Show #1793 1992-05-20 (taped 1992-01-15) Regular

Jerome Vered game 3.

Contestants

Mike Jordan — a tax accountant originally from Port Orchard, Washington

Jeff Jacobberger — a U.S. Army captain originally from South San Francisco, California

Jerome Vered — a writer from Studio City, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jerome $2,600 $6,000 $10,000 $7,000
3-day champion: $47,401
$11,000
32 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff $700 $1,600 $5,400 $400
2nd place: General Instrument satallite TV system + Sanyo 26" MTS-stereo TV
$5,400
12 R, 2 W
Mike $-100 $700 $1,900 $0
3rd place: Smith Corona PWP-1200 personal word processor + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune games
$3,100
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S WEDDING PARROTS OSCAR WINNING SONGS COWBOYS INDIA
$100 [17]
In "Oliver Twist" Jack Dawkins is better known by this "skillful" name
the Artful Dodger
Jerome
$100 [1]
Since this was the color of Elizabeth's gown, guests were asked not to wear it
yellow
Jerome
$100 [16]
The parrot's anatomical feature described as zygodactyl: part faces forward, part back
the feet (or the claws)
Jerome Mike
$100 [6]
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jerome
$100 [21]
Because they often prodded cattle with sticks, cowboys were also known by this term
cowpokes
Jerome
$100 [11]
India leads all countries in the production of tea, pepper & this legume often eaten by elephants
peanuts
Jerome
$200 [18]
Don Quixote promises him governorship of an island to become his squire
Sancho Panza
Jerome
$200 [2]
Rumors said that Bubbles, one of these animals, would carry the rings, but it wasn't true
a chimpanzee
Jerome
$200 [27]
Experts say seeds from this Kansas state flower should make up no more than 60% of a parrot's diet
sunflowers
Jerome
$200 [7]
"Talk To The Animals"
Dr. Dolittle
Jerome
$200 [22]
This synonym for a cowboy's lasso is from the Spanish word "reata", meaning rope
lariat
Jerome
$200 [12]
Most Indian women wear this garment, a straight piece of cloth draped around the body as a long dress
a sari
Jerome
$300 [19]
In "The Thousand and One Nights" she is the new bride of Shahriar
Scheherazade
Jerome
$300 [3]
Wedding guest Roddy McDowall also attended Elizabeth's 1st wedding, when she married this hotel heir
(Nicky) Hilton
Jerome
$300 [28]
Known for its mimicry, one of the most popular parrots is the gray from this continent
Africa
Jeff Mike
$300 [8]
"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"
Dirty Dancing
$300 [23]
By 1870 this hatmaker was the leading producer of cowboy hats
Stetson
Jeff
$300 [13]
India's first prime minister, he served in that post from 1947 until his death in 1964
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Jeff
$400 [20]
He himself is a major character in his epic poem "The Divine Comedy"
Dante
Jeff
$400 [4]
Elizabeth's son Michael, whose father was this late British actor, helped escort her down the aisle
(Michael) Wilding
Jerome
$400 [29]
The rare Kakapo parrot of New Zealand is distinct in being unable to do this
fly
Jerome
$400 [9]
"Let The River Run"
Working Girl
Mike
$400 [24]
In 1871 cowboys drove a record number of cattle, 600,000, from Texas to Kansas along this trail
the Chisholm Trail
Mike
$400 [14]
India & this country have been disputing ownership of Kashmir since 1947
Pakistan
Jeff
DD $1,500 [26]
The unattractive & self-seeking Mildred Rogers enslaves Philip Carey in this Somerset Maugham book
Of Human Bondage
Jerome
$500 [5]
Elizabeth & her new husband spent part of their honeymoon promoting this new perfume
White Diamonds
Mike
$500 [30]
This parrot's name might be from "macauba", a tree whose fruit it eats
the macaw
Jeff
$500 [10]
"White Christmas"
Holiday Inn
Jerome
$500 [25]
In the days of Wyatt Earp & Bat Masterson, this Kansas town was the "Cowboy Capital of the World"
Dodge City
Jerome
$500 [15]
This capital of the state of West Bengal is India's largest city
Calcutta
Jerome

