Show #920 1988-09-09 (taped 1988-07-18) Regular

Contestants

Cheryl Strong — an accountant from Mentor, Ohio

Jim Healow — an attorney from Billings, Montana

Erik Knutzen — a venture capitalist originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Erik	$1,000	$600	$3,900	$7,600 3rd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer	$5,400 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jim	$0	$1,500	$7,800	$8,801 New champion: $8,801	$6,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Cheryl	$1,700	$4,000	$4,400	$8,798 2nd place: trip on Eastern to Florida & stay at the Safety Harbor in Tampa Bay	$4,500 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	ANIMALS	COOKING	WORLD CITIES	GOLF	IN OTHER WORDS...
$100 [5] Heidi lives in these mountains the Alps Erik	$100 [20] In the tropics, some strongly scented flowers are pollinated by these flying mammals bats Jim	$100 [11] The Chinese used to eat the larvae of these thread spinners fried in oil silkworms Jim	$100 [6] In Italian, these cities are Roma, Napoli & Torino Rome, Naples and Turin Erik	$100 [12] At age 99 years 244 days, Otto Bucher of Switzerland became oldest golfer ever to do this get a hole-in-one Jim Cheryl	$100 [27] Allow former occurences to remain former occurences let bygones be bygones Erik
$200 [7] Maid Marian's main man Robin Hood Cheryl	$200 [23] The oils of this tree cause koalas to smell like cough drops eucalyptus Jim	$200 [13] Traditionally the brown type of this is used in making the Mexican fudge-like candy called penuche sugar Erik	$200 [1] Using this town's ancient Roman name, Chaucer's work might have been called "The Durovernum Tales" Canterbury Erik	$200 [14] "Frog hair" is the short grass encircling this the green Erik	$200 [30] Glad like one bivalve happy as a clam Jim
$300 [8] Natty Bumppo's nickname, it's found in the title of James Fenimore Cooper's "Tales" Leatherstocking Erik Cheryl	$300 [19] The only U.S. state in which indigenous wolves are not classified as endangered or threatened Alaska Cheryl	$300 [16] Using a cloth cover on your rolling pin prevents dough from doing this sticking to the pin Jim	$300 [2] In 1856 young Marshall Field went to this city where he became a clerk in a dry goods store Chicago Cheryl	$300 [15] The oldest of the 4 major men's singles tournaments, it was 1st held in Scotland in 1860 the British Open Cheryl	$300 [29] Mint one metaphor to coin a phrase Jim
$400 [9] In Rabelais' famous satire, he was the papa of Pantagruel Gargantua	$400 [21] Most species of these fabulously colored & plumed birds live in New Guinea, not in Shangri-La birds of paradise Cheryl	$400 [25] Cookbooks suggest flavoring these fanciest of French fungi with Madeira wine truffles Cheryl	DD $300 [3] Translate the name of the 2nd largest city in Minnesota into Portuguese & get this, Brazil's largest city São Paulo Cheryl	$400 [17] In golf, a bunker isn't a fortified position but this type of hazard a sand trap Cheryl	$400 [28] Wipe out a pair of rooks using one rock killing two birds with one stone Jim
$500 [10] Poe wrote "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of" this "Arabian Nights" character Scheherazade Cheryl	$500 [22] Indian, African rock & reticulated are 3 types of this snake a python Erik Jim Cheryl	$500 [26] Graham flour is another name for this type of flour whole wheat flour	$500 [4] Founded by the Greeks over 2,000 years ago, it's the 2nd largest city in France Marseille Erik	$500 [18] In 1951 Byron Nelson earned only $2,000 for winning this tournament held at Pebble Beach the Crosby Jim	$500 [24] Unsoiled like one canine's canine clean as a hound's tooth

