Show #1461 1990-12-31 (taped 1990-10-08) Regular

Jonathan Jacobs game 2.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Robert McIver — an attorney from Greensboro, North Carolina

Meg Monahan — a homemaker from Metuchen, New Jersey

Jonathan Jacobs — an operations research analyst originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jonathan	$2,500	$5,100	$14,900	$10,401 2-day champion: $26,301	$11,400 29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Meg	$0	$1,800	$3,200	$0 3rd place	$5,200 15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Robert	$400	$600	$5,200	$3,950 2nd place	$5,200 9 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION	"CAPTAIN"S	CHURCHES	HODGEPODGE	LANGUAGES	GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
$100 [3] This instrument of execution invented for the revolution was used in France until 1977 the guillotine Jonathan	$100 [10] Some of his treasure was recovered in 1699 on Gardiners Island off Long Island Captain Kidd Jonathan Meg	$100 [15] From the Latin for "raised place", originally it was where offerings were placed or sacrificed an altar Meg	$100 [21] If this North Carolina capital spelled its name like the courtier it was named for did, it wouldn't contain an I Raleigh Jonathan	$100 [1] Plattdeutsch & Hochdeutsch are considered the two principal forms of this language German Jonathan	$100 [7] Turner Entertainment is planning to do this to the first 36 episodes; hey, they're not Citizen Kane colorize Jonathan
$200 [20] This national anthem was first sung in Paris by patriots storming the Tuileries "The Marseillaise" Jonathan Meg	$200 [11] Comic book character Billy Batson says "Shazam!" to change into this superhero Captain Marvel Jonathan Robert	$200 [16] They're small churches often used for weddings, funerals or private worship chapels Robert	$200 [22] There's a mermaid festival in this state & an egg festival, but so far there's no Dan Quayle Festival Indiana Meg	$200 [2] The Irish government uses these 2 languages for business English & Gaelic Robert	$200 [8] When the gang turned ugly duckling Eva Grubb into a beauty, she looked just like this character Ginger Jonathan Meg
$300 [23] During the WWII occupation the French did not celebrate July 14th, which commemorates this event storming of the Bastille Meg	$300 [12] Captain Bligh wouldn't tell the Tahitians that this English explorer had been killed in Hawaii Captain Cook Jonathan	$300 [17] Here is the church, & here is this tower & spire combination a steeple Jonathan	$300 [26] Late Norwegian who titled her autobiography "Wings on My Feet", not "Skates on My Feet" Sonja Henie Jonathan	$300 [4] Isaac Bashevis Singer was the first Nobel Prize-winning author to write in this Jewish language Yiddish Meg	$300 [9] In 1964, a U.S. Coast Guard commander gave the show's producer telegrams he got requesting this rescue the people on Gilligan's Island
$400 [24] He tried to escape, but was recognized from his picture on French paper money King Louis XVI Meg	$400 [13] Peter Fonda's nickname in "Easy Rider" Captain America Robert	$500 [19] This cathedral attached to the doge's Palace is named for the patron saint of Venice St. Mark Meg	—	$400 [5] The ancient love manual the Kama Sutra was written in this language from which Hindi developed Sanskrit Jonathan	—
$500 [25] Jacques-Louis David painted the famous portrait of this revolutionary stabbed in his bath Marat Meg	$500 [14] In Herman Wouk's book, "The Caine Mutiny", the crew rebels against this tyrant Captain Queeg Jonathan	DD $1,700 [18] Famous signal lanterns were once hung there, & the oldest colonial peal of bells is still there the Old North Church Jonathan	—	$500 [6] This Chinese dialect, not Mandarin, is the one commonly used in Hong Kong Cantonese Jonathan	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE PLANETS	FAMOUS WOMEN	HERBS & SPICES	MONARCHS	NAME THE NOVEL	SEVEN WONDERS
$200 [2] Some believe that this small planet was originally a satellite of Neptune Pluto Meg	$200 [5] She was a university professor before she became a Soviet first lady in 1985 Raisa Gorbacheva Meg	$200 [20] Herb whose name comes from the Greek for sacrifice, thymon, from its use in incense thyme Jonathan	$200 [14] 21-year-old Ibn Saud left Kuwait in 1901 with 40 camelmen & went on to found this country Saudi Arabia Jonathan	$200 [1] "I beheld the wretch, the miserable monster whom I had created" Frankenstein Jonathan	$200 [10] The first of the 7 wonders to be built the Great Pyramid (the Pyramids of Egypt) Meg
$400 [3] The two main highland areas of this planet are Ishtar Terra & Aphrodite Terra Venus Jonathan Robert	$400 [6] After her death in 1952, followers of this Argentine first lady tried to have her canonized Eva Peron Jonathan	$400 [21] Mace & this eggnog flavoring are major exports of Grenada nutmeg Meg	$400 [18] Great Britain's House of Tudor ended with this queen's death in 1603 Queen Elizabeth I Robert	$400 [4] "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" Animal Farm Meg	$400 [15] In the Middle Ages the Arabs replaced its beacon with a small mosque the lighthouse at Alexandria Jonathan Meg
$600 [7] One theory holds that this planet's two moons are captured asteroids Mars Jonathan	$600 [11] After starring in a 1919 film about her life, she & Anne Sullivan toured in a vaudeville act Helen Keller Meg	$600 [25] Gravlax is salmon flavored with the leaves of this plant whose seeds often flavor pickles dill Jonathan	$600 [19] The small country of Brunei is led by Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, who has this title the Sultan of Brunei Jonathan	$600 [24] "Please, sir, I want some more" Oliver Twist Jonathan	$600 [16] Ancient writers described them as a series of terraces rising along the Euphrates River the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Jonathan
$800 [8] Not surprisingly, this planet has the strongest magnetic field of any in the solar system Jupiter Jonathan	$1,000 [13] Charmed by her work in "Rodeo", Rodgers & Hammerstein asked her to choreograph "Oklahoma" Agnes de Mille Meg	$800 [26] This aromatic herb is the leaf of a laurel tree a bay leaf Robert	$800 [22] The Pahlavi dynasty ruled this country for just 54 years, from 1925 to 1979 Iran Meg	$800 [27] "They were careless people, Tom & Daisy" The Great Gatsby Jonathan	$1,000 [30] The temple at Ephesus was dedicated to this goddess of the hunt Diana (or Artemis) Robert
$1,000 [9] At first, William Herschel wanted to call it Georgium Sidus after George III of England Uranus Jonathan	DD $2,000 [12] In 1946, she & her husband founded a cosmetics company that introduced the Clinique line Estée Lauder Meg	$1,000 [28] This spice flavors Red Hot candies cinnamon Robert	$1,000 [23] During his war with Sweden in 1701, this czar ordered the church bells be melted & made into cannons Peter the Great Robert	$1,000 [29] "At the thought of seeing Lara once more, his heart leapt for joy" Doctor Zhivago Jonathan	DD $3,000 [17] Said to be 105 feet tall, this bronze statue of Helios overlooked an island harbor the Colossus of Rhodes Jonathan

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS

The American Professional Football Association, which became the NFL in 1922, was organized in 1920 in this city

Canton, Ohio

Meg "What is Chicago?" — wagered $3,200

Robert "What is Chicago?" — wagered $1,250

Jonathan "What is Chicago?" — wagered $4,499

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