Show #1435 1990-11-23 (taped 1990-09-11) Regular

Steve Robin game 4.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Robert Wasserman — an operations supervisor from Brooklyn, New York

Adela Oppenheim — an administrative assistant from Jamaica Estates, New York

Steve Robin — a marketing director from Scottsdale, Arizona (whose 3-day cash winnings total $28,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,600	$3,400	$9,800	$11,001 4-day champion: $39,101	$9,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Adela	$1,700	$1,800	$-800	$-800 3rd place	$100 11 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Robert	$1,300	$2,100	$5,500	$11,000 2nd place	$5,500 12 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES	CARTOONS	THE SOVIET UNION	OPERA	QUOTES	APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES
$100 [4] He told the 1932 Democratic convention, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people" Roosevelt Adela	$100 [21] While his partner Baba Looey was a burro, Marshall Quick Draw McGraw was this a horse Steve Adela	$100 [6] This nuclear plant, much in the news in 1986, is near the Ukranian town of Pripyat Chernobyl Adela	$100 [1] The 1st production of his "Carmen" was a failure & he died before it triumphed Bizet Steve	$100 [16] In his autobiography, he wrote of building a car "so low in price that no man will be unable to own one" (Henry) Ford Robert	$400 [27] In 1962 Smokey Robinson had 3 Miracles, & Frank Sinatra had this many a pocketful Adela
$200 [12] This illustrator of "Saturday Evening Post" covers received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 Norman Rockwell Steve	$200 [22] This Oscar-winning character returned to the screen in 1990 in his 1st theatrical short in 26 years Bugs Bunny Adela	$200 [7] GUM & TsUM are 2 of the largest of these in Moscow department stores Adela	$200 [2] Opera seria is Italian for "serious opera"; this is Italian for "comic opera" opera buffa Steve	$200 [17] Adolph S. Ochs is credited with this motto of the "New York Times" "All the news that's fit to print" Steve	$500 [26] St. Peter wrote, "Charity shall cover" this amount "of sins" a multitude
$300 [13] This "Man of 1,000 Faces" wrote an Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on makeup Lon Chaney Steve	$300 [23] Disney's 1990 reissue of this Kipling classic was promoted with a McDonald's Happy Meal tie-in Jungle Book Steve	$300 [8] The largest island in this Siberian lake is 300 square mile Olkhon Lake Baikal Adela	$300 [3] "Song of the Rat" & "Song of the Flea" are parts of Berlioz's "Damnation of" this man The Damnation of Faust Robert	$300 [18] In a 1936 speech Al Smith said, "No matter how thin you slice it, it's still" this bologna Robert	—
$400 [14] This Tennessee native helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in 1960 & served in the Georgia legislature from 1967-75 Julian Bond Steve	$400 [24] This comic character's roller coaster rode into theaters in tandem with Dick Tracy Roger Rabbit Steve	$400 [9] The cruiser Aurora, which fired on the Winter Palace in 1917, is on display in this city Leningrad Steve	DD $500 [5] This Saint-Saens opera set in Gaza c.1150 BC always brings down the house Samson and Delilah Adela	$400 [19] According to Plutarch, Pyrrhus said, "One more such" of these "and we are lost" victories Robert	—
$500 [15] His poems "Thanatopsis" & "To a Waterfowl" were published when he was practicing law in Massachusetts (William Cullen) Bryant Robert	$500 [25] In May 1990 Universal Studios' Tour opened Fievel's Playland, based on this 1986 film An American Tail Steve	$500 [11] Blini, a type of these, are made with buckwheat & served with sour cream crèpes (or pancakes) Robert	$500 [10] In a Donizetti opera, this infamous Italian noblewoman poisons her own son Lucretia Borgia Adela	$500 [20] Scottish-born industrialist & philanthropist who said, "The man who dies rich dies disgraced" Andrew Carnegie Steve	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION FIRSTS	AMERICAN HISTORY	WORLD FACTS	MYTHOLOGY	THE TOWER OF LONDON	BESTSELLERS
$200 [21] In 1901 Daimler built the 1st of these cars named for the daughter of a customer a Mercedes Robert	$200 [6] This state gave the Senate its 99th & 100th members Hawaii Steve	$200 [16] El Salvador has over 5 million in population but under 200,000 of these, so it's hard to reach out & touch someone telephones Adela	$200 [1] The cyclops was famous for only having 1 of these an eye Steve	$200 [2] The unlucky number of towers on the inner wall 13 Adela	$600 [28] His fictional account of the news business is told in "The Evening News" Arthur Haley Steve
$400 [22] Of the 29 military roads leading from Rome, it was the oldest & the 1st long paved road the Appian Way Steve	$400 [8] On this date in 1917, the United States declared war on Austria-Hungary, so it lives in infamy too December 7 Robert	$400 [17] Not the Greens, but the Fianna Fail, or Soldiers of Destiny, is this country's largest political party Ireland Adela	$400 [3] Apollo loved Daphne, who was turned into this type of tree, hence the wreath he wears a laurel Steve	$400 [4] Some say this saint welcomed his imprisonment in the Tower in 1534, but it was still no Utopia Thomas More Adela Robert	$800 [27] He teamed up with Patricia Aburdene to write "Megatrends 2000" John Naisbitt
$600 [23] 1 of 2 railroads that met when the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point, Utah the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific Steve	$600 [9] In 1931 this President signed the bill making "The Star-Spangled Banner" our national anthem Hoover Steve Adela	$600 [18] It's the longest group of coral reefs in the world the Great Barrier Reef Adela	$600 [5] Of the Fates, Cloth was the spinner, Lachesis the measurer, & Atropos had this job the cutter	$600 [7] This courtier was released to search for gold in the New World; he failed & was executed Sir Walter Raleigh Steve Robert	$1,000 [26] "Vineland" has been called this author's most accessible book Thomas Pynchon
$800 [24] Early versions of this vehicle include de Sivrac's celerifere & von Drais' draisine bicycles	$800 [12] As president of the American Federation of Labor, he brought back the Congress of Industrial Organizations & kicked out the Teamsters George Meany	DD $1,000 [19] Sea in which you'll find The Netherlands' only overseas territory the Caribbean Adela	$800 [14] Zeus assumed this animal form to swim to Crete with Europa on his back a bull Robert	$1,000 [11] These 2 wives of Henry VIII were beheaded at the Tower Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard Steve	—
$1,000 [25] Named for a President, this became the 1st paved U.S. transcontinental highway in 1913 the Lincoln Highway Robert	$1,000 [13] This Secretary of State quit of the botched attempt to rescue the U.S. hostages in Iran Cy Vance Steve Adela	$1,000 [20] Half of this administrative unit that takes up one-third of Canada is within the Arctic Circle the Northwest Territories Steve	$1,000 [15] Young man who swam the Hellespont nightly to visit his love Hero Leander Steve Adela	DD $1,200 [10] This 1888 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta set at the Tower features thefollowing:"Tower warders, / Under orders, / Gallant pikemen, valiant sworders! / Brave in bearing, / Foemen scaring, / In their bygone..." Yeomen of the Guard Steve	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE OLYMPICS

The 1932 Summer & Winter Olympics, both held in the United States, were hosted by these 2 cities

Los Angeles & Lake Placid

Robert "What are LA & Lake Placid?" — wagered $5,500

Steve "What were LA & Lake Placid, New York?" — wagered $1,201

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