Show #1546 1991-04-29 (taped 1991-02-19) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Kay Kipling — a journalist from Bradenton, Florida

Mike Lizanich — a distribution manager from Oakland, New Jersey

Phyllis Marks — a domestic engineer originally from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $12,099)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Phyllis $1,100 $1,900 $6,700 $13,400
2nd place: trip to Las Vegas
$6,500
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mike $-100 $1,400 $4,800 $5,100
3rd place: Sanyo stereo system + Nintendo Entertainment System
$4,800
16 R, 3 W
Kay $200 $2,300 $8,500 $13,500
New champion: $13,500
$8,900
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HAVE A "HART" IN THE NEWS SEWING SPORTS RECORDS WORLD HISTORY WHALES
$100 [16]
For years, this genial host said, "Good morning, America"
David Hartman
Kay
$100 [21]
Germany agreed to send food stockpiled in Berlin for a Cold War crisis to this country
Russia (Soviet Union)
Mike
$100 [1]
This line on a garment can be jewel, scoop, cowl or V
a neckline
Mike
$100 [2]
The highest NBA game score was made when this Detroit team squeaked by the Denver Nuggets 186-184
the Detroit Pistons
Mike
$100 [8]
Sixtus was the seventh one of these, serving from about 115-125
a Pope
Mike Kay
$100 [26]
Captain Ahab could tell you the beluga whale is also known by this colorful name
a white whale
Phyllis Mike
$200 [17]
The middle S in his name could have stood for "stone-faced silent star"
William S. Hart
Mike
$200 [22]
Time reports after women demonstrated in Riyadh, this country formally banned them from driving
Saudi Arabia
Kay
$200 [4]
1 of 2 types of shears used to keep raw fabric edges from unraveling
pinking shears (or scalloping shears)
Phyllis
$200 [3]
In the 1976 Indianapolis 500, it took Bobby Unser a record 4 seconds to make one of these
a pit stop
Phyllis Mike
$200 [9]
A good lute player, in the 1500s he wrote Protestant hymns, as well as the "95 Theses"
Martin Luther
Kay
$200 [27]
Term for when a whale jumps clear of the water & falls back with a big splash
breaching
$300 [18]
This playwright won a Tony for directing "My Fair Lady" on Broadway
Moss Hart
Kay
$300 [23]
A colonel & 8 others were finally charged in the 1989 killing of 6 Jesuits in this country
El Salvador
Mike Kay
$300 [5]
Sharps & betweens are 2 types of these used in sewing
needles
Phyllis
$300 [13]
In this sport, participants doing delayed drops can travel at 625 miles per hour, a non-mechanical record
skydiving
$400 [11]
Term for the 5 men in charge during the French Revolution; you didn't dial 411 for their assistance
the Directory (le Directoire)
$300 [28]
This whale who swam into San Francisco Bay back in 1985 returned there in October 1990
Humphrey
Kay
$400 [19]
Due to its high shoulders, this African antelope's back slopes to the rear
a hartebeest
Kay
$400 [24]
In 1990, Norplant became the first drug approved in the U.S. since the 1960s for this purpose
birth control
Phyllis
$400 [6]
These fasteners come in chain & coil types
zippers
Phyllis
$400 [14]
Over a 40-year career with the Bears, he won the most games of any NFL coach, 325
George Halas
Mike
$500 [12]
In Gaul, these Celtic priests led rebellions against the Romans
the Druids
Mike
$500 [20]
She debuted as the blind girl in "A Patch of Blue"
Elizabeth Hartman
Kay
$500 [25]
2 days before Bush visited this South American country, President Menem put down a military revolt
Argentina
Mike
$500 [7]
Some of these holding devices come with a bag of emery for sharpening, & some look like tomatoes
pin cushions
Kay
$500 [15]
A record 10 million people are live spectators during the 3 weeks this event is run in Europe
Tour de France
Phyllis
DD $600 [10]
Name shared by 2 kings of Portugal, 2 kings of the Two Sicilies, & 7 kings of Spain
Ferdinand
Kay

