Show #2321 1994-10-10 (taped 1994-08-23) Regular

Tom Nichols game 5-B.

Contestants

Tom Nichols — a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $45,690)

Quintin Lang — a computer consultant from London, Ontario

Dorothy Mallonee — a service representative from Fullerton, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dorothy	$1,200	$1,900	$8,500	$4,999 2nd place: Gateway PC + Bassett home computer workstation	$9,100 22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Quintin	$900	$1,300	$4,700	$2,000 3rd place: Krups kitchen appliance package	$4,700 14 R, 2 W
Tom	$1,400	$3,100	$6,000	$11,990 5-day champion: $57,680	$8,000 21 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

1946	AUSTRALIAN CINEMA	CARS	VENEZUELA	FOOD & DRINK	BRITISH POTPOURRI
$100 [3] This "lucky" racketeer was deported to Italy in February "Lucky" Luciano Quintin	$100 [12] For its U.S. release, quotation marks were added to the word "crocodile" "Crocodile" Dundee Dorothy	$100 [21] In 1993 this Chevy sports car celebrated its 40th birthday the Corvette Quintin	$100 [9] Date of Venezuela's Independence Day celebration; it's a day after ours July 5 Tom	$100 [1] Reggiano is a type of this delicious cheese that's usually grated parmesan Quintin	$100 [22] This London river has been called "liquid history" the Thames Tom
$200 [4] This university announced it would continue allowing Radcliffe coeds in some classes Harvard Dorothy	$200 [13] In this 1979 film set in the near future Mel Gibson's voice was dubbed for U.S. release Mad Max Quintin	$200 [27] The expression "a real doozy" became popular after the introduction of this car in the 1920s the Duesenberg Dorothy	$200 [14] The basic unit of currency is named for this liberator & native son (Simon) Bolivar Dorothy	$200 [2] Tetley makes tea bags in this atypical shape round Tom	$200 [23] On Mothering Sunday, the 4th Sunday in this pre-Easter season, children give gifts to their mothers Lent Tom
$300 [6] In April this international organization expired, turning over its property to the U.N. the League of Nations Dorothy	$300 [15] We're serious; Yahoo Serious played this "Young" inventor (Albert) Einstein Tom	$300 [28] In 1989 Nissan unveiled its Infiniti & Toyota launched this luxury line the Lexus Dorothy	$300 [18] The capitol, dedicated in this city in 1877, houses the National Congress Caracas Quintin	$300 [5] Before it's sliced, this New Zealand fruit resembles a big brown egg covered with fuzz a kiwi Tom	$300 [24] Because its Latin name is Cantabrigia, a student at this school is a Cantabrigian Cambridge Dorothy Tom
$400 [10] In March France recognized the Republic of Vietnam with this man as president Ho Chi Minh Quintin	$400 [16] This supermodel gained 20 lbs. for "Sirens" & then returned to the weight SI readers are familiar with Elle MacPherson Tom	$400 [29] Some of this Swedish co.'s 1995 models, including the 850 Turbo, feature side-impact air bags Volvo Tom	$400 [19] The llaneros of Venezuela are equivalent to the vaqueros of Mexico or these in the U.S. cowboys Tom	$400 [7] Whole milk that's had about 60% of its water removed but no sugar added is called this evaporated milk Dorothy Quintin	$400 [25] This lovely old town in the Cotswolds shares its name with America's "Great White Way" Broadway Tom
$500 [11] This generalissimo completed editing a new Chinese translation of the New Testament Chiang Kai-shek Tom	$500 [17] Director who gave us "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Picnic At Hanging Rock" & "The Last Wave" Peter Weir Dorothy	$500 [30] Mazda's MX-5 2-seater convertible is also known by this name the Miata Tom	$500 [20] This industry's boom in the 1920s made Venezuela a cash-rich country oil Tom	$500 [8] Aquavit is a Scandinavian liquor made from grains or these vegetables potatoes Quintin	DD $1,500 [26] The royal pavilion in this seaside resort city boasts a magnificent collection of gold plate Brighton Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	AMERICAN LITERATURE	MUSIC & DANCE	MEDICINE	THE CIVIL WAR	THE "BLUE"s & THE "GRAY"s
