Show #1001 1989-01-02 (taped 1988-10-04) Regular

Cigus Vanni game 2.

Contestants

Jennifer Myers Johnson — a teacher from Mission Viejo, California

Dwayne Williams — a law student from Toronto, Canada

Cigus Vanni — a psychologist from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cigus $300 $1,800 $10,200 $10,000
2-day champion: $14,000
$8,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Dwayne $400 $2,000 $600 $601
3rd place: Nightfall serigraph by Doug Webb through Martin Lawrence Galleries
$600
10 R, 4 W
Jennifer $1,300 $2,300 $3,500 $7,000
2nd place: trip on Delta to Miami & stay at Sonesta International Hotel
$3,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

SPAIN ABBREVIATIONS TECHNOLOGY CELEBRITIES FISH FACTS LEFTOVERS
$100 [12]
This line from "My Fair Lady" is wrong; it's the northern mountain area that gets the most
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain
Dwayne
$100 [17]
It's when an E.O.M. sale takes place
the end of the month
Jennifer
$100 [22]
In 1589 an English clergyman invented a machine that was a real "purl" since it could do this
knit
Dwayne
$100 [6]
This game show host's home town, Winnipeg, named a street for him, though a door would have been more appropriate
Monty Hall
Jennifer
$100 [1]
Over 1/3 of all known salt water species live in the Pacific & Indian Oceans near reefs made of this
coral
Jennifer
$100 [11]
The 5 biblical "Cities of the Plain" were Admah, Zoar, Zeboiim, Sodom & this city
Gomorrah
Dwayne
$200 [13]
A statue of this late leader in his home town of El Ferrol has survived 3 bombings
Franco
Cigus
$200 [18]
If the manager yells "ADP", crank up the computer for this
automatic data processing
Cigus
$200 [23]
Made of bronze 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, today this tooth cleaning device is usually wooden
a toothpick
Cigus
$200 [7]
This princess, who is part American, is a cousin of Richard Nixon, Nancy Reagan & John Hinckley Jr.
Princess Di (Princess of Wales)
Dwayne Jennifer
$200 [2]
Distinction of the 1/2 in. long pygmy goby fish of the Philippines
the shortest (smallest) fish
Dwayne
$300 [14]
About 4,000 years ago these people occupied the peninsula on which Spain is found
the Iberians
Jennifer
$300 [19]
In referring to the shifting of money or paperwork, the accounting term FIFO means this
first in, first out
Dwayne
$300 [24]
The 1st public place to use this form of climate control was a movie house in 1922
air conditioning
Jennifer
$300 [8]
The British press dubbed this American couple "The Poison Penns"
Sean Penn & Madonna
Jennifer
$300 [3]
Not necessarily Sagittarians, these fish can shoot down insects 3' above the water by spitting at them
the archer fish
Cigus
$400 [15]
In the 1808 war versus Napoleon, the Spanish hit & run tactics were 1st to be called this type of warfare
guerilla
Cigus
$400 [20]
"SOP", or the way things are usually done
standard operating procedure
Cigus
$400 [25]
M. Bissell's allergy to the straw dust on his store floor inspired him to invent this in the late 1800s
a carpet sweeper
Cigus Jennifer
DD $500 [9]
Hewent to NYU on a fencing scholarship [and studied pre-med] but dropped out to become a songwriter:"Sweet Caroline Good times..."
Neil Diamond
Jennifer
$400 [4]
Not surprisingly, the fish known as the Moses sole lives in this sea
the Red Sea
Dwayne
$500 [16]
Spaniards often celebrate these instead of birthdays
feast days (saint days)
Cigus
$500 [21]
Meaning the price includes delivery to a specified point & no further, F.O.B. stands for this
free on board
Dwayne
$500 [26]
Designed to penetrate sophisticated air defenses, the new Air Force B-2 is better known as this
the Stealth Bomber
Dwayne
$500 [10]
He was an insurance salesman when he wrote the best seller "The Hunt for Red October"
Tom Clancy
Jennifer
$500 [5]
Flatfish which lack this gas-filled organ stay near the ocean bottom
a swim bladder
Jennifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

