Show #1508 1991-03-06 (taped 1991-01-09) Regular

Mark Pestronk game 5.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Jim Brochu — a writer from North Hollywood, California

Lary Prince — an administrator from Los Angeles, California

Mark Pestronk — a travel lawyer from Washington, D.C. (whose 4-day cash winnings total $51,698)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$1,200	$1,700	$-200	$-200 3rd place	$2,800 20 R, 9 W (including 2 DDs)
Lary	$-100	$1,300	$4,600	$5,601 New champion: $5,601	$5,700 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jim	$900	$1,200	$2,800	$5,500 2nd place	$2,800 11 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC	IN OTHER WORDS	ROYALTY	VAMPIRE MOVIES	FLAGS	JUST DESSERTS
$100 [2] An instrumental piece played before the curtain rises to introduce an opera or a musical an overture Mark	$100 [4] Allow the feline to emerge from the sack let the cat out of the bag Jim	$100 [13] His youngest daughter, Princess Suga, married a bank clerk in Tokyo in 1960 Hirohito Mark	$100 [22] George Hamilton's 1979 vampire spoof wasn't called "Love at First Sight", but this Love at First Bite Mark	$100 [1] Zaire's flag sports a flaming one of these, which may remind you of the Olympics a torch Lary Jim	$100 [5] A native of Naples or a brick of layered ice cream a Neapolitan Mark
$200 [18] A Rimsky-Korsakov opus & Ravel's song cycles were named for this Arabian storyteller Scheherazade Lary	$200 [6] Java, a cuppa, or cow juice coffee, tea or milk Mark Lary	$200 [14] King George I of this country was assassinated in 1913 in Thessaloniki Greece Mark	$200 [23] "The Fearless Vampire Killers" was subtitled "Pardon Me, but Your Teeth are in" this body part My Neck Lary	$200 [3] Heavenly body featured on the flags of Uruguay, Antigua & Barbuda & Kiribati the Sun Mark	$200 [9] Named for a spice, this cookie shaped in the form of men is a Christmas treat a gingerbread man Jim
$300 [19] The musical fairy tale by Prokofiev in which a different instrument represents each character Peter and the Wolf Lary	$300 [7] Steal from Mr. Piper so that you may remunerate Mr. Bunyan rob Peter to pay Paul Mark	$300 [15] On January 18, 1871 Wilhelm I was declared German emperor in this palace's Hall of Mirrors Versailles Mark	$300 [24] Catherine Deneuve "hungered" for this Bull Durham beauty in "The Hunger" Susan Sarandon Mark Lary	$300 [12] Along with a 14-pointed star, this Muslim symbol is on the flag of Malaysia the crescent Mark	$300 [10] Ruth Wakefield named this chocolate chip cookie for her Massachusetts restaurant a Toll House cookie Jim
$400 [20] Term for a piece written for a funeral that's come to mean any slow-moving song a dirge Jim	$400 [8] Sanguinary fluid, labor, lacrimal gland secretion & perspiration blood, sweat, toil & tears Mark Jim	$500 [17] Rurik is the semi-legendary founder of this country Russia Lary	$400 [29] This Englishman played Dracula in "Horror of Dracula" in 1958, then rose from the grave for several sequels Christopher Lee Jim	$400 [25] Handheld flags that are used to send messages between ships, or ship to shore semaphore Mark	$400 [27] Brennan's in New Orleans calls its dish using this fruit, Foster, for a favorite customer bananas Foster Mark
$500 [21] This expression mark indicated by a sideways "V" means the music should get gradually louder a crescendo Lary	$500 [11] Transporting carbonized vegetable matter to a seaport upon Tyne carrying coals to Newcastle Mark	DD $1,500 [16] In 1960 he became the first child born to a reigning British sovereign since 1857 Prince Andrew Mark	$500 [30] Some say the title character for this German silent film was the ugliest vampire in film history Nosferatu Jim	$500 [26] A tapering flag that ends in a point is a pennant; if it ends in two points, it's called this a swallowtail Jim	$500 [28] The cherry-chocolate cake named for the German region from which it hails Black Forest cake Mark Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CONFEDERACY	AWARDS	BOOKS & AUTHORS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	SCIENCE	FASHION HISTORY
$200 [3] This document limited the president's term to 6 years but the Confederacy didn't last that long the Confederate Constitution Mark	$200 [1] In 1967 Klaus Voormann won one of these for his design of The Beatles "Revolver" album cover a Grammy Jim	$200 [14] "Lady Boss" continues her story of "Lucky" Jackie Collins Jim	$200 [8] The Palk Strait & Gulf of Mannar separate India from this island nation Sri Lanka Mark	$200 [13] Ci which stands for Curie, is a unit used to measure this radiation Lary	$200 [22] The coats these hunters wear are usually red but are called pinks after a London tailor named Pinks fox hunters Lary
$400 [4] Judah P. Benjamin, a lawyer, was the 1st to hold this Confederate cabinet office attorney general Mark Jim	$400 [2] Kevin McCarthy won a Golden Globe for Promising Male Newcomer for playing Biff Loman in this 1951 movie Death of a Salesman Mark	$400 [15] During WWII this author of "Slaughterhouse Five" was a prisoner of war in Germany Kurt Vonnegut Lary	$400 [9] The French department of Saint Pierre & Miquelon is just south of this Canadian province Newfoundland Mark Lary	$400 [23] It's the acid that makes lemons & limes sour citric acid Lary	—
$600 [5] His famous horse, Traveller, was originally named Jeff Davis Robert E. Lee Mark	$600 [17] This award named for John Chapman is given to those who pioneered in some branch of horticulture the Johnny Appleseed Award	$600 [16] In 1990 actress Kathryn Leigh Scott published her 2nd book on this gothic soap & NBC revived the show in 1991 Dark Shadows Jim	$600 [10] The longest river in Southeast Asia, it rises in Tibet & empties into the South China Sea in Vietnam the Mekong Mark	$600 [24] In the Haber process hydrogen & nitrogen combine to form this pungent gas ammonia Mark	—
$1,000 [7] Union agent James Andrews stole a train headed from Marietta, Georgia toward this Tennessee city Chattanooga	$800 [18] Husband & wife in real life, they won Emmys in 1986 for playing husband & wife on "St. Elsewhere" William Daniels & Bonnie Bartlett	$1,000 [21] The title of the Franz Kafka story "Die Verwandlung" changed into this in English Metamorphosis Mark Jim	$800 [11] Until 1940, Lake Ladoga near Leningrad was part of the border between the USSR & this country Finland Lary	$800 [25] The relationship between heat, work & energy is the basis of this physics branch thermodynamics	—
DD $1,500 [6] 1 of 2 states that remained in the Union but were represented in the Confederate Congress (1 of) Kentucky or Missouri Mark	$1,000 [19] The Prince of Wales, Lady Byng & Conn Smythe trophies are awarded in this professional sport hockey Mark Lary	DD $1,100 [20] The L.A. Times reports many of this author's fans have named their kids Ayla after her heroine Jean Auel Lary	$1,000 [12] Once called Basutoland, this kingdom is completely surrounded by South Africa Lesotho Lary	$1,000 [26] To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius subtract 32 & multiply by this fraction 5/9ths Mark	—

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICS

A political organization took the name of this man who it considers the 1st U.S. casualty of the Cold War

(Captain) John Birch

Jim "Who is John Birch?" — wagered $2,700

Lary "Who is John Birch?" — wagered $1,001

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