Show #1232 1990-01-02 (taped 1989-09-12) Regular

Missing introductions.

Contestants

Stephen deSalle — from

Joan Roe — from

Bruce Daitz — originally from Plattsburgh, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$1,300	$1,500	$8,500	$4,300 2-day champion: $18,300	$7,100 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Joan	$2,100	$2,700	$6,300	$300 3rd place: Oneida crystal	$7,500 19 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Stephen	$200	$600	$600	$600 2nd place: Broyhill entertainment center + Colortyme TV	$1,100 10 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NAMES IN THE NEWS	TIME	COLORFUL SONGS	AUSTRALIA	BAKIN'	"EGG"s
$100 [1] His flight from Réunion to Zambia on the Concorde made him history's fastest pope John Paul II Bruce	$100 [17] Some say this day was 1st observed in France when the new calendar was adopted in 1564, fooling everyone April Fools' Day Joan	$100 [16] In 1972 Neil Young went "searchin' for a heart of" this gold Bruce	$100 [6] Robert Hawke is Australia's prime minister & she's head of state Queen Elizabeth Bruce	$100 [11] This white sponge cake will never rise toward heaven if there's any grease in the baking pan angel food cake Stephen	$100 [26] To make this drink, mix your rum or brandy with milk &, of course, eggs egg nog Bruce Joan Stephen
$200 [2] This consumer advocate was invited to the White House in 1989, the 1st time in over 8 years Ralph Nader Joan	$200 [22] 1 of the 2 numbers that can designate midnight in U.S. military time 2400 hours (or 0000 hours) Stephen	$200 [18] In 1967 Tom Jones sang, "It's good to touch" this colorful stuff the "Green, Green Grass Of Home" Joan	$200 [7] During World War I Australia & this nation formed a special army corps called ANZAC New Zealand Stephen	$200 [12] Type of sugar most likely used in making icing confectioners' sugar Joan	$200 [27] An intellectual an egghead Stephen
$300 [3] 1989's winner of the Kentucky Derby Sunday Silence	$300 [23] The year before 1 A.D. 1 B.C. Bruce	$300 [19] The title of a 1969 hit by Tommy James & the Shondells combined this color with "Clover" crimson Stephen	$300 [8] This island was first called Van Diemen's Land Tasmania Stephen	$300 [13] Type of holiday pie that might use ox heart in addition to raisins, citron, currants, cherries, etc. mincemeat pie Joan	$300 [28] Cylinders of dough filled with chopped vegetables, or an Eastertime event at the White House an egg roll Joan
$400 [4] In a new version of "The Threepenny Opera", Sting plays this "Mack the Knife" character Macheath	$400 [24] A tropical year is defined as the period of time from one of these spring events to the next a vernal equinox Stephen	$400 [20] "The moon was all aglow and heaven was in your eyes the night that you told me" these "Little White Lies" Stephen	$400 [9] If you take a "Sheila" to a "shivoo", you've done this take a girl to a dance (or a party) Joan	$400 [14] When making these French rolls, place the small dough ball on the large one to create the topknot brioche Joan Stephen	—
$500 [5] This president of the Remington Shaver company liked the New England Patriots so much, he bought the team Victor Kiam Bruce	$500 [25] Sidereal time is time measured in relation to these the stars Stephen	DD $500 [21] Playedhereby Mantovani, this classic was a rock 'n' roll hit in the '50s, '60s & '70s:Instrumental music plays. "Deep Purple" Stephen	$500 [10] Australia gets its name from the Latin word with this meaning southern land (south) Bruce	$500 [15] Meaning sticky, it's the tough elastic protein in flour that gives bread dough cohesiveness gluten Joan	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	QUOTES	NATIONAL PARKS	PLANTS	CELEBRITY BOOKS	OPERA
$200 [1] During most of the 34 years he lived in London, his friend & partner, Engels, lived in Manchester Karl Marx Bruce	$200 [7] In the nursery rhyme, it's what you tell to "go away, come again another day" rain Joan	$200 [10] There's a statue honoring these men who fought at Lexington & Concord at a nat'l historic park in Mass. the Minutemen Joan	$200 [18] Sir Walter Raleigh imported these tubers from America & planted the 1st crop in Ireland on his estate potatoes Bruce	$200 [3] Chapter 1 of his book "Mort! Mort! Mort! No Place to Hide" is entitled "Loudmouth" Morton Downey (Jr.) Bruce Stephen	$600 [27] The first person on stage in this Leoncavallo opera is Tonio, a clown Pagliacci Bruce
$400 [2] Ironically, in his youth this English king had been dubbed by the pope "Defender of the Faith" Henry VIII Joan	$400 [8] In 18th century France it was said that "one must not be more royalist than" this person the king Joan	$400 [14] In 1988 this national park's Old Faithful Inn survived the worst fires in the park's 116-year history Yellowstone Bruce	$400 [19] Egyptians not only made paper from this plant, they made ropes, mats & sandals, too papyrus Joan	$400 [13] Marlene Dietrich wrote her autobiography "Marlene" in this language German Bruce	$800 [26] The libretto for his "Salome" was taken from a poem written in French by Oscar Wilde Richard Strauss
$600 [4] Water from the Euphrates was mechanically lifted high up to irrigate its trees, shrubs & flowers the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Bruce Stephen	$600 [9] "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" is his self-composed epitaph W.C. Fields Bruce	$800 [16] National park where you'll see the nation's oldest mountains including Clingman's Dome, the park's highest the Great Smokies Stephen	$600 [21] Arizona's largest cash crop; it grows more than Alabama & Georgia combined cotton Joan	$600 [20] Late comedienne who dedicated her book "It's Always Something" "To my dear husband Gene Wilder" Gilda Radner Stephen	—
$800 [5] In '60 his Israeli captors sent a coded cablegram to Ben-Gurion that read, "The monster is in chains" (Adolf) Eichmann Joan	$800 [11] This speaker of the House who resigned in 1961 is credited with the comment "To get along, go along" Sam Rayburn Bruce	$1,000 [17] Lehman Caves are a feature of Great Basin National Park, near Ely in this state Nevada Bruce	$1,000 [23] Common name for the Gramineae family of plants which includes all the grains the grasses	$800 [25] "Smokey Inside My Life" is about his life, not Smokey the Bear's Smokey Robinson Joan	—
$1,000 [6] Descartes, Rousseau & Locke were among the leaders of this age that was also called "The Enlightenment" the Age of Reason Stephen	$1,000 [12] In the section of "The Prophet" on marriage, he wrote, "Let there be spaces in your togetherness" Kahlil Gibran Joan	DD $2,000 [15] It's the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the continental U.S. Everglades (National Park) Bruce	DD $1,200 [22] When these shrubs are grown in alkaline soil, their flowers are usually pink; in acid soil, blue hydrangeas Joan	$1,000 [24] Maureen Donaldson remembers her affair with this actor in "An Affair to Remember" Cary Grant	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE OSCARS

Of Cecil B. De Mille's 70 films, only this non-Biblical one won "Best Picture"

The Greatest Show on Earth

Stephen "What is Ben Hur?" — wagered $0

Joan "What is the Greatest Show" — wagered $6,000

Bruce "What is Johnny Belinda" — wagered $4,200

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