Show #1439 1990-11-29 (taped 1990-09-12) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Harold Atchison — a truck driver from San Pedro, California

Diane Henschel — a professor from Manhattan Beach, California

Marilyn Maracic — a research scientist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marilyn	$1,500	$3,100	$6,900	$4,400 2nd place	$6,900 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Diane	$1,100	$1,900	$3,500	$0 3rd place	$3,500 16 R, 3 W
Harold	$800	$600	$7,800	$15,000 New champion: $15,000	$7,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE MIDDLE AGES	ANIMAL GROUPS	MATH	POT LUCK	FRUIT	FAMOUS TAURUSES
$100 [26] The 1st one was organized to fight against the Seljuk Turks, who'd conquered Palestine the Crusades Diane	$100 [1] Though a group of these on water is a paddling, a group on land isn't a waddling ducks Harold	$100 [11] Metric unit of length equal to .3937 inches a centimeter Diane	$100 [6] A year before her capture, she liberated the city of Orleans Joan of Arc Diane	$100 [16] Dole sells it sliced, in chunks, in tidbits & crushed pineapple Diane	$100 [21] El Cordobes, who was born under the sign of the bull, became one of the most famous of these in history a bullfighter Diane
$200 [27] 2 of them are The Knight's Tale & The Wife of Bath's Tale the Canterbury Tales	$200 [2] These house pets come in a clowder, or, when they hear the can opener cats Harold	$200 [12] 2 squared 4 Harold	$200 [7] Approximately 3/4 of all twins are this type, from 2 fertilized eggs fraternal twins Marilyn	$200 [17] Except for the skin, the nectarine & this fruit are essentially the same a peach Diane	$200 [22] She was just a little Taurus when she sang "Baby Take A Bow" in "Stand Up And Cheer" in 1934 Shirley Temple Diane
$300 [28] In 1206 the Mongols conferred this title, meaning "universal ruler" on Temujin Genghis Khan Harold	$300 [3] A group of these black birds is an unkindness, & you can quoth me on that a raven Harold	$300 [13] The quantity that divides the numerator; in a fraction, it's written below the line the denominator Marilyn	$300 [8] In Jan. 1990 a commemorative dollar coin was issued honoring the 100th birthday of this President Dwight David Eisenhower	$300 [18] To make prunes, you start out with these plums Marilyn	$300 [23] In the mid-1950s, this Spanish Taurus painted a surrealist version of "The Last Supper" Dali Marilyn Diane
$400 [29] From the Latin for "brother", these begging brothers were common in the Middle Ages friars Marilyn	$400 [4] A group of these mammals is a bevy, we don't know what a group of Sears would be roebucks Marilyn	$400 [14] While a secant is a line that intersects a curve, this is one that just touches it a tangent Diane	$400 [9] Founded by King Edward III, it's England's highest & oldest order of knighthood the Order of the Garter Marilyn	$400 [19] About 70% of these grown in the world are the Bartlett variety pears Diane	DD $400 [24] Singing Taurus for whom thefollowingwas 1 of at least 9 #1 hits:"Find a wheel, and it goes 'round, 'round, 'round / As it skims along with a happy sound / As it goes, along the ground, ground, ground / 'Til it leads you to the one you love / Then your love, will hold you 'round, 'round, 'round" Perry Como Marilyn
—	$500 [5] A group of leopards, Feb. 29 must be their favorite day a leap Marilyn	$500 [15] Term for 1/10 of a liter a deciliter Marilyn	$500 [10] In May 1990 this late "La Bamba" singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Ritchie Valens Diane	$500 [20] Its tree has scarlet flowers; it has a gold red skin & each of its hundreds of seeds is in a crimson pulp a pomegranate Marilyn	$500 [25] Fred Astaire co-starred with this fellow Taurus in "Holiday Inn" in 1942 & "Blue Skies" in 1946 Bing Crosby Marilyn Harold

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	SCOTLAND	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	PLAYS	EARLY AMERICA	GIANTS
$200 [16] "Stardust" is Robert B. Parker's 17th novel about this detective for hire Spenser Diane	$200 [1] Only 1/5 of the people live in this rugged area covering the northern 2/3 of the country the Highlands Marilyn	$200 [3] The 2 main types of these chemically tipped pieces of wood or cardboard are safety & strike anywhere matches Harold	$200 [26] Play that asks the audience, "Do you believe in fairies? If you believe, clap your hands" Peter Pan Diane	$200 [21] In 1722, this college named Edward Wigglesworth the 1st Professor of Divinity in the colonies Harvard Harold	$200 [11] Giant's line preceding "I smell the blood of an Englishman" "Fee-fi-fo-fum" Diane
$400 [17] Veterinarian James Alfred White wrote "All Creatures Great & Small" under this pen name (James) Herriot Harold	$400 [2] Term for the various plaid designs featured on shirts & ties as well as kilts tartans Marilyn	$400 [5] Device commonly used in the lab to provide the flame for a flame test a Bunsen burner Harold	$400 [27] This Anton Chekhov play ends with the offstage sound of an axe chopping down a tree The Cherry Orchard Marilyn	$400 [22] Among other things, this act of 1765 placed a duty on deeds, wills, newspapers & playing cards the Stamp Act Harold	$400 [12] Though normal-sized, he was a giant in Lilliput Gulliver Diane
$600 [18] "The Golden Orange" is the latest bestseller by this author of "The Choir Boys" (Joe) Wambaugh Harold	$600 [4] While Loch Ness has more water, this is the largest lake in area in Scotland Loch Lomond Marilyn	$600 [7] A drop of most types of this will cause marble to bubble acid Marilyn Diane	DD $1,000 [28] In "Henry IV, Part 1" this character says, "The better part of valor is discretion" Falstaff Marilyn	$600 [23] On Sept. 5, 1774, Peyton Randolph of Virginia became the 1st President of this body the Continental Congress Marilyn Diane	$600 [13] Statues of Gog & this guy were traditionally carried through London in the Lord Mayor's Show Magog Harold
$800 [19] His thrillers include "The Timothy Files", "Sullivan Sting" & "The 4th Deadly Sin" (Lawrence) Sanders Harold	$800 [6] At last count there were only about 80,000 people left who spoke this ancient tongue Gaelic Diane Harold	$800 [8] A closed loop of atoms in a molecule, such as benzene, is called this a ring Harold	—	$800 [24] In June 1754, this colonel completed Fort Necessity but lost it to the French one month later Washington Harold	$800 [14] During his labors, Hercules shouldered this giant's load for a while Atlas Harold
$1,000 [20] Ian Fleming's successor, his James Bond novels include "Scorpius" & "Role of Honour" (John) Gardner Harold	DD $1,000 [9] It was the Roman name for the area now known as Scotland Caledonia Harold	$1,000 [10] Though born in Boston, he chose Flagstaff, Arizona as the site to build his observatory in 1894 Percival Lowell	—	$1,000 [25] In 1704 this colony was allowed to form its own legislature separate from Pennsylvania Delaware	$1,000 [15] This son of Gargantua was King of the Dipsodes Pantagruel Diane

Final Jeopardy!

MUSICAL THEATER

This lyricist was the grandson of a German-American opera impresario whose name he shared

Oscar Hammerstein

Diane "Who was Hart?" — wagered $3,500

Marilyn "Who was Lerner?" — wagered $2,500

Harold "Who was Hammerstein?" — wagered $7,200

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