Show #1513 1991-03-13 (taped 1991-01-28) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Pat Buckley — an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Case van Kempen — a minister originally from the Netherlands

David Epstein — a lawyer from Irvine, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $25,902)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
David $900 $3,200 $10,100 $20,199
4-day champion: $46,101
$9,100
21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Case $400 $600 $3,000 $2,000
3rd place
$3,000
11 R, 2 W
Pat $1,200 $2,800 $11,800 $3,399
2nd place: trip to Las Vegas
$10,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

RULERS THE CALENDAR TV CHARACTERS INSECTS BABY & CHILD CARE AIN'T IT "GRAND"
$100 [1]
Michael Romanov, a great-nephew of Ivan the Terrible's first wife, became ruler of this country in 1613
Russia
David
$100 [22]
First four months mentioned in the rhyme that beings "30 days hath..."
September, April, June, & November
Pat
$100 [16]
He played Radar O'Reilly in both the movie & TV versions of "M*A*S*H"
Gary Burghoff
Pat
$100 [11]
As among bees, the breeding female in a termite colony is called this
a queen
Pat
$100 [6]
The bottom front ones usually come in first, at about 6 months
teeth
Pat
$100 [21]
It's the winning of all tricks in one hand of bridge, or a home run with the bases loaded
a grand slam
David
$200 [2]
Prince Rainier & King Hussein attended the ceremony when this man became King of Spain in 1975
Juan Carlos
David
$200 [23]
On a church calendar, this period leads up to the 12 Days of Christmas
Advent
Case
$200 [17]
She was the Baxter's maid
Hazel
Pat
$200 [12]
Like chickens, cockroaches have this muscular organ where they grind their food
a gizzard
Case
$200 [7]
Oversized babies are often born to women suffering from this insulin insufficiency
diabetes
Pat
$200 [27]
This dam in Washington has the highest hydroelectric capacity of any dam in the United States
Grand Coulee Dam
David
$300 [3]
She announced her abdication plans on January 31, 1980, her daughter Beatrix's 42nd birthday
Queen Juliana (of the Netherlands)
Pat
$300 [24]
In 358-59, Hillel II fixed the rules for compiling this calendar
Hebrew or Jewish calendar
David
$300 [18]
Police scientist Barry Allen is this superhero's secret identity
The Flash
$300 [13]
This insect was named in the mistaken belief that it crawled into a sleeping person's ear
an earwig
David
$300 [8]
Giving this analgesic to children with flu may trigger Reye's syndrome
aspirin
Case
$300 [28]
The Maryland Hunt Cup is considered the U.S. equivalent of this British steeplechase
the Grand National
Pat
$400 [4]
After singing a treaty with Turkey, Francesco Foscari, doge of this city, was deposed in 1457
Venice
David
$500 [26]
Some books list Washington's birthday as February 11, 1731, OS, the OS stands for this
Old Style
David
$400 [19]
The role of Heath Barkley in "The Big Valley" was his 1st after completing acting school
Lee Majors
Pat
$400 [14]
The drumlike membranes on a cricket's legs are its receptors for this sense
sound (hearing)
David
$400 [9]
An MMR immunization protects against these 2 illnesses, plus rubella
measles & mumps
Case
$400 [29]
In this song from "State Fair", "The moon is flying high"
"It's A Grand Night For Singing"
$500 [5]
Some say that King Haakon III of this Scandinavian country was poisoned by his stepmother in 1204
Norway
David Case Pat
DD $700 [25]
The only day of the week named for a Roman god
Saturday
David
$500 [20]
Carl Kolchak, a crime reporter played by Darren McGavin, was known as this
The Night Stalker
Pat
$500 [15]
Dragonflies exhibit an incomplete form of this process, with egg, nymph, & adult stages only
metamorphosis
Pat
$500 [10]
Acute conjunctivitis, also known by this colorful name, is highly contagious
pinkeye
Pat
$500 [30]
In 1979 oil was discovered in this fishing ground off the coast of Newfoundland
the Grand Banks
David

