Show #1306 1990-04-16 (taped 1989-12-03) Regular

Missing player introductions.

Contestants

Steve Mueller — an agency manager from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tom Bowman — an attorney from Kansas City KCTV audition

Jeff Liebowitz — an attorney and writer from Marina del Rey, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$1,500	$2,800	$4,800	$9,590 3rd place: Gibson Epiphone guitar & NES with Family & Junior editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune	$4,800 15 R, 1 W
Tom	$1,000	$3,100	$6,900	$13,799 2nd place: Software City 286 computer & Kraco portable auto alarm	$6,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve	$300	$400	$11,600	$15,000 New champion: $15,000	$8,800 17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CIRCUS MOVIES	POTPOURRI	HISTORIC NAMES	CAPITAL CITIES	FAMOUS JONESES	LIGHTS
$100 [2] In the classic Disney film, Dumbo's ability to do this makes him a circus sensation fly Tom	$100 [3] He could have used his middle name, but "Snavely's, the great American chocolate bar" doesn't work Hershey Steve	$100 [15] One of them was called John XIX & one was John XXI, but there's no record of a John XX a pope Jeff	$100 [18] The name of this West German capital sounds "good" in French Bonn Jeff	$100 [25] He was commissioned a Lieut. in the Continental Navy 7 months before we declared our independence John Paul Jones Steve	$100 [26] A firework on a stick that burns slowly & gives off a shower of incandescent particles a sparkler Tom
$200 [4] Betty Hutton performed many of her own aerial stunts in this 1952 circus epic The Greatest Show on Earth Jeff	$200 [6] This "masked" creature is known for seeming to wash its food a raccoon Tom	$200 [1] Last name shared by abolitionist Harriet & long-time Liberian Pres. William Tubman Steve	$200 [16] The Vigeland Sculpture Park & Museum in this Norwegian city has been called both "obscene" & "unforgettable" Oslo Tom	$200 [21] This pastor was chairman of the S.F. Municipal Housing Authority before he moved to Guyana in 1977 Jim Jones Tom	$200 [27] A light that turns on & off to indicate a message or warning, it's also slang for an eye a blinker
$300 [5] He played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" W.C. Fields Tom	$300 [7] Man's name formed by the first letters of 3 consecutive colors in the rainbow Roy Jeff	$300 [8] She made death masks during the Reign of Terror, & later founded a wax museum Madame Tussaud Tom	$400 [19] In 1968 this city's "Spring" lasted until August when Warsaw Pact troops invaded Prague Jeff	$300 [22] After retiring in 1930, this golfer co-founded the Augusta National Golf Club Bobby Jones Jeff	$300 [28] The lights Hanukkah commemorates were in this building the temple in Jerusalem
$400 [11] The elephant stole the show in this Doris Day musical based on Billy Rose's stage spectacular Jumbo Steve	$400 [13] Supposed hiding places for his treasure include Block Island, R.I. & Deer Island, Me. Captain Kidd Tom Steve	$400 [9] His book about Jesus made him famous long before he built a hospital in Africa Albert Schweitzer Jeff	$500 [20] As late as '24 this Mongolian city was the seat of the religious leader known as the "living Buddha" Ulan Bator Jeff	$400 [23] He's considered the founder of the English school of classical architecture Inigo Jones	$400 [29] Formerly a lighted wick used to touch off a cannon, its name is from the Greek "myxa", lamp wick a match
$500 [12] This former circus acrobat got to play a circus acrobat in the 1956 film "Trapeze" Burt Lancaster Tom	$500 [14] College buildings surround a quad, & a church's bldgs. surround one of these courtyards a cloister	$500 [10] As a child, he was a clerk in a countinghouse; in 1789, at age 34, he was Treasury Sec'y of the U.S. Alexander Hamilton Jeff	DD $600 [17] This South American city was founded in 1537 & dedicated on August 15, the feast day of the Assumption Asunción Tom	$500 [24] He played Volkswagen owner Jim Douglas in 2 "Love Bug" films & a TV series Dean Jones Tom	$500 [30] Automobile headlight containing a tungsten filament & a gas such as iodine a quartz halogen lamp Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	WORLD WAR II	MODERN NOVELS	MEXICO	THE BODY HUMAN	FAMILIAR PHRASES