$200 [14] The large amounts of soil carried by China's Hwang Ho River give it this colorful English name the Yellow River Dorothy	$200 [3] His 1938 collection "The Long Valley" includes one of his most famous stories, "The Red Pony" (John) Steinbeck Dorothy	$200 [22] This dance is often performed to the song "Aloha Oe" the hula Tom	$200 [9] This pediatrician began writing his "Baby and Child Care" book while serving in the Navy during World War II (Dr.) Spock Dorothy	$200 [1] Battles in this state included those at Fort Henry, Franklin & Murfreesboro Tennessee Tom	$200 [2] This character, not Horatio, is the famous horn blower of nursery rhymes Little Boy Blue Dorothy
$400 [23] Islay is sometimes called "The Queen of" this Scottish island group, both "Inner" & "Outer" the Hebrides Quintin	$400 [4] Edgar Lee Masters' most famous book, it's a series of epitaphs written in free verse Spoon River Anthology Dorothy	$400 [27] Some of these clickers that accompany the bolero are made of ivory castanets Dorothy	$400 [18] The first successful treatment of this disease used insulin obtained from beef pancreases diabetes Quintin	$400 [8] On March 8, 1862 this Confederate ship destroyed 2 Union ships at Hampton Roads the Merrimack (the Virginia ) Dorothy Quintin	$400 [13] Joliet Jake & Elwood, collectively the Blues Brothers Quintin
DD $500 [25] The Gulf of Aden is a natural sea link between the Arabian Sea & this sea The Red Sea Tom	$600 [5] This 1st Theodore Dreiser novel shocked the publisher's wife, who kept it from wide distribution Sister Carrie Quintin	$600 [28] Morris dancers can make their own music because they adorn themselves with these jingling items bells Dorothy	$600 [19] In the past this disease of the lungs was called consumption tuberculosis Dorothy	$600 [10] Braxton Bragg, one of the Confederacy's 8 full generals, has a fort named for him in this state North Carolina Tom	$600 [15] Founded in 1970, this organization was set up to fight age discrimination the Gray Panthers Dorothy
$600 [24] This Winter Olympics site was named after the Roman emperor Gratian, who was killed at Lyon not far away Grenoble Tom	$800 [6] In 1957 he published "The Town", the second novel in his Snopes trilogy Faulkner Tom	$800 [29] Chopin wrote music for this frenzied dance connected with the mania known as tarantism the tarantella Dorothy	DD $600 [21] In 1893 this Army bacteriologist was named Curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. Walter Reed Dorothy	$800 [11] Union troops were sent to Texas in 1863 to hold the Rio Grande line against this Fr. emperor's troops Napoleon III Dorothy Quintin	$800 [16] Poet who wrote, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise" Thomas Gray Dorothy
$1,000 [26] This river that begins in Canada & ends in Alaska is one of North America's 5 longest the Yukon Quintin	$1,000 [7] Tennessee Williams considered her novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" a masterpiece Carson McCullers Dorothy	$1,000 [30] "An Evening's Waltzes" is a ballet danced to 5 waltzes by this "Peter and the Wolf" composer Sergei Prokofiev Quintin Tom	$800 [20] In this procedure a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a blocked artery & the balloon is inflated angioplasty Dorothy	$1,000 [12] Some of the heaviest fighting of the 1862 battle near this Maryland creek took place at Dunker Church Antietam Tom	$1,000 [17] He's famous for his monologues "Swimming To Cambodia" & "Monster in a Box" Spalding Gray Tom

Final Jeopardy!

FAMILIAR PHRASES

Jefferson said it "is no excuse in any country... because it can always be pretended"

ignorance of the law

Quintin "What is virtue?" — wagered $2,700

Tom "What is ignorance of the law?" — wagered $5,990

Dorothy "What is ignorance?" — wagered $3,501

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