Show #1464 1991-01-03 (taped 1990-10-08) Regular

Jonathan Jacobs game 5.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Jerry Standlee — an air traffic controller from Fort Worth, Texas

Jeff Krauss — a swimming pool cleaner from Vero Beach, Florida

Jonathan Jacobs — an operations research analyst originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 4-day cash winnings total $61,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jonathan	$-100	$900	$8,000	$200 2nd place	$6,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Jeff	$1,300	$1,100	$7,900	$0 3rd place	$6,500 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jerry	$100	$1,500	$1,100	$1,000 New champion: $1,000	$1,700 12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	THE SKIN	SPORTS	LONDON LANDMARKS	KIDDIE LIT	PRODUCTS THAT CLEAN UP
$100 [11] Ironically, Horace Greeley disapproved of this 1867 purchase Alaska Jerry	$100 [13] Though teens spend millions on various products, there's no complete cure for this skin ailment acne Jerry	$100 [4] In golf, this stretch of closely mowed grass extends from the tee to the green the fairway Jeff	$100 [1] In 1066 William the Conqueror started a tradition of monarchs being crowned here Westminster Abbey Jerry	$100 [21] The British novelist Eric Knight wrote only one children's book, the story of this collie Lassie Jonathan	$300 [26] Floating soap invented when a workman in a Proctor & Gamble plant introduced air bubbles into a batch Ivory Jerry
$200 [12] Idaho Sen. William Borah led the fight against Wilson to keep us from joining this & the world court the League of Nations Jonathan	$200 [16] A normal human will lose about 50 to 100 of these a day hairs Jonathan	$200 [5] Anne Donovan, Cheryl Miller & Lynette Woodard were college All-Americans in this team sport basketball Jeff	$200 [2] No. 11 on this London street is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Downing Street Jonathan	$200 [22] This 1865 Mary Mapes Dodge classic is about Hans & Gretel, not Hansel & Gretel Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates Jerry	$400 [27] Ads said this muscular man could get rid of dirt & grime & grease in just a minute Mr. Clean Jeff
$300 [14] On December 12, 1937 the Japanese sank the U.S. gunboat Panay while it was in this country China Jeff	$300 [17] They're a modified form of skin tissue hardened by keratin & they never stop growing the nails Jonathan	$300 [6] Boston stadium where you can see the Green Monster Fenway Park Jeff	$300 [3] For centuries, the Chief Warder has locked its gates each night at 10 the Tower of London Jeff	$300 [23] "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" author whose maiden name was Kate Smith Kate Douglas Wiggin	$500 [28] Invented in 1886, this cleanser hasn't scratched yet Bon Ami Jonathan
$400 [15] A Cabinet-level department since 1829, in 1971 Nixon made it an independent organization the Postal Service Jonathan	$400 [18] Sweat is odorless until it's acted upon by these on the surface of your skin bacteria Jerry	$400 [7] When this Chicago Bear running back retired in 1987, he had a career record 110 rushing TDs Walter Payton Jeff	$500 [10] An 1844 review said, it"wasn't justified by utility when almost every mechanic carries a watch" Big Ben Jeff	$400 [24] He was found wearing a tag that said, "Please look after this bear. Thank you" Paddington Jeff Jerry	—
$500 [20] In 1794 this Chief Justice negotiated a treaty with Britain covering commerce & frontier posts John Jay Jerry	$500 [19] In general, permanent ones of these are best taken from yourself or an identical twin skin grafts Jonathan Jeff Jerry	$500 [8] In 1990, this 19-year-old American became the youngest man to win the U.S. Open tennis title (Pete) Sampras Jonathan Jeff Jerry	DD $600 [9] Hyde, Green & Regent's are parks; Berkeley, Russell & Grosvenor, these squares Jerry	$500 [25] She wrote about bad animals in "The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit" & "The Tale of 2 Bad Mice" Beatrix Potter	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

FROM THE LATIN	WORLD CAPITALS	THE 1970s	NOVELS	RULERS	CAVES
$200 [8] Latin for "foster child", it means a pupil in England & a graduate in the United States alumnus Jonathan Jeff	$200 [1] In 1521, followers of Ponce de Leon founded this Puerto Rican capital San Juan Jeff	$200 [6] Steve Lawrence threw the first dice inaugurating legal casino gambling in this state New Jersey Jeff	$200 [17] Chapter 1 of this John Hersey novel tells us, "Invasion had come to the town of Adano" A Bell for Adano Jeff	$200 [26] The Incan emperor was considered a descendant of the god of this heavenly body the sun Jonathan Jeff	$200 [15] It's the only national park in Kentucky Mammoth Cave Jeff
$400 [9] It means before any war, but in America has come to mean before our Civil War antebellum Jerry	$400 [2] Poetically, it's called Dunedin, the Gaelic form of its name Edinburgh Jonathan	$400 [7] For the 150th anniversary of its independence, this country got the remains of Emperor Pedro I from Portugal Brazil Jonathan	$400 [18] At the beginning of this Henryk Sienkiewicz novel, Petronius is recovering from one of Nero's feasts Quo Vadis Jeff	$400 [27] In 1821, this ex-emperor said, "I die before my time, killed by the English oligarchy & its hired assassins" Napoleon Jonathan	$400 [22] When they meet inside a cave, a column may be formed stalactites & stalagmites Jonathan
$600 [10] It means work, especially a composer's work an opus Jeff	$600 [3] In the 900s, the Moors built a fortress called Majrit on the site of what is now this capital Madrid Jonathan	$800 [12] This one-time Tennessee schoolteacher died in Louisiana on October 21, 1970 at the age of 70 (John) Scopes Jonathan	$600 [19] Completes the title of Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel, "Enemies..." A Love Story	$600 [28] Michael, the exiled king of this eastern European country, is the grandson of Greece's King Constantine I Romania Jonathan Jerry	$600 [23] This blue cheese is aged in caves near Toulouse in France Roquefort Jonathan
$800 [13] A bookplate phrase, meaning "from the library of" ex libris Jonathan	$800 [4] This city itself covers only about 15 square miles on the island of Luzon Manila Jonathan Jeff Jerry	$1,000 [16] In 1970 Lon Nol took control of this country in a coup Cambodia Jeff	$800 [20] Her novel "Mistral's Daughter" is about an artist & the women in his life (Judith) Krantz Jerry	$800 [29] In May 1801 the Pasha of Tripoli, dissatisfied with his tribute, declared war on this country the United States Jonathan	$800 [24] Discovery made in a cave near Chukutien, China in the 1920s Peking Man Jerry
$1,000 [14] This two-word phrase, meaning "behold the man", can mean a picture of Christ with his crown of thorns ecce homo Jonathan	$1,000 [5] In the summer the Gai Jatra, or Festival of the Cow, is celebrated in this capital of Nepal Kathmandu Jeff	DD $2,000 [11] Le Duc Tho declined the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, but he accepted it Henry Kissinger Jeff	$1,000 [21] "Breaking the Rules" is the last chapter of John Irving's novel about these rules The Cider House Rules Jonathan	DD $2,100 [30] Queen Anne succeeded to the British throne in 1702 because this couple left no children William & Mary Jonathan	$1,000 [25] The ancient Greeks gave this name to cave-dwelling people troglodytes Jeff Jerry

Final Jeopardy!

BIBLICAL QUOTES

It comes between "Ask, and it shall be given you" & "Knock, and it shall be opened unto you"

"Seek, and you shall find"

Jerry "What is?" — wagered $100

Jeff "What is pray & you shall be blessed?" — wagered $7,900

Jonathan "What is" — wagered $7,800

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