Show #1314 1990-04-26 (taped 1989-12-04) Regular

Missing introductions.

Contestants

Matt Schneider — a graduate student originally from Lafayette, California

Carolyn Simmons — originally from Madison, Wisconsin

Bruce Harris — from San Rafael, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$2,600	$5,200	$6,200	$4,399 2-day champion: $10,400	$7,500 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Carolyn	$0	$1,400	$4,000	$1 2nd place: Keller dining furniture & Kosta Boda crystal stemware + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$4,000 12 R, 2 W
Matt	$300	$1,400	$2,000	$1 3rd place: Royal Swiss garden furniture + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$3,000 15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"M" & "M"s	BIOLOGY	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	LANGUAGES	HATS	THE TONY AWARDS
$100 [7] This lady frolicked in the wood with her boyfriend, Robin Hood Maid Marian Matt	$100 [18] Of a neap tide, peptide or ebb tide, the one made up of amino acids a peptide Matt	$100 [16] Give someone 2.54 centimeters & he'll have this many inches 1 Bruce	$100 [1] In recent years the English-speaking world has begun using the pinyin system to transliterate this language Chinese Carolyn	$100 [2] Gee Wally, it's just the top hat for a large aquatic rodent a beaver hat Bruce	$100 [23] This Best Play of 1980 had a sign language consultant Children of a Lesser God Matt
$200 [9] It was boxer Jack Dempsey's nickname, after the Colorado town in which he was born the Manassa Mauler Matt	$200 [19] The size of this cell in human females is 1 millimeter; in an ostrich, about 15 centimeters an egg cell Matt	$200 [17] Originally, it was the area a yoke of oxen could plow in 1 day; now it's defined as 43,560 sq. feet an acre Matt	$200 [3] Meaning "the language of yes", langue d'oc was the medieval tongue of the southern part of this country France Bruce	$200 [8] Donald Duck's regular costume includes this type of hat a sailor hat Bruce	$200 [24] Cyril Ritchard won a Tony for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for this role in "Peter Pan" Captain Hook Carolyn
$300 [10] Greer Garson won an Oscar in 1943 for her portrayal of this courageous British housewife Mrs. Miniver Carolyn	$300 [20] The feather-leafed varieties of this tree include the king & the royal palm trees Bruce	$300 [26] You'd find it hard to tote one of these bundles of cotton since they weigh about 300 lbs. apiece a bale Bruce	$300 [4] The Mon-Khmer family of languages is native to this continent Asia Bruce	$400 [14] According to the cliché, you should try to avoid someone with a bee in this his bonnet Carolyn	$300 [25] Besides his 8 Tonys for choreography, in 1973 he won a Tony for directing "Pippin" Bob Fosse Bruce
$400 [11] Running on the Socialist ticket, she was elected to Greece's parliament in 1977 Melina Mercouri Bruce	$400 [21] As seen in fossilized tracks, the rhipidistians were the first fish known to do this walk on land Carolyn	$400 [27] Half of a half-gallon a quart Carolyn	$400 [5] Okinawan is a dialect of this language Japanese Bruce Carolyn	$500 [15] 1-word name for the cocked hat with the brim turned up in 3 places a tricorn Bruce	$400 [29] This 3-part Neil Simon comedy set at a hotel was nominated for Best Play in 1968 Plaza Suite Bruce
$500 [12] This secret organization of coal miners named itself after an Irish agitator of the 1840s the Molly Maguires Bruce	$500 [22] Your parotid, sublingual & submaxillary glands supply this fluid saliva Matt	$500 [28] Abbreviated "gi", 4 of these equal 1 fluid pint a gill Bruce	$500 [6] The Neo-Melanesian language is an example of this kind of English pidgin Bruce	DD $800 [13] In medieval times it was the job of someone who wore a cap & bells a jester Bruce	$500 [30] Marvin Hamlisch's only Tony came in 1976 for his score for this long-running Joseph Papp musical A Chorus Line

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT ROME	AMERICAN LITERATURE	OPERA	STATE NICKNAMES	THE ELEMENTS	KINGS NAMED GEORGE
$200 [7] Between January & March 49 B.C. he conquered all of Italy Julius Caesar Bruce	$200 [2] He went to the Klondike in 1897 & wrote magazine stories later collected in "The Son of the Wolf" Jack London Carolyn	$200 [18] Gershwin opera in which Sportin' Life sings "It Ain't Necessarily So" Porgy and Bess Matt	$200 [1] "The Everglade State" Florida Matt	$200 [12] Not only is this element found in potash, it's named for it potassium Bruce	$200 [13] When not invited, George IV's wife tried to force her way into this ceremony in Westminster Abbey the coronation Bruce
$400 [8] He gave Rome a permanent Praetorian Guard, public fire brigade, police force & its first emperor Caesar Augustus Bruce	$400 [3] Eugene Gant is the name under which he appears in his autobiographical novel "Look Homeward, Angel" Thomas Wolfe Matt	$400 [27] Lohengrin's profession knight Matt	$400 [20] "The Creole State" Louisiana Matt	$400 [19] The Galileo probe is powered by this element, which perturbed environmental groups plutonium Bruce Matt	$400 [14] Legend says this king once shook hands with an oak tree, believing it was the king of Prussia George III Carolyn Matt
$800 [10] The Punic Wars were called that after the Poeni, the Roman name for these people who founded Carthage the Phoenicians Bruce	$800 [5] She won a Pulitzer Prize for "So Big" but not for "Cimarron" Edna Ferber Carolyn	$600 [28] The song with which Escamillo describes the thrill of his profession in Bizet's "Carmen" "The Toreador Song" Bruce	$600 [22] "The Land of the Red Men" Oklahoma	$600 [21] This element was discovered at the same time as the asteroid Pallas, so it was named after it palladium Carolyn	$600 [15] The current Queen Mother was married to him though she turned him down when he first proposed George VI Bruce Carolyn
$1,000 [11] Horace & Ovid were known for their poetry, Livy & Tacitus for their writings in this field history Matt	DD $1,000 [4] It's the name Washington Irving used for the area that's now Tarrytown. N.Y. Sleepy Hollow Matt	—	$800 [23] "The Goober State" Georgia Matt	$800 [24] Common forms of this element whose symbol is "P" include black, white & red phosphorus	$800 [16] This son of Edward VII bore a striking resemblance to his cousin Czar Nicholas II George V Bruce
DD $1,800 [9] The temple of all the gods, it's the best preserved ancient building in Rome today the Pantheon Bruce	$1,000 [6] A famous sea route, or Kenneth Roberts' novel of attempts to find an alternative overland route the Northwest Passage Matt	—	$1,000 [26] "The Centennial State" Colorado Carolyn	$1,000 [25] The boys at Oak Ridge named this element, made in the fire of an atomic furnace, after a fire stealer promethium Matt	$1,000 [17] England's George I founded this British royal house Hanover Bruce Carolyn Matt

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY

Some say he was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett, & other believe he killed himself

John Wilkes Booth

Matt "Who was Buffalo Bill" — wagered $1,999

Carolyn "Who is Al Capone" — wagered $3,999

Bruce "Who was Crispus Attucks" — wagered $1,801

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