Show #1585 1991-06-21 (taped 1991-03-13) Regular

Mark Born game 2.Game entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Bruce Blakely — an accountant from Fremont, California

Bob Acker — a lawyer from Oakland, California

Mark Born — an investment analyst from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$1,200	$4,100	$18,400	$29,400 2-day champion: $44,399	$15,100 33 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Bob	$1,300	$900	$3,500	$6,500 2nd place: a trip to Miami	$3,500 11 R, 2 W
Bruce	$1,100	$1,300	$1,100	$1,000 3rd place: a Konica Z-UP 80RC camera + Nintendo Entertainment System w/ Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! , and Fisher Price Preschool games + Game Boy version of Wheel of Fortune	$1,100 9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE	TV TRIVIA	SIMILES	PLANTS	BODIES OF WATER	FAMOUS SURVEYORS
$100 [11] For certain inflammations, doctors suggest soaking in a bath of these salts Epsom salts Bruce	$100 [10] After being fired from WJM-TV, this character became City Editor of the Los Angeles Tribune Lou Grant Bob	$100 [8] Many of these animals appear to drink continually as they swim, hence the phrase "to drink like" one a fish Mark	$100 [21] The name of the plant heliotrope indicates it turns toward this the sun Bob	$100 [1] The Weddell Sea & the Ross Sea border this continent Antarctica Mark	$100 [6] He was the first surveyor to become U.S. President George Washington Mark
$200 [16] Gingivitis is the medical term for an inflammation of this part of the mouth the gums Bruce	$200 [12] Reruns from this series were aired later under the title "McGarrett" Hawaii Five-O Bob	$200 [9] If you're as dead as one of these nails, you're lifeless indeed a doornail Bruce	$200 [22] Cymbidium is a hardy type of this corsage flower an orchid Bruce	$200 [2] The Laptev, Kara, Beaufort & Barents Seas are part of this ocean Arctic Ocean Mark	$200 [7] It took about 4 years, from 1763-67, for this pair to survey the boundary between Maryland & Pennsylvania Mason & Dixon Bruce
$300 [18] Athlete's foot is an example of a mycosis, meaning it's caused by these organisms fungi Bob	$300 [17] In February 1991, Peter Horton's character Gary was killed off on this show thirtysomething Mark	$300 [13] We hope you're never as poor as one of these rodents, who dwells in a place of worship a church mouse Bruce	$300 [23] Dionaea, a member of the insect-eating sundew family, is popularly called this Venus fly trap Mark	$300 [3] To reach Miami Beach from Miami you cross this bay Biscayne Bay Bob	$300 [28] He was appointed Surveyor of Customs in Salem, Massachusetts four years before writing "The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne Mark
$400 [26] In children, fatigue or stress can lead to somnambulism, which is this sleepwalking Mark	$400 [19] Between 1969 & 1973, four rotating shows, including "The Lawyers" & "The Doctors", aired under this name The Bold Ones	$400 [14] We should all be as rich as this king of Lydia Croesus Bob Bruce	$400 [24] Resins in the flower of this vine prevent the growth of bacteria in beer hops Mark	$400 [4] This colorful sea between China & Korea is an average of only 121 feet deep the Yellow Sea Mark	$500 [30] The Surveyor probes were sent by the U.S. to survey this body the Moon
$500 [27] From the Latin for torn, it's a cut or wound with a jagged edge laceration Bob	$500 [20] In the pilot for this series, Ward was played by Casey Adams & Wally by Paul Sullivan Leave It To Beaver Mark	$500 [15] To be supremely confident is to be as independent as a hog on this ice	$500 [25] Some people used to chew the inner bark of this elm, also known as the red elm, to treat throat ailments the slippery elm	$500 [5] The Hamilton River in Labrador was renamed for this British Prime Minister in 1965, the year of his death Churchill Bruce	DD $1,000 [29] He surveyed the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, and a large island off British Columbia is named for him (George) Vancouver Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES	FAMOUS WOMEN	ART	ANCIENT HISTORY	MOUNTAINS	AUTHORS' NICKNAMES
$200 [21] The two official languages of Czechoslovakia Czech & Slovak Bruce	$200 [6] She was already a married woman, not a single girl, when she wrote "Sex and the Single Girl" Helen Gurley Brown Mark	$200 [16] When we talk about his "Pieta", it could be the St. Peter's one, the Florence one, or the Rondanini one Michelangelo Mark	$200 [1] Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, born in 70 B.C. near Mantua, is better known by this name Virgil Mark	$200 [11] It's the only peak in North America that rises above 20,000 feet Mount McKinley Mark	$200 [26] "The Sage of Walden Pond" Thoreau Mark
$400 [22] Nahuatl is also called this, after the Mexican people who spoke it the Aztecs Bob	$400 [7] In private life, she's Mrs. Edwin Schlossberg Caroline Kennedy Mark Bruce	$400 [17] In March 1990, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired his masterpiece "Irises" van Gogh Mark	$400 [2] He became king of Macedonia after the assassination of his father Philip II Alexander the Great Mark	$400 [12] More fatal mountaineering accidents have occurred on this peak than on any other Alpine peak the Matterhorn Mark	$400 [27] "Uncle Remus" Joel Chandler Harris Mark
$600 [23] Marathi, not Hindi, is the most widely spoken Indian language in this port city Bombay Mark	$600 [8] A LIFE Magazine photo of this love goddess in a negligee was one of the most famous pin-up shots of World War II Rita Hayworth Bob	$800 [19] In 1986, Andrew Wyeth sold over 200 works, most of them featuring this woman Helga Mark	$600 [3] In 4 A.D., this man adopted Tiberius, who succeeded him as Emperor Augustus Bob	$800 [14] The highest mountain peak in Europe is in Georgia in this Soviet range the Caucasus Range Bob Bruce	$600 [28] "The Fourth Musketeer" Alexandre Dumas père Mark Bob
$800 [24] The Berber languages are spoken primarily in these two countries Morocco & Algeria Mark	$800 [9] Oscar winner who doesn't sing "Over the Rainbow" because "nobody could sing it better than my mother" Liza Minnelli Mark	$1,000 [20] Last name of Flemish painters Jan and Hubert, said to have collaborated on "The Ghent Altarpiece" van Eyck Mark	$800 [4] Homer spoke of the wealth of this hundred-gated capital of ancient Egypt Thebes Bob	$1,000 [15] According to the Bible, Moses climbed Mt. Nebo to view this Canaan (or the Promised Land) Mark	$800 [29] This Knickerbocker earned himself the nickname "The Father of American Literature" Washington Irving Mark
$1,000 [25] Though English is official, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba all have millions of speakers in this African country Nigeria Mark	$1,000 [10] John Manahan, whose late wife Anna Anderson claimed to be this Russian, died in Virginia in 1990 Anastasia Mark	DD $2,000 [18] In 1971 at the age of 90, he became the first living artist to have his work hung in the Louvre Pablo Picasso Mark	$1,000 [5] The name of this Persian religious reformer is translated as "rich in camels", or something to that effect Zoroaster	DD $1,900 [13] Located 70 miles from Nairobi, this second-highest African peak is named for the country in which it's found Mount Kenya Mark	$1,000 [30] This 14th-century poet has been called "The Father of English Poetry" Chaucer Mark

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN POLITICS

He was the only man to preside over both the House & the Senate on the same day, March 4, 1933

John Nance Garner

Bruce "Who was FDR?" — wagered $100

Bob "Who was Garner?" — wagered $3,000

Mark "Who was John Nance Garner?" — wagered $11,000

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