Show #1595 1991-07-05 (taped 1991-03-19) Regular

Last regular-play game of Season 7.

Contestants

Barbara Blaine — an administrative clerk originally from Whittier, California

Ken Mueller — a technical specialist originally from Wheaton, Illinois

Molly Redfield — a Ph.D. candidate from Claremont, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Molly	$1,200	$2,900	$6,000	$11,999 4-day champion: $43,399	$7,500 20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Ken	$1,300	$2,300	$7,500	$2,900 2nd place: 7-day trip for 2 to Durango, Colorado	$7,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Barbara	$200	$1,000	$4,400	$1 3rd place: Sanyo remote control stereo + Nintendo Entertainment System	$4,900 13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BY THE "BOOK"	THE 1850s	PEOPLE	PLANTS	SPORTS	OGDEN NASH
$100 [1] One who determines odds & receives & pays off bets, legally or illegally a bookmaker Ken	$100 [6] In 1859 Charles Blondin became famous by crossing these falls on a tightrope Niagara Falls Ken	$100 [21] Appropriately, they have a daughter named Tandy Cronyn Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy Ken	$100 [9] The parrot variety of this Dutch bulb flower has twisted, cut or feathered petals the tulip Ken	$100 [26] The Clarence Campbell Conf. & the Prince of Wales Conf. make up this professional league the National Hockey League Molly	$100 [16] "Behold the duck, It does not cluck, a cluck it lacks, it" does this quacks Molly
$200 [2] It's a "colorful" registry of socially prominent persons the Blue Book Barbara	$200 [7] Pres. Buchanan tried to take control of this territory away from the Mormons, & a war broke out Utah Barbara	$200 [22] This musician owned a candelabra ring with platinum candle sticks & diamond flames Liberace Ken	$200 [12] In the names of plants this word precedes -breath & -tears baby's Ken	$200 [27] This Olympian & his sister Carol have the best combined brother-sister long jump marks in history (Carol &) Carl Lewis	$200 [17] These pachyderms "are useful friends, They have handles on both ends" elephants Ken
$300 [3] What Detective Steve McGarrett would say to Detective Danny Williams when he brought in the suspects Book 'em, Danno Molly	$400 [10] In a territorial election there in 1855, 2,000 registered but 6,000 voted, as proslavery men came in from Mo. Kansas Ken	$300 [23] These twin columnists are also known as "Eppie" & "Popo" Ann Landers & Dear Abby Molly	$300 [13] This citrus fruit was so named because it grows in bunches the grapefruit Barbara	$300 [28] When it was first formed in 1920, this NFL team was called the Decatur Staleys the Chicago Bears	$300 [18] Nash lamented, "I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as" one of these a tree Molly
$400 [4] In 1958 the Monotones asked, "I wonder, wonder who, who, who wrote" this the "Book Of Love" Molly	DD $500 [8] This man wrote that he was "worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose" John Brown Barbara	$400 [24] "If This Was Happiness" is Barbara Leaming's biography of this "Love Goddess" of the 1940s Rita Hayworth Barbara	$400 [14] When used as the French royal symbol, Iris germanica was called this the fleur-de-lis Ken	$400 [29] In August 1990 they became the first father & son to play on the same Major League ballclub the Griffeys Barbara	$400 [19] Nash rhymed, "The panther is like" one of these cats, "Except is hasn't been peppered" a leopard Molly
$500 [5] A judge who gives you the maximum sentence permissible is said to do this throw the book at you Molly	$500 [11] This Swede married her accompanist, O. Goldschmidt, in 1852, during her American tour Jenny Lind Barbara	$500 [25] He was the Ford Motor Company's first nonfamily president before JFK made him defense sec'y (Robert) McNamara Molly Ken	$500 [15] A superstition says this plant of the nightshade family shrieks when pulled from the soil mandrake Barbara	$500 [30] The most NBA titles, 16, have been won by this team the Celtics Molly	$500 [20] Nash's poem "The Eel" consists of 1 sentence: "I don't mind eels except as" these meals Molly

