Show #1477 1991-01-22 (taped 1990-10-15) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Mark Parthemer — an attorney and bookseller originally from Portland, Oregon

Elaine Bloom — a writer from Maplewood, New Jersey

Mary Anderson — a story editor from Santa Monica, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary	$200	$2,200	$3,400	$6,799 3rd place	$3,400 18 R, 5 W
Elaine	$400	$2,000	$4,200	$8,400 2nd place	$6,500 16 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Mark	$-300	$1,000	$10,400	$12,399 New champion: $12,399	$10,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

1956	COLORS	ALASKA	BASEBALL	NURSERY RHYMES	BARBARA STANWYCK
$100 [7] In February, at the 20th Communist Party Congress, he delivered the secret speech about Stalin's excesses Khrushchev Elaine	$100 [25] The cerulean shade of this has been compared to the color of the sky on a bright, cloudless day blue Mark	$100 [2] In 1974, Alaskans voted to replace this city as the capital, but changed their minds in 1982 Juneau Mary	$100 [1] In the past, the NL team in this city was called the Doves, the Redcaps & the Beaneaters Boston Mark	$100 [30] It's what Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Mary	$100 [12] First name of the suffering mom Stanwyck played in 1937 & Bette Midler played in the 1990 remake Stella Mary
$200 [8] After a 10-year test in July, it was reported that this reduced tooth decay in children fluoride (or fluoridation) Elaine	$200 [21] You don't have to be a shrinking one of these to wear the floral hue of the same name violet Mary	$200 [17] It comprises most of the state's commercial fishing catch salmon Elaine	$200 [3] He was not only the first Black pitcher in the AL, but the oldest man to play in the majors Satchel Paige Mary	$200 [26] It's what "Ladybug, ladybug" is told to do "fly away home" Mary	$200 [13] Stanwyck lusted after Richard Chamberlain in this miniseries & won an Emmy The Thornbirds Mary
DD $300 [9] In 1956, this group had its first number one hit with the following:"Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender / Pretending that I'm doing well..." The Platters Elaine	$300 [22] The color of the rabbit Alice chased down the rabbit hole white Elaine	$300 [18] A National Historical park in Skagway preserves buildings associated with this 1890s event the gold rush Mary	$300 [4] He became the first Yankee to have his number retired after he said goodbye to Yankee Stadium July 4, 1939 Lou Gehrig Mary	$300 [27] It's the crime committed by Tom Tom, the piper's son stole a pig Mark	$300 [14] This handsome leading man, Stanwyck's second & last husband, was Garbo's co-star in "Camille" Robert Taylor Elaine
$400 [10] Norodom Suramarit replaced this man, his son, as King of Cambodia Prince (Norodom) Sihanouk Elaine	$400 [24] Someone of royal blood is described as being born to this color purple Elaine	$400 [19] Alaska's official motto is "North to" this the future Elaine	$400 [5] If you forfeit a baseball game, the score goes into the books as this 9-0 Mary Mark	$400 [28] When Polly does this, we'll all have tea put the kettle on Mark	$400 [15] The title of this classic 1944 film noir refers to an insurance policy Double Indemnity Mary
$500 [11] Bert Lahr played Estragon & E.G. Marshall Vladimir in this Beckett play on Broadway Waiting for Godot Mary	$500 [23] Absinthe, apple & beryl are all shades of this green Mary Elaine	$500 [20] The oil field at this Arctic Bay is the largest in North America Prudhoe Bay Mary Mark	$500 [6] Since 1959, center field fences in new Major League ballparks must be at least this far from home plate 400 Mary	$500 [29] As the king was counting out his money, the queen was in the parlor doing this eating bread & honey Mary	$500 [16] Stanwyck played a bedridden heiress marked for murder in this 1948 suspense film Sorry, Wrong Number Elaine

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	THE BIBLE	METALS	HISTORIC SITES	ROYALTY	"EX" MARKS THE SPOT
$200 [10] Mark Twain called him "the juvenile pariah of the village, son of the town drunkard" Huckleberry Finn Mark	$200 [16] Mary wrapped Jesus in these clothes & laid him in a manger swaddling clothes Elaine	$200 [6] In the United States, seawater extraction is the source of much of this light metal, symbol Mg magnesium Mark	$200 [1] His laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey is preserved & contains the first phonograph made Edison Mary	$200 [20] Count Grigory Orlov not only led the coup that placed her on the Russian throne, he was one of her lovers Catherine the Great Mark	$200 [26] The surrender of an individual by a state or country to another in which he is charged with a crime extradition Elaine
$400 [11] Shaw wrote a comedy about the conversion of this pirate captain Captain Brassbound	$400 [17] This son of Adam built a city in the land of Nod & named it for his son Enoch Cain Mary Elaine	$400 [7] The Bessemer process makes this alloy out of pig iron steel Mark	$400 [2] Baltimore's Flag House is the site where Mary Pickersgill made the banner that flew here Fort McHenry Mark	$400 [21] King Leopold II of this country was criticized harshly for his exploitation of the Congo Belgium Mary	$400 [27] In horse racing, you win this bet by correctly choosing the first & second place winners exacta Mark
$600 [12] Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbor, he was a bootlegger & gambler Jay Gatsby Mary	$600 [18] The 23rd Psalm says that "thou preparest a table before me in the presence of" these people mine enemies Mark	$600 [8] From 1898, when the Curies discovered it, until 1954, only about five pounds of this metal was produced radium Mark	$600 [3] It declared its independence from Mexico at Washington-on-the-Brazos, March 2, 1836 Texas Mary	$600 [22] This country's King Christian X inspired its resistance to World War II German occupation Denmark Elaine	$600 [28] A person appointed to carry out a will is called this an executor Mark
$800 [13] Schoolmaster with a long snipe nose who liked to pass the time with the old Dutch wives Ichabod Crane Mark	$1,000 [23] She was both a prophetess & a judge of Israel Deborah Elaine	$800 [9] Modern pewter no longer contains this metal because of its toxicity lead Mary	$800 [4] The British erected a monument at Kealakekua, Hawaii, where this explorer was killed Captain Cook Elaine	$1,000 [25] Prince Louis-Napoleon, the only son of Napoleon III & this empress, died fighting in the Zulu War Eugénie Mark	$800 [29] Latin for "ever upward", it's New York State's motto Excelsior Mark
$1,000 [14] It's said that this governor in "All the King's Men" was based on Huey Long Willie Stark	DD $1,200 [19] In the book of Mark, Jesus calmed this body of water & walked upon it the Sea of Galilee Mark	$1,000 [15] A compound of this lightest metal has been found effective in treating manic depressives lithium Elaine	$1,000 [5] A historic site in Greeneville, Tennessee includes the restored homes & tailor shop of this president Andrew Johnson Mary Mark	DD $2,000 [24] This King of England died unexpectedly in 1216; one rumor said a monk poisoned him King John Elaine	$1,000 [30] The 3 in (x+y)3, for example the exponent Mark

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

In 1935 this country officially changed its name to one that means "Land of the Aryans"

Persia (or Iran)

Mary "What is Persia?" — wagered $3,399

Elaine "What is Persia?" — wagered $4,200

Mark "What is Persia?" — wagered $1,999

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