Show #1541 1991-04-22 (taped 1991-02-18) Regular

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Contestants

Judie Tuthill — a programmer analyst from Maybrook, New York

Bill Taylor — a lawyer originally from Wilmington, Delaware

Bob Canter — a government relations representative from Martinez, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$700	$1,300	$5,900	$11,700 2-day champion: $23,500	$8,100 24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Bill	$0	$500	$3,500	$5,500 3rd place: Long Star phone & Nintendo Entertainment System + games	$3,500 10 R, 3 W
Judie	$2,300	$3,100	$5,700	$6,400 2nd place: Zenith notebook computer & Baldwin Brass Collection lamp	$5,700 18 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MYTHS & LEGENDS	FOOD & DRINK	NUCLEAR PHYSICS	POP SINGERS	ABBREVIATIONS	MARIE ANTOINETTE
$100 [1] Demons in Arabian myth who lived in the mountains of Qaf & had a tendency to get into lamps genies Bob	$100 [16] Add these 3 letters to lemon or lime & you have a drink made with their juice, water & sugar ade Bob	$100 [24] Country in which the first atomic bomb was exploded the United States Bob	$100 [21] On October 20th, 1990, a Florida jury ruled that this group could be as "nasty as they wanna be" 2 Live Crew Bob	$100 [6] In baseball, ERA isn't the Equal Rights Amendment, it's this earned run average Judie	$100 [11] The spot where Marie was executed by this method in 1793 is near the Tuileries Gardens the guillotine Bob
$200 [2] After Telemachus found him, they went back home & slew Penelope's suitors Odysseus Judie	$200 [17] Whiskey & vermouth cocktail named for a New York City borough Manhattan Bob	$200 [27] Paper can stop alpha particles, a thin piece of aluminum, beta particles, & a sheet of lead, these rays X-rays (gamma rays) Judie	$200 [22] Though the rights to many of his songs are owned by Michael Jackson, this ex-Beatle owns Buddy Holly's tunes Paul McCartney Bob	$200 [7] In the news business, the 2 agencies that are abbreviated AP & UPI Associated Press & United Press International Bob	$200 [12] In French, the last word of this famous quote attributed to Marie is "brioche" "let them eat cake" Bob
$300 [3] This animal, a symbol of renewal, was the emblem of Asclepius the snake (serpent) Bob	$300 [18] This beverage was invented by Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires in the mid 1800s root beer Judie	$300 [28] Stable subatomic particle whose name is from the Greek for first a proton Bob Bill Judie	$300 [23] Just nine months after breaking her back in 1990, this sound machine was well & had completed a new album Gloria Estefan Bill	$300 [8] AD, which sometimes stands for "active duty", is also an abbreviation for this Latin phrase Anno Domini Bob	$300 [13] This husband of Marie's has been described as "timid, aloof, inattentive & uninspiring" Louis XVI Judie
$400 [4] His traveling attire included winged sandals & a winged cap called a petasos Mercury (or Hermes) Judie	$400 [19] Sullivan, Indian red & Elberta are varieties of this fruit the peach Bill Judie	$400 [29] Of the 2 types of nuclear reactions, the one that can develop into a chain reaction nuclear fission Bill	DD $400 [25] In 1975, he reached the top 10 with a remake of thefollowing1962 number one hit"Don't take your love away from me / Don't you leave my heart in misery" Neil Sedaka Bob	$400 [9] Medically speaking, acute alcoholism can trigger DTs, which stands for this delirium tremens Bob Judie	$400 [14] Of 9 months, 9 years or 19 years, the length of time Marie was Queen of France 19 years Judie
$500 [5] The Egyptians believed Nuit gave birth to it every morning the Sun Bob	$500 [20] Type of banquet sometimes called a poi supper a luau Judie	$500 [30] The first shell around a nucleus can have up to this many electrons 2 Bill	$500 [26] He wrote both the tunes & the purple prose for the 1990 film "Graffiti Bridge" Prince Judie	$500 [10] Dennis Weaver & Valerie Harper's hunger relief organization called LIFE stands for "Love is" doing this Feeding Everyone	$500 [15] Marie was born in this city in 1755 & the French later referred to her disparagingly as "l'Autrichienne" Vienna Judie

