Show #1485 1991-02-01 (taped 1990-10-16) Regular

Leslie Frates game 1.

Contestants

Jim Maxwell — a carpenter from Los Angeles, California

Leslie Frates — a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California

Adelaide Jaffe — a computer operator from Bay Village, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adelaide	$3,700	$3,900	$7,500	$2,500 2nd place: a trip to Las Vegas on America West Airlines with 6 nights & 7 days at the Four Queens Hotel-Casino	$6,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Leslie	$1,200	$3,900	$10,600	$6,198 New champion: $6,198	$9,100 24 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jim	$100	$1,600	$6,000	$500 3rd place: Artisan House Pueblo metal sculptured wall hanging + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! , & Fisher-Price preschool games + Wheel of Fortune for Nintendo Game Boy	$8,400 17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"G" WHIZ	SICKNESS & HEALTH	AROUND THE HOUSE	MYSTERIES	U.S. CITIES	FAMOUS GEMINIS
$100 [1] According to some accounts, he was killed by Elhanan, one of David's soldiers Goliath Adelaide	$100 [11] Despite its name, it's usually caused by an allergy to pollen & involves no change in temp. hay fever Jim	$100 [26] Metal containers can damage the magnetron tube in this type of cooking equipment a microwave oven Leslie	$100 [6] As you might expect, this continent is the setting for Elspeth Huxley's "Murder on Safari" Africa Adelaide	$100 [16] It's home to the NBA "Nuggets" & the NFL "Broncos" Denver Leslie	$100 [21] Some Gemini husbands, like this Vermont-born Mormon leader, scatter their attentions Brigham Young Adelaide Leslie
$200 [2] The comet, lionhead & veiltail are popular varieties of this aquatic pet, a type of carp a goldfish Adelaide Jim	$200 [12] Secreted by the cortex, this hormone is used in medicine to reduce inflammation cortisone Jim	$200 [27] Steamers are now available to waft the scent of these dried flower mixtures thru the house potpourri Leslie	$200 [7] The murders in "A Pocketful of Rye" by Agatha Christie are based on this nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" Adelaide	$200 [17] Abilene, Texas is named after the Abilene in this state Kansas Leslie	$200 [22] This "Jazz Singer" was born in Russia under the sign of Gemini; we don't know what his mammy's sign was Al Jolson Jim
$300 [3] A Scottish city or the last name of Southern author Ellen, who wrote "In This Our Life" Glasgow Leslie	$300 [13] Eye exams often include a pressure check of the eye fluid to test for this disorder glaucoma Adelaide	$300 [28] Kitchen device often shaped like an hourglass but containing only about 3 minutes worth of sand an egg timer Adelaide	$400 [9] Last name of Lady Antonia, the biographer who also writes Jemima Shore mysteries Fraser Adelaide	$300 [18] Its wealthiest families once lived in the Back Bay section Boston Leslie	$300 [23] JFK was a Gemini & this actress who sang "Happy Birthday" to him in 1962 was a Gemini, too Marilyn Monroe Leslie
$400 [4] A ragtime dance popular around WWI, or an animal who's also known as Ursus horribilis a grizzly Adelaide	$400 [14] A DPT vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus & pertussis, which is this whooping cough Leslie	$400 [29] On the table it's what you might find in a boat gravy Leslie	$500 [10] Tony Hillerman writes novels about Jim Chee, a detective on this Indian tribe's police force the Navajo Adelaide	$400 [19] St. Paul is the northernmost capital on the Mississippi & this is the southernmost Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Jim	$400 [24] Geminis can be flirtatious & fickle, as this swashbuckling Tasmanian actor could have told you Errol Flynn Jim
