Show #1488 1991-02-06 (taped 1991-01-07) Regular

Leslie Frates game 4.All of the categories in the game begin with the letter "M".

Contestants

Bill Vincent — a university professor originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan

Mark Fucci — an attorney from West Hartford, Connecticut

Leslie Frates — a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $24,798)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leslie	$2,300	$3,100	$7,000	$13,900 4-day champion: $38,698	$7,600 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mark	$900	$1,300	$9,100	$4,199 2nd place: Ricoh Mirai 35-135 mm zoom camera with auto-focus, auto-exposure, built-in flash, wide-range zoom lens, & 200 mm teleconverter + Krementz ladies' 14-karat gold & diamond fashion bracelet with total diamond weight of 0.42 karats	$7,900 21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Bill	$700	$2,500	$5,100	$2 3rd place: Landes Maistre Collection 5-piece silverplate coffee & tea set with matching serving tray + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! , & Fisher-Price preschool games + Wheel of Fortune for the Nintendo Game Boy [but Bill given 2nd place prize, per Alex remarks at beginning of show #1489]	$5,100 15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MEXICO	MIDDLE NAMES	MATH	MYTHOLOGY	MILITARY MATTERS	"MIS" STORIES
$100 [1] In 1963 this country ceded about 500 acres to Mexico to settle a 100-year-old border dispute the United States Leslie	$100 [11] His middle name, Henry, wasn't nearly as fancy as his first name, Fiorello Fiorello LaGuardia Leslie	$100 [24] A calculating device with rows of beads strung on a wire & mounted on a frame an abacus Bill	$100 [4] This Norse god of thunder had a huge appetite: he once ate an ox & drank three barrels of mead Thor Mark	$100 [16] Troops deployed by this organization are known as "peacekeeping forces" the U.N. Mark	$100 [18] In 1987 this was 1 of 4 Stephen King novels among the top 10 hardcover best sellers Misery Bill
$200 [2] Cuauhtemoc, the last emperor of this group, is a Mexican national hero the Aztecs Mark	$200 [12] Frankly, my dear, it was Gable's middle name Clark Leslie Mark	$200 [27] If angle A is less than angle B, & angle B is less than angle C, A has this relationship to C less than Mark Bill	$200 [7] This Egyptian god of the underworld, Isis' husband, is often represented in art as a mummy Osiris Leslie	$200 [17] The Grand Army of the Republic, a society of veterans of this war, closed up shop in 1956 the Civil War Leslie	$200 [19] Someone who hates people should know this title of a Moliere comedy The Misanthrope Leslie
$300 [3] The Plaza Mexico in Mexico City is the world's largest arena for this sport bullfighting Bill	$300 [13] Walt Disney's middle name, or the first name of sewing machine inventor Howe Elias Leslie	$300 [28] The opposite of a credit, it's written on the left-hand side of the ledger a debit Mark	$400 [9] These frightful sisters not only had snakes on their heads, they had claws & enormous teeth, too the Gorgons Leslie Bill	$300 [23] In the British army, only Highland infantry regiments & bagpipers wear these kilts Leslie	$300 [20] The man referred to in this Nathaniel West title is attacked by someone he advises Miss Lonelyhearts Leslie Mark
$400 [5] Of 1918, 1938 or 1958, the year Mexican women first voted for president 1958 Mark	$400 [14] It was the middle name of Daniel French, who took more than a minute to sculpt "The Minute Man" Chester Mark	$400 [29] It's the lowest common multiple of 4, 5 & 6 60 Mark Bill	$500 [10] This king of Cyprus fell in love with a statuesque beauty: a statue named Galatea Pygmalion Leslie Mark	$400 [25] In the Marines it's the rank just above private first class & just below corporal lance corporal Mark	$400 [21] Ensign Pulver was Jack Lemmon's Oscar-winning role in this film Mister Roberts Leslie
$500 [6] State-owned Pemex controls the production of this resource in Mexico petroleum (or oil) Leslie	$500 [15] This socialist ran for U.S. pres. 5 times, but despite his middle name, Victor, he never won (Eugene) Debs Mark	$500 [30] In geometry, a hypothesis & conclusion make up this type of formal statement a theorem Mark	DD $800 [8] When they were babies, Romulus & Remus were thrown into this river but, miraculously, didn't drown the Tiber Leslie	$500 [26] Along with a new cannon, Edward III's army introduced this weapon at Crecy in 1346 the (English) longbow Bill	$500 [22] At the end of this Strindberg one-act tragedy, the title character goes to commit suicide Miss Julie Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

