Show #1392 1990-09-25 (taped 1990-08-07) Regular

Jim Scott game 1.

Contestants

Joan Sebelin — an attorney from Shaker Heights, Ohio

Jim Scott — a college student from Charlottesville, Virginia

Barbara Simon — a goldsmith from Cape Coral, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Barbara	$500	$1,400	$5,600	$1,600 2nd place: a trip on Delta to San Juan, Puerto Rico & stay at El San Juan Hotel & Casino + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$5,600 19 R, 6 W
Jim	$1,900	$3,300	$14,500	$17,500 New champion: $17,500	$10,400 28 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W
Joan	$500	$400	$400	$390 3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$400 4 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1958	RELIGION	STATE LICENSE PLATES	LITERATURE	THE FAB FOUR	THE BEETLES
$100 [2] Khrushchev proposed that U.S., French, British & Soviet forces be withdrawn from this city Berlin Jim	$100 [7] It's the shortest name a pope has chosen, & we're not lion Leo Jim	$100 [18] "Famous Potatoes" come from this state Idaho Barbara	$100 [26] This portrait inspired Aldous Huxley's short story "The Gioconda Smile" the Mona Lisa Jim	$100 [9] All 4 Beatles came from this city Liverpool Jim	$100 [1] Beneficial beetles include these that eat scale insects & "fly away home" ladybugs Jim
$200 [3] Wilt Chamberlain left the University of Kansas to join this barnstorming team the Harlem Globetrotters Barbara	$200 [8] The Rifais are dervishes known for howling; & the Mawlaws are dervishes known for doing this whirling Joan	$200 [19] Its plates tell you this state "is OK" Oklahoma Jim	$200 [27] "The Saga of King Olaf" is one of this American poet's "Tales of a Wayside Inn" Longfellow Barbara	$200 [11] At the 1990 Grammys he received a Lifetime Achievement Award Paul McCartney Jim	$200 [14] The largest of the beetle families, they really know how to have a boll the weevils Barbara
$300 [4] Crowned Miss America in September, she later became Mrs. Gary Collins Mary Ann Mobley Barbara	$300 [10] The largest Protestant cathedral in Dublin is named for this saint Patrick Joan	$300 [20] It's the "Land of Lincoln", though he was born in Kentucky Illinois Jim	$300 [28] Daisy Buchanan runs over Myrtle & kills her while driving this title character's car the Great Gatsby Jim	$300 [17] "Nobody ever hears him, or the sound he appears to make, and he never seems to notice" "the fool on the hill" Barbara	$300 [15] For most beetles the sense of smell is located in these appendages the antenna Barbara
$400 [5] In March Elvis went into the Army & this heir to the throne of Monaco was born Prince Albert Jim	$400 [12] Traditionally, it is read aloud in its entirety in the synagogue over the course of a year the Torah Jim	$400 [21] Dan Quayle is "Back Home Again" when he's in this state Indiana Barbara	$500 [30] The nationality of the old man in "The Old Man and the Sea" Cuban Jim	$400 [24] The Beatles' involvement with gurus in 1967 led to this album & accompanying TV special The Magical Mystery Tour Barbara Jim	$400 [16] It was a symbol of the soul to ancient Egyptians the scarab Joan
$500 [6] He defeated George Johnson in November to win his third term as governor of Arkansas (Orval) Faubus Jim	$500 [13] From 1934 to his death in 1975, he led the Nation of Islam Elijah Muhammad Barbara	$500 [22] "The Silver State", though its plates aren't made of it Nevada Barbara	DD $900 [29] In "The Gift of the Magi", a young wife sells this to buy her husband a watch fob her hair Jim	$500 [25] When Brian Epstein signed The Beatles, this man was the drummer Pete Best	$500 [23] The larvae of some beetles are nicknamed this because they eat paper bookworms Jim Joan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	PLAYWRIGHTS	GEOGRAPHY	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	MORTAL MATTERS
$200 [12] Word meaning to forbid or veto, it's from the German "nichts", meaning nothing nix Barbara Jim	$200 [26] A small bunch of bananas is called a hand; an individual banana is called this a finger Barbara	$200 [15] First name shared by playwrights Rabe & Mamet David Barbara	$200 [8] More than half the world's population lives on this continent Asia Barbara	$200 [2] George Washington's inauguration was re-enacted on April 30,1989 at this city's Federal Hall New York City Jim	$200 [1] Carthaginian general who took a fatal dose of poison circa 183 B.C. Hannibal Jim
$400 [13] This word for a shopping center came from the narrow alleys where a game was played with a ball & mallet a mall Barbara	$400 [27] When used in weights & measures, the prefix mega- means this number a 1,000,000 Jim	$400 [18] Novelist who dedicated his play "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" to its director, Charles Laughton (Herman) Wouk Barbara	$400 [22] Greenland is about 50 times as large as this country of which it is a province Denmark Jim	$400 [3] In 1912 this candidate of the Bull Moose Party lost to Wilson Teddy Roosevelt Barbara	$400 [4] The cause of this teenage ruler's sudden death circa 1339 B.C. is still unknown King Tut Jim
$600 [14] Amateur radio operators could tell you this word is derived from the word "amateur" ham Joan	$800 [29] It was originally intended to be exactly equal to the mass of water in a liter a kilogram Jim	$600 [19] His collaborators included Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber & Moss Hart Kaufman Barbara	$600 [23] Belonging to Chile, this cape is the southernmost extremity of South America Cape Horn Jim	$600 [5] Boston's archbishop & future cardinal Richard Cushing conducted their marriage ceremony the Kennedys Jim	$600 [9] Dancer whose children were drowned in 1913 in a car which rolled into the Seine; she died 14 yrs. later Isadora Duncan Barbara Joan
$800 [16] This word for a utopia came from the paradise in James Hilton's "Lost Horizon" Shangri-La Barbara	$1,000 [30] It's the smallest unit of weight in the avoirdupois system; 7,000 equal 1 pound a grain Barbara Jim	$800 [20] Act II of "A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine" was loosely based on this Russian's "The Bear" Anton Chekhov	$800 [24] In 1947 when the British left, the Punjab was divided between these 2 countries India & Pakistan Jim	$1,000 [7] This future president decisively defeated the Creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend in 1814 (Andrew) Jackson Jim	$800 [10] In Arthurian legend, King Arthur slays this treacherous relative in battle Mordred (his son) Barbara
$1,000 [17] The Sanskrit word "chitra", meaning brightly colored, is the root of this word for cheap or tawdry chintzy Barbara	DD $3,000 [28] The word for this distance is from the Latin for "a thousand paces" a mile Jim	$1,000 [21] He was handsome, wealthy, a good dancer, a lyre player, a wrestler... & he wrote "Antigone" too Sophocles Jim	$1,000 [25] 1 of 2 Central American lands that share the Mosquito Coast, an area named for Indians not insects (1 of) Nicaragua (or Honduras) Jim	DD $2,000 [6] The only president born in Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Hoover Jim	$1,000 [11] One of Raleigh's native bearers was eaten by a crocodile during his search for this legendary kingdom of gold El Dorado Barbara

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH HISTORY

She & her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, were executed on Tower Hill February 12, 1554

Lady Jane Grey

Joan "What is Lady Chatterly" — wagered $10

Barbara "Who is Mary Queen of Scots" — wagered $4,000

Jim "Who is Lady Jane Grey?" — wagered $3,000

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