Show #1231 1990-01-01 (taped 1989-09-12) Regular

First game of the 1990s.Missing introductions.

Contestants

Allen Kahn — from Playa Del Rey, California

Bruce Daitz — originally from Plattsburgh, New York

Holly Tooker — a dog walker from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Holly $1,800 $2,700 $3,100 $100
3rd place: MyLock sewing machine + Nintendo Entertainment System with Family & Junior editions of Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy!
$3,100
14 R, 1 W
Bruce $1,300 $700 $9,000 $14,000
New champion: $14,000
$8,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Allen $700 $1,200 $6,400 $6,500
2nd place: Tennessee Furniture Industries mahogany lowboy & Panasonic home office package
$6,400
16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY BODIES OF WATER THE OLYMPICS KIDDIE LIT "HONEY" MOONS
$100 [7]
In the code of Hammurabi, it was the penalty for adultery
death
Allen
$100 [11]
The only ocean that lies completely within the Northern Hemisphere
the Arctic Ocean
Bruce
$100 [14]
Nadia Comaneci was the 1st gymnast to receive this perfect score from Olympic judges
10
Allen
$100 [1]
Clever fellows who published "Clever Elsie", "Clever Hans" & "Clever Gretel"
the Brothers Grimm
Bruce
$100 [16]
It's a melon, or a sweet, sticky substance made by aphids, white flies & scale insects
honeydew
Holly
$100 [26]
It wasn't until '78 that this planet in our solar system was found to have a moon
Pluto
Holly Bruce
$200 [6]
After the death of Cleopatra Egypt became a province of this empire
the Roman Empire
Holly
$200 [12]
These 5 contiguous lakes form the largest body of fresh water in the world
the Great Lakes
Bruce
$200 [20]
Representing this country, Paavo Nurmi won gold medals in long distance races in 1920, '24 & '28
Finland
Holly
$200 [2]
"Toad of Toad Hall" is A.A. Milne's dramatization of this Kenneth Grahame classic
The Wind in the Willows
Holly
$200 [17]
An Apis Mellifera, or Jim Gillis' wife on the old "Life of Riley" series
honeybee
Bruce
$400 [28]
Phobos circles Mars, & Phoebe circles this planet
Saturn
Bruce
$300 [8]
Built around 2500 B.C., this structure's base covers 13 acres
the (Great) Pyramid of Cheops
Bruce
$300 [13]
Mistakenly thinking it began in the Gulf of Mexico, Ben Franklin gave this current its name
the Gulf Stream
Holly
$300 [22]
Event won by Abebe Bikila in 1960 & 1964 & by Frank Shorter in 1972
the marathon
Bruce
$300 [3]
Question posed in the poem "3 Blind Mice"
Have (Did) you ever seen such a sight in your life as three blind mice
Holly Bruce
$400 [21]
Anne Francis played the title role in this mid '60s TV series about a female private eye
Honey West
Bruce
$500 [27]
Ariel, Miranda, Titania & Oberon
the moons of Uranus
Bruce Allen
$400 [9]
Homer's "Iliad" directed archaeologists to the actual site of this ancient city
Troy
Bruce
$400 [15]
This, the world's highest waterfall, flows into Río Churún, a tributary of Río Caroní, in Venezuela
Angel Falls
Holly
$400 [23]
Sport in which West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier won a gold medal in 1976
alpine skiing
$400 [4]
He got so tired of Dr. Dolittle he sent him to the Moon in 1928, but the public demanded a sequel
Hugh Lofting
Holly
DD $500 [18]
In "South Pacific" Luther Billis wears a grass skirt & dances while Nellie sings this song:"I'm speakin' of my Sweetie Pie / Only sixty inches high /Ev'ry inch is packed with dynamite! / Her hair is blond and curly / Her curls are hurly-burly..."
"Honey Bun"
Bruce
$500 [10]
One of the world's oldest medical texts, circa 2500 B.C., was written in this wedge-shaped writing
cuneiform
Bruce
$500 [19]
Dividing the country in two, this river is an important int'l trade route for Hungary
the Danube
Allen
$500 [24]
In 1952 Bob Mathias became the 1st man in Olympic history to win this event twice
the decathlon
Holly
$500 [5]
Some "Tales" of this German author were called "Night-Pieces" & some were "Fantasy-Pieces"
Hoffmann
Allen
$500 [25]
A kinkajou
a honey bear
Allen

