Show #1277 1990-03-06 (taped 1989-10-23) Regular

Elaine Zollner game 3.

Contestants

George Wuerthele — a photojournalist from San Francisco, California

Alison Whittemore — an art student from San Antonio, Texas

Elaine Zollner — a physician from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elaine	$1,900	$3,700	$11,900	$11,800 3-day champion: $31,401	$10,500 23 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Alison	$2,300	$4,200	$5,400	$10,400 2nd place: Jean d'Eve watch & Maple Leaf bullion investment coins + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$4,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
George	$0	$400	$3,400	$0 3rd place: Panasonic home stereo system + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,400 8 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	FOOD & DRINK	ICE SKATING	RODENTS	ARCHITECTURE	FAMOUS JUNIORS
$100 [6] Inhabitants of this country's capital are known as Baghdadis Iraq Elaine	$100 [1] Traditionally, Indy 500 winners drink this in the winner's circle, so it does a car body good, too milk Alison	$100 [11] The Glaciarium, the 1st one of these with artificially frozen ice, opened in London in 1876 an ice skating rink Elaine	$100 [21] Lewis & Clark called these Great Plains mammals "barking squirrels" prairie dogs Alison	$100 [26] A writer & doctor as well as an architect, Imhotep designed the 1st of these structures a pyramid Alison	$100 [16] His father wrote "Old Ironsides" & he was a justice of the Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes George
$200 [7] Strait separating sizable superpowers the Bering Strait Alison	$200 [2] Medellin is a popular coffee grown in this South American country, not Brazil Colombia Alison	$200 [12] This queen of France was skating around 1776--possibly on thin ice Marie Antoinette Alison	$200 [22] The best known of these weather forecasting rodents is Punxsutawney Phil a groundhog Elaine	$300 [28] The obelisk that stands in the center of this square was brought to Rome from Egypt by Caligula St. Peter's George	$200 [17] His father urged him to study science, which he used in the novels "Cat's Cradle" & "Slaughterhouse-Five" Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Alison
$300 [8] In classical literature these Scottish islands were known as the Orcades the Orkneys	$300 [3] This "magically delicious" cereal has a leprechaun for a spokesman Lucky Charms Elaine	$300 [13] One of the 1st of these, called "Flirting in St. Moritz", was staged at the hippodrome in 1915 an ice show Alison	$300 [23] Contrary to popular opinion, these rodents do not deliberately commit suicide in the sea lemmings George	$400 [29] An innovative housing project called Habitat was built for this city's Expo 67 Montreal Elaine George	$300 [18] Both politicians & both named Edmund, neither he nor his father "Pat" used Edmund as a first name Jerry Brown Elaine
$400 [9] Over a million people live in the Canary Islands which constitute 2 provinces of this country Spain Elaine	$400 [4] The 2 primary ingredients of croquettes de pommes de terre a la Florentine potatoes & spinach Alison	$400 [14] Men started competing in this type of skating at the 1924 Olympics; women not until 1960 speed skating Alison	$400 [24] This little "golden" pet's name is from the German for "hoarder" since he stores food in his cheeks a hamster Elaine George	$500 [30] Once a church, then a mosque & now a museum, the Hagia Sophia is considered the finest example of this style Byzantine Elaine	$400 [19] TV actor whose father was a concert violinist & whose mother was opera star Alma Gluck Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
$500 [10] If eels could talk, they'd tell you this sea was named for the type of seaweed found there Sargasso Alison	$500 [5] Varieties of this green garnish, related to the mustard plant, include winter, garden & water the cress Elaine	$500 [15] Champion ice skater Katarina Witt hails from this Soviet Bloc country East Germany Elaine	$500 [25] Native to the Andes Mountains, these rodents, known for their dense fur, now are mainly raised on ranches chinchillas Alison	DD $1,000 [27] The ancient structure seen here Stonehenge Alison	$500 [20] His father was a dancer with the Will Mastin Trio & he was featured with the act as a child Sammy Davis Jr. George

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE DICTIONARY	U.S. HISTORY	ART	WOMEN AUTHORS	WEATHER	SCREEN GEMS
$200 [9] Pronounced one way, it's a motorized bike; pronounced another way, it means sulked or brooded moped Elaine	$200 [1] This Secretary of State's plan for economic assistance for Europe was 1st proposed at Harvard in 1947 (George) Marshall Elaine	$200 [11] After the revolution of 1830, Delacroix painted her "Leading the People" Liberty Elaine	$200 [2] Before achieving fame with "The House of Earth" trilogy, this author was a teacher in China Pearl Buck George	$200 [19] Called a "willy-willy" in Australia, it's name is from a West Indian word meaning "big wind" hurricanes	$200 [20] In this 1971 James Bond film, the evil Blofeld was a diamond smuggler Diamonds are Forever Alison
$400 [10] This word can precede infinitive or personality split Alison	$400 [3] Robert Morris spent 3 years in debtor's prison after having been the chief financier of this war the American Revolution	$400 [13] His nephew Gainsborough DuPont apprenticed with him Thomas Gainsborough Alison	$400 [5] According to the title of an Erma Bombeck best seller, this is "the Second Oldest Profession" motherhood Elaine	$400 [25] "Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning; red sky at night is" this (sailor's) delight Alison	$400 [21] The title of this 1969 Hitchcock film refers to the code name of a ring of spies Topaz Elaine
$600 [12] The breaking out of a rash on the skin, or the breaking out of lava on a volcano eruption Alison	$600 [4] Marines intervened in this country in 1927 to quell an uprising led by Gen. Augusto Cesar Sandino Nicaragua Elaine	$600 [14] Degas installed one of these in his studio to study models getting in & out of it a bathtub Elaine	$800 [7] This novelist collaborated with Geo. S. Kaufman on such plays as "Dinner at Eight" & "Stage Door" Edna Ferber Alison	$600 [28] To measure very low temperatures, this liquid, not mercury, is used in thermometers alcohol Alison	$600 [22] It was the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" The Jewel of the Nile Alison
$800 [15] Word that means "citified", or the name taken by 8 Roman Catholic popes urban George	$800 [17] In 1905 Oklahoma Indians drafted a Constitution & tried to create a state named for this Cherokee Sequoyah	$800 [26] Born in Crete, he moved from Italy to Spain during the Inquisition & it's reflected in his work El Greco Elaine	DD $1,000 [6] This financial columnist's income tax guide has been published annually for the last 20 years Sylvia Porter Elaine	$800 [29] Squall lines, which are clusters of these, may stretch for hundreds of miles thunderstorms	$800 [23] This 1948 film based on a Steinbeck story about a fisherman was shot in Mexico The Pearl Elaine
$1,000 [16] It's defined as the act of shaving the head or the part of the head left bare by shaving tonsure	$1,000 [18] After the Battle of Lake Erie, he sent the message, "We have met the enemy & they are ours" (Commodore) Perry George	DD $2,000 [27] When modern art was declared a "bourgeois luxury" in '23, this modern artist moved from Moscow to Paris Chagall Elaine	$1,000 [8] This author's 1st million-selling book, "Every Night, Josephine!", was about her pet poodle Jacqueline Susann Elaine	$1,000 [30] 19th c. British commander who developed the scale of comparative wind forces named for him Sir Francis Beaufort	$1,000 [24] In this film, when Cary Grant told Grace Kelly her necklace was imitation, she answered, "I'm not" To Catch a Thief George

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

Black Jack was the riderless horse at the funerals of these 3 presidents

JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower

George "Who were Truman, JFK & Johnson?" — wagered $3,400

Alison "Who are JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower?" — wagered $5,000

Elaine "Who is l" — wagered $100

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