Show #1572 1991-06-04 (taped 1991-03-11) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

David Pigott — a research assistant originally from Mission Viejo, California

Bill Blose — a clergyman originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Alec Wittek — a physician originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $34,898)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alec	$1,600	$4,700	$5,100	$10,198 2nd place	$6,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$400	$1,400	$7,600	$10,201 New champion: $10,201	$7,600 17 R, 1 W
Dave	$700	$2,000	$2,200	$0 3rd place	$4,200 13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 14th CENTURY	MOVIE CHARACTERS	IN THE DICTIONARY	ANIMALS	GYMNASTICS	FAMOUS NAMES
$100 [26] Throughout the century the only Muslim-ruled region in this country was Granada Spain Bill	$100 [11] Billy Kramer, Joanna Kramer, Ted Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer Dave	$100 [6] A piece of regal headgear or the body part on which it sits a crown Alec	$100 [1] A flamingo does this with its bill upside down in the water; it's tongue acts like a piston drink (eat) Dave	$100 [16] For the women they are uneven; for men, even parallel bars Alec	$100 [17] Idris became the 1st king of Libya in 1951 & reigned until overthrown in 1969 by this man (Muammar) Gaddafi Dave
$200 [27] In the 1380s John Wycliffe sponsored the 1st translation of this to English the Bible Alec	$200 [12] Igor, Frau Blucher, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein Young Frankenstein Alec	$200 [7] This adjective means sticky, cold & damp; sounds likes it belongs to a bivalve clammy Dave	$200 [2] The harbor & elephant types of these sea animals have small ear openings but no external ears seals Alec	$200 [18] At the 1976 Olympics she became the 1st gymnast to receive a perfect score Nadia Comaneci Alec	$200 [22] Trygve, Dag, Thant, Kurt & Javier have all held this top job U.N. Secretary-General Alec
$400 [29] This Chinese dynasty began in 1368 when Hongwu became emperor & ended some 300 years later the Ming Dynasty Dave	$300 [13] Mother Abbess, Captain Von Trapp, Maria The Sound of Music Dave	$300 [8] This type of warfare is conducted by naval, air & land forces, not by toad as its name implies amphibious Alec	$300 [3] Rattlesnakes belong to this snake group characterized by pits in front of each eye pit vipers Alec	$300 [19] Women gymnasts leap its width, male gymnasts its length the horse Dave	$300 [23] Bob Fitzsimmons, inventor of the solar plexus punch, used it to defeat this "Gentleman" in 1897 (James J.) Corbett Alec
$500 [30] Around 1350 Giovanni Boccaccio wrote this collection of stories, told over a period of 10 days The Decameron Alec	$400 [14] Dodge, Cornelius, Dr. Zira Planet of the Apes	$400 [9] Sometimes this verb refers to propelling a canoe & sometimes it means spanking to paddle Bill	$400 [4] Chinchillas are native to this continent where they almost became extinct until protected by law South America	$400 [20] Women perform this event to music, men don't floor exercise Bill	$400 [24] It's what Alan Alexander Milne did for a living write children's stories Alec
DD $1,200 [28] From 1309 to 1377 the popes & cardinals were primarily of this nationality, not Italian French Alec	$500 [15] Max Von Mayerling, Joe Gillis, Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard	$500 [10] This noun can mean a litigant, a petitioner or a man who is courting a woman a suitor Alec	$500 [5] The Korat, a short-haired one of these pets, originated in Thailand where it's believed to bring good luck cat	$500 [21] The iron cross is performed on this apparatus the rings Dave	$500 [25] An archipelago off New Guinea & a city in North Dakota are named after this Otto Bismarck Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	AMERICAN AUTHORS	ART	SCIENCE	STATE PARKS	LESS FAMOUS NAMES
$200 [1] This issues FDR & Churchill discussed in this Moroccan city in 1943 amounted to more than a hill of beans Casablanca Bill	$200 [11] At 66, this Tarzan creator was the oldest correspondent in the South Pacific during WWII Edgar Rice Burroughs Alec	$200 [16] John Singleton Copley is known for his portraits of Nathaniel Hurd & this other Boston silversmith Paul Revere Dave	$200 [6] The cotton gin separates these out of the fibers the seeds Bill	$200 [21] A monument in Utah's Pioneer State Park marks where in 1847 he said "This is the place" Brigham Young Dave	$200 [30] In 1985 Dick & Jan Molen became the 1st people to run a marathon atop this Chinese landmark the Great Wall (of China) Bill
$400 [2] Some believe the Black Stone in the wall of this city's Kaaba was given to Adam on his fall from paradise Mecca Bill	$400 [12] His "Walden" is subtitled, "Or Life in the Woods" Thoreau Alec	$400 [17] Picasso's "The Frugal Repast" is from this period, which is odd since there's not a lot of food that color Blue Alec	$400 [7] Term the path one body follows around a larger body, like the Moon around the Earth an orbit Bill	$400 [22] This state's Niagara Reservation, established in 1885, is the USA's oldest state park New York Bill	$400 [29] Anson Jones was the last president of this republic; he resigned in 1846 after the U.S. annexed it Texas Bill
$600 [3] This Italian city is known for its chocolates & vermouth as well as its Shroud Turin Dave	$600 [13] This author spent the last 13 years of his life, from 1846-1859, at Sunnyside, his home in Tarrytown, NY (Washington) Irving Bill	$600 [18] This famous pair of 19th century printmakers is mentioned in the song "Sleigh Ride" Currier & Ives Bill	$600 [8] A chemical reaction that absorbs this is endothermic; that gives it off, exothermic heat Alec	$600 [23] A plantation house where this ornithologist taught & worked in 1821 is preserved in a Louisiana park Audubon Dave	$600 [27] In 1958 jeweler Harry Winston donated this $1.5 million diamond to the Smithsonian the Hope Diamond Dave
$800 [4] A gent from Ghent is from this country Belgium Alec	$800 [14] Her 1930 novel "Cimarron" told the story of the 1889 land rush in Oklahoma (Edna) Ferber Bill	$800 [19] Considering this a minor genre, the Royal Academy didn't make John Constable a full member until he was 53 landscape Alec Bill	$800 [9] A galvanometer can tell you which way this is flowing current Alec	$1,000 [25] This state's Cumberland Falls State Park has the only falls that create a rainbow by moonlight Kentucky	$800 [26] German meteorologist Alfred Wegener was the 1st to catch their drift when he saw the jigsaw pattern continents Bill
DD $2,000 [5] When visiting this German city on the Neckar River see the Solitude Palace & don't forget the ballet Stuttgart Alec	$1,000 [15] A distant cousin of Amy Lowell, he won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for "Lord Weary's Castle" Robert Lowell	$1,000 [20] Robert Clark known for his Love series uses this name of his home state in the Midwest as his last name Indiana	$1,000 [10] He discovered that when you breed a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant that you always get a tall one (Gregor) Mendel Bill	DD $2,000 [24] Ohio's Kelleys Island State Park, in this Great Lake, is famous for its glacial grooves Lake Erie Dave	$1,000 [28] Edward Derwinski is the 1st & thus far only secretary of this newest Cabinet department Veterans Affairs Bill

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

By its calendar this country became independent on the 5th day of Iyar, 5708

Israel

Dave "What is India?" — wagered $2,200

Alec "What is Israel?" — wagered $5,098

Bill "What is Israel?" — wagered $2,601

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