MUSIC	MAGAZINES	MOUNTAINS	MOVIE DIRECTORS	MARINE BIOLOGY	MONROE, JAMES MONROE
$200 [6] The "E" one of these on a violin is sometimes called the chanterelle the string Leslie	$200 [8] Natalya Negoda, who appeared nude in the Soviet film "Little Vera", appeared as this magazine's cover girl in May 1989 Playboy Bill	$200 [1] It's thought that 7,497-foot Jebel Musa is this mountain on which Moses received the 10 Commandments Mount Sinai Leslie	$200 [13] While living in County Galway, John Huston became an avid hunter of these, tally-ho foxes Bill	$200 [26] These mollusks have hearts but no brains; maybe that explains why they're supposed to be happy clams Mark	$200 [21] This capital of Liberia, a country he promoted as a haven for ex-slaves, was named for him Monrovia Mark
$400 [7] The British call an eighth note a quaver & one of these a semiquaver a sixteenth note Mark	$400 [9] It has the highest circulation of the 3 major American newsweeklies Time Leslie	$400 [2] The highest peaks in this range, shared by Spain & France, are on the Spanish side the Pyrenees Mark	$400 [14] Early in his career this "Master of Suspense" directed a musical about Johann Strauss Alfred Hitchcock Leslie	$400 [27] When it passes out of the megalops stage a crab tucks this in under its body its tail Mark	$400 [22] 1 of the 2 Cabinet posts Monroe held under Madison Secretary of State (or Secretary of War) Mark
$800 [11] This city where Mozart was born is world famous for its summer music festival Salzburg Leslie	$600 [18] Soon after its inception in 1952, this popular satire magazine began refusing all outside advertising Mad Mark	$600 [3] The name of this Sicilian volcano is from the Greek for "I burn" (Mount) Etna Mark Bill	$600 [15] This director of "Per un pugno di dollari", a.k.a. "A Fistful of Dollars", was a silent film director's son (Sergio) Leone Bill	$600 [28] This 10-armed creature can travel really fast, but not forward, backward a squid Bill	$600 [23] He was heavily in debt when he retired to this, his home state, in 1825 Virginia Mark
$1,000 [12] Great operetta composer who wrote "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" for "Naughty Marietta" Victor Herbert Leslie	$1,000 [20] Self, Vogue, Glamour & Mademoiselle are all published by this company Condé Nast Mark	$800 [4] This highest peak in the Sierra Nevadas was named for a state geologist of California Mount Whitney Mark	$800 [16] D. Lean's 1st film as a director was "In Which We Serve"; he co-directed it with this urbane playwright Noël Coward Bill	$800 [29] These fish were named for the lancet-like spines they use to slash, not operate surgeonfish	$800 [24] Passed in his administration, this agreement was credited with putting the Civil War on hold for 40 years the Missouri Compromise Bill
DD $1,100 [10] Madrigals originated in this country in the 1300s & later became popular in England Italy Leslie	DD $2,000 [19] The national offices of TV Guide are not in New York or California but in this state Pennsylvania Mark	$1,000 [5] This Andean peak is the highest in the Western Hemisphere, but doesn't rank among the world's top 60 Aconcagua Leslie	$1,000 [17] Truffaut, Antonioni & this "Paper Moon" director were all film critics before directing films Bogdanovich Bill	$1,000 [30] Birds & small fish eat these shrimplike creatures 1 at a time, whales, by the thousands krill Mark Bill	$1,000 [25] In the 1820 election Monroe received all the electoral votes but 1, which went to this man, his successor John Quincy Adams Leslie

Final Jeopardy!

MONARCHS

He was born in 1938 in Rome, where his parents were living with his grandfather, an exiled king

Juan Carlos

Bill "Who is the King of Spain?" — wagered $5,098

Leslie "Who isConstantine? Juan Carlos" — wagered $6,900

Mark "Who is Prince Charles?" — wagered $4,901

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