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICANA AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES ITALIAN COOKING LAW MOVIE MAKERS BIOLOGY
$200 [10]
This shelled animal is North Carolina's state reptile
a tortoise (turtle)
Allen
$200 [2]
William Maugham's middle name
Somerset
Bruce
$200 [23]
This "grate" cheese has been made in Parma, Italy for 7 centuries
Parmesan
Allen
$200 [15]
17th c. English jurist John Selden said this about "ignorance of the law"
it's no excuse
Bruce Allen
$200 [7]
D. F. Zanuck's last epic; it starred just about every guy in Hollywood & took place on D-Day
The Longest Day
Holly
$200 [1]
The 1st section of the cell to divide, it does it by mitosis, meiosis, or rarely, amitosis
the nucleus
Holly
$400 [11]
Connecticut's state hero is this patriot that regretted that he had but 1 life to lose for his country
Nathan Hale
Holly
$400 [8]
Edgar Masters' middle name
Lee
Holly
$400 [24]
Name for a platter of sausage, fish, vegetables & cheese, but only if served before the pasta course
antipasto
Bruce
$400 [16]
Completes the proverb. "He that is his own lawyer..."
has a fool for a client
Allen
$400 [14]
In 1981 MGM acquired this large production company for $380 million
United Artists
Allen
$400 [3]
Term for just one of the bones in your spinal column
vertebra
Bruce
$600 [20]
This "royal" butterfly known for its long migrations is the state insect of Illinois
the monarch
Bruce
$600 [9]
Francis Harte's middle name
Bret
Allen
$800 [26]
1 of the 2 meats flavored with sage & white wine that make up "saltimbocca"
(1 of) veal (or ham)
Allen
$600 [17]
Term in criminal law for the dismissal of charges through a verdict of "not guilty"
acquittal
Allen
$600 [28]
William Peter Blatty produced this "diabolical" 1973 film based on his own best seller
The Exorcist
Bruce
$600 [4]
If you're looking for a nectary, it's part of one of these
a flower
$800 [21]
Some say this state song was Harry Truman's favorite, while others claim he hated it
"The Missouri Waltz"
Holly Allen
$800 [12]
Franklin Adams' middle name
Pierce
Allen
$1,000 [27]
This traditional dish of Northern Italy is cornmeal mush with an Italian touch
polenta
Allen
$800 [18]
While a divorce is a dissolution of a marriage, this declaration says it never really existed
an annulment
Allen
DD $1,200 [29]
Czech-born director who earned Oscars for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" & "Amadeus"
Miloš Forman
Bruce
$800 [5]
A fat that's liquid at room temperature is called this
an oil (an unsaturated fat)
Bruce
$1,000 [22]
Medieval activity that's Maryland's official state sport
jousting
Bruce
$1,000 [13]
Clement Moore's middle name
Clarke
DD $1,300 [25]
Italian cheesecake is made with this soft, creamy cheese, not cream cheese
ricotta
Bruce
$1,000 [19]
It's an order for the arrest of a person issued by a judge
a warrant
Bruce
$1,000 [6]
German physician who discovered those little islets in the pancreas
(Paul) Langerhans
Bruce

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

Act I, Scene III of this play involves a heated discussion about 3,000 ducats

The Merchant of Venice

Holly "What is Hamlet?" — wagered $3,000
Allen "What is The Merchant of Venice?" — wagered $100
Bruce "What is The Merchant of Venice" — wagered $5,000

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