Show #1795 1992-05-22 (taped 1992-01-15) Regular

Jerome Vered game 5.

Contestants

Julie Nahmais — a disability analyst originally from Flushing, New York

Daniel Swartz — a rabbi originally from Mequon, Wisconsin

Jerome Vered — a writer from Studio City, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $81,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jerome	$1,700	$3,300	$13,500	$15,400 5-day champion: $96,801	$11,900 33 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Daniel	$900	$1,200	$2,000	$3,999 3rd place: Magnavox 3" portable LCD TV + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune games	$2,000 12 R, 4 W
Julie	$-400	$1,400	$5,800	$11,599 2nd place: a trip to San Francisco aboard TWA at the Savoy Hotel	$5,800 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	FOOD FACTS	WASHINGTON STATE	"OLD"	WIVES	TALES
$100 [2] Psychologists refer to this sense as olfaction smell Jerome	$100 [1] You should hard-boil these breakfast items before adding them to your chiffonade dressing eggs Daniel	$100 [11] Whidbey Island is the largest of the many islands in this inlet Puget Sound Jerome	$100 [26] In the Mother Goose rhyme, he "was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he" Old King Cole Julie	$100 [14] In Geoffrey of Monmouth's version of this legend, this wife of King Arthur is called Guanhumara Guinevere Jerome	$100 [21] "Needful Things" is a recent tale of terror by this author of "It" & "Cujo" Stephen King Daniel
$200 [3] The length of this on Jupiter is less than 10 hours the day Daniel	$200 [7] Olympia ones are often eaten on the half shell oysters Jerome	$200 [12] The portrait of Washington on the state seal is from a portrait by this artist (Gilbert) Stuart Jerome	$200 [27] In song, Stephen Foster said these people stay "way down upon the Swanee River" the old folks at home Daniel	$200 [17] In the Bible, Jesus cautioned his followers to "Remember" this man's "wife" who turned to salt Lot Jerome	$200 [22] In 1931 Jean de Brunhoff wrote the first of several children's tales about this elephant Babar Jerome
$300 [4] Palynology seeks knowledge about past plant distribution by studying grains of this pollen Daniel	$300 [8] Nationality whose name often precedes chard, steak & fondue Swiss Jerome	$300 [13] Washington's state fish is the steelhead species of this trout Jerome Daniel	$300 [28] According to a proverb, these "die hard" old habits	$300 [18] In memory of his wife Arjumand Banu Begum, who died in childbirth, Shah Jahan built this mausoleum the Taj Mahal Julie	$300 [23] This author was one of the first to use the term "Jazz Age" in his "Tales of the Jazz Age" in 1922 Fitzgerald Jerome
$400 [5] Consisting of 3 atoms, water is an example of a triatomic one of these units a molecule Daniel	$400 [9] Of chocolate, cheese or chili peppers, the one you're most likely to find in bishop's bread chocolate Jerome Daniel Julie	$400 [15] Completed in 1942, this dam contains about 12 million cubic yards of concrete Grand Coulee Jerome	$400 [30] Because its tail is usually clipped, this shaggy dog is also called a bobtail the Old English sheepdog	$400 [19] In September 1991 this fourth & last wife of Charlie Chaplin died at age 66 Oona O'Neill Julie	$400 [24] The general prologue to this monumental work describes the meeting of 30 pilgrims at the Tabard Inn The Canterbury Tales Jerome
$500 [6] American Arthur Compton's work proved the existence of these "particles" of light photons Jerome	$500 [10] A boule-de-neige is a dessert named for & resembling one of these spheres a snowball Jerome	$500 [16] Once head of the Atomic Energy Commission, she became the state's 1st woman governor in 1977 Dixy Lee Ray	$500 [29] For its loyalty to the British Crown, Charles II gave Virginia this nickname the Old Dominion Jerome	DD $500 [20] With her mother superior's blessings, Maria Kutschera became the wife of this Austrian baron in 1927 Baron von Trapp Julie	$500 [25] "The Last of the Mohicans" is among the novels that make up this series of tales The Leatherstocking Tales Julie

