Show #1410 1990-10-19 (taped 1990-08-27) Regular

Sara Cox game 3.Game entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Chris Carter — a software engineer originally from Allegan, Michigan

Steven Bonorris — a lawyer from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,400)

Sara Cox — a teacher from Bangor, Maine (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sara $400 $1,900 $8,700 $17,400
3-day champion: $50,200
$6,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Steven $900 $1,100 $8,200 $6,200
2nd place: a trip to Nassau, Bahamas
$5,900
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Chris $2,100 $4,300 $8,900 $399
3rd place: Abigail's Heirlooms Hidden Heart Ring + Nintendo Entertainment System
$8,900
24 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "Q" THE 1950s PUBLISHING BIRDS POTPOURRI TV GUIDESAYS
$100 [6]
Canada's oldest city or largest province
Quebec
Steven
$100 [11]
The 1956 Nobel physics prize went to three men who developed this object that miniaturized radios
the transistor
Steven
$100 [13]
Its seal promises a limited warranty to consumers & replacement or refund if defective
the Good Housekeeping seal
Sara Steven
$100 [30]
Luckily, since it can't fly, it's the fastest running bird
the ostrich
Chris
$100 [29]
Ashura, a Muslim observance, commemorates the death of his grandson
Mohammed
Chris
$100 [1]
"Darren lacks qualifications to attend a witch's convocation"
Bewitched
Steven
$200 [7]
It's where an archer keeps his arrows
a quiver
Steven
$200 [12]
In September 1958 it was announced that NASA planned to do this within 6-10 years; they missed it by less than 1
land a man on the Moon
Chris
$200 [21]
This city's 2 major daily newspapers are the Arizona Republic & the Gazette
Phoenix
Chris
$200 [27]
Since its tail feathers are adorned with eyes it could be the symbol of both NBC & CBS
the peacock
Chris
$200 [28]
This bottled water is advertised as "Earth's first soft drink"
Perrier
Steven
$200 [2]
"Granny & Ellie seek happiness as liberated women"
The Beverly Hillbillies
Steven Chris
$300 [8]
This substance derived from cinchona bark was widely used to treat malaria
quinine
Steven
$300 [14]
In 1952 the U.S. Air Intelligence Center received 1,000 reports of these; 20% went unexplained
UFO sightings
Chris
$300 [22]
The first public newspaper in this state was the Sitka Times, published in 1868
Alaska
Chris
$300 [18]
Term for the process of a bird cleaning its feathers by running its beak through them
preening
Sara
$300 [15]
JFK wasn't born in Boston but in this upscale suburb
Brookline
Sara
$300 [3]
"Basil is caught in a compromising situation with a hotel guest"
Fawlty Towers
Sara
$400 [9]
Since 1867 professional boxers have had to adhere to these rules
the Queensbury rules
Chris
$400 [25]
In October 1951 the Atomic Energy Commission dropped a bomb half the size of the Hiroshima bomb over Yucca Flat in this state
Nevada
Chris
$400 [23]
Music City News is a monthly newspaper published in this city
Nashville
Sara
DD $500 [19]
A chicken bearing this state's name is its official bird
Rhode Island
Sara
$400 [16]
Sherlock Holmes had a 2-bedroom apartment with a large sitting room at this London address
221B Baker Street
Chris
$400 [4]
"Horshack drops out of school"
Welcome Back, Kotter
Steven
$500 [10]
In ancient times this fruit related to the pear was thought to ward off the evil eye
quince
Chris
$500 [26]
She divorced Dr. Peter Lindstrom in 1950, clearing the way to marry Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Sara
$500 [24]
William F. Buckley, Jr.'s column in this conservative magazine is called "On the Right"
National Review
Chris
$500 [20]
Though its scientific name is Geococcyx californianus, it's the state bird of New Mexico
the roadrunner
Sara
$500 [17]
Later Aaron Burr's chief defense counsel, Edmond Randolph was the first to hold this Cabinet post
Attorney General
$500 [5]
"Jack signs up as chef on a cruise & everyone wants to go along as his guest"
Three's Company
Chris

