Show #1574 1991-06-06 (taped 1991-03-11) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Max Schneider — a salesman from New Smithville, Pennsylvania

Mark Schleben — an attorney from Clearwater, Florida

Tobe Benz — a business executive from Germantown, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tobe	$300	$1,700	$7,500	$9,000 2-day champion: $27,201	$5,300 18 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Mark	$700	$2,200	$2,800	$4,100 2nd place	$2,800 14 R, 4 W
Max	$500	$3,000	$2,000	$0 3rd place	$2,000 15 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

1978	WORDS	"C" IN CHEMISTRY	OKLAHOMANS	PLAYS	GIMME 5
$100 [6] In 1978, he was promoted posthumously to General of the Armies of the United States George Washington Tobe	$100 [10] This religion's name comes from the old Persian name for the Indus River Hindu Tobe	$100 [15] When activated, this form of carbon is used to purify liquids charcoal Mark	$100 [24] Humorist who remarked, "Communism is like prohibition; it's a good idea, but it won't work" Will Rogers Max	$100 [1] Lee J. Cobb was the first to star as Willy Loman in a production of this play Death of a Salesman Tobe	$100 [8] It's made up of 5 events--steeplechase, fencing, swimming, pistol shooting, & a cross-country run the pentathlon Mark
$200 [7] Arkady Shevchenko, the highest-ranking Soviet working here, defected to the United States the United Nations Tobe Mark Max	$200 [11] Stringed instrument whose name comes from the Arabic "al-ud" a lute	$200 [16] Hypochlorites are the forms of this gaseous element used to bleach clothes chlorine Tobe	$200 [27] This actor has played Brett Maverick on two TV series James Garner Tobe	$200 [2] For its run in Mexico, this musical was billed as "Vaselina" Grease Max	$200 [9] Completed in 1943, it's a 5-sided complex of 5 concentric buildings connected by hallways the Pentagon Max
$300 [21] After 16,255,500 of these were made in Germany, production ended there but went on elsewhere the Volkswagen Beetle Max	$300 [12] The Latin "dealbare", to whitewash, gave us this word, meaning to apply paint crudely daub (dab accepted) Max	$300 [20] The reaction of a substance with oxygen to produce heat & light; it's a fancy way to say burning combustion Mark	$300 [28] This Yankee slugger hit over 50 home runs in a season twice, 1956 & 1961 Mickey Mantle Tobe Mark	$300 [3] His first major play, "Battle of Angels", was later rewritten as "Orpheus Descending" Tennessee Williams Mark	$300 [17] It's a 5-pointed star with supposed mystic properties pentagram (pentangle) Tobe Max
$400 [25] The Supreme Court ruled this man's "7 Words" you couldn't say on the airwaves could be banned from the airwaves George Carlin Mark	$400 [13] This element found in matches comes from the Greek meaning "light-bearing" phosphorus Max	$400 [22] This metallic element is used to make brilliant blue colors in porcelain & tiles cobalt Mark	—	$400 [4] The romance of Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning inspired this 1930 play by Rudolf Besier The Barretts Of Wimpole Street Tobe	$400 [18] This 1-word term for the first 5 books of the Bible is from the Greek for "five scrolls" the Pentateuch Max
$500 [26] Victor Hasselblad, inventor of the type of this the astronauts used on the moon, died in August a camera Tobe	$500 [14] Combine the Greek words for "wolf" & "man", & you'll have this word for werewolf a lycanthrope Max	$500 [23] Element used in conjunction with nickel oxide in rechargeable leak-proof batteries cadmium Tobe	—	$500 [5] The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 comedy "the funniest play about murder ever written" Arsenic And Old Lace Mark	$500 [19] Since the 16th century, this 5-foot meter has been the predominant meter in English verse (iambic) pentameter Max

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT EGYPT	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	EUROPEAN CITIES	FASHION	BESTSELLERS	BIRTHPLACES
$200 [19] King Thutmose IV was probably the first to clear the accumulated sand off this monument the Sphinx Mark	$200 [20] The building that houses the FBI is named for this man J. Edgar Hoover Mark	$200 [2] Amalienborg Castle in this city has been home to the Danish royal family since 1794 Copenhagen Max	$200 [11] No question about it, Claudia Schiffer is igniting this jeans company's ads & sales Guess Mark	$200 [1] Debbie & Eddie's daughter, who based "Postcards from the Edge" on her own life Carrie Fisher Max	$200 [12] Peter Minuit was born in Wesel in what is now this country, not in Holland Germany Mark Max
$400 [25] Anubis was the god of this mummification process that kept you in good shape after expiring embalming Tobe Max	$400 [21] This federal agency has four offices, in Washington, D.C., Muscle Shoals, Alabama, & Chattanooga & Knoxville, Tennessee the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Mark	$400 [3] The 2 Spanish cities that boast subway systems Madrid & Barcelona Max	$400 [17] Nini Bambini, a California company, specializes in fashions for this segment of the population babies (children) Tobe	$400 [7] Critics cheered this 1990 Scorsese film based on Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 mafia bestseller, "Wiseguy" Goodfellas Tobe	$400 [13] This movie Sherlock Holmes was born to British parents in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1892 Basil Rathbone Tobe
—	$600 [22] Charged with preventing price fixing & misleading advertising, the FTC stands for this Federal Trade Commission Mark Max	$600 [4] City in which you'd find the Sibelius Monument Helsinki Mark Max	$600 [18] In 1955, the boys were wearing coonskin caps, & the girls, these skirts named for dogs poodle skirts Mark	$600 [8] One of Queen Elizabeth's favorite mystery writers, his "Longshot" raced to the Best Seller list in 1990 Dick Francis Tobe	$600 [14] This folk hero known for his fruit trees sprang up in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1774 Johnny Appleseed Tobe
—	$800 [23] As head of the General Accounting Office, Charles Bowsher holds this title Comptroller General of the United States Tobe	$800 [5] This is the only national capital on the Vistula River Warsaw Max	$800 [26] Don Fisher began this retail chain in San Francisco in 1969 when he couldn't find a pair of jeans that fit The Gap Mark	$1,000 [10] "Means of Ascent" includes an account of this future president's race for the Senate in 1948 Lyndon Baines Johnson Tobe Max	$800 [15] Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in this smallest Canadian province, the setting for her novel, "Anne of Green Gables" Prince Edward Island Tobe
—	$1,000 [24] Appointed Secretary of Education by Ronald Reagan in 1988, he resigned in 1990 Lauro Cavazos Tobe Max	$1,000 [6] Estoril, a suburb of this capital, was a center of espionage during World War II Lisbon Tobe	—	DD $2,000 [9] Time found in 1990 titles by Stephen King & Sidney Sheldon Midnight Tobe	DD $2,000 [16] Winston Churchill was born in this palace built for John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough Blenheim Palace Tobe

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN BUSINESS

In the 1980s, this company bought Kraft & General Foods, making it No. 1 in food as well as in cigarettes

Philip Morris

Max "What is R.J. Reynolds?" — wagered $2,000

Mark "What is Philip Morris?" — wagered $1,300

Tobe "What is Philip Morris?" — wagered $1,500

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