$200 [4] She died in 1818, so she never knew that her son became president Abigail Adams Jeff	$200 [21] The armistice ending World War II in the Pacific was signed for the Allies by this general General MacArthur Jeff	$200 [1] This futuristic Orwell novel takes place about 6 years ago 1984 Tom	$200 [28] A remnant of the Aztec culture still in use today is Nahuatl, which is this a language Steve	$200 [2] Shock is characterized by a dangerous reduction in the flow of this blood Tom	$200 [17] In the game of Kelly pool it's unlucky to find your cue ball behind this one the 8 ball Steve
$400 [5] She received a B.A. in theatre from Smith College in 1943 Nancy Reagan Steve	$400 [22] Second to Hitler in power, this former WWI combat pilot was in command of Germany's Luftwaffe Göring Jeff	$400 [6] "Noble House" is his "tribute to her Britannic majesty, Elizabeth II" & "the people of... Hong Kong" (James) Clavell Tom	$400 [24] Mexicali is the capital of the northern portion of this; La Paz, the southern the Baja California Steve	$400 [3] The largest & most developed part of the brain the cerebrum Jeff	$400 [16] A sprinter who leaves his mark before the starter fires his pistol is said to do this jump the gun Tom
$600 [13] The 1989 Miss America pageant gave its first Achievement Award to this Chicago-born first lady Betty Ford Steve	$600 [23] This nation was the first in the Western Hemisphere to enter the war Canada Steve	$600 [10] His novel "The Walking Drum" is set in 12th c. Europe, tho he usually wrote about the American West Louis L'Amour Steve	$800 [26] Starting in the 1540s Creoles, Europeans born in Mexico, formed estates called these haciendas Steve	$600 [7] Hodgkin's disease is a cancer of this system the lymph system Tom	$600 [18] In Siam, if the king gave you one of these huge animals, you couldn't put it to work or give it away a white elephant Tom Steve
$800 [14] She was the first first lady who was older than her husband Martha Washington Steve	$800 [29] Under this 1941 act the president could transfer ships & war materials to the Allies & defer payment the Lend-Lease Act Jeff	$800 [11] She wrote "Bellefleur" & "A Bloodsmoor Romance" Joyce Carol Oates	DD $1,000 [25] His tenure as president was interrupted by the Emperor Maximilian (Benito) Juarez Steve	$800 [8] An angioplasty is a procedure that uses a balloon catheter to open these arteries Tom	$800 [19] The loose head of a woodsman's ax provided this phrase's origin, meaning "to suddenly lose self-control" to fly off the handle Tom
DD $3,400 [15] 20th c. first lady whose father had a presidential name: Thomas Jefferson Taylor Lady Bird Johnson Steve	$1,000 [30] This S. European country routed its Italian invaders, so Germany felt obligated to attack it Greece Jeff	$1,000 [12] "The Crystal Cave" was the first novel in her "Merlin" trilogy Mary Stewart Steve	$1,000 [27] It's the official name of the country in English the United States of Mexico Steve	$1,000 [9] An MRI is a machine that creates images by resonations induced in this type of field a magnetic field Tom	$1,000 [20] Theodore Roosevelt coined this term that refers to the extremely radical members of a group the lunatic fringe Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

BASEBALL

This major league manager was born July 30, 1890 in Kansas City, Missouri

Casey Stengel

Jeff "Who is Casey Stengel" — wagered $4,790

Tom "Who is Casey Stengel?" — wagered $6,899

Steve "Who is Casey Stengel?" — wagered $3,400

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