Double Jeopardy! Round

RECENT HISTORY	FLAGS	WOMEN'S COLLEGES	THEATER	FOREIGN-BORN AMERICANS	GOING FOR BAROQUE
$200 [2] In July 1968, 62 nations signed a treaty to halt the spread of these nuclear weapons Jim	$200 [26] 2 of the 3 rivers represented by wavy lines on the city flag of St. Louis (2 of) the Mississippi & the Missouri (or the Illinois) Cheryl	$200 [15] In the film "Love Story", Ali MacGraw was studying music at this affiliate of Harvard Radcliffe Erik	$200 [24] In Shaw's play, Caesar 1st meets this queen between the paws of her "pet Sphinx" Cleopatra Cheryl	$200 [11] Born Emmanuel Goldenberg in Romania, in 1893, he shot to fame as "Little Caesar" Edward G. Robinson Cheryl	$200 [28] During the late Baroque period, this Protestant denomination influenced music in Germany Lutheran Jim
$400 [1] In March 1984 the Senate rejected 2 constitutional amendments to allow this in public schools prayer Cheryl	$400 [6] Flower symbol represented on the flag of Quebec province the fleur de lys Erik	$400 [7] This "Women's Annex" of Columbia University will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1989 Barnard Erik	$400 [25] When "Elizabeth the Queen" premiered in 1930, Lynn Fontanne was the Queen & he played Lord Essex (Alfred) Lunt Jim	$400 [12] He was born in Liverpool in 1906, possibly saying, "Take my mom, please!" Henny Youngman Jim	$400 [21] A teacher & composer of string music, Corelli refined methods for playing this instrument the violin Erik Cheryl
$600 [3] Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, prime minister of this country, was fatally stabbed by a parliamentary minister in 1966 South Africa Jim	$800 [14] Most American-owned tankers sail under the flags of Liberia & this Latin American country Panama Erik	$600 [8] Henry F. Durant founded Wellesley on the grounds of his own country estate in this state Massachusetts Erik	$600 [27] It's the only Pulitzer Prize play with an invisible animal as the title character Harvey Jim	$600 [17] This capital city was the birthplace of Martina Navratilova Prague Jim	$600 [20] King George II began the tradition of rising when this part of Handel's "Messiah" is performed the Hallelujah chorus Erik
$800 [4] He was wounded in the assassination of John F. Kennedy John Connally Jim	$1,000 [16] Ornithological name for a flag with 2 pointed ends on 1 side swallowtail Jim	$800 [9] The name of this college, in Montgomery County, Penn. comes from Welsh for "high hill" Bryn Mawr Erik	$800 [29] Jean's last line in this play is. "Give me a girl at an impressionable age 8; she is mine for life" The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Cheryl	$800 [18] Though he's known as an American detective, he was born in Scotland in 1819 Pinkerton Erik	$800 [22] In a famous work by Bach, this name precedes "Joy Of Man's Desiring" Jesu or Jesus Erik
$1,000 [5] In 1980 this country was readmitted to NATO's military wing after threatening to close U.S. bases Greece Erik Jim Cheryl	DD $1,500 [13] The Communist & the Western Bloc countries whose 2 flags are alike except for the coat of arms on one East & West Germany Jim	$1,000 [10] "Relative"ly speaking, all the prestigious colleges in this category are grouped under this nickname the Seven Sisters Jim	$1,000 [30] The 1st line of this "seasonal" 1-act play by T. Williams is "Yes, this was Sebastian's garden" Suddenly Last Summer Cheryl	DD $1,500 [19] Heard here, this Madrid-born Gypsy helped popularize flamenco music throughout world:["Guitar music plays"] Carlos Montoya Erik	$1,000 [23] Writing them for female students, this Venetian music teacher composed at least 400 concertos (Antonio) Vivaldi Cheryl

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

The assassin John Wilkes Booth admired this other assassin, for whom his father was named

Brutus

Erik "Who was Brutus?" — wagered $3,700

Cheryl "Who wasMBrutus?" — wagered $4,398

Jim "Who was Brutus?" — wagered $1,001

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