Show #1608 1991-09-04 (taped 1991-08-05) Regular

Steve Newman game 1.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Henry Ricardo — a program manager from Tappan, New York

Steve Newman — a computer consultant from Rockville, Maryland

Richard Bannin — a fundraising director from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$100	$500	$7,100	$14,200 2nd place	$5,100 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Steve	$2,800	$3,000	$10,400	$14,201 New champion: $14,201	$10,200 25 R (including 1 DD), 7 W
Henry	$900	$2,600	$6,400	$4,200 3rd place	$5,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "A"	18th CENTURY AMERICA	SOAP OPERAS	BIOLOGY	TRAVEL & TOURISM	MAPS
$100 [5] In olden days a well-dressed knight wore suits of this & so did their horses armor Steve	$100 [1] On July 9, 1776, New York's Provincial Congress met in White Plains & ratified this the Declaration of Independence Richard	$100 [26] This spin-off from "Dallas" was actually created before "Dallas" Knots Landing Richard Steve	$100 [11] One red species of this simple plant exists at a record depth of 884 feet in the ocean algae Steve	$100 [21] Gallup noted for its annual Indian ceremonies & rodeos is a city in this state New Mexico Steve Henry	$100 [16] About half the issues of this Washington D.C.-based magazine are accompanied by pull-out maps National Geographic Steve
$200 [6] In names of holidays this word precedes Saints Day & Souls Day All Henry	$200 [2] On June 12, 1776, its House of Burgesses became the 1st colonial legislature to adopt a bill of rights Virginia Steve	$200 [27] In February 1990, he checked back into "General Hospital", but not as his old character Luke Spencer Tony Geary	$200 [12] Puffballs, yeast & rots belong to this group of plants that lack chlorophyll fungi Steve	$200 [22] The U.S.S. Yorktown, a World War II carrier, is now a museum on the Cooper River, opposite Fort Sumter in this state South Carolina Henry	$200 [17] The only extant map made by this explorer shows the northwest coast of Hispaniola Columbus Richard
$300 [7] The Rhode Island Greening is a tart one of these you can use to make tarts an apple Henry	$400 [4] A phrase used in Parliament gave the group opposed to the Stamp Act the name Sons of this Sons of Liberty Henry	$300 [28] Object featured in the opening of "Days of Our Lives" an hourglass Richard	$300 [13] When harmful substances enter the body these proteins neutralize or destroy antibodies Steve	$300 [23] Enthusiasts of this author will enjoy visiting the Old Curiosity Shop on London's Portsmouth Street Dickens Henry	$300 [18] To orient themselves medieval mapmakers usually put this direction at the top of maps east Steve Henry
$400 [8] Richard the Lionheart was duke of this French area which his mother Eleanor had inherited Aquitaine Steve	DD $500 [3] 3 French agents who demanded a bribe from U.S. envoys in 1797 are remembered in history by these 3 letters X, Y & Z Steve	—	$400 [14] The principles of mutation were discovered by Thomas Hunt Morgan working with drosophila, this tiny insect the fruit fly Henry	$400 [24] In Japan it's drunk very ceremoniously at a ceremony called a chanoyu tea Steve	$400 [19] Contour lines are used on maps to show this elevation Henry
$500 [9] A 15th c. leader named Skanderbeg is the national hero of this small Balkan country Albania Steve	$500 [10] In 1753 he was appointed his majesty's deputy postmaster general for all of North America Ben Franklin Steve	—	$500 [15] The name of this class of vertebrates literally means "having 2 lives" the Amphibia	$500 [25] Cancun, an island resort in this country, didn't open its first hotels until the mid 1970s Mexico Steve	$500 [20] This type of projection makes areas in high latitudes seem larger but is ideal for navigation a Mercator projection Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

GREEK MYTHOLOGY	SUPREME COURT JUSTICES	GUINNESS RECORDS	PLAYWRIGHTS	ISLANDS	NAME THE DECADE
$200 [2] Clytemnestra's sister, she was the subject of a famous abduction Helen (of Troy) Richard Steve	$200 [14] Since Justice Brennan retired, this "Whizzer" is the longest-serving member of the court (Byron) White Henry	$200 [25] The tallest twin sisters, Heidi & Heather Burge, play this sport for the U. of Virginia basketball Richard	$200 [1] This was Chekhov's first name Anton Steve	$200 [11] The name of this U.S. commonwealth means "rich port" Puerto Rico Henry	$200 [17] "The Jazz Singer", the movies 1st talkie, opens in New York City the '20s Steve
$400 [7] Mount Helicon was the haunt of this inspirational group of sisters the Muses Henry	$400 [15] For about a month in 1801, he was both Chief Justice & Secretary of State (John) Marshall Richard Steve	$400 [27] This Louvre painting, once appraised at $100 million, is considered to be the world's most valuable the Mona Lisa Steve	$400 [3] On his 1582 marriage license the bride's name is Anne Whateley, not Anne Hathaway Shakespeare Richard	$400 [12] This island's largest city is Hilo Hawaii Steve	$400 [20] Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee the 1960s Richard
$800 [9] Cronus ate the kids Rhea bore him, but Rhea substituted a son when Cronus got to this one Zeus Steve	$600 [16] Tom Clark resigned from the court in 1967 when this man, his son, became attorney general Ramsey Clark Henry	$600 [28] The longest biography in publishing history is that of this prime minister, by his son, Randall (Winston) Churchill Steve	$600 [4] "The Iceman Cometh" was the last of his plays produced on Broadway during his lifetime O'Neill Richard	$600 [13] 45 square mile Easter Island in the South Pacific is part of this country's Valparaiso province Chile Richard	$600 [21] The first nuclear chain reaction takes place at the University of Chicago the 1940s Henry
$1,000 [10] Pasiphaë, who bore the Minotaur, was queen to this king of Crete (King) Minos Steve	$800 [24] He's the first man of Italian descent to serve on the court Scalia Steve	$800 [29] The most valuable cello & the most valuable violin were made by this Italian craftsman Stradivari Steve	$800 [5] He was born in Ireland but wrote his absurdist play "Endgame" in French Beckett Henry	$800 [18] On Aug. 6, 1945, Tinian Island, a small U.S. possession, was the starting point for this WWII mission the bombing of Hiroshima Steve	$800 [22] The battleship Maine blows up the 1890s Richard
DD $2,000 [8] Iris is the goddess of this object that seems to touch both heaven & earth the rainbow Henry	DD $3,000 [26] Because this future Chief Justice was ill, he contributed just 5 essays to the Federalist Papers John Jay Richard	$1,000 [30] Covering 86 square miles, Khalid International Airport in this country, is the world's largest Saudi Arabia Steve	$1,000 [6] In 1991 he directed the film version of his own play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" Tom Stoppard Steve	$1,000 [19] Partly belonging to Indonesia & partly independent, it's the largest island south of the equator New Guinea Steve Henry	$1,000 [23] After a 12-day siege all fighting men at the Alamo die the 1830s Steve

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

He was the 1st Democrat elected president after the Civil War

(Grover) Cleveland

Henry "Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?" — wagered $2,200

Richard "Who is Cleveland?" — wagered $7,100

Steve "Who is Grover Cleveland?" — wagered $3,801

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