Show #1469 1991-01-10 (taped 1990-10-09) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Doug Matthews — an attorney from Columbus, Ohio

Shannon Brahma — a flight attendant originally from Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Shane Pederson — a statistician originally from Fulda, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Shane	$500	$1,800	$7,600	$5,500 2-day champion: $8,700	$7,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Shannon	$1,400	$2,100	$2,700	$5,201 2nd place	$2,700 14 R, 4 W
Doug	$500	$200	$2,600	$2,800 3rd place	$4,600 17 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

1950	FRUIT	SHAKESPEAREAN SERVANTS	MAGAZINES	SICKNESS & HEALTH	EPONYMS
$100 [1] When Margaret's singing was panned, this man said if he "met the critic, he'd need a new nose" Truman Shannon	$100 [21] Because half of its weight is sugar, this palm fruit has been called the candy that grows on trees a date Shane Shannon Doug	$100 [26] When this title character first appears, eunuchs are fanning her Cleopatra Shannon	$100 [7] Features in this magazine include "It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power" & "Laughter, the Best Medicine" Reader's Digest Shane	$100 [2] Those suffering from this inflammation around the vocal cords can be speechless laryngitis Shane	$100 [12] Doozy, a byword for "excellence", comes from this exquisite 1930s roadster Duesenberg Shannon
$200 [3] As UN commander-in-chief in Korea, he announced September 26 that Seoul had fallen MacArthur Shane	$200 [22] This state, formerly noted for its Key limes, now produces very few Florida Shannon	$200 [27] Of Rugby, Hockey, or Cricket, the one who's a servant in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Rugby Shane Doug	$200 [8] Jean Nidetch serves as a consulting editor at this magazine, founded in 1968 Weight Watchers Shannon	$200 [13] This form of arthritis that Henry VIII had often makes the big toe tender gout Shannon	$200 [17] The London police have Sir Robert Peel to thank for this nickname the Bobbies Doug
$300 [4] This senator kept changing the number of card-carrying communists he claimed were in the State Dept. (Joseph) McCarthy Doug	$300 [23] A Georgia man originated a variety of this fruit & named it for his wife Elberta a peach Shannon	$400 [29] These two title Veronese have servants named Launce & Speed the Two Gentlemen of Verona Shane	$300 [9] Holograms of an eagle, of the Earth & of a human skull have appeared on the cover of this magazine National Geographic Doug	$300 [14] In 1918, it killed 20 million, more than twice as many people as WWI the influenza epidemic Shannon	$300 [18] A character in a Daniel Defoe novel gave us this term for a loyal & resourceful assistant a Man Friday Shane Shannon
$400 [5] The French passed a bill aimed at banning this American soft drink Coca-Cola Doug	$400 [24] The Australians greatly prized this green variety of apple, named for an old woman who grew them Granny Smith Shane	$500 [30] His servant, Reynaldo, isn't present when Hamlet stabs him through the arras Polonius Shane	$400 [10] Since 1884, this magazine has been the Bible for Broadway theater goers Playbill Shane	$400 [15] The disease once called consumption because it progressively consumed or wasted the body tuberculosis	$400 [19] This bulky knot for men's ties was associated with & named for England's Edward VIII a Windsor Doug
$500 [6] The 1950 film that tried to prove anything Ethel Merman could do, Betty Hutton could do better Annie Get Your Gun Shannon	$500 [25] Spain & Italy are the top two producers of this fruit, which is too bitter to eat right off the tree olives	DD $1,000 [28] Pindarus is a servant to this lean & hungry guy Cassius Doug	$500 [11] "Circus" magazine is not devoted to the big top, but to this entertainment field rock & roll music Doug	$500 [16] Older women should know that consuming this metallic element can ward off osteoporosis calcium Shane	$500 [20] A 19th c. French acrobat gave his name to this 1-piece garment he designed & wore to show off his physique a leotard Shannon

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICANA	SCIENCE & NATURE	POTPOURRI	HISTORIC NAMES	CITY NICKNAMES	BOOKS ON TAPE
$200 [4] The name of the family who owned the farm on which the Kentucky Derby track was built in the 1870s Churchill Shane	$200 [21] The color of pure marble white	$200 [26] The speed of this is equal to Mach 1 sound Doug	$200 [1] This country had several kings named Kenneth; One of them was Lady Macbeth's grandfather Scotland Doug	$200 [9] Wisconsin city that's called "Beer Capital of the World" Milwaukee Doug	$200 [16] You can catch this kooky comic reading his own book, "Winters' Tales" Jonathan Winters Shannon
$400 [5] Grand Rapids, Minnesota hosts an annual festival in honor of this ruby-slippered star who was born there Judy Garland Doug	$400 [22] The only social insects that have soldiers of both sexes; they love to munch on cellulose termites (white ants) Shane Doug	$400 [27] A 1990 survey named this Minnesota clinic the best hospital in America the Mayo Clinic Shannon	$400 [2] This father of Leif Erikson died in an epidemic around 1000 AD Eric the Red Doug	$400 [10] Gotham New York Doug	$400 [17] "Fear of Flying" author who recorded her own novel of obsession, "Any Woman's Blues" (Erica) Jong Doug
$600 [6] A county in Arizona is named for this 19th century Apache warrior whose name meant "firewood" or "hardwood" Cochise Shannon Doug	$800 [24] Dmitri Mendeleev brought some order into the field of chemistry by devising this the periodic table Shane	$600 [28] This TV show's theme song "Without Us" was sung by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams Family Ties Shannon	$600 [3] The Roman or at or Cicero called this Greek "The Father of History" Herodotus Shane	$600 [11] Bison City Buffalo Doug	$600 [18] This female star of "Dr. Zhivago" reads "The Handmaid's Tale" on tape, darling Julie Christie Doug
$800 [14] Date of which Longfellow said, "Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year" April 18, 1775	DD $1,000 [23] The tusks on a walrus are its upper canines; on an elephant they are this type of tooth incisors Shane	$800 [30] A customer may always be right but should heed the warning "caveat emptor" which means this let the buyer beware Shannon	$800 [7] Daniel Webster was a senator from this state Massachusetts Shannon	$800 [12] Alabama's Gulf City Mobile Shane	DD $1,000 [19] He's the narrator of his own searing account of survival, "Born on the 4th of July" Ron Kovic Doug
$1,000 [15] Legend says this ornery keelboatman was shot to death after killing one of his friends Mike Fink Doug	$1,000 [25] Formed from cooling lava, it's the most abundant volcanic rock basalt Doug	$1,000 [29] According to Sigmund Freud, they're the three major divisions of the human personality the id, ego & superego Shane	$1,000 [8] This magnificent sultan drove the Knights of St. John out of Rhodes in 1522 Suleiman (the Magnificent) Doug	$1,000 [13] Palmetto City Charleston	$1,000 [20] John Malkovich fans can listen to him read this author's book, "The Accidental Tourist" Anne Tyler Shane

Final Jeopardy!

THE EMMYS

This actress, whose father was the first president of the TV Academy, won her first 2 Emmys in 1989 & 1990

Candice Bergen

Doug "Who is Candice Bergen?" — wagered $200

Shannon "Who is Candice Bergen?" — wagered $2,501

Shane "Who is" — wagered $2,100

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