Show #1482 1991-01-29 (taped 1990-10-16) Regular

Lynne Wexler game 5.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Carol Bruno — a benefits analyst originally from Akron, Ohio

Marc Strassman — a producer and writer from Los Angeles, California

Lynne Wexler — a librarian from Evanston, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $55,301)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lynne	$1,400	$2,400	$9,000	$15,050 5-day champion: $70,351	$8,600 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Marc	$1,500	$2,400	$7,000	$0 3rd place	$6,900 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Carol	$400	$2,100	$7,500	$500 2nd place	$6,300 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LAKES & RIVERS	BY THE NUMBERS	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	ANIMALS	THE MOVIES	JAMES K. POLK
$100 [21] The largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, it's fed by the Bear, Weber & Jordan Rivers the Great Salt Lake Carol	$100 [15] Late afternoon stubble on the face of a man who shaved in the morning five o'clock shadow Lynne	$100 [2] Each year on May Day this state observes a Lei Day celebration & contest Hawaii Marc	$100 [10] It's the spotted hyena, not the striped one, that known by this amusing name the laughing hyena Lynne	$100 [1] Referring to his colorization of black & white films TV Guide called him "Captain Tint" Ted Turner Carol	$100 [26] Mrs. Polk banned this in the White House so you couldn't have waltzed into James' office dancing Marc
$200 [22] Vermont's largest lake is named for this explorer who discovered it in 1609 Lake Champlain Carol	$200 [16] This whip consists of knotted cords attached to a handle a cat-o-nine tails Lynne	$200 [4] This state's Suffolk Country observes Bunker Hill Day every June 17 Massachusetts Carol	$200 [11] Like the lynx it resembles, the caracal has tufts of long hair from these pointed features its ears Marc	$200 [3] This duo's first starring feature was 1941's "Buck Privates" Abbott & Costello Carol	$200 [27] While Speaker of the House Polk was called this president's lackey & nicknamed "Young Hickory" Andrew Jackson Carol
$300 [23] This river rises in Colorado before becoming an international boundary the Rio Grande Lynne	$300 [17] Baseball slang for a home run a four-bagger Carol	$300 [5] From 1971-78 this November holiday was moved to the 4th Monday in October Veterans Day Lynne Carol	$300 [12] These mammals have 3 heavy lids over each eye to protect them from desert sun & wind a camel Lynne	$300 [7] "We'll go on forever, Pa, because we're the people" was the last line of this 1940 John Ford film The Grapes of Wrath Lynne	$300 [28] During Polk's term of office the border of the United States was extended west to this natural boundary the Pacific Ocean Marc
$400 [24] The world's longest over water highway bridge spans this lake north of New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain Lynne	$400 [18] In "The Music Man" 76 trombones led the big parade with these close at hand 110 cornets Carol	$400 [6] In 1944 Congress designated January 5 as a day honoring this Black agricultural scientist George Washington Carver Marc	$400 [13] The cassowary is a large shy one of these found in Australia & New Guinea a bird Marc	$400 [8] This NBA hall of famer played a hired assassin Bombaara in "Conan the Destroyer" Wilt Chamberlain Marc Carol	DD $500 [29] Lincoln was among those who criticized Polk's attempt to start a war with this country Mexico Marc
$500 [25] The 2nd largest freshwater lake entirely within the U.S. is Lake Iliamna in this state Alaska Marc	$500 [20] This John Reed book was his eyewitness account of the Bolshevik Revolution Ten Days That Shook the World Marc	$500 [19] Legislated in 1978 the first Sunday after Labor Day is set aside to honor these relatives grandparents Carol	$500 [14] Steller's sea cow is now extinct but not this mammal also known as a sea cow the manatee Lynne	$500 [9] John Wayne fought cancer while he made this, his last film, about a gunman dying of cancer The Shootist Lynne	$500 [30] Polk is buried on the state capital grounds in this city Nashville

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE	EXPLORERS	OFFICIAL LANGUAGES	PROVERBS	MUSIC	MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN
$200 [2] This salaried member of the British royal household is honored for past poetic excellence poet laureate Carol	$200 [23] Between 1499 & 1502, this Italian explorer made 2 trips to a continent later named for him Amerigo Vespucci Marc	$200 [1] It's the official language of both Paraguay & Uruguay Spanish Lynne	$200 [20] It's what one good turn deserves another Lynne	$200 [11] Nickname of the songwriting & music publishing industry centered in New York City from the 1890s to the 1930s Tin Pan Alley Lynne	$200 [7] The Egyptian goddess Nut took the form of one of these bovines when she carried Ra up to the sky a cow Carol
$400 [4] This 20th century New England poet dropped out of Dartmouth & Harvard before settling on a Derry, New Hampshire farm (Robert) Frost Lynne Carol	$400 [24] Looking for gold in 1541 De Soto led the first European expedition to reach this river the Mississippi Marc	$400 [3] Lao, the official language of Laos, resembles this language, also known as Siamese Thai Lynne	$400 [22] They don't bite, they tell no tales & according to Steve Martin, they "Don't Wear Plaid" dead men Marc	$400 [13] In 1958 this Bombay-born man won the Liverpool International Conductor's Competition Zubin Mehta Lynne Marc	$400 [14] A hamadryad is a nymph who lives in one of these & if it dies, the hamadryad dies with it a tree Lynne
$600 [5] Title of the John Keats poem that means "the beautiful lady without mercy" "La Belle Dame sans Merci" Lynne	$600 [25] Columbus & Magellan turned to Spain for financing after kings of this country turned them down Portugal Marc Carol	$600 [8] This official language of India is quite similar to Urdu, the official language of Pakistan Hindi Carol	$600 [26] They that dance must pay the fiddler & he who pays the piper call this the tune Lynne	$600 [15] Singer Lotta Lenya was married to this composer of the "Threepenny Opera" Kurt Weill Marc Carol	$600 [16] The valkyries were warlike maidens who served this god Odin Marc
$800 [6] Some regard his "Decameron" as the prototype of the modern novel Boccaccio Marc	$800 [28] Between 1850 & '54 Robert McClure became the first to traverse this route, doing the last part by sled the Northwest Passage Carol	$1,000 [10] These 2 official languages of Finland differ from each other more than English & Russian Finnish & Swedish	$800 [27] Type of craftsman originally alluded to in "strike while the iron is hot" a blacksmith Marc	$1,000 [19] The first national park for the performing arts in the U.S. is this one near Washington, D.C. Wolf Trap Carol	$800 [17] Some say Hecuba had 50 children by this king of Troy, others say she had only 19 (King) Priam Lynne
$1,000 [12] Colorful title of a Stendahl story about romantic villain Julien Sorel The Red and the Black Lynne	$1,000 [30] In 1858, John Hanning Speke & Richard Burton set out to find the source of this the Nile Lynne	DD $2,000 [9] Singapore has 4 official languages Malay, Tamil, English & this Chinese Carol	$1,000 [29] As Alexander Pope put it, "Just as the twig is bent, the tree's" this inclined Marc	DD $1,200 [18] In 1947, he commissioned a clarinet concerto from Aaron Copland Benny Goodman Lynne	$1,000 [21] Diana was the Roman goddess of hunting & this beauty was the Greek goddess of hunting Artemis Carol

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY

These 2 states contain 10 of the 30 largest cities in the United States

Texas & California

Marc "What are California & New York?" — wagered $7,000

Carol "What are Texas & Ohio?" — wagered $7,000

Lynne "What are Texas & California?" — wagered $6,050

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