Show #1616 1991-09-16 (taped 1991-08-12) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Jon Farrier — an attorney from Grand Rapids, Michigan

Michael Ball — an ordained minister from Hamburg, Pennsylvania

Randy Kaplan — a commodities broker from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Randy	$2,200	$5,200	$9,600	$19,200 2-day champion: $28,800	$9,200 28 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Michael	$1,600	$1,900	$10,400	$1,599 3rd place	$7,500 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jon	$500	$1,800	$3,200	$5,000 2nd place	$3,200 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES	SILENT SCREEN STARS	RELIGION	FADS & FASHION	HOME FOLKS
$100 [2] Officially, it wasn't adopted as the national anthem until 1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" Randy	$100 [1] French for "spirit of body", it describes group spirit or comradeship esprit de corps Michael	$100 [11] He sold flowers in bar rooms, made toy boats, & gave dancing lessons, before becoming a "Little Tramp" Charlie Chaplin Michael	$100 [13] The third member of the Trinity, who co-exist with the Father & the Son the Holy Spirit Randy	$100 [26] In the 1850s, this trendsetter began dying his denim pants with indigo Levi Strauss Jon	$100 [21] Sooners Oklahomans Michael
$200 [5] Jailed after Lincoln's assassination, the government prevented him from reopening his theater (John Thompson) Ford Michael	$200 [3] In a Spanish place of business, a sign over a door marked "salida"means this exit Randy	$200 [12] This German's transition from silent films to talkies was easy; he didn't talk, he barked Rin Tin Tin Michael	$200 [14] Judaism's kaddish, a prayer sanctifying the Sabbath or a holy day, is said over a cup of this wine Randy	$200 [27] These calf length women's slacks of the 1940s were designed for cycling, hence the name pedal pushers Michael	$200 [22] Knickerbockers New York Randy
$300 [6] In the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, Spain ceded this state to the U.S. Florida Michael	$300 [4] Italian for "unknown", it's how you might travel if you wish to remain unknown incognito Michael	$300 [17] This femme fatale, the original vamp, starred in a 1916 silent version of "Romeo & Juliet" Theda Bara Randy	$300 [15] The Capuchin monks were named after this part of their wardrobe hood Randy	$300 [28] 19th century women not only wore these whale parts in their corsets, sometimes they wore them in dresses too bones Jon	$300 [23] Bay Staters Massachusetts natives Randy
$400 [7] In 1987, J.J. Pollard got life for conveying secret information to this Middle East country Israel Randy	$400 [8] This Latin word for "earned" frequently follows the name of a retired college professor emeritus Michael	$500 [19] This "Great Stoneface" married Norma Talmadge's sister Natalie in 1921 Buster Keaton Randy	$400 [16] From "sajjadat", Arabic for "to bow down", the sajjadat is this object Muslims use in worship a prayer rug Randy	$400 [29] Late 1970s dance style often done to rap music by teenage males in the streets break dancing Jon	$400 [24] Granite Boys New Hampshire natives Randy
$500 [9] In 1924, this former Wisconsin governor received almost 5 million votes for president, but carried only his home state Bob La Follette Randy	$500 [10] Japanese for "way of the warrior", it's the code by which a samurai lived bushido Jon	DD $800 [18] Mary Pickford introduced Lillian Gish to this director, who made her a star D.W. Griffith Randy	$500 [20] Term for a papal document from the seal used to authenticate it a (papal) bull Randy Jon	$500 [30] Australia, not Hawaii gave us this 1958 toy fad the Hula Hoop Randy	$500 [25] Hawkeyes Iowans Randy

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL LITERATURE	SCIENCE	OPERA	FAMOUS NAMES	MOUNTAINS	HAIL TO THE CHIEF
$200 [1] In ancient Greece, lyric poetry was usually sung to the accompaniment of this stringed instrument a lyre Michael	$200 [7] In vertebrates, it's the process of reproducing an entire organism from a single cell cloning Jon	$200 [2] Act I of this opera opens on Catfish Row, a section of Charleston, South Carolina Porgy and Bess Randy	$200 [13] This American composer & conductor did some work under the pseudonym "Lenny Amber" Leonard Bernstein Randy	$200 [21] For much of the 19th century, Ecuador's Chimborazo was believed to be the highest peak in this range the Andes Randy	$200 [30] After his death, Dec. 14th, 1799, Napoleon declared a week of mourning in France George Washington Jon
$400 [3] This epic poem by Homer of adventures after the Trojan War used modern techniques, like the flashback the Odyssey Randy Michael	$400 [8] The first of the artificial elements after uranium, its chemical symbol is Np neptunium Randy	$400 [9] In a Rossini opera he was a barber; in a Mozart opera he was Count Almaviva's valet Figaro Jon	$400 [14] In 1971 this Canadian Prime Minister married 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair in a secret ceremony in North Vancouver Pierre Trudeau Randy	$400 [22] This Washington State peak has the largest single peak glacier system in the lower 48 states Mount Rainier Jon	$400 [29] Except for Cleveland, every elected president from Grant through McKinley was born in this state Ohio Randy Jon
$600 [4] The "Father of History" who wrote a 9-volume work on the wars between Greece & Persia Herodotus Jon	$600 [10] This instrument for detecting & recording earthquakes is basically just a large pendulum a seismograph Jon	$600 [16] This Verdi opera is based on Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor" & "Henry IV" Falstaff Randy	$600 [15] This man, once host of TV's "Life is Worth Living", was appointed Bishop of Rochester, New York in 1966 (Bishop Fulton) Sheen Randy Michael	$600 [23] This volcano overlooking Naples last erupted in 1944 Vesuvius Randy Jon	$600 [28] He was the first U.S. president to visit the Berlin Wall Kennedy Randy Michael
$800 [5] Cicero's and Demosthenes' were among the lives this Greek biographer reviewed Plutarch Jon	$800 [11] Proteins & peptides are made up of these compounds, often called the building blocks of life amino acids Randy	$800 [17] London Opera Housefirst opened in 1732, burnt in 1808, reopened in 1809, burnt in 1856 & reopened in 1858 Covent Garden Michael	$800 [19] Chile's Allende appointed this general Army Commander-in-Chief in August '73 & in September was deposed by him Pinochet Randy	$800 [24] This isolated volcanic cone in Tanzania rises to two peaks, Kibo & Mawenzi Kilimanjaro Randy	$1,000 [26] He was the last Whig elected president; Fillmore was the last Whig to serve Zachary Taylor Michael Jon
$1,000 [6] Tradition says this "Prometheus Bound" author was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head Aeschylus Jon	$1,000 [12] From the Latin word for "spark", it's the scientific term for a star's twinkling scintillation	DD $1,500 [18] In this Offenbach opera, a poet tells of his three loves, the first being a mechanical doll named Olympia The Tales of Hoffmann Michael	$1,000 [20] General nicknamed "Vinegar Joe", who was in charge of U.S. forces in China in World War II (Joe) Stillwell Randy	$1,000 [25] Mount Greylock, Massachusetts' highest point, rises in these hills in the northwest part of the state the Berkshires Michael	DD $3,200 [27] The last decade in which only two different men were president the '50s Michael

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

An accomplished author, his masterpiece was a "Practical Handbook of Bee Culture"

Sherlock Holmes

Jon "Who is Sherlock Holmes?" — wagered $1,800

Randy "Who is Sherlock Holmes?" — wagered $9,600

Michael "Who is [some portion of] Walter Mitty" — wagered $8,801

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