Show #1440 1990-11-30 (taped 1990-09-12) Regular

Bruce Ikawa game 1.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Sybil Russell — a freelance writer from Redondo Beach, California

Bruce Ikawa — a college professor originally from Indianapolis, Indiana

Harold Atchison — a truck driver from San Pedro, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Harold	$2,200	$6,800	$7,400	$14,000 2nd place	$4,900 23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Bruce	$1,300	$2,000	$13,800	$14,801 New champion: $14,801	$9,800 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Sybil	$0	$500	$4,500	$8,500 3rd place	$4,500 8 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY	MYSTERIES	USA	VOCABULARY	SONGS OF THE '60s	GHOSTS
$100 [1] He served as Archbishop of Krakow in the 1960s John Paul II Bruce	$100 [17] According to the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, Perry Mason proposed to her at least five times Della Street Harold	$100 [6] Once the site of pretrial examinations, Judge Jonathan Corwin's home in this city is known as the Witch House Salem Harold	$100 [24] A division in a road, or an eating utensil a fork Harold	$100 [26] In 1967, The Young Rascals were "Groovin'" in the afternoon on this day Sunday Bruce	$100 [11] The spectre of Lady Glamis is said to haunt the clock tower of Glamis Castle in this country Scotland Harold
$200 [2] Jutland, a part of Denmark, is named for these people though it's not certain if they ever lived there the Jutes Harold	$200 [18] Tough guy hero of "My Gun is Quick" & "Kiss Me Deadly" Mike Hammer Harold Bruce	$200 [7] This South Carolina seaport boasts the first fireproof building in the U.S., built in the 1820s Charleston Harold	$200 [25] This synonym for shy is rooted in the word "abash", meaning "to embarrass" bashful Sybil	$400 [28] In 1963, Sam Cooke sang about "Another" one of these nights Saturday Harold	$200 [12] The Drury Lane may be the most haunted one of these buildings in the world a theatre Bruce
$300 [3] Fanny Kaplan tried to kill this Soviet leader in 1918, his wounds led to his death five years later Lenin Harold	$300 [19] This former jockey is known for horse racing mysteries like "Odds Against" & "Dead Cert" Dick Francis Bruce	$300 [8] Thousands of bats sometimes swarm out of this state's famous Carlsbad Cavern; it can drive you batty New Mexico Bruce	$300 [16] It's slang for the lever that controls an airplane's movement, or a video game's action a joystick Sybil	$500 [27] In 1966, Nancy Sinatra sang about "Friday's Child" & in 1968 The Supremes sang about this "Child" "Love Child"	$300 [13] Jack London novel in which Wolf Larson captains a schooner named "Ghost" The Sea-Wolf Bruce
$400 [4] This mistress of Louis XV lived in the Elysée Palace, now the official home of France's president Madame Pompadour Harold	$400 [20] This detective employs Archie Goodwin to do his legwork Nero Wolfe Harold	$400 [9] Kaanapali is a top resort area on this, Hawaii's Valley Island Maui Harold	$400 [22] To move from one place to another, whether it's a flower, a family or a vital organ transplant Harold	—	$400 [14] Some say this "Mad" general still rides his ghostly steed through the Hudson River Valley Anthony Wayne Bruce
$500 [5] At Waterloo, Napoleon led the French, Wellington the British & von Blücher, this army the Prussians Harold	$500 [21] Novelist Eric Ambler created this 1960s detective show starring Sebastian Cabot Checkmate Bruce	$500 [10] The State Department Building is in the section of Washington, D.C. known by this "misty" nickname Foggy Bottom Harold	DD $3,000 [23] The Greeks called this measurement a thumb breadth an inch Harold	—	$500 [15] The ghost of Samuel predicted that King Saul would be vanquished by these people the Philistines Harold

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS	POETS	LAKES & RIVERS	OPERA	FLAGS	BARONS & BARONESSES
$200 [2] The campaign song, "Harding, You're The Man For Us" was written by this jazz singer Al Jolson Bruce	$200 [14] Italian poet whose last name was Alighieri Dante Harold	$200 [1] The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris stands on the Île de la Cité, a small island in this river the Seine Bruce	$200 [7] "The Marriage of" this valet takes place at Almaviva's chateau near Seville Figaro Sybil	$200 [21] The orange, white & blue stripes on this African country's flag represent the original Dutch flag South Africa Bruce	$200 [26] In Great Britain a baron is entitled to a seat in this house House of Lords Bruce
$400 [3] While debating him in 1984, Ronald Reagan said, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign" Mondale Bruce	$400 [15] In "Maid's Metamorphosis" John Lilly wrote, "Night hath a thousand" of these eyes Sybil	$400 [8] The Mississippi is "Big River" & this one is "Big Muddy" the Missouri Harold	$400 [10] The title bird in Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le coq d'or" is this color gold Bruce	$400 [22] The flags of Indonesia & this principality on the Riviera are identical Monaco Harold	$400 [27] After his war service Baron Von Steuben became a citizen of this country the U.S. Bruce
$600 [4] He got us into war five months after being re-elected under the slogan, "He kept us out of war" Woodrow Wilson Bruce	$600 [16] Mark Van Doren & Lionel Trilling both taught this "Howl"ing poet when he studied at Columbia (Allen) Ginsberg Sybil	$600 [9] After Lake Superior this African lake is the largest freshwater lake in the world Victoria Bruce	$600 [11] This Black opera singer first appeared at the Met on January 27, 1961 as Leonora, in "Il trovatore" Leontyne Price Harold Bruce	$600 [23] The Swiss flag features this white emblem on a red background a cross Harold	$600 [28] This baron married his children's governess in 1927, not on the eve of World War II as the film implies Baron von Trapp Bruce
$1,000 [6] In the 1968 presidential primary this Minnesota senator won 20 delegates to President Johnson's 4 Eugene McCarthy Harold Bruce	$800 [17] Nonsense poet who wrote a poem titled "Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer" Ogden Nash Harold Sybil	$800 [19] The Colorado River empties into this Mexican gulf the Gulf of California Harold	$800 [12] His "Tales" begin at the tap room of Luther's Tavern in Nuremberg Hoffmann Bruce	$800 [24] The colors of Moldavia & Wallachia appear on this country's flag Romania Harold	$800 [29] Meryl Streep played this famous baroness in "Out of Africa" Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Harold
DD $2,000 [5] In 1816, Rufus King of New York became the last presidential candidate of this party the Federalist Party Bruce	$1,000 [18] "They also serve who only stand and wait" is the last line of this poet's "On His Blindness" (John) Milton Sybil	$1,000 [20] The Wabash & Green Rivers are tributaries of this U.S. river the Ohio Sybil	DD $3,800 [13] This Mussorgsky work based on the life of a czar has been called "the masterpiece of Russian opera" Boris Godunov Bruce	$1,000 [25] The flags of Uruguay & this western neighbor have the sun of May representing independence Argentina Harold	$1,000 [30] Baroness Orczy wrote novels about this fictional hero of the French Revolution the Scarlet Pimpernel Bruce

Final Jeopardy!

WEATHER

The only continent on which the recorded temperature has not gone below -8 F.

Australia

Sybil "What is Australia?" — wagered $4,000

Harold "What is Australia?" — wagered $6,600

Bruce "What is Australia?" — wagered $1,001

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