Show #1794 1992-05-21 (taped 1992-01-15) Regular

Jerome Vered game 4.Jerome sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $34,000.

Contestants

Devon Ericson — a travel video producer from La Jolla, California

Hank Widmayer — a theater technician and actor from Maple Shade, New Jersey

Jerome Vered — a writer from Studio City, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $47,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jerome $2,100 $5,700 $24,900 $34,000
4-day champion: $81,401 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game
$17,900
37 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Hank $1,000 $1,500 $4,300 $7,300
2nd place: a 5-day trip to Las Vegas on Delta at the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game
$4,300
13 R, 0 W
Devon $800 $800 $1,600 $200
3rd place: a Ross-Simons 14 karat gold diamond-starred bracelet + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game
$1,600
5 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL SCIENCE TELEVISION PET FOOD BIBLICAL TRANSPORTATION NATIONAL ANTHEMS ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [5]
Albert Einstein announced his special theory of this in 1905 & his general theory in 1915
relativity
Jerome
$100 [8]
Jack Jones sang this series' theme song from 1977 to 1985; Dionne Warwick sang it the last season
The Love Boat
Hank
$100 [26]
Milk-Bone brand dog biscuits claim to clean teeth & freshen this naturally
breath
Jerome
$100 [1]
In Exodus he floated on the Nile in a bulrush basket
Moses
Jerome
$100 [16]
Written as a marching song during the French Revolution, it later became the country's national anthem
the "Marseillaise"
Hank
$100 [11]
Abbreviated "mlle.", it's the French equivalent of "miss"
mademoiselle
Devon
$200 [7]
Under the oceans, this part of the Earth is generally only 3-5 miles thick
the crust
Hank
$200 [9]
This 600-pound American black bear lived in the Florida Everglades with the Wedloes
Gentle Ben
Jerome
$200 [27]
A brand described as "just good cat food", or a stray feline who hangs out in passageways
Alley Cat
Hank
$200 [2]
Numbers 7 mentions covered ones pulled by oxen
wagons
Jerome
$200 [19]
This country's "Hymn to Liberty" was based on a poem by Dionysios Solomos
Greece
Hank
$200 [12]
On an application form, DOB is an abbreviation for this
date of birth
Hank
$300 [23]
Chalk & limestone are naturally occurring forms of this compound, CaCO3
calcium carbonate
$300 [10]
On December 2, 1969 astronaut Tony Nelson married her
Jeannie
Devon
$300 [28]
A dog food "recommended by top breeders", or the ancestral line of a purebred canine
Pedigree
$300 [3]
In Judges 1:19 these war vehicles are "of iron"
chariots
Jerome
$300 [20]
The melody to "America" was borrowed from this national anthem
"God Save the King" (or "Queen")
Jerome
$300 [15]
DM is an abbreviation for this German unit of currency
Deutsche Mark
Jerome
$400 [24]
Ammonia, widely used as a refrigerant & cleaner, is composed of hydrogen & this element
nitrogen
Jerome
$400 [13]
A 1976 Writing Emmy was awarded for the "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of this series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Jerome
$400 [29]
The cat food known as "Kit 'N" this claims "It makes other meals seem downright mousy!"
Kaboodle
$400 [4]
In Genesis 6 God said it should be pitched within & without with pitch
Noah's Ark (the ark accepted)
Devon
$400 [21]
"Hatikvah", meaning "hope", was adopted as this country's national anthem in 1948
Israel
Jerome
$400 [17]
Meaning "conversely", V.V. is an abbreviation for this Latin phrase
vice versa
Jerome
DD $1,500 [25]
Proteins such as pepsin & rennin that act as catalysts in the body are termed these
enzymes
Jerome
$500 [14]
In "The Dick Van Dyke Show", it was the series for which Rob Petrie was head writer
The Alan Brady Show
Hank
$500 [30]
Something given in return for a good deed, or a dog food "for the very best dogs in the world"
Reward
$500 [6]
Genesis 24 explains how to care for these, water them, feed them & make them kneel
camels
Jerome
$500 [22]
Franz Erkel, a noted composer of this country, wrote its nat'l anthem, "Isten Aldd Meg A Magyart"
Hungary
Jerome
$500 [18]
In optics & photography, FL stands for this
focal length

