Show #1509 1991-03-07 (taped 1991-01-09) Regular

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Contestants

Willa Bloch — a fundraiser from Manhattan, New York

Brian Doyle — an attorney from San Francisco, California

Lary Prince — an administrator from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lary $1,100 $1,700 $6,100 $6,100
2nd place: a trip to Calgary, Canada
$6,100
17 R, 1 W
Brian $1,600 $3,000 $10,800 $2,800
3rd place: Funai 20" flat-screen stereo TV
$10,100
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Willa $1,000 $2,400 $9,300 $12,800
New champion: $12,800
$7,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ODD JOBS THE HUMAN BODY FAMOUS COUPLES WORLD HISTORY RHYME TIME BRIDGE
$100 [14]
Heavenly term for a financial backer of a play
an angel
Brian Willa
$100 [6]
Organs are composed of tissues, & tissues are composed of these basic units of life
a cell
Willa
$100 [7]
This member of the Jackson family eloped with fellow singer James DeBarge in 1984
Janet Jackson
Lary
$100 [1]
These military expeditions ended with the fall of Acre to the Muslims in 1291
the Crusades
Lary
$100 [23]
Lucille Ball, though she wasn't a natural one
a redhead
Brian
$100 [15]
A practical joker plays one, but a good bridge player takes one with each play of the cards
a trick
Willa
$200 [19]
It began as putting boards over parchment manuscripts; the sewing, taping & gluing came later
bookbinding
$200 [12]
The tricuspid valve is not in a tooth, but in this organ
the heart
Brian
$200 [8]
He & Linda Kozlowski got married in their own Australian mansion
Paul Hogan
Willa
$200 [2]
In 1556, Charles V, the powerful king of Spain & Holy Roman Emperor, retired to one of these
a monastery
Brian
$200 [24]
A rodent residence
a mouse house
Willa
$200 [16]
In bridge, a full deck is dealt out, which means each player receives this many cards
13
Lary Brian
$300 [20]
The "London Times" reports Martin Jones of Gloucestershire makes these for the heads of falcons
hoods
Lary Brian
$300 [13]
Only the upper seven pairs of these are attached to the breastbone
ribs
Lary
$300 [9]
In May 1990, he & Jill St. John tied the knot in a garden wedding at his home
Robert Wagner
Lary
$300 [3]
In 1605, this company from the Netherlands was given a license to trade in Japan
the Dutch East India Company
Lary
$300 [25]
The cash Winnie-the-Pooh might use to buy his favorite sweet
honey money
Brian
$300 [28]
The highest suit in bridge
spades
Willa
$400 [21]
The job of a lector in a church service
to read the scripture
Brian
$500 [18]
When this butterfly-shaped gland swells, you've got goiter
your thyroid
Lary
$400 [10]
He said lovingly, "For 40 years, my act consisted of one joke, and then she died"
George Burns
Brian
$400 [4]
While a teacher of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Wittenberg, he received his doctorate of theology in 1512
Martin Luther
Brian
$400 [26]
A statement such as, "I'm the best-looking specter in the haunted mansion"
a ghost boast
Willa
$400 [29]
In a 1949 book, he outlined a point count method of bidding, now known as his "system"
Charles Goren
$500 [22]
Marcus Agrippa in ancient Rome or Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in Summerfield
a water commissioner
Willa
DD $700 [17]
This one tube splits into two bronchi
the trachea (the windpipe)
Brian
$500 [11]
His wife, Emma Thompson, was his leading lady in the 1989 film "Henry V"
Kenneth Branagh
Willa
$500 [5]
This "great" king of Wessex defeated the invading Danes at the Battle of Eddington in 878
Alfred the Great
Brian
$500 [27]
Pigeon passion
dove love
Willa
$500 [30]
On a 1925 cruise, Harold Vanderbilt combined auction bridge & plafond & created this type of bridge
contract bridge
Willa

Double Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "M" OREGON THE CIVIL WAR MEXICAN FOOD FICTION TRAVEL USSR
$200 [9]
This elegant dance dominated aristocratic French ballrooms from about 1670-1750
the minuet
Lary
$200 [7]
Medford was named after a city in Mass., but as far as we can tell, their capital, this capital, wasn't
Salem
Brian
$200 [26]
The failure of this general's charge at Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg was a turning point in the war
(George) Pickett
Lary
$200 [18]
They're served refried as a Mexican side dish
beans
Willa
$200 [5]
In titles of novels, it precedes "of Bullhampton" & "of Wakefield"
the Vicar
Lary
$200 [1]
This fortress's Cathedral of the Assumption was reconsecrated as a church in 1990
the Kremlin
Lary
$400 [10]
A Welshman could tell you the first day of this month is St. David's Day
March
Lary
$400 [8]
In Oregon, this secretary takes over if the governor resigns, dies or is removed from office
the Secretary of State
Lary
$400 [30]
Folks called him Stonewall, but this was Jackson's real first name
Thomas
Willa
$400 [22]
The mashed avocado dip that puts the zip in eating tortilla chips
guacamole
Willa
$400 [13]
A Cossack girl named Maryanka is the heroine of this count's 1863 novel, "The Cossacks"
Leo Tolstoy
Lary
$400 [2]
This Soviet mountain range divides Europe & Asia
the Urals
Brian
$600 [11]
This mountain on the Swiss-Italian border is known in Italian as Monte Cervino
the Matterhorn
Lary Brian
$600 [15]
Nickname of Oregon's AAA baseball team; think state nickname & you've got it
the Beavers
Brian
$600 [29]
This guerrilla fighter raided the farms & towns of those in Kansas & Missouri who were loyal to the Union
William Quantrill
$600 [23]
The Spanish version of creme caramel
flan
Brian
$800 [20]
"Noble House", his longest novel to date, spans the history of Hong Kong
(James) Clavell
Willa
$800 [4]
The cosmonaut training center located near Moscow is named in his honor
(Yuri) Gagarin
Willa
$800 [12]
In 19th century Pennsylvania, this secret society of coal miners terrorized company officials
the Molly Maguires
Willa
$800 [16]
From its many gardens, Portland has earned the nickname "City of" these flowers
roses
Brian
$800 [28]
National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the adoption of this amendment outlawing slavery
the 13th Amendment
Brian
$800 [24]
It consists of strips of grilled beef or chicken, sauteed with onions & sweet peppers
a fajita
Lary
$1,000 [21]
"Dune Messiah" is one of several sequels to his 1965 epic "Dune"
Frank Herbert
Willa
DD $1,000 [3]
Russia is the most populous republic & this is 2nd
the Ukraine
Brian
$1,000 [14]
Consisting of some 2,000 tiny islands in the Indian Ocean, it's the smallest independent country in Asia
the Maldives
Brian
$1,000 [17]
This fir is the chief source of timber in the state
the Douglas fir
Brian
$1,000 [27]
In the fall of 1862, Burnside was given command of this Union Army
the Army of the Potomac
Lary
$1,000 [25]
This tripe & hominy soup is eaten on New Year's morning as a hangover remedy
menudo
Brian
DD $2,500 [19]
Bennett Cerf called this Henry James tale "1 of the 2 best ghost stories I have ever read"
The Turn Of The Screw
Willa
$1,000 [6]
Mostly Lutherans, the Letts are people from this republic
Latvia
Brian

Final Jeopardy!

AWARDS

The Fermi Award with a prize of $100,000 is given annually by this U.S. Cabinet department

the Department of Energy

Lary "What is the Department of Energy?" — wagered $0
Willa "What is Energy?" — wagered $3,500
Brian "What is the Department of Defense?" — wagered $8,000

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