Show #1460 1990-12-28 (taped 1990-09-25) Regular

Jonathan Jacobs game 1.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Albert Kerry — a teacher from San Francisco, California

Jonathan Jacobs — an operations research analyst originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Richard Healey — a deputy district attorney from Huntington Beach, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$2,400	$4,400	$2,200	$4,400 2nd place	$6,700 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Jonathan	$900	$2,000	$10,200	$15,900 New champion: $15,900	$10,200 26 R, 4 W
Albert	$100	$1,600	$1,200	$0 3rd place	$1,200 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

"T" TIME	U.S. CITIES	TRANSPORTATION	FACTS & FIGURES	SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS	FIRE
$100 [19] An aloof person is said to live in an ivory one a tower Jonathan	$100 [2] The city of San Buenaventura, California is better known by this shorter name Ventura Jonathan	$100 [7] Type of boat designed to push barges or large ships a tugboat Albert	$100 [1] In 1989 over 95% of the Justice Department's classified material was generated by this bureau the FBI Jonathan	$100 [15] In 1937 one critic said Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile as this character and sank Cleopatra Jonathan	$100 [17] After fast fire engines came out in the 1920s cops began to ask speeders this burning question Where's the fire? Jonathan
$200 [20] England's first tunnel for these amphibians was opened in 1987 to save them from croaking toads Richard Jonathan	$200 [3] The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is in this city, not New York City Albany Jonathan	$200 [8] Big Boy was the largest type of this engine ever built but it was later replaced by diesels a steam engine (steam locomotive) Jonathan	$200 [10] World Military & Social Expenditures Report said in 1989 no new ones began, a first in 31 years wars Jonathan	$200 [27] In the mid 1930s Katharine Cornell played this tragic teenager opposite both Basil Rathbone & Maurice Evans Juliet Jonathan	$200 [18] When a fire started in a U.S. frontier town call to throw out these was sounded in the streets the buckets
$300 [22] To see the bright Christmas lights at Twitty City go to this state Tennessee Albert	$300 [4] Huntsville, Alabama Civic Center Complex is named for this German rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun Jonathan	$300 [9] Phrase for the type of vacation on which a Greyhound operator goes for a drive a busman's holiday Richard	$300 [12] Winning the Family Circle Magazine Cup in April 1990 gave her her 150th pro tennis title Martina Navratilova Richard	$300 [28] Alfred Lunt tamed this actress in a 1935 production of "The Taming of the Shrew" Lynn Fontanne Jonathan	$300 [21] Before matches, this, made of cloth or bark was kept in a box to be set afire with flint & steel tinder Albert
$400 [23] Kentucky leads the world in the burley variety of this tobacco Richard	$400 [5] It's the largest city on the Ohio River & the 3rd largest in Ohio Cincinnati Jonathan	$400 [11] British aviators Arthur Brown & John Alcock made the first non-stop flight across this body of water in 1919 the Atlantic Ocean Richard Jonathan	$400 [13] First established in 1776 it's the world's largest ballet company, the key word here is largest the Bolshoi ballet Richard	$400 [29] Sarah Siddons 1812 performance as this Shakespearean sleepwalker was said to be perfect Lady Macbeth Richard	$400 [25] During WWI a popular song urged families to keep these burning to welcome back the doughboys home fires Albert
$500 [24] Odeum is a fancy word for one of these a theater Albert	$500 [6] This, the largest city in the Texas Panhandle, is called "the Helium Capital of the World" Amarillo	$500 [16] On a bicycle a derailleur is used to do this to shift gears Jonathan	DD $1,000 [14] It was increased in 1990 from 3 million to 4 million Swedish krona the Nobel Prize Richard	$500 [30] Ellen Terry was acclaimed for her 1875 performance in this role in "The Merchant of Venice" Portia Richard	$500 [26] By 1648 this governor outlawed thatched roofs as a fire danger in New Amsterdam Peter Stuyvesant Richard

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES	LITERARY ANIMALS	ISLANDS	WORLD HISTORY	JOURNALISTS	CALL ME MISTER
$200 [6] "The American Talleyrand" & "Little Van" President Van Buren Jonathan	$200 [16] Cottontail was the sister of these 2 good little bunnies in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" Flopsy & Mopsy Albert	$200 [11] At one point this Danish island is only about 10 miles from Canada Greenland Richard	$200 [1] During WWI some in the U.S. called this German dish liberty cabbage sauerkraut Jonathan	$200 [19] Neil Sheehan was the reporter to whom Daniel Ellsberg gave these papers in 1971 the Pentagon Papers Jonathan	$200 [25] King Friday XIII, X the Owl, & Donkey Hodie are some of the characters in his neighborhood Mister Rogers Albert
$400 [7] "The Sage of Springfield" Abraham Lincoln Jonathan	$400 [17] "Call of the Wild" mongrel who is stolen from California & become a sled dog in the Klondike Buck Albert	$400 [12] Margaret Mead wrote the first & most famous of her books after a field trip to this island group Samoa Richard	$400 [2] This sadistic marquis fought in the Seven Years' War which we assume he enjoyed the Marquis de Sade Albert	$400 [20] 1 of Hollywood's unholy trio of gossip columnists, she also wrote "Beloved Infidel" Sheilah Graham Richard	$400 [26] Late conductor known as "Mr. Pops" Arthur Fiedler Richard
$600 [8] "Hero of New Orleans" President Andrew Jackson Jonathan	$600 [18] Dr. Seuss' good-hearted elephant who sat on a bird's egg until it hatched Horton Jonathan	$600 [13] Some say this Italian island, famous for its blue grotto, was home to the Sirens of Greek myth Capri Richard	$600 [3] The Cunard liner Carpathia picked up all 700 survivors of this 1912 disaster the Titanic Albert	$800 [22] This former gunman & Dodge City sheriff became a sportswriter in New York City & died at his desk Bat Masterson Richard Jonathan	$600 [27] Reggie Jackson got this nickname for his heroics in postseason play Mr. October Jonathan
$800 [9] "Our Chet" Chester Alan Arthur Jonathan	$800 [24] He killed Nag & Nagaina, 2 cobras in a bungalow in Segowlee Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Jonathan	$1,000 [15] Located off the coast of Spain, they're the 2 largest of the Balearic group Mallorca & Menorca	$800 [4] In the 4th century the Goths split into these two groups the Visigoths & the Ostrogoths Jonathan	$1,000 [23] Columnist & member of the Algonquin Round Table who was known by his initials FPA Franklin P. Adams Jonathan	$800 [28] For his work as NAACP attorney this future Supreme Court justice earned the title "Mr. Civil Rights" Thurgood Marshall Jonathan
$1,000 [10] "Buffalo Hangman" President (Grover) Cleveland Jonathan	$1,000 [29] Bustopher Jones, Growltiger & Old Deuteronomy were felines featured in this collection of poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Richard Albert	DD $2,500 [14] Napoleon's wife Josephine was born on this French island in the Caribbean Martinique Richard	$1,000 [5] This 18th century war was named for part of Robert Jenkins' body the War of Jenkins' Ear Richard	DD $2,500 [21] Editor-in-chief of "Vogue" from 1962-71, she coined the expression "beautiful people" Diana Vreeland Richard	$1,000 [30] Even though he was "Mr. Republican", he lost the 1952 nomination to Ike Robert Taft Jonathan

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES IN THE NEWS

This World Chess champ is Deputy Chairman of the new Democratic Party of Russia

(Garry) Kasparov

Albert "Who is Yeltsin?" — wagered $1,200

Richard "Who is Kasparov?" — wagered $2,200

Jonathan "Who is Kasparov?" — wagered $5,700

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