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES ARTISTS LANGUAGES PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES THE BILL OF RIGHTS
$200 [6]
The lighthouse on Pharos in the harbor of this Egyptian city was 1 of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Alexandria
Jerome
$200 [13]
Thomas Hart Benton was once a cartoonist for the Joplin American in this, his home state
Missouri
Jerome
$200 [1]
Petronius & Cicero were known to write in the Vulgar form of this language
Latin
Jerome
$200 [9]
John Galsworthy refused this honor in 1918, so we don't have to call him Sir John
the knighthood
Jerome
$200 [15]
Something of insignificant value is said not to be worth this color cent
red
Hank
$200 [23]
This amendment guarantees that a person cannot be forced to testify against himself
the Fifth Amendment
Jerome
$400 [7]
This European capital has a Tycho Brahe Planetarium on Gammel Kongevej Street
Copenhagen
Devon
$400 [14]
Of Miro, Marisol or Morisot, the one who isn't female
(Joan) Miró
Hank
$400 [2]
Khalkha, spoken around Ulan Bator, is the official dialect of this country
Mongolia
Jerome
$400 [10]
John Fletcher wrote "The Wild Goose Chase" & this Norwegian wrote "The Wild Duck"
Ibsen
Jerome
$400 [16]
It's the money paid by golfers to play on a course
greens fees
Hank
$400 [24]
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy & public" one of these
a trial
Devon
$600 [8]
This Canadian city's metro was the first subway in the Western Hemisphere to use rubber tires
Montreal
Jerome Hank
$600 [20]
Jose Orozco, a colleague of Diego Rivera, was one of this country's greatest muralists
Mexico
Jerome
$600 [3]
Street signs in Brussels are printed in French & this language
Flemish
Jerome
$600 [25]
George Bernard Shaw's play "The Devil's Disciple" takes place in America during this 18th century war
the American Revolution
Hank
$600 [17]
Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina is one of the highest peaks in this Appalachian range
the Blue Ridge
Jerome Hank
$600 [28]
The Bill of Rights guarantees that private property shall not be taken for public use without this
just compensation
Jerome
$800 [11]
From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was the capital of the Polish province of Wilno
Vilnius
Jerome
$800 [21]
Goya's wall paintings decorate the Church of San Antonio de la Florida in this capital city
Madrid
Jerome
$800 [4]
In addition to English, most people of this self-governing U.S. island also speak Chamorro
Guam
Jerome
$800 [26]
Turgenev wrote a play called "A Month in" this place — how bucolic
the Country
Jerome
$800 [18]
Type of reporting Hearst & Pulitzer used to fan the fires of war between Spain & the U.S.
yellow journalism
Jerome
$1,000 [30]
This future president served on the House committee which prepared the Bill of Rights
(James) Madison
Jerome
$1,000 [12]
Pakistan's largest city, it was the country's capital from 1947 to 1959
Karachi
Jerome
$1,000 [22]
The modern artist who was born Milton Rauschenberg changed his first name to this
Robert
Jerome
DD $2,300 [5]
It's the only Slavic language that is an official language of the United Nations
Russian
Jerome
$1,000 [27]
The N.Y. Drama Critics Circle gave its 1991 Best Play prize to John Guare's play "Six Degrees of" this
Separation
Jerome
$1,000 [19]
This city in Southern Texas lies on the Rio Grande across from Matamoros, Mexico
Brownsville
Jerome
DD $5,500 [29]
This state's Declaration of Rights was the model for our first 10 amendments
Virginia
Jerome

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN STORIES

Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains"

"Rip Van Winkle"

Devon "What is Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman" — wagered $1,400
Hank "What is Rip van Winkle" — wagered $3,000
Jerome "What is Rip Van Winkle?" — wagered $9,100

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