Show #1473 1991-01-16 (taped 1990-10-10) Regular

Lois Kurowski game 3.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Grinnell Almy — a programmer and analyst from Santa Monica, California

Rick Rosner — a bar bouncer originally from Boulder, Colorado

Lois Kurowski — a doctoral student from Elkhart, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lois	$1,100	$2,100	$10,700	$14,700 3-day champion: $44,100	$10,900 24 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Rick	$1,000	$2,500	$6,750	$10,760 2nd place	$6,500 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Grinnell	$400	$1,800	$2,200	$0 3rd place	$3,200 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"M"s ON THE MAP	FAMOUS COUPLES	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	LITERATURE	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	DUELING
$100 [10] Wisconsin's two largest cities are both M's, Milwaukee & this Madison Grinnell	$100 [1] She co-starred in the 1966 series "Shane" before she married Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Lois	$100 [5] Used for measuring precious stones, it was originally the weight of a seed of the carob tree carat Lois	$100 [7] This Scottish novelist created a guy named Guy Mannering Sir Walter Scott Lois Rick	$100 [19] Bush said he doesn't like it; his mother made him eat it, & he's president & doesn't have to eat it any more broccoli Grinnell	$100 [24] Traditionally, this person makes the choice of weapons the person who is challenged Rick Grinnell
$200 [11] The largest tributary of the Hudson River, it's named for an Indian tribe Mohawk	$200 [2] On screen, she was married to the mob; off screen, she was married to Peter Horton of "thirty something" Michelle Pfeiffer Lois	$200 [15] It can mean 100 pounds of nails or a cask of 30 gallons or less of beer a keg Rick Grinnell	$200 [8] The last two characters this author killed off were Captain Vere & Billy Budd Herman Melville Rick	$200 [22] "The Presidents: Tidbits & Trivia" book lists hundreds of places George Washington did this slept here Grinnell	$200 [25] A dueler's assistant, his job is to make the duel as harmless as possible a second Grinnell
$300 [12] It's the state Downeasters call home Maine Lois	$300 [3] Mario Cuomo's son Andrew & Carrie Kennedy, this man's daughter, married in 1990 Robert F. Kennedy Lois	$300 [16] Once a container for measuring grain, it's now one quarter of a bushel a peck Grinnell	$300 [9] The country in Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country" South Africa Grinnell	$300 [23] This eldest daughter of Grover Cleveland had a candy bar named for her (Baby) Ruth Rick	DD $200 [29] In 1804, this state hosted the Hamilton-Burr duel New Jersey Lois
$400 [20] Because it's so small in area, no passenger cars are allowed on this Michigan resort Island Mackinac Island Lois	$400 [4] This ex-"Dallas" star & beauty book author is the wife of a plastic surgeon, Dr. Harry Glassman Victoria Principal Rick	$400 [17] Firewood is usually sold in these units, which are 8' x 4' x 4' a cord Grinnell	$400 [13] In "Through the Looking Glass", there are white & red kings, queens, pawns & these the knights	$400 [26] In August 1927 he passed out slips of paper saying, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928" Coolidge Rick	$300 [27] According to "Collier's Encyclopedia", during the first duels with pistols, the combatants sat on these horses Lois
$500 [21] This Swiss resort city on Lake Geneva hosts a famous international jazz festival Montreux Grinnell	$500 [6] She married fellow cosmonaut Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev in 1963 Valentina Tereshkova Lois	$500 [18] Points & picas are measurements used in this craft typesetting (or printing) Rick	$500 [14] Tom Brown's school days under headmaster Dr. Arnold were at this sporty school Rugby Lois Rick	$500 [28] He chose to run for president in 1928 & was elected Hoover Lois	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS	WEST VIRGINIA	10-LETTER WORDS	FLAGS	THEATER	THE CONFEDERACY
$200 [16] The most dangerous spider native to the U.S.; it's found in nearly every state a black widow Grinnell	$200 [25] West Virginia was the first state to impose this type of tax on business, which it did in 1921 a sales tax Lois	$200 [3] It can be any large city or the specific city in which Superman lives metropolis Lois	$200 [15] The one on Morocco's flag has one less point than the one on Israel's a star Rick	$200 [1] Robert Sherwood's play, "The Petrified Forest", is set in this state, home of the Petrified Forest Arizona Grinnell	$200 [4] A month before the surrender, the Confederate Congress passed a law allowing them to be soldiers Blacks (or slaves) Grinnell
$400 [19] While kangaroo rats are rodents, rat kangaroos belong to this order of mammals marsupials Lois	$400 [26] In 1915, the Supreme Court ordered West Virginia to pay this state $12,393,929.50 Virginia Rick	$600 [13] From the Latin for "shopkeeper", this word is a synonym for druggist or pharmacist apothecary Rick	$400 [18] The flags of each of this country's 6 states have a Union Jack in the upper left Australia Rick	$400 [2] Laura Wingfield is the fragile heroine of this Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie Rick	$400 [6] This song that had been written for the minstrel stage became the Confederacy's unofficial anthem "Dixie" Lois
$600 [20] The most powerful cat in the New World, it feeds on many animals, including tapirs & turtles the jaguar Lois	$600 [27] In 1734, Robert Harper founded this town at the junction of the Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers Harpers Ferry Rick	DD $650 [12] Occupation in the title of the followingsong:"25 dollar 30 now 30 dollar 30 dollar 30 dollar 30 dollar give me a holler 30 dollar who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid?" auctioneer Rick	$600 [23] His wife's nephew, William Todd, designed the original bear flag of California Abraham Lincoln Lois	$600 [5] The ghost of Gertrude Stein returns to this woman in the play "Gertrude Stein and a Companion" Alice B. Toklas Lois	$600 [7] 2 of the 4 cities that served as the Confederate seat of government (2 of) Richmond, Montgomery, Danville & Washington, Georgia Lois
$800 [21] This dog, not the borzoi, is the tallest of all wolfhounds Irish wolfhound Lois Rick	$800 [29] During the 19th century, these 2 cities alternated as state capital, & one of them still is Wheeling & Charleston	$800 [14] A test for determining an item's quality or a film division of Walt Disney Studios touchstone Lois	$800 [24] Weapon seen on the flags of Kenya & Swaziland a spear Rick	DD $1,000 [9] This Pirandello play about the creative process is subtitled, "A Comedy in the Making" Six Characters In Search Of An Author Grinnell	$800 [8] Unlike ours, the Confederate Constitution allowed this type of veto for appropriation bills a line item veto Grinnell
$1,000 [22] The branch of zoology that deals with reptiles & amphibians herpetology Lois	$1,000 [30] The city of Weirton is bordered by Pennsylvania on the east & this state on the west Ohio Lois	$1,000 [17] This word for a tattered, dirty child is from the name of a demon in "Piers Plowman" ragamuffin Lois	$1,000 [28] The inscription on its flag means, "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the prophet of Allah" Saudi Arabia Lois	$1,000 [10] The tragic 1933 play "Blood Wedding" takes place in this country Spain Lois	$1,000 [11] Not surprisingly, there was more turnover in this cabinet post than any other; 6 people held it War Secretary Rick

Final Jeopardy!

OPERA CHARACTERS

This German author is a character in Offenbach's last opera, which was based on his stories

(E.T.A.) Hoffmann

Grinnell "Who is Goethe?" — wagered $2,200

Rick "Who is Hoffmann?" — wagered $4,010

Lois "Who is Hoffmann?" — wagered $4,000

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