Show #1538 1991-04-17 (taped 1991-02-13) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

David Combs — an electrical engineer from Long Beach, California

Jerry de Jager — a management consultant from Los Gatos, California

Burt Albert — a lawyer from Salem, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $39,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Burt	$-100	$-900	$-2,700	$-2,700 3rd place	$-2,700 6 R, 12 W
Jerry	$900	$1,600	$2,200	$0 2nd place	$2,200 13 R, 3 W
David	$2,700	$2,800	$13,800	$10,800 New champion: $10,800	$11,500 30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SOVIET CITIES	ELECTRICITY	FRENCH COOKING	COMPLETES THE PLAY TITLE	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	JUST US CHICKENS
$100 [20] This Black Sea port was named for Odessos, a Greek city thought to have existed on the site Odessa Jerry	$100 [7] Native to the Orinoco River, they emit the most powerful electric charge of any fish an electric eel Jerry	$100 [2] Choucroute is sauerkraut & chou-fleur is this white vegetable cauliflower David	$100 [16] "Butterflies are..." Free Jerry	$100 [8] In 1879, the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company of St. Louis introduced this first mouthwash Listerine David	$100 [1] When mother hen can't, these electric machines keep eggs at a constant temperature an incubator Burt David
$200 [21] Ukrainian city often called the mother of Russian cities Kiev Burt David	$200 [9] The generating plants in our nation's capital produce this type of current alternating current David	$200 [3] Cornichons are a tiny, sweet, sour variety of these pickles David	$200 [17] "She Stoops to..." Conquer Jerry	$200 [14] Peter Guber & Jon Peters run Columbia Pictures Entertainment for this company Sony Jerry	$200 [13] Every chicken is distinguished by this feature, so Kookie doesn't need to lend them one a comb Jerry
$300 [22] Now called Volgograd, it had this name when the Russian army stopped the Nazi advance in World War II Stalingrad Burt David	$300 [10] When rubbed with a cloth, this yellow fossil resin becomes electrically charged amber David	$300 [4] Pommes de terre a l'huile is a French version of this picnic favorite potato salad Burt David	$300 [18] "The Dark at the Top of..." The Stairs Jerry	$300 [15] In June 1990, Dayton Hudson bought this 138-year-old Chicago-based department store Marshall Fields Burt	$300 [25] The feathers on a chicken's neck; a person prepared to fight gets his up hackles Burt David
$400 [23] The 1825 Decembrist revolt at Senate Square in this city was crushed by government troops Leningrad	$400 [11] A 3-way bulb has this many filaments two David	$400 [5] Dishes a la Nantua contain this freshwater crustacean crayfish Jerry	$400 [19] "Pump Boys and..." Dinettes	$500 [29] This company has recently introduced Windows 3.0 to make computers more user-friendly Microsoft David	$400 [26] It refers to a miniature chicken or a miniature boxer a bantam David
$500 [24] Today, more Russians than Latvians live in this Latvian capital Riga David	$500 [12] This Italian's pile was the world's first source of a steady electric current (Count Alessandro) Volta David	$500 [6] Canard aux Montmorency is a dish made of this fowl with a sour cherry sauce a duck David	$500 [30] "Glengarry..." Glen Ross	DD $1,500 [28] In 1967, the United States Rubber Company changed its name to this Uniroyal David	$500 [27] Though Arkansas produces the most broilers, this state produces the most eggs California

Double Jeopardy! Round

COLONIAL AMERICA	LITERARY CHARACTERS	FURNITURE	RELIGION	BODIES OF WATER	WORD ORIGINS
$200 [13] Ann Taylor wrote in 1773 that her grandmother, Mary Chilton, was the first to step on this rock Plymouth Rock David	$200 [1] Escaping from prison to seek revenge, Edmund Dantes assumes this identity the Count of Monte Cristo Burt David	$200 [26] Jean-Francois Oeben used a tambour shutter to create this type of desk a roll-top desk David	$200 [5] This Jewish house of worship is sometimes called a temple by Conservative & Reform congregations synagogue David	$200 [4] McMurdo Sound is the most often used sea approach to the interior of this continent Antarctica David	$200 [17] This July birthstone takes its name from the Latin word for "reddish" ruby Burt Jerry
$400 [22] This word once used to describe entire colonies later came to refer to large Southern farms a plantation Jerry	$400 [2] When Tom Sawyer first laid eyes on her, a certain Amy Lawrence vanished out of his heart Becky Thatcher Burt	$400 [27] Avian term for the small compartments in a bureau or secretary pigeonholes Burt Jerry	$400 [6] In this religion, Bodhi is the final enlightenment on the path of nirvana Buddhism David	$400 [10] Punta Arenas, Chile is the port of call for ships passing through this strait the Strait of Magellan Burt	$400 [18] This word for an imposed isolation is from the Italian for "40 days" a quarantine David
$600 [23] On July 16, 1769, Junipero Serra dedicated the first California mission in this city founded by Cabrillo San Diego Burt David	$600 [3] In "A Christmas Carol", he's the father of Tiny Tim Bob Cratchit Burt Jerry	$600 [28] A tall boy & a high boy both have a set of small & large ones drawers David	$600 [7] One of the religious duties imposed on Muslims is to pray this many times a day five Burt David	$800 [15] At 24,442', the Java Trench is the deepest known point in this ocean Indian Ocean David	$800 [20] French for "half cup", it's a small cup of strong black coffee demitasse David
$800 [24] The original deed to this colony issued to Berkeley & Carteret also called it New Caesarea New Jersey Burt David	$800 [11] Novel in which Holden Caulfield tries to escape the phonies of the world Catcher in the Rye Burt	—	$800 [8] The Missouri Synod is considered the more conservative of the two main US groups of this church the Lutheran church Jerry	$1,000 [16] The Ligurian name of this longest Italian river was Bodincus, meaning "bottomless" the Po David	$1,000 [21] From the Latin for "wash away" comes this term for the Bible's great flood deluge David
$1,000 [25] The Penobscot were an Algonquian speaking tribe found in what is now this US state Maine Burt Jerry	$1,000 [12] Francis Macomber had a "Short, Happy Life" in a short story by this author Ernest Hemingway Burt Jerry	—	$1,000 [9] Britannica says this Creed, not the Apostle's, is the only one accepted by all major Christian groups the Nicene Creed Jerry	DD $2,000 [14] Canada's largest gulf is named for this saint St. Lawrence David	DD $3,000 [19] It's a contraction or alteration of "God be with you" good-bye David

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS QUOTES

Washington Irving called it "that great object of universal devotion throughout our land"

the (almighty) dollar

Jerry "What is money?" — wagered $2,200

David "What is the flag?" — wagered $3,000

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