Double Jeopardy! Round

EMPERORS	BUSINESS & FINANCE	WORLD CITIES	QUOTES	MONTHS	HISTORIC NAMES
$200 [1] Japan's Showa reign ended in 1989 with the death of this emperor Hirohito Julie	$200 [26] The term for regular payments you get from your employer after retiring a pension Jerome	$200 [6] Major hotels in this city include Shepheard's & the Nile Hilton Cairo Daniel	$200 [11] Ira Gershwin wrote, "Summertime and the livin' is" this easy Jerome	$200 [21] One Saxon name for this month was Aefter-Yula or "after Christmas" January Jerome	$200 [16] At Carnegie Hall in 1935, she talked about "Adventures in Flying"; she disappeared 2 years later (Amelia) Earhart Jerome
$400 [2] On Christmas Day, 800, as he prayed at St. Peter's Church, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans Charlemagne Jerome	$400 [27] NASDAQ deals in OTC stocks, OTC standing for this over the counter Daniel	$400 [7] This city on the Tiete River accounts for about 40% of Brazil's industrial output São Paulo Jerome	$400 [12] According to playwright William Congreve, "You must not" do this "and tell" kiss Jerome	$400 [22] The name of this month might come from a Latin word meaning "to open", being a time when flowers open April Jerome	$400 [17] Oceanus Hopkins was born on this ship while it was at sea; Peregrine White, after it got to New England the Mayflower Jerome
$600 [3] After becoming emperor of Ethiopia in 1930, he gave the country its first written constitution Haile Selassie Jerome	$600 [28] It provides transportation & utility stock averages as well as its famous industrial (the) Dow (Jones) Julie	$600 [8] The tombs of Michelangelo & Machiavelli are in the Church of Santa Croce in this Italian city Florence Jerome	$800 [14] 17th century poet Jean de la Fontaine said, "A hungry" one of these organs "cannot hear" a stomach Jerome Daniel Julie	$600 [23] The 11th of this month once marked the beginning of winter; now it commemorates the end of WWI November Jerome Daniel	$600 [18] Milan Stefanik, a Slovakian astronomer & soldier, helped found this nation in 1918 Czechoslovakia Daniel
$800 [4] It's uncertain whether this Aztec emperor was killed by Cortez' troops or by his own people Montezuma Julie	$800 [29] "Geographic" term for corporations registered in places where taxes are less, like the Caymans or Bahamas offshore Jerome	$800 [9] Nymphenburg Palace, the summer residence of the Bavarian kings, lies on the outskirts of this German city Munich Jerome	$1,000 [15] In "The People, Yes" this poet wrote, "Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come" Carl Sandburg Julie	$800 [24] The Greeks honored Demeter & the Romans honored Ceres during this harvest month September Jerome	$800 [19] As captain of the Queen's Guard, this courtier watched the execution of his rival, Lord Essex (Sir Walter) Raleigh Jerome
$1,000 [5] Maximilian, who became emperor of Mexico in 1864, was the brother of this Austrian emperor Franz Joseph Jerome Daniel	$1,000 [30] A strike is a stoppage of work by the workers & this is a stoppage decided by management a lockout Daniel	$1,000 [10] Regina, this Canadian province's capital, was originally called Pile O'Bones Saskatchewan Jerome Daniel	DD $2,000 [13] Milton Friedman said, "There's only one place where inflation is made: that's in" this city Washington (D.C.) Jerome	DD $1,200 [25] In the part of South America south of the equator, summer begins during this month December Jerome	$1,000 [20] This 1st wife was legally married to Henry VIII longer than anyone else: over 23 years Catherine of Aragon Julie

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

An anthem that he composed for George II's 1727 coronation has been used for British crownings ever since

George Frederick Handel

Daniel "What was Handel?" — wagered $1,999

Julie "Who is Handel?" — wagered $5,799

Jerome "Who is HandelTower?" — wagered $1,900

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