Double Jeopardy! Round

1941	POETRY	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	FAMOUS AMERICANS	THEATER	ON THE TELEPHONE
$200 [1] In June, Ty Cobb beat this home run king in a charity golf match Babe Ruth Bob	$200 [6] This poet's "Tam o' Shanter" was inspired by Alloway Kirk, a church in Ayrshire, Scotland Robert Burns Bob	$200 [7] You'll find it at 90 degrees north latitude in the Arctic Ocean the (geographic) North Pole Bob	$200 [12] In the 1940s he began a rating service for radio programs, then expanded to television Nielsen Bob	$200 [14] In 1933, George M. Cohan appeared in the first play he didn't write, this author's first comedy "Ah, Wilderness!" Eugene O'Neill	$200 [22] Since 1968, the number that has meant emergency in the United States 911 Bill
$400 [2] In April, Andrew Jackson Houston, son of this general, was appointed to the Senate from Texas Sam Houston Bill	$400 [27] According to Dorothy Parker, "Men seldom" do this "at girls who wear glasses" make passes Bob	$400 [8] Qatar & Oman are among the smaller countries on this peninsula the Arabian Peninsula Judie	$400 [13] For his part in the Watergate cover-up, this Attorney General spent 19 months in prison (John) Mitchell Judie	$400 [15] George C. Scott & Dustin Hoffman both won this Off-Broadway Award as unknowns an Obie Bill	$400 [23] These shared telephone lines were once used by as many as 20 households party lines Bob
$600 [3] Representing California, Rosemary LaPlanche won this title in Atlantic City on September 6 Miss America Bill	$600 [28] Kipling urged, "Come you back to" this Burmese city "where the old flotilla lay" Mandalay Bill	$600 [9] Geothermal heating has made this island country one of the world's cleanest Iceland Bob	$600 [16] By 1890, his company dominated America's sleeping car business (George) Pullman Judie	$600 [19] Before starring in the film, he was "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" onstage in Robert Sherwood's play Raymond Massey Judie	$600 [24] A short distance race or the long distance service supplied by United Telecom & GTE a sprint Bob
$800 [4] In November, John L. Spencer banned the Greta Garbo film "Two-Faced Woman" in this city Boston Judie	$800 [29] This poet was born in Galesburg, Illinois to a Swedish immigrant whose original name was Danielson (Carl) Sandburg Judie	$1,000 [11] Chad, Cameroon & Benin all border this country, Africa's most populous Nigeria Bob	$800 [17] This New York Tribune founder died in 1872, less than a month after losing the presidential election Horace Greeley Bob	$800 [20] Laurence Olivier played the title character & Anthony Quinn King Henry II when this play debuted in the U.S. in 1960 Becket Bill	DD $1,000 [25] Around 1904, it was recommended Bell operators answer callers with this two-word request "Number, please" Bob
$1,000 [5] Defeating William O'Dwyer, he won a 3rd term as New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Judie	$1,000 [30] Author of "When the Frost is on the Punkin", this Hoosier poet liked to write in Indiana dialect James Whitcomb Riley Bill Judie	DD $2,000 [10] Bermuda lies in this sea, noted for its seaweed the Sargasso Sea Bob	$1,000 [18] His political cartoons were instrumental in defeating Boss Tweed Thomas Nast Bill	$1,000 [21] This is the musical version of "Liliom", a play which starred Ingrid Bergman in 1940 Carousel Judie	$1,000 [26] In 1987, when its shares first traded, NTT, this country's phone company, became the world's largest in stock value Japan Bob

Final Jeopardy!

EXPLORERS

He is the European credited with the discovery of Alaska

Vitus Bering

Bill "Who was Bering?" — wagered $2,000

Judie "Who is Bering?Bering" — wagered $700

Bob "Who is Bering?" — wagered $5,800

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