OSCAR FIRSTS 1948 FAMOUS FRENCHMAN ASTRONOMY CLASSICAL MUSIC "SOUTH"ERN GEOGRAPHY
$200 [4]
In 1934 she became the first child star to receive an Oscar
Shirley Temple
Cigus
$200 [12]
The Cleveland Indians in 6 games over the Boston Braves
who won the World Series
Dwayne
$200 [22]
Orphaned at 13, he was only 19 when he became a major general in Geo. Washington's army
Marquis de Lafayette
Dwayne
$200 [19]
The Milky Way is part of a cluster of these called the local group
galaxies
Jennifer
$200 [7]
"Alto" is the French term for this string instrument
viola
Cigus Jennifer
$200 [1]
Country whose flag features the British flag & the flags of the 2 former Boer republics
South Africa
Cigus
$400 [13]
In 1988 she became the 1st person known by a single name to win a Best Acting Oscar
Cher
Jennifer
$400 [15]
down beat readers got on the "A" train, voting his band most popular in the U.S.
Duke Ellington
Jennifer
$400 [23]
In 1717 Voltaire was imprisoned there for some satirical verses he may not even have written
the Bastille
Cigus
$400 [20]
It's the closest to the Sun of our solar system's outer planets
Jupiter
Dwayne Jennifer
$400 [8]
His patron, the wealthy widow Nadezhda von Meck, insisted on never meeting him
Tchaikovsky
$400 [2]
Both Florida & this other state are known as the "Sunshine State"
South Dakota
Jennifer
$600 [14]
This silent screen swashbuckler was the 1st person to emcee the awards
Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.)
Cigus Jennifer
$600 [18]
Dr, Paul Mueller won the Nobel Prize for discovering that this chemical would kill insects
DDT
Jennifer
$600 [26]
In 1897 Constant Coquelin became the 1st actor to play this Edmond Rostand character
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cigus
$600 [21]
The outermost part of a star's atmosphere, the Sun's is visible during an eclipse
a corona
Jennifer
$800 [10]
Under this title, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor could go in the astronomy category
the Moonlight Sonata
Cigus
$600 [3]
Singapore, Manila & Hong Kong are all located along this sea's coasts
the South China Sea
Dwayne Jennifer
$800 [16]
This star of "The Song of Bernadette" was the 1st to win an Oscar for playing a saint
Jennifer Jones
$800 [24]
This Evelyn Waugh satire on life & death (mostly death) in So. Calif. was published June 23
The Loved One
Dwayne Jennifer
$800 [27]
With the help of Gertrude Stein, Pierre Balmain became 1 of the leading members of this profession
fashion designer
Jennifer
$1,000 [11]
Readers of Keynote magazine voted his "The Four Seasons" the most boring classical composition
(Antonio) Vivaldi
Cigus
$800 [5]
California is our most populous state & this one is Australia's
New South Wales
Cigus
$1,000 [17]
Some say he was Swiss, some say German & some say American, but all say he won 1st Oscar as "Best Actor"
Emil Jannings
$1,000 [25]
Even before it said Dewey won, Pres. Truman called this daily 1 of "the 2 worst papers in the country"
the Chicago Tribune
Cigus
DD $2,000 [9]
"And he shall purify" & "O thou that tellest good tidings" are choruses in this famous work
the (Handel's) Messiah
Cigus
$1,000 [6]
The Mayflower set sail from this seaport, then stopped at Plymouth to take on more passengers
Southampton
Cigus

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

"The Revenge of the Hound" was published in 1987 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this hero

Sherlock Holmes

Dwayne "Who is Sherlock Holmes?" — wagered $1
Jennifer "Who is Sherlock Holmes?" — wagered $3,500
Cigus "Who is Hound of the Baskervilles?" — wagered $200

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