Show #1520 1991-03-22 (taped 1991-01-29) Regular

Tom Halpern game 1.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.All of the categories in the game begin with the letter "A".

Contestants

Tom Halpern — a researcher and writer from New York City, New York

Phil Sheridan — a civil servant from Sewell, New Jersey

Deborah Bedell — an executive recruiter from Greenwich, Connecticut (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Deborah $1,200 $1,400 $7,600 $10,100
2nd place
$6,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Phil $900 $1,100 $1,700 $2,400
3rd place
$1,700
8 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Tom $1,500 $1,900 $7,601 $15,201
New champion: $15,201
$7,700
18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AWARDS AUTOMOBILE HISTORY ACTORS & THEIR ROLES ABBREVIATIONS ANIMALS ATTENDANTS
$100 [9]
Meredith Wilson won three Tonys for this 1958 musical
The Music Man
Deborah
$100 [8]
In the late 1950s, more than half the imports coming into the United States were this German make of car
the Volkswagen
Tom
$100 [15]
Katy Jurado played Gary Cooper's ex-love in this "time"ly Western
High Noon
Deborah
$100 [1]
In medicine, it can be abbreviated ECG or EKG
electrocardiogram
Deborah
$100 [4]
Some Polish rabbits have red ones, while other Polish rabbits have blue ones
eyes
$100 [17]
In names of types of attendants, it precedes Boy & Hop
bell
Tom
$200 [10]
The Tchaikovsky Awards competition takes place every four years in this city
Moscow
Tom
$200 [11]
A popular car among collectors is the 1950 model of this make's 88
the Olds
Tom
$200 [16]
His common-law wife, Tarita, played his love interest in 1962's "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Marlon Brando
Phil
$200 [2]
It's the type of wage adjustment which COLA stands for
cost of living allowance
Deborah
$200 [5]
In the wild, these land animals eat constantly, sometimes over 600 pounds of food a day
elephants
Deborah
$200 [19]
The French pronunciation of "cadet" led us to this word for an iron & wood toter
a caddy
Deborah
$300 [12]
Among those receiving the Horatio Alger Award in 1969 were Thurgood Marshall & this California governor
Ronald Reagan
Tom
$300 [25]
In 1976, Peugeot absorbed this other French automaker
Citroen
Deborah Tom
$300 [28]
Maria Karnilova was a ballerina before playing Tevye's wife in this Broadway musical
Fiddler on the Roof
Deborah
$300 [3]
In a newspaper job listing, EOE stands for this
equal opportunity employer
Tom
$300 [18]
One of the rarest mammals on this continent is the brush-tailed bettong, a marsupial
Australia
Deborah
$300 [20]
In the U.S., it's an unmarried woman who attends the bride; in England, who attends the Queen
a maid of honor
Deborah
$400 [13]
The Silver Buffalo is the highest service award presented by this youth organization
the Boy Scouts
Tom
$400 [26]
In 1928, Chrysler introduced the DeSoto & this low-priced model
Plymouth
$400 [29]
His father, Harry Stockwell, provided the voice of the prince in Disney's "Snow White"
Dean Stockwell
Deborah
$400 [6]
While DAR can mean "damage assessment routine", it also refers to this organization
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Phil
$400 [23]
Of a pumpkinseed, a sesameseed, or a sunflowerseed, the one that's a type of sunfish
pumpkinseed
Phil
$400 [21]
In the Middle Ages, this step preceded squire on the road to knighthood
a page
Phil
$500 [14]
This duo's 1981 "Double Fantasy" LP won a Grammy for Album of the Year
Lennon & Yoko Ono
Deborah
$500 [27]
In 1908, General Motors was founded in this Michigan city, not Detroit
Flint
$500 [30]
Jerry Hall & Sean Cassidy co-starred in a 1990 London revival of this William Inge vehicle
Bus Stop
DD $500 [7]
To receive the Congressional Record, contact the GPO, which stands for this
the Government Printing Office
Phil
$500 [24]
Many vertebrates have these bile-storing organs, but camels don't
a gallbladder
Deborah Phil
$500 [22]
Medieval Latin for "mayor of the palace", it refers to a steward or butler
majordomo
Deborah Phil

