Show #1523 1991-03-27 (taped 1991-01-30) Regular

Tom Halpern game 4.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Roberta Fells — a paralegal from Leonia, New Jersey

David Kneip — a lawyer originally from Evanston, Illinois

Tom Halpern — a researcher and writer from New York City, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,300	$4,100	$7,900	$14,801 4-day champion: $48,802	$7,100 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
David	$2,200	$2,400	$3,900	$7,700 2nd place	$5,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Roberta	$100	$1,600	$7,400	$0 3rd place	$7,400 14 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

"C" IN GEOGRAPHY	20th CENTURY AUTHORS	THE PIANO	SPORTS	PROVERBS	CHARACTERS IN FILM
$100 [14] Pretoria is South Africa's administrative capital, but this is its legislative capital Cape Town David Roberta	$100 [24] "My lips are sealed, but my Underwood is indiscreet", is a line from "Tru", a one-man show about him Truman Capote Tom	$100 [20] They evolved from hand stops to knee levers to the form used today foot pedals Tom	$100 [1] America's oldest regularly contested foot race, this marathon is held on Patriots' Day the Boston Marathon Tom	$100 [6] According to the proverb, it's "next to godliness", though for some children, it's next to impossible cleanliness David	$100 [9] Elaine Robinson, Benjamin Braddock &Mrs. Robinson The Graduate Tom
$200 [15] This South American country is 2,650 miles long, but on the average, only 110 miles wide Chile Tom	$200 [27] This author of "The Group" was born in 1912 & orphaned in 1918 when her parents died in a flu epidemic Mary McCarthy Roberta	$300 [22] In 1915, this Russian-born American composer wrote the song, "I Love a Piano" Irving Berlin David Roberta	$200 [2] He's the only U.S. president in the National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Hall of Fame Ronald Reagan Tom	$200 [7] A rhyming proverb states, "Plant" this fruit "for your heirs" pears David	$200 [10] Cass, Joe Buck &Ratso Rizzo Midnight Cowboy David
$300 [16] Cities in Indiana, Georgia & Ohio share this name Columbus David	$300 [28] First name shared by author Roth & a character in his 1990 novel "Deception" Philip Tom	$400 [25] A standard grand piano has 52 white keys & this many black keys 36 Tom	$300 [3] The John Hancock Bowl, formerly the Sun Bowl, is played in this Texas city El Paso David	$300 [8] "At" this shape "table, there's no dispute of place" a round table Tom	$300 [11] Police chief Bill Gillespie, Deputy Sam Wood &Virgil Tibbs In The Heat Of The Night David
$400 [19] The Welsh Folk Museum is in St. Fagans, four miles from this capital city Cardiff Tom	$400 [29] He hadn't written "Franny & Zooey" yet when Oona O'Neill spurned him for Charlie Chaplin Salinger Tom	$500 [26] Bartolomeo Cristofori made changes to one of these instruments to create the first piano a harpsichord David	$400 [4] The John R. Wooden Award is given to the nation's outstanding college player in this sport basketball David	$400 [17] In a rhyme, "garlic makes a man wink, drink &" this stink Tom	$400 [12] Sheriff Bart, Mongo &Hedley Lamarr Blazing Saddles Tom
$500 [23] The Ohio joins the Mississippi River at this southern Illinois city Cairo Roberta	$500 [30] He dedicated "Texasville", his sequel to "The Last Picture Show", to Cybil Shepherd (Larry) McMurtry Tom	DD $1,000 [21] Accessory seen here a scroll for a player piano (the player piano roll) Tom	$500 [5] For using steroids, this athlete had to forfeit his 1988 Olympic gold medal for the 100-meter dash Ben Johnson David	$500 [18] Jesus told his critics, "Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician," do this heal thyself Roberta	$500 [13] Howard, Curtin &Fred C. Dobbs The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANATOMY	THE ROMAN EMPIRE	BALLET	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	FAMOUS WOMEN	FRACTIONS
$200 [2] The taste buds are housed inside papillae on this muscular organ the tongue Tom	$200 [21] Hearing a false report that she had committed suicide, Mark Antony stabbed himself & died in her arms Cleopatra Tom	$200 [22] Three of these servicemen go out on the town in the ballet "Fancy Free" sailors David	$200 [5] For centuries, this spring festival has been celebrated by selecting a queen & dancing around a pole May Day Roberta	$200 [1] This blonde "Today Show" hostess was once Georgia's Junior Miss Deborah Norville Tom	$200 [10] To decimate is to kill this fraction of a group a tenth Tom
$400 [3] Normally, a molar has 2 or 3 of these, while an incisor has only 1 a root Roberta	$400 [26] Only this Carthaginian's own elephant, Surus, survived his war against the Romans Hannibal David	$400 [23] Carabosse, the evil fairy in this Tchaikovsky ballet, rides in a black coach drawn by enormous rats Sleeping Beauty Tom David	$400 [15] In the 19th century, England's "Trooping the Colour" became an annual event to celebrate this the Queen's birthday (or King) David	$400 [4] The founder of this cosmetics company was born Mary Kathlyn Wagner Mary Kay Tom	$400 [11] According to Aristotle, "well begun is" this much "done" half Roberta
$600 [6] Part of the body that can be affected by an inflammation called labyrinthitis the inner ear Roberta	$600 [27] The era of 200 years of peace begun under Augustus Caesar was known by this Latin name the Pax Romana Tom	$800 [25] When this ballet set in Russia premiered in 1911, Nijinsky played the title puppet Petrushka Roberta	$600 [16] June 29 is the feast day of these 2 leading apostles, who each died a martyr Peter & Paul Roberta	$600 [9] Pat Nixon was born in the mining town of Ely in this "Silver State" Nevada Tom	$600 [12] A bit is this fraction of a dollar one-eighth David
$800 [7] This valve is found between the left atrium & the left ventricle the mitral valve Roberta	$800 [28] Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius referred to it as "the queen of long-distance roads" the Appian Way David	$1,000 [29] Natalia Makarova was on tour with this Leningrad company when she defected to the West in 1970 the Kirov Tom David	$800 [17] In Scotland, Burns Day, honoring the poet, draws to a close with the singing of this song Auld Lang Syne David	$800 [19] In the 1940s, this singer was called the First Lady of Radio Kate Smith	$800 [13] A fifth of liquor, which is one-fifth of a gallon, is this fraction of a quart four-fifths Tom David
$1,000 [8] In the pancreas, small clusters of special cells called the islands or islets are named for this doctor (Paul) Langerhans Roberta	$1,000 [30] This area, the center of government, included the Senate House & the Temple of Saturn the Forum	DD $1,500 [24] Marjorie Tallchief danced the title role when the ballet based on this tragic Poe poem premiered in 1951 "Annabel Lee" David	DD $2,000 [18] April 30, 1889 was declared a national holiday to mark the centennial of this event the inauguration of George Washington as President David	$1,000 [20] In 1990, this primatologist joined the faculty of the University of Southern California, where she gives occasional lectures Jane Goodall Roberta	$1,000 [14] At his second inaugural, FDR saw this fraction of the nation "ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" one-third David

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

1 of 2 men elected president while serving as a U.S. senator

Warren G. Harding or John F. Kennedy

David "Who was John F. Kennedy?" — wagered $3,800

Roberta "Who was Jackson?" — wagered $7,400

Tom "Who is John F. Kennedy?" — wagered $6,901

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