Andes of Peru wasn't discovered until this century the Amazon Betsy	$400 [17] Former first daughter whose second novel "Deadfall" has been called a haunting psychodrama Patti Davis David	$400 [13] An average child whose mental age & chronological age are equal have this number IQ 100 David	$400 [27] This future industrialist left Scotland in 1848 and settled in Allegheny with his family (Andrew) Carnegie David	$400 [22] All the electricity at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo came from this source Niagara Falls Chris
$600 [9] As part of the De-Stalinization program Stalingrad was renamed this in 1961 Volgograd Chris	$600 [3] The Moselle which flows from France to Germany is a tributary of this river the Rhine Chris	$600 [18] "Night Rider", his novel about the Kentucky tobacco war appeared seven years before "All the King's Men" Robert Penn Warren Chris	$800 [15] This Greek heroine's name describes the complex in which a daughter is attracted to her father an Electra complex Betsy	$600 [28] Philadelphia comedian who appeared in the film "Uptown Saturday Night" & "The Devil and Max Devlin" Bill Cosby Chris	$800 [24] In 1974 this largest city in Eastern Washington held the first world's fair with an environmental theme Spokane Betsy
$800 [10] They were code named "Little Boy" & "Fat Man" the nuclear bombs we dropped on Nagasaki & Hiroshima Betsy	$800 [4] The St. Croix & St. John Rivers form part of the border between New Brunswick, Canada & this state Maine David	$800 [19] Silent screen sweetheart who wrote an inspirational book called "Why Not Try God?" Mary Pickford Chris	DD $1,000 [14] A therapeutic discharge of emotion, classical tragedy strives for one catharsis David	$800 [29] Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton defended this New York publisher against a charge of seditious libel in 1735 Zenger Betsy	$1,000 [25] A record 77 nations participated in Expo '70 held in this Japanese city Osaka David
$1,000 [11] In 1910 a revolution deposed Manuel II, the last king of this country Portugal David	$1,000 [5] South America's Orinoco River forms part of the boundary between Colombia & this country Venezuela Betsy	$1,000 [20] He wrote about assassinations in "Winter Kills" & "The Manchurian Candidate" Richard Condon	$1,000 [16] This author of "The Primal Scream" later wrote "Imprint" about the effects of fetal stress Arthur Janov	$1,000 [30] Born Elizabeth Cochran, this pioneer newspaper woman took her pen name from a Stephen Foster song Nellie Bly Chris	DD $1,500 [23] Opening in 1904, one year late, the St. Louis Fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of this the Louisiana Purchase Chris

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GOVERNMENT

In 1977 James Schlesinger became the first man appointed to this post

Secretary of Energy

Chris "What was" — wagered $4,050

Betsy "What is Secretary of Energy?" — wagered $5,200

David "What is Secretary of Energy?" — wagered $4,201

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