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANATOMY AFRICA AUTHORS ART AMERICANA ALICE IN WONDERLAND
$200 [1]
Some of these are voluntary & none can push; they can only pull
muscles
Tom
$200 [2]
The National Library in this Algerian capital is partly housed in a Moorish palace
Algiers
Deborah
$200 [11]
It's Helen Brown's maiden name
Gurley
Deborah
DD $99 [30]
In 1963, this man from Chadds Ford, Penn., became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Andrew Wyeth
Tom
$200 [16]
Each June, the shrimp fleet in Biloxi, in this state, is blessed in a festival
Mississippi
Tom
$200 [21]
The Mad Tea Party takes place under a tree in front of this hare's house
the March Hare
Deborah
$400 [3]
Organ enclosed in a sac called the pericardium
the heart
Tom
$400 [7]
It's still the official language of Zimbabwe
English
Tom
$400 [12]
Hey, man, he wrote "Our Man in Havana", "The Third Man" & "The Human Factor"
Graham Greene
Deborah
$200 [26]
In the 17th century, Velazquez was one of this country's most important painters
Spain
Phil
$400 [17]
He was an actual construction worker on the Big Bend Tunnel on the C&O Railroad in West Virginia
John Henry
Deborah Tom
$400 [22]
These roly-poly twins danced with Alice until they were out of breath
Tweedledum & Tweedledee
Phil
$600 [4]
It's the joint most commonly afflicted with gout or a bunion
the big toe
Deborah
$600 [8]
This king of Morocco holds a law degree from the University of Bordeaux, Rabat Extension
King Hassan
Tom
$800 [14]
He not only wrote "The Corsican Brothers", he's also the story's narrator
Alexandre Dumas (the father)
$400 [27]
The highly controversial Elgin Marbles are on display in this museum
the British Museum
Deborah
$600 [18]
This Montana battle site is surrounded by the Crow Indian Reservation
the Little Bighorn
Deborah
$600 [23]
Live hedgehogs are used for balls in this game; when Alice tries to hit them, they run away
croquet
Deborah
$800 [5]
From the Greek "karoun", to stupefy, comes the name of this artery supplying blood to the head
the carotid
Deborah
$800 [9]
By the end of 1956, over 13,000 people had died in this country's Mau Mau uprising
Kenya
Tom
$1,000 [15]
During World War II, he was made naval historian for part of the South Pacific
James Michener
Phil
$600 [28]
In 1876, this Impressionist leader painted his wife Camille in the garden at the house in Argenteuil
(Claude) Monet
Deborah
$800 [19]
Though the crime was committed in Fall River, New Bedford, Mass., was the site of her 1893 murder trial
Lizzie Borden
Tom
$800 [24]
The Mock Turtle says, "Ambition, distraction, uglification & derision are all branches of" this
arithmetic
Deborah
$1,000 [6]
The heart & lungs lie within this cavity bounded by the walls of the chest
the thorax (the thoracic cavity)
Deborah Phil Tom
$1,000 [10]
This country's national museum is one of the main attractions in Kampala
Uganda
Tom
DD $2,000 [13]
This author's ashes were scattered over Greenwood Cemetery in Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Sinclair Lewis
Deborah
$800 [29]
In the 16th century, the Della Robbia family ran a sculpture studio in this city
Florence
Tom
$1,000 [20]
Known for his strong convictions, he said, "Our country, right or wrong" & died in a duel
Stephen Decatur
Deborah
$1,000 [25]
This regal chess piece tells Alice, "I'm five times as rich as you are & five times as clever"
the Red Queen

Final Jeopardy!

AVIATION

1 of the 2 airlines that began the 1st regularly-scheduled commercial supersonic flights in 1976

Air France or British Airways

Phil "What is British Airways?" — wagered $700
Deborah "What is British Airways?" — wagered $2,500
Tom "What is British Airways?" — wagered $7,600

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