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE ANCIENT WORLD MODERN ART INVENTORS MONEY PEACE PRIZE WINNERS
$200 [7]
He was born in Salinas, California, the setting for his "East of Eden"
John Steinbeck
Case
$200 [2]
The Flavian Amphitheatre came to be called this for a colossal statue of Nero at its entrance
the Colosseum
David
$200 [12]
Marcel Duchamp coined this word to describe Alexander Calder's wind-blown works
mobiles
Case
$200 [1]
Edouard Benedictus invented the safety type of this by laminating two sheets together
glass
David
$200 [17]
Although he once went bankrupt, this "Ivanhoe" author's face adorns Bank of Scotland notes
Sir Walter Scott
David
$200 [26]
When he won in 1990, President Bush called him "a courageous force for peace in the world"
Gorbachev
Case
$400 [8]
Her 2nd antislavery book was 1856's "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Pat
$400 [3]
Lao Tzu, an archivist & contemporary of Confucius, is considered the founder of this religion
Daoism
David Case
$400 [13]
The word that finishes the title of the self-portrait sold for over $47 million, "Yo..."
Picasso
$400 [22]
Willis H. Carrier, founder of Carrier Corp., is considered the inventor of this
air conditioning
Pat
$400 [18]
In 1252 Florence, Italy began minting these gold coins which were accepted throughout Europe
florins
Case
$400 [27]
This U.S. president won the 1919 prize for advocating the League of Nations & world peace
Woodrow Wilson
Case
$800 [10]
He was writing about his ancestors Miles Standish & Priscilla Mullins in "The Courtship of Miles Standish"
Longfellow
Pat
$600 [4]
Until 445 BC, plebeians were unable to marry this aristocratic class of Roman citizens
patricians
David
$600 [14]
His detractors dubbed him "Jack the Dripper"
Jackson Pollock
Case
$600 [23]
Wallace H. Carothers headed the DuPont team that invented this material in the 1930s
nylon
Pat
$600 [19]
The Excelsior cent was designed in 1787 for this state
New York
Pat
$600 [28]
John Dunant won for organizing the convention here which set rules for treating war wounded
Geneva
Pat
$1,000 [11]
Greed & lust for power release vicious passions in a Southern family in her play "The Little Foxes"
Lillian Hellman
David
$1,000 [6]
King of Knossos who lent his name to a Cretan civilization
Minos
Pat
$800 [15]
In "Blam" & "Girl at Piano", Roy Lichtenstein puts this popular art form on canvas
cartoons (or comics)
Case
$800 [24]
Dietrich Winkel invented this tempo-keeping device, but Johann Malzel patented it
the metronome
Pat
$800 [20]
This Austrian monetary unit equals 100 groschen, not 12 pence
a schilling
Pat
$800 [29]
Better known for her Hull House, she won as President of the International League for Peace & Freedom
Jane Addams
David
DD $2,000 [9]
Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, & Frederik Pohl are best known for writing in this genre
science fiction
Pat
DD $1,500 [5]
Oedipus was a legendary king of this Greek city-state
Thebes
David
$1,000 [16]
Among his decadent black & white drawings is Salome holding the head of John the Baptist
(Aubrey) Beardsley
David
$1,000 [25]
Sons of a paper manufacturer, these French brothers demonstrated the first hot air balloon in 1783
the Montgolfier brothers
David
$1,000 [21]
This small South American country calls its monetary unit a dollar
Guyana
$1,000 [30]
This former Berlin mayor won for improving East-West relations & lived to see the wall fall
Willy Brandt
Pat

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

This country in the Southern Hemisphere was named for a province of the Netherlands

New Zealand

Case "What isSurinameN.Z." — wagered $1,000
David "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $10,099
Pat "What is Argentina?" — wagered $8,401

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