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES OPERA CHARACTERS ASTRONOMY COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES FAMOUS WOMEN EPITAPHS
$200 [15]
The cities of Huntsville & Tuscaloosa were once capitals of this state
Alabama
Steven
$200 [1]
The heroine of "The Maid of Pskov" is the secret daughter of this dreadful czar
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
Chris
$200 [7]
4 asteroids named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison & Starr honor this rock group
The Beatles
Chris
$200 [2]
More Rhodes Scholars have come from this Ivy League college than any other school
Harvard
Chris
$200 [10]
Julie Krone was the first woman to compete as one of these in the Breeder's Cup
as a jockey
Steven
$200 [22]
Though an inventor, a Founding Father, & more, he called himself only "a printer" in his epitaph
Benjamin Franklin
Steven
$400 [16]
For a real Dutch treat head to this Michigan city famous for its tulip festival & windmill
Holland
Chris
$600 [27]
At the end of Gounod's "Faust" this fiend drags Faust off to his doom
Mephistopheles
Steven
$400 [8]
Like quasars, these stars also send out radio waves but in short, rapid bursts
pulsars
Chris
$400 [3]
Of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas & the University of Vermont, the one that's privately controlled
Pennsylvania
Steven
$400 [11]
She says her book "The Feminine Mystique" elicited less hostility from men than from women
Betty Friedan
Sara
$400 [23]
"Here lies Lester Moore, 4 slugs from a .44, no Les, no more." is one found in this aptly-named town
Tombstone
Steven
$600 [17]
In the 1500s this city served as Spain's military headquarters in Florida
St. Augustine
Chris
$800 [28]
The name of the little boy in the title of Menotti's 1951 Christmas opera
Amahl
Sara
$600 [9]
Kepler's first law states that the shape of a planet's orbit is this, rather than circular
elliptical
Sara
$600 [4]
Founded by inventor & philanthropist Peter Cooper, this New York City school has always been tuition-free
Cooper Union
$600 [12]
Many think this so-called "First Lady of Monaco" is Europe's most beautiful princess
Princess Caroline
Steven
$600 [24]
"In lapidary inscriptions, man is not upon oath", Boswell heard him say
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Steven
$800 [18]
The graves of Daniel Boone & his wife can be visited in this capital city
Frankfort (Kentucky)
Chris
DD $4,000 [29]
In a Stravinsky opera based on a fairy tale, this title bird saves the life of the emperor of China
a nightingale
Sara
$800 [19]
In the Northern Hemisphere it can be September 22 or 23
the autumnal equinox
Chris
$800 [5]
The University of Miami is in Florida; Miami University is in this state
Ohio
Steven
$1,000 [14]
Noted for styles for career women, America's 3rd-largest apparel company was co-founded by & named for her
Liz Claiborne
Sara
$800 [25]
Appropriately-named author of "Beggar's Opera" whose epitaph reads "Life is a Jest"
John Gay
$1,000 [21]
In 1875 P.T. Barnum became mayor of this large Connecticut city
Bridgeport
Steven Chris
$1,000 [20]
The 2 galaxies nearest to our own are known as these clouds
the Magellan Clouds
Chris
$1,000 [6]
The world's first nuclear reactor was built in 1942 under the stands at this university's Stagg Field
the University of Chicago
Chris
DD $3,100 [13]
Formerly an executive with Sun Oil, Barbara Harris is now a Suffragan Bishop in this church
the Episcopal Church
Steven
$1,000 [26]
When this Romantic poet died young his stone read, "Here lies one whose name was writ in water"
(John) Keats
Steven

Final Jeopardy!

ENGLISH LITERATURE

"From this world to that which is to come" completes the title of this 1678 work

The Pilgrim's Progress

Steven "What is Paradise Lost?" — wagered $2,000
Sara "What is Pilgrim's Progess?" — wagered $8,700
Chris "What is the King James Bible?" — wagered $8,501

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