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS SAINTS SPACE EXPLORATION OPERA PEOPLE WALES
$200 [7]
The main character of this H.G. Wells novel is simply called "The Time Traveler"
The Time Machine
Mike
$200 [12]
St. Barbara is said to protect people from this because her dad was struck by it after he killed her
lightning
Phyllis
$200 [26]
Using laser reflectors left there 20 years ago, scientists have found it's receding from the Earth
the Moon
Phyllis
$200 [1]
The English translation of this Strauss opera is "The Bat"
(Die) Fledermaus
Phyllis
$200 [2]
Sydney, this "Little Tramp"'s son now runs a restaurant near Palm Springs, California
Chaplin
Mike
$200 [17]
A Welsh symbol for hundreds of years, this fire-breathing creature appears on the flag of Wales
a dragon
Mike
$400 [8]
The ghost shows him his former self when he was apprenticed to old Fezziwig
Ebenezer Scrooge
Mike
$400 [13]
Edward the Confessor died a week after this abbey he built had been consecrated
Westminster Abbey
Phyllis
$400 [27]
In 1965, Edward White did this 1st for the U.S. & it lasted 20 minutes, longer than the 1st American was in space
a spacewalk
Mike
$400 [22]
This bride of Lammermoor & her love, Edgardo, wind up dead at the end of the opera
Lucia
Kay
$400 [3]
Differences with the American Ballet Theatre management led to his resignation as artistic director in 1989
Baryshnikov
Kay
$400 [18]
This famous dish consists of melted cheese & butter served on toast
Welsh rarebit
Phyllis
$600 [9]
Dr. Pangloss teaches this Voltaire hero that they live in the best of all possible worlds
Candide
Kay
$600 [14]
St. Paul was present when this first Christian martyr was stoned, but he didn't throw any stones
Stephen
Kay
$600 [28]
Sputnik 1 went up empty; Sputnik 2 had Laika, one of these, inside
a dog
Mike
$600 [23]
A number of operas called Esmeralda are based on a novel by this Frenchman
(Victor) Hugo
Phyllis Kay
$600 [4]
This chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was a close friend of philosopher Ayn Rand
(Alan) Greenspan
Phyllis
$600 [19]
The name of this Welsh capital means "fort on the Taff River"
Cardiff
Mike
$800 [10]
The people of Camelot called this Mark Twain title character "The Boss"
A Connecticut Yankee
Phyllis Kay
DD $1,000 [15]
St. Rupert went to the old Roman town of Juvavum in Austria, opened salt mines, & renamed it this
Salzburg
Kay
$800 [29]
In 1973, Owen Garriott spent 59 days aboard this
Skylab
Phyllis
DD $1,000 [24]
Transformed into one of these insects, Gvidon takes flight in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera
a bumblebee
Phyllis
$800 [5]
His first English-language album, "1100 Bel Air Place", sold over a million copies in 5 days
Julio Iglesias
Phyllis
$800 [20]
In 1536, this Tudor king proclaimed the Act of Union, uniting Wales & England
Henry VIII
Mike
$1,000 [11]
In this play, Katharina & Bianca are daughters of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua
Taming of the Shrew
Kay
$1,000 [16]
This personal secretary to Pope Damasus translated the entire Bible into Latin
St. Jerome
$1,000 [30]
Named for a 16th c. explorer, on May 4, 1989, it became the 1st planetary mission launched from a shuttle
Magellan
Phyllis
$1,000 [25]
Written for the opening of Prague's national theatre, his "Libuse" has been called "the Czech national opera"
(Bedrich) Smetana
Kay
$1,000 [6]
Making fun of his folksy style, some called this 1940 presidential candidate "a simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer"
Wendell Willkie
Phyllis
$1,000 [21]
Wordsworth wrote lines composed a few miles above this 12th century abbey in the county of Gwent
Tintern Abbey
Kay

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD POPULATION

The World Bank estimates that by the year 2100, this country will have more people than China

India

Mike "What is India?" — wagered $300
Phyllis "What is India?" — wagered $6,700
Kay "What is India?" — wagered $5,000

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