$500 [5] Aaron Copland wrote "Appalachian Spring" for this woman, who choreographed it Martha Graham Adelaide	$500 [15] Prescription cough medicines may contain this narcotic drug, derived from opium codeine Leslie	$500 [30] Needlepoint done on a canvas with 16-20 mesh holes per linear inch is called this petit point Leslie	DD $1,000 [8] "A Scandal in Bohemia" tells us, "there was but one woman to him, and that woman was... Irene Adler" Sherlock Holmes Adelaide	$500 [20] In 1849, while "Forty-Niners" flocked to John Sutter Sr.'s mill, John Sutter Jr. founded this city Sacramento Leslie	$500 [25] The Gemini poetess who wrote, "As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." Julia Ward Howe Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	QUOTES	WOMEN	CONNECTICUT	ARTISTS	CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS
$200 [11] The Persian government ran this service using relay stations with remounts & fresh riders a day's ride apart the postal service Adelaide	$200 [21] Completes the quote: "The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty..." fallen Jim	$200 [16] Women who kept these after they wed were called "Lucy Stoners" after Lucy Stone who did it in 1855 their maiden name Jim	$200 [26] In existence for 289 years, it's the state's oldest university Yale Leslie	$200 [6] 17th c. painter Jan van Goyen was one of this country's most gifted landscape artists Holland Leslie	$200 [1] Innkeeper, Captain of the Inquisition, dancing horses, Sancho Panza Man of La Mancha Leslie
$400 [12] Known in Greek mythology for his treasures of gold, this Phrygian king really existed Midas Leslie	$400 [22] Gertrude Stein said, "In" this country "there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is." USA Jim	$400 [17] Mahalia Jackson was among those who sang old slave spirituals at his 1963 March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr. Jim	$400 [27] Bridgeport's Mountain Grove Cemetery is the burial place of Tom Thumb & this showman who employed him P.T. Barnum Leslie	$400 [7] In 1514 Pope Leo X made Raphael chief architect of this building St. Peter's (Basilica) Adelaide Leslie	$600 [3] Lt. Joseph Cable, Liat, Bloody Mary South Pacific Adelaide
$600 [13] 11 rulers of the Byzantine Empire, including the first & last, bore this name Constantine Leslie	$600 [23] On August 25, 1944 Hitler asked this famous question about France's capital "Is Paris burning?" Leslie	$600 [18] She was the first woman mayor of Chicago Jane Byrne Adelaide	$600 [28] Connecticut's highest point is on Mount Frissell, but the peak's top is further north in this state Massachusetts Jim	$600 [8] This woman whose life spanned a century was known for painting flowers & cattle skulls Georgia O'Keeffe Jim	$800 [4] Queenie, Cap'n Andy, Gaylord Ravenal Show Boat Jim
$800 [14] Rome was ruled by these non-Latin neighbors from the late 7th century B.C. to about 509 B.C. the Etruscans Adelaide	$800 [24] Joyce Kilmer wrote about one of these "upon whose bosom snow has lain; who intimately lives with rain" a tree Adelaide	$800 [19] At age 91 Anna Hauptmann is still trying to clear her husband of this 1932 crime the Lindbergh baby kidnapping Leslie	$800 [29] You can visit the house in which Mark Twain lived from 1874-91 in this city Hartford Jim	$800 [9] Spanish cubist Jose Victoriano Gonzalez changed his name to this, keeping the initials J.G. Juan Gris Jim	$1,000 [5] Chief Commissar, President of the Politburo, French comrades, Ninotchka Silk Stockings Jim
$1,000 [15] A type of camel is named for this ancient country in southwest Asia Bactria Leslie	$1,000 [25] Phrase that completes John Donne's line "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls" "it tolls for thee" Adelaide	$1,000 [20] She & Harold Ickes were FDR's only original Cabinet members to serve to 1945 Frances Perkins	$1,000 [30] In 1687 when Gov. Andros came to seize the colonial constitution, it was hidden in this tree the Charter Oak Jim	DD $2,400 [10] In 1977 the city of Antwerp celebrated the 400th anniversary of the birth of this Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens Jim	DD $1,900 [2] Cassie, Zach, Sheila, Maggie A Chorus Line Leslie

Final Jeopardy!

THE AMERICAN FLAG

Total number of horizontal rows of stars on the U.S. flag

Jim "What are 6?" — wagered $5,500

Adelaide "What is 7?" — wagered $5,000

Leslie "What is76?" — wagered $4,402

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