Double Jeopardy! Round

RULERS	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	LITERATURE	BIRTHSTONES	STATE FLAGS	WORDS OF WISDOM
$200 [17] The sixth & last Russian ruler to have this name was murdered in 1764 by order of Catherine II Ivan Molly Ken Barbara	$200 [6] "Oh! Susanna, do not cry for me; I come from Alabama with" this instrument "on my knee" a banjo Molly	$200 [7] Of a state, a Creole woman or a fictional utopia, what Indiana is in George Sand's novel "Indiana" a Creole woman Molly	$200 [1] The finest of these Sept. gems come from Kashmir, & their color is described as Kashmir blue sapphires Ken	$200 [16] A likeness of its battle flag is found on the state flags of Georgia & Mississippi the Confederacy Molly	$200 [26] Leaving office in 1974, this president said, "Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them" Richard Nixon Barbara
$400 [18] It's reported Boris III, king of Bulgaria, died mysteriously in 1943 after an angry meeting with this man Hitler Molly Barbara	$400 [10] The name for these metal percussion instruments comes from the Greek for "hollow of a cup" a cymbal Barbara	$400 [8] "Felix Holt, the Radical" is a political novel by this "Silas Marner" author George Eliot Molly	$400 [2] Heating this February birthstone can change it from violet to yellow amethyst Ken	$400 [22] Type of tree you'll find on Maine's state flag a pine tree Ken	$400 [29] Ovid said, "Tempus edax rerum", which means this "is the devourer of all things" time Ken
$800 [20] This queen's father, Bernhard of Lippebiesterfeld, was implicated in '76 in the Lockheed bribery scandal Queen Beatrix Molly Barbara	$600 [11] This small bellows instrument was patented by Sir Charles Wheatstone a concertina Ken	$600 [9] The detective stories in his book "Knight's Gambit" concern the citizens of Yoknapatawpha County Faulkner Ken	$800 [4] Yellow quartz is sometimes sold as a substitute for this November birthstone a topaz Barbara	$600 [23] A white silhouette of this animal appears on Wyoming's flag a buffalo (or bison) Barbara	$600 [30] John Milton wrote, "They also serve who only stand and" do this wait Molly
$1,000 [21] This Frankish dynasty ruled as mayors of the palace until they deposed the Merovingians in 751 the Carolingians Barbara	$800 [12] Instrument with which Tommy Dorsey was most associated a trombone Ken	$800 [14] While minister to France in 1865-66, John Bigelow discovered this American patriot's "Autobiography" Benjamin Franklin Molly	DD $1,000 [3] In the jewelry trade, this January birthstone may be sold as a "Cape Ruby" a garnet Ken	$800 [24] The wife of future senator Carl Hayden made the 1st copy of this southwestern state's flag Arizona Barbara	$800 [27] The book of Proverbs says "Go to" this insect, "thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise" the ant Molly
DD $1,500 [19] Fredericksburg, Va. was founded in the 1720s & named after this king's father, Prince Frederick Louis George III Molly	$1,000 [13] "Skiffle" music used these items whose grooved surfaces were scraped with metal thimbles washboards Molly	$1,000 [15] Historian who won her second Pulitzer for "Stilwell and the American Experience in China" Barbara Tuchman Barbara	$1,000 [5] This clear blue-green stone for March is the most common variety of gem beryl aquamarine Ken	$1,000 [25] Florida's flag says "In God We Trust"; this state's flag says it's "The Sunshine State" South Dakota	$1,000 [28] Ancient Greek philosopher who said, "Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily" Epicurus Molly

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

In "Hamlet", this character says, "The apparel oft proclaims the man"

Polonius

Barbara "Who is Gertrude?" — wagered $4,399

Molly "Who is Polonius?" — wagered $5,999

Ken "Who is Hamlet" — wagered $4,600

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