Show #1419 1990-11-01 (taped 1990-09-10) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Richard Denny — a railroad construction supervisor from Brooklyn, New York

Stephanie Brush — a writer from Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ray Ivey — a word processing teacher from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ray	$1,400	$1,900	$3,100	$1 3rd place	$3,100 14 R, 1 W
Stephanie	$900	$1,700	$4,100	$8,100 New champion: $8,100	$4,100 12 R, 1 W
Richard	$1,100	$700	$5,000	$1,000 2nd place	$8,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	BRITISH POLITICS	ATHENS	GRAMMAR	BUTTERFLIES	MEN
$100 [12] A resolution passed by Congress in 1961 established Sam Wilson as the namesake for this national symbol Uncle Sam Ray	$100 [20] The opposition forms a shadow counterpart this government group of department heads cabinet	$100 [1] Most Athenians belong to this church which is headquartered in Athens the Greek Orthodox church Richard	$100 [4] An apostrophe & this letter are often added to a word to show possession S Ray	$100 [22] A caterpillar spends most of its time crawling around doing this eating Richard	$100 [2] Greg LeMond, who almost died from gunshot wounds in 1987, won this French bicycle race in 1989 & 1990 the Tour de France Ray
$200 [13] Launched May 14, 1973, it was the first U.S. space station Skylab Stephanie	$200 [27] This term for the party that opposed the Whigs now refers to the Conservatives the Tories Ray	$200 [3] The Erechtheion, a temple famous for its Porch of the Maidens, stands on this hill the Acropolis Stephanie	$200 [8] This word is the object in the sentence "Ralph sold expensive cars" cars Richard	$200 [23] Common name of the Polygonia interrogationis; there's one at the end of your response a question mark Richard	$200 [15] This talk show host said "I'm not going after Johnny's crowd, I'm going after Johnny's crowd's kids" Arsenio Hall Stephanie
$300 [14] Pardon me, boys, miniature golf began in this southeastern Tennessee city Chattanooga Ray	—	$300 [5] The color of the tasselled caps worn by the evzones who guard the parliament building red Richard	$300 [9] Many of these modifiers end with the letters "ly" adverbs Ray	$300 [24] As this species tastes bad to predators, the viceroy butterfly mimics its coloration the monarch butterfly Ray	$300 [16] In 1987 he released "Cloud Nine", his most successful album since "All Things Must Pass" George Harrison Richard
$400 [19] John L. Lewis led this union for 40 years from 1920-1960 the United Mine Workers of America Stephanie Richard	—	DD $500 [6] The Pana then aic Stadium, built c. 330 B.C. by the or at or Lycurgus, was restored in 1896 for this event the Olympics Richard	$400 [10] In English, the 3 main verb moods are indicative, imperative & this subjunctive	$400 [25] A lepidopterist can tell you a butterfly's wings are covered with these, lepis being Greek for it little scales	$400 [17] Letters to this filmmaker can be sent to 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, 124 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Spike Lee Richard
$500 [21] When Reagan debated this independent candidate in September 1980, Carter refused to appear (John) Anderson Stephanie	—	$500 [7] The Stoa of Attalos at this ancient marketplace has been reconstructed & is now a museum the Agora Stephanie	$500 [11] The preposition in the following sentence: "The cabin beside the lake is dilapidated" beside Ray	$500 [26] The 1st of the 4 stages of a butterfly's metamorphosis the egg stage Richard	$500 [18] His position as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board has been called "the 2nd-most important in the U.S. government" Alan Greenspan Stephanie Richard

Double Jeopardy! Round

SEE THE U.S.A.	STAMP COLLECTING	WOMEN AUTHORS	WORLD WAR I	SOUTH AMERICA	OPERA
$200 [10] The Boston Mountains in Arkansas & Oklahoma are the most rugged part of this range the Ozarks Ray	$200 [20] Issued in 1840 the first adhesive stamp, the penny black of Britain, bore a portrait of this queen Victoria Ray	$200 [23] Winston Churchill wrote the preface to her biography of her brother Ronald Cartland Barbara Cartland Stephanie	$200 [1] He gave up his throne November 9, 1918, 2 days before the Armistice, & then fled to Holland Kaiser Wilhelm Richard	$200 [15] This Venezuelan city is home to the liberators; Bolivar & Miranda were born there Caracas Ray	$200 [3] Amina's affliction in Bellini's "La Somnambula" sleepwalking Stephanie
$400 [11] It's less than 50 miles from Montana to Washington across this state's northern tip Idaho Richard	$400 [21] Some people collect only these envelopes with stamps cancelled on the first day of issue first-day covers Richard	$400 [24] She wrote "Murder in Mesopotamia" after visiting the region with her archaeologist husband Agatha Christie Stephanie	$400 [2] In phrases from the WWI era, this precedes "foot", "mouth" & "coat" trench Stephanie	$400 [16] The Jivaro Indians of Ecuador were famous for their practice of this & we don't mean psychiatry head-shrinking Richard	$400 [4] In "La Boheme" the poet Rodolfo fall for this frail flower maker Mimi Ray
$600 [12] A ferry connects Lewis, Delaware, with Cape May in this state New Jersey Richard	$600 [22] A few drops of benzene should reveal this design or figure impressed into the stamp paper the watermark Ray	$600 [25] Ayn Rand's novels "We, The Living" & "Anthem" reflect her early life in this country the Soviet Union (Russia) Ray	$600 [7] The war began when Austria-Hungary declared war on this small Balkan country Serbia Richard	$600 [17] This Uruguayan capital is across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires Montevideo Stephanie	$600 [5] He wrote operas about the Turk in Italy, the Italian girl in Algiers & the barber in Seville (Gioachino) Rossini Stephanie
$800 [13] This easternmost point of North Carolina is called the Graveyard of the Atlantic Cape Hatteras Richard	$800 [27] The bible of American philately is the standard catalogue published by this company Scott Publications	$800 [26] Her only novel, "The Bell Jar", was originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas (Sylvia) Plath Richard	$800 [8] Profession of Edith Cavell, whose execution by the Germans was a widely publicized outrage a nurse	$800 [18] The People's Temple run by Jim Jones was in the jungle of this country Guyana Richard	$800 [6] Strauss opera in which a knight delivers a rose to Sophie Der Rosenkavalier Richard
$1,000 [14] Part of this South Dakota national park lies within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation the Badlands Ray	$1,000 [28] He was the only serious philatelist among our 40 presidents FDR Richard	DD $1,500 [29] She wrote only 1 book under her real name Mary Ann Evans George Eliot Richard	$1,000 [9] The hero of Verdun, this French general later headed the WWII Vichy government (Henri) Pétain Richard	DD $2,000 [19] This nation's 1860s war against Brazil, Uruguay & Argentina cost it half its population Paraguay Richard	$1,000 [30] The 1st of his operas heard outside of Russia was "The Maid of Orleans", staged in Prague in 1882 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

John Adams was the great great grandson of this couple who came to America in 1620

John & Priscilla Alden

Ray "Who were ? and !" — wagered $3,099

Stephanie "Who were John & Priscilla Alden?" — wagered $4,000

Richard "Who were John Smith & Priscilla Alden?" — wagered $4,000

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