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICA PHILOSOPHY FAMOUS JAPANESE HILLS BALLET 1991
$200 [4]
St. Paul's, the oldest church in Manhattan, is where this pres. attended services after his 1789 inauguration
Washington
Jerome
$200 [9]
Thales in the 6th c. BC said everything came from water; Empedocles later added air & these 2 things
fire & earth
Mike
$200 [16]
His 1950 film "Rashomon" made him the 1st Japanese filmmaker to have an impact in Europe & the U.S.
Kurosawa
Jerome
$200 [11]
This Athenian hill was the site of the Erechtheum, a shrine to a legendary king of the city
the Acropolis
Jerome
$200 [23]
Chiang Ch'ing, this leader's wife, staged the Chinese ballet "The Red Detachment of Women"
Mao Zedong
Jerome
$200 [1]
In June he announced he would not seek a second term as president of Austria
(Kurt) Waldheim
Mike
$400 [5]
A shrine in Allentown, Penn. is built above the spot where this patriotic symbol was hidden in 1777
the Liberty Bell
Jerome
$400 [10]
This 19th century Danish philosopher was known to his followers as "S.K."
(Soren) Kierkegaard
Jeff
$400 [17]
This company's co-founder Akio Morita was once in an American Express "Do you know me?" ad
Sony
Jeff
$400 [12]
Jesus Christ was crucified on this skull-shaped hill outside Jerusalem
Golgotha
Mike
$400 [24]
In 1968 the Bolshoi premiered its ballet about this Roman slave revolt leader
Spartacus
Jerome
$400 [2]
Germany's upper house, the Bundesrat, voted to remain in this city & not to move to Berlin
Bonn
Jerome
$600 [6]
Cabrillo Nat'l Monument, on the coast of this California city, marks the site where Cabrillo landed in 1542
San Diego
Jeff
$600 [18]
Alfred North Whitehead said European philosophy is "a series of footnotes to" this Greek
Plato
Jerome Mike
$600 [28]
In 1968 Yasunari Kawabata became the first Japanese author to win this
the Nobel Prize for Literature
Jeff
$600 [13]
The Homestake mine, the largest gold mine in the U.S., is in these South Dakota hills
the Black Hills
Mike
$600 [25]
Mia Slavenska danced the role of Blanche DuBois at the premiere of this ballet in 1952
A Streetcar Named Desire
Mike
$800 [21]
This sport's WLAF crowned its first champions, the London Monarchs
(American) football
Jeff
$800 [7]
This national battlefield near Sharpsburg, Md. commemorates the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Antietam
Jeff Mike
$800 [19]
John Locke believed no one is born with innate ideas, that at birth the mind is one of these
a clean slate (or tabula rasa )
Jerome
$800 [29]
Kintaro Hattori may not ring a bell, but the name of this watch co. he founded should
Seiko
Mike
$800 [14]
This San Francisco area may take its name from "Nabob", a Hindi word meaning "a rich man"
Nob Hill
Jerome
$800 [26]
Martha Graham danced the lead in the first U.S. production of "The Rite of Spring" by this composer
Stravinsky
Jerome Jeff
$1,000 [22]
The Navy apologized for blaming this battleship's gun turret explosion on one of its victims
the Iowa
Jeff
$1,000 [8]
Built in 1791, Portland Head Light in Maine was one of the first of these authorized by the U.S.
a lighthouse
Mike
$1,000 [20]
St. Anselm is famous for his proof of this
the existence of God
Jerome
DD $1,200 [30]
He's the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa
Mike
$1,000 [15]
Ancient Rome's streets extended from this hill; today, it's the site of a complex of art galleries
the Capitoline
Jerome
$1,000 [27]
Sir Frederick Ashton was principal choreographer of this British company 1935-70
the Royal Ballet
Jerome
DD $2,000 [3]
In October President Bush named William Barr to replace Dick Thornburgh in this job
Attorney General
Jerome

Final Jeopardy!

TRAVEL & TOURISM

This sparsely populated state has the highest percentage of its workforce in tourism, about a third

Nevada

Mike "What is Florida" — wagered $1,900
Jeff "What is Alaska?" — wagered $5,000
Jerome "What is Wyoming?" — wagered $3,000

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