Show #1547 1991-04-30 (taped 1991-02-19) Regular

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Contestants

Bill Dingfelder — an art museum fundraiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Christine Baker — a legal secretary from Brooklyn, New York

Kay Kipling — a journalist from Bradenton, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kay	$2,100	$2,800	$5,900	$8,000 2-day champion: $21,500	$5,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Christine	$-200	$100	$1,800	$3,600 2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set & Select Comfort matress	$3,000 10 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$900	$2,300	$1,500	$3,000 3rd place: Yamaha keyboard	$1,500 17 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS	MOVIE TRIVIA	ROYALTY	COMIC BOOKS	DESIGN	APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES
$100 [7] Gemsboks have straight, rapier-like ones which can reach a length of four feet horns Christine Bill	$100 [1] Some say French actress Jeanne Moreau was the 1st choice to play Mrs. Robinson in this 1967 film The Graduate Kay	$100 [6] In 1945, the Russians captured Puyi, the last emperor of this country, & sent him to Siberia China Bill	$100 [20] In "Superman" #50 in 1990, Clark Kent proposed to this colleague Lois Lane Kay	$100 [26] Of egg & dart, egg & tongue or egg & ham, the one that isn't a type of ornamental molding egg & ham Bill	$100 [10] When a number of patients see the psychiatrist at the same time, it's this type of therapy group Kay
$200 [8] The Javan rhinoceros is almost extinct on this, its native continent Asia Christine Bill	$200 [2] Tyrone Power's sword in "The Mark of Zorro" was the same one used by this actor in a 1920 silent version Douglas Fairbanks Kay	$200 [11] This Bonnie Prince, also known as The Young Pretender, was noted for his drunkenness & debauchery Charlie Bill	$200 [22] Titles in this company's line include "Betty's Diary", "Betty & Me" & "Betty & Veronica" the Archie Comics Kay	$200 [27] This type of wall hanging was once made in the town of Arras, & arras became a synonym for it a tapestry Christine	$200 [12] Edgar Guest wrote, "It takes this much a-livin' in a house to make it home" a heap Kay
$300 [16] Contrary to popular belief, you can't tell how old a rattlesnake is by doing this counting its rattles Bill	$300 [3] This 1966 film based on a Ray Bradbury novel was director F. Truffaut's only movie in English Fahrenheit 451 Kay Christine	$300 [13] Octavian had her teenage son Ptolemy XV executed in 30 B.C. Cleopatra Kay	$300 [23] To avoid confusion with the Marvel title, Acme Eclipse used "Steed & Mrs. Peel" instead of this The Avengers Christine	$300 [28] The color of the basaltware that Josiah Wedgwood began to manufacture in the 1700s black Christine	$300 [15] A lovely amount of coconuts for Mr. Griffin a bunch Bill
$400 [9] The female Suriname toad carries these in the thick, spongy skin of her back her young (or her eggs) Christine	$400 [4] In "The Seven Year Itch", Marilyn Monroe said this 50s movie "creature" "wasn't really all bad" the creature from The Black Lagoon Kay Bill	$400 [14] The parents of this country's King Victor Emmanuel III were cousins Italy Bill	DD $500 [24] Television series on which the 1991 Innovation comic seen here is based Lost in Space Christine	$400 [29] This stringed instrument of ancient Greece was a popular decorative motif during the Empire period lyre Kay Christine Bill	$400 [18] Colossal, like Cronus, or a famous sunken ship Titanic Bill
$500 [17] Porcupines belong to this order of mammals rodent Bill	$500 [5] At the end of this 1952 film, Burt Lancaster told Shirley Booth, "It's good to be home" Come Back, Little Sheba Kay	$500 [21] Traditionally, the crown prince of this Low Country holds the title Duke of Brabant Belgium Christine Bill	$500 [25] This character's early years are featured in "Legends of the Dark Knight" Batman Christine	—	$500 [19] It's usually a covey of quail; in "Paradise Lost", Milton wrote of one of fair women a bevy

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOVELS	19th CENTURY AMERICA	COMPOSERS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	QUOTES	MEDICAL HISTORY
$200 [8] In its original German, this B. Traven novel was titled "Der Schatz der Sierra Madre" The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre Kay	$200 [22] He was Sam Houston's Secretary of State & got the capital named after him (Stephen) Austin Kay Christine	$200 [17] An authentic signature of his is more likely to include the middle name Amadei instead of Amadeus Mozart Bill	$200 [7] Founded in 1652, Cape Province is this country's oldest province South Africa Kay	$200 [6] In Hyperion, Longfellow wrote, "In this world, a man must either be Anvil or this" hammer Bill	$200 [1] In 1890, William Halsted began the practice of wearing these rubber items during surgery gloves Bill
$400 [9] Town in which the real king of Ruritania was held prisoner Zenda Kay	$400 [23] 5 years after discovery of the Comstock Lode, it was let into the Union, though it still lacked the required population Nevada Kay Bill	$400 [20] This American conducted for the last time on August 19, 1990 at Tanglewood in Massachusetts Bernstein Christine	—	$400 [13] Irving Berlin quipped, "The world would not be in such a snarl if Marx had been Groucho instead of him" Karl Marx Christine	$400 [2] He discusses his famous slip in his 1901 work, "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" Freud Bill
$600 [10] Dr. Van Helsing, called in from Amsterdam to cure Lucy Westenra, tracks him down Dracula Kay	$600 [24] Edmund Ruffin is credited with doing this April 12, 1861; we don't know if he hit anything firing the first shot on Fort Sumter	$600 [21] This 19th century German opera composer's original last name was Beer, but he leng thened it Meyerbeer Kay	—	$600 [14] Burt Taylor defined a bore as "a man who, when you ask him how he is", does this tell you Kay	$600 [3] In the 1890s, French pharmacist Jules Bengue discovered an ointment for sore ones muscles Christine
$1,000 [12] In a Dickens tale, Quilp the dwarf had his eyes on this young granddaughter of a shopkeeper Little Nell Kay	$800 [25] This man defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888 & lost to him in 1892 Benjamin Harrison Kay	$800 [18] Claudio Monteverdi became director of music at St. Mark's Basilica in this city in 1613 Venice Bill	—	$800 [15] Elbert Hubbard said, "Don't take this too seriously; you will never get out of it alive" life Bill	$800 [4] In 1896, Dr. W.P. Morgan described this condition as "word blindness" dyslexia Christine
DD $1,500 [11] John Buchan's son said the inspiration for this novel was stairs from a nursing home to a beach The Thirty-Nine Steps Kay	$1,000 [26] This early labor organization began as a secret society of Philadelphia garment cutters in 1869 the Knights of Labor Bill	$1,000 [19] This Puccini opera set in China wasn't performed until after his death Turandot Christine Bill	—	$1,000 [16] The 4 words that complete the line from Olney Hymns, "God moves in a mysterious way" his wonders to perform Kay Bill	DD $1,300 [5] In 1977, this new procedure to reopen diseased arteries was developed angioplasty Christine

Final Jeopardy!

THE WHITE HOUSE

He submitted a design for the executive mansion under a pseudonym, A.Z.; it was rejected

Thomas Jefferson

Bill "Who is Jefferson" — wagered $1,500

Christine "Who is T. Jefferson?" — wagered $1,800

Kay "Who was Jefferson?" — wagered $2,100

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