Show #1533 1991-04-10 (taped 1991-02-12) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

John Graziano — a painter and artist from Boston, Massachusetts

Les Friedman — a humanities teacher from Manlius, New York

Jennifer Gottschalk — an attorney originally from Kensington, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jennifer $1,300 $2,700 $3,900 $1,000
3rd place
$3,900
14 R, 3 W
Les $900 $3,100 $6,700 $3,590
New champion: $3,590
$6,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John $200 $1,900 $4,900 $1,900
2nd place
$5,700
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE MOVIES 1923 THOMAS JEFFERSON EARTH SCIENCE SUPERSTITIONS "L.B."
$100 [3]
In 1939, Jimmy Stewart went to Washington in this role
Mr. Smith
Les
$100 [16]
When the governor of Oklahoma declared martial law to control this racist group, he was impeached
the Ku Klux Klan
John
$100 [10]
Jefferson thought it "big enough for 2 emperors, 1 pope, & the Grand Lama in the bargain"
the White House
Jennifer John
$100 [17]
It's the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
an epicenter
Les
$100 [24]
The book of knowledge says it or a tool left on it may fall on you, so don't walk under one
a ladder
Les
$100 [1]
This late actress has been called "America's First Lady of Comedy"
Lucille Ball
Jennifer
$200 [4]
In a series of 66 films in the 1930s & 1940s, William Boyd starred as this Western hero
Hopalong Cassidy
Les
$200 [22]
This Italian leader was knighted by Britain's King George V
Mussolini
Les
$200 [11]
The 1st name of Jefferson's wife & 1st daughter; the daughter's middle name was Washington
Martha
Jennifer
$200 [18]
The Grand Canyon is the result of this process by which the Earth's surface is worn away
erosion
John
$200 [25]
When Satan went to St. Dunstan to be reshod, he vowed not to enter a home with one on it
a horseshoe
John
$200 [2]
Peter Pan was the leader of these denizens of Neverland
the Lost Boys
Les
$300 [5]
Jessica Lange lip-synched this late country singer's recordings in 1985's "Sweet Dreams"
Patsy Cline
Jennifer
$400 [29]
Time reported the Attorney General decided it was legal for women to wear these when & where they wanted
pants (trousers)
Les
$300 [12]
In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted for treason
Aaron Burr
Les
$300 [19]
Collective term for the waters of the Earth as distinguished from the atmosphere & lithosphere
the hydrosphere
$300 [26]
When Loki crashed a banquet at Valhalla, it made him this number guest, & Balder died
13
John
$300 [6]
This song went to #1 after Los Lobos recorded it for Richie Valens' film bio
"La Bamba"
John
$400 [9]
In addition to directing Dustin Hoffman in this 1982 film, Sydney Pollack played Hoffman's agent
Tootsie
Jennifer
$500 [30]
Dorothy Sayers introduced this blue-blooded sleuth to the world in her mystery, "Whose Body?"
Lord Peter Wimsey
John
$400 [14]
Jefferson founded it in 1819, an accomplishment mentioned on his tombstone
the University of Virginia
Les
$400 [20]
The hardness of a mineral is often measured on this scale named for a German mineralogist
the Mohs scale
Jennifer
$400 [27]
Some say it's from the fact that when opened indoors, they tend to poke people & knock things over
an umbrella
John
$400 [7]
Though this former USC professor has written many books about love, he remains a bachelor
Leo Buscaglia
Jennifer Les
$500 [13]
This 1983 Richard Gere film was a remake of a 1959 Jean-Luc Godard classic
Breathless
Jennifer
DD $1,000 [23]
Title of the followingsong, a big hit in 1923:
"The Charleston"
Les
$500 [15]
Jefferson's oath of office was administered by this man, his cousin & Chief Justice of the United States
John Marshall
Jennifer
$500 [21]
More than 75% of the world's active volcanoes lie within this belt encircling the Pacific Ocean
the Rim of Fire
John
$500 [28]
People do this when they make a wish, from the belief a wish is held at the point where lines intersect
cross their fingers
John
$500 [8]
This former St. Louis Cardinal still holds the N.L. record for most stolen bases in a season
Lou Brock
Les

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY DANCE LITERARY BRITAIN POTENT POTABLES WORLD HISTORY ADD IT UP
$200 [2]
Between Minnesota & Wisconsin, this river widens a bit, forming Lake Pepin
the Mississippi
Jennifer
$200 [23]
A dance of the 1960s or a tall African tribe that has a lion dance, among others
the Watusi
Les
$200 [5]
He fled Louis Napoleon's France & wrote most of "Les Miserables" on the Channel Islands
Victor Hugo
John
$200 [1]
To make a tovarich cocktail, you need Kummel, lime juice, & this liquor, comrade
vodka
Jennifer
$200 [15]
This ruler who executed John the Baptist was eventually banished by the Roman Emperor
Herod
Jennifer
$200 [20]
In nursery rhymes, it's the number of men in a tub plus the number of King Cole's fiddlers
6
Les
$400 [3]
The U.S. Naval Academy is on this bay
Chesapeake Bay
John
$400 [24]
The Bharatanatyam, a dance form of this country, includes 36 glances to express emotion
India
Les
$400 [6]
He published "The American" the year after settling permanently in Britain
Henry James
Les
$400 [11]
This aromatic wine's name comes from the German for wormwood, one of its former ingredients
vermouth
$400 [16]
In the 9th century, these nomads conquered most of what is now Hungary & became the dominant people
the Magyars
John
$400 [21]
Deadly sins plus commandments
17
John
$600 [4]
A January film festival & skiing attract visitors to Park City, a suburb of this state capital
Salt Lake City
Les
$600 [25]
In 1919, this Russian male dancer's career was cut short by insanity
Nijinsky
Les
$600 [7]
She bought Hilltop Farm near Surrey in 1905; it appears in her illustrations for "Tom Kitten"
Beatrix Potter
John
$600 [12]
In a TV ad, Leslie Nielsen called this company's light beer "the official beer of the '90s"
Coors Light
Jennifer
$600 [17]
In 1687, Edmond Halley financed the publication of this English scientist's "Principia"
Sir Isaac Newton
Jennifer
$600 [27]
Lucky number of leaves on a clover plus the unlucky number on a match
7
Les
$800 [9]
The site of Pawtucket is part of the land he purchased from the Narragansett Indians
Roger Williams
John
$800 [26]
Her autobiography, "My Life", was published in late 1927, several months after her death
Isadora Duncan
Jennifer
DD $1,000 [8]
Important locations in his life include 34 Tite Street, the Old Bailey, & Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde
John
DD $1,000 [13]
Perth, in this country, is the home of Dewar's
Scotland
John
$800 [18]
British troops remained in this country from 1882's Battle of Tel-El-Kebir until 1956
Egypt
Jennifer
$1,000 [10]
Fort Raleigh is a National Historic Site on this island
Roanoke Island
$1,000 [28]
Born in Italy & raised in Brooklyn, in 1949, he debuted his own Spanish dance company
Jose Greco
$1,000 [22]
Virginia Woolf's group was formed in & named for this London neighborhood
Bloomsbury
Les
$1,000 [14]
Of all the countries in the Western Hemisphere, this South American one produces the most wine
Argentina
Jennifer John
$1,000 [19]
By orders of Charles IX, thousands of Huguenots were murdered during this feast day massacre
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

Final Jeopardy!

TRANSPORTATION

About 80% of the air traffic at Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from these 2 airlines

American & United

Jennifer "What are United & TWA?" — wagered $2,900
John "What are United & US Air?" — wagered $3,000
Les "What are American & TWA?" — wagered $3,110

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